• Follow us on Twitter @buckeyeplanet and @bp_recruiting, like us on Facebook! Enjoy a post or article, recommend it to others! BP is only as strong as its community, and we only promote by word of mouth, so share away!
  • Consider registering! Fewer and higher quality ads, no emails you don't want, access to all the forums, download game torrents, private messages, polls, Sportsbook, etc. Even if you just want to lurk, there are a lot of good reasons to register!

Indiana @ tOSU, Sat Nov 12, 12pm, FOX

A ready made excuse. Weather is same for both teams.
But weather impacts teams differently. Let's pretend for a second that Ohio State is a team that has the best QB and 3 or 4 of the best WRs in the country. Let's pretend their opponent likes to run the ball a ton. Weather is the same....but a rainy windy day favors one of those teams more than the other, right?
 
Upvote 0
Upvote 0
Indiana vs. Ohio State: Tom Allen shares injury updates on QBs Connor Bazelak, Jack Tuttle

Indiana dropped its sixth straight game on Saturday, falling 45-14 to No. 15 Penn State at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington. With starting quarterback Connor Bazelak sidelined due to injury, backup Jack Tuttle got the start against the Nittany Lions before leaving in the second quarter with an injury of his own, forcing the Hoosiers to turn to true freshman Brendan Sorsby and redshirt sophomore Dexter Williams II to finish out the game.
.
.
.
“All right. Good afternoon, appreciate you guys joining us. Just want to follow up from our game day with Jack Tuttle. (He) had a shoulder injury during the game, and he's continuing to be evaluated with a shoulder specialist, and we'll know more about his status here in a few days. And Connor Bazelak will be back with us and has come back from his time being injured and will be our starting quarterback.

Entire article: https://247sports.com/college/ohio-...or-Bazelak-Jack-Tuttle-197101561/#197101561_1
 
Upvote 0
But weather impacts teams differently. Let's pretend for a second that Ohio State is a team that has the best QB and 3 or 4 of the best WRs in the country. Let's pretend their opponent likes to run the ball a ton. Weather is the same....but a rainy windy day favors one of those teams more than the other, right?
You have to overcome ..the forecast was there all week. Passes were dropped..blocks missed.
 
Upvote 0
So when are we going to accept that we are a finesse team that cant run the ball? Its not a coincidence that we have now for two years in a row struggled against the traditional BIG teams. Teams who can play solid run defense. Maybe I am jumping the gun a bit. However this is becoming too much like the end of last year. I dont know about everyone else but I am not a huge fan of how that ended. It seems that we are built offensively similar to Tennessee, better Passing for OSU however we dont run the ball well. UGA handled them this past weekend and I can see SCUM and UGA Def playing us similarly. Stover has had a great year this year catching and a lot of blocking. However the games we have struggled running I have noticed the pulling TE or Guard missing the block resulting in negative plays. Hopefully we can either stop the pull if we cant get to our spots or get more push on the O Line.
 
Upvote 0
So when are we going to accept that we are a finesse team that cant run the ball? Its not a coincidence that we have now for two years in a row struggled against the traditional BIG teams. Teams who can play solid run defense. Maybe I am jumping the gun a bit. However this is becoming too much like the end of last year. I dont know about everyone else but I am not a huge fan of how that ended. It seems that we are built offensively similar to Tennessee, better Passing for OSU however we dont run the ball well. UGA handled them this past weekend and I can see SCUM and UGA Def playing us similarly. Stover has had a great year this year catching and a lot of blocking. However the games we have struggled running I have noticed the pulling TE or Guard missing the block resulting in negative plays. Hopefully we can either stop the pull if we cant get to our spots or get more push on the O Line.

You are. We'll find out on 11/26
 
Upvote 0
Back
Top