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2021 tOSU Offense

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Ohio State has weapons all over the offense. That’s why the Buckeyes are the most explosive team in the country having played just over half of the 2021 season.

What’s interesting is that, despite the Scarlet and Gray ranking at or near the top of nearly all of the offensive categories, you won’t find many of their offensive players high up on any statistical lists. While a number of Ohio State players were named to midseason watch lists, it’s unlikely any offensive Buckeye will actually win a major individual award this season.

“We have so many weapons. And that’s a great thing to have. But at the same time, guys have to be unselfish and that’s part of the game,” head coach Ryan Day said after the Scarlet and Gray’s 54-7 win at Indiana on Saturday night.
 
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I wasn't able to watch the full game, but was surprised how easily they moved the ball in the 1st half. I keep expecting them to have a down game, and while Indiana isn't a good team, they had a top 50 defense coming in. Also, even with all the short fields, I was amused that OSU still racked up ~530 yards.

It's hard to think of much to critique. At first this seemed like a big-play offense until teams adjusted and they easily switched to cutting teams apart underneath. Stroud is so accurate and sees the field so well, it's all about protecting him and Day adjusting if teams commit to stopping the pass like NW did last year.

Really happy to see Henderson (and other RBs) getting catches in a variety of ways. The screen game and RB swing passes will be needed against teams capable of getting to Stroud.
 
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Love how the D has improved since Barnes took over play calling and they have more experience under their belts. Still some tackling issues (mostly LB play) and some missed assignments but overall the team is playing fast, running to the ball and getting the job done.

Looking forward to curb stomping PSU...
 
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DaddyBigBucks said:
I’m going to leave this here for four reasons
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  1. It shows Ohio State’s remaining opponents all in the top 25 in scoring defense
  2. It shows 4 of the 5 in the top 20
  3. … 3 of those in the top 10
  4. After playing Ohio State, the three reasons cited above won’t be true anymore
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Yes. This team is craving a challenge right now and IMO its going to be pretty bad for the other teams.

Serious question here but can anyone here think of an offense from the past this complete?
 
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bukIpower said:
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Serious question here but can anyone here think of an offense from the past this complete?
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Seems to me that for Ohio State the answer is already "no".

If you expand the question to all of college football, 2005 USC comes to mind.
  • QB: Tough call since we're comparing 2005 Leinart with RS Freshman Stroud
  • RB: It's hard to not pick 2005 Reggie Bush here, but what will Henderson look like the rest of the way?
  • WR: Advantage OSU by a large margin
  • OL: Close
  • Play Caller: Already a different era even though it was only 16 years ago, but I have to go with Day
After thinking it through, it seems to me that, even if you expand the question to all of college football, the answer might still be "no" by the end of the season.

EDIT: Does anyone remember who 2005 USC's TE was, or if they even used one?
 
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DaddyBigBucks said:
Seems to me that for Ohio State the answer is already "no".

If you expand the question to all of college football, 2005 USC comes to mind.
  • QB: Tough call since we're comparing 2005 Leinart with RS Freshman Stroud
  • RB: It's hard to not pick 2005 Reggie Bush here, but what will Henderson look like the rest of the way?
  • WR: Advantage OSU by a large margin
  • OL: Close
  • Play Caller: Already a different era even though it was only 16 years ago, but I have to go with Day
After thinking it through, it seems to me that, even if you expand the question to all of college football, the answer might still be "no" by the end of the season.
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That's who I thought of too... RB was an advantage for USC but CJ is better than Matt, OL is at worse a push and the skill is advantage OSU.

What about last year vs Alabama offense?

OL- probably about the same.
RB- Alabama
TE- OSU
WR- OSU
QB- Push (which is saying a ton since CJ has 1 more year).

Very very close to last year's Alabama. I think Henderson is closer to Harris than Alabama is to OSUs depth at WR.
 
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bukIpower said:
That's who I thought of too... RB was an advantage for USC but CJ is better than Matt, OL is at worse a push and the skill is advantage OSU.

What about last year vs Alabama offense?

OL- probably about the same.
RB- Alabama
TE- OSU
WR- OSU
QB- Push (which is saying a ton since CJ has 1 more year).

Very very close to last year's Alabama. I think Henderson is closer to Harris than Alabama is to OSUs depth at WR.
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I have no memory of last year's Bama team. Are you sure they fielded one?
 
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RugbyBuck said:
Grabs bucket of ice cold water and throws it into thread... let's revisit this after this week. I don't totally disagree, but I don't think we have enough data against real opponents to be talking about all-time great offenses yet... but if we did, I'd suggest that this one reminds me of the Cryami hegemonic teams.
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Agreed.

Every team we have left on the schedule, including Nebraska and Purdue, have better defenses statistically than anyone we have played so far. PSU, MSU and tsun are top 5 kind of defenses in many categories.

I don't think they can shut OSU's offense down and I do think their numbers will get worse once they have to play against OSU's offense but we've absolutely mauled a bunch of tomato cans to date.

Do it all the way through a National Championship game and then let's talk historical rankings.
 
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DaddyBigBucks said:
Seems to me that for Ohio State the answer is already "no".

If you expand the question to all of college football, 2005 USC comes to mind.

EDIT: Does anyone remember who 2005 USC's TE was, or if they even used one?
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Many of us will remember Fred “Thread” Davis, whose recruitment from Toledo Rogers to USC was a disappointment.

He was their second TE in 2005, behind Dominique Byrd. Byrd had 29 catches that season, and Davis had 13.
 
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