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TBBC Awards; Oklahoma Sooners; Noah Brown, Buckeye Secondary, the Aussie
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Offensive
tOSU Offensive MVP
Scott – Noah Brown. Catch of the year and all.
WVa – I use to have the top play each week and Noah Brown wins that hands down! There is only one QB playing at a higher level than JT Barrett and that’s Lamar Jackson. JT Barrett picked up where he left off in 2014 and is pretty unstoppable. I am in agreement with most that he does need to take care of himself and not get beat up. I am not sold on the back-up situation just yet.
Ben v. – Everyone will pick Noah Brown, so I am going with the guy who threw the ball to him in J.T. Barrett. He ran the offense as smooth as could be and made great throws to Brown on those TD’s as well as running the read option to perfection.
Brandon – Noah Brown. If Ohio State any desire to throw the ball on Saturday, Brown could have easily went for 200+ yards. The Buckeyes were having so much success running the ball that OU was playing the safeties inside of 10 yards from the LOS. The deep ball was there all day to Brown as he was one-on-one all night. We saw how that usually ended up.
JC – Noah Brown … catch of a lifetime! 4 TD’s. Who else could it have been?
Mike Meals – anyone other than Noah Brown is a lie. Sure, the RBs had a great overall game, but Brown’s TDs were easily the best part of the offense
I smell a disagreement but Brown wins this easily.
tOSU O-line MVP
Scott – Pat Elflein. Again.
WVa – Pat Elflein is the sexy and easy choice here. No chance anyone else is on the radar right now except maybe the frosh roadgrader.
Ben v. – The whole line deserves the award for how they showed up against Oklahoma in a tough environment. Besides a few false starts and holdings they made holes for Weber and Samuel and gave time when he needed it for Barrett to make passes.
Brandon – Pat Elflein. This pick is not changing at any point this year. That stadium was absolutely rocking on Saturday night…well at least early. It would have been easy for some of the younger guys to freak out but Elflein and Price kept the young guys in line.
JC – Pat Elflein. This guy is a bear.
Mike Meals – Pat Elflein. Keeping that line together with the hostile noise and not letting a few early penalties kill them adds to his mystique
Pat puts the Lein in offensive Lein. Easy pick this week!
tOSU Offensive Unsung
Scott – Mike Weber II. Got tons of tough yards in crucial spots.
WVa – Mike Weber Jr. is flying under the radar for some reason but it’s easy to see why all eyes are on Samuel right now.
Ben v. – Mike Weber. 123 yards and the vision he has to find some of these holes that he is finding is incredible. I watched him pick up some blocks on pass plays as well, he is going to be a special one to watch.
Brandon – Mike Weber. I was at the game and I didn’t realize he had as many yards as he did. I noticed a few chunk runs but it really didn’t seem like they utilized him as much as the stats show. They did a good job of working him in slowly as I think he only touched the ball two or three times in the first quarter when the stadium was rocking.
JC – Curtis Samuel. 98 yards on the ground with one TD. catching for 20 yards on 2 receptions. The kid from Brooklyn can play football.
Mike Meals – My boy Mike Weber…went over 100 again! Still not a Zeke clone, but he’s getting better every day.
Mike Weber Jr. will not stay on this list very long.
Defensive
tOSU Defensive MVP
Scott – Jerome Baker. Little bit of everything.
WVa – I should pick just one player here but there isn’t a better secondary in the country, even after losing Conley to injury early. There hasn’t been a better collection of players since the 2002 championship run, and they have already surpassed that groups interceptions in a season!
Ben v. – Picking one person off the defense is tough, but the secondary shut Baker Mayfield down and Marshon Lattimore was the leader again. He almost had back to back 2 INT weeks if not for an overturned call. These guys are ball hawks and are fun to watch.
Brandon – Marshon Lattimore. He was left in one-on-one coverage a lot throughout the night…especially after Conley went down. He constantly was all over his receiver and played a great all-around game. He is turning into a shutdown type of corner which is dangerous when the Buckeyes already have one of those in Conley.
JC – Absolutely Lattimore. Pick six.
Mike Meals – Going with the entire safety corp. Having a great game and having 2 safeties with 8 tackles each? Not TD saving tackles, but attacking the offense tackles? Give them my MVP.
