It's been a slightly up and down first half of the Luke Fickell era at Ohio State, but there have been more positives than negatives for the Buckeyes so far against the Akron Zips. They're up by a score of 21-0, so Buckeyes fans won't have much to complain about. Quarterback Joe Bauserman is playing well, though he hasn't been given a chance to truly shine.
Akron Vs. Ohio State Score: Buckeyes Football Leads 21-0 At Halftime
Jim Tressell is gone, but Tressball lives on. Offensive coordinator Jim Bollman and/or Luke Fickell seem pretty intent on keeping things simple for Bauserman and the focus has been the running game and simple passes. Bauserman’s protection has been average at best, but that could be a product of Bauserman failing to make reads and change his protection at the line of scrimmage.
Just kidding! Like Bollman and Fickell would give him the freedom to do that.
Okay, I don’t actually know that. But the times Bauserman has been under pressure, it’s been because of poorly called/designed protection, not because of missed blocks. Hopefully for the sake of everyone who likes entertaining football, they’ll open up the playbook a bit more and trust Bauserman to make the right choices with riskier plays. His decision making regarding when to get rid of the ball and when to take off running has been fantastic so far. He’s proven that he deserves a little freedom, for goodness sake! Die Tressball, die!
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