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DC Jim Knowles (Official Thread)

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zincfinger said:
Maybe. Michigan's offense is bad enough, especially without Loveland, that holding them to 13 points, 235 yards, and 4.1 ypc is an acceptable performance, not a great performance. Of course, the OSU defense, by being merely acceptable, far outperformed the OSU offense. But it wasn't some tour de force.
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They only had to go 5 yards for 10 of those points though.
 
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zincfinger said:
Maybe. Michigan's offense is bad enough, especially without Loveland, that holding them to 13 points, 235 yards, and 4.1 ypc is an acceptable performance, not a great performance. Of course, the OSU defense, by being merely acceptable, far outperformed the OSU offense. But it wasn't some tour de force.
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He runs a safety driven defense and had the best safety in America transfer in.

All coaches look better with better players, this year doesn't change my opinion of him. He's a meh coach. Won't be any great loss when they blow it up.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
He runs a safety driven defense and had the best safety in America transfer in.

All coaches look better with better players, this year doesn't change my opinion of him. He's a meh coach. Won't be any great loss when they blow it up.
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Nah I genuinely feel like the DL situation has kind of fucked Knowles in his iffy performances. He wouldn't have to call all of those batshit insane blitzes if he could count on the DL to do...anything really. You saw what happened Saturday when you can count on your front four to be disruptive despite a mediocre secondary.
 
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System_id said:
They only had to go 5 yards for 10 of those points though.
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Yes, and OSU was also fortunate that when the bad Michigan offense did drive the field, they came away with no points. For example, Sawyer made a nice play on his pick, but it was made possible by a late, weak Davis Warren pass to an extremely open receiver - not to mention that for that offense to call a pass play on first and goal from the three was an unforced error.

So, yes, it was good that OSU had a competent defense yesterday, that could mostly shut down a bad Michigan offense, because OSU's offense was not competent. And yes, OSU's defense is significantly better in 2024 than it was in 2021 before Knowles arrived. But I chalk that up mostly to personnel improvements. Half the guys starting yesterday were at least in the two-deep in 2021 as freshmen and sophomores, and it turns out that Caleb Downs is better than Bryson Shaw. But in comparison to what the defense was widely expected to be this year, with all of the returning starts and recruiting stars, I'm not sure the actual performance has been more than decent, just like the performance yesterday against a bad offense was...acceptable.
 
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zincfinger said:
Maybe. Michigan's offense is bad enough, especially without Loveland, that holding them to 13 points, 235 yards, and 4.1 ypc is an acceptable performance, not a great performance. Of course, the OSU defense, by being merely acceptable, far outperformed the OSU offense. But it wasn't some tour de force.
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Considering the shit hole the Offense kept them in the whole game, I would say that was an exemplary performance, especially in the red zone once again.
 
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