Ohio State hires Broyles finalist as DC
https://twitter.com/nicoleauerbach/status/1468347949721784325?s=21
Jim Knowles defense was the main reason Oklahoma State was in position to play for the playoff last weekend. He’s a little older and has a similar career track to Don Brown (former FCS head coach and experience in the ACC).
He’ll take over after the Rose Bowl, so no idea yet on staff changes to current group.
December 7th, 2021 at 6:20 PM ^
Let's take his juice
December 7th, 2021 at 6:22 PM ^
For the record: Penn State was apparently also targeting Knowles, as they may end up losing both their co-DCs to HC jobs in Virginia.
December 7th, 2021 at 6:23 PM ^
I think the BPONE is still strong here for some. Courtney Morgan leaves for Washington and our pets heads are falling off for posters, OSU hires this guy who will be in a new system, new conference and going against our explosive offense next year and people are like the Death Star just became unbeatable again. Day has one more year to right this ship, pressure is all on him next year.
December 7th, 2021 at 6:57 PM ^
Larry Coker sends his greetings.
December 7th, 2021 at 6:23 PM ^
After all of the grief that SAD Oklahoma State fans have poured onto Twitter over the Broyles Award...
December 7th, 2021 at 8:02 PM ^
They have had a rough last 72 hours.
December 7th, 2021 at 8:25 PM ^
Seriously every thread I go to related to college football is “Harbaugh shouldn’t get CoY” or “Aidan doesn’t deserve the Heisman” or “Gattis shouldn’t have won the Broyles award”.
It’s annoying to have to muck through this shit.
December 7th, 2021 at 6:33 PM ^
He did have the best defense in one of the worst conferences this year. Congrats I guess?
December 7th, 2021 at 6:35 PM ^
No surprise here. After the beat down we gave them, Day was forced to make changes. Game in C-Bus next year will be interesting. I think we will need to rely on the Offense next year, which sets up a fun matchup with any revamped OSU D he puts in-place.
December 7th, 2021 at 10:55 PM ^
OSU was going to hire a new DC given their performance this year no matter the outcome of the Michigan game. We’ll have plenty of time to see his new D prior to late November next year.
December 7th, 2021 at 6:37 PM ^
BIG 12 DC for a BIG 12 team.
December 7th, 2021 at 6:46 PM ^
Oklahoma State’s average defensive starter age was 21.9 years old.
I am curious to see if some of his success this year was due to overage seniors getting COVID years.
December 7th, 2021 at 6:47 PM ^
I know when I think good hard nosed defensive football, the first thing that comes to mind is Oklahoma State.
December 7th, 2021 at 6:49 PM ^
Here are his F+ rankings as a coordinator (combo of SP+ and FEI):
2021 at OK State: 3
2020 at OK State: 13
2019 at OK State: 49
2018 at OK State: 76
2017 at Duke: 22
2016 at Duke: 55
2015 at Duke: 54
2014 at Duke: 52
2013 at Duke: 65
2012 at Duke: 101
2011 at Duke: 96
2010 at Duke: 100
December 7th, 2021 at 8:06 PM ^
That's a solid track record. Made Duke a pretty decent defense with the terrible talent they usually had, and then turning Oklahoma State into a great defense is very impressive
December 7th, 2021 at 6:49 PM ^
OSU board in 247 stating he will do better because he has ‘better talent’. But … how much does that matter when Michigan shut their star QB down with 3/4*’s?
UM D scheme > OSU D scheme
December 8th, 2021 at 12:27 PM ^
I wouldn't say the D shut down Stroud, he did throw for almost 400 yards. The D absolutely played great bend-but-don't-break defense keeping OSU to FGs on a few drives when they got into the redzone. On the other hand, the D absolutely shut down OSU's run game.
December 7th, 2021 at 6:51 PM ^
I don’t know a ton a Knowles, but lets look at this year in context.
Texas is GOD AWFUL this year (wife and I have season tix) and Oklahoma probably had one of their worst teams in recent memory.
The Big12 was completely wide open and they still couldn’t get it done. Thats more on the offense, but it’s not like his defense shut down Baylor.
Yes he was a Broyles Finalist and he has a ton of coaching experience….BUT, if he is so good with soo much experience why is he not a HC? Im getting Don Brown vibes here.
To be fair I didn’t look up his his achievements and complete past successes. But my librarian is faxing it over.
All Im saying is this is probably an upgrade over Coombs, but this isn’t Venebuls.
