Willyville Guy Posted September 1 Posted September 1 (edited) Good start overall against Akron. Defense looked great. Studs at every level. Tyleik Williams looks enormous out there lmao. Tuimoloau and Downs combined on a sack. Burke had a nice pick. Ransom was laying lumber all game. Styles looks great at LB. And Cody Simon didn’t even play. The offense sputtered out of the gate with drops and penalties, but they figured it out over the course of the game. I feel good about Will Howard after yesterday. The throws were accurate, he looked big and fast and smart on the runs, and he seemed relaxed and confident. The OL did not get the push I was expecting to see against Akron, and Day made all of the starters stay in there even after the score was out of hand. We’ll keep an eye on that situation. It’s clear that the plan for the running game is to use Judkins as a sledgehammer and create space for Henderson – yes please. In the passing game, it seemed to me like the deeper routes that took longer to develop were working better than Chip Kelly’s short stuff, but we’ll see. Oh, and 18-year old true freshman Jeremiah Smith had 6 catches for 96 yards and 2 TDs to kick off his Heisman campaign first season as a Buckeye. Looked like a beautiful day in the Shoe! Best thing about being 1-0…. EDIT: Forgot to mention that Egbuka got robbed on that 1st quarter TD review. Edited September 1 by Willyville Guy 1 Quote
YoloinOhio Posted September 4 Author Posted September 4 On 9/1/2024 at 9:46 AM, Willyville Guy said: Good start overall against Akron. Defense looked great. Studs at every level. Tyleik Williams looks enormous out there lmao. Tuimoloau and Downs combined on a sack. Burke had a nice pick. Ransom was laying lumber all game. Styles looks great at LB. And Cody Simon didn’t even play. The offense sputtered out of the gate with drops and penalties, but they figured it out over the course of the game. I feel good about Will Howard after yesterday. The throws were accurate, he looked big and fast and smart on the runs, and he seemed relaxed and confident. The OL did not get the push I was expecting to see against Akron, and Day made all of the starters stay in there even after the score was out of hand. We’ll keep an eye on that situation. It’s clear that the plan for the running game is to use Judkins as a sledgehammer and create space for Henderson – yes please. In the passing game, it seemed to me like the deeper routes that took longer to develop were working better than Chip Kelly’s short stuff, but we’ll see. Oh, and 18-year old true freshman Jeremiah Smith had 6 catches for 96 yards and 2 TDs to kick off his Heisman campaign first season as a Buckeye. Looked like a beautiful day in the Shoe! Best thing about being 1-0…. EDIT: Forgot to mention that Egbuka got robbed on that 1st quarter TD review. Not to focus on the negative but I was disappointed by the OL! I agree, where was the push. I’m starting to wonder if they are being coached to be more finesse 🙁 Quote
Willyville Guy Posted September 4 Posted September 4 7 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: Not to focus on the negative but I was disappointed by the OL! I agree, where was the push. I’m starting to wonder if they are being coached to be more finesse 🙁 Frye is under pressure, and the group needs to improve. Pass blocking looked good though… against Akron. 1 Quote
YoloinOhio Posted September 5 Author Posted September 5 54 minutes ago, Willyville Guy said: Frye is under pressure, and the group needs to improve. Pass blocking looked good though… against Akron. I’m 99% focused on what they will look like in November-January and we were told there are 3 OL who could start in the nfl today. So I’m hopeful that was just a warm up! Agree on Frye! Glad Howard has wheels too. 1 Quote
YoloinOhio Posted September 8 Author Posted September 8 (edited) Will Howard is like baby Josh Allen. Inaccurate deep balls too 😂He’s so fast though haha Edited September 8 by YoloinOhio Quote
