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Game Thread Ohio State @ Penn State - 09/29/18, 7:30PM (ABC)

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Taosman said:
I was thnikng Victor was just a kid who would always disappoint but maybe the light has come on for him and maybe this boosts his confidence.
Safety needs fixed. Move Wade there, please!
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Hate to say this but when Pryor was ejected my first thought was "well this might be a good thing".

Few things I saw..

1. WRs and OL clearly were affected by the crowd for most of the game. Hats off to their fans as they almost single handedly won them the game.

2. Our obvious objective on defense was to make Trace carry the ball and it was the right choice. Still though the huge holes for him to run through were too much.

3. We do a lot of things that have killed us in the past and we refuse to stop doing them. Again Pryor gets caught flat footed because of his angel and the results were another 90+ yard play. On third and long no less too and I'm not sure why Wade allowed his man to get such a free release?

4. DL is so good and I'm glad they are because it covers up a lot. Chase was huge today and he had to be with 2 sacks.

5. DBs really struggle locating the ball. Like Immensely and would it hurt to do more cover 2? We need our DBs to have their eyes forward right now and I wish we would consider changing our philosophy. First it would allow for better eyes on the run game and second obviously would help us make plays on the ball.

6. I've never been so glad a player has graduated like I am with Trace. His ability to throw the deep ball is so uncanny and then his running ability to go along with it? I think he's right up there as best in the league.

7. We need an answer to find a running game. The excuse of "we are taking what they're giving us" is not OK. Break tendencies, run out of passing formations and get Tate in the game. However it's not acceptable to have had the rushing numbers decrease every drive. We cannot be this unbalanced and the lack of big plays on the ground is startling IMO. 4th and inches is a real problem without JT.

8. Penalties... ugh.... just dumb and pointless penalties. We are so talented and all we really have to do is not beat ourselves. No turnovers and low amounts of penalities would make it so difficult for us to lose.

9. Cant believe we won that game and I must say it feels great that they did. Ashamed that I threw in the towel for about 3 minutes of game time and I've learned my lesson about just waiting until the end.

10. Need to be careful for the Purdue game... they're going to move the ball and they're going to score. We will need to do the same
 
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James Franklin takes blame as Penn State stuffed by Ohio State late

"We obviously didn't make the right call in that situation, and that's on me, nobody else. We didn't make the right call, and obviously, it didn't work. We have called something similar like that in other situations, and it broke for a big play. But that's on me."
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"We came out and tried to get them to jump a little bit and see if we could get them to move," said McSorley, explaining the second timeout. "I know exactly what the coaches saw. I saw the same thing. It was there to be made. We just didn't make the play. They ran a twist and were able to get into the backfield quickly, and we weren't able to pick up that twist. They hit Miles right when he got the handoff."
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"It was the coaches' decision, and I agree with the call. We just didn't make the play," McSorley said. "We didn't think they were going to be set and could get a hole up in the middle and crease them. That's what our thought process was, but we weren't able to pick up the twist."

Entire article: http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...es-blame-late-penn-state-nittany-lions-miscue
 
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DWAYNE HASKINS PUNCHES OUT PENN STATE WITH PAIR OF FOURTH-QUARTER TOUCHDOWNS

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He threw a quick right jab, then followed up with a left. He did it again — right, left.

As Dwayne Haskins bounced back and forth on his jog from the locker room to the field about a half-hour prior to No. 4 Ohio State’s game against No. 4 Penn State, the first-year starting quarterback dropped his chin like a boxer and delivered a couple punches to the air. He turned the corner with his entire team following closely behind him, taking the field at Beaver Stadium amid thousands of booing white-clad Nittany Lions fans.

Haskins looked prepared for a fight, but he certainly got hit first. He and Ohio State’s offensive coaching staff knew Penn State would blitz the redshirt sophomore signal-caller — earlier in the week, James Franklin said Haskins had not been tested with pressure in his face — to try to fluster him Saturday in the rowdy road environment.

Early on, it worked.

The Buckeyes managed just 66 total yards on 27 plays in the first eight drives. Neither J.K. Dobbins nor Mike Weber could get into a rhythm, Ohio State’s receivers dropped a few passes and pressure forced Haskins to get the ball out early, not allowing him to control the pace of the offense.

