The difference with our DL this year is it has more experience and more depth...it showed at IU that it can go down into the 3-deep with very little drop-off. They are going to eat the OU OL alive...
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That could be a very good number.
I have the Buckeyes winning 41-28. I'm guessing that Andrews is going to have some success early but that the Buckeyes are going to get physical with Mayfield and him, reducing their success in the second half. I'm also still hoping that my hopes for Barrett are realised in this game.
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Buckeyebred97
Legend
Some keys in my opinion for a tOSU win
Contain Baker Mayfield and prevent him from extending broken plays
Shut down the run game/Andrews early and force OU to be one dimensional on offense
Good ST's
3rd down defense as well as 3rd down efficiency on offense to extend drives and keep the defense rested.
just my 2 cents on what I think will be important Saturday.
Contain Baker Mayfield and prevent him from extending broken plays
Shut down the run game/Andrews early and force OU to be one dimensional on offense
Good ST's
3rd down defense as well as 3rd down efficiency on offense to extend drives and keep the defense rested.
just my 2 cents on what I think will be important Saturday.
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Telekinesis
Easily Amused by the Bitterly Disappointed
Are you sure that vision wasn’t 59-0? I’d sure like to have another dose of that. I was reading through the Bucky thread yesterday and good times were had by all.
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OSUK
Sometimes lucid, mostly confused
I think this game will be closer. Ohio State found a couple of corners that couldn't cover Noah B, and things just snowballed on the Sooners. They have been darn good since.
I just like watching Baker Mayfield play. I don't like hearing him talk or seeing him run into walls. I don't like how he was treating his girl. That said, he is cocky, but his play mostly backs his mouth up. He is going to make plays and score points.
The best thing that could happen is that Ohio State jumps out with a lead and Baker feels like he needs to do something extraordinary. He is a playmaker, and he will hold the ball to do it, and when he does that he is going to get up looking out of the earhole of his helmet, and he will see a Buckeye going the other way - and I will find that delicious.
I just like watching Baker Mayfield play. I don't like hearing him talk or seeing him run into walls. I don't like how he was treating his girl. That said, he is cocky, but his play mostly backs his mouth up. He is going to make plays and score points.
The best thing that could happen is that Ohio State jumps out with a lead and Baker feels like he needs to do something extraordinary. He is a playmaker, and he will hold the ball to do it, and when he does that he is going to get up looking out of the earhole of his helmet, and he will see a Buckeye going the other way - and I will find that delicious.
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Systems_id
Head Coach
I could be crazy but I honestly DON'T see how this game is any closer. For the handwringing over the struggles against Indiana, OSU still handed handed them their second worst loss in the Urban Meyer era. Unless Mayfield throws up perfectly indefensible jump balls while his receivers make spectacular one handed catches all game, their going to have a tough time scoring just like last year. Even then that'll only be good for 20-ish points. I'm going to go out on a limb and say OSU is going to score far more than 20 points on that Sooner defense.
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RCSooner1974
Resident of Fansville
Well I love your enthusiasm for your team as well as your analysis of the Buckeyes' rushing attack, but I must respectfully disagree with you overall.
First off, I love how you're writing off Westbrook's departure as a major "hindrance" to OU's offense. We've added Badet and a bevy of talented receivers in our 2017 recruiting class and Andrews is the best tight end in college football, bar none. It remains to be seen about our running backs, but our receiving corps faces no dropoff. If you think OSU will outscore OU by more points than last year in Norman, well I must say you sound just like me when I was over here sunshine-pumping the Sooners before our game last year when I predicted the Sooners would score 57.
In all honesty, I think Mayfield and Andrews will exploit OSU's greatest weakness this year which is their entirely new secondary after losing Lattimore, Hooker and Conley to the draft. You may have some talent there right now, but it is still raw and Indiana was able to carve them up before the Buckeyes woke up in the middle of the 3rd quarter.
This analysis from Eleven Warriors gives the perfect explanation of the Sooners' attack and what the Buckeyes must do to stop it. Hope you enjoy this:
https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...eg-schiano-and-the-ohio-state-defense-against
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Yeah, replacing a Heisman finalist, Dede Westbrook, with a 3 star WR who transferred in from Kentucky is no big deal. I mean, Westbrook only went 80 rec for 1524 and 17 TDs last season.... Badet has gone 82 rec for 1385 and 7 scores... ummm... for his career.
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