UFR: Ohio State - Offense

UFR Ohio State offense

Now for the offense.  I hate to say "If they hadn't fumbled in the endzone for a TD on the first drive, and if Minor had played, they could have won," but I'm going to anyway.  There were some throws were Tate just didn't look right, underthrowing receivers.  And, I think he was feeling even more pressure than usual, causing some freshman mistakes (see previously mentioned fumble in the endzone).  So without further ado, let's get to it.

Drive Chart:

Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M7	1	10	I-form	2	1	2	4-3	Run	Fake end-around dive	Shaw	-2
Shaw hit at the handoff, no chance.  Ortmann?
M5	2	12	Shotgun 2-back	2	1	2	4-3	Run	Inside handoff	Shaw	5
Shaw bounced out for a couple.
M10	3	7	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	3-4	Pass	Yakkity-sax	Forcier	-11
Tate scrambles, fumbles, OSU recovers for TD.
Drive result:  TD OSU 10:44 1st Q 0-7

Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M38	1	10	Offset 2-back shotgun	2	1	2	3-4	Run	handoff right	Shaw	1
Good return by Stonum.  Shaw cuts back, not much.
M39	2	9	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	3-4	Pass	Quick stop	Webb	6
Quick slot to Webb. CA 1
M44	3	3	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	4-3?	Pass
ABC stays on Webb until the play starts.  Tate scrambles, misses Matthews on the run. IN
Drive result:  short punt by Zoltan.  9:35 1st Q 0-7

Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M40	1	10	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	3-4+	Pass	Out	Hemingway	5
Defense overloading 2 LBs left.  Not really an out, just a stop route. CA, 1 Protection +1
M45	2	5	Empty backfield, 2 TE	0	2	2	4-3	Run	off-tackle	Robinson	7
Denard in.  Good hole, good gain. Did you know he doesn't tie his shoes?
OSU48	1	10	Shotgun 4 wide	0	1	4	3-4?	Run	everywhere	Robinson	5
Denard scrambles for 5.
OSU43	2	5	Shotgun 1-back trips	1	1	3	4-3	Run	dive	Robinson	0
Straight ahead for 1
OSU43	3	5	Shotgun 5 wide	0	0	5	3-3-5?	Pass	swing	Roundtree	21
Nice YAC by Roundtree.  Good block by Webb. CA, 1
OSU22	1	10	Offset 2-back shotgun	2	1	2	4-3	Run	left	Shaw	0
Fumbled OOB
OSU22	2	10	Shotgun 2-back	2	0	3	4-3	Pass	roll-out stop	Roundtree	10
Good throw to Roundtree for the 1st.  CA, 1
OSU11	1	10	Shotgun 2-back	2	1	2	Nickel	Run	off-tackle	Smith	5
I'm not seeing any of these plays as reads, but I could be wrong.  Trying to keep Tate healthy?
OSU6	2	5	Shotgun 4 wide	0	1	4	Nickel	Pass	roll-out out	Smith	0
OSU showing blitz. Decent pass, knocked down BA, 1
OSU6	3	5	Shotgun 4 wide	0	1	4	Nickel	Pass	bubble screen	Matthews	0
Thrown to wrong shoulder, nice catch by Matthews.  MA, 2
Drive result:  Olesnavage misssed FG, good drive nonetheless. 4:27 1st Q. 0-7

Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M18	1	10	Shotgun 2-back	2	0	3	4-3	Run	handoff/option?	Smith	6
Tate looks to the receivers before handing off to Smith.
M24	2	4	Shotgun 2-back	2	0	3	4-3	Pass	RB screen?	Forcier	0
Same formation, Tate lines up one yard shorter. LB blitz, line releases like it's a screen.  Thrown near Smith. TA, protection -1
M24	3	4	Shotgun 2-back	2	0	3	4-3	Pass	Rollout	Matthews	23
Tate rolls almost to the sideline, catched the DBs facing the wrong way.  Wobbly throw.  Great block by Smith? CA, 1
M47	1	10	Shotgun 2-back	2	0	3	4-3	Run	Zone sweep?	Shaw	3
Calling a zone sweep, since Tate look at the DE, but hands of to Shaw around the end.
M50	2	7	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	3-4	Pass	flare	Smith	0
Knocked down at the line.  BA, 0
M50	3	7	Shotgun 2-back	2	1	3	3-4	Pass	out	Stonum	10
All day in the pocket, protection +1, hits Stonum in the numbers.  DO, 1
OSU40	1	10	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	3-4	Pass	out	Roundtree	0
Tate rolls out, a little late with the throw, tipped.  BA, 0  protection +1
OSU40	2	10	Shotgun 5 wide	0	0	5	4-3	Pass	flare	Roundtree	0
Pass a little behind Roundtree, Webb misses a block (-1).  Good call, missed throw.  MA, 1  End of 1st Q
OSU40	3	10	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	4-3	Pass	go	Matthews	0
Another weird D by OSU. They only have 2 down linemen, but 4 on the line.  Another one that Tate's shoulder probably bothered.  Underthrown, BA, 0
Drive result:  punt, downed inside the 5.

Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M22	1	10	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	4-3	Pass	stop	Matthews	11
Tate drops back (protection +1), wobbly throw CA, good catch by Matthews 0/1
M33	1	10	Shotgun 2-back	2	0	3	3-4	Run	ZR	Smith	4
Smith cuts back inside, decent gain.  Good blocking
M37	2	6	Shotgun 1-back trips	1	0	4	3-4				-5
False start
M32	2	11	Shotgun 1-back trips	1	0	4	3-4	Pass	out	Roundtree	12
Tate rolls out, hits Roundtree falling out of bounds.  Nice.  DO, 1
M44	1	10	Shotgun 2-back offsetf	2	1	2	3-4	Run	sweep	Shaw	-4
RPS -1, missed LB blitz, Grady -1?
M40	2	14	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	3-4	Pass	In	Roundtree	22
Good protection, Tate throws high, MA/CA, Roundtree goes and gets it 0/1
OSU39	1	10	Shotgun 2-back	2	0	3	3-4	Pass	PA Go	Matthews	13
RPS +1 Good call.  Fake handoff quick go to Matthews.
OSU26	1	10	Shotgun 2-back	2	0	3	4-2-5?	Run	Keep	Forcier	3
Fake go route, fake handoff keep.
OSU23	2	7	Shotgun 2-back	2	0	3	3-4	Pass	Roll out	Roundtree	0
ABC showing replay of Schilling's shoe.  Tate overthrows MA, 0, PR
OSU23	3	7	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	3-4	Pass	flat	Brown	-2
Short swing to Brown in the flat, tackled immediately
Drive result:  Olesnavage FG.  7:59 2nd Q, 3-7

Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M19	1	10	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	3-4	Pass	Go	Robinson	INT
Denard lined up at WR, good protection (+1), Tate throws deep to Denard, underthrown, picked.  IN
Drive result:  picked off.  Would a different receiver have made the catch, or knocked it down?  Would a healthy Tate hit Denard in stride?  5:12 2nd Q 3-14

Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M19	1	10	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	3-4	Pass	Go	Robinson	INT
Denard lined up at WR, good protection (+1), Tate throws deep to Denard, underthrown, picked.  IN
Drive result:  picked off.  Would a different receiver have made the catch, or knocked it down?  Would a healthy Tate hit Denard in stride?  5:12 2nd Q 3-14
Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M23	1	10	Shotgun 2-back	2	1	2	Nickel	Run	Zone  handoff	Smith	10
Zone read-look sweep to Smith.  Good blocking, good gain.
M33	1	10	Shotgun 2-back	2	1	2	4-3	Run	Zone read	Forcier	1
Zone read keep, Tate gets a couple.  ZR -1
M34	2	9	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	4-3	Pass	Scramble	Grady	5
Grady misses his block (-1), Tate scrambles and shovels it to him (MA, PR, 1), Grady get a couple.
M39	3	4	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	4-3	Pass	scramble	Forcier	0
Pocket collapses quickly (protection -1), Tate gets back the line.
Drive result:  punt, 3 and out.  2:38 2nd Q 3-14

Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M46	1	10	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	Nickel	Pass	dump	Grady	2
Funny offset TE, Tate under pressure protection -1, PR, MA 1, pitches to Grady.
M48	2	8	Shotgun 1-back	1	0	4	Nickel	Pass	dump	Webb	0
Tate scrambles, throws through Webb's hands.  CA, 0
M48	3	8	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	4-3	Pass	scramble	Forcier	0
Tate scrambles, throws it away.  Pocket collapsed pretty quick, protection -1
Drive result:  punt, OSU kneels down, EOH.  3-14

Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M16	1	10	Shotgun 1-back	1	0	4	4-3	Run	Zone read	Smith	7
Michigan ball to start the 2nd half.  Zone read to Smith.
M23	2	3	Shotgun 1-back	1	0	4	3-4	Pass	flat	Smith	-3
Swing pass to Smith, hit and brought down.
M20	3	6	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	4-3	Pass	wheel	Roundtree	0
Tate staring down Roundtree, MA, 0
Drive result:  3 and out, punt, 13:51 3rd Q 3-14

Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Type	Play	Player	Yards
OSU49	1	10	Shotgun 1-back	1	0	4	4-2-5	Run	Zone read	Smith	0
McAvoy, Omameh -1 get blown back, clogs up the play.  Smith has nowhere to go.
OSU49	2	10	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	4-3	Pass	scramble	Forcier	11
Protection +1, Tate takes off.
OSU38	1	10	Shotgun 2-back	2	1	2	3-3-5	Run	Zone read	Smith	3
Zone read handoff again, Smith gets 3.
OSU35	2	7	Empty backfield	0	2	3	3-4	Run	ISQD	Robinson	0
Hmm, Denard in, empty backfield, what do you think is going to happen?  Roundtree may have missed a block.
OSU35	3	7	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	3-4	Pass	slant	Matthews	12
Protection +1, Tate guns one to Matthews in stride.  DO, 1
OSU23	1	10	Shotgun 2-back	2	1	2	4-2-5	Pass	screen	Roundtree	5
Zone read fake screen to Roundtree.  CA, 1
OSU18	2	5	Shotgun 2-back	2	1	2	3-4	Pass	PA in	Matthews	0
Tate zings another one, wrong side for Matthews, MA, 0
OSU18	3	5	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	3-4	Pass	Scramble	Smith	18
Aaah, this play.  Webb loses his block, Tate has to scramble, throws a duck to Smith who jukes the D and scored.  MA, 1  100 MGoPoints for everyone.
Drive result:  TD, points off TO, 10:05 3rd Q, 10-14  +1 to Moundros for pursuit on the KO

Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M20	1	10	Shotgun 1-back trips	1	0	4	3-4	Run	Zone read	Smith	-3
Omameh get knocked back into the play -1.  These look like sweeps, rather than the usual off-tackle.  Tackle for loss.
M17	2	13	Shotgun 1-back trips	1	0	4	4-2-5	Pass	bubble screen	Roundtree	5
Good catch by Roundtree (CA, 1).
M22	3	8	Shotgun 1-back	1	0	4	4-3	Pass	scramble	Forcier
Tate has time, protection +1, Tate scrambles, tackled short of 1st.
Drive resu;t:  punt, 3 and out.  Zoltan punts 53 yards.  3:08 3rd Q, 10-21

Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M17	1	10	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	3-4	Pass	PA rollout screen	Roundtree	43
Fake handoff to Smith, Forcier sprints out, draws D and dumps to Roundtree for a lot.  CA, 1
OSU40	1	10	Shotgun 1-back trips	1	1	3	3-4	Run	draw	Robinson	5
Denard up the middle for 5
OSU35	2	5	Empty backfield	0	1	4	3-4	Run	draw	Robinson	0
Denard tackled at the line "BY HIS SHOELACES"
OSU35	3	5	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	4-2-5	Pass	Go	Matthews	0
Tate back in, protection +1, overthrows Matthews, MA/BR, 0, INT
Drive result:  3 and out.  From the 35, Michigan would have gone for it on 4th, so it may be better than a punt. 12:11 4th Q 10-21

Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M50	1	10	Shotgun 2-back offset	2	1	2	3-4	Pass	flat	Smith	13
Quick swing to Smith in the flat, good gain.
OSU37	1	10	Shotgun 1-back	1	0	4	3-4	Pass	bubble	Roundtree	10
Tate and Denard in, fake handoff bubble screen.  CA, 1 Hit quickly
OSU37	2	10	Empty backfield	0	1	4	3-4	Pass	out	Matthews	9
ISQP!  Denard passes, complete to Matthews. CA, 1
OSU28	3	1	Empty backfield	0	1	4	Nickel	Run	draw	Robinson	18
Draw to Denard, nice hole, nice gain.  Great blocking by o-line +1
OSU10	1	10	Shotgun 2-back	2	0	3	4-3	Run	Zone read	Shaw	5
Zone read look handoff to Shaw
OSU6	2	5	Shotgun 2-back	2	0	3	3-4	Pass	Scramble	Forcier	INT
Great play by Tate, right up to the point it got picked.  Scrambles, freezes a LB, throws back but picked in the endzone.  MA,0 protection +1  BR?  Odoms was possibly a better option
Drive result:  INT in endzone.8:12 4th Q, 10-21.  Thank you, drive home safely.

Ln	Dn	Ds	O Form	RB	TE	WR	D Form	Type	Play	Player	Yards
M46	1	10	Shotgun 1-back	1	1	3	3-4	Run	sweep	Robinson	-5
Omameh -1 loses his block, Denard TFL
M41	2	15	Empty backfield	0	1	4	3-4	penalty
False start.
M36	2	20	Shotgun 1-back	1	0	4	4-3	Run	draw	Robinson	7
Denard checks off one receiver and takes off.  Protection -1
M43	3	13	Shotgun 2-back	2	0	3	3-4	Pass	out	Forcier	INT
Tate scrambles, but doesn't get enough height on the pass to Hemingway,IN INT.  0.  This is going to be a depressing chart.

Notes:

No depressing chart, show us the TD!  Ok.


Oh no!  Our smurf-back is going to get eaten!


Ha!  No you don't!  I'm going to score!

Now that that's out of the way, charts.  Note on charts:  these are for reference only, since I don't know Brian's system, and am just handing out +/- to players that I notice.  I think I screwed up the receiver numbers, so I'm not charting those.  Only a couple drops, and one or two hard catches.  Anyway, chart.

TATE FORCIER
Opponent	DO	CA	MA	IN	BR	TA	BA	PR
OSU
	2	13	10	3	1	1	4	2

Denard was 1/1, 1 CA, FWIW.  Most of the batted balls came early, and in general the protection was good.  Tate didn't have many throws while being hit, I think OSU was just dropping a lot of coverage and he didn't have anywhere to go.

Heros

Matthews/Roundtree/Smith get co-hero.  Caught pretty much everything that came their way, did what they could in a tough situation.

Goats

Angry Michigan Running Back-Hating God.  If Minor had been healthy, this would have been a different game.

Summary

I really don't think this offense will look much like next year's.  I think one more year of practice, and another qualified QB separating us from DEATH, and we'll start to see some spread-like activity.  This game was an anomaly, anyway.  Michigan was behind early, and didn't have a healthy QB or RB.  I think the gloves came off a bit in the second half, once there weren't many options left.  I loved the fake handoff screen play, more of that please.  I'm not going to fault Tate for the INT in the endzone.  Sure Matthews may not have been the best choice, but it's a split-second decision and who knows what would have happened anyway.

OSU's defense had me confused most of the game (is that a 3-4, a 4-2-5, a Nickel?), and I think it played a part in confusing the offense as well.  At times they would only have 2 down linemen, or wait until the last second to set the third.  Plus the secondary was shifting all over, and it must have been hard to get your keys right.

If anyone wants specific screencaps, let me know and I'll grab them.  Sorry there's no video, but this was hard enough.