What do you think will be the game plan?

I know Minor is banged up, but I do not think there is anything that can keep him out of this game

I hope the gameplan is not the one they used the past 4 weeks.

i think we will see a lot of short passes a la purdue, especially the swing pass to vincent smith, and that touchdown pass to roundtree, only downside is they used that last week, i hope they try a couple swing/screen passes to denard but that just may be wishful thinking

score the most points

Defensively they are going to breakout the Cover Somebody

this just came to me and i should have included it in my first post, maybe a little triple option like navy but from the shotgun, they tried to do it against purdue and showed a little rust maybe they practiced that with denard last week when he was getting all the reps

Whatever it is: let's hope it is a GAMEplan and not a FIRSTHALFplan.

WIN.

Just my opinion, but I think we are going to live and die by the blitz on Saturday. We are obviously overmatched, but turnovers are the great equalizer, and QB pressure = turnovers. It would be irresponsible for Rod to run the boys out against OSU and say "our best 11 vs. your best 11, may the best team win" because (obviously) we are not the better team.

I want to see the kind of game on Saturday where we force OSU to beat us. Force them to do something well. Don't let them sit back and play Tresselball and hope our inferior talent wins the game. I'd take "gamble and probably lose" over "don't gamble and certainly lose" any day.

I liked the passing game last week. We need to start out
doing that.

Bring the house often on D. I don't think we can stop
OSU's passing game, we couldn't stop Wisc, so we should take some chances, we can't fare any worse.

This is going to have to be a barn burner for us to win.
We're going to have to keep up with toSU.
We need 45+ points.

As UMx stated, hopefully Minor is ready to F#$k.Sh!t.UP!!

Minor is a superhero but sprained ankles are his Kryptonite. If we have Minor running wild and crazed, I think we can make it competitive. Nothing against the others guys, but Minor is the one back on our offense that equalizes the "likes" of OSU, PSU, and Iowa.

adversevillain (author of a new cheer for Saturday's game)

Honestly, I can't think of a good game plan. We can't let them grind out long drives. Objectively speaking, I think their weakness is forcing Pryor to throw ... often. Except that's a problem for us, since we can't cover anybody.

Nonetheless, the best way to get them to throw is to turn this into a barn burner - we'll need a defensive touchdown and/or special teams touchdown, at the very least. But the problem with barn burners is this: we're not very enthusiastic about ball security.

So on one hand we wanna force TP into a shoot out, but on the other hand, we can't risk turnovers.

This game, unfortunately, has "Damned if you do, damned if you don't" written all over it. I suspect we might be able to hang for one or two quarters, perhaps enough to declare moral victory. But by the 3rd Q, I think our deficiencies will be inescapable, and the 4th Q won't be worth watching.

Someone turns the corner this game. These games people just seem to step up and champions and legends are made. Hopefully it will be one of the cornerbacks because a pick six in this game could swing the momentum our way and that could be huge!

TP's favorite pass is the long bomb, i hope we do something to prevent that.

Offense: wrinkles, wrinkles, wrinkles. Keep them off-balance w/1st down play action throws. Time to bring out the sprint draw, too (MSU embarrassed us w/this in '04). Otherwise, do what you do to keep ahead of the chains, make 1st downs, and keep the clock moving. Play Tresselball with Tressel; i.e., play field position and clock management. Don't be conservative, however.

Defense: Stack the run, and make Pryor beat us, but with underneath throws. Make him read coverage and hit receivers in windows in the underneath part of zones. Keep things as simple as possible in order to limit MAs.

Special Teams: CATCH THE DAMN BALL! If our defense forces a punt, embrace that by setting up a return. Only go after a punt block if desperate.

For absolutely no lucid or rational reason, I am hoping and praying RR just simply pulls out everything he possibly can from the "shits and giggles" bag. I want to see everyone having fun, trying crazy shit, and just playing the most improbably exciting game ever.

If ever Tate can't afford to be running for his life, it's this week against this front 4. If he starts taking hits, this thing's over. sacks, fumbles, ints and injuries are all likely this week.

Tate has got to get the ball out quickly and accurately. I honestly think this might be a 'pass to set up the run' kind of game. Call me crazy, but (especially if Minor is limited) i think Tate's going to throw more than he has all season. We're looking at 35+ pass attempts. Quick passes. Hopefully fewer quarterback runs.

I think the results will be mixed... Tate puts up career highs in completions, attempts and yards. Count on a couple of turnovers mixed in with some nice drives.

OSU wins in a game a lot closer than people think. I can't see our defense magically stopping OSU. Pryor will probably make some poor plays but his athleticism, alone, should be good for a couple of back-breaking scores.

38-27 OSU (20-17 UM at half)

Forcier: 25/40, 270yds, 2 TD's, 2 INTS
Denard breaks a big play TD run in some capacity.

I think we can pull the upset, but it's going to take one hell of an effort: a lot of focus, determination and fight. We'll be able to tell early whether we've got a shot in this one. I fully expect OSU to come out flat and uninspired, thinking they can sleep walk their way to a big win. Whether we can take advantage of that will be key.

BLITZ, BLITZ, BLITZ EVERYONE except the safety's keep them 20 yards down field. After TP runs for a 1st down RR should sucker punch him in the throat, maybe that will slow him down.