I’m betting and hoping that the new OSU DC will Know Less than Gattis as long as he stays at UM.
December 7th, 2021 at 7:02 PM ^
This is my read of it too. I think Oklahoma State took advantage of a relatively down year from the sort of Big 12 offenses we are accustomed to seeing. I mean, Oklahoma (the #1 offense in the Big 12) was #28 nationally in yards per game. Oklahoma.
December 7th, 2021 at 8:43 PM ^
The top offense statistically in the Big 12 was Oklahoma, no surprise. They are 28th in the nation in total offense, surprising. Georgia finished one spot better, never saw that coming.
December 7th, 2021 at 9:59 PM ^
There was only so much that the Okie state defense could do when their QB threw 4 interceptions...his defense shutout Baylor in the second half
December 7th, 2021 at 6:52 PM ^
Who cares F Ohio.
December 7th, 2021 at 6:59 PM ^
A good hire but anyone would have been an improvement.
December 7th, 2021 at 7:10 PM ^
Buckeye fans think they just got a family member of Beyonce on staff.
December 7th, 2021 at 7:19 PM ^
The whole OSU program disgusts me. Its entirely about football, boosters and nothing else. There isn't a scintilla of academic credibility. Honestly, they should transfer to the SEC.
December 7th, 2021 at 7:37 PM ^
But I thought they lost because they were sick, not because of the bad coaching.
December 7th, 2021 at 9:27 PM ^
Don’t forget the snow and the refs who were biased towards Michigan
December 7th, 2021 at 7:41 PM ^
I know this guy a little from his Cornell days. I don’t think this is a particularly good hire from OSU. He’s spent most of his career coaching players with better ability to process information (at Cornell and Duke) than the guys he’ll get at OSU, and even at OkSt his great year was on the back of a bunch of Brooks Bollinger-style 6th year seniors with a ton of veteran experience. Not a schematic genius, couldn’t win as an HC at f’in Cornell, and not someone who has coached the type of players he’ll get at OSU, for better or for worse. He’s competent and there won’t be a recurrence of the raging tire fire of OSU’s first couple of games this season, but he’s not remotely at the level of, say, Schiano, who was grossly overqualified to coach a defense.
December 7th, 2021 at 8:54 PM ^
Seems like a good hire. We'll know more after they play Notre Dame and MSU early in the season.
December 7th, 2021 at 9:07 PM ^
They hire a big 12 coordinator after getting pounded for 300 yards rushing? Perfect
December 7th, 2021 at 9:36 PM ^
Saw a piece about him on YouTube and he’s got a goofball personality. Seems to me he fits in with Gundy, who’s also kind of a goofball. I question how good of a fit he’ll be with Day, who is wound pretty tight.
December 7th, 2021 at 9:45 PM ^
Uh, I watched this year's edition of Bedlam.
Nothing about Oklahoma State's defense really impressed me.
December 7th, 2021 at 9:55 PM ^
On a related note, I find it delicious Marcus Freeman hates OSU so much.
He said it was a mistake to play there. lol
December 8th, 2021 at 12:38 PM ^
You have a better link? I'm getting a "page not found" error.
December 7th, 2021 at 10:11 PM ^
Yeah and? Can kinda stop Big12 offenses. This should go well!
December 7th, 2021 at 10:23 PM ^
Right now, who fucking cares what they do.
December 7th, 2021 at 10:39 PM ^
They hired Gattis?!
December 7th, 2021 at 11:19 PM ^
Sure he had a good season. But being the #1 defense in the PAC 12 is alot like being the hottest waitress at Denny's.
December 8th, 2021 at 10:21 AM ^
Good thing we have a Broyles winner as OC.
December 8th, 2021 at 10:38 AM ^
Had one “good” (B12 offenses were historically down) year with a bunch of seniors and now all of a sudden he’s a good DC? Let’s look at his numbers against their number #1 rival, also far and above the best team over his tenure in the Big 12, Oklahoma:
2018: allowed 48 points and 702!!! yards of offense (353! yards rushing… ouch)
2019: 34 points and 450 yards of offense (283 yards rushing)
2020: 41 points and 492 yards of offense (191 yards of rushing, not terrible ?)
2021: 33 points and 441 yards of offense (189 yards rushing)
This is the solution to Ohio State’s defense? Yikes… All I see is a DC who consistently got shredded on the ground against the best team he played in conference. Smells like Don Brown.