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Game Thread Ohio State vs Penn State, 10/28/17 @ 3:30 ET (FOX)

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There are behind-the-scenes rumblings Penn State complained about number visibility that might cause Ohio State to shelve the jerseys.

According to Jordan Strack of WTOL-11, Gene Smith got involved in the fracas and got the jerseys approved Sunday night.

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They are RED!!!
 
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PRESSER BULLETS: URBAN MEYER PRAISES SAQUON BARKLEY, PREVIEWS OHIO STATE'S CLASH WITH PENN STATE
  • Mike Weber is wearing a brace on his hand but should be good to go on Saturday.
  • Jamarco Jones, Jalyn Holmes and Parris Campbell will all play on Saturday after suffering injuries against Nebraska.
  • Demario McCall's status for the rest of the season is "to be determined." Available to play if needed, but still not running at full speed.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...ey-previews-ohio-states-clash-with-penn-state
 
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FILM STUDY: CAN PENN STATE'S EXPLOSIVE, OPTION-HEAVY OFFENSE BE STOPPED?

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Joe Moorhead is about to get paid.



When Penn State hired Fordham's head coach as their new offensive coordinator prior to last season, many thought it was James Franklin's sad, final attempt to save his job after two lackluster seasons in Happy Valley. But after finishing with one of the nation's worst offenses in 2014 and 2015, despite featuring a "can't miss" quarterback prospect in Christian Hackenberg, Franklin's squad shocked the world by winning the Big Ten on the back of one of the nation's most dynamic offensive units in 2016.

Unheralded quarterback Trace McSorley paired with star tailback Saquon Barkley to bring the Nittany Lions to the Rose Bowl for the first time since Joe Paterno was roaming the sidelines, leaving many to wonder how, and who had turned the ship around so quickly.

Like his quarterback in State College, Moorhead wasn't a highly respected member of the coaching fraternity, with a resume highlighted by a Fiesta Bowl appearance with UCONN in which he called plays for the nation's 95th-best offense. A year after helping lead the Huskies to the desert, the Fordham alum took over as head coach of his alma mater, quickly turning the program around from 1-10 in 2011 to 12-2 and a berth in the FCS playoffs just two seasons later.

But while his win-loss record may have turned the heads of some FBS athletic directors, it was the manner in which he did so that struck Franklin after hearing Moorhead speak at a coaching clinic. Like most coaches of his era, Moorhead had built his scheme around the zone-read, but after an injury left his quarterback hobbled and unable to move the ball with his legs, he was inspired by a fellow FCS colleague: then-Eastern Illinois head coach Dino Babers (who went on to Bowling Green and now, Syracuse), who was re-writing record books with an offense that asked a quarterback with a funny name (Jimmy Garapolo) to run an offense full of run-pass options.

Though Moorhead and his staff didn't completely change their identity from a zone-run team, they certainly weren't afraid to evolve, as Andrew Breiner, the former offensive coordinator at Fordham who took over once Moorhead departed for Happy Valley, told Bruce Feldman of Sports Illustrated:

"When we first got here, Joe said, ‘Why don’t we just leave the tight end off the ball so that we could run the split-flow zone, which is really the cornerstone of our offense.’ Part of it was for that and part of it was personnel-wise. As we got going, there was no going back. The split-flow zone is who we are.

"It’s a pretty simplistic scheme. We have our six in the box (five O-Linemen and the tight end) are gonna block your six and then we’re going to tag a run-pass option to it, so if you’re trying to add the seventh or eighth defender to the box, we’re essentially going to make you wrong with a throw. And, because we have run it so much our kids are really confident in it."

Only in college football can a coach leave New York for the 'big time' of rural Pennsylvania, but that's exactly why Moorhead took a demotion after leading the Rams to three consecutive playoff appearances. But when he arrived in State College, he also happened to inherit the most talented player to walk the PSU campus in decades as his tailback.



Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...nn-states-explosive-option-offense-be-stopped
 
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Zurp said:
Meh. Deja vu going back to Michigan State, 2015. Maybe that was colder, though.

