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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
FILM STUDY: HOW OHIO STATE RALLIED TO BEAT A VERY GOOD MICHIGAN DEFENSE
Favored by two touchdowns heading into the 114th playing of The Game, many expected the matchup between the Ohio State offense (ranked fourth nationally in yards-per-game) and the Michigan defense (ranked third in yards allowed) to be a stalemate in a low-scoring contest, with the Buckeyes leaning on their own defense to be the difference. By looking at the box score, this prediction mostly held true, as Ohio State steadily outgained their rivals and forced a late turnover that sealed an 11-point road victory.
But the box score alone fails to tell the Jekyll and Hyde story of the Buckeye offense that afternoon in the Big House, as the visitors from Columbus failed to gain a single positive yard in the first quarter before completely flipping the script in the three subsequent periods. While many have claimed the injury to J.T. Barrett and subsequent performance of Dwayne Haskins turned the tide in this contest, the truth is Urban Meyer and his offensive staff had already cracked the nut of Don Brown's defense by that point in the game.
Despite both coaches downplaying their teams' ability to surprise one another at this point in the season, the crafty Brown came out with an unexpected game plan that was quite different from last year's contest and threw the Buckeyes off-balance. Though his teams have always run a variety of coverages, Brown's Michigan defense had leaned heavily on man-coverage throughout this season.
However, as the Buckeyes looked to pass early in the game, they saw an abundance of two-deep zones on early downs, like this Tampa-2 zone that easily corralled the underneath passing concepts expected to break open against man-coverage:
But on third-and-long, Brown went back to man concepts, yet again breaking tendencies by dropping seven players in coverage and only sending four rushers.
This Cover-1 Robber look relied on the Wolverine defensive backs to lock up Buckeye wideouts one-on-one, and left a Robber in the middle of the field (often the middle linebacker) to act as a spy for J.T. Barrett, should he take off and run. As a result, Barrett had nowhere to go with the ball and was forced to take multiple early sacks.
But Brown had one more trick up his sleeve, using a trap coverage that looks initially like a regular Cover-2 zone to one side of the field, but is really a pattern-matching defense to the other. The advantage of this look is it frees up the boundary cornerback to attack the flats, taking away the relief routes like arrows or bubble screens that the Buckeyes add as extensions to the running game.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...e-back-to-handle-a-very-good-michigan-defense
Favored by two touchdowns heading into the 114th playing of The Game, many expected the matchup between the Ohio State offense (ranked fourth nationally in yards-per-game) and the Michigan defense (ranked third in yards allowed) to be a stalemate in a low-scoring contest, with the Buckeyes leaning on their own defense to be the difference. By looking at the box score, this prediction mostly held true, as Ohio State steadily outgained their rivals and forced a late turnover that sealed an 11-point road victory.
But the box score alone fails to tell the Jekyll and Hyde story of the Buckeye offense that afternoon in the Big House, as the visitors from Columbus failed to gain a single positive yard in the first quarter before completely flipping the script in the three subsequent periods. While many have claimed the injury to J.T. Barrett and subsequent performance of Dwayne Haskins turned the tide in this contest, the truth is Urban Meyer and his offensive staff had already cracked the nut of Don Brown's defense by that point in the game.
Despite both coaches downplaying their teams' ability to surprise one another at this point in the season, the crafty Brown came out with an unexpected game plan that was quite different from last year's contest and threw the Buckeyes off-balance. Though his teams have always run a variety of coverages, Brown's Michigan defense had leaned heavily on man-coverage throughout this season.
However, as the Buckeyes looked to pass early in the game, they saw an abundance of two-deep zones on early downs, like this Tampa-2 zone that easily corralled the underneath passing concepts expected to break open against man-coverage:
But on third-and-long, Brown went back to man concepts, yet again breaking tendencies by dropping seven players in coverage and only sending four rushers.
This Cover-1 Robber look relied on the Wolverine defensive backs to lock up Buckeye wideouts one-on-one, and left a Robber in the middle of the field (often the middle linebacker) to act as a spy for J.T. Barrett, should he take off and run. As a result, Barrett had nowhere to go with the ball and was forced to take multiple early sacks.
But Brown had one more trick up his sleeve, using a trap coverage that looks initially like a regular Cover-2 zone to one side of the field, but is really a pattern-matching defense to the other. The advantage of this look is it frees up the boundary cornerback to attack the flats, taking away the relief routes like arrows or bubble screens that the Buckeyes add as extensions to the running game.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...e-back-to-handle-a-very-good-michigan-defense
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DaBuckeyes
Hall of Fame
One thing I don't thinks been mentioned is the fact that this was the first time he's played with the first team offense. Every other time he's played has been with the 2nd/3rd team offense vs usually 1st team defenses, one of those times being in a monsoon. He was just put into the toughest situation possible and played pretty much perfectly. It's a small sample size but very promising.
Another thing about him though is the fact that he has all the traits you look for in an NFL QB so if he plays up to his ceiling we're not going to get to see a Barrett like career. I think we'd all take that tradeoff.
Another thing about him though is the fact that he has all the traits you look for in an NFL QB so if he plays up to his ceiling we're not going to get to see a Barrett like career. I think we'd all take that tradeoff.
