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Jim Bollman (Stay calm and run Dave)

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His Wikipedia page gave me a laugh.

Jim Bollman is the current offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team. [1] Bollman has been the offensive coordinator for the Buckeyes since 2001, [1] covering the entire tenure of head coach Jim Tressel. His offenses have ranked in the Top 3 in the Big Ten Conference multiple times. [citation needed] The 2011 season has propelled him into national prominence, as he is now likely contender for head coaching position.
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Nicknam4;2009786; said:
Today's game told me how incompetent Bollman really is when it comes to dire situation playcalling. Instead of deciding to use what was working, he changed back to the predictable poo-flinger offense that lost us the Miami and the Sparty game.

Even when the offense was doing well I saw consistent and predictable "1st down = run down the middle" plays. That made me angry.

Maybe we should just start having the center hold a sign showing the play we're about to run.
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I agree in principal, but what exactly can you expect him to call when handcuffed by a QB who competes roughly 75% of his passes to the sideline? I'm talking about after Braxton went down, obviously. The offense needed to slow their momentum, but Nebraska could just crowd the box, send the house whenever they felt like it, and dare Joe to complete a pass. He couldn't. No coordinator in the country can be successful with that amount of ineptitude under center. That's where it all starts.

The playcalling tonight wasn't what I'd call great, but it was a step up from the insanity of the Cryami and MSU games. The defense's horrific last 20 minutes and punting instead of trying to go up two scores are the main culprits...my IMO.
 
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I made the mistake of saying...as long as we don't do something stupid we will win this when up 21. The next play miller fumbles.

Then I said, lets just hand it off. Don't call any design QB runs as Miller had taken a lot of hits.....then he sprains is ankle on design run when we should have just handed it off to move the chains.
 
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Tlangs;2009922; said:
I made the mistake of saying...as long as we don't do something stupid we will win this when up 21. The next play miller fumbles.

Then I said, lets just hand it off. Don't call any design QB runs as Miller had taken a lot of hits.....then he sprains is ankle on design run when we should have just handed it off to move the chains.
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So it was you. :)
 
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NFBuck;2009891; said:
I agree in principal, but what exactly can you expect him to call when handcuffed by a QB who competes roughly 75% of his passes to the sideline? I'm talking about after Braxton went down, obviously. The offense needed to slow their momentum, but Nebraska could just crowd the box, send the house whenever they felt like it, and dare Joe to complete a pass. He couldn't. No coordinator in the country can be successful with that amount of ineptitude under center. That's where it all starts.

The playcalling tonight wasn't what I'd call great, but it was a step up from the insanity of the Cryami and MSU games. The defense's horrific last 20 minutes and punting instead of trying to go up two scores are the main culprits...my IMO.
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Bollman has to understand what his players do best and with what supporting cast when they are in the game. He needs to call plays that give his offense a chance of being successful. The outside receiver for us had a 10 yard cushion all game, because they know we aren't going to exploit it. We never run any quick slants or crossing patterns.
 
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Bleed S & G;2009943; said:
Bauserman enters, up 2 scores, 18 snaps. 10 of those 18 play calls were passes.
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Exactly. What was the run/pass ratio prior to his entering? Like 30/9?

Nebraska never proved they could stop the run. Hell, before Joe started bombing away Hyde had consecutive runs of 14 and 5. Also, what happened to the screen and flair passes that were so successful earlier in the game?
 
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Bill Lucas;2009952; said:
Exactly. What was the run/pass ratio prior to his entering? Like 30/9?

Nebraska never proved they could stop the run. Hell, before Joe started bombing away Hyde had consecutive runs of 14 and 5. Also, what happened to the screen and flair passes that were so successful earlier in the game?
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Simple... due to Bollman knowing which quarter back was in.. he didn't want anyone in the first couple rows or possibly teams getting hit by a line drive t-shirt cannon... the ones floated down the field were less likely to hurt.

Edit: Can't find the scene from Varsity Blues where Mox nails the mascot on the sidelines.. but thats what i'm thinking a screen or a flair pass might look like.
 
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How much freedom does Bollman allow the QBs at the line of scrimmage to audible? All I saw all night long was a 10 yd cushion on the outside receiver, especially on first down. They need to recognize and exploit this.
 
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AuTX Buckeye;2009960; said:
Simple... due to Bollman knowing which quarter back was in.. he didn't want anyone in the first couple rows or possibly teams getting hit by a line drive t-shirt cannon... the ones floated down the field were less likely to hurt.

Edit: Can't find the scene from Varsity Blues where Mox nails the mascot on the sidelines.. but thats what i'm thinking a screen or a flair pass might look like.
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This might suffice.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK1_B8zX87w&feature=related"]The Longest Yard-You Got to Always Protect The McNuggets! - YouTube[/ame]
 
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