Knapke last 2 games

[hammb]

kinna curious about Callaways prep....
they say Knapke is starter, full faith in him and proved he deserves it. Fine

so what happens if Knapke gets hurt? Will Callaway go in with no thought of him playing (meaningful reps, game plan for him, etc)?

seems like that;s what happened when MJ got hurt in the first game.


(I know osu has some very good athletes but, they've survived losing their 1st & 2nd QB's -so far)

That's the way it works on every. You cannot take reps away from your starter (especially if he's been struggling) just to get the backup more prepared. There just aren't enough reps in the week to get both guys prepped to play. When you try to prep 2 you're going to end up with nobody prepared for the game.

As for the Buckeyes they were in a similar situation to us for the bulk of the season but their backup ended up developing into a Heisman contender, ours didn't. Their 3rd stringer wasn't needed to do much to beat Michigan, I'm curious to see how they'll do in the Big 10 Championship. Even with the development of Barrett they still lost a game that they had no business losing to a lousy opponent, and they had the luxury of letting him develop against a whole lot of teams who were VASTLY outmatched across the board talentwise. Knapke didn't have that luxury, especially since we also lost a helluva lot of other starters along with our starting QB.


I hope Knapke comes out and plays well, and if he doesn't I wouldn't mind seeing some of Callaway just to see if he can provide a spark. But if Knapke is the starter (and it's probably the right call at this point) then they have to give him every single rep and the best chance he can possibly have to succeed tomorrow night.

[mscarn]

The huddling around the heater thing was going on during games last year too. I guess you've got to stay warm but I prefer the attitude/mindset of Kerry Coombs, the tough, hard-ass old-school OSU assistant that wore a T-shirt on the sidelines of the Minnesota game while it was snowing. Unwise? Against sound medical advice of the trainers? Perhaps, but it shows that the game (and winning it) is the only thing on their mind for that 3 hour timespan. One of our assistant coaches was tweeting working-through-the-cold toughness quotes before the last game so they're definitely trying to instill it.

If the passing game is not clicking early I'd go the game-plan used by the Jets during Monday Night Football: run, run and more run. Pitches, tosses, draws, reverses, options, wildcat, anything to move the ball with a deep ball every once in a while to keep them honest. Milk the clock, get first downs and rest the defense to ready them against an NIU team less explosive offensively than they were last year with Lynch.

[Flipper]

Short sleeves...no heaters...four rings.


Then again...he had brain damage.


Is Knapke hurt? He doesn't seem to be throwing the ball on a line and when he goes deep the ball really hangs....