Ohio State's Passing Offense
Well I'm sick of all the Urban Meyer freakout posts so saw this little bit in a Rivals column and thought it pointed out some interesting stats.
Ohio State is 118th in the nation in pass offense, ahead of only Army and Navy, both of whom run the triple option. The Buckeyes average 114.0 passing yards per game and are completing just 47.5 percent of their passing attempts. They've thrown for just 1,254 yards and 23 percent of that - 293 - came in the opener against FCS member Youngstown State. The second-highest total was 189 yards, in the second game, against Toledo; that means that almost 40 percent of their season passing total came in the first two games. The Buckeyes have reached their per-game average just once in the past six games, and they've thrown for fewer than 100 yards in five of the past six games and six times total this season. Ohio State has completed 34 passes combined in the past six games. An offense that one-dimensional is not going to be enough to beat Michigan next week, which means the Wolverines look to be in excellent shape to snap their seven-game losing streak in the series.
Here's the original link for the whole article, which deals with the conference championship races
With the way our offense has handled QB/RB duo option threats like Scheelhaase/Ford, and Martinez/Burkhead, I gotta think we can contain Braxton Miller and Boom Herron enough to get the win.
November 21st, 2011 at 6:43 PM ^
I'd me more worried if Ohio State ordered Urban's redneck brother, Rural Meyer.
November 21st, 2011 at 6:58 PM ^
I honestly expected this OP to be completely blank.
November 21st, 2011 at 7:09 PM ^
I'm more worried about Posey and Stonebuner...
Similar to Floyd and Rudolph in 2010 @ ND.
We're going to have to load up to stop that duo of Miller and Herron. And Illinois had a great WR in Jenkins, but no #2 option and Floyd played OUT OF HIS MIND!
I think Posey may be the best WR in the league...toss in Stoneburner and we're certainly going to have our hands full. Especially the way Miller buys time.
We're going to have to dominate the Ohio OL and confuse Miller with our blitzes...get to him early and maintain or lanes like we did Martinez.
I think we're going to see more shotgun from Ohio that they've run in the past...they're not going to line up and push us around. Not anymore. Not this year.
But if they mix and match, it's probably their best option.
Here's to our back 7 having the best game of the season, hell, the whole team having it's best game...what am I talking about?
...I don't know if we can expect TOP like we had vs. Nebraska, but we're going to have to hold on to the ball and prevent 3 and outs. Someone is going to have to beat it into Denard that he's going to have to run and pick up first downs with his legs. 3rd and 9 amazing plays to Tay Odoms are AWESOME, but we can't bank on those. He has to manage the game and simply be able to pick up the first down and keep the chains moving. If anyone who knows Denard reads this...BEG HIS PLEEEEASE! Denard, please don't be afraid to run for 6 on 3rd and 5.
November 21st, 2011 at 8:09 PM ^
A much shorter version of what you said:
1. JT Floyd needs to do that thing he did against BJ Cunningham and AJ Jenkins
2. Stop Miller
3. Denard needs to run like he did in the Neb game
Much better.
November 22nd, 2011 at 1:59 AM ^
Here's the big question: Do you go after Miller or run the contain D that people have been using against Denard? Do you dare him to throw or go after him and open up those big runs?
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:48 AM ^
Whatever you did vs. Illinois & Nebraska...do that.
I know one thing...if you do an overload blitz. Don't get cute trying to blindside him. Force him LEFT! He's great a scrambling to the right and throwing on the run.
November 21st, 2011 at 7:17 PM ^
This thread title is like dividing by zero.
November 21st, 2011 at 9:19 PM ^
Infinity?
November 21st, 2011 at 10:16 PM ^
More like zero divided by zero, leading to a l'hopital situation.
November 21st, 2011 at 9:51 PM ^
oh how you pronounce offense - emphasis is on the second syllable.
November 21st, 2011 at 7:05 PM ^
But keep in mind: their best receiver (by far) has only been eligible for one game. We have to play him, of course.
November 22nd, 2011 at 2:10 AM ^
Yes and last game he had 66 of the 83 receiving yards Ohio had against Penn State.
November 21st, 2011 at 7:05 PM ^
To be fair, this is partially brought down due to Bauserstats...
November 21st, 2011 at 7:20 PM ^
Bauserman was the QB for the first two games. You could say he "raised" the average to a spot Braxton couldn't hit.
November 21st, 2011 at 7:21 PM ^
You mean it was raised to about Row 45, Section 23?
November 21st, 2011 at 8:06 PM ^
You do realize Denard Robinson is throwing the football for Michigan, right?
