Question for OSU fans

Their main weakness was their inability to handle our O-line I think. That number 1 ranked defense never had a chance. I just watched the game again Sunday and Flynn had all day, backs had holes. OSU's front seven were not effective. I think the tackle leaders were either Laurinitis or some DB.

O-Line

Once they got down by 21 points, they pretty much abandoned Beanie Wells as their primary weapon (and I'm sure Bo's adjustments didn't help).

Biggest weaknesses.......

1. You hit the nail on the head about our wideouts. They could not get open all night, and that made Boeckman look like crap, even moreso than he may have looked otherwise
2. Our D was extremely overrated and I hate JL. It doesn't matter IMO if you have 18 tackles if 14 of them are after Hester has run 6 yards.
3. We didn't use screens effectively. To negate the speed rush you have do do something that the D isn't used to seeing your team run. We could have done a few out to Saine and maybe he could have made a play.


Thank you for seeing that the game was not as one sided as the media made it. I myself rewatched the game 2 weeks ago for the 1st time. It was difficult for me to fathom how OSU, who didn't have a history of making dumb plays in 2007, made so many questionable decisions.

It goes with the territory, and LSU was the better team.

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2. Our D was extremely overrated and I hate JL. It doesn't matter IMO if you have 18 tackles if 14 of them are after Hester has run 6 yards.

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You hate JL? Personally, I thought he played a great game and is a class act.

You can't discuss the game without pointing to the bonehead penalties OSU acquired during key moments:

Running into the kicker after stopping us which would have given you all excellent momentum.

Personal fouls which shortened the field for our offense.

Other than that, the inability to handle Crowton's spread offense in my view were killers for you guys when I viewed the game. Especially the inability to cover the tight end in key situations.

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You hate JL?

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I can't speak for Buckeye06. I think what he meant was that he hated how overrated he is.

JL is overrated. He seems like a nice guy. He's a very good player and I'm thrilled he came back. He doesn't attack as much as I like, though. And if you consistently watch Buckeye games, you'll realize he is overrated. In all honesty (dead serious here), I don't even know if he is OSU's best LB.

Well, I seriously think that it would have been a much, mcuh closer game if the penalties would not have been there. However, there was no constant team in the game. Obviously, LSU was more constant, but tehy were only performing at their best when OSU was at their worst; likewise for OSU.
I don't know, that's just what I saw. But I still think this biggest weakness on that team was the WR's and even the CB's.
As far as JL, I don't really get a chance to watch him play that much. But when I do see him play, he makes some great hits. However, you are correct, he tends to stay in his position and wait for people to come at him. Obviously, it's a lot easier to make tackles when you wait for someone to cross the line. I guess that makes his game look a little better.

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Your special teams let you down in 3 instances:

Fumble recovery where you all should have recovered.

Blocked field goal (huge momentum killer).

Running into the kicker (another huge swing).

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Which is odd, because usually, special teams is a Buckeye strong point.

I'll probably be crucified for throwing this out, but I think it was 2 things...

-It didn't seem like the coaching staff was adjusting based on the dynamics of the game.

-Buckeyes didn't seem to be playing as a team.

LSU looked sharp that day.. they were motivated and it showed...

Their were many stupid things that we did that game but I agree with the LSU poster who talked about special teams. I still get sick when I think about that game, but the better team won. I am just glad we are about to kick off another exciting year! Good luck to LSU this year.

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Thank you for seeing that the game was not as one sided as the media made it. I myself rewatched the game 2 weeks ago for the 1st time. It was difficult for me to fathom how OSU, who didn't have a history of making dumb plays in 2007, made so many questionable decisions.

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I thought the game had several surges back and forth. LSU fans remember tOSU getting up very quickly. In the run up to the game, I thought LSU had won at the announcement ceremony. The famous picture of our guys jumping up (they actually jumped up at UGA being announced for the Sugar Bowl) was a point of emphasis for me all month. I showed the picture to my wife and said "After Arkansas, and the whole Michigan debacle, now that we're surprisingly in the big game, this team is going to stomp a hole in Ohio State." Conversely, I could imagine the OSU players and coaches saying, "Damn, another loaded SEC team, chompin' at the bit to get at us."

That first 5 minutes kind of negated all of that, and some people thought that there was a rout in the making. I thought that OSU played well, but uncharacteristically undisciplined and wild at times. I don't know if the staff actively cultivated that to kind of shake things up, and if so, that was a mistake. OSU played better than I thought they would, but so did LSU. It was a great football game.