“They weren't going to let us throw the ball down the field and that was pretty evident the whole game,” Haskins said. “They just had a lot of pressure and I missed a couple throws. Didn't have some great protection on some throws.”

The Nittany Lions just didn’t count on him pulling everything together down the stretch for back-to-back three-play, 75-yard and eight-play, 96-yard drives that Haskins capped off with touchdown passes to Binjimen Victor and K.J. Hill.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...-state-with-pair-of-fourth-quarter-touchdowns
 
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I would really like for somebody to explain to me why that team with less talent and inferior coaching routinely plays way past their abilities against us. It was like their DLine knew our play calls all game. Then they go on to not play like that again for the rest of the year.

For once can we walk in there like the dominant team we are and shove our feet knee deep up their asses?
 
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DWAYNE HASKINS PUNCHES OUT PENN STATE WITH PAIR OF FOURTH-QUARTER TOUCHDOWNS

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He threw a quick right jab, then followed up with a left. He did it again — right, left.

As Dwayne Haskins bounced back and forth on his jog from the locker room to the field about a half-hour prior to No. 4 Ohio State’s game against No. 4 Penn State, the first-year starting quarterback dropped his chin like a boxer and delivered a couple punches to the air. He turned the corner with his entire team following closely behind him, taking the field at Beaver Stadium amid thousands of booing white-clad Nittany Lions fans.

Haskins looked prepared for a fight, but he certainly got hit first. He and Ohio State’s offensive coaching staff knew Penn State would blitz the redshirt sophomore signal-caller — earlier in the week, James Franklin said Haskins had not been tested with pressure in his face — to try to fluster him Saturday in the rowdy road environment.

Early on, it worked.

The Buckeyes managed just 66 total yards on 27 plays in the first eight drives. Neither J.K. Dobbins nor Mike Weber could get into a rhythm, Ohio State’s receivers dropped a few passes and pressure forced Haskins to get the ball out early, not allowing him to control the pace of the offense.

“They weren't going to let us throw the ball down the field and that was pretty evident the whole game,” Haskins said. “They just had a lot of pressure and I missed a couple throws. Didn't have some great protection on some throws.”

The Nittany Lions just didn’t count on him pulling everything together down the stretch for back-to-back three-play, 75-yard and eight-play, 96-yard drives that Haskins capped off with touchdown passes to Binjimen Victor and K.J. Hill.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...-state-with-pair-of-fourth-quarter-touchdowns
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Oh jeez. If "silence" twisted a record 80 bajillion panties.......
 
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OHIO STATE'S 27-26 WIN OVER PENN IN 16 SPECTACULAR GIFS

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It was another epic game between Ohio State and Penn State as the No. 4 Buckeyes rallied to beat the No. 9 Nittany Lions, 27-26.

These 16 GIFs tell the story of the game. To view the GIFs, hover on desktop or touch on your mobile device. If you're having trouble viewing the GIFs, click the link under each image to view them in a new window.

Let's start things off with this ridiculous catch from Penn State's Juwan Johnson. For his effort, Johnson's catch was named SportsCenter's top play, but someone on Twitter insisted it was routine.

The Nittany Lions would cash in a few plays later with a field goal to take a 3-0 lead.

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The first quarter and early moments of the second quarter were all about three-and-outs for Ohio State as the Buckeyes struggled to get anything going on offense. Here's a rare drive that did not end in a three-and-out. Instead, it ended with a Dwayne Haskins interception which really wasn't his fault.

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Up 6-0, Penn State found the end zone midway through the second quarter on this 93-yard catch and run from K.J. Hamler. It's the longest touchdown pass Ohio State has ever surrendered in 129 years of playing football. Two weeks after giving up a 93-yard touchdown run against TCU.

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In the waning minutes of the second quarter, Ohio State got a spark when linebacker Tuf Borland forced a Miles Sander fumble. Dre'Mont Jones scooped the ball up for the Buckeyes and they were in business at the Penn State 25, down 13-0.

