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lvbuckeye;624203; said:
He went right twice in a row just after they got talking about it but I don't remember a bunch. What does the game chart say?
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Ok, according to the official website the breakdown is very balanced. My analysis of the game according to a run play is as follows:
Running between the guards outside hips constitutes a run up the middle.
Running off the inside hip of the left tackle and out, constitutes a run left.
Running off the inside hip of the right tackle and out, constitutes a run right.
The official website has Pitt running more up the middle 9 times, left 10 times and right 6 times. Most of his "middle" runs were cutback off left tackle runs that would make him more like middle 4 times, left 15 times and right 6 times. Someone who has taped the game would have to go back and look for sure.
In the second half only:
Right: 4 rushes 4 net yards
Middle: 4 rushes 18 net yards
Left: 4 rushes 12 net yards
Again, I don't recognize all of the runs "middle", at least from memory. I would say its more like this:
Right: 4 rushes 4 net yards
Middle: 2 rushes 6 net yards
Left: 6 rushes 24 net yards
I would be very interested to see exactly how those runs started out anyway with respect to the direction in correlation with where he ends up. Understandably a zone blocking scheme would call for more cutback lanes than a man blocking scheme. I'm not trying to take those into account. Only looking at some tendencies to see if perception is actually reality in this case. I think we would all agree that Pittmans big runs are 90% of the time to the left. With that being said if it ain't broke don't fix it.
Running between the guards outside hips constitutes a run up the middle.
Running off the inside hip of the left tackle and out, constitutes a run left.
Running off the inside hip of the right tackle and out, constitutes a run right.
The official website has Pitt running more up the middle 9 times, left 10 times and right 6 times. Most of his "middle" runs were cutback off left tackle runs that would make him more like middle 4 times, left 15 times and right 6 times. Someone who has taped the game would have to go back and look for sure.
In the second half only:
Right: 4 rushes 4 net yards
Middle: 4 rushes 18 net yards
Left: 4 rushes 12 net yards
Again, I don't recognize all of the runs "middle", at least from memory. I would say its more like this:
Right: 4 rushes 4 net yards
Middle: 2 rushes 6 net yards
Left: 6 rushes 24 net yards
I would be very interested to see exactly how those runs started out anyway with respect to the direction in correlation with where he ends up. Understandably a zone blocking scheme would call for more cutback lanes than a man blocking scheme. I'm not trying to take those into account. Only looking at some tendencies to see if perception is actually reality in this case. I think we would all agree that Pittmans big runs are 90% of the time to the left. With that being said if it ain't broke don't fix it.
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WaitingforKickoff
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Pittman's career has been such a pleasant surprise. Coming out high school, we all thought that he would be a smallish homerun hitter type of back (4.3 40s). He has turned into a physical and every down back with good speed and has blended perfectly with our offense.
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This is from the Bucknuts today.NJ-Buckeye;635212; said:
?You never know with running backs,? Tressel said with a smile. ?They?re like grease lightning when they?ve got the ball, and the other 23 and a half hours of the day they?re slow. I hope there are no running backs other than Lefty (Earle) Bruce out there. So, I think he?s fine. I don't know otherwise.?
So it sound like he could be OK , I guess
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OSUBasketballJunkie
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Dispatch
The cog that drives OSU
Friday, October 20, 2006
Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
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the sports car that is the Ohio State offense, there are plenty of flashy parts. Quarterback Troy Smith is the driver, gloves gripping the steering wheel through the tight turns. Receivers Ted Ginn Jr. and An-
Othony Gonzalez are the spinner rims, dazzling onlookers. And then there?s running back Antonio Pittman. Buried deep within every engine block are nondescript-looking parts without which the vehicle could not move.
They?re called spark plugs, and that?s exactly the role Pittman has shouldered for the topranked Buckeyes (7-0, 3-0).
Time and again, the junior tailback has been the guy that gets OSU going, usually not with a 40-yard burst but with a series of 4- or 6- or 8-yard gains.
