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Game Thread tOSU vs Northwestern at Wrigley, Sat. Nov 16, 12pm ET, BTN

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Kinda feel like there's a chicken-egg thing going on. If an opponent starts out with 8 in the box, selling out to stop the run, Chip should 'break' the 20 scripted plays and call a fly pattern with whomever is on the outside one-on-one. Pretty simple. If opponent is playing a deep 5 in the backfield, either a crossing route behind the LBs or #1 or #32 inside runs. None of us need a $2 million salary to see that. Always seemed like the start of the game is like a chess match, one moves, and the other counters. Takes awhile to see the rhythms of the game, and how each D counters the O moves, or vice versa. Moving forward, tOSU will be playing top flight competition until #1 vs #2 for the Nati, and I would expect that tOSU playing white (chess first move), and more bent toward having the opponent D react to the O. That's of course assuming that tOSU wins all the coin tosses, and kicks off. Bottom line, the Buckeyes first few drives will be testing opponents D, and seeing how react. Nothing new here, but more patience for the fanatics is required. Go Bucks!
 
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RB07OSU said:
Good point but I think the main issue is refusing to break tendencies as you said. I keep thinking we are holding back for bigger games (like IU this week) but I just don't think that is the case anymore. We need more calculated risks in the passing game...if you have freaking Smith, Egbuka, Tate and Innis in the passing game, use that in games like this and it will open up the run game.

In the old days it used to be the opposite of use the run to open up the pass, but I just don't see that as our identity this year. I wanna run the damn ball, don't get me wrong. I just think we are doing it in reverse order based on our strengths.
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Based on how games have played out, save Oregon, it seems OSU is happy to let the opponent reveal their strategy and then adjust. Not my favorite and it's stressful, but helps to build momentum into the half and 3rd Q.
 
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1926Buckeyes said:
Based on how games have played out, save Oregon, it seems OSU is happy to let the opponent reveal their strategy and then adjust. Not my favorite and it's stressful, but helps to build momentum into the half and 3rd Q.
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That’s what I’m telling myself to feel better about the occasional struggles, which have typically been early in games. It feels like the defensive staff (Knowles anyway) don’t mind getting gashed a few times if it reveals the opponent’s deeper strategy. Not sure what to say about the offensive slow starts unless there’s a parallel on that side.
 
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If This Were a Movie: Buckeyes’ trip to Wrigley Field looked a lot like ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’

The only thing missing was a red Ferrari.
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If This Were a Movie: Buckeyes’ trip to Wrigley Field looked a lot like ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’​

The only thing missing was a red Ferrari.

It wasn’t exactly a day off for the Buckeyes, but much like the titular character in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” they certainly wreaked some havoc in the city of Chicago yesterday in their 31-7 routing of Northwestern at Wrigley Field, the home of baseball’s (and my) Chicago Cubs.

In the classic John Hughes film from the 80s starring Matthew Broderick, Ferris wakes up on a perfect spring day in Chicago (the kind that is a welcome reprieve from the city’s miserable winters) and decides to play hooky, crafting an elaborate plan to cut class so he and his friends can go on adventures throughout the city.

The Buckeyes seemed to take a page out of Ferris’ book in the first quarter, in that they didn’t look quite like themselves (faking sick, some might say). They got off to a slow start against a 4-6 Wildcats team they should have been beating handily. The game remained scoreless through the first quarter before the Wildcats took a 7-0 lead, enough to convince even the most wary of parents, sisters, and principals that in fact, something might actually be off with the Buckeyes.

It was all an act.

After the Wildcats put up that touchdown, they wouldn’t score again all day. The Buckeyes, on the other hand, were just getting started, scoring touchdowns on four straight drives. It was the football equivalent of borrowing your best friend’s dad’s 1961 Ferrari and taking it out for a joy ride—only for the Buckeyes, it was more of a joy run (or a joy catch-and-run).

Ferris kicked off his day off with a little fine dining and a trip to the Art Institute of Chicago; the Buckeyes kicked off theirs with two consecutive 1-yard touchdown runs from Quinshon Judkins.

Ferris headed to Wrigley Field to take in a Cubs game. Buckeye wide receiver Carnell Tate headed to Wrigley Field to take the ball into the endzone – twice. Tate, a Chicago native, had a spectacular game in his hometown, with a 25-yard touchdown reception from quarterback Will Howard in the final minute of the first half, followed by an 8-yard touchdown early in the third quarter.
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Now this scene in the movie looks like a couple Georgia football players...... :lol:

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