I wonder how many times we run into a pile when X has man coverage.You bet it was, and I listened to this.
One comment from Bruns was especially intriguing regarding the use of our H back Jared Rus against OSU (and all season).
He said when we plod Jared Rus from one side of the line and then motion him to the other side it always brings the safety on D from that side from pass coverage pre snap - to inside the box pre snap sensing a run to that side.
Predictable crap like this kills our running game. It is window dressing that doesn't help - and worse than that, it actually helps the D coordinator on the other side showing them what we are about to do.
With TE - why not use Tyler Moore more often or even an Easton Dean. Even if they can't bang in the block game like Rus at least they are a THREAT to go down the field and catch a pass.
Just shows the offense is as bad as our defense is good. Heacock is a wizard at disguising what we are doing. Manning is horrible at getting creative in the run game and other teams just know what he is going to do.
One more point - the shotgun handoff up the middle cannot be our go to run play when it rarely works. I am just sick of it. If you have a subpar line we cannot be predictable.
Zone blocking in short yardage sounds like a disaster, and in general has been in any yardage.