The Inside Stuff Ohio State: An Army First Time Opponent. Come inside for Army’s record against Big Ten opponents

[Charles Grevious]

 

[ashokan]

Ohio St might be new to Army but their defensive coordinator isn't. When Greg Schiano was at Rutgers he was also the DC and the best option stopper going. Held Navy to 165 yards offense one year when they were leading the nation in rushing. Schiano was 11-1 vs SAs. Coach better have some passing or trickeration planned

 

[BetterThanNavy]

Ohio St might be new to Army but their defensive coordinator isn't. When Greg Schiano was at Rutgers he was also the DC and the best option stopper going. Held Navy to 165 yards offense one year when they were leading the nation in rushing. Schiano was 11-1 vs SAs. Coach better have some passing or trickeration planned

Ellerson’s triple option, but you are correct that Schiano knows the option and he is a very good DC.

 

[ashokan]

Monken and Meyer both cite Schiano's familiarity with Monken's option

Urban Meyer:

“Coach Schiano has coached against wishbone teams. I have, too...You need to spend every waking moment from here until the foot hits the ball to prepare against the wishbone.”

Jeff Monken:

“We certainly felt like we needed to have everything that we got in our offense prepared for the first two games to have a chance to win...Coach Schiano has seen this offense several times and we have stood on opposite sidelines.”

Greg Schiano came up in Meyer’s presser, and it showed up again in Monken. If anything from school has taught me something, it’s this: if something gets repeated, it’s probably important to know—and will be on a test.

Ohio State’s test on how well they defend Army’s variation of the wishbone/triple option offense this weekend may have gotten easier with the addition of Schiano on staff. When he was the head coach in charge of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Schiano went up against the Black Knights in the 2011 season. Rutgers won, 27-12, and having a successful experience of playing Army helps.

Monken wasn’t the man in charge at West Point in 2011, but the option strategy has been relatively the same. The effectiveness of the Army offense this season has produced two wins at home. Going back to last season, the win streak is up to five games, including a big win against rival service academy Navy last December.

Preparedness is a necessity when going up against a program like Ohio State. With Schiano having seen how the operations work with the Army flexbone attack, there may be a series of plays the Black Knights haven’t run yet in their first two games, but will this Saturday. Even though Monken’s record at Army is 15-23, he’s 10-5 in the last 15 games."

'7 things learned from the head coach press conferences of Ohio State and Army'
https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...monken-army-press-conference-7-things-learned

 

[ArmyFootball2016]

Ellerson’s triple option, but you are correct that Schiano knows the option and he is a very good DC.

It will be an interesting battle of wits come Saturday. I think they will have a difficult time stopping us, but we will have a more difficult time stopping the Barrett lead OSU offense.

 

[ashokan]

Was reading a big OSU blog. A weak pass defense was mentioned - as was Army's need to pass. Schiano has said his D'line is the best he ever coached - including Tampa Bay Buc


Summary
F/+ Projection: Ohio State 44, Army 11

Win Probability: Ohio State 96.9%

Monken and Co. are catching the Buckeyes in a bad mood, and they’ll be looking for somebody to beat up on. Regardless of OSU’s considerable advantage in the trenches, Army still can't even throw the ball.

If the triple option-running, fake-punting Black Knights struggle to air it out against the worst secondary in the FBS, a blowout loss will surely follow."

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