He passed that his first game ? He had great year you’re nuts.
Does HCMC need a OC to call plays?
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He passed that his first game ? He had great year you’re nuts.
You mean before Heacock and the defense improved after the UT loss?
You’re supporting his argument. Our offense cost us the game.
I remember attending games in the late 70s when Earle Bruce was the coach. His offense was very bland and the fans booed when he would run the ball up the middle. Then he left to go to Ohio State and ISU sucked for most of 40 years. I'll let HCMC decide and hope that he stays.....I don't want the next 40 years to be like the last 40.
As I understand it, the offensive assistants helped or made the play calls. To me, the solution is to just name someone the OC. There is probably one guy that is mostly acting as OC right now.
I agree that they needed to use some of those speed guys more, including handing them the ball on in motion some times. It could be that they don't do this much because it is pretty hard to time it just right, so the QB gets the ball just before the motion guy gets there.
The OC is on the staff. As soon as he's officially named the less heat Campbell gets. Do you guys get it?
I must have been in the wrong section, don't remember the boos. I do recall a lot of exciting games and solid offense which ranked #2 in the country.
That is definitely needed, I want to know who to trash when the offense is not to my standards.
The easiest way to make good play calls is to decide what to call after the game!
That's fine but if it's not someone from the outside I'm going to assume it's a title until proven otherwise.
Yes, I remember that vividly. Earle started out with three 4-7 seasons and the fans were freaking out wanting to get rid of him. Three yards and a cloud of dust, Earle. Earle was working on establishing the run game (as well as every thing else). But Earle was patient and persisted even though the fans wanted immediate success and some gaudy play calling to get another win or two per season. Lo and behold, the next season saw an 8-3 record. The fans were ecstatic. Earles's hard work was starting to pay dividends. The next two seasons would see us going 8-4.
To put those three eight win seasons in perspective, we were playing a round robin schedule in the Big Eight. Oklahoma, Nebraska and Colorado were basically top five teams nationally. Earle gave us one of the greatest three-season runs in ISU history. But he was patient and established the run game.
DAMN OHIO STATE!
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Yeah, our offense wasn’t that different last year with an OC, albeit more handicapped with Kemp.
I’m guessing we’re going to have lower offensive efficiency and effectiveness than desired until we have a line that masks non-roster deficiencies.
I have no issue with how the play calling is currently working. Even if CMC names a OC, he will dictate to the OC what he wants from the offense. It may be conservative at times, but CMC obviously feels that gives us the best chance to win and based on his results the last two years I trust him.
Yup, I don't think we will ever see him run the score up on anyone. Mixed feelings on that, but that is his style.
Campbell seems to be a guy who, does what is right. One part of that is not being a douchecanoe and running up scores. You may totally dislike that other coach, but you have to remember that there are 85 or so 18-23 year olds that you are teaching what is right with you and against you. I have seen it too many times in HS where coaches will run it up on one another due to the other coach and not account for the players (who are even younger) perception of what that means.
So, I've thought about that and yeah, a great OL would help a bunch and probably get us somewhere around the top 20 in S&P. But that doesn't do everything. Michigan is an example. They've got great WRs, and NFL RB, probably an NFL QB who is pretty comparable to Purdy in skillet and a decent OL but their offense wasn't that great. Scheme and playcalling matter a lot. It's why those guys make so much money.
And what does that have to do with our offense this season? All the numbers show it was putrid. If we can count on our defense every year, great, but I'm not sure that we can. It's not fair to that side of the ball.
Agree. Pretty high floor with a good roster like that and a one-move OC that’s good at checkers. A more limited ceiling than needed, though.
We were more than 10 spots higher in our S&P ranking. This offense isn't better. Campbells first year offense was worlds better than the past two years. This is a really weird deal.