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Nobody is tackling during the Ohio State Spring Game
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Better safe than sorry?
Trying to pry definitive insights from the spring game is always tricky, since the rules are a bit different. The rosters are mixed up, playcalling is different, there are no kickoffs, and also, it’s very literally a practice. But that doesn’t dampen fan interest.
But this year, it looks like that’s been taken to a new level, as the spring game started without tackling.
It’s one thing for quarterbacks to not take any contact. They’re wearing black jerseys for a reason, and nobody wants to get a QB hurt for a game that doesn’t matter. But during the first two drives of the game, nobody got tackled. Play would stop after any player, be it a wideout, running back, tight end, etc, got hit with two hands.
So if you like touchdown catches, sure, there are some of those. But no hits.
DOUBLE TAKE
J.T. Barrett starts 5-6 for 52 yds & caps Gray's opening drive with this TD toss to A.J. Alexander https://t.co/p9onsG9mdJ
— Ohio State Buckeyes (@OhioStAthletics) April 15, 2017
Maybe Ohio State will start tackling later in the game, once the presumed starters are out of the game. But if they don’t, maybe that isn’t the worst thing in the world, as it will limit the injury risk.
But it does mean that the event resembles an actual football game even less. And if you’re a fan who paid money and traveled to Columbus to watch a two-hand touch game, maybe that is something you would have wanted to know ahead of time?
Continue reading...
Matt Brown via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Better safe than sorry?
Trying to pry definitive insights from the spring game is always tricky, since the rules are a bit different. The rosters are mixed up, playcalling is different, there are no kickoffs, and also, it’s very literally a practice. But that doesn’t dampen fan interest.
But this year, it looks like that’s been taken to a new level, as the spring game started without tackling.
It’s one thing for quarterbacks to not take any contact. They’re wearing black jerseys for a reason, and nobody wants to get a QB hurt for a game that doesn’t matter. But during the first two drives of the game, nobody got tackled. Play would stop after any player, be it a wideout, running back, tight end, etc, got hit with two hands.
So if you like touchdown catches, sure, there are some of those. But no hits.
DOUBLE TAKE
J.T. Barrett starts 5-6 for 52 yds & caps Gray's opening drive with this TD toss to A.J. Alexander https://t.co/p9onsG9mdJ
— Ohio State Buckeyes (@OhioStAthletics) April 15, 2017
Maybe Ohio State will start tackling later in the game, once the presumed starters are out of the game. But if they don’t, maybe that isn’t the worst thing in the world, as it will limit the injury risk.
But it does mean that the event resembles an actual football game even less. And if you’re a fan who paid money and traveled to Columbus to watch a two-hand touch game, maybe that is something you would have wanted to know ahead of time?
Continue reading...