Urban holds meeting about Ohio's defensive struggles
[TItle says it all. Urban Meyer held a meeting with his defense to try to get his house in order.]
[ED:BiSB - Substance is interesting. Making this about RichRod is... misplaced]
[Response to mod edit: Fair enough. I just think the 'Urban = Rich Rod' meme is a little too common within our fanbase.]
October 15th, 2012 at 9:07 PM ^
the pizza kid should get his job back and Fickell should lose his...
October 15th, 2012 at 11:05 PM ^
October 15th, 2012 at 9:07 PM ^
Heacock was a better Ohio DC than Dantonio. And Heacock hired Meyer years ago at Illinois St.
Fickell never really was a DC before. He always operated in someone's shadow.
October 15th, 2012 at 9:14 PM ^
October 15th, 2012 at 9:14 PM ^
Probably the most glaring stat for the Buckeyes is the jump in average yards given up per game, which is an even 400 right now. Last year, it was 323 yards, so that is nearly a 20% jump. Actually, if you projected their season-to-date totals for total plays on defense using the current average, it would increase by over 40 plays from last year, or basically a whole game's worth, which means significant time. Total yardage, projected based on averages, would be in the neighborhood of 4,800 yards this year compared to 4,206 last year, or about a 13% jump. I would say this is cause for concern. The pass defense alone has gone from averaging 182 yards per game last year to 277 yards, - a 35% jump in passing yards given up by itself should make a coach wince and call a meeting, I would think.
October 15th, 2012 at 9:15 PM ^
October 15th, 2012 at 9:44 PM ^
October 15th, 2012 at 9:55 PM ^
Urban is a genius!
October 15th, 2012 at 9:57 PM ^
October 15th, 2012 at 10:03 PM ^
Custer Calls Meeting With 7th Calvary Prior To Little Big Horn Battle.
October 15th, 2012 at 10:47 PM ^
I don't like anything about how Fickell, Meyer or the crew handled that. They indicated specific players, either by saying the defense can't do without them or they're not performing, and made threats, public threats.
Just say, "our team knows what it expects of itself, and we're not there yet."
October 15th, 2012 at 10:57 PM ^
October 16th, 2012 at 10:27 AM ^
Blind AND dead.
October 15th, 2012 at 11:10 PM ^
Maybe the delivery boy could give them a tip. Extra pun.
October 15th, 2012 at 11:17 PM ^
October 15th, 2012 at 11:47 PM ^
Inner turmoil... yes... it begins to gnaw at loose ends. The fraying will grow...
October 16th, 2012 at 1:07 AM ^
Who are you talking about when you say "powers that be?" I haven't heard anything about major donors or trustees calling for midseason replacements.
October 16th, 2012 at 8:52 AM ^
Well if Urban Warfare hasn't heard it, it can't be true.
October 16th, 2012 at 9:01 AM ^
All doubts were laid to rest back in the days when he was Trusts Tressel.