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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
4. C.J. STROUD, OHIO STATE BUCKEYES
While Stroud was blessed with one of the best ecosystems in the country and had his fair share of inconsistencies in 2021, he still finished with a 91.8 passing grade for the season, ranking fourth in the FBS. He battled a shoulder injury through his first three starts, which hurt his accuracy and caused him to sit out against Akron in Week 4. Stroud then returned in Week 5 and was sharp the rest of the way.
He earned an 89.0-plus PFF grade in five of his last nine starts and posted the highest rate of accurate passes in that span. The first-time starting quarterback did an excellent job of evading sacks when under duress, leading to the ninth-lowest pressure to sack conversion rate in the FBS (10.8%).
It was a little bit easy for Stroud, given all the open throws created for him, but he did show immense growth as the season progressed when moving off his first read.
C.J. Stroud Passing to his Next Read in 2021
Weeks 1-9 Weeks 10-Rose Bowl
48.8 PFF Passing Grade 93.0
7/13 Comp/Att 18/21
102 Yards 245
1:0 TD:INT 2:0
0:1 BTT:TWP* 1:0
*BTT = big-time throw; TWP = turnover-worthy play
Just sayin': No way you should rank Stroud behind 2 transfers. You have no idea how a transfer is going to fit in with a new team. Last season at Oklahoma #3 got beat out of QB1 by #2. Hell, Stroud should be #1 just based of the WR room he has. The article doesn't address who is going to catch the QB's passes. Do you really think Bryce Young would have won the Heisman last season if Metchie and Williams weren't on the team?
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Replacing Garrett Wilson: X Marv’s The Spot?
The Candidates
Garrett Wilson missed two games this season, so everybody got a glimpse of the future without him. However, it was a different guy starting in place of him each time. Julian Fleming stepped in for him at Nebraska as a true sophomore and caught a couple of passes for 22 yards. Then in the Rose Bowl, it was true freshman Marvin Harrison, Jr. who got the call and came away with six receptions for 71 yards and three touchdowns. Fleming has also started in place of Chris Olave twice over the previous two seasons, so he could very much factor in at the Z receiver position as well.
In fact, given how well Harrison played against the Utah Utes in the postseason, it might be best for Fleming to stay at Z. Both have the size that the X position generally requires, but considering the last two receivers to play X for the Buckeyes were Jameson Williams and Garrett Wilson, there really is no need for the bigger bodies provided the job still gets done.
That realization is good news considering Ohio State signed four receivers in the 2022 class and they’re all around 6-feet tall. Of the two, the most likely candidates at this position would seem to be Kojo Antwi and Caleb Burton. Antwi is a sturdy receiver with strong hands, while Burton is reminiscent of recent Buckeye Texans in Garrett Wilson and Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who could both play anywhere.
While receivers coach Brian Hartline will need everybody to be able to play everywhere, a guy like Jayden Ballard probably projects to Z as a redshirt freshman in 2022. The same could be said for incoming freshman Kyion Grayes, who reminds many of former Buckeye Chris Olave.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Emeka Egbuka also likely project elsewhere, especially because one of them will still likely be in the slot. There could also be an opportunity for Kamryn Babb if he is healthy by the time next season rolls around.
Entire article: https://buckeyescoop.com/replacing-garrett-wilson-x-marvs-the-spot/
The Candidates
Garrett Wilson missed two games this season, so everybody got a glimpse of the future without him. However, it was a different guy starting in place of him each time. Julian Fleming stepped in for him at Nebraska as a true sophomore and caught a couple of passes for 22 yards. Then in the Rose Bowl, it was true freshman Marvin Harrison, Jr. who got the call and came away with six receptions for 71 yards and three touchdowns. Fleming has also started in place of Chris Olave twice over the previous two seasons, so he could very much factor in at the Z receiver position as well.
In fact, given how well Harrison played against the Utah Utes in the postseason, it might be best for Fleming to stay at Z. Both have the size that the X position generally requires, but considering the last two receivers to play X for the Buckeyes were Jameson Williams and Garrett Wilson, there really is no need for the bigger bodies provided the job still gets done.
That realization is good news considering Ohio State signed four receivers in the 2022 class and they’re all around 6-feet tall. Of the two, the most likely candidates at this position would seem to be Kojo Antwi and Caleb Burton. Antwi is a sturdy receiver with strong hands, while Burton is reminiscent of recent Buckeye Texans in Garrett Wilson and Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who could both play anywhere.
While receivers coach Brian Hartline will need everybody to be able to play everywhere, a guy like Jayden Ballard probably projects to Z as a redshirt freshman in 2022. The same could be said for incoming freshman Kyion Grayes, who reminds many of former Buckeye Chris Olave.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Emeka Egbuka also likely project elsewhere, especially because one of them will still likely be in the slot. There could also be an opportunity for Kamryn Babb if he is healthy by the time next season rolls around.
Entire article: https://buckeyescoop.com/replacing-garrett-wilson-x-marvs-the-spot/
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shouright
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The author of that article needs to consider that when teams are ahead on the scoreboard such that they're very likely to win the game, their run-pass balance shifts in favor of the run with the goal of controlling the ball and running out the clock. Teams that are frequently ahead in that manner are going to have higher percentages of rushing attempts, but it doesn't mean they're winning by running the ball. It's entirely possible they're running the ball by winning, and that their winning is driven by their passing game, primarily. If that's the case, then numbers of rushing attempts will be misleading as a cause of their winning, since winning causes running for those teams, rather than vice-versa.
As for the main topic, of course it's possible to win big without a big-time run game. Alabama's rushing offense just finished 75th in the country in efficiency and they were in the NC game nonetheless. Likewise Georgia's rushing offense was 73rd in the country in efficiency and they won the NC. The difference for those teams of course was that their defenses were far better than OSU's. Georgia's defense was #1 and Alabama's #5 in the country, compared to OSU's defense's being 43rd.
The irony of the above article is that OSU's rushing offense was 14th in the country in efficiency in 2021, well above those of the two NC teams. They had a far bigger-time run game than either of those teams, and they led the country with 45.7 points per game. Had OSU's defense been anywhere near as good as Georgia's or Alabama's in 2021, the supposed deficiencies in the run game wouldn't have been a blip on anyone's radar, as OSU would've romped through the country and gone undefeated, very likely winning the NC. When your passing game is spearheading the offense and you're winning every game by an average score of about 45-17, nobody cares what your run game is doing.
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Systems_id
Head Coach
If I were CJ I'd consider suing for PFF for libel over these rankings.
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Onebuckfan
classof76
Use it for motivation..tOSU QBs have no rep with anyone involved with Pro Football. Even JF will be on the hot seat next fall.
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CJ has gotten little national respect. Like @Onebuckfan said, use this as motivation to fuel you to an NC. The way you get your respect outside of the SEC, is by beating them
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