it is a pretty easy schedule - but @Iowa will be tough - playing @Kinnick is always a sonofabitch. They get Penn State and Michigan State at home - which is always nice to have those in Ann Arbor vs going on the road. And then obviously @ Ohio State to end the season looms large - that'll very likely be an L.
Ohio State should be loaded, again. But that’s not their issue.
like I said you’re good at what you practice and Ohio State bases they’re running game off of defenses having to drop back to protect against their deadly passing game.
but when they had to run, when it was the only choice, they were not very good or very consistent. And it wasn’t just Michigan in Oregon they were times in other games where they struggle to run the ball and obvious running situations.
part of the issue is this concept of “putting your best five offensive lineman out there“ even though they were all tackles and there were no guards. That helped them and pass protection but really did not help them in critical running situation’s. I believe that will change next season but we will see.
obviously they struggle to defend against strong running teams and that’s partially because, once again that’s not what they practice against. Their second major issue was they had no way to hide what the defense was doing. Because of that, good office of coordinators could easily manipulate and scheme around them like Oregon did and Michigan did.
I am optimistic that Knowles Will start to fairly quickly change that, as he is known for someone who brings in decision to opposing quarterbacks and offensive coordinators but I don’t think it’s going to be an overnight thing. He certainly has a ton of talent to work with though so we shall see.
