2024 Ohio State Season Thread

[Honestbuckeye]

ended with CJ cause McCord was just OK and Will Howard sucks, but damn they had some good ones for 20 years.


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2024 College Football Season Leaders Total QBR | ESPN

After the Michigan Debacle- Howard dropped from 4th to 6th in QBR.  He is no Stroud by any stretch, but to run a Chip Kelly offense you need a distributor who is efficient.  In the top 5 in completion % and yards per pass play.   I wonder if that hit he took knocked him silly- he looked solid all year until that last game.

[Mdot21]

2024 College Football Season Leaders Total QBR | ESPN

After the Michigan Debacle- Howard dropped from 4th to 6th in QBR.  He is no Stroud by any stretch, but to run a Chip Kelly offense you need a distributor who is efficient.  In the top 5 in completion % and yards per pass play.  I wonder if that hit he took knocked him silly- he looked solid all year until that last game.

Stats can be misleading and he has a ton of skill talent at WR & RB to help him carry the load. And despite everyone thinking Ryan Day and Chip Kelly magically all of a sudden suck as offensive coaches- those are two of the greatest offensive minds in the college game today and they've been that for a long time.

Let's see where Will Howard gets drafted. My guess is...he doesn't despite being like 6'5, 240 pounds and somewhat athletic

[Mdot21]

FanDuel getting in on the ball busting now....bad idea....Ohio State fans are rabid nutjobs they'll probably have someone in the state legislature try to pass a law banning online/app sports betting.


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[Honestbuckeye]

Stats can be misleading and he has a ton of skill talent at WR & RB to help him carry the load. And despite everyone thinking Ryan Day and Chip Kelly magically all of a sudden suck as offensive coaches- those are two of the greatest offensive minds in the college game today and they've been that for a long time.

Let's see where Will Howard gets drafted. My guess is...he doesn't despite being like 6'5, 240 pounds and somewhat athletic

Well you are proving my point.  We already agree he is no Stroud or even close.  He might not even get drafted.

But look at any offensive output you want.  Scoring, success rate, FPI, Red Zone, etc.  you will find Howard and OSU at or near the top.  Thats why Day and Kelly picked him.  They didn’t have a Stroud available.  They wanted a QB who could manage the offense and distribute the ball to the numerous playmakers, efficiently.  He hasn’t just been good at that- he has been outstanding. 72% completion rate with 4 or 5 games over 80%.  9.1 yards per pass- again one of the best in the country.  He looked like shit in the last game but the OSU QB has looked good in that game for the last few years- and they lost.

The play calling didn’t help him.  and we may be overthinking this.  If the FG kicker doesn’t miss 2 chip shot FGs ( where he was automatic all season) OSU almost certainly wins the game and the conversation is completely different.

[Honestbuckeye]

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[SuperMario]

Stats can be misleading and he has a ton of skill talent at WR & RB to help him carry the load. And despite everyone thinking Ryan Day and Chip Kelly magically all of a sudden suck as offensive coaches- those are two of the greatest offensive minds in the college game today and they've been that for a long time.

Let's see where Will Howard gets drafted. My guess is...he doesn't despite being like 6'5, 240 pounds and somewhat athletic

lol.. you're acting like Stroud didn't have a ton of skill talent by only pointing out Howard's skill talent. 

[Mdot21]

Brian Hartline interviewing for West Virginia HC job. Please hire him West Virginia. Best recruiter those guys have.

[Honestbuckeye]

Brian Hartline interviewing for West Virginia HC job. Please hire him West Virginia. Best recruiter those guys have.

Yeah- they can’t keep him forever.  By the way- he is one hell of a WR coach in addition to being a great recruiter.   

[MrNubbz]

lol.. you're acting like Stroud didn't have a ton of skill talent by only pointing out Howard's skill talent.

Oh so Stroud didn't throw for over 4,000 yds becoming the 5th rookie ever to do so? Stroud became the sixth player to record at least 450 passing yards, five touchdowns and zero interceptions in a game. There's more but you get the point. And IMHO that hit on Howard definitely effected him as they moved the ball well before the end of the half

[Mdot21]

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[MrNubbz]

You Michigan facks(Porntoy) are truly delusional what 2 wins over 19 seasons and now you're Jimmy Johnsons 'Boys Of course everyone get 4 coaches fired in one calender year and the HC asks for contractual protection should pending prosecution rear it's ugly head before bolting. Hiding a gun toting team captains offense until after the season it all sounds like NCAA guidelines

[Mdot21]

is this real or AI? just another game Ryan....sounds like that hick RichRod who just didn't get it. it ain't another game, it's the only game.


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[847badgerfan]

I was hoping for Hartline as OC in Madison.

[Mdot21]

I was hoping for Hartline as OC in Madison.

I mean don’t get me wrong he’s a crack WR coach and ace recruiter, but can he actually design and scheme an offense and call plays? I don’t know if Wisconsin wants to take a flier on a guy who has never done that before. 

Hartline feels like to me that he’s limited himself by staying at Ohio State for so long. He needed to go be an OC somewhere small then maybe get an HC job in the MAC or MWC or FCS then try to be an OC or HC at a P4. Feels like he’s hurt his future career prospects and his trajectory by staying put at Ohio State.