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Game Thread Ohio State at Michigan State, 11/19/16, 12p ET ESPN/WatchESPN

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OSU_Buckguy said:
weber running for 6.1 yards per carry? yeah, let's give him the ball only 7 times.

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If we go 5 wide though they'll never know we are about to run it
 
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edwgrm said:
It's reached the point with Urban where when you see sprinkles or the least bit of imperfect weather, you roll your eyes and go "oh no." The play-calling becomes immediately unimaginative and fearful, playing right into the hands of inferior teams. Still think that MSU loss last year was the worst (and most inexcusable- totally on the coaches) I've seen in 40 years of watching the team.
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"cold turtle."
 
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bukIpower said:
Boy I won't lie guys we normally don't win games being played like this...Just like the PSU game in [Mark May]ty weather we failed to take advantage of their miscues when we had the opportunities.
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thats because this is the best way to play an offense like ours...?? ive been trying to explain this for years now. you want to beat our offense? the defensive concept isn't complex. tight coverage man, use your lb's or safeties to attack the tb/qb (whoever is more dangerous with the ball in their hands) and deny the short pass. why do you think jt has ran the ball on almost every single read option to date?

this of course requires a specific level of talent at all levels of your defense as your d line has to be able to fight to a draw at least. your cb's have to be able to fight through blocks to tackle in space and survive on that island in the few down field shots they will get sent at them. the rest of your team has to be fast with excellent vision and be able to tackle in space. most defenses physically can not do this.

you factor in poor weather that all but takes away the deep ball and..... what? have you people not noticed that almost every one of those games occurred in poor weather? 2014 vt is notable because the deep ball was there all night and we went for it. just couldn't manage to complete a deep pass to save our lives. something about really young wr's in 2014. which seems semi familiar for some reason...
 
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edwgrm said:
It's reached the point with Urban where when you see sprinkles or the least bit of imperfect weather, you roll your eyes and go "oh no." The play-calling becomes immediately unimaginative and fearful, playing right into the hands of inferior teams. Still think that MSU loss last year was the worst (and most inexcusable- totally on the coaches) I've seen in 40 years of watching the team.
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I blame it more on the OCs personally. I don't recall Herman ever having trouble in bad weather. Minnesota was probably the most I've ever seen Herman struggle and even then, the majority of that was because Jalin Marshall couldn't hang onto the ball.
 
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Poe McKnoe said:
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1. When has Urban ever done that from his side of the field near the end of the half?
2. ESPN has a thing called "play by play" where you don't have to believe the time and position on the field.
3. Apparently Urban didn't think so.
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Hmm maybe you should ask yourself how many times we lost games because we puckered up our assholes and played conservatively. There is ZERO repercussions by throwing up a prayer (seemed to work for PSU under Franklin) and letting Noah Brown go up and grab the ball.
 
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