2023 ohio state

FORMATION NOTES: OSU was a pretty basic 4-3 outfit that usually had one deep safety but would sometimes add a second. This was a fairly typical look:

Note that the guy walked out over the slot is a linebacker, as Michigan has two TEs on the field. Loveland is split out to the top. I wanted Michigan to do more with this than they actually did. OSU also showed a lot of single-high.

That features Hancock, their nickel, because M is three-wide.

SUBSTITUTION NOTES: Michigan mixed some things up; there were two Orji snaps at QB. Mullings got five snaps, all in a two-back set with Edwards. Corum got 35 snaps to Edwards's 25. Jones got two bonus OL snaps before he was drafted at RT.

Loveland, Barner, Johnson, and Wilson were out there virtually all the time. Morris got 25 snaps, Bredeson 10, Morgan 5.

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Matt Demorest, Realtor and Lender and I have brought back our (sometimes-)weekly video short. The purpose of these is to show you something on film that you as a fan will be able to pick up on when you see it in the future. The topic du jour is Michigan's interesting coverages, which were many and caused all sorts of problems for Ohio State, especially in the meta game of who gets covered by linebackers.

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