Ohio State 3rd string QB outplaying Heisman Winner so far.

[DCUconnfan]

To wit, Jones was a 3* 78 rating based on ESPN's rankings. A Jones could be on our roster now/any day in the past.

 

[noeynox]

But did he really? OSU's running back ran for more yards than Jones threw for. Mariota had better numbers including QBR.

Meyer clearly has a system that is high octane and not the easiest to defend. The ground game certainly helped Jones and the defense stepped up to the plate. It's a system you can plug and play any talented QB and they will succeed. All 3 QB's have found much success under Meyer.

Early in the game he absolutely did. Completed some nice deep and intermediate throws. Don't forget the huge 26yd completion on third down from the shadow of their own endzone when they were either down 7-0, or tied 7-7. His next pass was another 26yd completion. While Marriota had two huge drops by his WRs that halted potential drives he also missed badly on a few passes. When the game was in the balance Jones did his thing. When Oregon's drives eventually stalled or ended in FGs, or three and outs, OSUs Oline and running game dictated the PACE that Oregon is so well known for.

 

[Confident Carl]

But did he really? OSU's running back ran for more yards than Jones threw for. Mariota had better numbers including QBR.

Meyer clearly has a system that is high octane and not the easiest to defend. The ground game certainly helped Jones and the defense stepped up to the plate. It's a system you can plug and play any talented QB and they will succeed. All 3 QB's have found much success under Meyer.

The key word being talented.

 

[Confident Carl]

That's where it was really won. The offensive line and running game just utterly dominated Oregon. Jones had a lot of man coverage deep because they had to sell out to try to stop the run and just couldn't. Amazing what a great running game can do.

Total domination. They wore Oregon down. Those Big Defensive ends were spent by the time the 4th quarter came around.

 

[SAMCRO]

If Diaco doesn't work out, I think this Meyer guy would be a good candidate for our job. Assuming we can't find someone more high profile.

We'll have to run it by the CT HS FB Coaches Assoc. first, make sure they're good with this guy.

 

[Section205]

Oregon's D was horrific. OSU did a great job controlling the tempo of the game, pushing them around midway through the 1st quarter on. But if Oregon's WR's makes those catches (couldn't ask for a better spot where to catch those passes) on the next 2 drives in the first quarter, quite possible the Ducks could easily be up 21-7 after 1, and have OSU reeling a bit.

Then again if "buts & if's" were only fifths, we'd all be drunk by now.

 

[storrsroars]

Admit it. Who here didn't want to see OSU score one more TD to make it 49-20.

Which is of course one point worse than 48-20.

 

[Confident Carl]

He was 3rd string for a reason the other two guys were Better. Myer did a great job tailoring his plan for him. In both games you could see the Bama and Oregon DBs not want to tackle Jones late in the game.

key words - were better -Urban Meyer stated that Jones wasn't mature. Obviously he has grown up. I don't think Cardale is gonna give this job up too easily. May have been a great game plan by Meyer but Jones still had to execute and execute he did!