Strung together, they have helped jump-start drives when the Buckeyes needed one most, or resulted in key first downs en route to a score.
His penchant to do the dirty work and his value to OSU?s success has endeared him to his teammates.
"He?s one of my favorites, because every time he gets the ball he seems to get 4 or 5 yards and sometimes he?ll break a long one to end the game, like he did in the (2006) Fiesta Bowl," tackle Kirk Barton said. "And he?s tough. You see him take shots and he just keeps wanting the ball."
Pittman scored his first collegiate touchdown in 2004 against Indiana, the team coming to Columbus on Saturday. He then went 12 games without scoring, a drought that ended against Minnesota in the eighth game last season.
Since then, he has scored in 12 straight games.
Smith has been consistently hyping Pittman all season, frustrated that he has been overshadowed by the Heisman Trophy campaigns put on for Smith and Ginn.
"I?ve been telling you all along about the spark that Antonio provides for the offense," Smith said. "There?s all kinds of unsung heroes within any football team. Too often a time, you get a couple guys that get all the ink and the people that are really doing the grinding day in and day out at practice or games don?t get enough.
"You give (Pittman) enough carries and enough opportunities, he?s going to make a play."
There are many examples, but probably the best come from back-to-back games against Cincinnati and Penn State on Sept. 16 and 23:
? Leading just 13-7 at halftime in a clear letdown game against Cincinnati, Pittman carried on the first four plays of a third-quarter drive. He gained 38 yards, jump-starting OSU, which scored to make it 20-7.
His 48-yard TD jaunt sealed the 37-7 win.
? Down 3-0 to Penn State at the half, Pittman ripped off a 19-yard run for the initial first down on a third-quarter drive. He later had a 17-yard catch to get inside the Nittany Lions 20, then scored on a 12-yard run to give the Buckeyes a lead they would not relinquish in a 28-6 victory.
"That was a huge drive there," coach Jim Tressel said after the game. "Antonio Pittman, really for the second week in a row, gave us a little burst at the time we needed it."
That?s what he does, and he does it without fanfare. He calls himself "a grinder."
"A grinder is a back that can do it all ? run between the tackles, outside the tackles, and block, catch the ball, and that?s what I like to do," Pittman said. "I don?t pride myself on speed. I like to grind it out. When a good play opens up, I feel as if I?ve got the wheels to take it the distance."
More often than not, though, Pittman is the plug that powers those wheels.
"When I speak and talk about Antonio Pittman, it?s a passionate feel for me, because he doesn?t get enough respect and credit that I think he deserves," Smith said. "In countless situations, he?s bailed us out."
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Porter attempts to scare Pittman to the ground.
Ohio State tailback Antonio Pittman (25), right, carries the balls as Indiana cornerback Tracy Porter moves i n during the third quarter of a football game at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Porter attempts to scare Pittman to the ground.
Ohio State tailback Antonio Pittman (25), right, carries the balls as Indiana cornerback Tracy Porter moves i n during the third quarter of a football game at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
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coltsfan16
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jwinslow...your pics are the best buckeyes game day pics i have ever seen!!
seriously, those are amazing.
seriously, those are amazing.
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Pitt just doesn't get any respect.
Sports Illus. today
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/cory_mccartney/10/23/week8/index.html
The Tao Of Steve Adrian Peterson's out. Garrett Wolfe's fading. So it begs the question: who's the nation's best remaining running back? James Davis (Clemson), Mike Hart (Michigan), Marshawn Lynch (Cal), Ray Rice (Rutgers) and Steve Slaton (West Virginia) have all staked claim. But I'm taking Slaton. No back gets the attention from defenses that Slaton does, just look at the running lanes he opens up for QB Pat White even when he doesn't have the ball.
Sports Illus. today
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/cory_mccartney/10/23/week8/index.html
The Tao Of Steve Adrian Peterson's out. Garrett Wolfe's fading. So it begs the question: who's the nation's best remaining running back? James Davis (Clemson), Mike Hart (Michigan), Marshawn Lynch (Cal), Ray Rice (Rutgers) and Steve Slaton (West Virginia) have all staked claim. But I'm taking Slaton. No back gets the attention from defenses that Slaton does, just look at the running lanes he opens up for QB Pat White even when he doesn't have the ball.