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Two plays later, the Buckeyes capitalized as Haskins found J.K. Dobbins for a screen and the running back took it 26 yards for a touchdown to cut the Penn State lead to six.

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Down 13-7, Ohio State came out on fire on the opening drive of the third quarter. Here's K.J. Hill making a nifty one-handed grab before juking safety Nick Scott. Seriously, Nick, just skip film session.

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On the very next play, Dobbins punched it in from the four, giving Ohio State its first lead of the game, 14-13.

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Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...es-27-26-win-over-penn-in-16-spectacular-gifs
 
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Post-Game Notes

1. Dwayne Haskins had a rough night, for him - 22/339 (.564), 270 yards, 3 TD, INT, sack. He was victimized by some drops early, some inaccuracy throughout, but finally made some big plays down the stretch, including completions of 24 yards (TD), 35 yards, and 47 yards (TD) in the final two drives. All three were simple throws that Haskins got to an open receiver, and the receiver did most of the work after the catch. Quarterbacks don't always need to be gunslingers to win games - just look at Joe Montana or Tom Brady for guys who made Hall of Fame careers in the NFL simply by finding open receivers.

2. K.J. Hill continues to be the best receiver on the team. Hill had 6 receptions for 59 yards and a touchdown, and kept the chains moving at a couple of crucial moments of the game. His 24-yard reception on a simple swing/screen pass with two minutes left on the clock gave the Buckeyes their final lead of the game. For the season, Hill is leading the team with 27 receptions, is second with 318 yards, and he's still being underused.

3. Bin Victor was having a meh season until the fourth quarter of last night's game, when he made one of the most memorable (and important) plays in recent Buckeye history. As he was running across the field, Victor made a nice high-point of a pass thrown behind him and then raced about 40 yards around, through, and past several Penn State defenders, displaying moves and speed reminiscent of Ted Ginn or Braxton Miller. It was quite a sight to see from a guy who is best known for winning jump balls in the end zone.

4. The running game continues to struggle. J.K. Dobbins and Mike Weber had a combined 26 carries for 108 yards (4.15 ypc) and a touchdown. The lack of a running threat at QB is really hurting the ground game, as defenses continue to key on the running backs. If Haskins isn't going to run on a few zone reads (and he probably shouldn't do so in most cases), then the Buckeyes will need to develop some plays that will make the defense pay for crowding the box.

5. Drue Chrisman is a weapon. He averaged 47.9 yards on 9 punts with 3 inside the 20-yard line. He had more yards in punts (431) than the offense had in total yards (389). Ah! A return to the days of Tresselball! No thanks. I'd rather not have a Ray Guy Award winner on this team.

6. On the other end of the special teams spectrum, Sean Nuernberger missed his only field goal attempt of the night (48 yards), and he is now 6 for 15 for his career on attempts of 40+ yards. The special teams units also committed four penalties, including a face mask that turned a made 33-yard FG into the missed 48-yard attempt mentioned above.

7. In general, Ohio State was undisciplined, with 10 penalties for 105 yards (which basically negated the entire output from the Buckeye running backs). Some of those penalties were the result of typically horrid Big Ten officiating (the targeting call on Isaiah Pryor and a phantom PI, for example), but most of it was legitimate. It is very difficult to win big games when you are always shooting yourself in the foot with dumb penalties.

8. And now to everybody's favorite topic - the defense. The defense was either lousy or great, depending on how you want to look at it.

On the "lousy" side:
  • The defense gave up 492 total yards
  • QB Trace McSorely rushed for 175 yards (7.0 ypc), mostly on designed draw plays that continually confounded the Buckeye defenders
  • McSorely threw for 286 yards, often to receivers who were wide open, for an incredible average per completion of 17.9 yards
  • The defense surrendered a 93-yard pass play, the longest by an opponent in Buckeye history
  • The defense surrendered 13 points in the fourth quarter
And now on the "great" side:

  • McSorely completed only 50% of his passes (16 for 32)
  • Highly-touted running back Miles Sanders rushed 16 times for 43 yards (2.7 ypc)
  • The defense had 11 TFLs, including 4 sacks
  • The defense held Penn State to 3 for 17 on 3rd downs (.176) and 1 for 3 on 4th downs
  • The defense essentially won the game with a walk-off (after kneel downs) TFL on 4th-and-5 on Penn State's final drive
9. Entering the game, Penn State and Ohio State had the two most explosive offenses in the country, averaging 55.5 ppg and 54.5 ppg, respectively. The two teams combined for 53 total points.