Marshon Lattimore is leading the way this week for the ballhawkers.
tOSU D-line MVP
Scott – Entire basic D-line. Never let the alleged vaunted run game of Oklahoma get going.
WVa – Jalyn Holmes is standing out right now because Sam Hubbard is getting a lot of attention right now. Man for man he is laying waste to the other teams best TE and o-lineman.
Ben v. – Again tough to single one person out, I saw a lot of Michael Hill, Robert Landers, Jayln Holmes and others, so let’s just give it to the entire line.
Brandon – Easily Jalyn Holmes and it shouldn’t be close. I’m not sure how it looked on TV but Holmes was everywhere. He caused so many issues for the Sooners all night. He is easily the fastest defensive lineman on the field and is great against the run. The buckeyes are in very good position right now with their four DEs.
JC – No special standout. This entire unit deserve credit. They played top-notch against the loud-mouthed Sooners.
Mike Meals – Brandon’s right, Holmes is the man. What a game he had. He was a Sooner nightmare.
Jalyn Holmes is walking away with awards this season.
tOSU Defensive Unsung
Scott – Tyquan Lewis. He drew lots of attention opening things up for other guys.
WVa – Chris Worley had a working man’s game like Raekwonza usually has and came back from a mild stinger to show people what he is made of.
Ben v. – Chris Worley. Besides his silly unsportsmanlike penalty, he was around the ball all night and had 10 tackles. The linebackers were a bit of an unknown coming into this season, and they have more than done adequately replacing Joshua Perry and Darron Lee.
Brandon – Raekwon McMillan. With the secondary and line making play after play, it is hard to notice all the big things McMillan does. On Saturday night, he was there to fill almost every hole in the middle. He made it very difficult for Perine to get things going. He stuffed the “power” back time and time again.
JC – I will say Malik Hooker. He smells the ball. Just watch the video and see how many times he is either in on the tackle, or nose deep near by.
Mike Meals – McMillian. One of the best in the country, and yet again, you don’t hear his name. He had a great game, was all over the field, but was overshadowed by the interceptions. He’s amazing
A tie between McMillian and Worley this week
Odds and Ends
tOSU Special Teams MVP
Scott – Tyler Durbin. The 31-yard knee-knocker was actually kind of critical.
WVa – The Aussie, that is all!
Ben v. – Cam Johnston without a doubt. When he hit that 68 yarder to pin Oklahoma deep I knew we were in good shape. The fact that he can flip the field with relative ease is something we shouldn’t take for granted. After I watched that punter for Colorado have a terrible day, its nice to know we have stability in Cam.
Brandon – I’m not sure how anyone could not say Cameron Johnston. He had five punts and all five gave OU starting position around or inside the 10 yard line. His first punt changed the game. OU had driven down field on their first drive with ease but missed the field goal. The stadium was still rocking and OSU went three and out which had OSU punting from a pretty bad position. Johnston completely flipped the field with a 68 yard boom. With most punters, OU would have got the ball on the 50 or so…Johnston made them start inside the 10.
JC – Durbin. Scott summarized this choice perfectly.
Mike Meals – Give it to the Aussie! He flipped the field early like Shannon said on twitter, and that easily set the Buckeyes up to succeed the next time we got the ball.
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!
tOSU Needs Improvement
Scott – Outside containment. Too many yards outside of the box.
WVa – I personally believe the middle of the field is too open. There are too many times that the linebackers are aggressive and the secondary is in man that the Silver Bullets can be exposed and nobody back to stop it. That was actually the easy explanation for why Mixon return went for six.
Ben v. – Still need to see more out of the wide receivers. Outside of Noah Brown, again we had very limited catches by the wide receivers. I’d like to see more of Parris Campbell, Terry McLaurin, Austin Mack and K.J. Hill.
Brandon – I will say playcalling but only because I am not the one being paid to win games. I completely believe OSU could have put up 70 points on Saturday if they wanted to but the coaching staff didn’t. They wanted to get up big and conserve the win but wasting the clock which is smart because OU can score a bunch of points quick. As a fan, I wish they would have attacked more in the third quarter. OU was reeling and they could have made it hurt.
JC – The play calling against the Sooners vastly improved. But I am still not sold. It’ll take more and against someone stronger than the Sooners to make me a believer.