November 21st, 2011 at 7:06 PM ^
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November 21st, 2011 at 7:14 PM ^
Awesome joke.
November 21st, 2011 at 7:11 PM ^
But all stats go out the window during this game
November 21st, 2011 at 7:16 PM ^
But if there's no stats, then that means nothing goes out the window. You just blew my mind, man.
November 21st, 2011 at 7:14 PM ^
OSU's passing offense has been thrown out of bounds, about ten yards from the nearest receiver. 3rd and 10.
November 21st, 2011 at 7:14 PM ^
No one's worried about OSU coming in here and running up the score with us. The only area for concern is if they can put up a defensive fight like MSU did.
November 21st, 2011 at 7:18 PM ^
This. I worry about losing 14-7, not 42-35.
November 21st, 2011 at 10:18 PM ^
As do I. I expect ohio to go for it on 4th down roughly 12 times this Saturday. Of course this all depends on whether or not we decide to let them have the ball back at all.
November 21st, 2011 at 7:21 PM ^
"What are 'Things that don't exist'"?
Alex: "Correct! We would have also accepted 'Fictional entities' and 'HALOL'".
November 21st, 2011 at 7:24 PM ^
a good portion of their most effective pass plays occur when Miller is forced to scramble and throws once he's outside the pocket.
November 21st, 2011 at 7:26 PM ^
their smartest, most efficient game of the year. Cannot let Posey get behind them. That's tsio's only shot, outside of screens to rb's & wr's....slip screens/bubble screens, etc. Contain Herron...most notably, cut back lanes & we'll be fine. 0-1 turnovers from Denard = win by 10+
November 21st, 2011 at 7:37 PM ^
"Ha. That's cute."
November 21st, 2011 at 7:50 PM ^
Maybe Mike Martin will break Miller in half in the first quarter so we can all be entertained at the Bauserbombs being thrown in the last three quarters.
November 21st, 2011 at 8:02 PM ^
I put your money on Robinson receiving his weekly game-ending boo-boo from Simon or Hankins.
November 21st, 2011 at 7:56 PM ^
A passing offense that needs to be crushed. The players mostly are good guys I would bet, but we must crush them.
November 21st, 2011 at 8:08 PM ^
The Buckeyes average 114.0 passing yards per game and are completing just 47.5 percent of their passing attempts.
wow.
November 21st, 2011 at 8:18 PM ^
OSU didn't play Youngstown State, they played Akron. Quoted yardage looks correct, though.
November 21st, 2011 at 8:31 PM ^
Judging from the Illinois/Ohio game earlier this year, I didn't know that Ohio passes the ball.
November 22nd, 2011 at 2:03 AM ^
Pure genius.
November 21st, 2011 at 11:27 PM ^
What are the chances of Miller does what Smith did to us in 2004??? (And he better not!! omg, I hated him). I ask because, the one and only CTSV sales man Sam Webb mentioned Smith's game this morning and it got me thinking. I remember those days and although by most standards we had a considerably good defense, it seemed we always struggled against that a-hole. Good thing is that I don't feel this years defense will have a problem with millers scrambling. Our D has shown me over and over again that they can contain people and stay true to their gaps. I see Miller scrambling but I don't see him rushing for more than 80 yards. I also see him possibly turning the ball over at least once.
As a side note, since I don't have enough points to post .. how many hours do you see yourself following Michigan sports?? That's the million dollar question for me tonight. I was on my way to root against the Bucks tonight in bball and this question came to mind. I feel, especially during football season, I'm completely consumed and now since we add in basketball and hockey of late, it's ridic. I would say I spend about 5 hours a day surfing the web, listening to the radio or following this blog. Are you over or under??? Please give me a benchmark, as I've seen my interest progressively becoming more and more involved with Michigan. I have always been a fan since I was young but when I became a student it spiked and now I feel it's off the charts.
GO BLUE Damnit and please beat OSU ... and Coach Hoke when we are up by 30, go for 2!! .. That'd instantly catapult you to the top of my favorite coaching list.
November 22nd, 2011 at 12:00 AM ^
We will win by 30 points on Saturday. Nobody wants to be confident, and I get it. I've suffered through the last 7 years with all of you and I attended a few of them in miserable weather. It's now our time to get revenge. This will be a statement game. Our defense will demolish their running game, and that's all they have. I can't wait to watch it all go down, and I will be recording this so I have a go to "get in a good mood" cd to fall back on. Go Blue!
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:47 AM ^
With our pursuit and players flying to the ball, there's no way Miller can beat us wit his legs