Full Transcript for 10 Things We Learned Rewatching the Oregon Loss

00:04:24.779 --> 00:04:29.899 for them later on, but it showed me that Luke 73 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:32.300 Fahey can operate the offense, but also how much of 74 00:04:32.339 --> 00:04:36.139 this was planned ryan day says they don't script plays 75 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:40.399 but they were clearly doing stuff that he was accustomed 76 00:04:40.420 --> 00:04:42.199 to and then later in the game and i and 77 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:43.860 i wanted to chart it i didn't end up charting 78 00:04:43.899 --> 00:04:46.860 it to see like in the second third and fourth 79 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:50.180 quarter how often were they still you know snapping the 80 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:52.480 ball with 28 seconds left on the clock because it 81 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:55.480 again it felt like probably not as. 82 00:04:55.480 --> 00:05:00.019 Often yeah right when when the opponent is going up 83 00:05:00.050 --> 00:05:03.000 and down on the field on you it's it becomes 84 00:05:03.079 --> 00:05:06.040 kind of a priority in some ways to not have 85 00:05:06.100 --> 00:05:08.480 real short drives. So I, you know, you kind of 86 00:05:08.500 --> 00:05:11.819 get it, but at the same time, again, it feels 87 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:14.259 like there's something there that they can go back to. 88 00:05:14.319 --> 00:05:16.240 You would like to see them go back to it. 89 00:05:16.250 --> 00:05:19.769 I think, I think there are opportunities there. And I 90 00:05:19.790 --> 00:05:22.730 think there are opportunities to get the ball to Jeremiah 91 00:05:22.750 --> 00:05:24.410 Smith more in the passing game. Now you would be 92 00:05:24.449 --> 00:05:26.550 hard pressed to get the ball less to Jeremiah Smith 93 00:05:26.569 --> 00:05:28.250 than they did in the middle two quarters of this game. 94 00:05:28.290 --> 00:05:31.750 But you know, the first quarter of this game, very 95 00:05:31.889 --> 00:05:35.850 uncharacteristic drop from Jeremiah Smith in the, on that real, 96 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:38.879 that downfield shot into the end zone. That was one 97 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:42.279 where I was, that happened right in front of me. And, 98 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:45.579 but the defender was between me and, and the ball. 99 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:47.139 So I did not get a great look at it 100 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:50.420 until watching the game back. I thought, boy, the defender 101 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:51.819 made a great play on that. I was like, no, 102 00:05:51.860 --> 00:05:55.079 that ball hit him in the chest and he just 103 00:05:55.100 --> 00:05:57.779 didn't catch it. Like that is a very uncharacteristic drop 104 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:01.180 for Jeremiah Smith, but It was there. They protected that. 105 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:04.360 That's a play he's going to make. You know, it's 106 00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:06.889 not a 50 50 ball. It's probably about an 80 107 00:06:06.889 --> 00:06:09.500 20 ball, give or take. And that was that was 108 00:06:09.560 --> 00:06:11.480 one of the 20 percent. And it was not, you know, 109 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:13.839 tip your hat to the defender. It was just you 110 00:06:13.860 --> 00:06:18.990 didn't make the play that should be there against Northwestern, 111 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:23.149 at least sometimes. I think, though, they've been a little 112 00:06:23.310 --> 00:06:27.110 too all or nothing in the passing game where it's 113 00:06:27.129 --> 00:06:32.000 been a lot of. hard play action, drop back, throw 114 00:06:32.100 --> 00:06:34.899 one 60 yards down the field. Like there are opportunities 115 00:06:34.959 --> 00:06:37.339 there in the passing game, in the, you know, intermediate, 116 00:06:37.860 --> 00:06:40.259 there are passes you can make Tony between the line 117 00:06:40.279 --> 00:06:42.339 of scrimmage and 50 yards down the field. And I 118 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:44.459 think that's a space that Ohio state probably needs to 119 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:47.920 explore a little more because the, there were a number 120 00:06:47.939 --> 00:06:50.980 of hospital balls thrown at or near the line of scrimmage. 121 00:06:51.699 --> 00:06:54.379 I think you gotta, you gotta do some more stuff 122 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:58.339 in that sort of intermediate range. And, you can throw 123 00:06:58.379 --> 00:07:01.100 the ball to Jeremiah Smith in that intermediate range. You 124 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:02.959 don't have to throw it to him just on the 125 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:08.470 edge or just 50 yards downfield, run some slants, run some, 126 00:07:08.509 --> 00:07:11.550 you know, just pull some, you know, RPO, pull it through, 127 00:07:11.569 --> 00:07:13.490 hit him on a slant. Like there's, there's stuff that's 128 00:07:13.550 --> 00:07:15.930 open there. And there were times that he was open 129 00:07:16.050 --> 00:07:18.379 as well, where they didn't, you know, the ball didn't 130 00:07:18.420 --> 00:07:21.180 go to him. And, and that's not all Luke Fahey. 