Officially made great again.


This new Nike x War Crimes collab is an all-timer for the folks who pissed their pants about Black athletes protesting cop violence against innocent civilians.

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* Tyleik Williams looked like he at least practiced some. Had a brace on his left ankle. Day said he thinks Tyleik will play this week, and said he wouldn't be on a pitch count if he did.

* Will Kacmarek is making progress, but still a few weeks away. Day did say he was ahead of schedule.

* I asked Day about how effective QB sneaks have been this year, and then talked to him off on the side some more about it. He said they brought in Nate Ebner in the offseason and studied rugby mauls to develop some better techniques on moving the pile on sneaks. Think OSU is averaging about 3 yards per sneak this year.

* Lathan Ransom said he's feeling good in regards to the foot injury that kept him out of the Nebraska game. Seems like he's full steam ahead.

What a difference a week can make. 😍

• The offensive line was way better than I thought it would be. Yes, Abdul Carter beat Donovan Jackson a few times, but that's gonna happen against an early first-round draft pick. This was my biggest concern (and everyone else's), but the effort was really good against a great defensive front.
• Did Hinzman play basically the entire game? I was surprised they went that route but I didn't notice him at all (which is a great thing for OL).
• Will Howard did cost Ohio State about 14 points today. The interception was bad, but I didn't like the play at all. It seemed like everyone knew what was coming. I won't fault him too much on the fumble. He had the ball in the correct hand and the defender just made a great play.
• Howard was up and down today, but the people who were calling for Sayin in the first half are beyond silly.
• He threw a bad ball to Tate but the one deep ball to Jeremiah looked good to me. Not sure if Smith lost it in the sun or what.
• I liked seeing the running backs helping out and chipping on Carter.
• The ground game was significantly better than it was against Nebraska. Great job by Judkins and Henderson.
• I didn't love the pick six play design, but I thought Chip put together a fine showing. The TD pass to Inniss was a beautiful play. They had Inniss, Rodgers, and Ballard on the field for that one. Crazy.
• This wasn't an ideal time to see some bad snaps, but fortunately McLaughlin got them out of his system early in the game.
• LOVED the run blocking on that last fourth quarter drive.
• Huge balls on that play-action 4th down pass to Jelani. PSU actually had a great play call to defend the initial read, but Will just made a play. And Jelani nearly gave me a heart attack.
• Again, major props to Justin Frye and the offensive line.
  
  
  
  
• Caleb Downs was my player of the game. He seemed to be following Tyler Warren and basically shut him down when doing so. Warren got loose in the fourth but most of that came on a great catch against Lathan and some plays with him in the backfield. Downs is such a great tackler. Wild that we get another year out of him.
• The Davison Igbinosun interception was the biggest momentum-changing play of the season. He can be frustrating at times, but that was a ridiculous play.
• Overall I thought the secondary played an amazing game. Nice bounce-back for Denzel Burke as well. PSU wideouts aren't good but they were invisible today.
• Loved seeing back-to-back sacks.
• Did not love seeing the Jack Sawyer missed sack early in the game.
• GREAT work in the redzone.
• I didn't notice anything particularly bad by the linebackers or defensive line. I assume they were solid but I'll pay more attention on rewatch. Loved seeing Cody get the sack.
• Props to Fielding for making his FGs today. That second one had me a bit scared though.
• And MAJOR props to the entire team for bouncing back after going down 10-0 early in one of the toughest places to play.

Gave Tyleik Williams the "day-to-day" designation with his lower leg injury.

Rewatching the play today where he was injured, looked like maybe he got rolled up on at the end of it.

But Williams only had ice on it after the game, and Austin said it looked like Williams would've kept playing if Penn State ended up getting the ball back.

So, doesn't seem like anything Day is overly concerned about, but could certainly see a scenario where they try to give Williams some rest with Purdue and Northwestern coming up.

An extremist conservative caught in a sex scandal where they’re performing and commenting on the acts they preach against.

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Sad — but what’s most hilarious about all this is watching this pervert try to deny it and claim it’s “fake news.”

Really really sick stuff…

I think he has taken a major step back this year as a TV commentator but he still has some pretty insight on his podcast

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Turbo has been very high on the Bucks for some time and he has a very personal connection with fellow Montgomery, Ala. Native coach Lock.

He says he will be in town this weekend.

🤣🤣

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Wow

Miami losing at half to Duke.

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Kind of sickening, but you know this will be a large part of it, always has been.

Lara Trump hand picked Presler— the dirty Republican money in this election has been unlike anything America has seen.

Ah, nevermind 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hot damn, great win. Woohoo.

