Who will do better against Ohio State: FleckBall vs Fickell AirRaid?

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My guess is the one that tries to win vs. hopes not to lose.
 






That should be it for Wisconsin, barring a miracle comeback. OSU looked mortal, but still very much the better team.
 






Word said:
Gophers have plenty of injuries too.
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Exactly. Wisconsin defense couldn't tackle late. I am still relatively shocked it was within 14. I think Gophers can do the same. Especially if they're looking ahead.
 

When Ohio State gets Egbuka back watch out. He is only slightly less talented than Harrison. When Stover gets going the Buckeyes are scary. Henderson looked good and back. Terrible game by Mc Cord with 1 TO and 2 interceptions and they still won by 2 TDs on the road at night. 110,000 screaming maniacs might be a tough task for AK. Expect the Buckeyes to pack the box and go single man coverage. Small possibility of being a trap game for OSU as they look ahead to the sign stealers in Ann Arbor.
 

Gophers have beaten Wisconsin two straight, and 3 of the last 5.

It will be interesting to see how the coaching change at Wisconsin impacts the rivalry.
 

I think offenses will not have much to do with it.

Wisconsin was in the game because they played really good defense and won turnover battle by 2. Not because of the air raid. They were sub 50% passing and fewer than 100 rush yards.

If Minnesota plays really good defense and wins the turnover battle by 2, they’ll be in the game. If they don’t, they won’t.
 




Correct that the offensive scheme has really nothing to do with it.

A certain poster on GH loves to entertain himself by trolling the rest of the board about running the ball.
 

MplsGopher said:
Correct that the offensive scheme has really nothing to do with it.

A certain poster on GH loves to entertain himself by trolling the rest of the board about running the ball.
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The original question was regarding which style of play (FleckBall or Fickell AirRaid) will be more successful against a highly-ranked common opponent (Ohio State).

Your take is that "offensive scheme has really nothing to do with it"? Is that correct?
 

RememberMurray said:
It will be interesting...
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Hold on, Murr ... Did you watch the Wisky game last night?

Fickell ball is pretty balanced. No air raid involved. Whisky threw 39 times but playing from behind from early in the third quarter forced more passing. They played OSU to 10-10 by balancing between run and pass. They were fine until Braelin Allen went down and took away the balance.

We threw 18 times in the first half trying to be balanced. Worked great (AK had 190+ yards at halftime). We didn't score but played balanced anyway. Fleck went full Nubin in the second half because it was obvious our Oline was wearing down the D. No objection here to that because it was quite obviously an easy decision. A better offensive coach would have continued to mix it up to save battering his running back.

Fickell may want to run an air raid but he doesn't have the QB to do that.
 

RememberMurray said:
The original question was regarding which style of play (FleckBall or Fickell AirRaid) will be more successful against a highly-ranked common opponent (Ohio State).

Your take is that "offensive scheme has really nothing to do with it"? Is that correct?
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Offensive scheme doesn’t have much to do with it.
Both schemes will be similarly unsuccessful IMO
 

upnorthkid said:
Our offense will do better but the final score will be more dictated by how well OSU offense plays and if they want to try run score up late.
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Ohio State's defense is better than their offense, although not as much disparity as ours.

Fleck/Harbaugh's current thinking will be overwhelmed by OSU defense. On the other hand, any real balanced Gopher offense has the potential to keep us in the game with our great D leading the way.
 



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