131 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:23.180 He didn't see him because he's short. Sometimes he's throwing, 132 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:25.220 you know, sometimes the read is going other places, but, 133 00:07:26.149 --> 00:07:30.569 with Ohio state launching a Heisman campaign for Jeremiah Smith, 134 00:07:31.129 --> 00:07:34.220 you would sort of assume that the ball is probably 135 00:07:34.259 --> 00:07:37.720 going to head his way a little more often moving forward. 136 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:39.980 Cause that's also, you know, if you throw the ball 137 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:42.040 to Jeremiah Smith more at this point, I don't think 138 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:43.800 anyone's going to go, why are you doing that? Like, 139 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:47.029 even if it doesn't work, it's try, you know, try 140 00:07:47.110 --> 00:07:49.189 and give your best player a chance to make a 141 00:07:49.250 --> 00:07:53.220 play at this point. Cause you've, you've looked in a 142 00:07:53.279 -->

00:07:56.060 lot of different other areas and it hasn't necessarily worked. 143 00:07:56.139 --> 00:07:58.879 So I think you're going to see more of that 144 00:07:59.220 --> 00:08:00.360 in the last three games here. 145 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:05.029 Especially now with Phillip Bell also on the availability report 146 00:08:05.069 --> 00:08:09.089 and Brock Boyd probably out for the regular season and 147 00:08:09.129 --> 00:08:11.629 Brandon Innes, who knows not even dressing at this point. 148 00:08:11.750 --> 00:08:14.689 So yeah, maybe, maybe throw it to your best guy. 149 00:08:14.709 --> 00:08:18.379 They did show one of the plays where I'm on 150 00:08:18.420 --> 00:08:22.660 third down. where they've got a design for Jeremiah and 151 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:26.540 Fahey never even looks to his side. He's immediately looking 152 00:08:27.120 --> 00:08:28.620 at Devin McEwen. And I think that's one of the 153 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:31.540 ones that Arthur Smith talked about on Tuesday, where just 154 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:34.700 the pre-snap read, they liked that matchup. And that was 155 00:08:34.740 --> 00:08:37.220 a one-on-one that they thought they, that Fahey thought he 156 00:08:37.259 --> 00:08:40.570 would win. So he went that way. Um, so that 157 00:08:40.610 --> 00:08:42.120 is what it is. I think a lot of the, uh, 158 00:08:42.450 --> 00:08:46.269 there's some bad offensive line play throughout this game. There 159 00:08:46.309 --> 00:08:50.789 was one where, uh, Fahey was sacked and the, the 160 00:08:51.350 --> 00:08:54.740 left end went right around Philip Daniels and Bo Jackson. 161 00:08:55.539 --> 00:08:57.500 And then Bo Jackson just kind of leaked out like, Hey, 162 00:08:57.539 --> 00:08:58.919 you can throw it to me. And it's like, no, 163 00:08:58.980 --> 00:09:02.139 I can't. You've got two guys there to block the 164 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:03.779 edge guy. And neither one of them was able to 165 00:09:03.820 --> 00:09:06.100 do it and led to a sack. There was a 166 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:11.259 screen pass in this game where to Bo Jackson, there 167 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:13.740 were three offensive linemen out there. None of them got 168 00:09:14.100 --> 00:09:16.190 anybody and it was a five yard tackle for loss. And, 169 00:09:16.940 --> 00:09:19.759 you contrast that with the success that Oregon was having 170 00:09:19.980 --> 00:09:22.639 in the screen game and the lack of success that 171 00:09:22.659 --> 00:09:25.799 Ohio state has had in the screen game all season long, 172 00:09:26.179 --> 00:09:29.710 essentially in terms of they're trying it, but there's just 173 00:09:29.889 --> 00:09:32.149 one or two things, sometimes more than two things that 174 00:09:32.210 --> 00:09:35.669 have blown up in their faces. So, and, and that 175 00:09:35.870 --> 00:09:40.409 one with Bo Jackson and Phillip Daniels, that was third 176 00:09:40.450 --> 00:09:44.389 and seven, they're up 14 to three. Like, you convert 177

00:09:44.409 --> 00:09:46.960 a first down there and who knows what happens and 178 00:09:46.980 --> 00:09:51.259 you can keep some of that momentum, but yeah, not 179 00:09:51.299 --> 00:09:52.700 a great day for the offensive line. And you can 180 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:54.789 tell by the running game as well. Yeah. 181 00:09:54.870 --> 00:09:56.870 Not a great day for the offensive line, not a 182 00:09:56.889 --> 00:09:59.909 great season for the offensive line. It's just, it's been complicated. 