Is this the week that the offense looks anything like it did last year? I get that Rourke is still recovering from his injury, but this offense is not really helping to win any games so far. We’re very fortunate that the defense is a top 5-10 defense up to now, but eventually our offense is going to have to do better than 15-20 points to win the MAC in my opinion.

So what I’m seeing is Rourke continues to improve based on his last game mostly

We’re not where we should be in running the ball. This is the deepest offensive unit I think and should be averaging over 4 yards per carry.

We’ve had injuries to receivers- wide receivers and tight ends and have have lost our biggest deep threats
from last year- Bostic by graduation and now Jones by injury. The wide receiver group is called our deepest into by some on here.

We’ve been involved with mostly low scoring games and are conservative in our play calling

Deep throws have been almost nonexistent

So I’m just wondering what the board thinks about our offensive woes or do you not care as long as we keep winning?

I'm not sure Albin will fully open up the offense if isn't necessary. The only thing that has beaten this team this year is mistakes by the offense. I'm guessing Albin would prefer to get the offensive line on track and grind down the opponent with possession time. Rourke's numbers last year were often due to necessity--score fast or lose. Fordham wouldn't score 10 points against this defense.

I hope you’re right about the ground game, we sure haven’t seen much so far. So you think Kent is that bad on defense- hard to tell much with that schedule they’ve played. We shall see.

I’ll get to see it first hand tomorrow - looking forward to it.

Ohio's offense numbers for 2023 thus far and the 2022 season:

Rushing:
2023- 140 yards/game
2022 - 143 yards/game

Passing:
2023 - 184 yards/game
2022 - 278 yards/game

Total:

2023 - 324 yards/game
2022 - 421 yards/game

Total Plays/Game:

2023 -- 68
2022 -- 68

Our run game doesn't seem as explosive this season -- fewer chunk plays, but we also don't take many loss of yardage plays. We're not hitting many deep passing plays either.

I keep anticipating and waiting for a game where we rack up lots of yards. Hope that starts tomorrow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OencLhL4UPc

Ohio needs to win, not rack up big yards. They should keep trying to improve, and fine tune things. I'm not concerned in the least about the offense, for all of the reasons others' have given.

I told you so

We're getting stuffed at the line because our QB - who last year could put 6 on your head at any moment - is not of ANY threat to throw it. WHY?! When they call runs, what percentage is a delayed handoff up the middle? 75%? And I'm being serious here. It has to be more than 50% hb dives. The whole offense is push the pile. It's not score points. It's baffling to watch.

I think you said it - the offense is conservative and boring and for what? For the most part, OU has played with a lead all season. Instead of putting points up they're playing scared, like they cannot wait to get off the field.

They're not even attempting to go for the big play. Everything is a 4 yard out to the TE. A 7 yard slant to Wigs or Cross. Have we had a single trick play this season? I mean, I'm not advocating for a WR to throw a bomb to the QB (We've done it before though) - but end arounds? A little PA? Mix in ANYTHING that opens up some run lanes? Some deep crossing routes? Something, anything to get the defense thinking.

Kurtis has more INT through 5 games than all of 2022. He's too talented to not have the entire playbook opened. He hurt his knee, not his arm. Spread it out.

Gutless, conservative football.