Game Thread Indiana at tOSU, Sat. Nov. 23, 12pm ET, FOX

[Thump]

this guy is a king of douche island

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

Here's my problem with the douchebag and his mouthiness........it's not genuine. He doesn't actually think Indiana is anything special at all, he just knows what needs to be said to rile people up to garner attention. He's Skip Bayless and Colin Cowherd.

Of course, the opposite side of that coin is somebody like PJ Fleck, who seemingly believes all the dumb shit that comes out of his mouth, and who I despise.....so I'm not sure which is better. I guess I'd rather a person just not be a douchebag.

 

[iambrutus]

Here's my problem with the douchebag ......He's Skip Bayless and Colin Cowherd.

That is probably the best comparison I've seen.

 

[RB07OSU]

My read on them, phenomenal execution, so so talent. When Michigan ditched zone and went man, IU could not longer scheme guys open. And that was probably the first time they played a secondary that had decent corners.

That is my read as well. If we out-talent them and don't be stubborn on play calls, we'll win. On defense that means play aggressive man and cut out the zone bullshit, and tell the DL/edge rushers they have to get home or they are coming out. On offense, enough vanilla 5 yard passes. Take some more chances on the intermediate to deep game, that will loosen up the run game.

We have 2 of the best backs in the country and the new oline gets off on run blocking. They will see that number 1 run defense and take it as a challenge.

True, but to my comment above I think we need to air it out earlier and then break them in the run game after their defense is afraid of an air raid. Then grind on the run game.

Yep. Great adjustments by Jim but it seems like teams are coming out breaking tendencies right away and it’s taking 1-2 series for us to settle down.

This is what’s going to decide our year imo. The offense also doesn’t function early it seems like and offers little in tempo. So one of two things needs to happen.

1. The defense needs to get a stop on the first two drives

Or…

2. The offense needs to operate with some fire.

I don’t get why we can’t do both but this year it seems like it’s been one or the other.

Yeah the two sides aren't functioning. There is always a slow start for either side. Bend but don't break works if your offense can perform, but that is not how things have gone. We have the talent if we start fast on both sides for once, we will race to a lead that not many teams can catch. But until we do it, it's just a wish.

I think we will win this game but we have to snap out of bad patterns right now.

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

Is this a Hoosier encouraging other Hoosiers to tear down our goalposts?

First, if you think you’d survive the experience, by all means give it a try

Second and more importantly, don’t expect help from the IU players. After having their overrated asses humiliated for 3 and a half hours, they won’t be up for it

 

[BuckBackHome]

Definitely feeling anxious about this one.

 

[cincibuck]

I agree that the impression the D gives you this year is that they give up far too many 3rd downs.

And yet they lead the conference in opponent 3rd down conversions at less than 32%. Imagine if they step it up because...

of this...

Every game from here on out is either a top 10 matchup or is The Game. Hopefully 6 straight games of must-win intensity.

As long as we're throwing out scores, I am honestly believing 31-16 right now. I believe Indiana is a really good team; by far the best the Hoosiers have ever had. And I think they're going to feel like it was worse than that score. I think the Buckeyes are going to maul them.

I've watched more than one Michigan team go from opening day clown circus to relevant by The Game. Think Brady Hoke's last two teams. Transfers and freshmen "get it" after 11 games. I think it will be a tight game until the fourth when the Buckeye D depth wears IU out.

 

[cincibuck]

I was there. Scary game until the middle of the fourth quarter. A play in which the refs should have blown the whistle was allowed to continue resulting in Mike Vrabel ripping the ball free and running for a 40+ yard TD.

 

[calibuck]

On any given Saturday.....Cignetti is not doing anything that he shouldn't be doing. Seem to recollect Tress on the basketball court, "in 360 days you're going to be proud..." and Buckeyeland ate it up. Same in Hoosierland. The negative stuff is a bunch of stuff, but hey, it got him an $8 million contract, with a hefty buy-out. Haven't exactly seen Indiana killing it on the (football) recruiting trail, so guess the recruits are a bit dubious. Their schedule isn't exactly hard, and they miss the B10 heavyweights (except for tOSU). But as the talking heads say, they are playing good team ball, so there's that. However, also read that with the expected tOSU loss, will plummet them out of the playoffs. Hard to say, but can see that path, or not, and getting into the playoffs as well. Article was about denying the SEC it's fourth or fifth team in playoffs, for the Indiana pretender and how dare they? Anyway, am glad Indy is in top 5, so tOSU won't go sleep-walking and throw down their jock strap and expect them to fold. Looking forward to this game. Would like to see tOSU come out strong, play strong for all 4 quarters, and go home with a decent win. Go Bucks!

 

[Thump]

On any given Saturday.....Cignetti is not doing anything that he shouldn't be doing. Seem to recollect Tress on the basketball court, "in 360 days you're going to be proud..." and Buckeyeland ate it up. Same in Hoosierland. The negative stuff is a bunch of stuff, but hey, it got him an $8 million contract, with a hefty buy-out. Haven't exactly seen Indiana killing it on the (football) recruiting trail, so guess the recruits are a bit dubious. Their schedule isn't exactly hard, and they miss the B10 heavyweights (except for tOSU). But as the talking heads say, they are playing good team ball, so there's that. However, also read that with the expected tOSU loss, will plummet them out of the playoffs. Hard to say, but can see that path, or not, and getting into the playoffs as well. Article was about denying the SEC it's fourth or fifth team in playoffs, for the Indiana pretender and how dare they? Anyway, am glad Indy is in top 5, so tOSU won't go sleep-walking and throw down their jock strap and expect them to fold. Looking forward to this game. Would like to see tOSU come out strong, play strong for all 4 quarters, and go home with a decent win. Go Bucks!

GPA!