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sparcboxbuck
What happened to my ¤cash?
The DFBIA on goblow are suggesting that the 3rd and 13 pass was as much luck as skill. They've clearly not watched DH spin the ball this year. Let's just keep that a little secret between us all and let them see how 'lucky' he is next year at the end of Nov.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Buckeyes Plenty Confident in Dwayne Haskins
They say the backup quarterback is the most popular guy in town, at least where the fan base is concerned.
When it comes to the backup quarterback’s teammates, however, they may have different thoughts. There’s a reason the backup is the backup, after all.
But at Ohio State over the years, the backup quarterback has more than held his own.
Ron Maciejowski was there for Rex Kern in 1968. Bret Powers bailed Ohio State out repeatedly in 1993. Joe Germaine probably shouldn’t even be considered a backup. Craig Krenzel stepped up in 2001 on the road in Michigan. Kenny Guiton is a near-legend at OSU, and Cardale Jones absolutely is a legend.
And this past Saturday, redshirt freshman Dwayne Haskins joined the long list of backups who have helped lead the Buckeyes to key victories in a relief role.
Haskins completed 6-of-7 passes for 94 yards against Michigan and rushed for 24 yards on three attempts. He led the Buckeyes on three scoring drives, and a fourth drive ended in a missed field goal. Ohio State was trailing 20-14 when he entered the game late in the third quarter and he was at the helm for a 17-0 run.
It was the kind of performance that can only boost the confidence of his head coach.
“First of all, the comfort — and it’s still so young, I can’t say it’s comfort yet — but to see him perform in that environment, and more importantly against that defense. That’s an elite defense,” Urban Meyer said on Monday. “And to come in, I can’t remember what the score was, but we were down, I know that. And to come in and I think someone said 17 unanswered points.”
But it’s not just the confidence and comfort that Meyer has that is important. He saw Haskins’ teammates rally around the young quarterback, and his performance was good enough to grade out a champion. That will always build confidence.
“And more than a coach, the comfort and the confidence that those other ten players have, the quarterback is the most unique position in all of sport,” Meyer said. “And to see that there’s confidence amongst them, and when he was rewarded yesterday and graded as a champion, I could see it in the room that there’s a lot of confidence in him.”
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2017/11/buckeyes-plenty-confident-dwayne-haskins/
They say the backup quarterback is the most popular guy in town, at least where the fan base is concerned.
When it comes to the backup quarterback’s teammates, however, they may have different thoughts. There’s a reason the backup is the backup, after all.
But at Ohio State over the years, the backup quarterback has more than held his own.
Ron Maciejowski was there for Rex Kern in 1968. Bret Powers bailed Ohio State out repeatedly in 1993. Joe Germaine probably shouldn’t even be considered a backup. Craig Krenzel stepped up in 2001 on the road in Michigan. Kenny Guiton is a near-legend at OSU, and Cardale Jones absolutely is a legend.
And this past Saturday, redshirt freshman Dwayne Haskins joined the long list of backups who have helped lead the Buckeyes to key victories in a relief role.
Haskins completed 6-of-7 passes for 94 yards against Michigan and rushed for 24 yards on three attempts. He led the Buckeyes on three scoring drives, and a fourth drive ended in a missed field goal. Ohio State was trailing 20-14 when he entered the game late in the third quarter and he was at the helm for a 17-0 run.
It was the kind of performance that can only boost the confidence of his head coach.
“First of all, the comfort — and it’s still so young, I can’t say it’s comfort yet — but to see him perform in that environment, and more importantly against that defense. That’s an elite defense,” Urban Meyer said on Monday. “And to come in, I can’t remember what the score was, but we were down, I know that. And to come in and I think someone said 17 unanswered points.”
But it’s not just the confidence and comfort that Meyer has that is important. He saw Haskins’ teammates rally around the young quarterback, and his performance was good enough to grade out a champion. That will always build confidence.
“And more than a coach, the comfort and the confidence that those other ten players have, the quarterback is the most unique position in all of sport,” Meyer said. “And to see that there’s confidence amongst them, and when he was rewarded yesterday and graded as a champion, I could see it in the room that there’s a lot of confidence in him.”
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2017/11/buckeyes-plenty-confident-dwayne-haskins/
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which is going to be lethal with the combination of the mesh concepts now in the playbook and the types of athletes OSU runs out there
This aspect of being an accurate passer is/was my biggest knock on both Barrett and Pryor.
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RugbyBuck
Our church has no bells.
I would've said JT, but it looks like the brain trust is willing to give DH the opportunity to make plays that they know he can make. Also, B1G is a one-off game with really nothing to lose. No need to be stupid about it, but also no need to be super-conservative. I think if/when he's in there, they let him sling it.
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Systems_id
Head Coach
I wonder if the OCs will put together a couple of packages for Haskins to run in the B1G title game.
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Nigel Tufnel
Choking on vomit
One thing Haskins can’t really do is the read option because he lacks the lateral movement. So there may be other players in the play book that are opened up, but this aspect would need to be shut down almost entirely. He just can’t do it.
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Poe McKnoe
Head Coach
Maybe, but this literally almost never happens. Pryor/Boeckman? Barrett and Haskins can run the same playbook, mostly.
I’m still waiting for the Antonio Henton package...
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