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AYNE?: Minnesota
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The tBBC Staff had quite the wish list for Saturday’s game against Minnesota. Let’s dive in to see how things worked out for the lads.
MaliBuckeye
12 Gauge Time: It wasn’t magical, it was barely functional. Of 66 snaps, he had 3 productive plays. But, hey, OSU won.
Slobber Knocker: Nothing spectacular, but the offensive line made good plays when it really mattered. The Other Thing? One false start and one holding on offensive line.
Old Man Braxton: Brax is developing into a nightmare-inducing receiver.
Special Score: They’re still due.
Youth: Unfortunately, this game was too close for too long for the Young Bucks to see anything worthwhile.
Michael Smith
Fast Start: They did score before Minnesota did, but it wasn’t exactly “out of the blocks” fast.
Miller Time: Still no signs of life for Brax other than as a receiver.
Impress the Committee: Not so much. However, Buckeyes were much more impressive than LSU, MSU and TCU.
Marshall Redemption: Bingo! No turnovers! (For Jalin)
Ken Kohl
A Win: Not a smack-down, but a win.
No Injuries: Brax got dinged a bit, so a ‘fail’ on my part.
No Turnovers: A lost fumble near the end of the 3rd quarter. Rats!
No Penalties: 5 penalties – 45 yards. Another ‘fail’ on my part.
WVaBuckeye
Play Action Cardale: Tough sledding to get Elliott “established” and Cardale was not very accurate.
Defense Wins Championships: Defense played pretty well; at one point outscoring both offense combined
Gopher Stew: Nope. Buckeyes didn’t ice this game until less than 2 minutes remained.
MDotySr
Domination: D-line looked pretty good, other than that, “just good enough” was the theme.
300: You’re looking for a bit much, unfortunately.
Webbing: Vonn got the pick 6; will you settle for Belling?
No Injuries: Brax a little dinged up, but other than that..
Second Team Action: Buckeyes just couldn’t put the Gophers away. Darn it.
Beauty and the Beast: Did you make it?
JC Collingsworth
Buckeyes out Strong & Fast: A bit tentative and slow to start the game. You’ll need to define “deliver”.
More of Braxton: Maybe he’s best as a WR?
Buckeye Nation Shuttering their Lips & Stop Whining: We’re just glad to get a win, baby!
Brandon Zimmerman
Confident 12 Gauge: No, CJ appeared lost and confused. Not much in the way of pocket presence. He did “chuck the ball around” but too often it was just in the general direction of a receiver.
Competent Run Defense: Oddly, Leidner had a pretty decent game throwing the ball. Fortunately, OSU’s run defense (1.3 YPC) was more than competent. Good call.
Braxton Being Braxton: I don’t think I’d set my expectations for anything other than Braxton being a terrorizing receiver.
Patrick Jones
Throw Braxton Throw: He didn’t, and we’d love to see a TD pass, too.
ZEEEEKKKKEEEE: Another +100 yard game. Nothing flashy, just good steady doses of Zeke and O-line play.
Shutout: Not this week, but the Silver Bullets did play pretty well.
Joe Dexter
Big Plays For Zeke: Nope. Will you settle for a 15 yard TD run?
Four Plays Over 15: The Silver Bullets have held three teams this season to less than four plays over 15 yards. I want to see that on Saturday against a depleted Minnesota team.
Run,Catch,Throw it Braxton: Sort of, yes, no.
Redemption for Cardale: Cardale did account for two touchdowns, so that counts for something.
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Ken via our good friends at Buckeye Battle Cry
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
(Photo Courtesy UPI)
The tBBC Staff had quite the wish list for Saturday’s game against Minnesota. Let’s dive in to see how things worked out for the lads.
MaliBuckeye
12 Gauge Time: It wasn’t magical, it was barely functional. Of 66 snaps, he had 3 productive plays. But, hey, OSU won.
Slobber Knocker: Nothing spectacular, but the offensive line made good plays when it really mattered. The Other Thing? One false start and one holding on offensive line.
Old Man Braxton: Brax is developing into a nightmare-inducing receiver.
Special Score: They’re still due.
Youth: Unfortunately, this game was too close for too long for the Young Bucks to see anything worthwhile.
Michael Smith
Fast Start: They did score before Minnesota did, but it wasn’t exactly “out of the blocks” fast.
Miller Time: Still no signs of life for Brax other than as a receiver.
Impress the Committee: Not so much. However, Buckeyes were much more impressive than LSU, MSU and TCU.
Marshall Redemption: Bingo! No turnovers! (For Jalin)
Ken Kohl
A Win: Not a smack-down, but a win.
No Injuries: Brax got dinged a bit, so a ‘fail’ on my part.
No Turnovers: A lost fumble near the end of the 3rd quarter. Rats!
No Penalties: 5 penalties – 45 yards. Another ‘fail’ on my part.
WVaBuckeye
Play Action Cardale: Tough sledding to get Elliott “established” and Cardale was not very accurate.
Defense Wins Championships: Defense played pretty well; at one point outscoring both offense combined
Gopher Stew: Nope. Buckeyes didn’t ice this game until less than 2 minutes remained.
MDotySr
Domination: D-line looked pretty good, other than that, “just good enough” was the theme.
300: You’re looking for a bit much, unfortunately.
Webbing: Vonn got the pick 6; will you settle for Belling?
No Injuries: Brax a little dinged up, but other than that..
Second Team Action: Buckeyes just couldn’t put the Gophers away. Darn it.
Beauty and the Beast: Did you make it?
JC Collingsworth
Buckeyes out Strong & Fast: A bit tentative and slow to start the game. You’ll need to define “deliver”.
More of Braxton: Maybe he’s best as a WR?
Buckeye Nation Shuttering their Lips & Stop Whining: We’re just glad to get a win, baby!
Brandon Zimmerman
Confident 12 Gauge: No, CJ appeared lost and confused. Not much in the way of pocket presence. He did “chuck the ball around” but too often it was just in the general direction of a receiver.
Competent Run Defense: Oddly, Leidner had a pretty decent game throwing the ball. Fortunately, OSU’s run defense (1.3 YPC) was more than competent. Good call.
Braxton Being Braxton: I don’t think I’d set my expectations for anything other than Braxton being a terrorizing receiver.
Patrick Jones
Throw Braxton Throw: He didn’t, and we’d love to see a TD pass, too.
ZEEEEKKKKEEEE: Another +100 yard game. Nothing flashy, just good steady doses of Zeke and O-line play.
Shutout: Not this week, but the Silver Bullets did play pretty well.
Joe Dexter
Big Plays For Zeke: Nope. Will you settle for a 15 yard TD run?
Four Plays Over 15: The Silver Bullets have held three teams this season to less than four plays over 15 yards. I want to see that on Saturday against a depleted Minnesota team.
Run,Catch,Throw it Braxton: Sort of, yes, no.
Redemption for Cardale: Cardale did account for two touchdowns, so that counts for something.
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