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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.

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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 🙁

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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. 

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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. 

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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

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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. 

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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. 

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