Mike Belotti says Ohio St. offense > Alabama offense

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I hang on every word spoken by belotti

Shits going the way of 2012 ND. They talked about ND's defense like it was one of the greatest of all time. Idiots.

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Excellent, excellent. Everything is going according to plan.

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There is definitely a middle ground, but the talking heads are starting to get the ball rolling on this OSU is dominant shite. Just like they did with ND.

The talking point are getting a bit ridiculous. Bosa on a freshman, oh no! Cam Robinson is a BEAST. That'll be a fun matchup, but listening to people talk about it you'd think Bosa is gonna wreck Alabama's entire gameplan.

When did OSU get this amazing offense and defense? Since when has Jones been a legendary deep ball thrower? OSU gonna have Sammy Coates and Duke Williams running go routes all night? I just don't see it.

IMO Alabama has a better offense and defense. Can't wait for the game. From what I've seen, OSU fans are awesome and really underrated as far as good fanbases go.

You haven't watched much of Joey Bosa if that's you perception.

Just mho.

Actually its not only my opinion but the mod on buckeye planet who is one of the more intelligent cf fans ive come across on the internet.

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OSU has a top-20 pick at DT (Bennett), an athletic DT alongside him in Washington (former 5 star DE) and a well known star in Bosa. They lost Noah Spence to a lifetime ban for PED use (Ecstasy), he was history early this year. In his place they have two solid but unspectacular guys in Miller and Frazier. Their two weaknesses are at DT (they have two 3-techs starting with little depth behind them) and discipline. Bosa can be the best defender in the country but also freelance and leave his team out to dry. Bennett and Washington are two ultra athletic DTs but the opposition can use that against them, letting them blow past the rushing play and getting extra bodies on the limited LBs.

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Bosa can be the best defender in the country but also freelance and leave his team out to dry.

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That's kinda the risk/reward that comes with being a rush defensive end. IF you see a chance to cut down inside or go hard to the outside you leave you lane and make your team vulnerable to an off tackle rush or the QB scramble. That's just the nature of the position.

Bosa has been criticized to the other extent more than anything. Taking on double teams and maintaining his rush lanes as opposed to pinning his ears back and get the QB at all costs.

There is truth however to the two 3 techniques that Ohio State has. Both Washington and Bennett are 3 tech guys, but Washington has settled into his role well and we all saw what happened against Wisconsin. That switch happened only a few weeks before that game.

Bosa can dominate a game when given the freedom to make things happen and our LBs just have to suck up and make plays which they have done to some extent all year and it culminated in our most recent shut out of a rush heavy Wisconsin team.

Playing Big 10 defenses and averaging only 12 more yards per game is not better, it is far worse.

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We are not dominant on the OL like years past.

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They are good enough. Mizzouri's was as good or better, and although Shane Ray got ejected, I doubt he would have made much of a difference.

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We still have not proven we can cover a receiver down the field.

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We did just fine with this up until the last couple of games in which we gave up more 30+ yard passing plays than we had the entire season prior. They're clearly capable of doing it as they were amongst the nation's best prior to those two games.

The issues in each game really weren't related (caught peeking into the backfield a couple of time vs Auburn; lost contain a few times vs Mizzou and no one can cover for that long) so I see no reason to expect it to be a continuing trend.