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Indiana at tOSU, November 21st, Noon on Fox

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“If you think about who Ohio State has played, have they played anyone who you really think can exploit them with the quarterback position? Because if there’s one thing Indiana does well on offense, it’s hit explosive plays," Elliott said. "They might be able to hit some explosive plays on Ohio State. That’s a potential weakness there.

"... Now, where Ohio State can throw a knockout punch is literally on the other side of that. Indiana’s defense, because it’s aggressive and they try for turnovers and they’re trying to be a chaos defense, they give up a ton of explosive pass plays. They’re 74th in the nation in explosive pass rate allowed. Ohio State is third in the country in passing explosiveness. If your defense is a little bit leaky through the air against Ohio State, Justin Fields is going to just flood you.”

Simmons said he saw the margin being roughly in the 17-to-20-point range in favor of Ohio State, while Elliott was a bit higher on the Buckeyes' chances. Both said they aren't entirely buying Indiana yet as a top-10 team, as they compared the Hoosiers to fellow Big Ten surprise Northwestern — albeit Indiana is a more offensively-oriented version of the Wildcats.

Still, Simmons lauded Indiana's "belief within that program" as well as Penix's play this season. Simmons and Elliott agreed that Ohio State hasn't won as handily as many might have expected in its three victories so far, so that slight underperformance would likely have to continue on Saturday for Indiana to have much of a chance.
 
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THURSDAY BULLET POINTS: RYAN DAY BREAKS DOWN INDIANA, EXPRESSES DISAPPOINTMENT THAT PARENTS CAN'T ATTEND, AND LOOKS BACK AT PAST TWO WEEKS OF PRACTICE



RYAN DAY
ON THE GAME-WEEK ROUTINE
  • Day said they took Sunday off and practiced Monday.
  • "It's been a good week of work and our guys are looking forward to playing this game."
ON THE BACKUPS GETTING EXTRA PRACTICE REPS THIS WEEK
  • Day said they tried to get younger guys reps after practice this week
  • "Those guys need to learn from playing"
ON THE WEEK OFF
  • "I think that was one of the more positive things, we're fresh."
  • Day said it's been a short season so there weren't too many injuries.
  • "When you play three games, your guys do get banged up a little bit."
ON THE PARENTS NOW BEING UNABLE TO ATTEND THE HOME GAMES
  • "There's certainly been a lot of disappointment over the last few months, and this is another one."
  • Day mentioned it's hard on the families and the players.
  • "We've got to be strong and help support these guys. Make sure we're strong for them."
  • "It's been the most strange year in our country's history."
  • Day mentions the health of the players is the No. 1 concern, but that does include mental health.
ON THE KICKERS
  • Day says they want a "pair and a spare" at every position, and that's what they have at kicker.
  • Day said it's good to have three guys "performing at a high level."
  • "At any point, something could happen and you could find yourself on the field."
ON INDIANA
  • Day calls Michael Penix "fearless," throwing it to receivers that are covered, but putting the ball where only they can get it.
  • Day praised Indiana's receivers for being able to make catches in traffic.
  • Day said on defense they create "a lot of confusion" that has led to turnovers.
  • Day called that combination of offense and defense "complimentary" and makes Indiana dangerous.
ON THE INDIANA OFFENSIVE LINE
  • "I think they've done a good job of protecting him and he gets it out of his hand quickly."
  • "They do a good job of that, and we've got to do a good job of winning the line of scrimmage."
ON MASTER TEAGUE
  • "He runs hard."
  • Day notes they would like him to hit some bigger runs, but he's getting tough yards on each down.
  • Day mentions that Teague is a bigger back who gets tough yards and turns "4 yards into 6."
ON THE DEFENSIVE BACK DEPTH
  • "I think our young guys have had a good week of practice."
  • Day specifically mentions Ryan Watts and Lejond Cavazos as younger players who've been looking better in practice.
ON THE RECRUITING DEAD PERIOD
  • "We've done the best that we can to try to build relationships through virtual means."
  • Day mentions that he thinks it's harder on the recruits and their families than it is on the coaches.
  • Day notes that some players don't even get to play this year.
  • "There's going to be players who fall through the cracks, there's going to be players that are overhyped."
  • Day said they're going to try to find the players that fit their team and culture.
ON THE EARLY SIGNING PERIOD VS. THE REGULAR SIGNING PERIOD
  • "We're not able to go out to see them, so it doesn't really affect anything. Nothing's really going to change from the early signing period to the second signing period."
  • "I would assume that almost all the recruits will sign early."
Entire article including comments from Cory Dennis: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...ppointment-that-parents-cant-attend-and-looks

"When you play three games, your guys do get banged up a little bit."
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Just sayin': One plus in playing less games than the SEC & ACC; if we get in the CFPs, less players "banged up" and "fresher legs". etc.
 
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Good to hear Watts and Cavazos are coming along, we may need them on Saturday. Wade and Banks are going to have their hands full with Phylor and Fryfogle, thos guys are both legit. Also going to need Proctor and Werner team up for a big day covering their TE Hendershot. Very excited to see how our team handles what I see as the biggest challenge so far this year (not much of a stretch, we've only played 3 games).
 
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The one good thing I am enjoying is the lack of visuals of the random buckeye fans that want notoriety.

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RB07OSU said:
Good to hear Watts and Cavazos are coming along, we may need them on Saturday. Wade and Banks are going to have their hands full with Phylor and Fryfogle, thos guys are both legit. Also going to need Proctor and Werner team up for a big day covering their TE Hendershot. Very excited to see how our team handles what I see as the biggest challenge so far this year (not much of a stretch, we've only played 3 games).
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I don’t think they’ll move Wade or Banks inside to cover Philyor. Probably looking at Williamson with a lot of help.
 
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heisman said:
I don’t think they’ll move Wade or Banks inside to cover Philyor. Probably looking at Williamson with a lot of help.
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Is Philyor lining up exclusively in the slot this year? I thought they rotated him inside and out, but I could be wrong. Feels like we want Wade and Banks on Fryfogle and Philyor at all times with their talent, but I will defer to the coaches of course. May throw us off our scheme too much to do that.
 
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RB07OSU said:
Not allowing family in for the games is just fucking so stupid that I can't even wrap my mind around it. If you can't "socially distance" around 2,000 or so people in the Shoe where we normally have 110,00, then we're doomed way beyond covid. Just a farce and a shame. That said, happy if we just have a game unfortunately.
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I’m thinking that many less families will come to the game, and thus many less families will have contact with the players before and after the game. I’m not bothered by the decision because it helps keep the players in more of a bubble, and I believe it increases the likelihood of getting the remaining games in.

Of course, we also need opponents to be able to field a team a few more times, despite their having less motivation than the Buckeyes to do so.
 
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