Prepare to be surprised, because Clempson showed "grit" and "determination" coming from behind without their qb to beat a "plucky" and "undefeated" Syracuse squad.
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OhioState001
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Other than giving up one 90 yard TD a game, Pryor seems to be ok. But those 90 yard TDs sure are killers
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Honor&Glory
Paper,Rock, Scissors, Lizard, Spock!
Ramsey is a puss. The book at Colerain said to hit him hard (cleanly) and often and he will abandon the run.
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sammyjenkis
Hall of Fame
Straight from the horses mouth:
https://www.pennlive.com/pennstatefootball/index.ssf/2018/09/trace_mcsorley_explains_penn_s.html
While the play appears to be an RPO, it was a designed run. The receiver-side screen action was probably designed to pull away a safety. They anticipated the twist. Those fuckers actually held this theoretically executable play up their sleeve all game for this situation and forgot to drop it in favor of real world, game-proven options.
And then Franklin starts blaming the loss on kids that aren't going to class. And basically threatening to punish his team until they get better results. The sonuvabutch is going to blow up his program if he isn't careful.
This was supposedly their best recruiting turnout ever, which makes it all so much sweeter.
https://www.pennlive.com/pennstatefootball/index.ssf/2018/09/trace_mcsorley_explains_penn_s.html
While the play appears to be an RPO, it was a designed run. The receiver-side screen action was probably designed to pull away a safety. They anticipated the twist. Those fuckers actually held this theoretically executable play up their sleeve all game for this situation and forgot to drop it in favor of real world, game-proven options.
And then Franklin starts blaming the loss on kids that aren't going to class. And basically threatening to punish his team until they get better results. The sonuvabutch is going to blow up his program if he isn't careful.
This was supposedly their best recruiting turnout ever, which makes it all so much sweeter.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
The Grumpy Old Buckeye: OSU vs. Penn State
It’s time for your weekly dose of the Grumpy Old Buckeye, the column producing the voice of negativity, even when things are generally pretty great. In this space, I point out the things from each game that make me want to walk out onto my lawn in my bathrobe and yell at people about it. This week we’re talking Ohio State at Penn State in a top-10 matchup.
Malik’s Misses
Linebacker Malik Harrison had a rough start to the game. He whiffed on Trace McSorley on a third-and-long situation which set up a makeable fourth-and-2, which Penn State converted. The defense eventually did force a punt on that opening drive, but, if not for a poor punt, it could have hemmed the offense in deep early when it wasn’t at its best. It looked like Harrison had him dead to rights on the play, but maybe he assumed McSorley was going to step out of bounds or something. He later missed another tackle on a third-and-long situation. Overall, he rebounded well, leading the team with eight tackles (six solos) and contributing half a sack, but early on he was raising my blood pressure.
Return of the Drops
We saw a return of the dropsies in Happy Valley, but this time it went beyond Austin Mack (who wasn’t even involved in the parade of miscues — in fact, he caught the first Dwayne Haskins pass of the night for a first down). Parris Campbell got the drop parade started on Ohio State’s second offensive snap, missing a gimme. The normally dependable K.J. Hill was hit in the hands on the second offensive series and uncharacteristically dropped it. The worst, however, was when Haskins found junior tight end Rashod Berry on a crossing route and hit him with a frozen rope of a pass. Berry not only missed the catch, but he also tipped it into the air for an easy interception for Garrett Taylor, who returned it 45 yards to the OSU 28. That eventually turned into Penn State’s second field goal of the game.
A Berry Bad Night
We already discussed the ball in Berry’s hands that ended up tipped and picked off, but that wasn’t the only bad moment for Berry. The tight end had a holding penalty on a punt return that cost the team 10 yards on the play in which Antonio Shelton got hit with a personal foul. Rather than starting with the ball on Penn State’s half of the field, the Buckeyes started at their own 44. Ultimately, Ohio State missed a long field goal on the drive.
Further, Berry got blown up as a blocker on a number of running plays, putting the offense behind the chains on a few drives. He wasn’t the only one getting beat, but it was something I noticed on some of those delayed handoffs to the outside. I will give Berry credit for making a good downfield block on Binjimen Victor’s long touchdown in the fourth quarter, but it was a tough night for him overall, I thought.
Missing McSorley
A team that spent half a decade watching J.T. Barrett in practice shouldn’t get surprised by a running quarterback, especially when the head coach has talked all week about the quarterback making plays with his feet. Yet McSorley ran freely through the Ohio State defense much of the night — sometimes on designed runs, sometimes on scrambles. He ran for 175 yards on 25 carries, which completely nullifies the great job the Buckeyes did on Miles Sanders, who was held to 43 yards on 16 carries. The low point was a 51-yard scamper in which all of Ohio State’s linebackers were left chasing him down the field before Kendall Sheffield made the stop. Luckily, the Nitts missed a field goal on the drive.
