I'm not sold on the offense's progress. 14 regulation points against buffalo 10 against Pitt. I'm counting 18 at home against ull due to the gift. Our problems run deeper than our defense.
I think that we're spoiled a little by the phenomenal offensive numbers from the last two years. I think when the season is done, the Offense will average between 28 and 32 points a game, pretty much in the range of most years prior to the last couple. Considering the losses, that certainly is not terrible.
Defensively, so far Ohio is giving up an average of 457 yards a game. The worst year in the Solich era for the defense was 2005, when the defense gave up 452 yards/game. From 2006-2018 the defense gave up an average of 373 yards/game, though it's been a bit higher, at 383 yards/game since Ohio switched to the Cover 4. The worst year since 2005 was 2013 when the defense gave up 406 yards a game. I think the defense is capable of playing quite a bit better than they have played so far, and I hope they do, but right now the facts aren't pretty: the defense is currently on track to be the worst defense since Solich came to Ohio, and unless they dramatically improve, at the very least they will be the worst defense since 2005.
Edit - I would add that, if the defense got a few more stops, the offense would get more chances, and they might well be averaging 32-35 points a game, still not as good as the last two years, but better than all the prior ones.
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” ― Epictetus
Last Edited: 10/19/2019 10:16:32 AM by L.C.