183 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:05.240 of uninspired and just kind of consistently inconsistent. And it's not, 184 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:08.620 it's not always one person. It's not always one spot 185 00:10:08.700 --> 00:10:11.179 on the line. It's not always one thing that gets them. 186 00:10:11.230 --> 00:10:12.830 It's like, yeah, sometimes they get beat off the edge. 187 00:10:12.870 --> 00:10:14.710 Sometimes they get beat with a twist. Sometimes they get, 188 00:10:14.730 --> 00:10:17.830 you know, it just, sometimes someone just misses, misses an assignment. 189 00:10:17.850 --> 00:10:20.909 There was a play that, uh, I reviewed with Ross 190 00:10:20.929 --> 00:10:23.149 Fulton on one of the scheme insider shows this week 191 00:10:23.610 --> 00:10:25.350 where it was a counter play and it was like 192 00:10:25.409 --> 00:10:28.470 the absolute perfect call at the absolute perfect time. And 193 00:10:28.509 --> 00:10:31.710 then you just like someone, someone just has an MA 194 00:10:31.789 --> 00:10:34.049 and then boom. And now what should have been a 195 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:36.980 big play turns into a gain of like a yard and, 196 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:41.860 and that's it. And it hasn't been, you know, if 197 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:44.360 it was just always the same guy or just always 198 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:47.639 the same issue, that's easier to address than like, well, 199 00:10:48.370 --> 00:10:50.870 They're scoring 80 percent on all these plays. Four of 200 00:10:50.909 --> 00:10:53.370 the five guys are doing the right thing on every play. 201 00:10:53.470 --> 00:10:56.009 And it's just like one guy is one guy isn't 202 00:10:56.029 --> 00:10:58.090 doing it. Who is it? Oh, it depends. It's someone 203 00:10:58.110 --> 00:11:01.730 different every time, it seems like. So that's really hard 204 00:11:01.769 --> 00:11:02.450 to adjust to. 205 00:11:03.629 --> 00:11:05.970 And my first note here from the game is there's 206 00:11:05.990 --> 00:11:08.629 a toss right. Only Luke Montgomery got his block. 207 00:11:10.690 --> 00:11:13.389 OK, I stand corrected. Sometimes they score 20 percent. But 208 00:11:13.710 --> 00:11:16.990 it's yeah, there there are definitely it has just been 209 00:11:17.129 --> 00:11:20.679 so consistently inconsistent. And it feels like there are guys 210 00:11:20.700 --> 00:11:22.840 you can rely on more frequently. And it feels like 211 00:11:22.860 --> 00:11:26.220 there are guys who have have had issues. And, you know, 212 00:11:26.340 --> 00:11:29.080 I think Gabe Van Sickle has not had a great 213 00:11:29.179 --> 00:11:31.080 couple of weeks. And it feels like that might just 214 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:34.970 be a not like physically up to it kind of 215 00:11:35.070 --> 00:11:37.279 kind of situation. I think there are other guys who 216 00:11:37.340 --> 00:11:39.620 are physically up to it, but you just have mental issues, 217 00:11:40.090 --> 00:11:43.570 not mental issues, sorry, mental misses, I guess, on individual 218 00:11:43.610 --> 00:11:47.169 plays or just, you know, blown assignments. And it's just 219 00:11:47.210 --> 00:11:49.750 been so inconsistent and it's just, you know, Oh, here 220 00:11:49.789 --> 00:11:51.610 comes a twist. Well, how's that going to work? Well, 221 00:11:51.649 --> 00:11:54.350 probably about as well as it usually does. So yeah, it, 222 00:11:54.700 --> 00:11:57.200 that has been very frustrating. And I think that's probably 223 00:11:57.240 --> 00:12:01.039 been some of the issue with the run game, some 224 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:03.259 of the issue with the passing game that, you know, 225 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:06.389 that not the only issue certainly, but, a lot of 226 00:12:06.409 --> 00:12:09.230 the issues start up front. And then, you know, to 227 00:12:09.269 --> 00:12:13.269 your point about the screen game, I think the, one 228 00:12:13.289 --> 00:12:16.370 of the reasons that Ohio state has not been quite 229 00:12:16.509 --> 00:12:18.909 as effective on the offensive screen game as opponents have 230 00:12:18.929 --> 00:12:22.009 been is boy, it feels like Ohio state's real predictable. It's, 231 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:24.200 you know, in that game, it was, it was going 232 00:12:24.220 --> 00:12:28.200 to be a lot of, okay, sit back, rush for 233 00:12:28.299 --> 00:12:30.799 cage rush. Don't let Dylan really get out. And then 234 00:12:31.019 --> 00:12:33.039 you have, you know, and then, but then it's third 235 00:12:33.100 --> 00:12:35.309 and third, you know, it's third down. So then it's 236 00:12:35.330 --> 00:12:37.850 time to go cover zero and bring the pressure. And 237 00:12:38.009 --> 00:12:41.370 Oregon also knew that. And you kept, you kept getting 238 00:12:42.710 --> 00:12:46.330 popped for screens on the times when you were bringing pressure. 239 00:12:46.409 --> 00:12:49.149 That means you're getting predictable. If they can constantly have 240 00:12:49.169 --> 00:12:51.940 the right answer in certain situations, that means you're being 241 00:12:51.960 --> 00:12:55.279 predictable in those situations. So, you know, you didn't, there 242 00:12:55.299 --> 00:12:58.500 was what one screen, I think where they threw it 243 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:01.580 and it was they called it and he had to 244 00:13:01.639 --> 00:13:04.480 throw it at someone's feet because it was covered. But 245 00:13:04.519 --> 00:13:07.120 it felt like they were about three for four on those. 246

