OC/WR Coach Brian Hartline (National Champion)

[Jaxbuck]

Overall I was satisfied after the first playcall.

Every ingredient was there to invite Day and his past OC's into the phone booth. Today we threw on the first play of the game and kept throwing enough to make them feel us.

It's the THTGDB offense and when you have Sayin, Smith and the rest no one can handle it.

No one.

 

[Bestbuck36]

5 for 5 in the red zone. Thats how you keep a questionable ST from fucking things up!

 

[dragurd]

Hated the run that resulted in a fumble but other than that all good

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

Hated the run that resulted in a fumble but other than that all good

Yep. The fumble isn't his fault. Hell.....it wasn't even a fumble. But the decision to go soft with 2 mins left in that spot is minorly annoying. Should've been at least 20-7 at half.....maybe 24-7.

 

[billmac91]

Yep. The fumble isn't his fault. Hell.....it wasn't even a fumble. But the decision to go soft with 2 mins left in that spot is minorly annoying. Should've been at least 20-7 at half.....maybe 24-7.

I didn’t like the play call either but saying it was “going soft” in that moment is a little off, IMO.

A lot of play callers call a similar play in that situation, hoping defense is playing pass and you pick up a decent chunk of yards on 1st down to set-up a manageable 2nd down.

Assuming he doesn’t fumble, they take play clock down, and likely look to throw on 2nd down but have used a chunk of game clock so if 2nd down goes poorly, you stay conservative on 3rd, punt, and take it to half up 17-7 which isn’t terrible.

But if that play goes for 5-6 yards, they’d have gone tempo knowing they had 2nd and 3rd down to pick up a manageable distance.

Anyways, the run game hasn’t been great…CJ’s momentum had been stopped and I also don’t believe it should’ve been a fumble, had officials blown whistle properly. That said, u can’t lose the rock there….its the last thing you can do in that situation.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

I didn’t like the play call either but saying it was “going soft” in that moment is a little off, IMO.

A lot of play callers call a similar play in that situation, hoping defense is playing pass and you pick up a decent chunk of yards on 1st down to set-up a manageable 2nd down.

Assuming he doesn’t fumble, they take play clock down, and likely look to throw on 2nd down but have used a chunk of game clock so if 2nd down goes poorly, you stay conservative on 3rd, punt, and take it to half up 17-7 which isn’t terrible.

But if that play goes for 5-6 yards, they’d have gone tempo knowing they had 2nd and 3rd down to pick up a manageable distance.

Anyways, the run game hasn’t been great…CJ’s momentum had been stopped and I also don’t believe it should’ve been a fumble, had officials blown whistle properly. That said, u can’t lose the rock there….its the last thing you can do in that situation.

In a vacuum, I agree. You go with a run or a Trevyeon Henderson screen to see if you can get anything worth a shit with the rest of the time you have. But in that moment with this team against that dumpster sludge team.....run the offense like normal and try to at least get into FG range. Running CJ "my next broken tackle will be my first" Donaldson on first down better not be part of the normal offense.

 

[billmac91]

In a vacuum, I agree. You go with a run or a Trevyeon Henderson screen to see if you can get anything worth a shit with the rest of the time you have. But in that moment with this team against that dumpster sludge team.....run the offense like normal and try to at least get into FG range. Running CJ "my next broken tackle will be my first" Donaldson on first down better not be part of the normal offense.

I get it….CJ is also known for pass protection so I honestly think they thought they could get a “free” 5-6 yards but as we’ve seen, nothing is “free” in this run game.

I truly think the thought process there, is we get at least 5 on 1st we’re getting aggressive on 2nd and 3rd and looking for a TD (at a minimum they go tempo to push pace).

1st down goes poorly we’re working game clock, and at most looking for a FG. They’d have worked the clock close to a minute left and still had 2nd and 3rd down. The fumble obviously wrecked that plan.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

I get it….CJ is also known for pass protection so I honestly think they thought they could get a “free” 5-6 yards but as we’ve seen, nothing is “free” in this run game.

I truly think the thought process there, is we get at least 5 on 1st we’re getting aggressive on 2nd and 3rd and looking for a TD (at a minimum they go tempo to push pace).

1st down goes poorly we’re working game clock, and at most looking for a FG. They’d have worked the clock close to a minute left and still had 2nd and 3rd down. The fumble obviously wrecked that plan.

I like this except it doesn't account for my personal hatred of those assholes, and I don't know why Ryan Day hasn't made it clear to the entire coaching staff that BuckeyeNation27 wants 199-0.

 

[dragurd]

I like this except it doesn't account for my personal hatred of those assholes, and I don't know why Ryan Day hasn't made it clear to the entire coaching staff that BuckeyeNation27 wants 199-0.

so you want 1999 to 0 on TSUN right

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

so you want 1999 to 0 on TSUN right

Plane crash