10. Ohio State improves to 20-13 (.606) against Penn State, including 18-8 (.692) in Big Ten games.

11. Penn State is now 5-6 in their 11 White Out games. Perhaps fans don't have such as great impact on the game as they think.

12. And one final thing: The next time you complain about an Ohio State play call, just remember James Franklin's monumentally boneheaded call on 4th-and-5 with the game on the line - a handoff to a struggling running back when his quarterback had 461 yards of total offense for the contest.
 
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PENN STATE DEBRIEFING: HASKINS WILLS HIS TEAM, VICTOR MAKES THE PLAY, AND CHASE YOUNG STANDS STRONG

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Exhale. It's a good day when you score two touchdowns in the fourth quarter (again) to knock off a top-ten team on the road, and that's exactly what Ohio State did to somehow, some way defeat #9 Penn State in Happy Valley.

Ohio State is 5-0.

Let's debrief.

THE SHORT STORY
Penn State quickly jumped out to a 13-0 lead thanks to two field goals, and the longest pass play allowed by Ohio State in program history: a 93-yard pass from Trace McSorley to KJ Hamler.

Ohio State took their first lead of the second half on a pass from Dwayne Haskins to J.K. Dobbins. Penn State responded, however, with two scores of their own to take a 26-14 lead. After a tremendous play by Binjimen Victor, which featured weaving through traffic to paydirt, and a K.J. Hill score on a screen pass, the Buckeyes went up 27-26, a lead which they would not relinquish.

QUICK BREAKDOWNS

Offense

It seems as though two things happen every week: Dwayne Haskins has a big day, and one of his receivers has a big day. Both occurred again on Saturday as Haskins threw for 270 yards with three touchdowns and an interception (134.8 rating) and Binjimen Victor made the biggest play of the season with his 47-yard touchdown reception.



Victor finished with two catches for 55 yards and that score. Parris led the Buckeye receivers with 60 yards on seven catches. K.J. Hill had 59 yards on six grabs and a touchdown.

J.K. Dobbins scored a receiving touchdown as well, and added 17 carres for 57 yards (3.4 avg) and another score. Mike Weber had nine carries for 51 yards (5.7 avg).

Defense

The Buckeye defense kept this team in the game. With the offense failing to get anything going in the first half, Ohio State's D had a solid half for the most part, save for the 93-yard pass from McSorley to Hamler.

Ohio State's lone touchdown of the first half came courtesy of this play, a forced fumble by Tuf Borland that was recovered by Dre'Mont Jones.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...-makes-the-play-and-chase-young-stands-strong
 
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PENN STATE QUOTEBOOK: CHASE YOUNG AND JONATHON COOPER STEP UP, OHIO STATE ALLOWS ANOTHER 93-YARD GAIN AND PENN STATE DEFENDERS LET THE GAME SLIP AWAY LATE

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No matter what happened last week, Ohio State couldn’t answer the question of whether it could soften the loss of Nick Bosa to a core muscle injury that should hold him out until at least November.

The Buckeyes beat Tulane 49-6 last Saturday, but the defensive line didn’t have many opportunities to shine against the wishbone offense of the Greene Wave. After that blowout victory, head coach Urban Meyer called the matchup a “much different game today than it will be next week” since the linemen didn’t have many chances to rush the passer due to the offensive style.

With Bosa still out in the first top-10 matchup of their season, the Buckeyes relied on Chase Young and Jonathon Cooper to replace the production. And while Bosa likely would’ve changed the game in only the way he can, both defensive ends maximized their high snap counts.

Young had two sacks, which increased his season total to four sacks, and added six tackles, three tackles for loss, a pair of quarterback hurries and two key pass breakups. From the opposite side of the line, Cooper had three tackles, including two tackles for loss.

