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

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.

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

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!!!

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.”

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.

O-line should be scary good next year.

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%

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.

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

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

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.

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:

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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oh god, beth mowins.