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QB Dwayne Haskins Jr. (All B1G, B1G OPOY, Silver Football, Rose Bowl MVP, R.I.P.)

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Football: Dwayne Haskins faces first major opponent in No. 15 TCU

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Dwayne Haskins has been nothing short of spectacular in his first two starts for Ohio State.

The redshirt sophomore quarterback combined for 546 yards and nine touchdowns with only one interception while completing 79.2 percent of his throws.

These eye-raising statistics came against Oregon State and Rutgers, who held the third- and 55th-worst scoring defenses in the NCAA last season, respectively.

Now, with TCU, the 16th-best scoring defense in 2017, on the horizon, Haskins and the Ohio State offense will be getting their first real test of the season. For Haskins, his first real test as a starter.

Besides the final 20 minutes of the Michigan game last season, Haskins’ experience came at the end of games that were decided well before he ever touched the field.

Haskins will be making his first collegiate start against a ranked opponent at a neutral site 18 miles from TCU’s campus. In doing so, he has an opportunity to build on his already impressive stats.

In the press conference on Monday, acting head coach and offensive coordinator Ryan Day said he has seen promising decision-making in Haskins’ first two starts under center.

“Whether it’s before or after the snap, he has to make decisions,” Day said. “He has the ability to make a check or in the pass game, he can change the protection and slide it one way or the other. He has a good handle on that.”

Day said that despite the early season success Haskins has found, there are still plenty of mistakes to be corrected, especially with TCU coming up on the schedule.

“I think that, you know, when the games get tighter, every play matters even more. And so the mistakes are still there,” Day said. “The interception in the red zone two games ago, or, you know, a play with false starting or sack on third down; those plays in a big game are going to show up even more.”

Entire article: https://www.thelantern.com/2018/09/football-dwayne-haskins-faces-first-major-opponent-in-no-15-tcu/
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Don't know. Think they'll be fixed. Best guess. :wink:
 
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“This Dwayne Haskins kid is unbelievable. I think he’s freaky good,” Pollack said. “He’s as good as I’ve seen this year in college football – smooth feet, he’s got an elite arm and he cranks it like a shortstop. He literally just cranks it and that thing whips wherever he wants.

“I’ve watched every single one of his throws the last two weeks and I didn’t see a bad throw. He is the real deal. He presents a tremendous challenge.”

ESPN's David Pollack to Ft Worth Star-Telegram
 
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When Dwayne goes off tonight and the media fawns over him like he’s the greatest ever; please remember that we aren’t *ichigan fans. Heismans might be handed out in Ann Arbor in September. NCs are dispensed like Pez in South Bend in late summer. We aren’t them.

Dwayne will burst on the scene tonight; it will be a lot of fun. Let’s not get carried away. We can hold off on the Heisman talk for a couple of weeks... maybe even until October
 
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