Game Thread tOSU at Purdue, Noon ET Nov 12, BTN

[scarletngray]

Miserable game to watch. Down 10-0 early, 7 possessions in the first half, only 1 of which went for more than 3 plays. It was rather windy, which made the long throws tough.

Like most of you, I'm looking forward to having a new offensive system for 2012. Too much Dave, wildcat, and QB draws. But there were some plays worth commenting on.

With about 4 or 5 minutes left, Miller was in the shotgun, faked to Boom running right, rolled left and hit a wide open Spencer on a crossing route for a gain of 12 yard to the 30 yard line. Misdirection, an easy throw, a key first down. It's the kind of play that some teams run several times a game, and it's a novelty when we see it in 2011.

The go routes were overthrown with the wind behind him, but what's wrong with a play call where the WR gets 2 or 3 yards past a DB, especially on third and 17? The WRs were getting separation, but the accuracy wasn't there and sometimes the timing was an issue. Of course, that's the aspect of whether an offense is coordinated.

In the OT, I think the second play was actually the throwback TE screen that went for a TD against Nebraska, which we've been waiting to see again, but Purdue had it sniffed out.

It was a bad tackling day for the defense. I'm wondering if the tOSU defense has trouble against misdirection and screens because they don't often see those plays executed well in practice.

It would also be nice to get a break on a bounce of the ball at Purdue. They put it on the ground three times, and got them all back, a couple of times where it likely would have set up tOSU for easy points. And it would also would have been nice if a couple of balls that were thrown right at tOSU DBs had been held onto, but that's been a bad theme this season.

Best called play of the game imo. There is absolutely no reason why we can't run more of these kinds of plays. There is no reason why we can't call a screen when we know the Defense is sending everyone but the kitchen sink. There is no reason why we can't run a QB roll out and hit the Fullback or TE in the flat. There is absolutely no reason why we can't run a slant pattern or a bubble screen or a shovel pass.

It's just absolutely mindboggling to me...

:osu:

 

[Mike80]

It was my fault.

I didn't have the best of feelings about this one after the Indiana game and I completely forgot to involve the double reverse negative karma by posting it in here.

 

[Nicknam4]

Remember this?

Time for Braxton to do this again:

Holy Buckeye - YouTube

CALLED IT!

It was 4th and short with a minute left and everything!

 

[OSUK]

I hate to lose, but watching our spoiled ass fan base meltdown is always a [censored]ing glorious thing to watch.

I will speak for some of those who your comment targets. I don't mind losing to a team of equal or greater talent. In that case, you just tip your hat and congratulate the other guys for being better.

On Saturday we lost to an inferior team. Sometimes you lose in that situation because you turn the ball over (see 2 years ago @ Purdue), but we lost this past Saturday because the coaching staff was afraid to win.

We put our defense on the field right away for too long with 3 straight 3 and outs. In some past years, we had a defense that you could do that to. This group is good, but not that good. They need the offense to get a few first downs every now and then and maintain possessions.

They put Braxton in the situation where he has to make a play, and the kid does it! But they won't let him do it to get a lead, only to come from behind.

Still, if you can execute an xp, then all of the fundamental philosophical screw ups are moot. But we can't get that done. You punch a jumper in the gut, and they tend to not be able to jump up sufficiently to block a kick.

So, what you have here is a team who needed to beat an inferior Purdue team to be in a situation where they had a chance to play for the B1G championship, but the coaches CHOSE to play the game in such a way as to lose it.

I understand that they won several games in a row doing what they did. But you have to understand that opponents are looking at what you are doing. They are in your mind. When you are that predictable, you become easy to defend, even for an inferior team.

Thinking you can keep having success with no variation - from what you have been doing - is an arrogant and foolish stance to take. And what you get is a loss to a Purdue team that deserved to win, but only because our coaching staff can't go outside of a predictable philosophical box they choose to put themselves in. And that is frustrating. Reasonably so.

 

[Bucknut24]

finally broke down and saw some highlights of the 4th qtr and OT...

Miller 4th down TD play

PAT :hatepc:

3rd down in OT that got Purdue to the 1

Game Over


I think that's all that needs to be said

 

[BB73]

Updating some stuff for tracking.

Ozone.Amey.Offense

Run/Pass Breakdown​

66 Total Plays--298 yards--4.5 yards per play
18 pass (27%)--8/18 for 132 yards 2 TD
48 rush (73%) for 166 yards 1 TD--3.5 ypc
14 Offensive Possessions
Ave. of 4.7 plays--21.3 yards
Ave. Start--OSU 30
First Down--27 plays (41%) for 103 yards
2 pass (7%)--1/2 for 14 yards
25 rush (93%) for 89 yards--3.6 ypc
Ave. gain of 3.8 yards
Second Down--22 plays (33%) for 88 yards
8 pass (36%)--4/8 for 52 yards
14 rush (64%) for 36 yards 1 TD--2.6 ypc
Ave. of 8.5 yards to go
Ave. gain of 4.0 yards
Third Down--16 plays (24%) for 94 yards
7 pass (44%)--2/7 for 53 yards 1 TD
9 rush (56%) for 41 yards--4.6 ypc
Ave. of 8.6 yards to go
Ave. gain of 5.9 yards
Conversions--6/16 (38%)
Fourth Down--1 play (2%) for 13 yards
1 pass (100%)--1/1 for 13 yards 1 TD
Ave. of 3.0 yards to go
Ave gain of 13.0 yards
Conversions--1/1 (100%)
Playaction Passing--9 Total
3/6 for 45 yards
2 scrambles for 7 yards
1 sack for -5 yards

