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Defensively Speaking: The C-Pick Sim Pressure

Jim Knowles rarely ever calls for creepers or simulated (sim) pressures. However, one sim pressure call he brought to Ohio…

I would not consider Jim Knowles to be someone who dials up a bunch of “exotic” blitzes. However, while I…

Ohio State’s defensive gameplan was extremely conservative. They rarely blitzed, and the ultimate objective was clearly to prevent big gains…

Jim Knowles’ group officially made it ten straight impressive defensive performances on Saturday, despite missing multiple key players. Let’s take…

The Buckeye defense had a very “bend but don’t break” feel to it against Rutgers on Saturday. Rutgers had more…

Saturday wasn’t the first time this season we saw the Buckeye defense do most of the heavy lifting to keep…

This past Saturday, we saw Ohio State’s most impressive defensive performance in recent memory. I usually say something along the…

Against Purdue, the Buckeye defense continued their streak of strong performances this season. Jim Knowles was fairly aggressive throughout the…

The Buckeye defense essentially saved the day against Maryland because they consistently made plays when plays needed to be made….

The Ohio State defense faced their toughest test of the season on Saturday and, while it wasn’t perfect, I would…