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The Official Offense Discussion (Merged)

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martinss01 said:
how can something be dubed uncharacteristic when it has been going on for 2+ years? isn't there a point where it stops being a coincidence and starts becoming a pattern?
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Look at the first 3 years...then the last two (+1 is not excellent, but it is a successful ratio). If uncharacteristic is not the term here, I'm not sure what to tell you. Pattern? Sure. However, I'm not sure what you are asking here...or how it fits into the current discussion. Sounds more like an issue of semantics...
 
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Offense

Bottom line. Tressel is not going to hire an OC. He will not replace Jim Bollman. Tressel believes if his offense doen't make the big mistake, OSU's defense and special teams will win the game.

This won't change. Tressel will not be fired (and shouldn't be).

We need to accept this and move on.
 
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Cleveland PD

10/30

Balanced Buckeyes: Ohio State's offense is hitting stride

<table class="byln" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="428"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <td class="byln" width="328">10/30/2005, 4:11 p.m. ETBy DAVE CAMPBELL
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</td> </tr> </tbody></table> MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ohio State's offense has been a bit of a work in progress this season, but the Buckeyes have found their rhythm at the right time.
Whether it was Antonio Pittman racing through the line, Troy Smith throwing pinpoint passes or Santonio Holmes, Ted Ginn Jr. and Anthony Gonzalez catching them and speeding up the field, Ohio State was too much for Minnesota to handle on Saturday in a 45-31 victory.
"We felt going into the Big Ten season if we could evolve to the fact where we always had a 100-yard back, then we could probably spread the ball around enough to have a good offense," Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel said. "We're starting to get consistent with that."
<script language="JavaScript"></script> <noscript> </noscript>Pittman rushed for a career-high 186 yards and scored his first two touchdowns of the year, both in the second half. Smith completed 14 of 20 passes for 233 yards and three scores, two to Holmes and one to Gonzalez. Ginn's big contribution was a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.
"We're finally starting to get to where we should have been at the beginning of the year," Gonzalez said. "For whatever reason, it took our offense awhile to get going, but we have finally got it going now."
The Buckeyes (6-2, 4-1), who moved up to No. 12 in the latest Associated Press poll, stayed in step with Penn State and Wisconsin in the crowded conference race. The Badgers and Nittany Lions play next week in Happy Valley, and Ohio State hosts lowly Illinois.
Suddenly, that 17-10 loss to Penn State on Oct. 8 doesn't look so devastating.
"Coming into this week, we felt real good," Gonzalez said. "Our spirits were high, and we knew that if we win out we can still be co-Big Ten champions. Everyone is focused on that goal."
If there's something to be concerned about, it's the defense. Minnesota totaled 578 yards against what was the conference leader — not to mention the best unit in the nation against the run — coming into the game. That was the second-most yards allowed in Buckeyes history.
But Ohio State came through when it had to. Laurence Maroney, the Big Ten's leading rusher, was limited to 13 second-half yards and a lost fumble. He was stopped on fourth-and-2 by Mike Kudla in the third quarter with the Buckeyes clinging to a 24-17 lead — the turning point in this wild game.
The fans wearing scarlet and gray in the northwest corner of the upper deck began chanting, "Let's go, Bucks!" Pittman and Smith then led a drive for the clinching score — a 27-yard pass from Smith to Gonzalez.
"It all just comes down to toughness and execution," Kudla said. "I think we did a good job of that in the second half."
 
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The offense came out firing from the start. However the long passes have been a little erractic this year! They even showed a possible option pass from Pittman who pulled it down instead and got a nice gain! I guess what I'm saying is the offense mixed it up and played a commendable game!

:oh: :io:
 
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I hope Troy keep his vision from this game and keep it rolling for the rest of the year. The O-line opened up some huge holes for AP to run through, it's a beautiful thing that we're talking about AP with at least 1200 - 1400 yards this year. That's buckeye football. Got to love seeing us with a running game.
 
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Our offense is averaging 30.6 points per game...that's 34th in the country. Not too bad considering the competition we've played. Also we have 32.4 points per game in Big 10 play, which is damn good if you ask me. Here are some other nice stats.

Ohio State is 15th in the country in passing efficancy.

Ohio State is 34th in the country in rushing yards per game.

Ohio State also is 5th in the country in penalty yards per game. (A stat that I REALLY like...got to give coaching some credit here).

Now...considering how this offense kind of got off to a slow start, this is quite amazing I feel. I mean...we are turning out to be one of the better offensive teams in the Big 10, and we are balanced. We can run, pass, and we have really cut out the turnovers.

I'm very happy about this offense...every team has a bad offensive game now and then...but considering the kind of defenses we have played, and how the offense has come along...and the fact that our next two games are against NW and ILL, we have a great shot at really putting up some great stats.
 
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ZachDumas said:
Aha! Tressel has figured out that if he can deceive his own offense, then there is no way that the opposition will figure out what he is scheming.

Congratulations.

Talk is cheap, unfortunately hope springs eternal and Bucks fans will continue to drink the Kool-Aid for the indefinite future, somehow mind-f***ing themselves into believing it is 2002 again.

The fact is we are an offensive bottom feeder in the Big Ten Conference, let alone the nation, and this will have a negative impact on the program moving forward.
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In our last three Big Ten games, our offense is averaging exactly 31 ppg and just under 438 ypg. Well, what do you think now, Einstein?
 
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BB73 said:
To me, (35 + 41 + 45)/3 equals 40.33, with rounding.

I'm not Einstein, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express once. :wink2:
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This is an offense discussion, so your numbers are skewed since you're counting about 4 special teams/defensive TDs (PR, KR, BLK FG, INT). :wink:

((35 + 41 + 45) - 28)/3 equals 31. :biggrin:
 
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BB73 said:
Somehow I knew I skewed myself.
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Change the "k" to "cr" and you got it right. :biggrin:

The offense had 3085 yards (385.63 ypg) going into today's game. With the 526 they got today, they now have 3611 yards (401.22 ypg). I think that most folks before the season started would've been satisfied if they were told we'd be averaging just over 400 yards per game after nine games.
 
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I thought I'd toss in the fact that this is the first time since 1995 that tOSU has scored at least 40 points in 3 straight games.

That didn't happen in 1996 or 1998.
 
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So many people were calling for Tressel's head after facing the PSU & Texas D. Many were referencing the continuity VT had with their staff, and their success on offense. Look what happened to them against a good D.
 
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