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2026 tOSU Offense Discussion

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brodybuck21 said:
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I think one of the annoying things about the OL being bad is that Arthur Smith played that position and I thought came up through those ranks.

So Bowen may suck, sure, but how is his superior allowing these bad reps to happen too? Where is Arthur in the teaching and execution equation? I even stated before the year I was hoping for some Kevin Wilson type input on the OL from him.

It feels like every position just practices within themselves (and I think OSU’s position groups are individually talented) but the coordinators show up on Saturdays to call random plays.

No cohesion. Calling things that don’t fit what guys have practiced or are good at and generally everyone on different pages.

Oh and yeah. The leadership from the player/captain side is bad bad. One if the least “together” teams we’ve had.
 
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That clip of Carson failing is hard to accept. It’s players like him when we think of in the offseason you think “oh he’s going to be elite” and the he just isn’t. That’s all coaching because we saw it in him 2 years ago.

I don’t get Bowen as OL coach anymore. I was thinking… why wouldn’t we get the best OL and DL coach for development in the country then that’s where we invest the money. Money talks in recruiting not relationships.

If we invest our money there then it doesn’t matter if they’re good recruiters or not. They just have to develop.

I think center is a must get in the portal too. If we went out and got the best OL in football then count me in wanting Julian back as the QB. When he’s clean he’s the best out there.
 
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Captain Buckeye said:
That clip of Carson failing is hard to accept. It’s players like him when we think of in the offseason you think “oh he’s going to be elite” and the he just isn’t. That’s all coaching because we saw it in him 2 years ago.

I don’t get Bowen as OL coach anymore. I was thinking… why wouldn’t we get the best OL and DL coach for development in the country then that’s where we invest the money. Money talks in recruiting not relationships.

If we invest our money there then it doesn’t matter if they’re good recruiters or not. They just have to develop.

I think center is a must get in the portal too. If we went out and got the best OL in football then count me in wanting Julian back as the QB. When he’s clean he’s the best out there.
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Do you not want to see what OsU has with Padilla or Cook at OC?
 
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Captain Buckeye said:
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The team needs him to get back to this. Maybe not as the coordinator but to get back to those dynamic crazy offenses. As Ryan has gone he’s become more and more conservative on offense. Choosing to now play time of possession, play formations we don’t have the personnel for, and talks consistently about getting the game to the 4th quarter.

The team need the guy that prior to Oregon Rose Bowl game stated “this doesn’t have to be close”.
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Along his HC journey Day has decided that he wants HIS team to run more like an NFL team. He wants a slower pace and actually has increased his plays in 2026 from 2025(70 from 63/plays a game). But it’s still lower than the 76 plays a game he was running in his 1st year as HC. But I don’t think anyone wants Day back to being the HC and OC.

One good point that I heard on the Bill & Doug podcast, was that they didn’t see Day going to strictly former NFL coaches as a positive anymore. The experiment has been done for the last few years, and we’re seeing this year that MP isn’t that good at simply scheming a defense to disrupt an offense. And specifically to this thread, AS has failed this offense. It doesn’t look coherent and in sync, and Fahey has been essentially set up to fail with a string of plays being safe and offering no threat. College and the NFL are 2 different games, and getting these big brains in the way to over complicate the game isn’t helping the kids to succeed. Watching plenty of teams in CFB have offenses that constantly threaten defenses yet have a fraction of the talent that OSU have is absolutely frustrating. If AS were shown the door after this season, I’d personally prefer Day pursue a young OC from the college ranks who relives he has a bunch of WR talent and doesn’t use heavy lineups so much. An OC who can use the threat of those WRs to open up the run game. And for the love of everything holy, Day needs to get an OL coach who can develop and identify talent more than an OL coach who’s strictly a recruiter. Because at this point, with the Portal there’s no excuse why OSU can’t land elite OL in the Portal to go with several from HS. Just my $.02
 
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cincibuck said:
"Sounds like Ohio State will continue to utilize multiple TE's and no changes will be made. Ryan Day in his press conference said the TE's have been solid as a group."

Remember the game at Michigan when Tress went with a tackle instead of a tight end and pounded their ass all game long with that set. But then that was Tress. Someone who knew how to beat Michigan.
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I certainly do, that was when we used that big TE as a Yackle. Name escapes me for some reason. Clutch game plan from the man who knew how to beat ttun.
 
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