GO BUCKEYES

https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...s-oregon-ducks-larry-johnson-jim-knowles-2024



Knowles came to Ohio State known for his defensive scheme that runs a base 4-2-5 structure with a few twists. One of those twists was the JACK position, a stand-up edge rusher that plays as a linebacker/defensive end hybrid capable of rushing the passer or dropping back into coverage to confuse opposing offenses. The Buckeyes have a ton of players on their roster that would be perfect for this position, including guys like Arvell Reese and CJ Hicks, who were basically recruited for that exact spot.

So, why does a position that is so important to Knowles’ scheme not exist at Ohio State? The answer is Larry Johnson.

Ohio State has not fielded anything close to a good defensive line since the 2019 season, when Chase Young was basically wrecking opposing offenses by himself. Despite having five-star prospect after five-star prospect at his disposal year after year, Johnson has done nothing with it. In the two losses to Oregon and the three losses to Michigan, the Buckeyes have managed two sacks TOTAL. One of those was by Cody Simon, which means the defensive line has tallied ONE sack over those five losses.

A lack of pressure from the defensive line has been the one constant across all of these big game failures, and Johnson is to blame. Stuck in his ways, Johnson trots out his four-down front with zero creativity whatsoever, relying on each player to simply win his one-on-one matchups. That is all well and good... until you get into a talent equated game. There is hardly so much as a simple stunt from Ohio State’s defensive linemen, with four guys running straight into their blockers and remaining there until the play is over more often than not.

But what about that JACK position from Knowles’ scheme? Shouldn’t that mix things up for the pass rush? Sure, it would if Knowles was allowed to use the position.

Larry Johnson and Jim Knowles have feuded over the JACK position since the defensive coordinator arrived on campus. Rather than solving the dispute and telling the rest of his coordinators they must adapt to the man who is supposed to be the head coach of the defense in Knowles, Ryan Day has allowed LJ to play the seniority card and win the battle up front. Knowles, in effect, has control over only two-thirds of the defense, and the piece he is missing is both the most important one and the one that has been the least effective.

I have no idea what to expect. Ohio State has the edge at just about every position group except tight end and pure pass rushers. I admittedly know very little about PSU’s offensive line, but I can’t imagine they have any question marks that even compare to Ohio State’s left side.

Having the edge at several positions is fine and good, but Ohio State’s OL vs the PSU pass rush is scary. And Abdul Carter is terrifying. I feel fine with Sonny and Downs looking to contain Tyler Warren. Penn State’s wideouts don’t scare me, but Singleton and Allen are good backs.

Will Howard plays a gem of a game with both his arm and legs, and the OSU wideouts are too much. Ohio State 27, Penn State 24

Enjoy it boys and girls. Top 3 wins aren’t easy to come by, let alone on the road. That shuffled line makes us a National Title contender again.

I'll take the over. Any takers?

Carlisle, PA. Almost the biggest game of the year here. Feels ALMOST like scUM morning.

Sorry to start another thread about this, but here's what I don't understand.

If there was such a rift and it's been existent for 3 years or longer depending on the coordinator, wouldn't we have heard something from one player or one coach by now?
On twitter as a slip-up, from a former player, from anyone who's disgruntled after a loss, negative recruiting speak related to Larry Johnson being too old.
"He only just tells his DL to occupy lanes and rush straight ahead every play. There isn't even any stunting. If you're an edge player, don't go to OSU. You won't be allowed to actually rush the QB".

Heck, even from Knowles? What does he have to lose? He's not getting fired for 1 comment...he's supposed to be invaluable.

I just don't think that, in any program, the hatches would be battened down so tightly that we wouldn't have heard about the discontent between the 2 (or 3) coaches 1 time from anyone either as an audio clip or a redacted Twitter/X post. It doesn't make sense to me. Someone enlighten me.

Thinking back to the fall , up until 2 days before the season , Nick McLarty was supposed to be the starter , it’s been said McGuire had a better week of practice , and it’s been status quo since the season started .

All season long Ignibusa and Ward have been less than stellar , and you have Matthews , Simpson Hunt on the bench , rarely used .


We’ve watched nearly all year , the same 4 Dl playing 50 plus snaps a game , guess what I’m trying to figure out is do they shut down evaluating once the season starts , and your next shot is the offseason to make an impression , or do we have a seniority/ play it safe mentality that trickles down from Ryan Day ?

I listened to the press conference yesterday , I listen to Ryan Day for weeks saying we need to rotate to keep guys fresh , I listen to Knowles say that it’s Larry Johnson’s decision on who plays on the DL and who’s rotated in . Are we to believe Larry Johnson is just disobeying what Ryan Day tells him ? Sorry to be all over the place .. So many things just don’t make sense with this team, is it just weak leadership from Ryan Day ?