DC Matt Patricia (Official Thread)

[ScriptOhio]

Skull Session: Ryan Day is Moving Different in 2025, Ohio State Looks As Dangerous As Ever and Matt Patricia’s Defense is Hilariously Good

Ryan Day is moving different, Ohio State looks as dangerous as ever, Matt Patricia's defense is hilariously good and Eleven Dubgate XIII was a huge success.

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SILVER BULLETS → SILVER BULLETING. Here’s an incredible stat from Reddit user potterpockets, who shared over the weekend that even if Ohio State’s opponents were able to roll over the points previous teams scored against the Buckeyes in 2025, Ohio State would still be 5-0.

• Ohio State beats Texas, 14-7 → 14-7
• Ohio State beats Grambling State 70-0 → 70-7
• Ohio State beats Ohio 37-9 → 37-16
• Ohio State beats Washington 24-6 → 24-22 (this one was close!)
• Ohio State beats Minnesota 42-3 → 42-25

Matt Patricia’s defense is hilariously good.

 

[SEREbuckeye]

“Defend the Shoe” on the pencil is pretty badass.

We’ve had Woody’s short-sleeve dress shirt, Bruce’s fedora, ‘The Vest’, Urban’s windbreaker, and now ‘The Pencil’.

 

[Tanner]

I think it was Ross Fulton (cant remember 100% who it was) used to say Ohio State's defensive strategy is always pretty simple. You know what we're going to do but we have better players. And it'd be interesting to see what happened if they combined complex schemes with those players.

 

[OregonBuckeye]

I think it was Ross Fulton (cant remember 100% who it was) used to say Ohio State's defensive strategy is always pretty simple. You know what we're going to do but we have better players. And it'd be interesting to see what happened if they combined complex schemes with those players.

The trade-off was always allowing the players to play faster by not thinking as much in a simpler scheme vs a complex scheme that slows down their reaction time and possibly leads to blown assignments. Patricia has done an excellent job of teaching them so we're seeing the best of both options