Mike Meals – P Campbell. He’s working his way into the game plan, returning kicks now. But if he can establish himself as a usable threat on the outside, wow.
tOSU Next Big Star
Scott – Mr. Baker.
WVa – Jerome Baker is coming along nicely.
Ben v. – Jerome Baker sure looked the part this past weekend, then again so did a lot of people. The future is bright at Ohio State with all of this talent, so the entire team is going to be the next big star.
Brandon – Jerome Baker. The young linebacker will be very good. His athleticism is unreal for a linebacker. Go back and watch the pick six. The acceleration he had after the catch was just amazing. He caught it with numerous people within five yards of him and immediately accelerated away from everyone…even his fellow Buckeyes.
JC – Again, just like the 1996 Yankees with Jeter, Rivera, Pettite, Williams, Posada. The Buckeyes have Hooker, Weber, Samuel, Brown, Baker … should I continue?
Mike Meals – I will continue to say Weber until he has his coming out game.
Baker is becoming the man.
TB1G Coach of the Week
Scott – Kirk Ferentz. Just kidding. Urban Meyer. He got the guys ready to play in a tough environment and won with, ya know, a basic defense.
WVa – Urban Meyer had the perfect plan as he usually does and the team executed it greatly. He won’t win the over-all award again this year.
Ben v. – Mark Dantonio just by a smidge over Urban this week. Many thought that Notre Dame would be too much for the Spartans, but Dantonio again proved he is a mastermind in big games. Michigan State is going to be a tough out in the Big Ten, and their matchup against Michigan in a few weeks should be a great game.
Brandon – Urban Meyer. As I mentioned earlier, the place was absolutely rocking. Meyer had that team focused from the beginning and had the young team ready to go into a tough environment. The Buckeyes look pretty decent this year.
JC – Urban Meyer. He is the master of motivation and getting production done.
Mike Meals – Urban gets a coach of the week nod. I don’t care who it is, when you go into a place like Norman and dominate like that, Beyond all our expectations, you are doing something right.
Urban Meyer hands down this week.
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WVaBuckeye via our good friends at Buckeye Battle Cry
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Plenty of thoughts on the best of the best from Saturdays blowout of Oklahoma. Leave us your thoughts in the comments section!
Offensive
tOSU Offensive MVP
Scott – Noah Brown. Catch of the year and all.
WVa – I use to have the top play each week and Noah Brown wins that hands down! There is only one QB playing at a higher level than JT Barrett and that’s Lamar Jackson. JT Barrett picked up where he left off in 2014 and is pretty unstoppable. I am in agreement with most that he does need to take care of himself and not get beat up. I am not sold on the back-up situation just yet.
Ben v. – Everyone will pick Noah Brown, so I am going with the guy who threw the ball to him in J.T. Barrett. He ran the offense as smooth as could be and made great throws to Brown on those TD’s as well as running the read option to perfection.
Brandon – Noah Brown. If Ohio State any desire to throw the ball on Saturday, Brown could have easily went for 200+ yards. The Buckeyes were having so much success running the ball that OU was playing the safeties inside of 10 yards from the LOS. The deep ball was there all day to Brown as he was one-on-one all night. We saw how that usually ended up.
JC – Noah Brown … catch of a lifetime! 4 TD’s. Who else could it have been?
Mike Meals – anyone other than Noah Brown is a lie. Sure, the RBs had a great overall game, but Brown’s TDs were easily the best part of the offense
I smell a disagreement but Brown wins this easily.
tOSU O-line MVP
Scott – Pat Elflein. Again.
WVa – Pat Elflein is the sexy and easy choice here. No chance anyone else is on the radar right now except maybe the frosh roadgrader.
Ben v. – The whole line deserves the award for how they showed up against Oklahoma in a tough environment. Besides a few false starts and holdings they made holes for Weber and Samuel and gave time when he needed it for Barrett to make passes.
Brandon – Pat Elflein. This pick is not changing at any point this year. That stadium was absolutely rocking on Saturday night…well at least early. It would have been easy for some of the younger guys to freak out but Elflein and Price kept the young guys in line.
JC – Pat Elflein. This guy is a bear.