Willyville Guy Posted September 27 Posted September 27 Feeling pretty good heading into conference play. The offense looks absolutely explosive. Judkins seems as great as advertised -- runs like an animal between the tackles and has the speed to break away. Last week he reminded me of Clarett or late-2019 Dobbins. Henderson looks great in space and seems to be running a little harder this year than maybe we've seen in the past. The counter he took to the house last week was a thing of beauty. The new OC is definitely making his mark on the run game. OL seems to be improving week to week - still need to get the right side situated. And then these receivers.... The defense looks good to me too, although I don't understand why they still don't get sacks or interceptions in Knowles's third year. It's been pretty vanilla so far and maybe they have more looks coming as the season goes on, but I feel like we should be seeing more big plays with the talent on that side of the ball. Tyliek being out last week had a bigger impact than I expected -- he's critical. Ransom is a stud. I haven't heard Downs's name called very often, but it seems like he's holding down the entire back end by himself so that Ransom can be a heat-seeking missile out there. BEAT SPARTY Quote
Kirby Jackson Posted September 29 Posted September 29 On 8/31/2024 at 7:20 PM, Kirby Jackson said: Jeremiah Smith… Bump 1 Quote
YoloinOhio Posted September 29 Author Posted September 29 21 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said: Bump He can somehow even catch Devin brown passes. Hand him the Heisman. 1 1 Quote
Kirby Jackson Posted September 29 Posted September 29 23 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: He can somehow even catch Devin brown passes. Hand him the Heisman. He’s ridiculous. It looks like he’s playing a different game. 1 Quote
YoloinOhio Posted October 5 Author Posted October 5 (edited) Can he make it to Houston by 1:00 tomorrow Edited October 5 by YoloinOhio 1 Quote
Sojourner Posted October 5 Posted October 5 11 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Can he make it to Houston by 1:00 tomorrow The piece at the end where they mention cris carter and his freshman record. I would have thought that would have been broken by now with the insane talent they’ve had at WO and the shift in passing culture. 1 1 Quote
Willyville Guy Posted October 6 Posted October 6 3 hours ago, Sojourner said: The piece at the end where they mention cris carter and his freshman record. I would have thought that would have been broken by now with the insane talent they’ve had at WO and the shift in passing culture. It‘s rare for a true freshman to get this much playing time at a skill position. Clarett is the last one I can recall. 1 Quote
YoloinOhio Posted October 6 Author Posted October 6 13 hours ago, Willyville Guy said: It‘s rare for a true freshman to get this much playing time at a skill position. Clarett is the last one I can recall. Especially true freshman WR. There are always guys ahead of them. J smitty is rare air. 1 Quote
Willyville Guy Posted October 13 Posted October 13 (edited) Pain. Tough loss on the road against a very good Oregon team in a wild environment, and a game with a bunch of weird bounces that was still there to be won at the end. OSU will likely still be in the playoff and may get a shot at redemption in Indy -- and if it happens I think they probably win based on what I saw last night. Still, wtf. I'm seeing nothing great from Knowles or LJ, and now I'm wondering once again if those two are on the same page. Burke is the only player on the roster who talks smack outside of games, and he got absolutely targeted and torched. Clock management at the end was obviously bad -- although I'm not sure why 12 men on the field before the snap isn't a dead-ball penalty? Day moving to 2-6 against top 5 teams.... Lots of questions, but the team is still stacked and this train rolls on. Go Bucks. Edited October 13 by Willyville Guy 1 1 Quote
Kirby Jackson Posted October 14 Posted October 14 On 10/13/2024 at 12:39 PM, Willyville Guy said: Pain. Tough loss on the road against a very good Oregon team in a wild environment, and a game with a bunch of weird bounces that was still there to be won at the end. OSU will likely still be in the playoff and may get a shot at redemption in Indy -- and if it happens I think they probably win based on what I saw last night. Still, wtf. I'm seeing nothing great from Knowles or LJ, and now I'm wondering once again if those two are on the same page. Burke is the only player on the roster who talks smack outside of games, and he got absolutely targeted and torched. Clock management at the end was obviously bad -- although I'm not sure why 12 men on the field before the snap isn't a dead-ball penalty? Day moving to 2-6 against top 5 teams.... Lots of questions, but the team is still stacked and this train rolls on. Go Bucks. Good summary and that 2-6 is scary because the Bucks are usually a top 5 team. He wins 1 out of 3 against comparable teams. That’s not good enough. 1 1 Quote
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