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Well, this Saturday OSU needs to remind him why they didn't take him.LUKE LACHEY EXCITED TO RETURN TO HIS HOMETOWN AS FATHER PREPARES TO CALL HIS SON’S GAME AT OHIO STATE THIS WEEKEND
Growing up in Columbus, Luke Lachey went to just about every Ohio State home game from the time he was seven years old.
Lachey’s father, Jim, was an All-American guard for the Buckeyes who is now the color commentator for Ohio State’s radio broadcasts. Raised in a house full of Buckeye fans, the younger Lachey has fond memories of throwing a football around before and after games at the Shoe on Saturday afternoons.
Luke Lachey is hoping to catch some more passes at Ohio Stadium this Saturday, but this time he’ll be there as an opposing player when Ohio State hosts Iowa in both teams' seventh game of the 2022 season.
Before Lachey became a Hawkeye, he had hopes of following in his father’s footsteps and playing for the Buckeyes. A three-star recruit out of Grandview Heights High School, Lachey camped at Ohio State during the summer of 2019 in hopes of earning an offer from his hometown school. Ohio State ended up offering fellow in-state tight end Joe Royer instead, and Lachey went on to commit to Iowa just over a month later.
While Lachey was disappointed not to receive an Ohio State offer at the time, he believes he ultimately ended up in the right place.
“It was definitely disappointing at the time, but I remember I was driving to the place we vacation at, Bald Head Island in North Carolina, and I was in the car with my dad and I got off the phone with (Ohio State offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Kevin) Wilson and then right after that I set up a visit to come to Iowa,” Lachey said Wednesday. “And so it all kind of worked out in the end for me. I think that that might have been the best thing for me. I love where I am. And I don't think there's a place better for me.”
Now a redshirt sophomore at Iowa, Lachey is the Hawkeyes’ second-leading receiver this season with 157 yards and a touchdown on just nine catches. In an offense that regularly utilizes multiple tight ends, Lachey has played 248 snaps this season as Iowa’s No. 2 tight end, per Pro Football Focus. He has started each of the Hawkeyes’ last four games.
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Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...all-his-son-s-game-at-ohio-state-this-weekend
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scarletngray
Gold Pants
Key to our offense this Saturday is patience. Both Day in his play calling and CJ in settling on taking the short throws when necessary. The offense has proven it can drive the ball 70, 80, 90 yards downfield. Be patient and the points will come.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Specifically, Day said he expects running backs Miyan Williams and TreVeyon Henderson to both be full-go against Iowa after Williams missed the Michigan State game with an injury and Henderson also exited that game early while dealing with a nagging foot injury.
“It's great to have both of those guys back,” Day said during his Zoom call with reporters Thursday. “I think that the bye week really helped both of them. And looking to have a full-strength running back corps.”
Day also said defensive tackle Mike Hall is back to full strength after dealing with a nagging injury in the first half of the season that prompted the Buckeyes to limit him to only seven snaps against Michigan State.
“He had a little nagging thing going on, so we were smart about how we did that,” Day said. “He's back at full strength, so that’s good.”
As for wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Day kept his answer short when asked if he felt better about Smith-Njigba’s chances of playing this week than he had before Ohio State’s last three games, all of which Smith-Njigba missed due to a hamstring injury he initially suffered against Notre Dame and aggravated against Toledo.
“I can answer that, and the answer is yes,” Day said.
While no one from Ohio State has said outright that Smith-Njigba will play against Iowa, Smith-Njigba has been practicing with the Buckeyes this week and fellow wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. indicated Wednesday he expects Smith-Njigba to be ready to play.
“He's been practicing. I’m not gonna tell you too much about what he’s doing,” Harrison said while meeting with reporters. “He’s gonna be ready.”
One Buckeye who will not play against Iowa, however, is Kourt Williams. The redshirt sophomore safety, who played only sparingly on defense in the first half of the season but has been a regular on special teams, was seen wearing a sling on his arm after Wednesday’s practice and is out indefinitely with what Day described Thursday as “a long-term injury.”
