He'a already mentioned that the defense is going to have to play much better this week than they did at Texas State, so I am curious what kind of changes he makes to help out his inexperienced DBs. The thing is I think KU can counter whatever changes he tries to make.
It will be much more complex than this of course, but let's say Solich tries to blitz KU more to try and make it so if corners don't have to cover much. Would make sense against KU's OL and their inexperience. The thing is I am guessing the passing game will be fairly similar to that of Rhode Island, which there really wasn't much pass rush against us because KU was getting rid of the ball really quickly. You can send all the guys you want, but if the QB is getting rid of the ball 2 seconds after the snap, that blitz won't matter much.
Which makes me think that Solich will drop back quite a few guys instead of bring the house. I bet we see a lot of 7 and 8 men drop back in coverage. If that happens and we have them back on their heels, this is where I think we see Kinner have a big game.
Now what I think will be really interesting with this is I am sure Solich will try and play some chess against us with his defense, but one thing I noticed with KU's offense this past week...it was hurry up in the sense that they wanted the guys to get on the ball quick...but they would check back to the sidelines before snapping the ball (like we did during the Warinner days). I am assuming that continues and allows KU to really counter how Ohio sets up. I see an opportunity for KU to continually keep Ohio on their heels on defense this game...
It will be much more complex than this of course, but let's say Solich tries to blitz KU more to try and make it so if corners don't have to cover much. Would make sense against KU's OL and their inexperience. The thing is I am guessing the passing game will be fairly similar to that of Rhode Island, which there really wasn't much pass rush against us because KU was getting rid of the ball really quickly. You can send all the guys you want, but if the QB is getting rid of the ball 2 seconds after the snap, that blitz won't matter much.
Which makes me think that Solich will drop back quite a few guys instead of bring the house. I bet we see a lot of 7 and 8 men drop back in coverage. If that happens and we have them back on their heels, this is where I think we see Kinner have a big game.
Now what I think will be really interesting with this is I am sure Solich will try and play some chess against us with his defense, but one thing I noticed with KU's offense this past week...it was hurry up in the sense that they wanted the guys to get on the ball quick...but they would check back to the sidelines before snapping the ball (like we did during the Warinner days). I am assuming that continues and allows KU to really counter how Ohio sets up. I see an opportunity for KU to continually keep Ohio on their heels on defense this game...
