Credit to Ohio State. Haskins is a great QB and their WR group is just loaded with talent. Their DL caused so many problems for us offensively; pass protection just wasn't the same for CT as it was for Haskins.
Glad we made a game of it in the 3rd quarter and never laid down. Great adjustments to at least challenge Ohio State.
I'll always wonder why we came in with a pass-first strategy in the first half. Felt like we should've gotten Bowser going earlier; he should've had 30 carries today. We literally just had several games where we got Bowser going early in downs (against Iowa he carried on most first downs), yet we went away from that in the one game where we needed a "ball control/minimize overall possessions" gameplan.
And the 3 man rush just didn't work on those 3rd and longs, but Hankwitz's squad fought the whole way.
Hopefully we get back here sometime soon with a better chance to win it.
Glad we made a game of it in the 3rd quarter and never laid down. Great adjustments to at least challenge Ohio State.
I'll always wonder why we came in with a pass-first strategy in the first half. Felt like we should've gotten Bowser going earlier; he should've had 30 carries today. We literally just had several games where we got Bowser going early in downs (against Iowa he carried on most first downs), yet we went away from that in the one game where we needed a "ball control/minimize overall possessions" gameplan.
And the 3 man rush just didn't work on those 3rd and longs, but Hankwitz's squad fought the whole way.
Hopefully we get back here sometime soon with a better chance to win it.