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Classyposter58

Oh god not the Illini. OSU never ever plays good against them or Purdue. Yet usually always takes it to MSU or Minnesota no matter how good they are

dlazz

Classyposter58;1308533 wrote:Oh god not the Illini. OSU never ever plays good against them or Purdue. Yet usually always takes it to MSU or Minnesota no matter how good they are

Minnesota is never good, so I don't know what you're talking about.

BigAppleBuckeye

Classyposter58;1308533 wrote: Yet usually always takes it to MSU or Minnesota no matter how good they are

"Agreed"
Signed, Joe Germaine and the '98 Buckeyes

vball10set

BigAppleBuckeye;1309765 wrote:"Agreed"
Signed, Joe Germaine and the '98 Buckeyes

This, and the '06 NC game, are still a huge punch in the gut...that '98 team was frickin' loaded!!!

vball10set

http://www.toledoblade.com/Ohio-State/2012/11/01/Offensive-line-coach-Ed-Warinner-screams-success.html

Remember last winter when Meyer labeled the line “non-functional?” Not anymore. The same unit that yielded 46 sacks last season — the most by a Big Ten team in four seasons — and lost three starters who signed with NFL teams is now a cornerstone strength.
Anchored by left tackle and St. John’s Jesuit graduate Jack Mewhort, the crew of four juniors and a senior has kept quarterback Braxton Miller safer in the pocket and cleared room for one of the country’s top rushing offenses. The Buckeyes’ 248 ground yards per game is fourth-most among BCS schools.
“That’s the whole reason why we are where we are today,” Meyer said recently of the line, which has allowed just 18 sacks through nine games. “Tell it the way it is. Our offensive line is coming on.”

Fly4Fun

It's amazing what having a real O-line coach can do. The players we have had at OSU have always had the ability/talent/athleticism. We just had the worst offensive line coach in the history of football.

It's really quite amazing how bad our offensive line was for so long and yet Bollman stuck around.

se-alum

O-line should be scary good next year.

FatHobbit

Is the O-line better, or is the competition worse? (I'm asking. I'm not an O-line expert)

2011
Akron 1-11 0 sacks
Toledo 9-4 0 sacks
Miami 6-6 2 sacks
Colorado 3-10 3 sacks
Michigan St 11-3 9 sacks (they averaged 3.2/game last year)
Nebraska 9-4 1 sack (they averaged 1.6/game last year)
Illinois 7-6 4 sacks (they averaged 3.15/game last year)
Wisconsin 11-3 3 sacks (they averaged 1.8/game last year)
Indiana 1-11 6 sacks (they averaged 1.5/game last year)
Purdue 7-6 5 sacks (they averaged 1.7/game last year)
Penn St 9-4 3 sacks (they averaged 2.4/game last year)
Michigan 11-2 4 sacks (they averaged 2.3/game last year)
Florida 7-6 6 sacks
92-76 54%

2012
Miami 4-4 4 sacks
UCF 6-2 1 sack
Cal 3-6 0 sacks
UAB 1-7 2 sacks
Michigan St 5-4 1 sack (they average 1.2/game)
Nebraska 6-2 2 sacks (they average 3/game)
Indiana 3-5 2 sacks (they average 2.5/game)
Purdue 3-5 0 sacks (they average 1.625/game)
Penn St 5-3 4 sacks (they average 2.875/game)
36-38 48%

FatHobbit

I also looked at out run/pass attempts per game.

in 2011 we ran 43 times/game and attempted 18.8 passes/game
in 2012 we are running 45.4 times/game and attempting 24.4 passes/game

So we are giving up less sacks with more pass attempts.

Classyposter58

dlazz;1308854 wrote:Minnesota is never good, so I don't know what you're talking about.

Dude remember when Glen Mason was there? They almost won the dang B1G once and always were respectable

vball10set

Classyposter58;1310117 wrote:Dude remember when Glen Mason was there? They almost won the dang B1G once and always were respectable

This...and 10/14/2000

FatHobbit

vball10set;1310123 wrote:This...and 10/14/2000

Mason was a good coach. I can't believe you're still hung up a game that happened 12 years ago.

I mean, I get the upsets of good teams (MSU 98 comes to mind) but 2000 was a very meaty okre year for the bucks.

vball10set

FatHobbit;1310440 wrote:Mason was a good coach. I can't believe you're still hung up a game that happened 12 years ago. I mean, I get the upsets of good teams (MSU 98 comes to mind) but 2000 was a very meaty okre year for the bucks.

wtf you talking about, "hung up"? I was just referencing the fact that Minny hasn't always been terrible, and that they've had some successful seasons. Relax :rolleyes:

FatHobbit

vball10set;1310446 wrote:wtf you talking about, "hung up"? I was just referencing the fact that Minny hasn't always been terrible, and that they've had some successful seasons. Relax :rolleyes:

I worded that poorly.

I just thought it was funny you referenced the date.

LJ

OSU is 38-3 against Minny since 1950 and 43-7 all time.

se-alum

FatHobbit;1310440 wrote:Mason was a good coach. I can't believe you're still hung up a game that happened 12 years ago. I mean, I get the upsets of good teams (MSU 98 comes to mind) but 2000 was a very meaty okre year for the bucks.

Minnesota made a mistake getting rid of Mason. They may not have won big games with him, but at least he got NFL talent on the team.

BigAppleBuckeye

se-alum;1310504 wrote:Minnesota made a mistake getting rid of Mason. They may not have won big games with him, but at least he got NFL talent on the team.

I always wonder what would have happened if Mason got the OSU coaching job instead of Tressel (I believe he was in the final 2 if I remember correctly). Funny thinking back at that time, there were all these rumors of Jon Gruden being on a flight to Columbus to accept the job, and Bob Stoops leaving Oklahoma to coach the Buckeyes.

WebFire

BigAppleBuckeye;1310510 wrote:I always wonder what would have happened if Mason got the OSU coaching job instead of Tressel (I believe he was in the final 2 if I remember correctly). Funny thinking back at that time, there were all these rumors of Jon Gruden being on a flight to Columbus to accept the job, and Bob Stoops leaving Oklahoma to coach the Buckeyes.

Isn't Gruden somehow involved in rumors for every open college coaching job? Kind of funny, really.

FatHobbit

BigAppleBuckeye;1310510 wrote:I always wonder what would have happened if Mason got the OSU coaching job instead of Tressel (I believe he was in the final 2 if I remember correctly).

He was in the final 2. I was dissapointed (not for long) when they chose Tressel.

Heretic

WebFire;1310513 wrote:Isn't Gruden somehow involved in rumors for every open coaching job? Kind of funny, really.

Fix'd. He's the guy everyone seems to want or at least hypothesize could be coming there. Meanwhile, he just sits in the commentator's booth letting everyone know that the two QBs on the field at any given time are the two greatest players in the history of the game.

FatHobbit

Heretic;1310592 wrote:Fix'd. He's the guy everyone seems to want or at least hypothesize could be coming there. Meanwhile, he just sits in the commentator's booth letting everyone know that the two QBs on the field at any given time are the two greatest players in the history of the game.

It's a nice gig, if you can get it.

vball10set