NFL officials ask OSU players at Combine ‘what happened’ in loss at Iowa
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Northside Hawk
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I would say the offense was inconsistent more than awful. But most of the teams that it showed up against were bottom feeders (Illinois, Nebby with their coach all but out the door) or slightly above average (ISU). Even giving a pass against a historically great Wisconsin team, everyone remembers the preposterous losses to Northwestern and Purdue where our OC completely turtled. You could classify Minnesota as a lucky escape, too. I think most would agree that seeing how good things could be on a good day made other lame performances, and game plans, that much more frustrating to watch because we knew it had the potential to be there. BTW the crappy field position we seemed to play with all year, some of that is on the OC too.
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1st drive — 10 plays 63 yds FG 0 sacks
Bosa playing
2nd drive — 11 plays 80 yds TD 0 sacks
Bosa playing
3rd drive — 3 plays 1 yd PUNT 0 sacks
Bosa playing
4th drive — the drive Bosa was ejected.
1) Wadley 9yd rush — Bosa playing
2) Easley 2yd rec — Bosa playing
3) Wadley 0yd rush — Bosa playing
4) Hockenson 22yd rec — Bosa playing
5) Hockenson 24yd rev — Bosa playing
6) Wadley 2yd rush — Bosa playing
7) incomplete pass — Bosa playing
8) incomplete pass — Bosa playing
Bosa ejected
9) Fant rec — TD
No, you’re absolutely right. Iowa was not moving the ball with Bosa in the game. Not all.
I mean, a 25yd pass play immediately followed Bosa’s ejection is proof the game changed.
I can’t remember who got ejected on the same drive before Hockenson’s 22yd reception?
And who got ejected on that play to allow his 24yd reception on the very next play? I don’t remember that one either; who was that?
judzeehawk
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Hawk fans pretty much complain game after game about the offense being so predictable. If you watched our defense they knew what was coming ( with the exception of not being able to cover the bombs ) and beat them to the ball so to speak. On defense this was no fluke. They did their homework and made OSU pay. Josh Jackson was just waiting for those passes along with Hooker. As far as the offense was concerned OSU has trouble covering Iowa's tight ends. They always have.They exploited OSU bad. Yes it helped having that dumb play by Bosa which leads to think....... are OSU players really that stupid? Everybody thinks OSU has 2 or 3 teams of All Americans to fill every spot. Well I guess we proved them wrong when OSU needed to substitute a couple of linemen. Guess OSU found out quick they can't substitute. Lol It was a perfect storm. Iowa played lights out and the Kinnick Crowd was AWESOME! If you watch the start of the game and in particular Bosa standing on the sidelines looking at the crowd with a look of WTF on his face. It was over then.
hawkeyebob62
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#9, in particular, is interesting. Why? Because on that play, Stanley looked off Bosa's side, and Fant was one on one downfield. Made one wonder if they were trying to "cover up" on Bosa's side.
But again, I merely said it changed the TENOR of the game, not that it was the play of all time. The Hawks went from being tied, and maybe having to punt, to a 15-yard advancement and an O$U top-notch player gone for the rest of the game. That BF/KoK/et. al., took advantage on the next play was great work on their part.
Funny, if Bosa had left due to injury, half the KF-must-go crowd would have been saying O$U got a bad break. The same way some of them were talking about how the Hawks "lucked out" when O$U had OL miss plays due to injury.
pythagoras
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It's 2018 people. Shut up about last year because guess what, it' doesn't matter.
