Absolutely agree with this. Until 2021, we had a QB hurt (at least what feels like) every year of the Jim Harbaugh era by OSU. We've had two years of getting the starting QB to OSU, and surprise, we beat OSU. That's not a guarantee. Will Johnson could get hurt and suddenly our CB position goes from a 4 to a 2 and our national title hopes become far dimmer. Luck is a huge element here...but so it is for virtually every other team.
Outside of the Cardale Jones year, how many times has OSU gotten their starting QB to the UM game healthy? What feels like all of them. Every college team fan out there, even for OSU, Bama, and Georgia, grimaces at the thought of a bad injury at the wrong position. We have everything we need to win a title, but we're still going to need a healthy dose of luck, just like every other team with title hopes.
And with all of that, my prediction is still 13-1 with a national title win. We get a bit of luck.
If your opponent stacks the box with 8, and you have 6 blockers, and you're running an RPO, you have 3 receivers (+ the TE) on the field (5 OL, 1 TE, 1 QB, 1 RB, 3 WR). That means those 3 WRs are single covered. You're gonna run 3 Go routes and find A.J. Henning for 60 yards and / or a TD 75% of the time there with no safety help. No defense is gonna do that.
Yep, this. I would love take my family to a cheap game (I have a young child who can't appreciate it yet, like the article said), but the ticket prices are absurd. No thanks, we'll watch it from the couch.
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Absolutely agree with this. Until 2021, we had a QB hurt (at least what feels like) every year of the Jim Harbaugh era by OSU. We've had two years of getting the starting QB to OSU, and surprise, we beat OSU. That's not a guarantee. Will Johnson could get hurt and suddenly our CB position goes from a 4 to a 2 and our national title hopes become far dimmer. Luck is a huge element here...but so it is for virtually every other team.
Outside of the Cardale Jones year, how many times has OSU gotten their starting QB to the UM game healthy? What feels like all of them. Every college team fan out there, even for OSU, Bama, and Georgia, grimaces at the thought of a bad injury at the wrong position. We have everything we need to win a title, but we're still going to need a healthy dose of luck, just like every other team with title hopes.
And with all of that, my prediction is still 13-1 with a national title win. We get a bit of luck.
Donovon for Denard-style backup QB
> I'd expect…
I'm confused:
20th best players in a draft are not usually gamebreakers and hall of famers.
I just hope it's not the refs.
M-12 W-11
If your opponent stacks the box with 8, and you have 6 blockers, and you're running an RPO, you have 3 receivers (+ the TE) on the field (5 OL, 1 TE, 1 QB, 1 RB, 3 WR). That means those 3 WRs are single covered. You're gonna run 3 Go routes and find A.J. Henning for 60 yards and / or a TD 75% of the time there with no safety help. No defense is gonna do that.
Yep, this. I would love take my family to a cheap game (I have a young child who can't appreciate it yet, like the article said), but the ticket prices are absurd. No thanks, we'll watch it from the couch.
Does anyone else get Jordan Anthony and Anthony Solomon confused constantly?
16-13