Mike Meals – Pat Elflein. Keeping that line together with the hostile noise and not letting a few early penalties kill them adds to his mystique
Pat puts the Lein in offensive Lein. Easy pick this week!
tOSU Offensive Unsung
Scott – Mike Weber II. Got tons of tough yards in crucial spots.
WVa – Mike Weber Jr. is flying under the radar for some reason but it’s easy to see why all eyes are on Samuel right now.
Ben v. – Mike Weber. 123 yards and the vision he has to find some of these holes that he is finding is incredible. I watched him pick up some blocks on pass plays as well, he is going to be a special one to watch.
Brandon – Mike Weber. I was at the game and I didn’t realize he had as many yards as he did. I noticed a few chunk runs but it really didn’t seem like they utilized him as much as the stats show. They did a good job of working him in slowly as I think he only touched the ball two or three times in the first quarter when the stadium was rocking.
JC – Curtis Samuel. 98 yards on the ground with one TD. catching for 20 yards on 2 receptions. The kid from Brooklyn can play football.
Mike Meals – My boy Mike Weber…went over 100 again! Still not a Zeke clone, but he’s getting better every day.
Mike Weber Jr. will not stay on this list very long.
Defensive
tOSU Defensive MVP
Scott – Jerome Baker. Little bit of everything.
WVa – I should pick just one player here but there isn’t a better secondary in the country, even after losing Conley to injury early. There hasn’t been a better collection of players since the 2002 championship run, and they have already surpassed that groups interceptions in a season!
Ben v. – Picking one person off the defense is tough, but the secondary shut Baker Mayfield down and Marshon Lattimore was the leader again. He almost had back to back 2 INT weeks if not for an overturned call. These guys are ball hawks and are fun to watch.
Brandon – Marshon Lattimore. He was left in one-on-one coverage a lot throughout the night…especially after Conley went down. He constantly was all over his receiver and played a great all-around game. He is turning into a shutdown type of corner which is dangerous when the Buckeyes already have one of those in Conley.
JC – Absolutely Lattimore. Pick six.
Mike Meals – Going with the entire safety corp. Having a great game and having 2 safeties with 8 tackles each? Not TD saving tackles, but attacking the offense tackles? Give them my MVP.
Marshon Lattimore is leading the way this week for the ballhawkers.
tOSU D-line MVP
Scott – Entire basic D-line. Never let the alleged vaunted run game of Oklahoma get going.
WVa – Jalyn Holmes is standing out right now because Sam Hubbard is getting a lot of attention right now. Man for man he is laying waste to the other teams best TE and o-lineman.
Ben v. – Again tough to single one person out, I saw a lot of Michael Hill, Robert Landers, Jayln Holmes and others, so let’s just give it to the entire line.
Brandon – Easily Jalyn Holmes and it shouldn’t be close. I’m not sure how it looked on TV but Holmes was everywhere. He caused so many issues for the Sooners all night. He is easily the fastest defensive lineman on the field and is great against the run. The buckeyes are in very good position right now with their four DEs.
JC – No special standout. This entire unit deserve credit. They played top-notch against the loud-mouthed Sooners.
Mike Meals – Brandon’s right, Holmes is the man. What a game he had. He was a Sooner nightmare.
Jalyn Holmes is walking away with awards this season.
tOSU Defensive Unsung
Scott – Tyquan Lewis. He drew lots of attention opening things up for other guys.
WVa – Chris Worley had a working man’s game like Raekwonza usually has and came back from a mild stinger to show people what he is made of.
Ben v. – Chris Worley. Besides his silly unsportsmanlike penalty, he was around the ball all night and had 10 tackles. The linebackers were a bit of an unknown coming into this season, and they have more than done adequately replacing Joshua Perry and Darron Lee.
Brandon – Raekwon McMillan. With the secondary and line making play after play, it is hard to notice all the big things McMillan does. On Saturday night, he was there to fill almost every hole in the middle. He made it very difficult for Perine to get things going. He stuffed the “power” back time and time again.
JC – I will say Malik Hooker. He smells the ball. Just watch the video and see how many times he is either in on the tackle, or nose deep near by.
