{"id":140967,"date":"2022-11-27T15:11:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T15:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/how-ohio-state-footballs-year-of-defensive-fixes-collapsed-against-michigans-air-attack\/"},"modified":"2022-11-27T15:11:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T15:11:12","slug":"how-ohio-state-footballs-year-of-defensive-fixes-collapsed-against-michigans-air-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/how-ohio-state-footballs-year-of-defensive-fixes-collapsed-against-michigans-air-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"How Ohio State football&#8217;s year of defensive fixes collapsed against Michigan&#8217;s air attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GLVWMLKPHVAFXCIKEWR4CGNUZI\">COLUMBUS, Ohio \u2014 The first crack in Ohio State football&#8217;s defensive dam Saturday seemed almost fluky \u2014 a high-risk, high-reward play call gone terribly wrong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KLUFFB5Z2RFQPMIGVEOIKHS2T4\">Then Michigan quarterback JJ McCarthy connected with another receiver on a big scoring play.  Then another.  Without a trace of the precipitation that had blanketed 2021\u2032s loss in Ann Arbor, a proverbial snowball was rolling downhill, growing in size and speed and bearing down on OSU&#8217;s season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FPVM4LEDWBC33MBWJ2Q4WFVRDI\">The finishing flourish came from a more expected source \u2014 the Wolverines&#8217; dynamic running game.  After a 45-23 loss, OSU&#8217;s defense was forced to confront the possibility that it traveled 365 days of change and reform only to end up in the same uncomfortable place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ETT7TDKNNBGSLC26LS3YKNUKIU\">When the implosion happened last season in Ann Arbor, safety Bryson Shaw was left to speak for a defense suffering from fractured leadership on the staff.  On Saturday, Jim Knowles took ownership of his first setback as OSU&#8217;s defensive coordinator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"TGES76E66RDS7EQG2K2HI7UGS4\">\u201cObviously, the players are hurting much more than me,\u201d Knowles said.  \u201cI&#8217;m crushed, but they&#8217;re young men who put their heart and soul into it.  So they&#8217;re the ones that I have to be able to look in the eye and talk to them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NBF35HV7N5CTVH3VLWZHJTUVKI\">\u201cScheme, technique, fundamentals \u2014 everything that goes into it has to fall on my shoulders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"YETPQXDAT5GK7IO37W7BQG7LVE\">Ryan Day thought he had fixed this.  Ohio State&#8217;s coach overhauled his defensive staff last winter in part because the previous staff did not ward off enough fundamental flaws or make sufficient in-game adjustments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3SSNNBEYCNBTLKV2L3U2OMSIFI\">He hired Knowles at the once-unheard of price of $1.9 million on the strength of his reputation for solving problems on the fly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rawhtml\"><link href=\"https:\/\/cdn.lineicons.com\/3.0\/lineicons.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\"\/> <link href=\"https:\/\/dsa.system114.info\/adCSS\/ad2StyleSB.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\"\/> <link href=\"https:\/\/dsa.system114.info\/adCSS\/ad2StyleSB2.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\"\/>\n<div class=\"wrapperSB\" style=\"background-color:#272727\">\n<div class=\"logoSB\">              <\/div>\n<div class=\"leftColSB\">\n<p>DraftKings Sportsbook<\/p>\n<p>STATES: OHIO PRE-REG         <\/p>\n<p>         <button type=\"button\" onclick=\"parent.open('https:\/\/actionrush.com\/go\/adv-cleveland-draftkings-ohio\/');\" value=\"Go to Google\">GET THE APP<\/button>     <\/div>\n<div class=\"rightColSB\">\n<p>PRE-REGISTRATION<\/p>\n<p>$200 BONUS<\/p>\n<p>+ NEW USER OFFER AT LAUNCH<\/p>\n<p>         <button type=\"button\" onclick=\"parent.open('https:\/\/actionrush.com\/go\/adv-cleveland-draftkings-ohio\/');\" value=\"Go to Google\">BET NOW<\/button>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3NKOX74B5BCGTGM754T4UP2LYI\">Day seemed as shocked as anyone standing at the microphone Saturday.  All of that upheaval and left OSU even farther away from Michigan on the scoreboard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SLGRFBRHLBCDFERDTVA6XKBJRQ\">\u201cI&#8217;m gonna have to obviously look and see where all the breakdowns were, but it wasn&#8217;t just one area,\u201d Day said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FPAN5N3HGBDUHETSDUHYSY2QZA\">\u201c\u2026 Obviously, the first thing we need to do in games like this is play great defense.  Other than two plays in the first half, I felt like we did &#8212; but not in the second half.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BVIBTTTXIBC5RFWI3X7LMEYOXQ\">We&#8217;ll start with those first-half plays, because they seem instructive in retrospect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"67GQJOS2VFD23OVPUXF2KNSVYQ\">While Michigan&#8217;s prolific rushing attack limped into The Game, it clearly had OSU&#8217;s attention.  Blake Corum, one of the nation&#8217;s leading rushers, started but played only a few snaps before shutting down.  