00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:09.960 And it wasn't like Ohio State was bringing pressure constantly. 247 00:13:10.019 --> 00:13:12.639 It was just Ohio State was bringing pressure at consistent 248 00:13:12.899 --> 00:13:16.820 points in the game. That's a problem. And that tells 249 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:19.320 you that they know what you're doing. So you're going 250 00:13:19.340 --> 00:13:21.919 to have to adapt to that. But I think on 251 00:13:21.940 --> 00:13:26.059 a more broad perspective, I watched the game live and 252 00:13:26.100 --> 00:13:29.470 I thought, this can't possibly be where they're not bringing 253 00:13:29.529 --> 00:13:31.730 a ton of pressure, but also there's like wide open 254 00:13:31.750 --> 00:13:33.929 plays underneath. And it was like, you went back and 255 00:13:33.990 --> 00:13:36.549 rewatched and it was like, Nope, you have no one 256 00:13:36.600 --> 00:13:38.299 close to the quarterback. You also have no one close 257 00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:41.039 to the receiver. You're like counting. Do they have 11 258 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:43.879 guys on the field? Yes, they do. Where are they? Oh, not, 259 00:13:44.539 --> 00:13:49.019 not anywhere near the football that, that feels like, you know, 260 00:13:49.580 --> 00:13:51.500 we'll see that. That feels like something that should be 261 00:13:51.539 --> 00:13:53.440 able to get corrected. Like you should be able to, 262 00:13:53.740 --> 00:13:56.059 you should not be so concerned about the deep shots 263 00:13:56.480 --> 00:13:59.519 that you're not covering the short and intermediate stuff. when 264 00:13:59.539 --> 00:14:02.100 they're hitting you on the short and intermediate stuff really consistently, 265 00:14:02.220 --> 00:14:04.059 they didn't get hit over the top. I don't think 266 00:14:04.139 --> 00:14:06.580 at all, but it was boy, the short and intermediate 267 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:10.279 stuff really just consistently just kept getting hit on these, 268 00:14:10.799 --> 00:14:12.769 on these really crucial plays. Okay. 269 00:14:12.809 --> 00:14:15.330 And I thought there were times where Kwe Russo as 270 00:14:15.389 --> 00:14:18.450 a pass rusher was getting close and was creating some, 271 00:14:19.070 --> 00:14:21.649 a hurry. And there's one, there's a second and four 272 00:14:21.769 --> 00:14:25.129 where Kwe Russo drops into the flats and he's towards 273 00:14:25.149 --> 00:14:27.960 the sidelines, 10 yards off the line of scrimmage. It's 274 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:30.700 second and four, And then Rayola just throws it to 275 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:33.059 the line of scrimmage on that right side to the 276 00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:38.480 running back and, you know, first down. You're dropping way 277 00:14:38.659 --> 00:14:40.840 off the line of scrimmage. It's one thing to, you know, 278 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:44.730 defend the flats and defend the boundary like that. But 279 00:14:45.490 --> 00:14:48.529 just you're watching that. You're watching Kenyatta Jackson fake a 280 00:14:48.549 --> 00:14:51.929 pass rush and then drop back and cover an area. 281 00:14:52.649 --> 00:14:56.129 But these are not guys that can necessarily quick twitch 282 00:14:56.169 --> 00:15:00.789 to react to that area where it's, they can't make 283 00:15:00.809 --> 00:15:04.009 the window smaller. They can just close their portion of 284 00:15:04.370 --> 00:15:07.340 the zone. And, and if there's nobody over there, then 285 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:11.580 you're not really closing anything. You're not stopping anything. It's you're, 286 00:15:11.659 --> 00:15:14.299 you're bringing in a front door to a flood and 287 00:15:14.340 --> 00:15:18.009 it's like, well, there's still water all around. Like there's 288 00:15:18.029 --> 00:15:20.529 an entire river going on and this door doesn't do 289 00:15:20.590 --> 00:15:22.990 much to stop it. And so you're watching and you're 290 00:15:23.029 --> 00:15:26.750 just like, boy, boy, that's, that's awfully frustrating. And then 291 00:15:27.190 --> 00:15:30.950 third downs, I went and charted those. So Oregon had 292 00:15:30.950 --> 00:15:34.029 395 yards of total offense. 150 of them came on 293 00:15:34.029 --> 00:15:37.009 17 third downs. So more than a third of their 294 00:15:37.029 --> 00:15:40.080 yards came on third down, which you would think, well, 295 00:15:41.100 --> 00:15:44.860 how much more? And so they averaged 8.8 yards per 296 00:15:44.899 --> 00:15:48.179 play on third downs. On first and second down, they 297 00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:50.480 averaged 4.3 yards per play. And if you take out 298 00:15:50.500 --> 00:15:53.299 the second and 13 rush for 48 yards on a touchdown, 299 00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:56.620 second and third downs, they were 3.5 yards per play, 300 00:15:57.700 --> 00:16:00.399 but also everything. Every week we talk about this defense. Well, 301 00:16:00.419 --> 00:16:01.779 if you just take out that one play. 302 00:16:02.019 --> 00:16:02.240 Yeah. 303 00:16:02.940 --> 00:16:06.519 And, and one of my thoughts was that I think 304 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:10.149 