Mike Meals – McMillian. One of the best in the country, and yet again, you don’t hear his name. He had a great game, was all over the field, but was overshadowed by the interceptions. He’s amazing
A tie between McMillian and Worley this week
Odds and Ends
tOSU Special Teams MVP
Scott – Tyler Durbin. The 31-yard knee-knocker was actually kind of critical.
WVa – The Aussie, that is all!
Ben v. – Cam Johnston without a doubt. When he hit that 68 yarder to pin Oklahoma deep I knew we were in good shape. The fact that he can flip the field with relative ease is something we shouldn’t take for granted. After I watched that punter for Colorado have a terrible day, its nice to know we have stability in Cam.
Brandon – I’m not sure how anyone could not say Cameron Johnston. He had five punts and all five gave OU starting position around or inside the 10 yard line. His first punt changed the game. OU had driven down field on their first drive with ease but missed the field goal. The stadium was still rocking and OSU went three and out which had OSU punting from a pretty bad position. Johnston completely flipped the field with a 68 yard boom. With most punters, OU would have got the ball on the 50 or so…Johnston made them start inside the 10.
JC – Durbin. Scott summarized this choice perfectly.
Mike Meals – Give it to the Aussie! He flipped the field early like Shannon said on twitter, and that easily set the Buckeyes up to succeed the next time we got the ball.
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!
tOSU Needs Improvement
Scott – Outside containment. Too many yards outside of the box.
WVa – I personally believe the middle of the field is too open. There are too many times that the linebackers are aggressive and the secondary is in man that the Silver Bullets can be exposed and nobody back to stop it. That was actually the easy explanation for why Mixon return went for six.
Ben v. – Still need to see more out of the wide receivers. Outside of Noah Brown, again we had very limited catches by the wide receivers. I’d like to see more of Parris Campbell, Terry McLaurin, Austin Mack and K.J. Hill.
Brandon – I will say playcalling but only because I am not the one being paid to win games. I completely believe OSU could have put up 70 points on Saturday if they wanted to but the coaching staff didn’t. They wanted to get up big and conserve the win but wasting the clock which is smart because OU can score a bunch of points quick. As a fan, I wish they would have attacked more in the third quarter. OU was reeling and they could have made it hurt.
JC – The play calling against the Sooners vastly improved. But I am still not sold. It’ll take more and against someone stronger than the Sooners to make me a believer.
Mike Meals – P Campbell. He’s working his way into the game plan, returning kicks now. But if he can establish himself as a usable threat on the outside, wow.
tOSU Next Big Star
Scott – Mr. Baker.
WVa – Jerome Baker is coming along nicely.
Ben v. – Jerome Baker sure looked the part this past weekend, then again so did a lot of people. The future is bright at Ohio State with all of this talent, so the entire team is going to be the next big star.
Brandon – Jerome Baker. The young linebacker will be very good. His athleticism is unreal for a linebacker. Go back and watch the pick six. The acceleration he had after the catch was just amazing. He caught it with numerous people within five yards of him and immediately accelerated away from everyone…even his fellow Buckeyes.
JC – Again, just like the 1996 Yankees with Jeter, Rivera, Pettite, Williams, Posada. The Buckeyes have Hooker, Weber, Samuel, Brown, Baker … should I continue?
Mike Meals – I will continue to say Weber until he has his coming out game.
Baker is becoming the man.
TB1G Coach of the Week
Scott – Kirk Ferentz. Just kidding. Urban Meyer. He got the guys ready to play in a tough environment and won with, ya know, a basic defense.
WVa – Urban Meyer had the perfect plan as he usually does and the team executed it greatly. He won’t win the over-all award again this year.
Ben v. – Mark Dantonio just by a smidge over Urban this week. Many thought that Notre Dame would be too much for the Spartans, but Dantonio again proved he is a mastermind in big games. Michigan State is going to be a tough out in the Big Ten, and their matchup against Michigan in a few weeks should be a great game.
Brandon – Urban Meyer. As I mentioned earlier, the place was absolutely rocking. Meyer had that team focused from the beginning and had the young team ready to go into a tough environment. The Buckeyes look pretty decent this year.
JC – Urban Meyer. He is the master of motivation and getting production done.
Mike Meals – Urban gets a coach of the week nod. I don’t care who it is, when you go into a place like Norman and dominate like that, Beyond all our expectations, you are doing something right.
Urban Meyer hands down this week.
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