From 10C at the ‘Shoe, I shall argue that our best offense is keeping our defense and special teams on the field. 2-INT Pick-6 and a kick-off return for a touchdown by Ray Small put 21 of our 31 points on the board. With the exception of a 2 minute drive to end the 1st half, the leader of our offense appeared confused, hesitant and mistake prone. If Pryor is not capable of being a decision maker, a requirement in Tressel ball, then someone who can make decisions needs to take his place. Pryor’s freakish athleticism could still be utilized to scare the shit out of opposing defenses on nearly every play.
Our glorious media will be pointing out over the next week that Ohio State was out gained 368 to a measly 184, that Ohio State only gained 8 first downs to the Badgers 22, and that Wisconsin had the ball for basically 3 entire quarters of the game (42 minutes 3 seconds). Those numbers will be told to the tune of Wisconsin’s failure to win the game and that Ohio State eked out the W with “Horseshoe Magic”. Our defense dominated that game in stifling fashion. Wisconsin’s offense output was so much greater because they spent 75% of the time WITH THE BALL. Three touchdowns through special teams and defense means that our offense hardly ever stepped on the field and they never had to.
You can argue that our offense was ineffective and the numbers are certainly on your side. But the Badger’s offense was equally ineffective. John Clay, monster of a running back who we will soon be watching on Sundays, averaged less than 3 yards per carry. I already spoke of two INT’s from Wisconsin QB Tolzein but he was also sacked 6 times with pressure coming nearly all day. Wisconsin had the ball for nearly 50% more than a team normally does through the course of a football game yet they only produced 13 points. The Badger scoring average coming into this game was 35 points which means that having the ball 50% longer netted one third of their scoring average. Let me know if any of our glorious media report those numbers.
As a final thought, our offense, actually just Pryor, needs some fecal cohesion. Our defense may not always be able to provide the dominance they exhibited yesterday. Simply start with decision making and sustaining drives to chew up the clock and let our defense rest. Your think our defense will be able to stay on the field that long against a spread offense like Michigan and not get completely gassed? I don’t. We had a solid win today and hats off to our defense; let’s keep it rolling into next week with Purdue.
Now That’s Defense
From 10C at the ‘Shoe, I shall argue that our best offense is keeping our defense and special teams on the field. 2-INT Pick-6 and a kick-off return for a touchdown by Ray Small put 21 of our 31 points on the board. With the exception of a 2 minute drive to end the 1st half, the leader of our offense appeared confused, hesitant and mistake prone. If Pryor is not capable of being a decision maker, a requirement in Tressel ball, then someone who can make decisions needs to take his place. Pryor’s freakish athleticism could still be utilized to scare the shit out of opposing defenses on nearly every play.
Our glorious media will be pointing out over the next week that Ohio State was out gained 368 to a measly 184, that Ohio State only gained 8 first downs to the Badgers 22, and that Wisconsin had the ball for basically 3 entire quarters of the game (42 minutes 3 seconds). Those numbers will be told to the tune of Wisconsin’s failure to win the game and that Ohio State eked out the W with “Horseshoe Magic”. Our defense dominated that game in stifling fashion. Wisconsin’s offense output was so much greater because they spent 75% of the time WITH THE BALL. Three touchdowns through special teams and defense means that our offense hardly ever stepped on the field and they never had to.
You can argue that our offense was ineffective and the numbers are certainly on your side. But the Badger’s offense was equally ineffective. John Clay, monster of a running back who we will soon be watching on Sundays, averaged less than 3 yards per carry. I already spoke of two INT’s from Wisconsin QB Tolzein but he was also sacked 6 times with pressure coming nearly all day. Wisconsin had the ball for nearly 50% more than a team normally does through the course of a football game yet they only produced 13 points. The Badger scoring average coming into this game was 35 points which means that having the ball 50% longer netted one third of their scoring average. Let me know if any of our glorious media report those numbers.
As a final thought, our offense, actually just Pryor, needs some fecal cohesion. Our defense may not always be able to provide the dominance they exhibited yesterday. Simply start with decision making and sustaining drives to chew up the clock and let our defense rest. Your think our defense will be able to stay on the field that long against a spread offense like Michigan and not get completely gassed? I don’t. We had a solid win today and hats off to our defense; let’s keep it rolling into next week with Purdue.