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2025 tOSU Defense Discussion

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Captain Buckeye said:
I think the only concern I have anymore is this defensive line vs a team that is committed to running the ball. Specially Washington, Minnesota, Illinois, TCUN.

Haven’t really crushed it vs the run and I don’t think our back ups are going to provide much help this year.

Bright side is we have like 100 defensive ends and linebackers who can straight up ball. So we can sort of mask things with a 3 man front.
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Malone and Smith Jr are stepping up on the inside so that's encouraging to see. Plus Curry and Atkinson both have the ability to play inside. Curry was a beast on the inside against OU.
 
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Captain Buckeye said:
I think the only concern I have anymore is this defensive line vs a team that is committed to running the ball. Specially Washington, Minnesota, Illinois, TCUN.

Haven’t really crushed it vs the run and I don’t think our back ups are going to provide much help this year.

Bright side is we have like 100 defensive ends and linebackers who can straight up ball. So we can sort of mask things with a 3 man front.
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scUM is really the only one on that list that really concerns me because of them seemingly always getting lucky and hitting a couple of long runs every game despite struggling the rest of the time.
 
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buckeyemania11 said:
scUM is really the only one on that list that really concerns me because of them seemingly always getting lucky and hitting a couple of long runs every game despite struggling the rest of the time.
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I’m telling you Washington is going to be a challenge. Their running back might be the best in the big ten and that includes PSU. Add in the most mobile QB in the big ten and they’re quietly a very dangerous team.

Now I don’t think their defense will be able to do much but that offense can hurt the bucks.
 
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Captain Buckeye said:
I’m telling you Washington is going to be a challenge. Their running back might be the best in the big ten and that includes PSU. Add in the most mobile QB in the big ten and they’re quietly a very dangerous team.

Now I don’t think their defense will be able to do much but that offense can hurt the bucks.
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I know he had good stats against their only FCS opponent so far but that Washington oline looks bad, it's never good when a mediocre G5 team sacks your QB 4 times

Washington will come into our game not even being close to being tested. It's going to be a big adjustment for them. Their opponents before us.

Colorado State
UC Davis
Wazzu who just got nuked by North Texas.
 
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buckeyemania11 said:
I know he had good stats against their only FCS opponent so far but that Washington oline looks bad, it's never good when a mediocre G5 team sacks your QB 4 times

Washington will come into our game not even being close to being tested. It's going to be a big adjustment for them. Their opponents before us.

Colorado State
UC Davis
Wazzu who just got nuked by North Texas.
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And CSU is awful this year. They needed a lucky break to beat FCS Northern Colorado.
 
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Jagdaddy said:
And CSU is awful this year. They needed a lucky break to beat FCS Northern Colorado.
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Yea exactly. We likely don't really know much about Washington and won't until we actually play them. They will likely clobber Wazzu this week but at this point that means nothing.

Id guess they are about your average middle of the pack of the conference type team. The game being @ Washington makes it not a walk in the park (especially being Sayins first road start) but I still expect we win by a decent enough margin.
 
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