Ohio State Snowflakes: The Defense
November 25th, 2017 at 3:48 PM ^
just pitiful
November 25th, 2017 at 4:02 PM ^
Waiting for people to keep cheering on Harbaugh's 2/3 star recruits that constantly cough up in crucial moments like Josh Metellus.
Defense needs a ball hawk safety. Kinnel and Metellus are neither.
November 25th, 2017 at 7:05 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 3:49 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 4:10 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 6:21 PM ^
Just a guess, but probably because we don't have great depth on the d-line and the guys wore down a little bit. Not an excuse, but likely a reality.
November 25th, 2017 at 4:17 PM ^
went down with a knee injury.
It soon became clear that the original gameplan, while excellent for bottling up the run-read options with J.T. Barrett, was ill-suited to the passing preferences of Haskins.
The original gameplan has probably been in the works since the offseason in preparation for this game. Don Brown has been honing the D for OSU's tough running attack and questionable passing attack.
November 25th, 2017 at 4:20 PM ^
The Universe has found the most improbable ways of torturing Michigan fans in 13 of 14 years, from late season injuries to Michigan's QBs to ridiculous calls by partisan refs.
Today the Universe allowed OSU's starting QB to go down--so that a pass-happy backup for whom Michigan was unprepared could take over and put up 17 points in 1.5 quarters to win the game.
I don't know how many more tortures by the Cosmic Vivisector I can handle.
November 25th, 2017 at 5:16 PM ^
is a better QB than Barrett. He can throw the ball. The throw that knocked Kinnell out of the game was a NFL throw. He's the one who will play in the NFL once he's eligible.
November 25th, 2017 at 6:33 PM ^
right about that one. Barrett will have a very short NFL career...
actually doubt he is drafted
November 25th, 2017 at 3:49 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 3:49 PM ^
RS Freshman QB leads four fucking score drives on four attempts and blows a lead. That's all that needs to be said about the defense today.
November 25th, 2017 at 7:03 PM ^
Looked like they ran out of energy once our offense couldn't move the ball.
November 25th, 2017 at 3:50 PM ^
I wish they would mix up coverages sometimes. Too predictable with tight man to man. 4th quarter got burned repeatedly by the short crossing routes.
November 25th, 2017 at 4:51 PM ^
I thought the same thing. Brown didn't give the back up QB any looks he wasn't expecting. You could see that second crossing route coming before the snap.
I can never figure out why a D doesn't change it's alignment after the O calls in a new play from the sideline.
November 25th, 2017 at 4:53 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 3:50 PM ^
Our vaunted defense let a redshirt freshman QB carve it up again and again on 3rd downs.
Brian Smith should be on notice for his shit coaching of the safeties.
0 ball hawks. Metellus had one in his fucking hands.
November 25th, 2017 at 3:51 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 3:54 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 3:59 PM ^
He had the dream scenario of a RS FR qb on the road down 6 and proceeded to scheme his way to -17 (really -20) the rest of the way.
November 25th, 2017 at 5:23 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 3:55 PM ^
First time I agree with you.
Don Brown was exposed by a freshman.
November 25th, 2017 at 4:11 PM ^
Remember Cardale Jones? He exposed the entire NCAA. Michan's DEF was dog tired as their Offense couldn't sustain long enough drives.
November 25th, 2017 at 5:28 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 3:58 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 4:09 PM ^
That's a bad take.
November 25th, 2017 at 3:51 PM ^
The defense's second half was quite bad. Although most blame should be on JOK's shoulders, it is frusturating to see the strength of the team pucker in the second half, specifically in the back 4.
November 25th, 2017 at 3:52 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 3:52 PM ^
let go. Go zone once in a while. Mettalus has been getting burned all year and they leave him 1 on 1 still. Brandon Watson has good technique but bad athletiscm, he is gone this nyear so we should be better.
November 25th, 2017 at 3:53 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 4:17 PM ^
Metellus for sure struggled. He has a few times this year. I wouldn't be surprised if J'Marick Woods takes over next year.
November 25th, 2017 at 3:53 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 3:55 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 3:54 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 6:27 PM ^
The way he appeared to give up on a few plays is what really set me off. At least two times I noticed him seemingly give up on a play once he missed a tackle/took a bad angle. Inexcusible.
November 25th, 2017 at 4:50 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 4:02 PM ^
Can someone recap how many holding penalties were called on OSU's line? Because I saw about 30.
For the neggars...how many o-line holding penalties were against OSU...over the last 2 years?
November 25th, 2017 at 3:55 PM ^
They were fine. 24 real points against that fucking juggernaut. Took the RBs out of the game until they watched that awful JOK INT. Do need a solution to those crossing routes. The 3rd and 13 was almost perfect, just a ridiculous damn throw and catch.
Missed opportunity on the ball Metellus had in his hands is going to haunt us.
November 25th, 2017 at 3:58 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 4:16 PM ^
I dunno what you want to say about the first drive against the backup. Got them to 3rd and 13, forced a literally inch perfect throw with Watson raking at the guy's hand and Kinnel delivering a massive hit on the catch. Hurst got held on the long run to set up 1st and goal (Winovich was also held on Barrett's TD, though that one was way more blatant). Last drive they quit after that atrocious O'Korn INT. So it's really the two drives in the middle, which amounted to OSU finally starting to get push because we don't have a ton of depth on the DL so they were in third and short situations that Dobbins and Weber could grind out and an inability to cover KJ Hill on crossing routes one on one. Really just the last thing is a continuing problem. One was Lavert Hill, the other was Metellus. They need to do better.
November 25th, 2017 at 3:56 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 4:07 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 4:19 PM ^
24 non-garbage time points (and 17 in regulation last year) is a hell of a lot better than the 40 they had been putting up since 2005. Ohio State runs a really good offensive system with a ridiculous amount of talent.
November 25th, 2017 at 3:56 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 3:56 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 3:57 PM ^
Can you expect a defense to continually shutting it down when nobody in the goddamn stadium has any confidence in their qb? Especially after he tosses up an egg to literally nobody on the first play of what should have been an inspired, game winning drive. That first Haskins third down throw was perfect coverage but an absolute dime. Sure there were a few third downs we should have stopped but by and large we played solid against a great offense, but JOK sucked the life out of them and everyone else on the team.
November 25th, 2017 at 4:00 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 4:00 PM ^
November 25th, 2017 at 3:58 PM ^
the vast majority of OSU's offense into the 4th quarter was QB scrambles and QB runs. We never seemed to adjust and OSU made us pay for our unwillingness to change
Also, that Metellus drop can now start haunting you forever