Intravenus de Milo

Here’s the breakdown from Emmanuel Acho. I think this is OK to post.

I played WR for 4 yrs in college and coached a little after, I can speak to a couple of points here. Failure of scheme/execution-in total agreement here. OSU put Oregon “in conflict” on both Smith TDs. The easier one to discuss and see is the second one where he was wide open. Smith started the play in a close alignment/split as the #1 WR to that side. Pre snap coverage from YBD (your beloved Ducks) appeared to be cover 3 or a double team on Smith. OSU then motioned Egbuka to Smith’s side and forced a matchup of Smith vs the safety. Smith released vertical and was on the safety very quickly. The safety opened his hips to the direction the ball was thrown but after he did, Smith gave a move to the opposite side ever so briefly. It was enough to force the safety to turn his back to the line of scrimmage and try to cover what he thought was a flag route. Just as the safety turned, Smith made his final break to the offensive deep right. As a fan of offensive creativity it was a well schemed play. In terms of execution, JJ Smith ran a route that was a thing of beauty. The safety #0 had no chance in a 1 on 1 scenario. If I’m an Oregon fan, my complaint would be pretty simple. Why in the world would we not check out of a coverage that exposed #0 to Smith 1 on 1? I have a beautiful overhead angle behind the OSU offense I can link if that’s within the rules. I’m still learning here and don’t want to link to something I shouldn’t.

I’m hoping OSU goes with a D version which is really a combination of your 3 approaches Recruit 10 high 4 star or 5 star guys that can contribute immediately or in year 2 Recruit another 5 3 star or low 4 star guys complete the class with 5 more “developmental” guys Target 2-3 immediate impact transfers and another 2-3 solid depth type guys rinse and repeat

Funny how things seem to have changed with NIL and the transfer portal leveling the playing field.

I hope you’re right. After the Xichigan game, I viewed OSU as bi-polar. Yesterday’s result goes a long way towards changing my thoughts but I still have ptsd from “The Game”.

Totally agree. I think we’ll see the automatic bye get revised pretty quickly.

Buckeye fan here and new member. I had a great conversation with Charles today and I come in peace. Thought I’d give you guys some perspective from the OSU side of things. No clue. I am every bit as surprised by what’s happened as you all are. Not surprised that OSU could do that, it’s just that they hadn’t shown it throughout 2024 so why would anyone think the switch would flip in the postseason? I think this was unlikely unless it was a really bad loss to UT This combined with what has happened vs UT and UO is why the loudest parts of the fan base were so upset. Most fans expected the version we’ve seen the last 2 games to be what showed up all season. Feel free to ask me anything OSU related. I try to be as objective as I can. Per my conversation with Charles, I viewed this game as the toughest challenge OSU would face in the playoffs. I’m a big fan of DG and the skill that you guys have.