Cooper said neither he nor Young did anything different to lead to an increased level of play.

“I wouldn't say we did anything differently,” Cooper said. “Me and Chase, we stepped up to the plate and ever since Nick went down, we realized a lot of people talking about how, 'What's this mean? What's this mean for the defense, defensive line?' Me and Chase just want to show we're not taking any steps back. If anything, if Nick goes down, we have to step up our game even more. And I don't think we approached the game any differently, but we knew what type of game it was going to be, we knew what type of opponent we were going to face and we just went out there and gave it our all.”

“I feel like the statement we made was no matter if Nick's down, Dre'Mont's down, no matter who's down, next man up,” Cooper said. “As long as we go out there and play and do what we have to do. There's no stepping back. The defensive line has to step up as a unit. I feel like we proved that today.”

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With 2:03 remaining while trailing by one point, Penn State needed to traverse the field to score a touchdown or field goal in order to recover the lead it had recently lost.

Last year, the Ohio State defense held up in a similar situation, but defensive tackle Davon Hamilton said he wasn’t thinking about that.

“Honestly, no,” Hamilton said. “I mean, I just knew we just had to make a play. I mean, this is our season right now, so we’ve got to make a play. We’re got to win the game. No matter what.”

Not all went well for the defense, despite it keeping Ohio State in the game while the team’s offense sputtered for large portions of the game, especially early.

The Buckeyes continued their issue of giving up big plays by allowing a 93-yard pass from Trace McSorley to K.J. Hamler. The play tied TCU running back Darius Anderson’s 93-yard scamper two weeks ago for the longest play from scrimmage against Ohio State in program history.

McSorley had a 51-yard scramble, and he hit multiple other receivers for 20-plus-yard gains.

“I mean, that’s not the game plan coming in,” Hamilton said. “We don’t want to give up any yards, but, I mean, things happen. They play football, they have scholarships, they’re a D-I school too, so we can expect that they might break some plays here and there. But like I said before, we’re not even at our full capacity, our full potential yet. And when we show that, no team is stopping us.”

“I think it just shows how tough our team is,” Cooper said. “That no matter how many plays they run, no matter (how many) good plays they run, we always go back to the sideline with the same mentality that we can win this, we can do this, we work for this, we train for this. Just keep going out there and keeping the faith, keeping the energy.”

Entire aticle: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...te-allows-another-93-yard-gain-and-penn-state
 
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bukIpower said:
7. We need an answer to find a running game. The excuse of "we are taking what they're giving us" is not OK. Break tendencies, run out of passing formations and get Tate in the game. However it's not acceptable to have had the rushing numbers decrease every drive. We cannot be this unbalanced and the lack of big plays on the ground is startling IMO. 4th and inches is a real problem without JT.
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The calls for Tate are just ridiculous in my mind. That just says what is completely obvious to most, that for whatever reason we refuse to go away from the read option and Tate or Joe are/were better suited for that.

We have fantastic running backs, both of who have a shot to play on Sunday. It’s up to our offenseive gurus to design an offense that plays to the strengths of our talent. No one thinks Haskins is going to keep it and the delay handoffs stifle the rbs getting a head of steam up. How about Weber and JK together in the backfield?

That 4th down play was absolutely our coaches being stubborn about our offensive strategy. Why we don’t move more towards a more traditional Pro style offense with our talent is beyond me.

I would love to be a fly on the wall in the offense team room with Day, Wilson, and Meyer. It would be interesting to understand their thought process....
 
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BUCKEYES PAST AND PRESENT REACT TO OHIO STATE'S 27-26 COMEBACK WIN OVER PENN STATE

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Another instant classic with Penn State. Another Buckeye victory.

No. 4 Ohio State improved to 5–0 on the season with a 27-26 comeback win over the Nittany Lions Saturday night thanks from an emerging wide receiver corps and Chase Young introducing himself to America.

Buckeyes, past and present weighed in on Twitter. We'll pick things up with Penn State's 4th-and-5 from the Ohio State 43, a little over a minute remaining in the game.















Many more tweets: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...hio-states-27-26-comeback-win-over-penn-state

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