This is really good, as twice I noticed that the Buckeyes lined up wrong before plays that resulted in touchdowns scored by Oregon, but this eleven minute video explains WHY.

How Oregon's Offense OUTSCHEMED Ohio State

Charles, as always, thank you for posting this video. For those Forum members who were suprised by the Ducks hanging 41 on tOSU, then this is a video worth watching.

Congrats to Jay Johnson's film study to recognize the Buckeyes formation tendencies. And his play calls in 3rd and long or for DR calling audibles pre snap. Keep it going!

Great preparation!

It's almost like Matt Patricia did not watch the 2nd half film of the Northwestern game. The Oregon lineman, along with Jamari Johnson, executed counters with some good pin and pull blocking. With some darn good results.

Also, DR recognized and took advantage of certain Buckeye formations, read it correctly and exploited what the Buckeyes gave him. Converting on 3rd andclong for first downs and touchdowns.

DR came prepared and the line blocked at a fairly high level. The middle screen calls took advantage of the Buckeyes aggressiveness

They kept tOSU defense off balance from the 2nd quarter on. The final score does not reflect the rout that OBD's put on the Buckeyes.

Credit to Jay Johnson for making those adjustments from a slow start in both the NW and tOSU games. It is working.

This video clip only covers what OBD's offense did. Hats off to Hampton and the Duck D for adjusting and shutting down the Buckeyes offense completely for 2 and a half quarters.

Let's keep it rolling against the Wolverines. They play solid defense and don't give up alot ofcpoints.

GO DUCKS!

Here we go....Sco Ducks guys, and as good as the first video is--these guys add other knowledge and great stuff. The change of attitude on offense to "attacking" is huge! You will love learning from them....

Thanks, Charles. The boys really go deeper in their breakdowns and explanations. Love these podcasts.......

A few things I noticed is that on pass plays, DR is not scanning the entire field. On quick outs, he is looking to the outside. If that man is covered, Johnson is bringing other receiver options into DR's field of vision. The ball is getting out quick and OBD's are being aggressive. With success!

The Buckeyes seemed confused and had no answers on defense.

These plays have been in the Duck playbook for years. For some reason, Meh chose not to run them.

GEEZ......

Kyle Whittingham knows alot about the Ducks sets, schemes and processes. Combine that knowledge with his solid defensive group and it will make for a challenge against Michigan.

Looking forward to see how Jay Johnson adjusts his calls against the Wolverines. Be a great time for the Duck D to pitch a shut out.

GO DUCKS!

You beat me to the punch FishDuck. But I found another video giving a different perspective and even more juicy details we don't think about.

If you have time, I suggest watching the entire clip. If not, here are my assessments on some damn good info.

9:06 to 11:15>>> A good example of throwing the WR open. This is why timing matters. And it looks like play caller Johnson is leaning into the mechanics as well as the concepts we are being introduced to. Very good example of drilling the QB on trusting his receivers and throwing before they are open.

17:50 to 17:59>>>a discussion about various things. My take on the OL is the Tackles are too experienced to be making mistakes (but they are better), but the two freshman 77 Tofi and 80 Koloi Keli are still learning. More importantly, as Sco Ducks has pointed out (and what yours truly mentioned after the Oklahoma State game), these guys are not effective Zone Blockers (I said because they aren't agile and mobile enough). Lanning and company finally calibrated to find and utilize their strengths. By the way, this isn't about bragging. And what is awesome about this is experts are pointing out the details of what I generally see-not as confirming my observations but observing what the coaches are doing.

And if you look at our offense, you will recognize Ohio State used Mint alignments OBD exploited. OCs are finding and exploiting weaknesses in that alignment and the Bear alignment as well.

On Defense, this guy really gets into it. Starting around 18:30. I noticed the use of 3-4 alignments (Love it).

One thing I have noticed about a big weakness Ohio State's QBs have is they aren't strong enough to hit Jerimiah Smith on deep routes while he is in stride. Sayin had that problem both years (25' and this year), and Fahey has the same issue. This first play is a good example of it. This also falls in line with my concept of throwing the WRs open-before they make their break/cut (so the ball gets there AND DBs can't recover in time to prevent a completion).

from 22:07 till the end, he shows very good concepts and analysis. He also mentions Hythloday's pregame analysis of Ohio State (forgot about Hythloday!!!).

All in all, these videos are very good breakdowns of what is going on. It is perfect for football junkies that have enough time dig into the weeds.

Edited 4 hours ago4 hr by Mike West

Thanks so much, as I will view it tonight!

4 hours ago, HappyToBeADuck said:

The Buckeyes seemed confused and had no answers on defense.

These plays have been in the Duck playbook for years. For some reason, Meh chose not to run them.

Like Eric said, same concepts, but now using strategic use of tempo, and stacking, or ordering plays that takes advantage of talent (players over plays), that read defensive tendencies to our advantage.

It's just so fun to see OBD execute and win such a big game with backup QB and twice-fired OC! JJ has been calling much better plays than Meh. Again, I am so shocked as to how bad Meh was, even compared to JJ.

Hope everyone keeps this up and win the rest of the season! I will pick Michigan again this week, hoping to help keep the streak going 😃

3 hours ago, Mike West said:

You beat me to the punch FishDuck. But I found another video giving a different perspective and even more juicy details we don't think about.

If you have time, I suggest watching the entire clip. If not, here are my assessments on some damn good info.

9:06 to 11:15>>> A good example of throwing the WR open. This is why timing matters. And it looks like play caller Johnson is leaning into the mechanics as well as the concepts we are being introduced to. Very good example of drilling the QB on trusting his receivers and throwing before they are open.

17:50 to 17:59>>>a discussion about various things. My take on the OL is the Tackles are too experienced to be making mistakes (but they are better), but the two freshman 77 Tofi and 80 Koloi Keli are still learning. More importantly, as Sco Ducks has pointed out (and what yours truly mentioned after the Oklahoma State game), these guys are not effective Zone Blockers (I said because they aren't agile and mobile enough). Lanning and company finally calibrated to find and utilize their strengths. By the way, this isn't about bragging. And what is awesome about this is experts are pointing out the details of what I generally see-not as confirming my observations but observing what the coaches are doing.

And if you look at our offense, you will recognize Ohio State used Mint alignments OBD exploited. OCs are finding and exploiting weaknesses in that alignment and the Bear alignment as well.

On Defense, this guy really gets into it. Starting around 18:30. I noticed the use of 3-4 alignments (Love it).

One thing I have noticed about a big weakness Ohio State's QBs have is they aren't strong enough to hit Jerimiah Smith on deep routes while he is in stride. Sayin had that problem both years (25' and this year), and Fahey has the same issue. This first play is a good example of it. This also falls in line with my concept of throwing the WRs open-before they make their break/cut (so the ball gets there AND DBs can't recover in time to prevent a completion).

from 22:07 till the end, he shows very good concepts and analysis. He also mentions Hythloday's pregame analysis of Ohio State (forgot about Hythloday!!!).

All in all, these videos are very good breakdowns of what is going on. It is perfect for football junkies that have enough time dig into the weeds.

I found dataduck earlier this year and have loved all his videos. He breaks it down in terms even I can understand as a non coach.