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RB Ezekiel Elliott (All B1G, All-American, National Champion, Pro Bowl, All Pro, Dallas Cowboys)

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He is certainly capable of getting 296. I think the game plan may involve many ding and donk short passes because of the way Oregon plays defense. I think our TEs should have a good game, and Eze will get some yards as well. Just win, Bucks!
 
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Buckeye1 said:
He is certainly capable of getting 296. I think the game plan may involve many ding and donk short passes because of the way Oregon plays defense. I think our TEs should have a good game, and Eze will get some yards as well. Just win, Bucks!
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I disagree. Oregon is extremely aggressive on D with blitzing and keeping their DBs close to the line of scrimmage. Like their offense, it is very gimmicky as they look to manufacture turnovers and big plays through aggression.

We'll gash them with the run game and keep them honest with deep throws- just like the past two games.

Short stuff and in the flats will not work because they are so aggressive on the perimeter.

FSU stupidly started dialing up these plays (presumably to counter the blitz) rather than continuing to run the ball and they consistently failed miserably at it.

That said, I do think the safety valve dump offs to EzE out of the backfield will continue to work and give Cardale some easy throws to get him comfortable if he needs it.

Edit: and I see now you were probably talking about quick pot passes to the TE over the blitzing LBs. That could work too except we haven't really seen it used all year. Maybe that will be a nice new wrinkle in the pass game.
 
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I disagree. Oregon is extremely aggressive on D with blitzing and keeping their DBs close to the line of scrimmage. Like their offense, it is very gimmicky as they look to manufacture turnovers and big plays through aggression.

We'll gash them with the run game and keep them honest with deep throws- just like the past two games.

Short stuff and in the flats will not work because they are so aggressive on the perimeter.

FSU stupidly started dialing up these plays (presumably to counter the blitz) rather than continuing to run the ball and they consistently failed miserably at it.

That said, I do think the safety valve dump offs to EzE out of the backfield will continue to work and give Cardale some easy throws to get him comfortable if he needs it.

Edit: and I see now you were probably talking about quick pot passes to the TE over the blitzing LBs. That could work too except we haven't really seen it used all year. Maybe that will be a nice new wrinkle in the pass game.
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I think FSu had to abandon the run game after their RB coughed up 2 costly balls, and Oregon turned those into TDs. At that point they had to pass to try and stay in the game, and that's when the avalanche of turnovers and TDs rained down. Cardale has to limit turnovers, and EzE hardly ever fumbles and has to keep that up. Controlling the clock with EzE will be our best defense, keep Marriotta and crew watching on the sidelines
 
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I think FSu had to abandon the run game after their RB coughed up 2 costly balls, and Oregon turned those into TDs. At that point they had to pass to try and stay in the game, and that's when the avalanche of turnovers and TDs rained down. Cardale has to limit turnovers, and EzE hardly ever fumbles and has to keep that up. Controlling the clock with EzE will be our best defense, keep Marriotta and crew watching on the sidelines
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FSU started going to and failing at the quick passing game in the first half, well before the 5 turnovers in the second half.
 
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Buckeye86 said:
FSU started going to and failing at the quick passing game in the first half, well before the 5 turnovers in the second half.
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I was mostly referring to you saying FSU should've kept running the ball. I agree with that notion, but after Cook fumbled the ball not once, but twice, it as hard to keep up that game plan with no other proven RBs and a rattled frosh RB
 
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http://sports.yahoo.com/news/how-ez...me-the-ultimate-buckeye-backer-184818984.html

How Ezekiel Elliott’s father became the ultimate Buckeye backer

He was checking the whereabouts of the Crimson Tide defenders, seeing whether anyone was closing on him. None was. His touchdown route was safe, the video board told him, and the Buckeyes were on their way to a Sugar Bowl shocker that ranks as the blueblood program’s biggest win of the past 12 years.

As Ezekiel was looking up, Stacy Elliott was looking back.

In the Superdome stands, Ezekiel’s dad blinked back tears and found himself transported 25 years into the past. He’d been a linebacker at Missouri in the late 1980s and early ’90s – dark days for that program, when losing in painful fashion was a way of life. Elliott was on the team that lost to Colorado on the infamous fifth-down play in 1990: “It don’t get worse than that. I was on the tackle. He didn’t get it.”
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