the USC game was maybe a false sense of accomplishment 305 00:16:10.169 --> 00:16:11.870 when like, well, if you remove those three plays and 306 00:16:11.889 --> 00:16:15.649 the Oregon just adds more and more of their eight, 307 00:16:15.970 --> 00:16:18.149 they picked up, they were, I think eight for 17 308 00:16:18.149 --> 00:16:22.529 on third downs and seven of those, conversions were explosive 309 00:16:22.549 --> 00:16:25.179 plays so that's a run of 10 or more or 310 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:28.279 a reception of 15 or more they had plays of 311 00:16:28.379 --> 00:16:31.700 in the second quarter alone on third down 11 8 312 00:16:31.700 --> 00:16:34.809 20 and 31 they had a 20 yarder in the 313 00:16:34.850 --> 00:16:37.389 third quarter two 15 yarders in the fourth quarter a 314 00:16:37.370 --> 00:16:41.250 16 yarder in the first quarter and so much of 315

00:16:41.289 --> 00:16:42.950 this game just looked like ohio state was on a 316 00:16:42.970 --> 00:16:45.279 yo-yo that defense was Yeah. 317 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:49.259 And it just, it feels like they constantly have guys 318 00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:52.830 doing stuff where it's like, I understand the idea behind it. 319 00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:56.950 And like, you can watch the NFL guys explain, like, 320 00:16:56.990 --> 00:16:59.870 here's the, you know, here's the thought behind dropping these 321 00:16:59.929 --> 00:17:03.490 defensive ends into coverage. And like, I get, I understand 322 00:17:03.509 --> 00:17:07.190 the philosophical idea. It just feels like you're not maximizing 323 00:17:07.549 --> 00:17:10.400 what you have people, you know, what you're asking people 324 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:13.619 to do. You're not maximizing what they can do. And you're, 325 00:17:13.660 --> 00:17:16.279 you're putting guys in, in positions where like Quay Russo, 326 00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:19.099 like you said, as a pass rusher, he's pretty dynamic 327 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:21.240 when you're putting him out in space and asking him 328 00:17:21.299 --> 00:17:24.740 to cover passes in the flats. You're asking Kenyatta Jackson 329 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:27.319 to do that a lot. Like that's a, that's a 330 00:17:27.380 --> 00:17:30.680 sometimes food. That's not an everyday food like that. That's a, 331 00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:34.480 you gotta, you know, use, use sparingly. And it has been, 332 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:37.609 it feels like that's getting used a lot. And at 333 00:17:37.619 --> 00:17:40.680 that point, it's not, you know, Oh, it's a, you know, 334 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:42.990 what an incredible change up it's, here's the thing that 335 00:17:43.029 --> 00:17:45.789 they do and you get caught in these predictable situations. 336 00:17:45.869 --> 00:17:49.509 And that's, you know, that is a, you know, that's, 337 00:17:49.529 --> 00:17:53.130 that's a way to have some talented players and not 338 00:17:53.309 --> 00:17:56.349 be maximizing them. They they're in sack rate. They have 339 00:17:56.390 --> 00:17:59.289 like their sack rates, like 3% or some three inch 340 00:17:59.329 --> 00:18:03.990 of change percent. Like that's incredibly bad for a defense that, 341 00:18:04.019 --> 00:18:05.960 you know, this is not as talented as defense as 342 00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:09.740 they had last year, but also, it's not an untalented defense. 343 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:12.519 Like there are players on this team who should be in, 344 00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:14.809 put in positions to do more than they've been doing. 345 00:18:14.900 --> 00:18:19.970 So yeah, that's, that I think is a, another kind 346 00:18:20.009 --> 00:18:21.930 of warning sign there on the defense. 347 00:18:22.450 --> 00:18:22.569 Yeah. 348 00:18:22.650 --> 00:18:24.549 This is, this is one where it's not, you know, 349 00:18:24.569 --> 00:18:27.990 this is not just schematic stuff like catch the football. 350 00:18:28.190 --> 00:18:29.910 Like I know you don't play offense, but if you 351 00:18:29.930 --> 00:18:33.369 play defense, catch the football, like Jay Timmons dropped a 352 00:18:33.690 --> 00:18:37.319 walk in pick six, like a walk in pick six. 353 00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:41.900 Jalen McClain right before the fake punt had a ball 354 00:18:41.940 --> 00:18:44.609 that hit him. You know, it was not an easy play. 355 00:18:44.670 --> 00:18:46.009 He had to kind of go down to the ground 356 00:18:46.049 --> 00:18:47.470 for it, but it went through his arms, hit him 357 00:18:47.509 --> 00:18:50.930 in the chest and was incomplete. Like it's, you've got 358 00:18:50.950 --> 00:18:53.680 to catch the football. These are, I understand like if, 359 00:18:53.890 --> 00:18:55.430 if you have to like try and make a one 360 00:18:55.470 --> 00:18:59.269 handed catch, like you're not a wide receiver, totally get it. 361 00:18:59.849 --> 00:19:01.519 The ones that hit you right in the hands, the 362 00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:03.240 one that hits you right in the