I was at the game. Coverage was good, which is a problem. JTB was late on a couple balls. Most importantly, he missed 3 very open long balls on drives that were punts. On the first or second drive Samuel beat his guy by 10 yards. It was late and way underthrown.
Wilson's D has consistently made it hard for OSU to pass while giving up lots of rushing yards. Same story yesterday. They're happy forcing OSU to run basic offense. Last year they had Elliot, who broke 3 long runs. Yesterday, the only explosive series they had was with Samuel at TB. Weber had a good game and is going to be really good, but he's not explosive at the moment.
IU's offense is not that good. They had one really nice drive where they converted 5 third downs - only had 6 all day, so they maximized those! And then Ward got beat deep and Wilson caught them blitzing with a WR screen.
OSU's perfromance against IU has way more predictive value than last week's scrimmage. OSU fans know JTB can be off. It's not the norm, but it's not rare as to not be a real possibility.
Wisky will be another test. Night game in Madison against a real defense.
Wilson's D has consistently made it hard for OSU to pass while giving up lots of rushing yards. Same story yesterday. They're happy forcing OSU to run basic offense. Last year they had Elliot, who broke 3 long runs. Yesterday, the only explosive series they had was with Samuel at TB. Weber had a good game and is going to be really good, but he's not explosive at the moment.
IU's offense is not that good. They had one really nice drive where they converted 5 third downs - only had 6 all day, so they maximized those! And then Ward got beat deep and Wilson caught them blitzing with a WR screen.
OSU's perfromance against IU has way more predictive value than last week's scrimmage. OSU fans know JTB can be off. It's not the norm, but it's not rare as to not be a real possibility.
Wisky will be another test. Night game in Madison against a real defense.
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