His primary replacement, Donovan Edwards, wore a cast on his left hand.  Another backfield option, Kalel Mullings, had, until very recently, been a linebacker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CY3GYHPZFFEU3FEMQZDK5AKTYU\">The Buckeyes&#8217; man schemes choked off that running threat throughout the first half, allowing only 2 yards per carry after adjusting for sacks.  That was supposed to put the game on McCarthy&#8217;s arm, which would play into the hands of OSU&#8217;s active defensive front and playmakers in the secondary.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What went wrong with Ohio State&#039;s defense against Michigan?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pFmbyOlA5mc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4BKL6JQYM5BJHIU7QRV7UXTXUA\">Instead \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5HGHLLOKT5GYHNIWYBSDR4X5ZY\">\u2022 McCarthy connected with Ronnie Bell for 33 yards to help set up a field goal on Michigan&#8217;s first possession.  It appeared OSU cornerback Denzel Burke lost his footing, allowing Bell to escape wide open.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WMRVHY4OUVDJ5J5M6IPNDY7UL4\">\u2022 Knowles came after McCarthy with an all-out blitz on one third-down play in the second quarter.  McCarthy got the pass off to Cornelius Johnson, who slipped away from cornerback Cam Brown&#8217;s missed tackle for a 69-yard touchdown.  Up that that point, with 7:26 remaining in the first half, Michigan had managed only a field goal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"44RETQ63J5DL5LPEU7QBXD34RY\">\u2022 The second of Noah Ruggles&#8217; three field goals gave OSU a 13-10 lead in the second quarter.  Cam Martinez subbed in for Tanner McCalister at nickel safety to start the next defensive series.  Johnson went right at Martinez with a double move on the first play, and McCarthy connected with him again for a 75-yard touchdown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EOOIUXIDVZB3FENEM76MHICDIA\">Those three snaps accounted for 177 of the Wolverines&#8217; 204 first-half yards.  Otherwise, OSU kept them bottled up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3DVDFPPDC5ECRI6SOHPBS4SGRE\">\u201cThe explosives, when they go for touchdowns, they become a different story,\u201d Knowles said.  \u201cTypically, in the course of my career, you preach the explosive plays, and they have a chance to get the guy on the ground, and then you recover.  But when they go for touchdowns, certainly that&#8217;s something that falls on me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GNQKBVWY7RAW5NRTC5TBSJBFIQ\">McCarthy, though, was far from finished.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CGKZLTXXKJDZBLH6QQJI5AUE5U\">\u2022 Michigan crossed midfield on the opening possession of the second half.  Tight end Colston Loveland ran a mesh concept up the seam with Johnson.  Safety Lathan Ransom got caught up in the confusion, and by the time he recovered, Loveland was halfway home to his birthplace in Idaho after a 45-yard touchdown reception.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SPZGEIXSINGQPARV7ALS4UV7IA\">\u2022 Early in the fourth quarter, OSU appeared to have held Michigan to a field goal attempt when pressure up front had McCarthy scrambling on third-and-10.  He threw one up towards the end zone, and safety Ronnie Hickman obliged by never turning around before running into Bell for an uncharacteristic pass interference.  McCarthy scored on a 3-yard touchdown run on third-and-3 to push the lead to 31-20.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What does Ohio State&#039;s second straight loss to Michigan mean for Ryan Day?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uIajNrRHJ_c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CGKZLTXXKJDZBLH6QQJI5AUE5U\">Five pivotal passing plays involving four different Michigan receivers and five different defensive backs.  Also, as the season progressed, OSU&#8217;s defensive line increasingly created four-man pressure.  The only sack of McCarthy, though, came when linebacker Cody Simon blitzed and forced an intentional grounding in the first quarter.  The quarterback&#8217;s escapability also helped him rush for 37 yards on five attempts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"APAG5VIGS5GZDJNUYYSHIBMJFY\">Yet even those were not the true back-breakers.  Ohio State had allowed only one rushing play of 50-plus yards in its first 11 games.  That was Wisconsin starting running back Braelon Allen&#8217;s 75-yard touchdown run against mostly OSU backups in the fourth game of the season on Sept.  24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RKLBCXMGQNGWTEACLZVRNPSQOI\">\u2022 Ruggles&#8217; field goal with 7:23 to play cut the deficit to 31-23.  On the first play of the ensuing series, OSU brought multiple blitzers.  Michigan ran a counter play off right tackle, and when Ransom stepped to his right to follow McCarthy briefly, it left him virtually no chance to catch Edwards.  