2024 tOSU Offense Discussion

[scarletngray]

I saw a stat that said tOSU‘s four plays of 40+ yards in the first half yesterday was the only time the Buckeyes had four 40+ yard plays in any half over the past 20 years.

And those 4 were all TDs in the first 21 minutes and 13 seconds of the game.

Yeah, the thing is the Offense only played one good (OK, fantastic)
half of football against the Ducks.

 

[Zurp]

Yeah, the thing is the Offense only played one good (OK, fantastic)
half of football against the Ducks.

I've seen this comment a couple of times. I hope people are joking about being concerned.

 

[dragurd]

I've seen this comment a couple of times. I hope people are joking about being concerned.

Yeah they clearly were playing to burn clock in the 2nd half and could have gone back to well whenever they damn well felt like it.

 

[Onebuckfan]

Yeah they clearly were playing to burn clock in the 2nd half and could have gone back to well whenever they damn well felt like it.

And I was ok with it. Two games left to play don’t empty the tank yet.

 

[zbuck]

With the way Scattebo tore up they Tejas defense. Idk how Henderson and Judkins can't feast on that defense

Given that we have two RB that are capable, neither will have to puke on the sidelines ....

 

[pnuts34]

Given that we have two RB and a mobile QB that are capable, neither will have to puke on the sidelines ....

FIFY

 

[Captain Buckeye]

With the way Scattebo tore up they Tejas defense. Idk how Henderson and Judkins can't feast on that defense

Oregon has a better DL than Texas too. If we can run on Tennessee/Oregon we’ll find room vs Texas too

 

[pnuts34]

Oregon has a better DL than Texas too. If we can run on Tennessee/Oregon we’ll find room vs Texas too

Yeah, I’m still amazed at how well this OL has played. I worried about the DEs especially for Oregon, Burch didn’t play last game and figured hed be a big factor. And boy was I wrong, he and MU were non factors.

 

[Captain Buckeye]

Yeah, I’m still amazed at how well this OL has played. I worried about the DEs especially for Oregon, Burch didn’t play last game and figured hed be a big factor. And boy was I wrong, he and MU were non factors.

They really were and while the freshman for UT is good I don’t think he’s as good as either end from Oregon or the kid from UT.

The hard part is we are dangerously mixing up the run and pass. We’ve also stopped running stretch which is amazing too.

 

[pnuts34]

If they thought ASU was physical, theyre in for a long day against OSU.

Im also surprised that an SEC team thought a lowly ASU team was physical

 

[Captain Buckeye]

If they thought ASU was physical, theyre in for a long day against OSU.

Im also surprised that an SEC team thought a lowly ASU team was physical

Geez and that’s without having to worry about the pass to an extent.

They looked beat up and tired I thought.

With our OL and our 3 TEs we should be able to wear them down.

 

[sammyjenkis]

This is an in depth PPF preview show for the Cotton Bowl. After some initial matchup discussion on the defense, one of the guys gives his hypothesis on the origin of the recent buzzsaw offense despite a deleted O-Line: is Chip running/calling Mike Norvell's offense with Ohio State's personnel. The host surmises that there was a roundtable after the season to figure out how to overhaul the offense and points to Lockland as a link to Norvells counter-heavy offense at Memphis with Norvell and Lanning before going with Lanning and the same scheme to Oregon. The wide open second JJ touchdown was the same play as DJ Us longest play this season under Norvell.

 

[OregonBuckeye]

I'm loving the resurgence of the short to intermediate crossing routes. They seem to always get someone open for a minimum of 5 yards and sometimes turn into chunk plays like on Smith's first TD of the Rose Bowl

 

[BB73]

I’m concerned about the imbalance with the two RB system.

TreVeyon Henderson has 10 rushing TDs and also 925 rushing yards.
Quinshon Judkins has got 10 rushing TDs, but only 924 rushing yards.

I hope they both go over 1,000 in the Cotton Bowl.

And in the passing game, JJ Smith has 70 catches and Emeka Egbuka has 70 catches.

I hope they both get to 80 in the Cotton Bowl.

 

[RB07OSU]

I'm loving the resurgence of the short to intermediate crossing routes. They seem to always get someone open for a minimum of 5 yards and sometimes turn into chunk plays like on Smith's first TD of the Rose Bowl

Same here, getting those positive yards on early downs is really opening up the playbook for us. Back when Haskins was QB, we would just torch defenses on those types of plays.

What I am also ecstatic about is the resurgence of the trap run play. In our last title season, we ran basically the same trap play with Zeke and just murdered defenses with it, then inexplicably stopped using the play. The on variable on the trap plays is that we switch up who pulls...sometimes we go all the way out to pulling Jackson from LT (see Henderson's long TD run against Oregon), sometimes we add in a guard pulling, and sometimes the TE pulls.

In a much related note, the utilization of multiple TEs to help in both run blocking and pass pro has really aided our OL with the injuries we've had. I say a related note because in the 2015 title run, Heureman and Vannett were critical in the run game. Don't get me wrong, Jackson and Hinzman are kicking ass on their own. But the TE help (and occasionally RB chips) have been incredibly effective...keep in the back of your mind that we might break tendency to set up a screen or some type of TE pass to burn a defense if they assume the TE is just an extra blocker.

Honestly, this offense is shaping up to look much like our last title team, but with a freak phenom in JJ Smith at our disposal and a two-back system in Judkins and Tre rather than one bell cow.