Scouting the Enemy: Ohio State QBs are Good
I was curious to see how the replacement QBs for JT Barrett would fair in their spring game and well, lets just say I think OSU's offense got a bit more dynamic in the QB department.
This also made their WRs look a lot better relatively.
Dwayne Haskins (raises fist in air in anger) went 9/19 120 yards with 2 great throws to Jaylen Harris (25 yards) and Ben Victor (43 yards)
Joe Burrow is giving Haskins a run for his money going 15/22 238 yards with another pair of great throws both to Demario McCall for 50 and 42 yards
Lastly, redshirt freshman Tate Martell seems to be the most JT-like in that he's a great runner but mediocre passer rushing 9 times for 59 yards while completing 5/16 for 28 yards.
Spring game caveats apply, but this year's OSU team is NOT going to be like the past 2 years with either Haskins or Burrow starting.
I hope our safeties are ready come November.
...You don't say?!
April 16th, 2018 at 11:49 AM ^
It did work in the case of Tate though. He was a revalation in the spring game, and it held up in the regular season until his head went south.
no, it is not.
I stand by my comment, and will continue to do so even in the face of the fiercest protestations from emergency room nurses.
My nose would get hit first, so I'm good.
Sign me up. Better than having an offense so complicated that multi-year players can't manage to run it.
Isn't that kind of the point with college-age kids? Allow them to be successful at what they can realistically do.
They played 2-hand touch btw
You're right, but Haskins managed to win The Game for them anyway. He'll probably be the starter and is for sure a better passer than JT as we found out.
April 15th, 2018 at 10:01 PM ^
April 16th, 2018 at 11:21 AM ^
...was prepped to step in in case The OSU offense was struggling late in the game.
Don Brown had Barrett locked up tight and Meyer knew it, he probably figured that Michigan prepped the D to stop Barrett but not anyone else. When Haskins came in I told my wife that this could be trouble, and it was.
That being said I think that any QB they play against us this year is going to have a very difficult time of it, and if we can limit te QB in the Meyer Offense we stand a pretty good chance of winning the game provided we don't make any stupid mistakes.
Are you going to post stuff like this all summer? Look, get off your knees, wipe off your mouth, and start supporting Michigan Football again.
with no pass rush.
Is Hole Fucking one of those "club sports" like Quidditch and Ultimate Frisbee that don't count towards the Directors Cup standings?
(Typos: The Bane of the MGoBlog Existence)
Actually OSU has never had a QB win the Super Bowl, but their system makes their QB's look good. Just win.
They never do crap in the NFL. But they play in a system that's great for college QBs.
That's how it should be.
I personally only care about Michigan's NFL QB success in terms of how well it lets us recruit.
So that we can win games.
Or . . . you could just have a system that already wins games in college.
That works too.
If the academy’s can get the wins they do with the extreme disadvantages they have I’d say that is the best “system” offense that exists.
It makes more sense than being another also ran running a spread and still falling short because we can’t match 5*s in the arms race vs. OSU & the southern schools.
If you really think that a spread would even slightly improve our chances vs. the powerhouses like OSU I’ll ask one question. What offense would they know best how to defend? Maybe the one they run?
Totally! I mean, they defended the Clemson spread O amazingly in the CFP in 2016!
Think we should do that? Build our team and run a system that if/when we finally get on level recruiting with the OSU’s we can beat them? I’m not willing to wait until NEVER which is when our top to bottom roster will match Clemson, Bama, OSU etc.
I thought we learned this from 08-11. Or did we just need Casteel?
Oh for sure! It was all talent and nothing to do with scheme and coaching whatsoever!
April 15th, 2018 at 11:14 PM ^
Ohio State didn't lose that game on D. They made Watson look pedestrian (259 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs).
April 16th, 2018 at 10:19 AM ^
So did everyone? Alabama fared way worse. So did 2016 FSU. I mean shit, Ohio State had 9 first downs and turned it over 3 times. Clemson had the ball for 35 minutes. OSU's defense was really good in that game when the offense was an active liability.
April 16th, 2018 at 11:00 AM ^
April 16th, 2018 at 12:15 PM ^
I mean, you're wrong, but ok. Clemson had the ball all the time because OSU's offense kept going 3 and out and giving it to them. Aren't you a Michigan fan? You see that movie every week.
April 16th, 2018 at 12:16 PM ^
That one hurts. Didn't have to put it that way :(