Defense is suspect, like we thought
Oline and WR/RB/TE are amazing, like we thought.
If this is what CJ Stroud is, this is a 9-3 team. If this is just a bad game, then it's business as usual.
He threw for 294, but he never faced a tough throw. A good chunk of yards were screens. And he had guys WIDE open downfield. He hit some of them, but missed a couple of open throws. He left a good chunk of yardage on the field.Stroud wasn’t great but if 294 and 4 TDs is a bad game then they’re going much better than 9-3
He threw for 294, but he never faced a tough throw. A good chunk of yards were screens. And he had guys WIDE open downfield. He hit some of them, but missed a couple of open throws. He left a good chunk of yardage on the field.
Eventually, we'll face teams that can cover way better than Minny did tonight. If Stroud is as inaccurate as he was tonight against a good defense, it'll be ugly.
I have no idea how good he is. I’ve seen one game of his, and he wasn’t very good.But do you actually think he will be? I don’t. Kid has talent. First start let alone first pass thrown, on the road, good defense, crappy weather. Still managed to make the passes when they mattered and end up with a nice stat line. I think he’ll only improve.
Yeah, I kinda feel bad for Teague. But he should not see the field at this point barring injury.Yea Master Teague should get used to riding the bench with the way Miyan and Henderson have looked
Defense is suspect, like we thought
Oline and WR/RB/TE are amazing, like we thought.
If this is what CJ Stroud is, this is a 9-3 team. If this is just a bad game, then it's business as usual.
I mean, given the QB success and team success, yes expectations are absurdly high at OSU.Bad game?
Lol. The absurdity of OSU fan expectations is something else, sometimes.
I mean, given the QB success and team success, yes expectations are absurdly high at OSU.
Stroud ended up with nice counting numbers, but I don’t know if he had one rough completion all game. And he missed some open throws. You can’t honestly tell me you think he threw the ball better than mediocre last night.
And I don’t think Stroud had to do too much to accomplish any of that. I think you’re giving him to much credit for the way people around him played. He was able to hit guys who were extremely wide open and was given a ton of time to throw. He had a couple really bad throws and I don’t know if he had one throw that was really tough.I don’t do the couch criticism after you walk into Minneapolis in your first career start and:
1. Put points on the board.
2. Get the ball to your playmakers
3. Win
You don’t have “high expectations,” you have unreasonable expectations, which as you said yourself are predicated on more experienced QBs, team success and what they’ve done.
To call that performance “bad” is a joke, IMO. Completely unreasonable for a 19 year old starting his career in a hostile B1G environment, on the road at night.
That’s a deep October/November game with incredibly high energy, not some cupcake.
I don’t do the couch criticism after you walk into Minneapolis in your first career start and:
1. Put points on the board.
2. Get the ball to your playmakers
3. Win
You don’t have “high expectations,” you have unreasonable expectations, which as you said yourself are predicated on more experienced QBs, team success and what they’ve done.
To call that performance “bad” is a joke, IMO. Completely unreasonable for a 19 year old starting his career in a hostile B1G environment, on the road at night.
That’s a deep October/November game with incredibly high energy, not some cupcake.