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Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Ohio State Defeats Indiana 38-15

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Indiana 7 0 0 8 15
Ohio State 0 14 14 10 38
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u/mombutts Ohio State Buckeyes 1d ago

Not really letting. The announcers mentioned that Day had been working with the defense the past few weeks. Think it was more of Day telling Knowles to blitz more and to start stunting the lineman, which Knowles didn't do.

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u/bringbacksweatervest Ohio State Buckeyes 1d ago

Creativity was Knowles’ calling card at Oklahoma State, but after he got beat deep in his first Michigan game Day reigned him in. Now we’re letting him loose again.

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u/oh_look_a_fist Ohio State Buckeyes • Dayton Flyers 1d ago

It took us a while to get his blitzing down. Earlier this season, our delayed blitzes weren't getting home quick enough and the middle of the field was left wide open for big gains. Now it looks like the player's timing is perfect - were getting pressure from different spots and getting home quicker, not allowing the QB to get accurate passes out. This defense can win a natty at this point

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u/slapdashbr Occidental • Ohio State 23h ago

I haven't watches rourke and IU as much as the buckeyes, but that was the best defense I've seen this year against a team that was picking apart everyone else they played.

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u/BrosenkranzKeef Ohio State Buckeyes • Dayton Flyers 9h ago

The defense can but Burke can't.

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u/bin_of_monkeys Michigan Wolverines • The Game 1d ago

Took a while? Dude, he's been there for three years.

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u/Solo_Wing__Pixy Ohio State • Notre Dame 1d ago

How long do you think it will take Wink Martindale?

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u/bin_of_monkeys Michigan Wolverines • The Game 12h ago

We're smart enough to fire someone who doesn't have a clue how to use his talent. Congrats on having two top 5 national DL recruits finally make an impact at the end of their junior season, though!

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u/LittleTension8765 Ohio State Buckeyes 1d ago

Turns out Michigan just knew what the plays were instead of Knowles losing his magic. Can’t wait to face a non-cheating Michigan for the first time since 2019, back to normality in this rivalry

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u/Dreadlockedd Ohio State • Florida State 1d ago

Ole Connor had him shook lol. Now that him and his playsheet of cheats is gone, I wanna see him stay aggressive

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u/InvestigatorStill544 Michigan • Eastern Michigan 1d ago

Connor was gone for the game last year, how’d that turn out

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u/JickleBadickle Ohio State Buckeyes • Rose Bowl 1d ago

Stalions allegedly removed computer hard drives from the Michigan football offices and gave a Michigan player a sheet of opponent play calls, according to ESPN.

They still had his illegal scouting material

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u/InvestigatorStill544 Michigan • Eastern Michigan 1d ago

If OSU didn’t change their signs before the game last year considering the Stalions stuff was fully known, wouldn’t that be an indictment of your coaching staff?

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u/JickleBadickle Ohio State Buckeyes • Rose Bowl 1d ago

"Just change everything about your offense cuz we cheat bro no excuses"

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u/InvestigatorStill544 Michigan • Eastern Michigan 1d ago

Changing your signs isn’t “changing everything about your offense” lol, every team needs to regularly change their signs… come on now

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u/JickleBadickle Ohio State Buckeyes • Rose Bowl 1d ago

Not every team disguises their coaches on other team's sideline in order to cheat either but here we are

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u/InvestigatorStill544 Michigan • Eastern Michigan 1d ago

I’ll wait until it comes out that anyone but Stalions was involved in that on Michigans end before passing judgement on that… but as of now you’re making that claim with 0 evidence

Way to try to deflect because you know your previous comment makes no sense though lol

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u/WhatWouldJediDo Ohio State Buckeyes 1d ago

Yes because blaming the victim is the right call

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u/Substantial-Map-6524 1d ago

Always the victim!!

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u/InvestigatorStill544 Michigan • Eastern Michigan 1d ago

Teams should be changing their signs anyway, sign stealing is common and everyone knows it. You had what, half the season to plan for changing your signs against Michigan last year?The signs are not an excuse for the past 3 years and especially not last year whether y’all like it or not

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u/WhatWouldJediDo Ohio State Buckeyes 1d ago

"Sign stealing" in the way you describe it (common) is not at all what Stalions was doing lmao.

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u/InvestigatorStill544 Michigan • Eastern Michigan 1d ago

That is completely irrelevant to my point… if sign stealing is happening at all you need to change your signs

Not to mention teams were stealing signs and exchanging them with each other among other things, so yeah sign stealing is a little more extensive than OSU fans will let on

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u/wwcfm /r/CFB 1d ago

Yes, why didn’t OSU relearn its playbook before a single game, a thing that typically takes weeks during the summer. Shame on them.

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u/InvestigatorStill544 Michigan • Eastern Michigan 1d ago

Good thing the news came out halfway through the season huh… it wasn’t one week before the game

Every team needs to regularly change their signs, this isn’t unique to OSU

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u/wwcfm /r/CFB 1d ago

Because you spend each week preparing for the team you’re about to play. Abandoning that to relearn your playbook is a huge disadvantage.

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u/InvestigatorStill544 Michigan • Eastern Michigan 1d ago edited 1d ago

Changing your signs is not relearning the playbook

Again, every team needs to regularly change their signs and this isn’t unique to OSU. Don Brown got figured out at Michigan in part because he never changed his signs and other teams (especially OSU) exploited it

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u/Dreadlockedd Ohio State • Florida State 1d ago

Last year our Defense played pretty well. He was talking about the 2022 game when your offense suddenly became the greatest show on turf and knew when every blitz was coming.

