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Topic: Five things I hope we don't do Saturday

Topic: Five things I hope we don't do Saturday

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ytownbobcat
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Five things I hope we don't do Saturday

Posted: 8/31/2016 10:53:53 AM

1.Force the action resulting in turnovers by guys just trying to do too much. Extend a run play ending with a fumble, force passes into coverage, return kick offs 7 yards deep in the end zone, etc.

2. lose our cool resulting in unnecessary penalties.

3. Get overly conservative on play calling.

4. Have breakdowns in the kicking game since everybody in new.

5. Panic if we fall behind early.

Bobcat1998
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RE: Five things I hope we don't do Saturday

Posted: 8/31/2016 11:08:35 AM

I don't see those things happening other than perhaps forcing the issue offensively. I am going to flip your topic and give you 5 things I am excited to finally see in live action against an opponent and am hopeful will work out or be better than expected!

1. Greg Windham to be a game manager and throw for 175 yards, a score or two and run for a score with no picks.
2. Our kicking game, both punter and kicker, to show that while they look the part, they are the real deal.
3. Our defensive backs, Miller, Houchins, Fox, Hagan, Nelson, Cunningham, Hardy et. al. are more ready than we think they are and turn into a strength.
4. Papi White makes a Sportscenter Top 10 play and Irons and Brown get meaningful carries when we are not blowing this team out.
5. Tom Strobel is an absolute stud and he, Laseak and Basham crush the Texas State Quarterback at least 5 times

Bcat2
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RE: Five things I hope we don't do Saturday

Posted: 8/31/2016 11:51:09 AM

Don't

play down to their level.

get cute.

Do

execute.

block.

tackle.

run the ball.

stop the run.

"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men." JFK

Ohio69
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RE: Five things I hope we don't do Saturday

Posted: 8/31/2016 12:47:44 PM

ytownbobcat wrote:

3. Get overly conservative on play calling.

This made me chuckle. I think your hopes will be dashed on this one.

Last Edited: 8/31/2016 12:48:04 PM by Ohio69

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OhioCatFan
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RE: Five things I hope we don't do Saturday

Posted: 8/31/2016 12:49:20 PM

Ohio69 wrote:

ytownbobcat wrote:

3. Get overly conservative on play calling.

This made me chuckle. I think your hopes will be dashed on this one.

Plain vanilla will be the order of the day.

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RE: Five things I hope we don't do Saturday

Posted: 8/31/2016 1:12:38 PM

ytownbobcat wrote:

6. Lose.

OU_Country
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RE: Five things I hope we don't do Saturday

Posted: 8/31/2016 1:25:04 PM

OhioCatFan wrote:

Ohio69 wrote:

ytownbobcat wrote:

3. Get overly conservative on play calling.

This made me chuckle. I think your hopes will be dashed on this one.

Plain vanilla will be the order of the day.

As it generally is. Frank is a lot of things, but adventuresome in play calling isn't something that seems too far up his alley.

TWT
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RE: Five things I hope we don't do Saturday

Posted: 8/31/2016 9:17:31 PM

I don't expect Ohio to play their best game of the season on Saturday but you won't be able to tell from the scoreboard. This is a tune up for Kansas.

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RE: Five things I hope we don't do Saturday

Posted: 8/31/2016 11:01:46 PM

I just want to see our defense get off the field after third and long. QB's escaping the pocket for first downs have been a trend recently.

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RE: Five things I hope we don't do Saturday

Posted: 8/31/2016 11:15:42 PM

Jughead wrote:

I just want to see our defense get off the field after third and long. QB's escaping the pocket for first downs have been a trend recently.

Per the Game Notes Ohio ranked 17th of 127 in 3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense. How horrible could it be?

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RE: Five things I hope we don't do Saturday

Posted: 9/1/2016 10:50:48 AM

Bcat2 wrote:

Jughead wrote:

I just want to see our defense get off the field after third and long. QB's escaping the pocket for first downs have been a trend recently.

Per the Game Notes Ohio ranked 17th of 127 in 3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense. How horrible could it be?

Where we need improvement this year is tackles for loss. We were 88th in sacks and 107th in TFLs. The front 7 need to put more pressure on the ball carrier.

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We will get by.
We will get by.
We will survive.

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RE: Five things I hope we don't do Saturday

Posted: 9/1/2016 12:00:00 PM

Pataskala wrote:

Bcat2 wrote:

Jughead wrote:

I just want to see our defense get off the field after third and long. QB's escaping the pocket for first downs have been a trend recently.

Per the Game Notes Ohio ranked 17th of 127 in 3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense. How horrible could it be?

Where we need improvement this year is tackles for loss. We were 88th in sacks and 107th in TFLs. The front 7 need to put more pressure on the ball carrier.

Does TFLs include no-gain carries? The eye test and my ever-worsening memory indicates that we stuffed the run more often than not, but katie-bar-the-door if anyone made it to the second level because they were gone.

A-townBound
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RE: Five things I hope we don't do Saturday

Posted: 9/2/2016 12:32:15 PM

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=17445372

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Pataskala
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RE: Five things I hope we don't do Saturday

Posted: 9/2/2016 1:22:55 PM

A-townBound wrote:

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=17445372

But once they got ONTO the field: http://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=4008...

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We will get by.
We will get by.
We will survive.

Monroe Slavin
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RE: Five things I hope we don't do Saturday

Posted: 9/3/2016 5:37:14 PM

One thing I don't want to hear: AJ's injury killed us.

We cannot be so frail as to have one good player's injury bring about that first half.

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RE: Five things I hope we don't do Saturday

Posted: 9/3/2016 8:25:09 PM

GoCats105 wrote:

ytownbobcat wrote:

6. Lose.

In the words of Dora the Explorer: We Did It! We Did It!

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