chest, like you gotta, 363 00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:04.819 you gotta catch the football. Like, I don't know what 364 00:19:04.859 --> 00:19:06.940 else to do. Like you, I know people are upset 365 00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:10.380 about the coaches, but the players, there are some Jimmy's 366 00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:13.380 and Joe's issues here, not just X's and O's stuff 367 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:17.009 that you've got to, you know, this goes back to 368 00:19:17.049 --> 00:19:18.990 what Ryan Day talked about with the USC game. Like 369 00:19:19.009 --> 00:19:21.210 you got to pick up the young quarterback. Like the 370 00:19:21.230 --> 00:19:24.769 young quarterback is 0-2. It is not entirely or even 371 00:19:24.849 --> 00:19:27.650 probably mostly on the young quarterback that he is 0-2 372 00:19:27.710 --> 00:19:28.210 at this point. 373 00:19:28.859 --> 00:19:31.539 Well, and that 48-year touchdown run, Christian Allegro has the 374 00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:35.029 opportunity to tackle the running back, you know, for like 375 00:19:35.079 --> 00:19:37.599 a two yard gain and couldn't get it done. That 376 00:19:37.660 --> 00:19:43.150 Jalen McLean dropped interception, failed interception. Like, I'm not, I 377 00:19:43.170 --> 00:19:45.609 don't know if there's ever been a 38 point swing 378 00:19:45.690 --> 00:19:51.690 on one play, but like, or 35 point swing. But 379 00:19:51.769 --> 00:19:55.259 if they, if he comes up with that, how much 380 00:19:55.339 --> 00:19:57.720 does that change this game? And how much does this 381 00:19:57.839 --> 00:20:02.000 kind of just diffuse the Oregon momentum? And also by 382 00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:07.200 diffusing that momentum, eliminate any sort of concern or consternation 383 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:10.390 or clenching that, from the Ohio state side of things. 384 00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:13.319 And so that one, that

was a very big play 385 00:20:16.619 --> 00:20:19.819 to further talk about the, the way that Oregon was 386 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:23.839 just manipulating Ohio state's defense. So they get down there 387 00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:26.480 and in the last drive in the second quarter, and 388 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:29.430 they come out with a funky play and then Ohio 389 00:20:29.450 --> 00:20:32.410 state finally calls a timeout. And it took them a 390 00:20:32.430 --> 00:20:36.589 while to call a timeout. And like I'm watching them, like, 391 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:40.079 watching this, you know, replay. And I'm like, why did 392 00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:41.740 it take them so long to call a timeout? They 393 00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:44.869 were clearly not ready for this play. And that was 394 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:47.210 their final timeout. And then they come out like two 395 00:20:47.250 --> 00:20:50.410 plays later with the funky formation that they eventually scored 396 00:20:50.430 --> 00:20:53.430 a touchdown on. And it's like, it's brilliant to wait 397 00:20:53.490 --> 00:20:56.029 until that point when Ohio State has no timeouts and 398 00:20:56.049 --> 00:20:57.519 they have to figure out what they're going to do 399 00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:59.480 here and how much have they prepared for this. And 400 00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:05.019 if you have not prepared for Dan Lanning's shenanigans, shenanigans, shenanigans, 401 00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:09.730 if you will, then you've not prepared. And so there 402 00:21:09.750 --> 00:21:12.529 are several times in just in the first half when, 403 00:21:12.549 --> 00:21:14.509 when Oregon is making their run. And then also in 404 00:21:14.529 --> 00:21:17.299 the third quarter where you've got linebackers pointing and it's like, 405 00:21:17.490 --> 00:21:21.099 you know, like reemphasizing pointing and not getting lined up. 406 00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:25.200 And again, great job by the Oregon offensive game plan 407 00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:29.619 in this one, because it worked relentlessly. Yeah. 408 00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:32.619 And it worked on offense for Oregon and it worked 409 00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:36.319 on special teams for Oregon. And, you know, the, it's 410 00:21:36.380 --> 00:21:38.880 kind of the same thing with the, with the fake 411 00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:44.480 punt where I had not noticed the, before the, right 412 00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:46.640 before the fake punt, the Ohio state punt where there's 413 00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:49.069 a gunner just uncovered. 