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Drubuck
What time is it?
Been absent leading up to this as I started a new job (fuck yes!!). Having Olave back is huge. Not just for the offense, but for Fields confidence throwing the ball. Quick out routes will open up inside run game. Run the fucking ball. Control the clock. Lawrence legs concerns me and covering RBs out of the backfield. D HAS to get to Lawrence while keeping dump passes to RB in check. Though wouldn't surprise me if they try to go overtop early to back up the safeties. That said, FUCK'EM
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LovelandBuckeye
You never lose to those pricks. Ever. Ever. - UFM
Well thankfully the Buckeyes have zero, absolutely none of those type of fans.
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They don't even have to be good at self scouting to see this coming a mile away.
OSU defense is stout against the run. It's weak to flat out bad in the secondary and gets pressure but not sacks meaning a guy like Lawrence is going to kill it with his arm and some basic pocket mobility.
OSU defense's only hope here, imo, is that the Clemson coaches vastly over think this and do something besides torch the secondary all night long.
Our fan hope is all on things like, "well it's 2020 and weird shit happens this year", "revenge" etc. I don't see any match up's favoring OSU except the general, good offense will beat good defense boilerplate.
IMO Lawrence and his offense have a much easier road in front of them vs the OSU defense than Fields and company vs the Clemson defense and that's what high level college football comes down to anymore. Anytime Northwestern needed a first down they targeted Sevyn Banks and they got it. Neither he, the rest of the secondary or Coombs as a coordinator are going to change that much in 2 weeks, I don't care how disrespected they feel.
I fear this is going to be an ass kicking.
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Zurp
I have misplaced my pants.
Hell yeah!
Wait - I just read the rest of your post. And you can go poop in someone else's shoes, thank you very much. This thread is for talking about how Ohio State is going to poop in Clemson's shoes, but they'll have to poop in Clemson's helmets because Clemson would already have pooped in their own shoes.
Actually, I agree with your post. But what do I know?
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Buckeye86
I do not choose to discuss it
My hope for slowing their offense lies in our DTs being disruptive against their OLine, which appears to have taken a step back from last season as evidenced by their almost complete reliance on QB runs and option plays to get anything going on the ground against ND in the ACC championship game.
Consistent pressure right up the middle of their offense can work wonders (I hope).
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The idea of a DL causing havoc with an extremely mobile QB while the secondary sits in man all night long doesn't fill my heart with hope. We've seen that show before actually, it ain't pretty.
Offensively, if you try to run it down their throats 1) Clemson isn't Northwestern and 2) even if successful, you are intentionally not playing to your own strengths (Fields and the WR's)
Trying to match your running game against an elite passing game is like bringing a knife to a gunfight imo. No doubt in my mind that Clemson can take away a run game easier than the OSU secondary can all of a sudden disguise coverages and execute them well.
Venables has the IU and NU defensive blueprint on how to affect Fields and he has significantly better players with which to do it. Lawrence and his elite skill players have the all the game film they need to see a very suspect and predictable secondary. I do agree that the OSU interior DL probably has an advantage, I just don't think it's going to mean much.
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Telekinesis
Easily Amused by the Bitterly Disappointed
I don’t blame you. Can’t exactly put my finger on why, but I think a lot of it has to do with feeling that last year’s team was better and couldn’t get it done. That and the fact that 2020 doesn’t feel like the year for exorcising our demons, instead resorting to hiding from them like kids under the bed. The feeling of dread is hard to shake.
I feel like this is the year we should have a 3rd string QB starting, because I honestly thought we would kick Bama’s ass that year. Or at least walk away with a win, very least give them all they could handle.
I’ll be head over heels if we win, but for some reason I’m going into this one with low expectations. I don’t think it has much to do with the Big Ten Championship, but who knows... maybe if it’s 59-0, I’d feel differently.
I’m not normally the one to feel this way about a playoff game, but it’s there and I can’t get rid of the damn thing. I’m usually quick to expect a slaughter in favor of the good guys, but I can’t board that train this year.
Edit: And before anyone says “Good thing the game is being played in 2021!” — yeah, yeah, I get it.
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