Formation Breakdown​

Two Back Formations--29 plays (44%) for 88 yards (3.0 ypp)
5 pass (17%)--2/5 for 20 yards
24 rush (83%) for 68 yards--2.8 ypc
Shotgun Formations--27 plays (41%) for 189 yards (7.0 ypp)
12 pass (44%)--5/12 for 92 yards 2 TD
15 rush (56%) for 97 yards 1 TD--6.5 ypc
Pistol Formations--5 plays (8%) for 15 yards (3.0 ypp)
1 pass (20%)--1/1 for 20 yards
4 rush (80%) for -5 yards--(-1.3) ypc
One Back Formations--5 plays (8%) for 6 yards (1.2 ypp)
5 rush (100%) for 6 yards--1.2 ypc

RUN TYPE BREAKDOWN--48 attempts​

Counter/Trap--5 (10%) for 34 yards--6.8 ypc
Draw--1 (2%) for 3 yards--3.0 ypc
Lead Zone/Iso--14 (29%) for 57 yards--4.1 ypc
Option--3 (6%) for 6 yards 1 TD--2.0 ypc
Outside Zone--4 (8%) for 7 yards--1.8 ypc
Power--6 (13%) for 14 yards--2.3 ypc
QB run/scramble--13 (27%) for 36 yards--2.8 ypc
Sweep--2 (4%) for 9 yards--4.5 ypc


Cont'd ...

 

[BB73]

Ozone.Amey.Defense

Run/Pass Breakdown​

79 Total Plays--362 yards--4.6 yards per play
37 pass (47%)--25/37 for 232 yards 1 INT
42 rush (53%) for 130 yards 3 TD--3.1 ypc
13 Defensive Possessions
Ave. of 6.1 plays--27.8 yards
Ave. start--Purdue 32
First Down--36 plays (46%) for 211 yards
15 pass (42%)--11/15 for 120 yards 1 INT
21 rush (58%) for 91 yards 2 TD--4.3 ypc
Ave. gain of 5.9 yards
Second Down--25 plays (32%) for 62 yards
9 pass (36%)--7/9 for 42 yards
16 rush (64%) for 20 yards 1 TD--1.3 ypc
Ave. of 6.3 yards to go
Ave. gain of 2.5 yards
Third Down--18 plays (23%) for 89 yards
13 pass (72%)--7/13 for 70 yards
5 rush (28%) for 19 yards--3.8 ypc
Ave. of 6.2 yards to go
Ave. gain of 4.9 yards
Conversions--9/18 (50%)
First Downs Allowed--24 total
12 by pass
9 by rush
3 by penalty

Formation/Personel Brekdown​

Purdue Offense vs. 4-2-5--60 plays (76%) for 228 yards--(3.8 ypp)
26 pass (43%)--17/26 for 149 yards 1 INT
34 rush (57%) for 79 yards 1 TD--2.3 ypc
Blitz Percentage--11/60 (18%)
Negative Blitz Plays--2
Purdue Offense vs. 3-3-5--18 plays (23%) for 133 yards--(7.4 ypp)
11 pass (61%)--8/11 for 83 yards
7 rush (39%) for 50 yards 1 TD--7.1 ypc
Blitz Percentage--3/18 (17%)
Negative Blitz Plays--0
Purdue Offense vs. Goal Line Defense--1 play (1%) for 1 yard--(1.0 ypp)
1 rush (100%) for 1 yard 1 TD--1.0 ypc
Blitz Percentage--0/1 (0%)
Purdue Offense vs. Base (no blitz) defense--65 plays (82%) for 302 yards--(4.6 ypp)
25 pass (38%)--18/25 for 164 yards 1 INT
40 rush (62%) for 138 yards 3 TD--3.5 ypc
Purdue Offense vs. Blitz--14 plays (18%) for 60 yards--(4.3 ypp)
12 pass (86%)--7/12 for 68 yards
2 rush (14%) for -8 yards--(-4.0) ypc
Purde Offense vs. Man to Man (Combo) defenses--60 plays (76%) for 220 yards--(3.7 ypp)
25 pass (42%)--14/25 for 127 yards 1 INT
35 rush (58%) for 93 yards 3 TD--2.7 ypc
Purdue Offense vs. Zone defenses--19 plays (24%) for 142 yards--(7.5 ypp)
12 pass (63%)--11/12 for 105 yards
7 rush (37%) for 37 yards--5.3 ypc


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