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THE GAME: ttun @ tOSU, Sat Nov 26, 12pm, FOX

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cincibuck said:
BTNs talking heads - speaking of which, Nicole Auerbach has legs - make some interesting comments about Knowles’ defense - like why, when you have an edge in talent, do you play such a high risk defense. Takes me back to an early season interview of Knowles and his comments about not having worked with this much talent. As for Auerbach, lovely hooters too.
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We switched to a low risk defense and they put together a long drive for a TD. His plan was obviously the best one for us in that game. The secondary just couldn't get it done. Slowly losing might have looked better but he did what he needed to do to try to win and the offense did not get the job done. If the offense executes properly, we get out to a hot start. They didn't. McCarthy wasn't out there throwing dimes. The secondary just didn't get it done. If they're covering their guys, McCarthy probably doesn't even throw those wide open underthrown TD passes. He probably eats a sack or runs for a minimal gain.

What are these people watching? It clearly worked until the secondary broke down. No defensive scheme in the world can account for massive breakdowns in coverage like that. It's not like the guy was wide open downfield because Knowles schemed bad. It failed because people weren't in the right position.

There was plenty of praise for Knowles early on for how difficult it was for Michigan to gain yards. Then suddenly there are massive coverage lapses in the same set and suddenly it's a bad Knowles plan?

The difference between the successes of the defense on Saturday and the failures weren't schematic. They were in execution.
 
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Re-watching the first half is even more brutal and makes me place like 90% of the blame on the offense. The defense played even better than I remember despite the two big plays given up. They gave the offense way more possessions than I remember. That huge 3rd and 1 stop with 2 minutes left in the second was a huge momentum swing only for the offense to once again piss down their leg. Just way too many dropped balls and unforced errors. If the Buckeyes play even a B game on offense they're probably up 31-17 at the half and Knowles can probably get out of that risky defense to force SCUM to either eat clock by marching the length of the field or get a little riskier in an effort to catch up.
 
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cincibuck said:
BTNs talking heads - speaking of which, Nicole Auerbach has legs - make some interesting comments about Knowles’ defense - like why, when you have an edge in talent, do you play such a high risk defense. Takes me back to an early season interview of Knowles and his comments about not having worked with this much talent. As for Auerbach, lovely hooters too.
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You have questionable taste. You know she’s a Wolverine, right? She got her start writing for the Michigan Daily.
 
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sg86 said:
75 total snaps for Vincent and Hamilton vs. 30 total snaps for Williams and Hall is a big part of why that game was lost.

Also don't understand why, with Harrison's wingspan, they didn't run more sets with Harrison lined up in the middle and JT and Jack on the ends.
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Here’s a set …Harrison Vincent Hall you’re down line men in the Bear front. Sawyer and JT outside LB. Tommy and Steele inside.
 
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sg86 said:
75 total snaps for Vincent and Hamilton vs. 30 total snaps for Williams and Hall is a big part of why that game was lost.

Also don't understand why, with Harrison's wingspan, they didn't run more sets with Harrison lined up in the middle and JT and Jack on the ends.
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not sure it would have mattered because they underestimated McCarthy's speed and couldn't corral him after he ducked from the pocket
 
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OHSportsFan said:
Glad a bunch of people watched this :roll1:



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Under the contract terms that ESPN and Fox Sports signed with the Big Ten in 2017, each network carries 27 Big Ten football games per season. But this coming season, Fox will have the rights to 28 games, and ESPN will have the rights to 26.
Fox Sports gets the first pick every season, and ESPN gets the second pick, leading into a straight-line draft. That means Fox gets all the odd number picks (1, 3, 5, etc.), and ESPN gets all the even number ones (2, 4, 6, etc.).
Every year, Fox has used its first pick to claim the always highly rated Ohio State-Michigan game.
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Well, you can see why the game was FOX's number 1 pick to select which game they would televise.
 
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