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Is OSU's rushing game becoming too predictable?

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Fort BUck;628577; said:
Interesting analysis about OSU's rushing game having a majority of success when they run to the left side of the O-LINE. Will this catch up to us when we play a team like Michigan?


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alot of those successful runs to the left are actually runs called for the middle or right and a cutback lane was just far too wide open to ignore. you wanna slant to the left or fill the box... fine by me. with the playmakers we have on this team i seriously doubt we will have any problems exploiting whatever defenses give us.

right now the left is open *shrug*.
 
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From a Cleveland Plain Dealer article earlier this week:

"The Buckeyes called 46 running plays against the Hawkeyes, and 24 of them went to the left side. Ohio State picked up 138 of its 214 rushing yards to the left, averaging 5.8 yards a carry."


I wasn't a stats major, but 24 of 46 doesn't seem like an overwhelming trend to me. Also, the playbook is going to stay pretty vanilla from here until michigan. I expect a little more each week, but still saving something for the school up north.
 
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lvbuckeye;628700; said:
[/b]"In order to break tendency, you must first establish it." -Jim Tressel

IOW, no.
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Exactly

I said it twice in the game thread, but it belongs here too...

BG stacked the box with 8, sometimes 9 on first down in the second half. They did this because they know that Tress always runs on first down when he has a lead. He's done it for years. He passed 10 times on first down in the first half against Texas, then not at all in the second half.

In spite of all this, OSU ran into the teeth of BG's expectations on every first down but one in the second half. Troy didn't even audible out of those plays. You can bet he would have if we'd needed points.

By now I'm sure you've guessed (or have read elsewhere); that one pass on first down was for 57 yards and a touchdown.
 
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Not how many runs....which side have they been successful

I don't think the story focuses on how often OSU is running to the left.....I believe the the point was that Pittman is only able to break it outside for big runs to the left and has not been as successful going to the right side.
 
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Is this what we resort to when there's nothing left to complain about?

Would you rather have Lydell Ross back? He ran straight up the guard's back every play, but he could do it on the right side AND left side. :roll2:
 
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We discussed this after the Iowa game last week in Pittmans thread.

It only appears that we are predictable in running left because thats where the gaping holes always end up and Pittman finds them with his great vision. Alot of our run calls start middle but go further out because the defensive line is getting blown up by Rehring and Boone. Pittmans comfort zone has understandably shifted that direction. The only thing that was predictable in the BGSU game is the down and situational running. I was actually talking to the television alot this week regarding the need to mix up when we run vs. pass as opposed to where.
 
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Wasn't it the Fiesta Bowl last year where Gary or Brent were talking about how much Chuck said we ran to the right and then Pittman starting running left and broke the long TD to the left? I think the comment about JT establishing a tendancy in order to break it later in the season is right on.
 
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coxew;628904; said:
Wasn't it the Fiesta Bowl last year where Gary or Brent were talking about how much Chuck said we ran to the right and then Pittman starting running left and broke the long TD to the left? I think the comment about JT establishing a tendancy in order to break it later in the season is right on.
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exactly correct.
 
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Fort BUck;628577; said:
Interesting analysis about OSU's rushing game having a majority of success when they run to the left side of the O-LINE. Will this catch up to us when we play a team like Michigan?
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I think this is dependant only upon what Jt wants people to think.
 
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martinss01;628707; said:
alot of those successful runs to the left are actually runs called for the middle or right and a cutback lane was just far too wide open to ignore. you wanna slant to the left or fill the box... fine by me. with the playmakers we have on this team i seriously doubt we will have any problems exploiting whatever defenses give us.

right now the left is open *shrug*.
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This is what I was thinking. Pittman starts up the middle, sees nothing, and bounces it outside. If opposing defenses want to defend Ohio State's left side of the line, Pittman will have wide-open running up the middle.
 
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In '95 we were fairly predictable in our run pattern (left) whenever we needed crucial yardardage (e.g. winning TD in PSU game).

We have 2 tackles playing on the left side of the line...throw in a TE and you should be able to consistently run to one side or another if the defense is not loaded up to that side in order to specificially stop the run.
 
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