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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Apparently he didn't grade out a champion in the Maryland game. That was his least productive game, but still his numbers weren't all that bad:
5 receptions, 64 yards, 12.8 ave, 2 TDs
Maybe he missed a lot of downfield blocks and/or didn't get separation on many of his routes, etc.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Through three games, Ohio State is averaging just 4.82 yards per carry with Teague at 4.49 and Sermon at 4.78. Over the first three games last year (Florida Atlantic, Cincinnati, Indiana), Day's running game averaged 5.98 yards a pop.
For another comparison point, the 4.82 yards per carry so far this year, should it hold steady, would mark just the second time in the last nine seasons that an Ohio State offense failed to average at least 5.20 yards per attempt.
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Yeah, Thayer Munford wasn't 100% last season and Nicholas Petit-Frere (who epitomizes the term "next man up") has really stepped up his game this year.
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Always nice to have those 5 star, #1 player at his position types waiting to get their shot.
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Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Thayer Munford is ’20 times better’ than last year
Thayer Munford is the first to admit he struggled through last season at left tackle. The senior offensive lineman dealt with injuries throughout the season that hampered his ability to play at the highest level possible. But healthy now, Munford feels — and plays — like a different player from a year ago.
“Compared to last year? Like 20 times better,” Munford said when he was asked how much better he felt. “A lot more quicker, a lot more physical. I just feel more confident in my body as a whole. Personally, I’m not even there yet. I’m not even at my peak.”
Munford has yet to give up a sack this season, and the Ohio State tackles have only given up one quarterback pressure all year through three games. Munford is healthier than ever and playing at an incredibly high level.
Harry Miller, Buckeyes offensive line still growing
When Ohio State was blowing out Rutgers in the first half of the Nov. 7 game, the Buckeyes still weren’t clicking in every facet.
The Buckeyes offensive line still hasn’t played to the level it wants to this season, and that is largely in the middle, where Josh Myers is joined by All-American guard Wyatt Davis and first-year starter Harry Miller, who was called for three holding penalties in that first half.
If those issues are going to be solved, the Buckeyes have to gel better up front to help the first-time starter Miller out. That starts with keeping Miller composed.
“There have been times where we have not been quite so gelled together,” Buckeyes center Josh Myers said. “A couple of things have happened. And those are things that we are working to eliminate. We’ll be just fine. We know what we have to work on, and we’ve been working on those things and just talking through it. A big part of it is when the game does come, just relaxing and understanding what we’ve done to get to where we are and making sure we don’t get too anxious and want to try to kill somebody, want to try to do too much. Just calming down and doing our job. That’s a big part of it.”
As they play through the season, the Buckeyes will only come together better as an offensive line, and Miller will continue to get better up front. And the offense as a whole will be better because of that.
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