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2022 tOSU Defense

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The biggest questions I have are:

1. Why TF is Michael Hall riding the bench so long?
2. Why TF are the safeties 10-15 yards off the ball when you know 99% sure that they are not going to pass in a hurricane?

Good answers to those and I'll shut up and never question anything again.
 
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I think the NW game is much more of a outlier than anything.

The starters held Wisconsin to pretty much nothing on the ground and held their own against Ped State as well.

Those stupid ass wildcat packages were a big problem, they caught the D completely off guard.

It was about as bad of a game they coulda played but they still only allowed 7 points.
 
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buckeyemania11 said:
I think the NW game is much more of a outlier than anything.

The starters held Wisconsin to pretty much nothing on the ground and held their own against Ped State as well.

Those stupid ass wildcat packages were a big problem, they caught the D completely off guard.

It was about as bad of a game they coulda played but they still only allowed 7 points.
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I think more of the problem is something on O and D seem to catch them off gaurd every game. They get adjusted at halftime if not sooner. But why are they caught off guard so often. Wildcat cool? But you should have expected them to run a bijallion times Saturday
 
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Unreal stop on a QB sneak first with a FB trying to push for the first down. Then again on 4th and inches stuffed the wildcat for a half yard loss for the turnover on downs. That was something we never would have seen last year. The next offensive series takes the lead and basically wins the game. Not all was bad on Saturday from this side of the ball but the tackling left a bit to be desired for sure.
 
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Big Ten stat leaders through Week 10

Let’s take a look at the statistical leaders in the B1G after Week 10.

Total Tackles
  1. Jack Campbell, Iowa - 88
  2. Bryce Gallagher, Northwestern - 86
  3. Tommy Eichenberg, Ohio State - 85
Tackles for Loss
  1. Nick Herbig, Wisconsin - 12.5
  2. Jer’Zhan Newton, Illinois - 12.0
  3. Mike Morris, Michigan - 11.0
(Ohio State’s leader: Tommy Eichenberg - 8.0 — 8th)

Sacks
  1. Nick Herbig, Wisconsin - 8.0
  2. Mike Morris, Michigan - 7.5
  3. Jacoby Windmon, Michigan State / Jer’Zhan Newton, Illinois - 5.5
(Ohio State’s leader: Mike Hall Jr. - 4.5 — 7th)

Interceptions
  1. John Torchio, Wisconsin - 5
  2. Kendal Smith, Illinois / Sydney Brown, Illinois - 4
  3. Nine players tied with 3, including Tanner McCalister
Team Stats - Scoring Defense
  1. Illinois - 10.4 PPG allowed
  2. Michigan - 12.1 PPG allowed
  3. Minnesota - 14.2 PPG allowed
(Ohio State - 15.8 PPG allowed — 5th)

Team Stats - Total Defense
  1. Illinois - 232.2 YPG allowed
  2. Michigan - 242.2 YPG allowed
  3. Iowa - 264.4 YPG allowed
(Ohio State - 271.8 YPG allowed — 4th)
 
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Let’s take a look at the statistical leaders in the B1G after Week 11.

Total Tackles
  1. Cal Haladay, Michigan State - 99
  2. Jack Campbell, Iowa - 99
  3. Tommy Eichenberg, Ohio State - 92
Tackles for Loss
  1. Nick Herbig, Wisconsin - 15.5
  2. Jer’Zhan Newton, Illinois - 12.0
  3. Three tied with 11.0, including Tommy Eichenberg
Sacks
  1. Nick Herbig, Wisconsin - 11.0
  2. Mike Morris, Michigan - 7.5
  3. Joe Evans, Iowa /Lukas Van Ness, Iowa - 6.0
(Ohio State’s leader: Mike Hall Jr. - 4.5 — 10th)

Interceptions
  1. John Torchio, Wisconsin - 5
  2. Four players tied with 4
  3. Seven players tied with 3, including Tanner McCalister
Team Stats - Scoring Defense
  1. Michigan - 11.2 PPG allowed
  2. Illinois - 12.5 PPG allowed
  3. Minnesota - 13.1 PPG allowed
(Ohio State - 15.6 PPG allowed — 5th)

Team Stats - Total Defense
  1. Michigan - 232.8 YPG allowed
  2. Illinois - 246.9 YPG allowed
  3. Iowa - 260.7 YPG allowed
(Ohio State - 271.5 YPG allowed — 4th)
 
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Is there really that much of a difference between our YPG allowed and UM’s? Isn’t that essentially an additional possession for our opponent? Plus since we score more doesn’t that give opposing team’s that extra opportunity? I’m probably oversimplifying but it’s just interesting to me to contextualize those differences.
 
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MGMT said:
Is there really that much of a difference between our YPG allowed and UM’s? Isn’t that essentially an additional possession for our opponent? Plus since we score more doesn’t that give opposing team’s that extra opportunity? I’m probably oversimplifying but it’s just interesting to me to contextualize those differences.
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TTUN’s yards per play is 3.99, second in the country to Iowa’s 3.81.

The Buckeyes are 5th in the country at 4.39.

I don’t have defensive points per possession info.
 
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