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OHIO STATE'S TWO BIGGEST AREAS OF CONCERN AGAINST MICHIGAN WERE NOTHING BUT POSITIVES IN WIN OVER WOLVERINES
At some point, it became hard for Ohio State to tune out the noise.
The team’s offensive linemen heard all about the dominant Michigan front seven led by Chase Winovich and Rashan Gary. Critics imagined it would be tough for the Buckeyes’ inconsistent line to hold off the defensive linemen and linebackers that make up the top run and pass defense in the country.
The Buckeyes’ defense, which gave up 51 points to Maryland just a week prior, couldn’t avoid the fatalistic takes. Shea Patterson, Karan Higdon, Donovan Peoples-Jones and the rest of Michigan’s offense possessed enough playmakers to concern a defense that had been continuously torn apart for months by mostly inferior talent.
“We all carry the burden of hearing about people say we're not good,” Dre’Mont Jones said.
Both Ohio State’s offensive line and defense overheard enough to get an idea of what many people thought the Wolverines were about to do to them, and they didn’t appreciate the slights. In the Buckeyes’ 62-39 victory on Saturday, both units, fueled by the negativity, rebuffed all doubters.
On Dwayne Haskins’ 30 throws, he wasn’t touched. Not even once. Michigan didn’t even record a single quarterback hurry.
Every single time Haskins dropped back in the pocket, he had a perfectly clean pocket, which makes an especially significant difference for him. According to Pro Football Focus, his passer rating without getting pressured is more than two times higher than his passer rating when hurried.
“We don't want to get congratulated or have a pat on our back for doing our job,” Isaiah Prince said. “That's our job. Our job is to keep the quarterback and the running backs clean, and we did our job today. It should be a normal feeling for doing your job.”
For a while this season, it hadn’t felt normal. Prince and his fellow linemen picked up penalties and struggled blocking with physicality at times this fall. Those issues certainly didn’t arise on Saturday.
Michigan entered the game 22nd in the nation with 31 sacks in 11 games, averaging a sack every nine pass attempts. But the Wolverines couldn’t find anything resembling a pass rush against Ohio State’s typically inconsistent offensive line. Winovich and Gary each had a tackle for loss, but not even a single hurry. Josh Uche, the team’s leading sack artist, couldn’t even record a tackle, let alone drag Haskins to the ground.
Haskins said he will have to take the line out for dinner and called the performance an “A-plus job.”
“I think he'd be the first one to tell you that the quarterback's a product of those in front of him,” Urban Meyer said. “And I take a peek down here against that defense. Under sacks, it says zero. So I think the first thing that he would say, and I'd be disappointed and shocked – as a matter of fact, I'm going to tell him to make sure he says that – thank the big guys up front because they won the game for us. Zero sacks.”
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...t-areas-of-concern-were-nothing-but-positives
Just sayin': They still need to work on one other "area of concern"..... (the officiating did suck, but) 12 penalities for 150 yards was way too many.
At some point, it became hard for Ohio State to tune out the noise.
The team’s offensive linemen heard all about the dominant Michigan front seven led by Chase Winovich and Rashan Gary. Critics imagined it would be tough for the Buckeyes’ inconsistent line to hold off the defensive linemen and linebackers that make up the top run and pass defense in the country.
The Buckeyes’ defense, which gave up 51 points to Maryland just a week prior, couldn’t avoid the fatalistic takes. Shea Patterson, Karan Higdon, Donovan Peoples-Jones and the rest of Michigan’s offense possessed enough playmakers to concern a defense that had been continuously torn apart for months by mostly inferior talent.
“We all carry the burden of hearing about people say we're not good,” Dre’Mont Jones said.
Both Ohio State’s offensive line and defense overheard enough to get an idea of what many people thought the Wolverines were about to do to them, and they didn’t appreciate the slights. In the Buckeyes’ 62-39 victory on Saturday, both units, fueled by the negativity, rebuffed all doubters.
On Dwayne Haskins’ 30 throws, he wasn’t touched. Not even once. Michigan didn’t even record a single quarterback hurry.
Every single time Haskins dropped back in the pocket, he had a perfectly clean pocket, which makes an especially significant difference for him. According to Pro Football Focus, his passer rating without getting pressured is more than two times higher than his passer rating when hurried.
“We don't want to get congratulated or have a pat on our back for doing our job,” Isaiah Prince said. “That's our job. Our job is to keep the quarterback and the running backs clean, and we did our job today. It should be a normal feeling for doing your job.”
For a while this season, it hadn’t felt normal. Prince and his fellow linemen picked up penalties and struggled blocking with physicality at times this fall. Those issues certainly didn’t arise on Saturday.
Michigan entered the game 22nd in the nation with 31 sacks in 11 games, averaging a sack every nine pass attempts. But the Wolverines couldn’t find anything resembling a pass rush against Ohio State’s typically inconsistent offensive line. Winovich and Gary each had a tackle for loss, but not even a single hurry. Josh Uche, the team’s leading sack artist, couldn’t even record a tackle, let alone drag Haskins to the ground.
Haskins said he will have to take the line out for dinner and called the performance an “A-plus job.”
“I think he'd be the first one to tell you that the quarterback's a product of those in front of him,” Urban Meyer said. “And I take a peek down here against that defense. Under sacks, it says zero. So I think the first thing that he would say, and I'd be disappointed and shocked – as a matter of fact, I'm going to tell him to make sure he says that – thank the big guys up front because they won the game for us. Zero sacks.”
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...t-areas-of-concern-were-nothing-but-positives
Just sayin': They still need to work on one other "area of concern"..... (the officiating did suck, but) 12 penalities for 150 yards was way too many.
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