OSU played with tight coverage in the secondary (sometimes I can not tell the difference between pass interference and tight coverage). ISU gave a cushion on OSU's wideouts. The cushion made it easy for OSU to complete short passes and keep the chains moving. OSU's tight coverage resulted in several ISU incompletions. In the first half, OSU's offense tried more medium to long passes and ISU's defense was able to put some pressure on the QB and put him off balance. In the second half, OSU took what ISU's defense was giving them, short passes in the flat. Halftime adjustments worked for OSU. An adjustment ISU seemed to make in the second half was to start throwing to Bibbs. The coaches seemed to forget about him the first half. The way was OSU was playing defense, I do not understand why they did not throw some fade routes to Lazzard or Montgomery on the outside. They both had big height advantages and there was a fair chance that pass interference might be called.
It seems when ISU plays tight coverage in the secondary, it is called pass interference. When an opposing team does it, it is good defensive play. There were several times today, I saw ISU receivers with defenders draped all over them when the ball was in the air.
It seems when ISU plays tight coverage in the secondary, it is called pass interference. When an opposing team does it, it is good defensive play. There were several times today, I saw ISU receivers with defenders draped all over them when the ball was in the air.
