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It wasn't the schools that were unhappy; it was the peanut galleries who also generally think the answer to their issues is the 2nd string QB they're seen little of or not at all (unless of course there is a true freshman that was rated highly by some recruiting services sitting in the #3 or #4 slot). Either that or come up with some sort of goofy gimmick offensive/defensive scheme or personnel package...

I think the hand wringing over this in entirely overblown. IMO, by far the biggest concern with the OL is having a 6th and 7th or 8th player that can slide in when the inevitable injury occurs - not that Wyatt Teller isn't getting all 1st team reps.

If this was the week after the OSU game (or any week really) and Teller was dinged up and barely practiced at all but would okay for Saturday, it wouldn't even register a blip on the Richter meter.

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From what I have heard, the players seem to connect with Searels a lot better which could help a lot as far as his ability to teach.

We can all agree that Bud will have something different this time around, but if for some reason he plays the exact same defense as we did last year, for the entire game, here's how OSU beats us:

1. Outside Option (evidence by Zeke's TD in last year's game).
It started to work for them in the 2nd half, when I'm assuming the coaches made Barrett realize that he needs to hold the ball a little longer, to make the defender commit to him before he pitches. Only issue for them last year, this started to work too little, too late and they were running out of time. Thus, OSU had to go into pass mode.

2. WR Hitch or Slant routes (evidence of the long TD scored against Facyson)
Treat the short passing game (quick routes) no different than 4-5 yd runs on 1st and 2nd down. Eventually, you'll break one.

I would also include deep passing routes (go routes/fades/corner) but I don't see that being very effective against our secondary. Also, our Dline was in Barrett's face before he had time to let the play develop. Against another team, this would be option 3.

Basically everything is about getting the ball to the outside as quick as possible because 8-9 defenders will be in the middle of the field in the Bear defense. Expect Urban Meyer to try and get the ball outside of the tackles as much as possible and then, once successful, use fakes (jet sweep motions, WR screens) to spread out our guys just enough to create space for internal runs.

The Bear defense isn't unstoppable. We were able to confuse them in the 1st half and they made adjustments during halftime. Their offense started to be effective in the second half but the convenience of being up by 2 TDs, and running out of time, helped determine what plays they could/should run.

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While I have not studied the film from those games, I have seen some clips and I cannot remember the other teams running zero coverage with 8 guys in the box. They all tried the bear front but they did not commit like Bud did. Another thing is our defense is very different up front with the gap-fit scheme Bud uses that other teams do not (This has been laid out in many different threads). So while by alignment, they tried things very similar, it was likely a different approach.

Obviously Meyer will come out with a different gameplan expecting us to do something similar, stacking the box and making them throw, but how drastic of a change will that be?

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