I'm concerned about covering Barkley on pass routes. We may have the defensive backs to hold their wide receivers in check, and maybe we limit Gesicki on his effectiveness. But I worry about what they'll do with Barkley. We couldn't stop the Oklahoma guy - was Flowers his name?

Offensively, ugh - that weather doesn't make me more optimistic, at all. Penn State throws the "50/50" balls - rain might not change those that much. But the rain and cold might make the 90% passes Ohio State throws (the short ones) and make them 65% passes. If they aren't caught cleanly, it might be a pick-6.
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The rain can also make those 50/50 balls they throw more like 10 percent balls though too.. it goes both ways. I'd rather have short stuff with a medium success rates then go deep with no success.

Just ask yourself... who's more reliant on throwing the ball? That's clearly them. Their effectiveness stems from being balanced.

If there's one team that would be comfortable having to run the ball for a win that's us... shoot been doing it for the past two seasons.

If we lose this game BTW I'm not sure how we can look at the horseshoe as a huge advantage for quite some time. If we lose this game we simply lose at home way too much.
 
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bukIpower said:
If we lose this game BTW I'm not sure how we can look at the horseshoe as a huge advantage for quite some time. If we lose this game we simply lose at home way too much.
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Meh - 6th year now for Urban Meyer at Ohio State. How many games has Ohio State lost in that time? 7? (1 to Penn State, 1 to Oklahoma, 2 to Clemson, 2 to Michigan State, 1 to Virginia Tech.) 3 of those are home, 1 on the road, and 3 neutral site. 3 home losses in 5-1/2 years. Is there a span in program history that's been better? How many other programs have ever had that success? (Let's put a constraint on that: let's say since 1950, since they use to play about 3-4 games a year TOTAL back in the times before the wheel was invented.)

If we compare this season to 2014, is this our Michigan State game? I'm feeling better about this one than I did that Michigan State game.
 
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GovTressel said:
I honestly couldn't remember so I looked up the play-by-play. Barkley's runs by yards--
19
0
7
27
-2
4
1
-2
0
8
37
0
Right in line with the "stuff/opportunity rate" discussed above.
Also-he only touched the ball on consecutive plays once all game. That's silly.
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yeah that really is in line with the offenses production. They're a boom or bust offense. That's why field position is so critical because they're not an offense that normally can drive the field.
 
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If we let #71 have his choice on which pocket of air he should block I'll go nuts. 1st play of the game a scUM defender blew right passed him and got a hit on the QB. They seemed to have let him off the hook after that. Guy could easily give up 8-10 tfl imo.
 
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HorseshoeFetish said:
If we let #71 have his choice on which pocket of air he should block I'll go nuts. 1st play of the game a scUM defender blew right passed him and got a hit on the QB. They seemed to have let him off the hook after that. Guy could easily give up 8-10 tfl imo.
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You could easily thrown in a couple of their O lineman. Their O lone is nothing special and the Bucks D line should have a definite advantage. Their were moments where the officials let them get away with several holding calls.
 
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buckeyboy said:
You could easily thrown in a couple of their O lineman. Their O lone is nothing special and the Bucks D line should have a definite advantage. Their were moments where the officials let them get away with several holding calls.
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If there is one unit that can give us the win it's the defensive line because I think it is our most favorable matchup. If we are in the backfield Non-Stop then the big yardages won't happen and they won't have time to throw it deep. Here's hoping!
 
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Steve19 said:
The trick will be to avoid over-pursuit. That really hurt against Oklahoma. Team has been much more disciplined in recent games.
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That and the CBs need to turn their heads around. Penn State's passing attack seems to consist solely of jump balls and wheel routes to Barkley.

Rewatching the Penn State-SCUM game it's also glaringly obvious Michigan doesn't have near the team speed that we do. I honestly think our defense matches up much better than SCUM's did.
 
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I’m just glad they got their best game of the year out the way on Saturday so they can get their comeuppance this weekend. I get that they played out of their minds against a mediocre team under the lights in their own yard.

I just don’t think we see a repeat of that performance and won’t be surprised to say they are who we thought they were.

Is it Saturday yet?
 
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