Willyville Guy

I can watch the Buckeyes stomp on opponents all day. Love it. I follow these kids as they come out of high school, develop themselves, wait for opportunities, and when they finally earn playing time and make plays it's fun to watch and celebrate their hard work.

I don’t like to see veteran depth walk out the door, but this is probably a smart move as his PT has been limited.

I’m really surprised by how terrible Schiano looks right now. He brought toughness to Rutgers, called an all-time defense for OSU in 2016, and I expected him to take over the program when Urban stepped down. Then the defense cratered and the same players are killing it so far this year under Mattison and company. Grinch gets a pass (somewhat) because it’s well known that he had expected full control last year and never got it. But Schiano, man that’s a tough look for him.

Turning over the keys to the Michigan offense to a guy who had never called plays before is inexcusable for a program like that.

Nice wheels on Jameson Williams ?

Who knew Miami would go harder than Cincy?

He looks like Clarett out there!

Most years we can see areas of concern or outright problems from the get-go even against "cupcakes." Like the defense and penalties last year, special teams the year before, something off between Barrett and his wide receivers... those issues tend to be minor hiccups in the tune-up games, but nobody is surprised when they cause huge problems down the stretch. It's unusual to see a Buckeye team play this clean right out of the gate. It certainly doesn't guarantee greatness in the future, but it's an exciting indicator for fans who watch all the games.

The Bucks looked like a complete team during their 51-10 beat down of the Hoosiers. Highly enjoyable. Dare I say... 9 strong?

Well, that was amazing.

I believe I saw Zeke tell Pantoni to "chill" on Twitter earlier this evening.

Go Bucks

That makes sense. Tough to draw conclusions after Game 1 against an opponent like that, although I'm very happy overall with how Fields looked -- which is the most important thing.

300+ total yards in the first half. Looks great in Lincoln Riley’s offense. Seems like a good kid with an interesting story. I’m rooting for him.

Came out hot with three TDs in the first six minutes. Fields looked great early. Dobbins ran hard - sick stiff arm on one play in particular. McCall ripped a 37 yd punt return and picked up yards as backup RB. It was fun as hell to finally see Victor and Olave featured at WR. Then FAU started making some adjustments, the pass protection started looking iffy, Fields got hit hard a few times and made some rookie decisions with the ball, a couple of fumbles, and all of a sudden the Bucks went nine series in a row without a score. Meanwhile, in the second half Kiffin started attacking the seams in the zone with his tight ends (as Harbaugh likes to do), and it worked. On one play in particular Wint tried to defend a pass without turning around, giving me nightmares about 2018, and all of a sudden this blowout celebration wasn’t as much fun for me as it should have been. Talent won out in the end. Run blocking looks solid, Fields grinded out tough yards in the second half, Mack made a sick leaping catch on a big play, and today Jeremy Ruckert looked like he may live up to the Gronk-level hype. Teague got good experience in the 4th quarter. But, it’s not hard to imagine how this game would have played out against a good team. On D, Young and Okudah looked as good as advertised. It was mentioned that Young added 20 pounds of muscle this offseason?! Thanks Chase and Coach Mick. Malik Harrison looked good to me, too. My nemesis Luck Fickell on deck with a Cincinnati team full of a kids who dreamed of one day playing for the Buckeyes. Yikes.

LFG!!

I have serious concerns about Cincinnati and Nebraska before MSU.

Jet sweep to McCaaaaal... GONE!

This is no bueno.

Former walk-on WR CJ Saunders has been voted a captain by his teammates. What a journey for that kid, and now I see that he's competing for backup H-Back. Incredible that he survived (and thrived!) at the most loaded position on offense.

Just snap the damn ball already.

With all the signings, excitement around Day's offense, and finally some momentum on defense, I'm pretty much fiending for some action. In the meantime, hell yeah - we need to appreciate Pantoni while we still have him (and Marotti).

July 1. Buckeye football starts next month.

Could be a snowball effect following some tough losses recently in games and on the recruiting trail. I gave Franklin credit last year when he said his team wasn't at an elite level -- thought that was an open and honest assessment of his team at that time. Maybe some top talent got turned off.

I agree with this. Even though this won't be a whiteout, Happy Valley is still a tough environment for visitors, and the fact that UB earned a prime time slot is yet another step forward for the program.