Meyer devised an offense in which some receivers are not just receivers.
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Ohio State spent an off-season gearing up for playing offense against a GRRRRR BUD FOSTER BEAR DEFENSE GRRRRRRR so adjusting back to a somewhat normal scheme, may have made things a bit hard on the O-line. Because youre going to ask them to kind of play all over.
Meyer makes anyone that wears a blue shirt to the Ohio State facility do pushups and the Buckeyes have a blue blocking dummy with yellow tape on it to look like a Michigan player. “If I ever hear one of our coaches talk about another conference, that’s a problem because I’d want to go check what they’re doing during the day”.
As good as OSU’s back seven was against Hawai’i, they’d better be on their toes this game. I realize that Urban requires his kickers to be somewhat precise in their direction to “corner” the opponent’s return team. “They’re big. They’re physical”. The Buckeyes are heavily favored to extend that win streak to 23 games this Saturday when they host the Northern Illinois Huskies. Junior Drew Hare has passed for an average of 374.5 yards in two games and Northern Illinois ranks fifth in the country in passing efficiency at 201.1. Neither played particularly well in the shutout win that saw the defense upstage the offense in the Buckeyes’ 15th consecutive victory.
NIU is averaging 48 PPG, so they can definitely find their way into the end zone.
“It’s usually a double-digit number”, Meyer said. Expect to see at least some of J.T. Barrett. OSU led only 17-0 before scoring three touchdowns in the final 9:07 of the game and had more than 200 fewer yards total offense than it did against Virginia Tech.
“We’d probably tie”, Gerald said.
Ohio State apparently doesn’t have an issue with the word “Michigan” when it comes to Michigan State (the Buckeyes’ win over MSU is listed normally). But what about the other team up north, they would love to spoil the season for the Buckeyes like they have done in the past. The Buckeyes were billed as having one of the top lines in college football, led by tackle Taylor Decker and guard Pat Elflein, two of the nation’s best at their positions.
A stiffer test is expected Saturday in Ohio Stadium against Northern Illinois. Check out the Ohio State vs. Northern Illinois preview and prediction. Ohio State won the lone previous meeting – 35-12 in 2006.2.
“He’s No. 1 (in terms of improvement)”.
DEFENDING THE QBs: The quarterback questions linger at Ohio State, but it doesn’t necessarily change what a defense does to try to stop the Buckeyes.
Hawaii was a different story, and guys like Powell and Bell were the big reason why.
Carey said the key is to avoid a big early deficit. “I did think we played a lot better against Virginia Tech than against Hawaii“.
He is second on the team in yards from scrimmage with 213. Defensively, Northern Illinois yields 305 yards in passing and 128.0 yards in rushing.
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Miller has yet to throw a pass and Meyer has been somewhat coy about when he might unveil that part of the offense. The two backers need to step up.
