OSU FINAL THOUGHTS

I was shocked at how poorly the Buckeyes came out of the gates and played in the first quarter, a quarter they had dominated all season! I don’t know if it was because they took Michigan State lightly or if they felt the pressure and played tight. Whatever the reason, it was a big factor in losing to the Spartans.

I’m still trying to figure out why Tom Herman and Urban Meyer didn’t give the ball more to Carlos Hyde. He’s been the best player on this team since he returned from his 3 game suspension and “Ride Hyde” to victory worked so well leading into last night’s game. Very poor decision making by the Buckeyes coaches and in it cost them the Big Ten title and more importantly a shot at the National title.  I never was worried about the coaching match up in the game thinking OSU had a big edge, but Mark Dantonio and his staff outcoached Urban Meyer and his staff.

Braxtion Miller is good, but he’s far from great. While he made some improvements throwing the ball this year, he still has a long way to. You can’t go 8-21 in a championship game like he did and expect to be a champion. Another solid off season and more games will hopefully make him better suited to lead the Buckeyes to a Big Ten title next year and maybe more.

The Ohio State defense was their achilles heel and they were exposed in great detail the last two games, giving up 41 points and 603 yards to Michigan and 34 points and 438 yard to Michigan State.  It’s not all Luke Fickell’s  fault, but his time as the Buckeyes defensive coordinator has to end. He hasn’t coached up these players to the point where they’re getting better, instead they’re getting worse!  In fact, since he took over as head coach and in the last two years as defensive coordinator, the Buckeyes have played some of the worst defense I’ve ever seen at Ohio State.

The “Silver Blanks” gave up 34 points in the last two 4th quarters costing them one victory and almost another. That’s right they were outscored 20 to 7 at Michigan only to be saved by Tyvis Powell’s interception on the 2-point conversion and after taking a 24-17 lead over MSU, the Spartans erased that lead with the game’s final 17 points, with 14 of those coming in the 4th quarter.  If you can’t protect a lead, you usually don’t win big games

The Ohio State wide receivers are still just average. In their first big test against a physical secondary they all had trouble getting open with the exception of maybe Philly Brown. Major progress needs to be made there in coaching and recruiting.

I along with the OSU coaching staff over hyped freshman Dontre Wilson. I kept waiting all season long for him to electrify us with an amazing kick return or reverse or anything and he failed to do so. Yes he’s only a freshman and maybe that should be more on us than him, but big things were expected and he didn’t deliver.  The thing he’ll be known for the most his freshman season is getting in a fight and getting ejected in the Michigan game and that’s not good.

The national pundits were right. Playing a weak schedule the last two season is probably a bigger factor in Ohio State winning 24 games in a row than playing great football. The highest ranked team the Buckeyes beat the last two years was #16 Northwestern this year and the Wildcats finished the regular season unranked at (5-7) and thus not even bowl eligible. It was a nice run while it lasted, but if you’re being honest, there wasn’t one true signature win over a quality opponent in those 24 straight victories and the one chance they had, they lost by 10 to Michigan State.

Here’s hoping the Buckeyes end up in the Orange Bowl opposite Clemson, because if they were to go to the Sugar Bowl and play Alabama they would get killed. They match up much better with the Tigers and would have a chance to win that game as opposed to getting crushed by Bama and ending the season on a 2-game losing streak!

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92 Responses to OSU FINAL THOUGHTS

  1. Craig Ali says:

    Kenny, you are spot on. I believed the Buckeyes to be an overrated team, that benefitted from a playing in a weak Big 10 and scheduling FAMU, San Diego State. Call it what it is the SEC is head and shoulders above the Big 10 and Alabama would destroy us!

  2. Marvin says:

    Herman called a horrible game. Hyde is the most feared back in the nation and on 3r and 3 you take him out of the game!?
    Fickell has got to go. Im am sure he is a great guy, bleeds Scarlet and Grey, but he has been outsmarted all season. All of the Blue Chip Players on this team and you decide to let them play some weak zones that do not put pressure on the QB and leaves guys wide open!
    And why are all of the pass plays bombs? They do know that its ok to throw the ball less than 2o yards right?
    Wait Til Next Year! This song has been on repeat for too long!
    C’mon Urb, that next deal you make with the Devil has to have a “can’t lose a game” clause in it.

  3. Scott Chonko says:

    1) pressure the big, Weeden-like quarterback
    2) run Hyde
    3) repeat 1) and 2)

    Fickell – got to go

  4. jbwilson says:

    have to agree, MSU coaching staff out-coached OSU. Legitimizes MSU’s nationally ranked defense. Narduzzi (an Ohio guy), can coach up a defense. Got to give hime credit.

  5. Diana says:

    Kenny, I feel like through this game Dantonio was looking to avenge the breaking of the so-called “gentleman’s agreement” that Meyer supposedly broke when he allegedly recruited verbal commits. Dantonio hired Jim Bollman this past off season. That the BCS NCG as well as the Big10 was riding on this game made it all the more sweet for Dantonio, IMO.

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