Ohio State’s defensive performance against Arkansas State underscored some of the strengths—and weaknesses—of Jim Knowles’ scheme and the Buckeye defensive personnel. Knowles again opened by principally playing cover 1 man buzz weak (a deep safety in the middle of the field with the other safety coming down in the hook/curl zone away from the offense’s formation strength,) on early downs—allowing the hook/curl safety to be heavily involved in filling against the run.
As with Notre Dame, Knowles again frequently changed his defense’s gap responsibilities against the run game, repeatedly creating a free hitter by occupying an offensive linemen with a…
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