SIAP: OSU Pass Defense is dead last in NCAA
September 10th, 2017 at 4:17 PM ^
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One great pass attack. IU actually benched Lagow yesterday for ineffectiveness.
September 10th, 2017 at 6:39 PM ^
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September 10th, 2017 at 4:37 PM ^
It can't be a coaching problem b/c they have three head coaches on their staff. Yeah, I'm enjoying this.
September 10th, 2017 at 4:51 PM ^
September 10th, 2017 at 4:48 PM ^
One of the strangest things I learned yesterday was that OSU has nine team captains this year.
Either they have some amazing team leadership in 2017 or their staff's worried about keeping people happy.
September 10th, 2017 at 5:09 PM ^
What is that, half their senior class? (Maybe more than half, with all the early departures they've had.)
Just how big of an asshole must you have to be to be a senior player and NOT be named captain under Urban Meyer?
September 10th, 2017 at 6:22 PM ^
September 11th, 2017 at 10:32 AM ^
participation trophies galore
September 10th, 2017 at 4:21 PM ^
September 10th, 2017 at 5:26 PM ^
I think we may be overselling Indiana here. Their two QBs passed for 197 yards on 30 attempts yesterday.
And while no one doubts that Baker Mayfield is a stud, OSU fared much better against Mayfield last season, in Norman. His stat line last year is more what you'd expect when an elite passer faces an elite pass defense - some victories for both sides. This year it was all Mayfield.
September 10th, 2017 at 5:08 PM ^
September 10th, 2017 at 8:14 PM ^
While Ohio has a very good defensive line, their linebackers are okay and their DBs don't seem good at all. With Coach Brown's aggressive defense/multiple looks and Michigan's better LBs, opposing QBs should have more trouble scoring than they would against Ohio.
Coach Brown's defense has the following stats:
2015: BC S&P+ 12.4 Ranking: 2
2016: Michigan S&P+ 7.7 Ranking: 2
2017 (2 games): Michigan S&P+ 13.2 Ranking: 3
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ncaa
For comparison.
2016: Ohio S&P +13.6 Ranking : 5
2017 (2 games): Ohio S&P+ 16.1 Ranking: 9
September 10th, 2017 at 4:21 PM ^
Indiana and Oklahoma have two of the best pass offenses in the nation. This is equivalent for a team having the 130th ranked rushing defense going against Georgia Tech and Navy
September 10th, 2017 at 4:23 PM ^
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September 10th, 2017 at 5:52 PM ^
They benched their starting QB after going 3/10 against Virginia. And no, Virginia's defense in football is not like their defense in basketball.
September 10th, 2017 at 8:45 PM ^
Of the Wire. Thought my boy String was gonna make it the entire way and your username made me like him. Don't even know if I want to keep watching the show anymore.
September 10th, 2017 at 9:56 PM ^
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September 10th, 2017 at 6:26 PM ^
Having trouble wrapping my mind around the concept of an offense coached by Mike Debord being one of the best passing offenses in the country.
Yep, can't do it.
September 10th, 2017 at 7:05 PM ^
September 10th, 2017 at 8:48 PM ^
Does IU have a good pass offense because they are good? Or are they ranked high because OSU has a bad pass defense which made them look good? After yesterdays games I would lean toward the latter.
September 10th, 2017 at 4:21 PM ^
Yeah, look again in November. That's when it matters.
September 10th, 2017 at 4:22 PM ^
September 10th, 2017 at 4:24 PM ^
Not sure how good UVA defense is, but Lagow who threw 65 passes for 410 yards against OSU was benched after going 3/10 for 25 yards against UVA. Cobbs was held to 5 catches for 62 yards after getting 11 for 149 against OSU.
September 10th, 2017 at 4:26 PM ^
May they have a thousand years of agony.
September 10th, 2017 at 4:31 PM ^
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September 10th, 2017 at 10:05 PM ^
The bottom line is that both OSU and MIchigan are very young teams at certain positions (WR, CB, S for MIchigan and WR, CB, LB, RB, for OSU). Both of these teams are going to be A LOT better in November than they are now. How much the young players on both teams develop will be crucial to who comes out on top this year in The Game. I like our chances with Coach Harbaugh and staff.
September 10th, 2017 at 4:46 PM ^
Our offense probably isn't far behind.
/s...I hope...too scared to check...
September 10th, 2017 at 4:48 PM ^
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September 10th, 2017 at 4:50 PM ^
Who else on OSU's schedule can truly threaten them through the air?
Army - NO
UNLV - no
Rutgers - lol
Maryland - probably not
Nebraska - maybe
Penn State - Yes
Iowa - probably not
Michigan State - no
Illinois - lol
Michigan - I hope so
They won't be down there for long. The rest of their non-con and B1G qbs are going to aid that statistic drastically and they will improve on the field by the end of the season.
All that said, fuck Ohio State.
September 10th, 2017 at 5:17 PM ^
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September 10th, 2017 at 11:32 PM ^
I don't think it's out of the question for OSU's secondary to make a couple of those QB's look pretty damn good. They certainly had me fooled into thinking Richard Lagow was impressive. There's no way he's the 3rd or 4th best QB on their schedule.
Remember when Gary Nova blew up our defense? How about Nick Sheridan balling all over Minnesota? Unless they drastically improve, OSU's pass defense looks bad enough to make at least one of those mediocre QB's on their schedule a star.
There's a lot of season left, but dead last is pretty awful no matter what, especially with the disruption you'd think a d-line with as much talent as theirs would cause. Ouch.
September 10th, 2017 at 4:52 PM ^