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Game Thread Game Two: #1 Ohio State 24, #2 Texas 7 (9/9/06)

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xrayrandy said:
I think Texas will exploit weaknesses in the tOSU defense, not because of lack of talent or individual ability, but because of the lack of playing time as a unit. When the Texas offense gets in the no huddle, an inexperienced defense will find their heads spinning.
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Our defensive "unit" is not all that unaccustomed to each other. Granted, they won't be anywhere near as cohesive as last year's, but they won't be all that "green" as an entity. They have a fair amount of experience playing together in mop-up duty.

If you think that your QBs, having a grand total of one college game of experience between them (and against North Texas at that), are going to be able to effectively run a no-huddle offense against us, check yourself into rehab...
 
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scarletngrey77 said:
Actually at least 9 players on our defense have starting experience, and significant playing time. Neither of your quarterbacks have even thrown a collegiant pass.
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Pet-peeve, sorry. "Collegiant" is not a word. It's "collegiate." When you say it fast, it sounds like there's an "n" in there, but there isn't.

Continuing the discussion, if Texas QB's have to attempt 30 passes, then I say 3 or more of those are gonna get picked.
 
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R0CK3TM4NN said:
Pet-peeve, sorry. "Collegiant" is not a word. It's "collegiate." When you say it fast, it sounds like there's an "n" in there, but there isn't.

Continuing the discussion, if Texas QB's have to attempt 30 passes, then I say 3 or more of those are gonna get picked.
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I agree...I really don't want us to be putting the ball up in this game. We have, on paper anyways, an amazing defenes and a stable of runningbacks.....FREAKIN' USE THEM. defense and running should be the strength of this team early
 
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EngineerHorn said:
I didn't realize TS was so efficient in that game. Looking at the box score, I see plays of 85, 56, 60, and 68 yards. That means y'all scored quickly and had a fewer than average number of plays (64). I really don't know where I'm going with this, other than to say if OSU has a game like that with so many long plays, we're toast regardless.
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The OSU offensive numbers from the Fiesta are, for lack of a better term, useless for projecting next years performance.

Have you seen Notre Dame's defense? Because we still haven't. Neither has Troy Smith. Nor has Charlie Weis. Remember, this is the same defense that gave up the huge play against USC that allowed the "Bush-Push" to even occur.

Our offensive playbook that night was basically, "Ted left to the fire hydrant, Santonio right to the dumpster, and I'm gonna chuck this fucker as far as I can ...on three, break!"
 
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xrayrandy said:
I consider this the worse case scenario and about the only way for Texas to lose this game. I only expect these QBs to average 1 INT a game combined, including this game.
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So you think that your team will only throw 12 interceptions all year with two brand new quarterbacks?

And theres only one way that Ohio State can win? Damn....I thought we had a chance.
 
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xrayrandy said:
I consider this the worse case scenario and about the only way for Texas to lose this game. I only expect these QBs to average 1 INT a game combined, including this game.
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So, if your QBs throw for 13-30-2 (less than 3 INTs) combined, that we have no chance? Let me clue you in on something...although our defense is not quite the same as last year, your RBs will NOT run roughshod over our defense, which is the only way you'll win if your QBs go 13-30-2.
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
So, if your QBs throw for 13-30-2 (less than 3 INTs) combined, that we have no chance? Let me clue you in on something...although our defense is not quite the same as last year, your RBs will NOT run roughshod over our defense, which is the only way you'll win if your QBs go 13-30-2.
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Just looking at it from last year's performance (yes I realize that its not an indicator of future performance, but hey what really is) I think that UT has to gain more yards on the ground in this one (duh, right?), last year our RBs didn't run for squat, JC had some gains on dump offs, but just looking at straight runs, not too great. Of course, we Horns fans have a lot of optimism in JC this year, and also think Selvin will be better. So we have guys who didn't do squat against a great defense last year, most of that D is gone. I haven't watched or looked at the game in awhile, how many of their replacements played in that game? So it all goes back to speculation. The way I see it playing out, UT's rbs gain more yards collectively this year (not a tough accomplishment) as a combination of another year's experience, against a somewhat green defense. But I don't expect a 250 yards of rushing. I think that the RBs can AT LEAST (my prediction) equal the total yards of last years production 112 yards of rushing. Now can our QBs equal the 29-18-2 for 270 yards? That would be quite a feat for an inexperienced QB. last year UT ran the ball probably 30-35 times designed, maybe less. This year, we will probably run the ball about the same only placing the ball directly in the hands of the rbs instead of zone reads. If UT can only equal the total yards from last year, can they beat tOSU? Last year, tOSU gained a paltry total yards of 255 with a fairly even mix. I expect them to do better this year. So just based on last year's stats, I would say that UT has to produce better on the ground to make up for what I predict is a drop in passing production, just to equal last year's output from tOSU's offense. IF tOSU lives up to the offensive expectations placed on them this offseason, and produces more passing yards, and maybe even more rushing, then UT would need to produce not only more rushing, but equal their passing performance from last year. That is a tall order. Of course none of this factors in any returns for TDs from INT, F, KR or PR. That's why this game is going to be so damn close and so damn difficult to predict.

As far as predictions based on number of passes and number of runs, they don't mean much to me. IF UT runs the ball 50 times and gains 200 yards or so, then the coaches did a bad job of adjusting, etc.
 
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So, if your QBs throw for 13-30-2 (less than 3 INTs) combined, that we have no chance? Let me clue you in on something...although our defense is not quite the same as last year, your RBs will NOT run roughshod over our defense, which is the only way you'll win if your QBs go 13-30-2.
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Since you couldn't win at home with +2 turnovers, I just figure you need to be +3 to have a chance in Austin, especially with the new defense.

So you think that your team will only throw 12 interceptions all year with two brand new quarterbacks?
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Yes 12-17 over 14 games. I also fail to find any logic in someone whose team came up with 6 interceptions all year last year, yet they think they will get 3 in one game with a brand new secondary.
 
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