I don't think it is that hard to see that the mistakes on offense are generally due to a lack of experience. Lyons clearly hasn't gotten a ton of reps, and as a result, he wasn't prepared for the past to be that fast. You can't throw an out too fast, so Smith did a nice job there. Ginn needs to learn how to catch the ball so if you don't, you don't pop it up. Simple as that. How many times have we run the option? Probably between Smith and Pittman, they don't have a ton of reps together on that. Bad play call.. if Hall's in there, he might not outrun Smith. Smith threw it poorly, though, and he's made some mistakes, (his pick inside the redzone was awful), but he did some nice things today. Also was plagued by a lot of drops, and anyone who's ever played or coached QB will tell you that there's nothing that gets you out of your rhythm faster than drops. Still, he didn't have an issue with that.. he looked decent overall, I thought.
EJ got beat bad on that play action. He should have pounded Orton's ass into the turf. He learns from that. It's tough. I don't know that he ever lives up to his potential, but if he wants to stick around and dedicate himself to improving, I believe his senior year could be a great one. It's up to him how it goes.
If you think we don't have a chance against Michigan, then get out of here and come back and say "I told you so". I don't want to hear it this week... this is the week where diehard Buckeyes get psyched. This is where the scarlet and grey in our veins (yes, our, I *am* a Buckeye) starts pumping and this is where we start losing sleep over excitement for THE game. Throw out records, throw out EVERYTHING.. the worst Buckeye team of the last 30 years (which this is NOT) could most certainly beat the BEST scUM team of the last 30 years. And vice versa. You throw out the records, because you know this is what the boys have been playing for and this is what we've been building to for the whole year. But somehow, people lose sight of that.
We're 6-4. Could easily be 7-3 or 8-2 with a couple of plays going our way, could be 4-6 with a couple of plays not going our way. It's the way it's going to be playing a tough schedule. Some years you have the team to get those breaks, some years you don't. Either way, we're still Buckeyes, and if you don't want to be a part of it? See you next week when you can come back and eat crow, or come back and gloat. Either way, we can beat them, and if you don't believe.. I feel sorry for you, I really do. If you don't believe that every game is winnable.. then I feel bad for you. Do I think we're going to win every game? No. But we can, and I fully believe that this week? We will.