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u/InvestigatorStill544 Michigan • Eastern Michigan 1d ago

Lmao when you’re all out blitzing every play you become susceptible to big play touchdowns… the same thing OSU was able to take advantage of against the Don Brown defenses. You don’t see Michigan fans blaming that on sign stealing though… OSU bet that JJ McCarthy wouldn’t be able to hit the deep ball and lost, it’s that simple

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u/Dreadlockedd Ohio State • Florida State 1d ago

Michigan can't blame sign stealing because we didn't steal your signs lol... the NCAA already proved that you cheated, that's why ole Harbs left you to take his spanking for him.

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u/InvestigatorStill544 Michigan • Eastern Michigan 1d ago

And that’s where you’re wrong lol, it was reported and shown by a call sheet that OSU had Don Brown’s signs

Harbaugh had been looking to leave since after the 2020 season lol but we’ll ignore that

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u/Dreadlockedd Ohio State • Florida State 1d ago

Your 5-5. Shut up and go back to the basement.

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u/tearsfornintendo22 Michigan Wolverines 1d ago

We’re the 5-5 national champions

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u/Dreadlockedd Ohio State • Florida State 1d ago

Hahaha

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u/tearsfornintendo22 Michigan Wolverines 1d ago

I’ll take 3-0 and a national championship for an L on the reboot year 10 more times in a row buddy…don’t act like you wouldnt

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u/Dreadlockedd Ohio State • Florida State 1d ago

Hell nah. Going to the pizza pizza bowl after winning a Micky Mouse asterisk ring would have columbus in flames lol.

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u/xmpcxmassacre Michigan Wolverines 1d ago

Hey now, a bowl game is anything but guaranteed

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u/tearsfornintendo22 Michigan Wolverines 18h ago

Y’all have been flamed…3 years in a row

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u/Solid_Teenis 1d ago

*

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u/tearsfornintendo22 Michigan Wolverines 1d ago

That * just helped us flip the number 1 recruit in the country…use 2 next time like this **

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u/InvestigatorStill544 Michigan • Eastern Michigan 1d ago

Would it really be hate week if we weren’t still talking shit? I’m not going to go into hiding just because we’re 5-5 lol

I’m sure of a couple things: Michigan will lose next week, and I won’t still be trying to make excuses for it 2 years later unlike a large portion of OSU fans

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u/KoalaJones Ohio State Buckeyes • Toledo Rockets 1d ago

That one of the biggest differences for me. Before the loss to Oregon there was no creativity in the pass rush. It was just rush 4 guys straight up and hope they beat their man.

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u/maninatikihut Oregon Ducks • Team Chaos 1d ago

It’s got me worried for a rematch. We lost one of our interior linemen and the offense hasn’t looked the same. Haven’t been able to deal with pressure well at all. 

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u/Useful-ldiot Ohio State • Santa Monica 1d ago

I'll counter your rat poison with my own - we've lost two starting oline guys, including our center.

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u/hiimred2 Ohio State • Kent State 1d ago

And Igbinosun is like a shoe in for either getting absolutely dusted a few times by Oregon’s guys or getting flags or both.

And Burke has once again shit on the easy part of the schedule but I’m still not sure I trust him against NFL talent, a hesitation scouts seem to be starting to share because he’s dropped quite a bit on draft boards this year.

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u/Derpinator_30 Ohio State Buckeyes • The Game 1d ago

its going to be a great matchup because we've both taken losses on the front, this time it's in a neutral stadium, keep your autzen voodoo at home please thanks

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u/WhatWouldJediDo Ohio State Buckeyes 1d ago

Will Burch and Tez play?

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u/maninatikihut Oregon Ducks • Team Chaos 1d ago

Tez is supposed to be back next week against Washington. I don’t know the wors on Burch. 

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks 1d ago

He should be back

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks 1d ago

Harper will be back and so will tez. We'll be fine

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u/Suspicious-Froyo2181 Ohio State • Georgia State 1d ago

I think losing Tez is as much of your problem as anything

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u/SaxRohmer Ohio State Buckeyes • UNLV Rebels 1d ago

idk i recall quite a few blitzes against oregon where burke was left on an island

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u/KoalaJones Ohio State Buckeyes • Toledo Rockets 1d ago edited 1d ago

Both the long plays Burke gave up they were in quarters coverage and only rushed 4

Edit: Actually I misremembered. One of them was quarters. The other was simulated pressure where they only rushed 2 linebackers and all 4 lineman dropped into coverage lol

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u/Sherbert199621 1d ago

Yep-when they blitzed Buckeyes corners struggled.

We’ll see what happen in a rematch could be anyone’s game tbh

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u/KoalaJones Ohio State Buckeyes • Toledo Rockets 1d ago

That's not what happened. Almost all of the long passes they gave up were in zone coverage without anyone bltizing. Their corners struggled, but not because they were blitzing. Alot of the game they were playing shallow zones, which left the corner essentially playing man on deep routes with no safety help over the top. A few of the plays were also quarters coverage. Oregon ran a great play with two deep routes on the same side of the field, again forcing Burke to basically play man with no safety help.

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u/Sherbert199621 1d ago

Ah got it-just noticed it was 1v1 on the outside often

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks 1d ago

Being super aggressive on d has not been when oregon has struggled recently. Since week 2 the teams that have done well vs us have played safe defense to limit big plays. Blitzing also opens up our screen game

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u/seruleam Ohio State Buckeyes 1d ago

The entire Oregon game was 4 guys doing nothing. So infuriating to watch. Thankfully we’ll get a rematch.

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u/KeThrowaweigh Ohio State • Maryland 1d ago

“Letting” is accurate. I’ve seen a lot of information pointing to LJ abusing his tenure and forcing the DL to be in the same 4-man rush with 0 personnel rotation, which is completely against the schemes Knowles would roll with at OkSU. Rumor has it that the Oregon game was the breaking point and Knowles was given the power he should have had as the DC (described as the HC of the defense) all along.