“Not sure exactly when he'll be back,” Day said.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
ACROSS THE FIELD: IOWA COLUMNIST CHAD LEISTIKOW EXPLAINS WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE HAWKEYES’ OFFENSE, THEIR KEYS TO SUCCESS DEFENSIVELY
Let’s not avoid the elephant in the room: Iowa currently ranks dead last in the FBS in total offense. What are the biggest reasons why the offense has played so poorly?
Leistikow: Beyond coaching and scheme … which have become major talking points of late, as you might imagine … there’s no denying that three major factors have played a part in the poor on-field performance.
- A young offensive line hasn’t come together. The Hawkeyes have recruited well recently at this position but they started four sophomores and a freshman at Illinois, where they allowed five sacks and got very little push in the running game. As you know, when things constantly break down up front, it makes everybody look bad. This unit may be very good next season, but time’s running out this season.
- Injuries and transfers have decimated the wide receiver ranks. Most notably, the jarring late-May departure of Charlie Jones to Purdue underscores how Iowa mishandles the receiver position year after year. Jones’ career high in catches at Iowa was three. He’s obviously blown that away at Purdue while leading the Big Ten in receiving. Iowa’s expected No. 1 receiver, four-star recruit Keagan Johnson, has played in only one game due to various injuries. Iowa had just two scholarship receivers available in Weeks 1 and 2 and even now doesn’t have a game-breaking threat. It’s a very easy group to defend.
- Quarterback play has been insufficient. Spencer Petras ranks No. 118 out of 118 qualifying FBS quarterbacks in pass efficiency, a pretty telling mark for a fifth-year senior with 25 career starts. Petras is immobile and inaccurate and has been unable to deliver in clutch moments. Iowa is 3-7 in its last 10 games in which Petras starts and makes it into the second half, yet Kirk and Brian Ferentz are refusing to give backup Alex Padilla a chance (3-0 in his starting career, no snaps this season).
Leistikow: It’s not realistic that Kirk Ferentz’s job would be in immediate jeopardy. His buyout after this season would be $42 million, and he’s built up enough equity that there’s not a major, realistic push to move him out of power. However, the fan base is in as ugly a place as it’s been since the end of the 2014 season. Kirk Ferentz’s goodwill is rapidly going out the window with the offense struggling under his son’s direction, primarily because the head coach knew these issues existed after the 2021 season and did very little to make changes. Even now, Ferentz stands by the offense and Petras in what’s either an extreme exercise of patience … or insanity (trying the same thing over and over again while expecting different results).
On the other side of the ball, Iowa’s defense has been one of the best in the country. What have been the Hawkeyes’ keys to success defensively?
Leistikow: Under Phil Parker (an Ohio native), the Hawkeyes have historically been excellent at limiting big plays and forcing offenses to stay patient to work their way down the field. That, of course, will be highly challenged this Saturday at Ohio Stadium. Iowa has looked average at best the last two times it played a power from the East Division (losing 42-3 to Michigan in last year’s Big Ten Championship Game and 27-14 earlier this year at Kinnick Stadium, in which the Wolverines gained 300 yards on their first five possessions). The secondary is skilled in taking the football away, year after year.
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Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...-with-hawkeyes-offense-keys-defensive-success
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1926Buckeyes
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The Rutgers game might end up being the most influential matchup this season. Their defense wasn't great, but good enough to provide a trap for Stroud, who carved them up in '21. Schiano's only goal was to make sure that didn't happen again, and it caused some frustration and bad throws that would've bitten them against a better team. The lesson was patience will still lead to points, and that the '22 run game could shoulder the burden and then some if you fucked around.
Thankfully, it's hard to take a top 5 defense lightly, and Day and Wilson both have a lot of respect for Parker. They aren't taken them lightly, and I don't think the players will either.
The main takeaway from this is the jet motion TTUN used. It's been integral in OSU's offense and could create a lot of conflict for the LBs if they don't adjust. If JSN is back, he should at least see a few pop-passes.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
My bad......thanks, I had multiple open tabs (like 10 or more on 2 screens) including 2 (maybe even 3) for BP. Obviously I reopened the wrong one.
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