I cannot believe that the same brain trust that came up with last weeks gameplans came up with this mess. On offense I could not understand why players bothered with the wristbands. There weren't enough plays in the game plan to need to check their wristbands. Pryor ran 8 times. Our best weapon ran the ball 8 times. How many of those were called runs? He is primed to throw the ball, 14 of 17. This gameplan just stunk up the joint. I only noticed Tressel consult Hazel one time. Maybe he was talking to him more. I only saw them communicate one time. Every single time there was an opportunity to be bold, to go out and get it, we chose to play it safe. Even on defense we looked like the pre-USC 2008 defense. Sit back, keep it in front of us. No blitzing. This was play not to lose at its ugliest.

Several players really had bad games. Chekwa has not been beaten that much the rest of the year put together. I want a word worse than awful but I don't want to sit and think about it any longer than I have to. McNutt ate him alive. You can bet the pro people are going to break down this tape in detail. Anderson Russell had two interceptions. In between he was his usual indecisive self. He said it himself after the Texas game. Last line of defense and he gets caught between playing the ball and playing the man. The first interception was another indecisive play that happened to fall right in his lap. He was late but so was the pass. If he broke on the receiver when he should of, he is hitting him and not in place to make the interception. On the first Iowa scoring possession early in the drive he was late and gave up a big play. It should have been a touchdown instead of a field goal drive. Russell is late again but Stross dropped a touchdown pass that hit him square in the chest. The big play that set up the missed field goal to start the second half was Russells fault. Maybe they said something to him at the half. He is covering the wide side of the field but follows a receiver all the way to the other hashmark, leaving Torrence no cover. I HATE being at this point with Russell. He was always such a class act back in the days when I called players. A really nice kid. Now the only time he seems to catch my attention is when he is doing something wrong. Andy Miller must be hurt. I did not see him in there at all. There is no way that Jim Cordle is a better left tackle. He had one good block, on the Saine 49 yard touchdown run. He said as much in the paper this morning. He got whipped play after play by an awfully good player in Adrian Clayborn. Maybe that is why we did not try and throw more. We could not block #94. This is not about Cordle. Coaching staff decisions with personnel have everything to do with why he ended up getting beaten so badly yesterday. He was a kid that came here as an inside player moved out to right tackle then to left tackle. That is completely backward from how it is done. He is so out of position he can't be expected to do much better. Not against a kid of that caliber.

I think the team was flat in general but the game plan was so much about not losing that it nearly prevented us from winning. Really, if JT is going to step in and call game like this and he is going to do it this way, there is no reason for a new OC.A change in offensive line coach and offensive coordinator will suffice for now but Jim Tressel himself is going to become the target for Buckeye Nation in the future when we see this kind of pathetic performance. We will not win the Rose Bowl this way. We had a had enough time beating a really good Iowa team with this garbage let alone a top team. The old saying goes "Fortune favors the Bold". Someone needs to carry that banner into the stadium in the future.

I am done with this. I went on longer than I intended to. I want to enjoy the Rose Bowl berth and get ready for Michigan week. I don't want to waste another moment thinking about what this coaching staff nearly did to this classy bunch of seniors. Pathetic.

OneBuckeye wrote: This is the article I would rather see. I agree with this article completly. It wasn't condisending to the players and their efforts this season. It is from Duane Long's blog.

devil1197 wrote: Why do people think its a trust factor? Maybe the reason why OSU is running the football is because they running it very effectively.

Why air it out all the time like most people love seeing when you are getting 4+ ypc and 200+ a game?
The same conservative play calling built the 14 point lead so people need to quit bitching and complaining. Our offensive running game ran straight down the field against Iowa for two TD's. They built a 14 point lead with this so called crappy offense. If it wasn't for a blown tackle on the kick coverage and the offsides by Williams the game would have been a blow out.

Just because it isn't flashy or there are drives where it stalls quickly doesn't mean its a crappy offense.

OneBuckeye wrote: This is the article I would rather see. I agree with this article completly. It wasn't condisending to the players and their efforts this season. It is from Duane Long's blog.

I cannot believe that the same brain trust that came up with last weeks gameplans came up with this mess. On offense I could not understand why players bothered with the wristbands. There weren't enough plays in the game plan to need to check their wristbands. Pryor ran 8 times. Our best weapon ran the ball 8 times. How many of those were called runs? He is primed to throw the ball, 14 of 17. This gameplan just stunk up the joint. I only noticed Tressel consult Hazel one time. Maybe he was talking to him more. I only saw them communicate one time. Every single time there was an opportunity to be bold, to go out and get it, we chose to play it safe. Even on defense we looked like the pre-USC 2008 defense. Sit back, keep it in front of us. No blitzing. This was play not to lose at its ugliest.

Several players really had bad games. Chekwa has not been beaten that much the rest of the year put together. I want a word worse than awful but I don't want to sit and think about it any longer than I have to. McNutt ate him alive. You can bet the pro people are going to break down this tape in detail. Anderson Russell had two interceptions. In between he was his usual indecisive self. He said it himself after the Texas game. Last line of defense and he gets caught between playing the ball and playing the man. The first interception was another indecisive play that happened to fall right in his lap. He was late but so was the pass. If he broke on the receiver when he should of, he is hitting him and not in place to make the interception. On the first Iowa scoring possession early in the drive he was late and gave up a big play. It should have been a touchdown instead of a field goal drive. Russell is late again but Stross dropped a touchdown pass that hit him square in the chest. The big play that set up the missed field goal to start the second half was Russells fault. Maybe they said something to him at the half. He is covering the wide side of the field but follows a receiver all the way to the other hashmark, leaving Torrence no cover. I HATE being at this point with Russell. He was always such a class act back in the days when I called players. A really nice kid. Now the only time he seems to catch my attention is when he is doing something wrong. Andy Miller must be hurt. I did not see him in there at all. There is no way that Jim Cordle is a better left tackle. He had one good block, on the Saine 49 yard touchdown run. He said as much in the paper this morning. He got whipped play after play by an awfully good player in Adrian Clayborn. Maybe that is why we did not try and throw more. We could not block #94. This is not about Cordle. Coaching staff decisions with personnel have everything to do with why he ended up getting beaten so badly yesterday. He was a kid that came here as an inside player moved out to right tackle then to left tackle. That is completely backward from how it is done. He is so out of position he can't be expected to do much better. Not against a kid of that caliber.

I think the team was flat in general but the game plan was so much about not losing that it nearly prevented us from winning. Really, if JT is going to step in and call game like this and he is going to do it this way, there is no reason for a new OC.A change in offensive line coach and offensive coordinator will suffice for now but Jim Tressel himself is going to become the target for Buckeye Nation in the future when we see this kind of pathetic performance. We will not win the Rose Bowl this way. We had a had enough time beating a really good Iowa team with this garbage let alone a top team. The old saying goes "Fortune favors the Bold". Someone needs to carry that banner into the stadium in the future.

I am done with this. I went on longer than I intended to. I want to enjoy the Rose Bowl berth and get ready for Michigan week. I don't want to waste another moment thinking about what this coaching staff nearly did to this classy bunch of seniors. Pathetic.