OhioState001
Tressel Loyalist
Yea he's said this about Elliott too and it keeps happening. Does he not realize he is the head coach?
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Yea he's said this about Elliott too and it keeps happening. Does he not realize he is the head coach?
And not just option read running plays, actual, honest to God running plays that are designed to be running plays from the start.
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Hstead
Legend
Teams seem to be daring us to throw more now than then though too. Sparty gave everyone the recipe, load the box and make JT beat you over the top. Now more and more teams fit an extra guy in the box.
I am not saying we don't need to establish the run, or that JK definitely needs more than 6 freaking carries, I was just saying sometimes it is not as easy at it may sound to just "run the ball" or not run the option when you have 8 guys in the box. You can run it all day against those numbers and go no where. We have to be able to stretch the field and make them respect the pass to run it well.
I loved Herman because first down was almost ALWAYS play action. Then we came back with the run. He ran play action to set up the run instead of vice versa, setting up play action after running it. It was like pitching a batter backwards, loved it.
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1926Buckeyes
Head Coach
The long TD to Dixon was a beautiful PA play...this offense uses quite a bit of play action.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Joke’s over, Ohio State needs to give J.K. Dobbins the ball
The Monday after No. 6 Ohio State’s 39-38 comeback win against Penn State in which freshman running back J.K. Dobbins took 13 carries for 88 yards, head coach Urban Meyer was adamant he would not “micromanage” which backs deserved carries.
Two days following the victory, Meyer said he deferred to running backs coach Tony Alford and co-offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson when determining who carries the ball. Two days after that, Wilson said Alford controlled carry counts and had no idea the total number of carries Dobbins had until he was told because he is a “big-picture guy” and was focused on “getting the offense going.”
Dobbins, who leads the team with 119 carries for 914 yards (7.7 yards per carry), carried the ball four times for 50 yards in the first quarter against the Nittany Lions, then did not touch the ball again until the third quarter.
In the Buckeyes’ 55-24 loss to Iowa, the issue resurfaced after Dobbins had four carries for 45 yards in the first quarter, but finished the game with just six carries for 51 yards. On Monday, Meyer said the coaches discuss running back carry counts and added he believes the star freshman deserves more touches.
“We have conversation about it,” Meyer said. “If there’s a huge disparity between — I think, [redshirt sophomore Mike Weber is] playing hard. I think J.K. is our starter, had a couple of nice runs. Those are things we talk about. But once again I think coach Alford does a nice job. He should have more than six carries, but we got behind and started throwing it a lot.”
Dobbins’ usage against Iowa and inconsistent playing time against Penn State come in stark contrast to his high carry counts at the beginning of the year. Starting in his first-ever collegiate game due to Weber’s injury, the freshman totalled 29 carries for 181 yards, more carries and yards than both Weber or former Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott had in their debuts.
In six of the next seven games, Dobbins received between 12 and 14 carries. He has not rushed for less than 5.5 yards per carry in a single game.
“I want to wear him out,” Meyer said on Oct. 11 following Dobbins’ 13-rush, 96-yard performance against Maryland. “Seriously, I want to wear him out.”
Entire article: https://www.thelantern.com/2017/11/jokes-over-ohio-state-needs-to-give-j-k-dobbins-the-ball/
The Monday after No. 6 Ohio State’s 39-38 comeback win against Penn State in which freshman running back J.K. Dobbins took 13 carries for 88 yards, head coach Urban Meyer was adamant he would not “micromanage” which backs deserved carries.
Two days following the victory, Meyer said he deferred to running backs coach Tony Alford and co-offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson when determining who carries the ball. Two days after that, Wilson said Alford controlled carry counts and had no idea the total number of carries Dobbins had until he was told because he is a “big-picture guy” and was focused on “getting the offense going.”
Dobbins, who leads the team with 119 carries for 914 yards (7.7 yards per carry), carried the ball four times for 50 yards in the first quarter against the Nittany Lions, then did not touch the ball again until the third quarter.
In the Buckeyes’ 55-24 loss to Iowa, the issue resurfaced after Dobbins had four carries for 45 yards in the first quarter, but finished the game with just six carries for 51 yards. On Monday, Meyer said the coaches discuss running back carry counts and added he believes the star freshman deserves more touches.
“We have conversation about it,” Meyer said. “If there’s a huge disparity between — I think, [redshirt sophomore Mike Weber is] playing hard. I think J.K. is our starter, had a couple of nice runs. Those are things we talk about. But once again I think coach Alford does a nice job. He should have more than six carries, but we got behind and started throwing it a lot.”
Dobbins’ usage against Iowa and inconsistent playing time against Penn State come in stark contrast to his high carry counts at the beginning of the year. Starting in his first-ever collegiate game due to Weber’s injury, the freshman totalled 29 carries for 181 yards, more carries and yards than both Weber or former Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott had in their debuts.
In six of the next seven games, Dobbins received between 12 and 14 carries. He has not rushed for less than 5.5 yards per carry in a single game.
“I want to wear him out,” Meyer said on Oct. 11 following Dobbins’ 13-rush, 96-yard performance against Maryland. “Seriously, I want to wear him out.”
Entire article: https://www.thelantern.com/2017/11/jokes-over-ohio-state-needs-to-give-j-k-dobbins-the-ball/
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If Dobbins gets 20 carries, not only does it hurt Iowa's defense, it slows the game down and allows our defense rest and maybe a few checks on the sidelines to get their alignments right. Making adjustments on the fly are a bitch and rarely work well. Also, Dobbins is a freaking stud and not using him should lead to someones ass being lit on fire.
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buckeyesin07
Veni. Vidi. Vici.
Why do I have the sinking feeling that the first play of the game will be the read option to Dobbins (because the coaches think Dobbins just has to get the ball, even if it's in the most predictable fashion), who will get crushed for a 3-4 yard loss, and that things will only go down from there? 
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I appreciated that Herman wasn't afraid to run on second and long. Of course we were also getting 7 yards a carry against damn near anyone.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
J.K. DOBBINS BECOMES THIRD OHIO STATE TRUE FRESHMAN TO RUSH FOR 1,000 YARDS
Ohio State running back J.K. Dobbins has become the third true freshman in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season.
The first-year Buckeye from La Grange, Texas, who had 914 rushing yards for the season entering Saturday's game against Michigan State, reached the milestone on a 35-yard run in the third quarter against the Spartans, which brought him over 100 rushing yards for Saturday's game.
Dobbins joins Robert Smith (1990) and Maurice Clarett (2002) as the only true freshmen in Ohio State history to rush for more than 1,000 yards in their debut seasons.
Mike Weber also broke the 1,000-yard mark in his first year as a Buckeye last season, but he was a redshirt freshman at the time.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...io-state-true-freshman-to-rush-for-1000-yards
Ohio State running back J.K. Dobbins has become the third true freshman in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season.
The first-year Buckeye from La Grange, Texas, who had 914 rushing yards for the season entering Saturday's game against Michigan State, reached the milestone on a 35-yard run in the third quarter against the Spartans, which brought him over 100 rushing yards for Saturday's game.
Dobbins joins Robert Smith (1990) and Maurice Clarett (2002) as the only true freshmen in Ohio State history to rush for more than 1,000 yards in their debut seasons.
Mike Weber also broke the 1,000-yard mark in his first year as a Buckeye last season, but he was a redshirt freshman at the time.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...io-state-true-freshman-to-rush-for-1000-yards
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