What We Learned: OSU 52, Indiana 49

Dave Biddle
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Meyer must be disgusted with his defense.

What the heck? Exactly. The Buckeyes' defense continues to be an embarrassment and the visitors had to hold on to defeat cellar-dwelling IU. Dave Biddle has more in WWL.

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http://ohiostate.247sports.com/Article/What-We-Learned-OSU-52-Indiana-49-95744
What the heck? Exactly. The Buckeyes' defense continues to be an embarrassment and the visitors had to hold on to defeat cellar-dwelling IU. Could Bo Pelini replace Luke Fickell after this season as defensive coordinator? While the defense was atrocious, the offense was good once again. Is Braxton Miller really a legit Heisman candidate? What's been the big difference in the running backs the last two weeks? What position group is the biggest pleasant surprise on the team? Dave Biddle has more in WWL.

This post was edited by Dave Biddle on 10/13/2012 at 11:28 PM
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8 months ago

52 points was barely enough
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32BukI4ever said...
52 points was barely enough

That...that's so sad to think about.
The offense put FAR more pressure on this defense last year yet we still had something like the 20th ranked defense in the nation, which is a feat considering we had the 108th ranked offense.
Like, how are we WORSE on defense with the SAME players?
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After Nebraska fires Bo Pelini following this season (You did hear they’re getting a new AD, right?), what are the chances that he comes home to be the Buckeyes’ D-coordinator?
.......and Luke can order pizza for the team at that point.
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8 months ago

Seriously did Curtis Grant do something totally wrong? I mean what is the message here? Boren hasn't played defense since HS and he gets 5 tackles?

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8 months ago

What did we learn? I learned the defense is crap!
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We barely won the game. Defense is terrible.
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Bids, I will say that there are no quick fixes on a defense so clearly lacking talent at key positions. We've seen how one player can weaken a defense (right Anderson Russell--no offense, he would be our best safety). There are at least 4-6 spots on this defense.
Although I don't think it would be fair to get rid of Fickell, the only guy I would jump at is Bo Pelini if he is fired. Bo is an AWESOME DC and his track record would be too good to pass up.
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No offense bc I am not a negative person. But I am not a fan of Christian Bryant. I feel like he takes terrible angles to make the tackle. And that's a bad characteristic for your safety.
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Disagree about Boren, he looked quite good at the end.
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Boren led the team with eight tackles..speaks volumns about the state of our defense

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I prey to god we some how get pelini please Nebraska screw that up PLEASE and PLEASE Urban scoop up pelini
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The "co-defensive-coordinator" experiment results are in.
Withers will not agree to stay in Columbus another year if he has to play second fiddle to a guy with less experience and no success in his current role. The unfortunate part of all of this is that Fickell's stock is dropping like a lead balloon.
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will they fire withers too? I doubt bo will want anything to do with "co."

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And they fired the pizza boy for telling Fickell's wife they need a better defense... I say fire Fickell and hire the pizza boy. Can't be any worse.
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There is no way Urban should be able to sleep tonight....maybe they should hire that pizza delivery guy to be the D Coordinator.....fickell is as lost as he was last year...Jesus F'ing Christ!
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Dave Biddle said...
http://ohiostate.247sports.com/Article/What-We-Learned-OSU-52-Indiana-49-95744
What the heck? Exactly. The Buckeyes' defense continues to be an embarrassment and the visitors had to hold on to defeat cellar-dwelling IU. Could Bo Pelini replace Luke Fickell after this season as defensive coordinator? While the defense was atrocious, the offense was good once again. Is Braxton Miller really a legit Heisman candidate? What's been the big difference in the running backs the last two weeks? What position group is the biggest pleasant surprise on the team? Dave Biddle has more in WWL.

Hey Dave. The same Bo Pelini that gave up 63 to the Bucks last week? I seriously doubt that UM would consider him.
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We learned that special teams were indirectly responsible for 22 of Indiana's points. Blocked punt, 60 yard kick off return, out hustled on an on side kick. Throw in an unnecesary block in the back that nulified a 29 yard punt return and this unit needs a helluva lot of work too.
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Pula_86 said...
Bids, I will say that there are no quick fixes on a defense so clearly lacking talent at key positions. We've seen how one player can weaken a defense (right Anderson Russell--no offense, he would be our best safety). There are at least 4-6 spots on this defense.
Although I don't think it would be fair to get rid of Fickell, the only guy I would jump at is Bo Pelini if he is fired. Bo is an AWESOME DC and his track record would be too good to pass up.

Somehow I do not see Bo coaching with Meyer..not a perfect match.
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I had mentioned bringing in Pelini, but he is psycho and we watched 63 get dropped on his defense last week, I dont care that it was us
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