The Ohio State Buckeyes
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Is it wrong to admit the second half has been a bit boring? After Brewer went out, the Bucks have dominated both sides of the ball. Hokie defense looks plumb tuckered out. Certainly not complaining. Some of the plays have been amazing. The stop and go move for the Thomas touchdown on Fuller was as smooth as it gets. Seeing Barrett snag a 41yd run was excellent. Just plain stomping them now.
I could tell he was getting frustrated earlier on the sidelines after a quick offensive series. Glad he made a TD catch tonight!
Off to another great start. Anyone else see it posted on the screen that this makes 16 strait seasons that the Buckeyes won the opener. That's pretty amazing.
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Good game. Just a few observations.
1. If brewer didn't get hurt it would have been a far closer game. OSU could have very well been in trouble if brewer had played the 3rd and 4th quarter.
2. The OSU offensive line is leaking like a sieve. No pocket to speak of as VT had multiple penetrations per play.
Barrett has quite the arm and it was a great move putting Braxton on the line.
Overall they did pretty good. Not the showing I would expect from the returning champs against a creampuff VT but a win is a win. From what I saw tonight however it's a good thing OSUs schedule is extremely slack this year. Granted it's a first look, but they have a lot to work on.
1. If brewer didn't get hurt it would have been a far closer game. OSU could have very well been in trouble if brewer had played the 3rd and 4th quarter.
2. The OSU offensive line is leaking like a sieve. No pocket to speak of as VT had multiple penetrations per play.
Barrett has quite the arm and it was a great move putting Braxton on the line.
Overall they did pretty good. Not the showing I would expect from the returning champs against a creampuff VT but a win is a win. From what I saw tonight however it's a good thing OSUs schedule is extremely slack this year. Granted it's a first look, but they have a lot to work on.
They definitely struggled in the first half until karma took Brewer out.... Hopefully this was a warmup too get the cobwebs out of their heads.... Could of easily went the other way like Joe said if Brewer we still in....
In response to Joes post, can't disagree they have to shore some things up but I'll cut them some slack being it was the first game,it was on the road and in a hostile environment.
Hardly think VA Tech is a cream puff but looking at everyone ranked in the top 10 and who there next opponent is(exception being Oregon vs Mich St.), cream puffs aplenty! If you look at the first week scheduling over all it was pretty much tilted into all of the favored teams way but that's how it usually is during the first week.
The two turnovers in the first half was the biggest reason why the game was closer than most of us like,IMO. You let anyone hang around by giving them the ball with good field position it's going to happen.
I still think JT Barrett is the better option at QB and as he makes better decisions,quicker and faster on the designed runs and more accurate of a passer. The tipped pass by CJ that resulted in to a interception was being thrown to "who"? The TE with the defender wrapped around his back? There was no one open!!! He should have just thrown it away, IMO. CJ did make some good plays but in my eyes JT would have turned them into better plays...we'll see as the season goes on.
Hardly think VA Tech is a cream puff but looking at everyone ranked in the top 10 and who there next opponent is(exception being Oregon vs Mich St.), cream puffs aplenty! If you look at the first week scheduling over all it was pretty much tilted into all of the favored teams way but that's how it usually is during the first week.
The two turnovers in the first half was the biggest reason why the game was closer than most of us like,IMO. You let anyone hang around by giving them the ball with good field position it's going to happen.
I still think JT Barrett is the better option at QB and as he makes better decisions,quicker and faster on the designed runs and more accurate of a passer. The tipped pass by CJ that resulted in to a interception was being thrown to "who"? The TE with the defender wrapped around his back? There was no one open!!! He should have just thrown it away, IMO. CJ did make some good plays but in my eyes JT would have turned them into better plays...we'll see as the season goes on.