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From today's presser. JT's last answer in this segment cracked me up.
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REPORTER: A year ago, going into this game, Pittman hadn't scored a touchdown all last season and then he started a streak of like 12 straight games. What happened there? Do you have any idea?
COACH TRESSEL: It would be too simple to say he scored a touchdown.
REPORTER: No, was there pressure there, do you think?
COACH TRESSEL: I think your buddies always give you the jabs and the raspberries and I'm sure more than we even know. So, yeah, perhaps his buddies were telling him, hey, I thought you were a running back, and don't running backs score touchdowns and all those things. But Pittman, to me, has always been a quiet, determined guy, that he's not going to worry about whether he scores touchdowns or whatever.
In fact, we were talking to him that last scoring drive in the Indiana game, that we took him out pretty early, you know, only 16 carries and we said, don't worry, when we get down there, if it gets in the goal line area, we'll give you another chance to keep your streak alive. Then Beanie broke the one for 12 yards, and that didn't bother Pitt. He was happy for Beanie.
So he's pretty focused on doing what he can do and playing a great role on our team and I've been impressed with him this season because not unlike Minnesota, Minnesota's probably thrown more than they're accustomed to, Ohio State probably has too. And again, it's because they've been efficient doing it, thus far we've been efficient doing it, and the runningbacks at Minnesota aren't getting as many carries, nor at are the ones at Ohio State at this moment.
REPORTER: Did he have to show you something to earn your trust for goal line carries, because it seemed last year Troy got most of the carries around inside the 10 and inside the 5 and Antonio is getting most of those this year.
COACH TRESSEL: Most of the carries Troy got inside the 10 were option plays, he just took the option to carry it. And we teased him a little bit in practice. I remember one time Pitt not having the greatest option course, and I said, hey, Pitt, you need to have a little bit better
phase and he kind of gave me a look like, you mean, like he's going to pitch it or something? Just different things have evolved and Antonio's always had our confidence.
official.site
REPORTER: A year ago, going into this game, Pittman hadn't scored a touchdown all last season and then he started a streak of like 12 straight games. What happened there? Do you have any idea?
COACH TRESSEL: It would be too simple to say he scored a touchdown.
REPORTER: No, was there pressure there, do you think?
COACH TRESSEL: I think your buddies always give you the jabs and the raspberries and I'm sure more than we even know. So, yeah, perhaps his buddies were telling him, hey, I thought you were a running back, and don't running backs score touchdowns and all those things. But Pittman, to me, has always been a quiet, determined guy, that he's not going to worry about whether he scores touchdowns or whatever.
In fact, we were talking to him that last scoring drive in the Indiana game, that we took him out pretty early, you know, only 16 carries and we said, don't worry, when we get down there, if it gets in the goal line area, we'll give you another chance to keep your streak alive. Then Beanie broke the one for 12 yards, and that didn't bother Pitt. He was happy for Beanie.
So he's pretty focused on doing what he can do and playing a great role on our team and I've been impressed with him this season because not unlike Minnesota, Minnesota's probably thrown more than they're accustomed to, Ohio State probably has too. And again, it's because they've been efficient doing it, thus far we've been efficient doing it, and the runningbacks at Minnesota aren't getting as many carries, nor at are the ones at Ohio State at this moment.
REPORTER: Did he have to show you something to earn your trust for goal line carries, because it seemed last year Troy got most of the carries around inside the 10 and inside the 5 and Antonio is getting most of those this year.
COACH TRESSEL: Most of the carries Troy got inside the 10 were option plays, he just took the option to carry it. And we teased him a little bit in practice. I remember one time Pitt not having the greatest option course, and I said, hey, Pitt, you need to have a little bit better
phase and he kind of gave me a look like, you mean, like he's going to pitch it or something? Just different things have evolved and Antonio's always had our confidence.
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great stuff