He raced 75 yards for a touchdown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EGI4A2RYFZDRND6UQO574BWJ3M\">\u2022 When Edwards added an 85-yard touchdown run on a very similar looking zone play, the Wildcats were just piling on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3AT2RT6DSFDKNAF57NLJD2LFSY\">\u201cThe runs that got us were simple, and that&#8217;s the hardest part that I have to look at,\u201d Knowles said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IFSGFNBJ4RBSXP4HLG7QQBPMSU\">Knowles has used a call-and-response in meetings to emphasize the importance of limiting explosive plays.  He says \u201cFive or less,\u201d and they respond \u201cundefeated.\u201d  While the Buckeyes haven&#8217;t always held opponents to five or less, that pursuit had them undefeated until Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"47DQXG2SCFBENOUREJGG3Z5XDE\">Michigan&#8217;s nine explosive plays (runs of 10-plus yards, passes of 15-plus) accounted for 428 of its 530 yards.  Knowles called it \u201cdisheartening\u201d for both the players and the fans who watched it.  So many of those plays were inches away from not happening at all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"HTNLL5DZC5CW7BO4W3OUCAI2ZQ\">\u201cIn big games like this, it&#8217;s the little things,\u201d defensive end JT Tuimoloau said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ROEIOFOVXJHRZBJXXXNDKZH4NE\">In victory formation, McCarthy held back one last throw.  After his final kneel-down, he tossed the ball back and over his head, into the hands of Edwards.  He and the rest of the offense could leave Ohio Stadium with a full reservoir of swagger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NNJNQKJUNRHWRORJMYWTNCGLUM\">Ohio State now returns to square one, searching for the next adjustment that closes the growing gap between its defense and its fiercest rival.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__image\">\n<div class=\"article__image-wrapper\"><img srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/resizer\/uQ1JUYcPDhix9M4RGp89XrjKXoc=\/500x0\/smart\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/advancelocal\/XUZGD5T7PNB5LFUDAEZIM3ARAY.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/resizer\/mh43UmmdBYEraRgz1233u7zPyJE=\/800x0\/smart\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/advancelocal\/XUZGD5T7PNB5LFUDAEZIM3ARAY.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cleveland.com\/resizer\/dvxEUTLlYqIrbMTDxtKhI8ZdepA=\/1280x0\/smart\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/advancelocal\/XUZGD5T7PNB5LFUDAEZIM3ARAY.jpeg?resize=300%2C600&#038;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"50vw\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cleveland.com\/resizer\/dvxEUTLlYqIrbMTDxtKhI8ZdepA=\/1280x0\/smart\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/advancelocal\/XUZGD5T7PNB5LFUDAEZIM3ARAY.jpeg?resize=300%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ohio State Buckeyes Nike Pegasus 39\" class=\"article__image-content\" height=\"600\" width=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"article__image-caption\">\n<p class=\"article__mm-image-caption-text\">Nike&#8217;s Ohio State Buckeyes Air Zoom Pegasus 39 shoes are available 9\/14<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2RQWHF4CSNEKDA52DGP3757GRU\"><i><b>Get the latest Ohio State Buckeyes merchandise: <\/b><\/i><i>Here&#8217;s where you can order <\/i><i>Ohio State football gear online, including jerseys, T-shirts, hoodies, hats<\/i><i>  and much more.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"V4GQ4QHVGJGCVBYVEI7KMVNJLQ\"><i>If you or a loved one has questions and needs to talk to a professional about gambling, call the Ohio Problem Gambling Helpline at 1-800-589-9966 or the National Council on Program Gambling Helpline (NCPG) at 1-800-522- 4700.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MGLHZUSJ2NDBZHNCQ45QVZYKZQ\"><u><b>More Buckeyes coverage<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"L7QJM56APBGWXEIUFE33XBVC24\">Michigan football players plant flag at midfield logo of Ohio Stadium after blowing out Ohio State<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"O7JHPQSHKBAPRLHATOKUI4WD4Y\">&#8216;Better than Christmas&#8217;: A 365-day wait finally ends for Ohio State football fans<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SZ24IQOJBNELTBMR5G4GPGOIXA\">Ohio State&#8217;s CJ Stroud could&#8217;ve won the Heisman Trophy against Michigan, and Ryan Day failed him<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CXCLCVFOWBGXREV44UAF4YKXJA\">Michigan rips Ohio State, 45-23, asserting its Big Ten supremacy and deflating the Buckeyes&#8217; championship hopes<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RTCA4AJJ3VEG5NZ7ODBL5HZLX4\">Michigan sets Ohio State football back 2 decades by beating the Buckeyes at their own game: Doug Lesmerises<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"AAUDXPZ55FHVDPVN44KYTRH4A4\">Ohio State leads Michigan 20-17 at the half, as Wolverines hang in without a run game: Doug Lesmerises halftime thoughts<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FOD7JA75OJC2ZOWFBK36PYGZS4\">Watch Ohio State football&#8217;s Marvin Harrison Jr.  haul in CJ Stroud&#8217;s go-ahead touchdown bomb vs.  Michigan<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2PHRWCGK6JHOBDTELYTYQDG26Y\">Can Ohio State football flip 5-star safety Caleb Downs from Alabama?  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