He had better talent left over from Schiano era. He left with worse talent than he came in with.
Objectively speaking, we haven't improved...
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Completely agree on this point. I really like Mehringer, but without a true dual threat QB (or even a single threat QB, which we don't even have in CL, lol), the play calling really doesn't matter much. Hawk - usually love your posts, but think you're way off on this one.
Did anyone really think a transition to a new offense, with a qb who has never shown much of anything, against a bunch of highly ranked teams, was going to be quick and easy? Lol at people complaining about coaching.
The team is definitely better than the Flood days. We have NO quarterback and no really good receivers. With Nova and Carroo this team puts 3 scores on tOSU.
People love to play the blame game. It's so stupid, especially when everyone knows the answers.
No Sanu or Carroo or Britt. Poorest receiver group I have seen at RU.
I can agree with that. Was 56-17 2 years ago with those guys - and Carroo with 100 yards receiving. Can't say I like that we look to have let down a bit this 2nd half, even against their 2nd team. Not happy about that.
When the game is 58-0 the first thing you have to look at are the offensive stats.
We have none.
The defense has been on the field the whole game, we've punted... what? 12 times? That's where the score comes from. It's really more a failure of the offense than the defense.
Will not happen unless we can find a QB who can actually be called a QB....the receivers and TE's are not good...the O line was ok in the beginning of the game but OSU's D is outstanding...the D just got worn down and beat up...I believe we fought hard but when you lack talent at the skill positions you will not win against those teams ....2 and 10 looks like it ...thought maybe 4 ...and possibly 5 IF Laviano improved 20 % ...I do like our young secondary guys and several of the linebackers...D line has played ok but how many minutes can you be out on the field ?... 1-2-3 and out is the recipe for blowouts.
If you just flat out say that OSU is great, you're right. We all knew that was probably going to end up where it did. But hopefully, we show something against them. Something like 112 yds total offense and LC, 4-12 and yes some of it has to be on him. Except for Odin getting some snaps, nothing, but he did throw a few passes.
Might as well just keep switching QBs because nothing is going to disrupt continuity. Maybe someone will show up by default.
Probably more of the same next week too.
Might as well just keep switching QBs because nothing is going to disrupt continuity. Maybe someone will show up by default.
Probably more of the same next week too.
Shhh ...... NJHawk is one of the die hard Floodies who hates Ash and his coaches. He will keep repeating this "it's not the talent mantra" over and over again this year. Just watch.
Brilliant post. Yes, our QB corps is not good and a good QB will mask the problem a bit. But DM doesn't know what he's doing.
Objectively speaking, it's unbelievably stupid to just look at the score. We were very competitive in this game for most of the first half until the injury happened. We have a long climb back to respectability but the team right now is night and day improved from the Flood days.
Sorry my friend, but the halftime scores against one team across seasons is a piss-poor excuse for an objective measurement of our team's improvement. The only control variable is that it's the same team. After that, it's all uncontrolled variables (OSU's year on year team strength being a big one, injuries being another). Good luck defining OSU's relative team strength across the years you listed without the argument becoming mostly subjective.
Every year when we get our B1G conference revenue check.
Nor should we have expected to. With each year, it became more and more of a Flood team, with this year the most so. It'll take time to swing it the other way and start bringing talent into the program again. Every year with Flood worsened the problem and the time it would take to fix it.
I'm a little torn. On the one hand, I can believe you and G-money. On the other hand, I can believe Urban Meyer and Tom Herman. So hard to choose...
Until proven otherwise, ASH is clueless about offense. Because he has a defensive background is no excuse. He is the head coach.
Paknight: you can play single high all game against Rutgers. How can you run against an 8 man box with better talent all over the field?
QB is the great equalizer, especially in college.
I stand by my point.
We have enough talent at the skill spots to steal some points.
QB is the great equalizer, especially in college.
I stand by my point.
We have enough talent at the skill spots to steal some points.
The QB and WR's are just excruciatingly bad right now. It's ugly but the good news is that RU has at least 2 stud WR's coming in next year and it looks like a stud QB too. I've seen enough improvement in discipline, the secondary and tackling to reserve judgment.
Not much positive to game today The D played well the 1st Qr. That's about it. The offense was horrid. The kick returns were dismal (why Hicks?). And I don't get playing Oden. Obviously not ready. Are we going to see Gio again? One play, TD, then gets buried on bench.
That offense asked Dodd to throw downfield.
This one is practically built for someone like Dodd who could quickly diagnose and throw short balls and screens.
But I hear you in that ND game. Not his finest 3 hours...
Its really a matter of perspective and expectations. We are in a division with Michigan, Ohio State and Michigan State. Realistically can we expect the program to bump one of those teams on a year in and year out basis? If not then we are battling PSU, Maryland and Indiana for 4th most years. I want us to get better as fast as possible. I am not inclined to settle for 4th place as our ceiling. This should not take a decade but there could be a couple of lean years after this one. It would be to nice see us overachieve and that certainly was not the case today. You may have thought we did last week but I viewed that as an opportunity lost. Our line play on both sides and our DBs look like the relative strengths of the team. I think our receivers continue to struggle to get open and our QB is subpar. Not sure how much we pin on DM for this but I think it is reasonable to expect him to try to make some adjustments in our schemes or play someone else at QB who might give the team a spark. It is clear we don't have the personnel to run this offense so do you adjust or just keep trying the same stuff despite lousy results?