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Toledo @tOSU, Sat Sep 17, 7 ET on Fox

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Captain Buckeye said:
Eh I mean we've given up a ton of fluke plays at this point. There's reason to throw up a bit of caution than before but still the defense is much more capable than prior years.

This was a dynamic QB but IMO the front 7 did not play consistently enough today.

But right now we just have no idea how our injuries are impacting things.

For example we get JSN and Fleming back and all the sudden we look wide open again. Yet we lose McCallister and Proctor and now look off in the back end.

Probably not a coincidence but we need others to step up when players are out because that's going to happen all year.
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Coach is that you? We?
 
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dragurd said:
Running is the last thing I'd take from that game. They did nothing running wise outside the QB till late in the 2nd half.
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But the QB did make things happen and there's a QB the last weekend of November that'll make us pay if we don't tackle too.

Big thing for me is we keep saying "well if we remove these 3 plays then...". Well we have to do better preventing those 3-5 plays.

Or at least prevent them from going 30+ yards etc.
 
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NFBuck said:
There is a portion of our fanbase that is absolutely, perpetually miserable. Unless every win is 56-0, there is something to bitch about. Without fail. It's exhausting.

Nevermind that this is the same defense that was a total calamity for much of the past two seasons and has improved exponentially across the board. If they ain't pitching shutouts and giving up 0.0 big plays, it needs to be harped on ad nauseam. Mind you, I'm not just talking about Hetuck...it's epidemic across social media from our spoiled ass fanbase.

It's no wonder we're largely considered the worst fanbase in CFB...fuck, I hate us. :lol:
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I can dig it. Every time a player on the other team makes a play it's a catastrophic event for the defense. Shell shock, maybe?
 
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Captain Buckeye said:
But the QB did make things happen and there's a QB the last weekend of November that'll make us pay if we don't tackle too.

Big thing for me is we keep saying "well if we remove these 3 plays then...". Well we have to do better preventing those 3-5 plays.

Or at least prevent them from going 30+ yards etc.
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This is a defense that was AWFUL for most of the last two seasons. It wasn't a few big plays, they were getting gashed. This year, that is not the case. They have been pretty much smothering the opposition with a couple of exceptions a game. Given that we just finished game three in a completely new scheme, fretting about it after we just mauled a pretty decent team by 56 points is some silly shit, in my IMO. I'm not saying Toledo is a force, but they are a pretty good team that has the ability to give some good teams fits and I can say with a high degree of confidence they probably would have put up 35 on us in 2020 or 2021.

The good thing is this is, again, game THREE in a completely different scheme and we currently rank among the best defenses in CFB statistically. There are 8 games between now and the end of November to figure out the weaknesses.
 
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