I would watch a show about the Cuyahoga Community College Landscaping Team’s journey to take silver at the National Championships. Were they thrilled? robbed? Is there some crusty old NE Ohio landscaping coach running his recruits through the mulch every year dreaming of April glory?
Never forget:
HRC won the popular vote by a larger margin in ‘16 than DJT did in ‘24
This is the worst basketball game I’ve watched in a long time, and I watched multiple DePaul games this year.
We’ve strayed so far from god’s light
Real Pod Wednesdays: @kylejones32.bsky.social joins us to break down what Ohio State could look like schematically in 2025 after coaching staff changes on both sides of the ball.
Defensive Coordinator
Hurts is just JT Barrett in fancier packaging
This is the most correct take
Having a lot of success on early down throws. Gotta think the commitment to stopping Saquon is a big reason why.
I’ve seen this one before 🤔
In our final Film Study review of the '24 campaign, @kylejones32.bsky.social shows us how Will Howard forever cemented his name in Buckeye lore.
CFP title game preview sneak peek: Notre Dame's Cover-1 is unreal. (But Ohio State passing against a Cover-1 might be even better.)
A tradition unlike any other
Do the S-E-C chant, Block O.
I dare you.
And it’s gonna happen again and again by all the staffs who saw IU get labeled as “better coached” this past season
Great, I’ll put some time on our calendars.
Holy 💩
#BearDown
That statement perfectly sums up all of my text messages from August to January
As mentioned in my preview yesterday - Rourke turned into a different player once pressure started getting home against Michigan.
Same story today.
Best player in America
2️⃣
They’re stunting more on 3rd downs to rush the pass but you’re right, more LB blitzes paired with slants from the DL. Big difference is they’re just mixing up run fits in different ways.
Regardless of what happens tomorrow, I’ll be breaking it down for @11w.bsky.social next week. Come check out this week’s analysis of the Northwestern game if you haven’t already: www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-f...
But there also aren’t any freaks that jump off the screen when you watch the film. OSU will have a major physical advantage in this game, the question is whether it can avoid making mistakes, as Indiana has done a great job of taking advantage when an opponent does so.
In all, Indiana is a well-coached team on both sides of the ball in that everyone is always where they’re supposed to be and they execute well.
There’s nothing exotic happening schematically, but maybe that means they have saved some tricks up their sleeves for Saturday?
But they’ll also play man-coverage and blitz 6 to get off the field. They haven’t seen WRs like OSU’s, however, so it’ll be interesting to see if/when they go this route.
The big change-up is disguising Tampa 2 on passing downs. Below, we see them line up with 1 deep safety before dropping into 2-deep zone, looping the OLB on a stunt to get pressure with only 4.
That desire to plug inside gaps is great against zone but can be attacked with gap concepts like Counter.
On nearly every snap, the stand-up OLB is to the boundary with a nickelback to the field, but will alternate which player is the 4th rusher.
Defensively, the Hoosiers base out of 3-down looks and play a lot of coverages in the Quarters family. The DL isn’t full of freaks so they want to put bodies on interior gaps and keep LBs free to make tackles, but will often send pressure off 1 edge.
