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CFP Title Game, Alabama vs tOSU, Jan 11, 8:15 ET on ESPN, Miami

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If it’s just Tommy and Smith I will be happy. Next man up. Where we line up Cooper will be incredibly important (can he be play side more often than not).

bukIpower said:
I listened to today's interviews... what I noticed is that most avoided talking about Tommy because they know IMO he's out.

BUT.

When Coop or Garret was talking they mentioned Zach as players who would need to make an impact while leaving out Smith and Tommy. Seems to me Zach is back.

The big one is Tommy and that blows. It really does but you watch Haskell go wild in this game knowing we need him most. He knows he's now our only hope inside.

DE I'm not worried about and honestly watching today I'm not worried about DT either.

I've remembered Vincent playing a ton now, Cage has played a lot and so has Jackson.

We are going to win guys. Waddle returning gives me concern if he plays but I believe he won't be completely ready.
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Powair7s said:
How?
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Also I said I’d be okay with losing to Bama if we got past Clemson but I lied. I want this one for Day and the boys badly. Especially after all of the shit they’ve had to go through this year.
 
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Systems_id said:
I dunno what it is but I think the Buckeyes are going to take it up another notch. Just have a feeling the defense is going to somehow hold the Tide to their worst offensive performance of the year. My bold, and probably REALLY FUCKING STUPID prediction is the Buckeye D holds the Tide to under 30. Don’t ask me how.
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I should've said it first but I have the same feeling.

In the Clemson game. Their first TD was aided by a non offensive PI call and I know their final TD was aided by a face mask and a pretty bad PI call. I have a feeling I'm forgetting something on their 3rd TD but I share that same feeling.

Main goal #1 is shutting down Harris and I think we can do that. Just have to keep pace when we are on offense and I believe in our seniors.

Btw Harris has been held under 6 ypc 7 times this year so they are not unstoppable .
 
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Systems_id said:
I dunno what it is but I think the Buckeyes are going to take it up another notch. Just have a feeling the defense is going to somehow hold the Tide to their worst offensive performance of the year. My bold, and probably REALLY FUCKING STUPID prediction is the Buckeye D holds the Tide to under 30. Don’t ask me how.
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Change that to 40-45 and I can see it

This is a generational offense. Especially if Waddell (sp?) is back.
 
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One thing that hasn't been talked about quite as much as other things (understandably) is how well Combs and co. were able to draw up blitzes and how well the LBs were able to get home on them. That really seemed to throw Lawrence off as the game went into the 2nd Q. He started throwing off his back foot to avoid the contact.

Jones seems to be better at getting the ball out quicker, but they still must make an effort to make him feel rushed. Having 4 senior LBs with a variety of skills does help quite a bit. Hopefully Vincent, Cage, Hamilton, and Jackson can play and play out of their minds.
 
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1926Buckeyes said:
One thing that hasn't been talked about quite as much as other things (understandably) is how well Combs and co. were able to draw up blitzes and how well the LBs were able to get home on them. That really seemed to throw Lawrence off as the game went into the 2nd Q. He started throwing off his back foot to avoid the contact.

Jones seems to be better at getting the ball out quicker, but they still must make an effort to make him feel rushed. Having 4 senior LBs with a variety of skills does help quite a bit. Hopefully Vincent, Cage, Hamilton, and Jackson can play and play out of their minds.
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Throwing the ball quick is great but that means they aren't throwing deep which is a win.
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Already said it before, no sense trying to stop Smith catching any passes, we just don't have the horses - no one does. All in on stopping Harris, hold him down like Etienne and hit Jones as many times as possible. Then on Offense repeat Friday and bring home the Natty.
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See i dont get this attitude... I mean I agree with you that we probably won't do what's necessary to eliminate Smith. That said we could if we committed the resources.

I really wish we would double Smith with Wade and a Safety and let Banks take their #2 WR. That would mean we could commit the other 9 to the running game of Bama.

We took away Cooper in 2014 and we certainly have the ability to take away Smith this time around. Yes they have Waddle potentially coming back but will he really be good to go for an entire game? Doubtful. Metchie is good but he's nothing we haven't already seen.

The defense hasn't let anything behind us since Indiana and frankly I dont see that stopping now.
 
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