1) Offensive Line. This appeared to be a weakness in the first two games, but particularly as the game progressed, OSU opened some truly massive holes for Storm. Even on the inside read, I saw Harlow just road grading SJSU's Mike.
2) Pressure on quarterback. I was surprised that statistically we only got one sack, but all 3 SJSU quarterbacks spent a lot of time on their backs, and I imagine spent some significant whirlpool time on Sunday.
3) Coaching adjustments. I'm not a basher of the original regime, but it seemed to me that they struggled to make in game adjustments or to depart from the original game plan. Coach Sitake changed his rotation and blanked the bad guys in the second half.
Still needs improvement: catching the ball. As in, the inside screen that was going for about 50+ yards that hits Jarmon in the chest. OSU can run the ball, but if they can throw it with some consistency their offense goes from merely intriguing to truly dangerous and maybe we pull of some upsets.
2) Pressure on quarterback. I was surprised that statistically we only got one sack, but all 3 SJSU quarterbacks spent a lot of time on their backs, and I imagine spent some significant whirlpool time on Sunday.
3) Coaching adjustments. I'm not a basher of the original regime, but it seemed to me that they struggled to make in game adjustments or to depart from the original game plan. Coach Sitake changed his rotation and blanked the bad guys in the second half.
Still needs improvement: catching the ball. As in, the inside screen that was going for about 50+ yards that hits Jarmon in the chest. OSU can run the ball, but if they can throw it with some consistency their offense goes from merely intriguing to truly dangerous and maybe we pull of some upsets.