414 00:21:50.230 --> 00:21:50.470 Both. 415 00:21:50.529 --> 00:21:51.009 Yeah. Yeah. 416 00:21:51.349 --> 00:21:54.930 And it was like, you gotta have something there. You 417 00:21:54.970 --> 00:21:58.069 can't just be like, well, nothing we can do. Like 418 00:21:58.549 --> 00:22:02.269 Oregon had a defensive end throw pass. Like certainly, certainly 419 00:22:02.369 --> 00:22:06.150 someone on your punt unit can throw a football 15 420 00:22:06.150 --> 00:22:09.430 yards to a guy who's wide open like certainly that's 421 00:22:09.470 --> 00:22:13.250 a thing you can do and just you know like 422 00:22:13.269 --> 00:22:15.869 well no no sorry we can't do it sorry he's 423 00:22:15.930 --> 00:22:17.569 a punter it'd be dishonest to have him do anything 424 00:22:17.609 --> 00:22:19.529 other than kick and you know sorry the up guy 425 00:22:19.549 --> 00:22:21.170 is like oh no they're just there to block that's 426 00:22:21.210 --> 00:22:25.130 not and it was like Robbie Disher got spent fired 427 00:22:25.150 --> 00:22:27.430 in the span of 50 seconds of game clock because 428 00:22:27.470 --> 00:22:30.349 it was you had that which was like, boy, you 429 00:22:30.369 --> 00:22:32.349 have the opportunity to make a game changing play on 430 00:22:32.390 --> 00:22:35.759 special teams. And either he wanted to, and he had 431 00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:39.279 the opportunity and Ryan day said no, or they like, well, 432 00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:43.220 we got nothing for that. And then you have Oregon 433 00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:45.259 on the other side where, you know, we said this 434 00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:47.299 on the post game show. We said this, I said 435 00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:51.430 this during the game in group text, like, you know, 436 00:22:51.470 --> 00:22:53.690 Dan Lanning's going to do something stupid. Like, you know, 437 00:22:53.769 --> 00:22:56.410 he's going to do something stupid. Like this is his, 438 00:22:56.509 --> 00:23:01.299 this is his entire MO. And, you fall for the 439 00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:06.240 banana in the tailpipe and you've got a walk-on wide 440 00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:15.029 receiver out there covering. There was not a question. When 441 00:23:15.069 --> 00:23:17.750 Robbie Disher got fired, no one was like, but why? 442 00:23:17.930 --> 00:23:24.650 It's right there, man. You have to try. You have 443 00:23:24.690 --> 00:23:26.710 to try on special teams. And when you bring in 444 00:23:26.910 --> 00:23:29.579 a you're bringing in a special teams coordinator and you're 445 00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:33.440 paying him $ 950, 000 over the span of two years. And 446 00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:38.019 you're bringing in a transfer kicker through the portal. Everyone's like, finally, 447 00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:42.519 they're going to try on special teams. And then if 448 00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:45.259 they're trying, that's, that might be worse news than if 449 00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:48.809 they're not trying, but it just, it, it was just like, man, 450 00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:52.349 that those are, those plays back to back on special 451 00:23:52.369 --> 00:23:56.710 teams were just kind of like the, uh, the fitting 452 00:23:56.769 --> 00:24:00.150 denouement of the all too brief Robbie disher tenure at 453 00:24:00.170 --> 00:24:01.750 Ohio state. Yeah. 454 00:24:01.769 --> 00:24:03.069 I mean, that was one of my notes as well, 455 00:24:03.089 -->

00:24:06.690 just the lack of aggression. And it's, it's encapsulated by 456 00:24:06.750 --> 00:24:09.250 the fact that you don't let legend Bay return kicks 457 00:24:09.269 --> 00:24:11.789 until the second half. And the first half you've got 458 00:24:11.829 --> 00:24:17.339 Devin McEwen out there, fair catching, very returnable kicks, short kicks, 459 00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:20.039 low kicks that could be returned. And there's never any 460 00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:23.240 thought of returning a kick. It was just fair catch 461 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:25.500 that we'll get the ball to 25. That's a cop 462 00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:27.650 out to me. And then finally it was like, well, 463 00:24:28.089 --> 00:24:30.809 we need something. So let's let legend bear return some kicks. 464 00:24:30.890 --> 00:24:35.730 And it's like, you're, you're admitting that you don't want 465 00:24:35.809 --> 00:24:39.210 to create anything. Like you just want to, let's not 466 00:24:39.250 --> 00:24:41.769 do anything with this. Let's just set this aside. This 467 00:24:41.789 --> 00:24:44.450 is the, it's not even the good China. It's just like, 468 00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:46.619 this is the stuff that you got as a wedding 469 00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:49.180 gift that just stays in the cupboard and never comes out. 470 00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:52.940 And then, you know, second, second half, it's like, okay, 471 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:57.089 well bring something else out. But the, um, the lack 472 00:24:57.109 --> 00:25:00.470 of the gunner situation there, you're just, you're, I'm watching 473 00:25:00.509 --> 00:25:03.650 it live and seeing this and then also then rewatching 474 00:25:03.710 --> 00:25:07.990 it and seeing like Inky Jones is one of the 475 00:25:08.029 --> 00:25:11.630 gunners wide open. The other gunner there is also uncovered. 