'24 Recruiting Forum: Official Ohio State Pre-game/Game Thread

[KB5252]

Okay. So you’re saying he is tone deaf or clueless?

I think he's loyal and I think he believes he's closer than he is. I think he didn't see the forest for the trees.

 

[TheBigOne10]

Yep it’s a shame Nico has absolutely ZERO playmakers to get the ball too. Pretty wild for the university of Tennessee. Time to pull a lane and buy the best team money can be, except actually make the playoffs unlike lane.

 

[Ace]

I know everyone is upset, but we are still ahead of schedule on the rebuild. I will take losing in the playoff, beating Bama and Florida over Pruitt, Butch and Dooley. We have made a big jump, but we still have a ways to go. OSU, UGA and Bama have been stacking classes for 2 decades. It will take time.

 

[jpope9]

why does Nico slap the ball everytime he throws it?

 

[head1]

I'm seeing the perspective pretty clearly. Getting 42 + hung on you does that.

We were also warned when Heupel was hired you'd see the same 5 plays run over and over again and defenses would adjust.

I didn't want to admit it and I've been fighting it back but I'm to the point now that it's getting hard to ignore.

And if I'm seeing it, so are recruits and prospective transfers.

Are we better off today than we were 5 years ago? Absolutely we are. But tonight is a serious reset on where we stand. We aren't contenders, we're second tier. And that sucks when you start to believe and buy in.

This offense is becoming hard to watch. Run up the middle
Quick wr screen
Run everyone down the field 30 yards and either hit a play, miss the throw or get sacked.

I don’t think he has 5 plays.

 

[vol4eva]

We got to recruit more dudes. This WR group ain’t it, Lbs ain’t it, safeties ain’t it.

The season as a whole and making the playoffs, we’ve overachieved IMO.

Heup needs to upgrade position coaches and recruit better players.

 

[jpope9]

Holy hell a 50/50 ball!

 

[#Vol4Life1991]

7 min to go in the game and we throw our first deep ball.

 

[KPT_VFL]

What's wrong with Mike Matthews???

*there he was

Hell he didn’t get to play all year. Sat behind Nimrod and Webb and thrust into the starting role tonight. Poor kid wasn’t given a chance.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

50/50 ball, finally. Mike Matthews, finally. Should've tried that about 37.5 more times this game.

 

[KB5252]

We got to recruit more dudes. This WR group ain’t it, Lbs ain’t it, safeties ain’t it.

The season as a whole and making the playoffs, we’ve overachieved IMO.

Heup needs to upgrade position coaches and recruit better players.

The corners have been owned tonight too

 

[TN-POSSUM]

TN has the best fans in the country.

 

[TrippieRedd]

I know everyone is upset, but we are still ahead of schedule on the rebuild. I will take losing in the playoff, beating Bama and Florida over Pruitt, Butch and Dooley. We have made a big jump, but we still have a ways to go. OSU, UGA and Bama have been stacking classes for 2 decades. It will take time.

After tonight HS needs to be attacked less. It’s apparent the portal is the way to go.

Sorry, but we got plenty of these post during the Pruitt era and they never amounted to anything.


Hit the portal now, and throw these kids feelings out the window.


There is no rebuild when Ole Miss can compete every season signing 20+ guys.

 

[I4Jay]

We got to recruit more dudes. This WR group ain’t it, Lbs ain’t it, safeties ain’t it.

The season as a whole and making the playoffs, we’ve overachieved IMO.

Heup needs to upgrade position coaches and recruit better players.

Pope and elarbee have to be sent packin.

 

[JCP201]

Feels like Nebraska when we had Peyton. Couldn’t do anything. Gap between teams was enormous.

I remember that game. That was a talented team, too. I think Nebraska was taking steroids..

 

[Jimmy Football]

TN has the best fans in the country.

Yes. They got hung out to dry today.

 

[TheBigOne10]

See if Hartline will stick around after the game and hand him a blank check

 

[vol4eva]

The corners have been owned tonight too

Ohio State starts 3 5 Star receivers

 

[Midas]

I know everyone is upset, but we are still ahead of schedule on the rebuild. I will take losing in the playoff, beating Bama and Florida over Pruitt, Butch and Dooley. We have made a big jump, but we still have a ways to go. OSU, UGA and Bama have been stacking classes for 2 decades. It will take time.

True but dude…it shouldn’t have ended like this. Heupel needs to make changes to take the next step.

 

[Big Orange#1]

We definitely need to upgrade the offensive coordinator

You looking at this game? Defense is also lost with no effort. Entire assistant staff could be fired but Rodney Garner and I wouldn’t shed a tear. These coaches ain’t worth spit

 

[85SugarVol]

Pope and elarbee have to be sent packin.

They are absolutely the 2 biggest problems that need to be addressed.

 

[JCP201]

There is way way too much time.

 

[Smokey123]

Even if he does some of yans won’t accept it.

Bc it took Dabo 4 more years to play for a NC. Heck the year before he played for and lost his first NC they went 10-3 and played in the Russell Athletic Bowl.

The same folks will be demanding more coaching changes every year.

I don’t necessarily even want coaching changes. I want a coach that makes changes. He has the same gameplan every week. He doesn’t hide weaknesses, doesn’t play into our strengths. Defenses have literally changed their entire defenses schemes to stop our offense and then we continue to do the exact same thing.

How many times do we have to hear our players and coaches continue to say “they ran a different defensive scheme than normal” before we finally switch it up. His offense is figured out

 

[Vols2DaWall]

Don’t forget - we beat bama again and won 10 games. We’re a good team and program, sometimes with great moments. I won’t forget it. But we aren’t elite yet. Still a ways to go.

A good team doesn’t lose by 32 in a Big game.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Is Josh Heupel our Mark Richt?