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Of course you can knock the champ down. Most of the realistic Ohio State fans I know almost give yall a 50/50 chance. I was probably 70/30 before the OSU suspensions, but now I'm down to 50/50 as well. It was already a bad matchup for Ohio State, and now it is even worse. I think the experts who really follow football know that this game is going to come down to the wire. The people predicting a route are the same blowhards who only look at recruiting ratings and don't know anything about football schemes. Plus the media always puts way too much stock into the results of the previous season. Its a new year, with a new team, and Ohio State hasn't proved jack squat. So of course yall are a threat. We are not the national champions or a great team. We are a team with a
0-0 record just like you guys. Only the fringe OSU homers think we are going to roll over VT and I apologize on their behalf.
The running joke is, if you mess up during practice, you get your scholarship taken away.
He should- but Meyer is a system coach. He will run his offense, for better or worse. I think they will make more of an effort to get Elliott going, but it will be within the character of the offense that they want to run every game.
If possible, I'm now even more hype for this game than I was before. Excellent knowledge-ing and forecasting sir
Any idea who's gonna sponsor the bowl from here on out?
Wow, I'm literally shaking in anticipation right now.
One note: on those rub routes (Byrn catching in the flat with Bucky blocking), the difference between a clean play and a penalty (ND vs FSU - it was the right call) is the location of the receiver when he catches the ball. If he's on or behind the line of scrimmage, it's fine - PI cannot be called, on the offense or defense, if a pass does not cross the neutral zone. If he's two or three yards downfield (ND), the ball crosses the neutral zone while the receivers are "blocking", hence offensive PI.
Great piece, French.
Now I'm probably going to insult it by asking a dumb question.
Is it feasible for CoachUM to look at, say, the Miami game film, and say, "Ok, I've got a Duke Johnson (Zeke Elliott), and I've got a big OLIne. I'm just going to do what they did and destroy the Hokies." Especially with AM playing in the LB spot that Chase Williams retired from this year. AM looked very weak against the Hurricanes last year.
Foster used the Bear a bunch against Pitt. Pitt's OL did a good job getting push (Dadi Nicolas tweeted me during the NFL draft and said the Pitt OT was the best blocker he faced all season) and the Hokies were not the same without Maddy, Nigel Williams having a bad game, Jarrett missing tackles around the LOS etc etc. Not every battle can be won with alignment.
Always attracted to the darkhorses aren't you.
Is Shane going to rotate 17 different running backs into the game or stick with a simple 2-3 guy rotation to let guys hit a rhythm?
I thought we were only rotating 16 this season? I LOL'd so hard.
Touche Sir!!!
Probably didn't want one on one coverage with that wide out. That's a dangerous game no matter who your DBs are.
"pissed at the world for it being Friday and not Monday (...said noone ever, until now)."
Lol. I put in a vacation day for Tuesday last January. Hope you got the same
random:
I walked by JCC and Kendall Fuller outside Merryman yesterday. JCC was riding one of these and was still significantly shorter than Kendall.
activate cool story bro gifs...NOW
By all means, continue with mockery! Its all fair game. I know the folks over on 11W have some good Beamer GIFS going.
I'm so nervous
Understandable. I think VT has a good team this year, but I just get the feeling yall will run into an opponent that is a bad matchup for yall. The VT defense is awesome, but I just don't see the VT offense being one the top units in the country. Maybe I'm wrong and Brewer will be a heisman contender, but I think the VT offense will have some serious struggles this year.
To me the whole thing is bizzare. I think Ohio State can beat TCU, Alabama, USC, Oregon, Auburn, and any other top 25 team you can think of. I would favor Ohio State to beat all them without even a thought. But for some reason VT is just the one team IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY that I think can give us fits. Its like VT just has the perfect formula of scheme and personnel to beat us that no one else has. But I wouldn't think twice about picking Bama or several other top 25 teams to beat VT. Its just weird.
So why don't we successfully try and stop guys like James Connor (or any of Pitt's RBs for that matter) with a similar scheme? Haven't paid attention as to if we run a Bear defense vs other teams with stud RBs or rushing attacks.
French's magnum opus. I think my dissertation was only slightly longer and more detailed. It's even got (almost) the right format!
Brilliant, sir. Brilliant.
Interesting analysis - well done!
I don't have anything else productive to add - So many people have already (intelligently) dissected schemes / etc in preparation, so all I want to do now is just watch!
Can't believe I'm saying this....I wish the weekend were over and it was Monday night already!
Cheers!
Urban Meyer pregames to Little River Band
This winter should actually be more mild should el nino come through...but well talk about that later
Thanks French, now my brain hurts.....
Sir Urban Meyer thoroughly reads the iTunes Terms & Conditions before accepting them
Question: It's been said that the way to stop our D was to use QB Iso / power runs. With Cardale Jones having migraine issues, do you think this changes Urban's approach against us? He probably doesn't want his guy taking so many hits with some uncertainty behind him.