Ok so bear with me. At this point I feel, as I know many of you do, as if I have analyzed everything there is to analyze, read everything there is to read, and watched everything there is to watch. Yet my addiction stands unsated. In as much I decided to pull up last years game and watch the condensed version (again) on youtube during my lunch break. It's only 43 minutes and I'll link it below in case any of you would like to take a gander...
After watching the game I was tempted by one of the recommended videos linking me to Meyer's postgame interview from last year. This link for this video is below...
2014 VT vs. anOSU Urban Meyer Postgame Interview
His comments on our defense left me intrigued. Specifically when he was asked why Elliot had so few carries his response was as follows...
Well there was zero coverage. Yea everybody was within six yards of the line of scrimmage. You know we tried to, there's just two punt block defenders standing right there at the point of attack. We did get some option. One thing the option does is it equalizes one defender. We had a couple big hits and one touchdown by Zeke and some plays in the option game but there's no inside run game when they do that.
Now while this interview occurred almost a year ago, right after the game finished, and before Meyer had any real time to analyze or plan, my question is whether or not any of you thinks that this could point to a potential anOSU game plan for this year? All offseason I have thought that our biggest fear this year should be Elliot but here it seems that Meyer has no faith in the inside run game versus the Bear (Now obviously we all know that Bud will not throw them the exact same look as last year but it will still be some form of the Bear). So all this is to say, what should we expect to see come the 7th? Will they try to exploit the 1v1 coverage downfield (as he also talks about in the video) against the best corner tandem in the FBS? Will they try to option us to death all night? Or will they hold some confidence in the best RB in the league even against the Bear? Or will we see a more even attack?
As you can clearly tell I'm no football analyst but with 13 more agonizing days to wait I needed to create something to keep the conversation going.
Thoughts?
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