Ohio State routinely was caught blitzing, getting too far up the field on pass rushes, or simply not keeping a player back to spy on the quarterback. It was frustrating to shut down the receivers repeatedly only to see McSorley tuck it and pick up the first down, or to run a quarterback draw when it seemed obvious and have it work.
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2018/09/the-grumpy-old-buckeye-osu-vs-penn-state/
It’s time for your weekly dose of the Grumpy Old Buckeye, the column producing the voice of negativity, even when things are generally pretty great. In this space, I point out the things from each game that make me want to walk out onto my lawn in my bathrobe and yell at people about it. This week we’re talking Ohio State at Penn State in a top-10 matchup.
Malik’s Misses
Linebacker Malik Harrison had a rough start to the game. He whiffed on Trace McSorley on a third-and-long situation which set up a makeable fourth-and-2, which Penn State converted. The defense eventually did force a punt on that opening drive, but, if not for a poor punt, it could have hemmed the offense in deep early when it wasn’t at its best. It looked like Harrison had him dead to rights on the play, but maybe he assumed McSorley was going to step out of bounds or something. He later missed another tackle on a third-and-long situation. Overall, he rebounded well, leading the team with eight tackles (six solos) and contributing half a sack, but early on he was raising my blood pressure.
Return of the Drops
We saw a return of the dropsies in Happy Valley, but this time it went beyond Austin Mack (who wasn’t even involved in the parade of miscues — in fact, he caught the first Dwayne Haskins pass of the night for a first down). Parris Campbell got the drop parade started on Ohio State’s second offensive snap, missing a gimme. The normally dependable K.J. Hill was hit in the hands on the second offensive series and uncharacteristically dropped it. The worst, however, was when Haskins found junior tight end Rashod Berry on a crossing route and hit him with a frozen rope of a pass. Berry not only missed the catch, but he also tipped it into the air for an easy interception for Garrett Taylor, who returned it 45 yards to the OSU 28. That eventually turned into Penn State’s second field goal of the game.
A Berry Bad Night
We already discussed the ball in Berry’s hands that ended up tipped and picked off, but that wasn’t the only bad moment for Berry. The tight end had a holding penalty on a punt return that cost the team 10 yards on the play in which Antonio Shelton got hit with a personal foul. Rather than starting with the ball on Penn State’s half of the field, the Buckeyes started at their own 44. Ultimately, Ohio State missed a long field goal on the drive.
Further, Berry got blown up as a blocker on a number of running plays, putting the offense behind the chains on a few drives. He wasn’t the only one getting beat, but it was something I noticed on some of those delayed handoffs to the outside. I will give Berry credit for making a good downfield block on Binjimen Victor’s long touchdown in the fourth quarter, but it was a tough night for him overall, I thought.
Missing McSorley
A team that spent half a decade watching J.T. Barrett in practice shouldn’t get surprised by a running quarterback, especially when the head coach has talked all week about the quarterback making plays with his feet. Yet McSorley ran freely through the Ohio State defense much of the night — sometimes on designed runs, sometimes on scrambles. He ran for 175 yards on 25 carries, which completely nullifies the great job the Buckeyes did on Miles Sanders, who was held to 43 yards on 16 carries. The low point was a 51-yard scamper in which all of Ohio State’s linebackers were left chasing him down the field before Kendall Sheffield made the stop. Luckily, the Nitts missed a field goal on the drive.
Ohio State routinely was caught blitzing, getting too far up the field on pass rushes, or simply not keeping a player back to spy on the quarterback. It was frustrating to shut down the receivers repeatedly only to see McSorley tuck it and pick up the first down, or to run a quarterback draw when it seemed obvious and have it work.
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2018/09/the-grumpy-old-buckeye-osu-vs-penn-state/
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matt_thatsme
Ain’t nobody got time for that
IIRC, in the last three weeks this D has given up the longest rushing and longest passing TDs in OSU history. That is....something....
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Notre Dame was winning. Nobody wants to watch that. Ohio State was struggling. Tons of people were enjoying that. I’m just glad Ohio State was able to ruin not only the weekends of those in attendance but so many viewing from home as well.
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Eh. As a recruit, it's hard to come away from that cult atmosphere and not be impressed. Everybody would be a Scientologist if, every time you checked them out, they treated you like Tom Cruise.
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