476 00:25:11.650 --> 00:25:14.099 So they've got 10 guys at the line of scrimmage 477 00:25:14.730 --> 00:25:19.099 and then the returner, of course. And you either one, 478 00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:20.440 either one of the guys you want to throw to 479 00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:22.500 throw to the guy in the field, because there's further, 480 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:25.579 you know, for a defense for the guys to run. 481 00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:29.730 But Icky Jones is like, well, we need to– and 482 00:25:29.750 --> 00:25:32.190 he's getting pointed over to by a linebacker like, hey, 483 00:25:32.210 --> 00:25:36.109 we need somebody over here because they're overloaded. So then 484 00:25:36.150 --> 00:25:39.130 it's like you take your advantage and then you go 485 00:25:39.190 --> 00:25:43.579 and cover up a disadvantage. It's like why not exploit 486 00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:48.579 Oregon's disadvantage? And there was just never– there's never any exploitation. 487 00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:51.880 I guess that's– maybe you can talk about offense, defense, 488 00:25:52.210 --> 00:25:52.690 special teams. 489 00:25:52.710 --> 00:25:52.779 Yes. 490 00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:57.599 There's not enough exploitation of the opponent's disadvantages and certainly 491 00:25:57.640 --> 00:26:04.680 special teams, wildly unimpressive throughout all of this. But yeah, 492 00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:08.210 that's basically all I've got. I'm sure you've got more Tom, 493 00:26:08.250 --> 00:26:11.750 but a bunch of failures there. 494 00:26:11.769 --> 00:26:14.990 I have a joke about hiring Ned Flanders parents as 495 00:26:15.029 --> 00:26:17.390 the special teams coordinator. That's it now. Then we're done. 496 00:26:17.470 --> 00:26:22.009 So yeah, it's, and I don't know the answer to, 497 00:26:24.289 --> 00:26:28.230 Are there opportunities that are getting brought to the head 498 00:26:28.289 --> 00:26:31.200 coach and he's saying, no, thank you, let's not try that? 499 00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:34.599 Or is there just like, nope, we didn't notice. Like, 500 00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:36.720 we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas. And 501 00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:38.839 I genuinely do not know the answer to that question. 502 00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:42.700 But I suspect we will probably get a decent idea whether, 503 00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:46.529 you know, do things change this week? Because if all 504 00:26:46.549 --> 00:26:48.829 of a sudden they start trying, then maybe the philosophy 505 00:26:48.890 --> 00:26:50.890 on special teams has changed a little bit. And that 506 00:26:50.930 --> 00:26:52.430 would probably not be a bad thing. 507 00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:57.829 Yeah, but changing things against Northwestern at home with their 508 00:26:57.849 --> 00:27:02.210 backup quarterback is very different than daring to do something 509 00:27:02.250 --> 00:27:07.250 daring against Oregon in a big game. So we shall see. 510 00:27:07.289 --> 00:27:09.009 But I don't know. What did you guys think after? 511 00:27:10.210 --> 00:27:13.359 Certainly you've already watched it and relived it and haven't 512 00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:18.420 deleted it from whatever cloud-based DVR platform you're on. Let 513 00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:20.400 us know in the comments. Hit that thumbs up. Subscribe 514 00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:21.599 to the channel if you've not yet done so. If 515 00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:25.549 you're just passing by, If you're listening, passing by, youtube.com 516 00:27:25.569 --> 00:27:28.309 slash at Buckeye Insiders. And, of course, come find us 517 00:27:28.369 --> 00:27:30.730 over at BuckeyeInsiders.com. We're still talking about this one, talking 518 00:27:30.750 --> 00:27:35.190 about LSU, talking about– randomly talking about– no, talking about Northwestern. 519 00:27:35.230 --> 00:27:38.009 I don't know where LSU came in there. But there 520 00:27:38.029 --> 00:27:40.509 are probably conversations about LSU as well. We've got some 521 00:27:41.289 --> 00:27:44.259 random college football threads going on as well. And, of course, 522 00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:47.779 we're always talking about Michigan. That's in your bailiwick is 523 00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.089 our guy Tim. 524 00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:48.480 Thanks, guys. 525 00:27:49.890 --> 00:27:54.569 That will do it for me. Thank you all. 526 00:27:57.460 --> 00:28:10.119 For tuning in, and we will talk to you all later. Well, 527 00:28:11.869 --> 00:28:18.829 she threw away the motel key I wish it never 528 00:28:18.890 --> 00:28:38.019 meant We could steal a car and leave tonight.