Until some questionable decisions late in the game, both the Ohio State and Notre Dame coaching staffs made critical adjustments to give their teams a chance to win.
There are plenty of reasons to question the decision-making of both Ryan Day and Marcus Freeman following last Saturday's barn-burner in South Bend. But to pretend as though they and their staffs hadn't engaged in a high-level chess match prior to a series ofin the game's waning moments is naive at best and downright disingenuous at worst.
. The Irish averaged 4.5 yards per carry, a far cry from the 2.52 average the Buckeyes allowed going into the game. Not only did they lean on these two back sets, but the Irish incorporated unbalanced formations more and more as the game wore on. All-American left tackle Joe Alt would flip spots with the tight end and line up outside the right tackle, giving the home team a massive surface to run behind on that side.play, the Buckeyes had few methods of slowing down the Irish ground game.
All game long, the Buckeyes eschewed their typical reliance on tight, man-coverage for conservative zone schemes. Hartman may be the best deep-ball passer the Buckeye defense will see all season, and Knowles seemed determined to make his opponent put together long drives instead of giving up the explosive plays that haunted his team last season.
When the Notre Dame offense found themselves down 10-7 and backed up to its own goal line, it didn't simply repeat the concept, but built on it. Irish offensive coordinator Gerad Parker dialed up a concept that showed screens to both sides, but with three supposed blockers taking off downfield. One crosser concept came on a critical third down with time running out in the first half. As McCord took the snap, both Julian Fleming and Egbuka ran across the middle at varying depths out of a bunch formation from the left side while Harrison and Cade Stover created picks for their teammates.
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