Willyville Guy

This is interesting.

I love how Day didn't take the bait and get into a dogfight, which is exactly what Dantonio wanted and the prior two coaches at OSU would have gladly obliged. Instead, Day found a way to get the ball to his playmakers in space, run up the score and make MSU try to keep up.

Watching Fields and the offense gradually figure out MSU's defense and then destroy it was highly, highly satisfying. The off-week comes at a good time because it sure looked like a lot of people were getting dinged up out there. Go Bucks!

If Michigan wins out, they’ll have a great argument for the playoffs.

MSU is a home bugaboo PSU is a road bugaboo

Worried about overconfidence heading into a night game with sparty. Everyone seems to be predicting another blow out. I hope we don’t get “Tressled.”

I'm not sure Urban's coaching held back the team, but his hiring practices did. Former LB coach and Urban's good friend Bill Davis certainly held back the defense. Zach Smith held back the WRs, and his relationship to Urban and Ohio State is well documented. Schiano is similar but not as egregious. Now that the "relationship" hires are gone and top-end coaches are developing the top-tier talent that Urban brought in, the team looks angry and fast again like it did in Urban's first few years. Hopefully Day sees that lesson from the end of Urban's tenure and learns from it.

Saturday is going to be a wild scene. I've heard uniformly excellent reports over the years about the atmosphere in and around Memorial Stadium. As for the game, I'm most interested to see if all the injuries along the D line cause noticeable problems against a stronger opponent than the Bucks have faced so far this year. I'm also interested to see if Victor in particular can play as calm and cool as he has so far with the bright lights on him.

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.