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Penn State at tOSU, Sat. 10/21, 12pm EST, FOX

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Tanner said:
My frustration with analytics is how teams don't seem to factor in their specific team enough. I agree that in general teams should go for it on 4th and goal from the 2. I'm sure the stats will show that over a year period or a 5 year period or whatever. But this Ohio St is not good at that. I know Day wants it to be but it's not. Reminds me hitters in baseball who hit 6 homers but also strike out 110 times.
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Ohio State could be better at it, and should be. The play calling and design leaves a lot to be desired.

I may be crazy. (Okay, I AM crazy) but I've seen SO MANY short yardage calls to an overloaded boundary that it blows my mind.

Maybe try lining up in trips strong side to the boundary, and then running a freaking counter to the field. Just maybe. I'm not a head football coach. No one has ever paid me $9 million a year to do the job. I also didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express.

But I *think* that the goal of offensive football is to get a numbers mismatch.

And if you're running plays to the boundary when your formation and play call naturally brings more defenders to the boundary, which creates a numbers mismatch for the defense, I think you might be doing it wrong.

Like I said, I'm not a football coach. I DO NOT think that Ryan Day sucks.

I just think that he has some kind of mental block when it comes to the boundary. Overload it all you want! Have all the action go that way! But, please, please, PLEASE run that action to the boundary *just one time* and have the actual call go to the field. Just once. Please.
 
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RhodeIslandBuck said:
Honestly, I liked the decision to go for it on 4th/goal, our defense was playing lockdown and getting hands on the ball. That offense at their own 2 was a recipe for disaster. What I didn't like was another goddamned screen to a wideout.
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I don't have a problem with going for it, either. I have a huge problem going for it and calling a WR screen from Trips to the boundary. They call it the boundary for a reason. The sideline is effectively an extra defender. So you've overloaded the short side of the field, which gives you a numerical DISADVANTAGE, not to mention the sideline, and you call a play for a throw behind the LOS?

It's destined to fail.

When was the last time the Buckeyes called a counter run? Idk. I'm genuinely curious.
 
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