November 5th, 2022 at 3:21 PM ^
Keep in mind they are missing their top running back, TreVeyon Henderson today.
November 5th, 2022 at 3:26 PM ^
I don’t think he’s their top back. Miyan is arguably the better RB.
November 6th, 2022 at 2:00 AM ^
It's not arguable according to my best friend who is also a giant OSU fan and a decent football mind.
November 5th, 2022 at 3:29 PM ^
Neither are JK or Zeke
November 5th, 2022 at 3:33 PM ^
Henderson good when he’s got 10ft wide holes to run through. He gets next to no yards after contact and Williams isn’t much better. Corum on the other hand.
November 5th, 2022 at 3:59 PM ^
Yes, but without even looking I'd bet heavily that 2nd- and 3rd-string were highly rated recruits with lots of raw talent.
November 5th, 2022 at 3:26 PM ^
Idgaf about the weather. We're the better team and I believe we'll beat the shitstains from Columbus no matter what the weather is.
November 6th, 2022 at 2:05 AM ^
I wish I had your confidence, but too mamy times I've seen this song and dance and seen us get destroyed when the time came... Now I'm not saying that's what's gonna happen. BPONE gonna BPONE.
November 5th, 2022 at 3:28 PM ^
Don't stoop to these levels. This is pathetic
November 5th, 2022 at 3:29 PM ^
We can beat them straight up. Bad weather is just a bonus.
November 5th, 2022 at 3:31 PM ^
Weather or not C.J. Stroud is a good quarterback.
Sarcasm. Run it down their throats!
November 5th, 2022 at 3:37 PM ^
Funny you mention this: my Buckeye relatives have all suddenly become VERY interested in the weather.
And, also, shake their heads and say "if there is bad weather, UM is going to win."
How can you build a Big Ten Champion that can't run the football?
November 5th, 2022 at 4:02 PM ^
Trick question you’re clearly building a B12 champion.
November 5th, 2022 at 3:39 PM ^
Corum went from +2000 to +1600 for the Heisman during the noon window today
November 5th, 2022 at 4:01 PM ^
If you look at Michigan’s issues they are all “fixable” by Nov 26. OSU on the other hand…You cannot scheme away a soft OL and DL. You cannot magically find a running game with a handful of games left. You cannot control the weather.
Michigan can generate a pass rush with scheme. We can find a downfield passing game by throwing it down field and our QB hitting his shots. Red zone will be scheme creativity and execution. Slow starts are a byproduct of the style Michigan plays. Keep it close by halftime and keep pounding them until the damn bursts.
November 5th, 2022 at 4:05 PM ^
We don't need to pray. We're going to smack them around regardless of the weather.
November 5th, 2022 at 4:27 PM ^
OSU seems to have at least one game every year that they just completely sleepwalk through and while you know they’re going to win, they look just awful and it’s like they didn’t bother putting a gameplan together the entire week.
Either way, if we get any kind of bad weather on that Saturday, Michigan has a great shot. OSU is built to win an indoor track meet. They are not built to win out in the elements. That could be, you know, a problem for teams that play in the Big Ten.
November 5th, 2022 at 4:40 PM ^
True, but I thought the sleepwalking game was last week vs. PSU.
OSU fans will dismiss this game because of the weather, but I wonder if this actually just further exposed OSUs run game weaknesses. I am not smart enough to diagnose whether this is an O Line issue, RB issue, or scheme problems. But they did not look like the #2 team in the country today.
November 5th, 2022 at 6:27 PM ^
If you can’t run the ball on a 1-7 Northwestern team, with the kind of massive talent advantage OSU has, you’ve got problems. I know Henderson was out, but with all the chirping I hear about Williams I figure that shouldn’t have mattered.
OSU has elite skill position talent. Probably the best in America. But they can be dealt with in the trenches. If today is any indication, Michigan can make serious hay on offense against these guys.
November 5th, 2022 at 4:38 PM ^
Safe to say that Stroud does not do well under pressure - pass rush or the weather
November 5th, 2022 at 4:58 PM ^
Not much run defense either.
November 5th, 2022 at 5:01 PM ^
I love the Buckeyes line play on both sides of the ball. Knowles Big 12 defense is perfect.
please, please … don’t change a thing. Everything is perfect right now…
November 5th, 2022 at 5:08 PM ^
The weather was blamed for Germany's loss own the Eastern front in WW2. Yet the Russians had to fight in it too. Was it General Winter that prevented them from taking Moscow and holding Stalingrad, as the Germans later claimed, or were they insufficiently prepared for climate and chain of supply problems only an idiot blinded by hubris couldn't have foreseen?
It's something historians argue about. Did the weather help us last year? Well, it's something one can argue about. I looked up weather averages for Thanksgiving Day in Columbus v Ann Arbor, figuring the day after Thanksgiving would be similar.
I guess the best question in the case of M-OSU is, what is each team prepared for?
The Thanksgiving Day climate averages for Columbus, Ohio are:
Average High Temperature 46 degrees.
Average Precipitation 0.13 inches
Average chance of Precipitation 25%, 93% avg for rain, 3% snow alone, 4% mixed snow and rain
Greatest Snow Depth 1 inch (2013, 1959)
Average Wind Speed peaks at 12.2 mph at 1:15 PM
The Thanksgiving Day climate averages for Ann Arbor are:
Average Temperature 34.6
Average Precipitation .04 inches
Average Chance of Precipitation 24%, .83% rain alone, 6% snow alone, and 11% mixed snow and rain.
Greatest snow depth was 4 inches
Average wind speed in A2 peaks at 14.1 mph at 1:30 PM.
Conclusion:
Ann Arbor is substantially colder, a little drier, and a little windier on Thanksgiving than Columbus. How that affects each team's preparation and play is anyone's guess.
November 5th, 2022 at 5:20 PM ^
I found it interesting that Ohio had Stroud pull the ball several times on read options. Can't help but wonder if they wish they could have saved that for 3 weeks from now. Yes, our D knows Stroud can pull, but now we see it on tape. Agree, we look better and are clearly the more physical team.. Just hope the crowd doesn't intimidate the refs into more than a few crappy calls. Was in that shthole in 2016, forget JT being short, the PI's and phantom PI's were completely one sided and each call seemed higher leverage than the last. Brutal.
November 5th, 2022 at 5:20 PM ^
I hope the weather is perfect. Typically bad weather is an equalizer for the lesser team.
I think we are the better team and we don’t need to hear their excuses.
November 5th, 2022 at 5:56 PM ^
Your comment didn’t need its own post
November 5th, 2022 at 7:07 PM ^
Even a bit of rain dampened OSU offense. Hopefully they knock OSU down a notch after a less than impressive win against one of the worse team in the B1G.
November 5th, 2022 at 7:13 PM ^
I shall throw every curse and hex this side of Bolivia
November 5th, 2022 at 7:36 PM ^
Bad news from Farmer’s Almanac:
- 24th - 27th
Mostly fair, cold Thanksgiving.
Mostly fair in Columbus is bad in more ways than one.
November 5th, 2022 at 7:58 PM ^
Weather?
I'm hoping for lightning (Corum) and more lightning (Edwards).
November 5th, 2022 at 8:08 PM ^
Pray?