October 20th, 2012 at 12:20 PM ^
October 20th, 2012 at 1:24 PM ^
No, it left and went to A2.
October 21st, 2012 at 2:28 PM ^
it followed hin to AZ. Its just lost in the desert.
October 20th, 2012 at 12:21 PM ^
Unfortunately, Purdue has no O-Line either.
October 20th, 2012 at 12:55 PM ^
I'm amazed at how fat some of Purdues guys are. Do they not bother to condition the O-Line?
October 20th, 2012 at 12:22 PM ^
October 20th, 2012 at 12:30 PM ^
This just reeks of the sort of game where Ohio sleep walks through the first half and then does just barely enough to win in the second half. Purdue's inability to complete several passes of under 5 yards already makes a Boilers win seem disappointingly unlikely.
That said...BOILER UP!
October 20th, 2012 at 12:25 PM ^
And all these bad teams, man they want the...
They want the...
They want the...
October 20th, 2012 at 1:03 PM ^
B-I-G. Oh God.
October 20th, 2012 at 12:28 PM ^
October 20th, 2012 at 12:33 PM ^
And yet Fickell put a top-20 D out there last year. The difference is no Tressel.
October 20th, 2012 at 12:46 PM ^
The difference is their scouting has sucked for a while now and they've whiffed on guys like Greg Jones, Jerel Worthy, Jake Ryan, and Frank Clark. It started to catch up to them last year when we hung 40+ on them and this year I see a team with a couple good players (Simon, Robey, Hankins) but not much else and a few guys who can be major liabilities (Shazier especially).
October 20th, 2012 at 1:26 PM ^
But . . . but . . . but . . . according to the OZone there are only 2 players on our D that could start for Ohio State.
October 20th, 2012 at 3:07 PM ^
October 21st, 2012 at 2:29 PM ^
made me laugh.
October 20th, 2012 at 12:28 PM ^
I thought they fixed everything because they called a meeting...
October 20th, 2012 at 1:13 PM ^
ask my old boss.
October 20th, 2012 at 12:31 PM ^
department as well.
But yeah, Urban Meyer need to hire back Jim Heacock like yesterday.
October 20th, 2012 at 1:05 PM ^
Jim Heacock essentially ran TOSU's defense, where it placed the top 10 for almost the entire decade. It's becoming more and more apparent that Fickell isnt ready to take the reins on a larger scale. I wonder if Everett Withers is going to be given more responsibility going into 2013.
October 20th, 2012 at 12:36 PM ^
So having a meeting doesn't fix everything? I hate Urban Meyer and not because he is the head coach at Ohio but that is all the more reason.
October 20th, 2012 at 12:39 PM ^
October 20th, 2012 at 12:36 PM ^
OSU will field a better defense, but I agree that it won't be this year. Just not a lot of depth outside the line.
October 20th, 2012 at 12:40 PM ^
but Purdue is probably going to lose 41-6 now
October 20th, 2012 at 12:40 PM ^
Is this the first game you've watched all year?
October 20th, 2012 at 12:43 PM ^
October 20th, 2012 at 12:44 PM ^
October 20th, 2012 at 12:44 PM ^
October 20th, 2012 at 12:44 PM ^
October 20th, 2012 at 12:45 PM ^
Purdue is Ohio's new Illinois... they always seem to have a TON of trouble with the Hopestache and his crew kind of like when Juice Williams ran all over OSU... But still Purdue sucks but apparently Ohio's D sucks more
October 20th, 2012 at 12:53 PM ^
October 20th, 2012 at 12:53 PM ^
Wow. That fake punt for a first down inside their own 20 was a gutsy call by Purdue...or maybe it was the punter improvising. Either way that took some balls....and it worked.
October 20th, 2012 at 12:59 PM ^
Looked like a rugby-punt with an option for a rush - I think we did something similar under the RR years wtih Mesko
October 20th, 2012 at 12:54 PM ^
So is Ohio, being lead by a mainly offensive head coach in Meyer... neglecting the defense (or beginning to neglect it) in a similar manner that Rich Rod did at Michigan?
October 20th, 2012 at 12:59 PM ^
The difference is, I assume Meyer will get the money to clean housse on the D side of the ball and go bring in a top flight D-Coord and some up and coming posistion coaches. As opposed to "Fuck it, lets go hire Greg Robinson." Meyer's a merc and will have no issue cleaning people out if they fail to perform.
October 20th, 2012 at 1:29 PM ^
GERG made almost $300,000 as DC at Michigan. Rich Rod could have hired someone much better for that money, but he chose not to. This was after he hung Scott Shafer out to dry publicly. Good on your boy eh?
October 20th, 2012 at 2:18 PM ^
If by "hung Scott Schafer out to dry publicly" you meant "fired him for having a crap defense," then yes, I agree with you. Just because Shafer's defense wasn't as bad as GERG's doesn't mean it wasn't a bad defense.
Also, your comparison to RichRod is dumb. Meyer is neglecting the defense,yes, but he is also ranked, unbeaten, and has already won against MSU.
October 20th, 2012 at 12:58 PM ^
ha ha...flamebait for that true comment? some people here still can not handle the truth
October 20th, 2012 at 2:19 PM ^
99 times out of 99, people who bring up Rich Rod are doing so to start an eFight.
October 20th, 2012 at 2:48 PM ^
well...that may be true but I was only making a point.. someone else turned it in to a flame in his/her mind.
October 20th, 2012 at 12:58 PM ^
October 20th, 2012 at 1:05 PM ^
To be fair, tOSU's defense isn't great, but the offense's tendency to turn the ball over makes them look worse than they are. They are given shit hands a lot. Although right now they're doing a terrible job after the fake punt. That punt conversion seemed to suck all the aggression out of tOSU.
October 20th, 2012 at 1:00 PM ^
Would it be safe to assume this is how the rest of the B1G felt watching Gerg D at Michigan? Watching Fickell try to coach this Ohio D?
October 20th, 2012 at 1:03 PM ^
Purdue seems to have foregone the spread stuff...at least on this drive in favor of a more short timing passing attack...Good stuff sprinkled in with some decent runs from Ralph Bolden. Bolden isn't a bad RB, just been injured far too much in his career. But this drive is a pretty impressive and extended drive.
October 20th, 2012 at 1:06 PM ^
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October 20th, 2012 at 1:15 PM ^
October 20th, 2012 at 1:19 PM ^
My point is that it's possible that teams with great spread offenses and horrible defenses are just more memorable than those who are sound on both sides of the ball. "Power Spread" is still spread. Oregon runs power all the freaking time. And bear in mind, in 2006, we gave up 43 to OSU. That Florida team we shredded the next year held them to 14.