Ohio State's 5 perfect drives against Georgia and why it wasn't enough: Peach Bowl OSU offensive analysis

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🗓️ 6 January 2023

⏱️ 96 minutes

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On this Friday Buckeye Talk from cleveland.com, Doug Lesmerises, Nathan Baird and Stephen Means are back to break down Ohio State's offense in the Buckeyes' 42-41 Peach Bowl College Football Playoff semifinal loss to Georgia. They did the same for the OSU defense on the previous episode of Buckeye Talk. The discussion starts (0:30) with the idea of Ohio State's five perfect drives against Georgia, and then moves into the limited use of the OSU run game. Then (17:55) it's a discussion of C.J. Stroud's big game. That's followed (29:14) but how the Buckeyes handled Georgia All-American defensive tackle Jalen Carter. Then comes talk (33:57) of the OSU receivers vs. the Georgia secondary. Miyan Williams talk (36:15) then pops in, before the guys start digging into every OSU drive (38:09). Marvin Harrison's injury and the targeting call that was reversed on the play gets an interlude (49:57) before things return (59:50) to Ohio State's final drives of the game. Thanks for listening to Buckeye Talk. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (IL/IN/LA/MI/NJ/PA/TN/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXT STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (CO/KS/NH), 888-789-7777/visit http://ccpg.org (CT), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), 877-8-HOPENY/text HOPENY (467369) (NY), visit OPGR.org (OR), or 1-888-532-3500 (VA). 21+ (18+ NH/WY). Physically present in AZ/CO/CT/IL/IN/IA/KS/LA(select parishes)/MI/NH/NJ/ NY/OR/PA/TN/VA/WV/WY only. $200 in Free bets: New customers only. Min. $5 deposit. Min $5 bet. $200 issued as eight (8) $25 free bets. Bet must win. Ends 11/20/23 @ 11:59pm ET. Stepped Up SGP: 1 Token issued per eligible game. Opt in req. Min $1 bet. Max bet limits apply. Min. 3-leg. Each leg min. -300 odds, total bet +100 odds or longer. 10+ leg req. for 100% boost. Ends 1/8/23 @ 8pm ET. See eligibility & terms at sportsbook.draftkings.com/footballterms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, where you been? But God talk is about to begin. Hey, hey, hey, come on in.
0:28.5	Welcome back to your Friday. Look, I talk from Cleveland.com, Doug Limerick, Nathan Baird,
0:33.2	Steven Means. We're doing Ohio State offense from the Peach Bowl. On this podcast, we did
0:39.4	defense on the previous podcast. Now we're digging into CJ Stroud, Ryan Day,
0:43.6	a Mecca Buka, Marvin Harrison Jr., Luke Whippler, how everybody did against the Georgia Bulldogs.
0:49.1	We all watched the game again and came to some conclusions, both about the game, about what it
0:54.3	tells us about the Ohio State offense going forward. They had 13 possessions, I think is right?
1:00.5	13 possessions. I thought this word touchdowns on five of their first eight possessions, Nathan,
1:09.6	four seven in the first half and the first drive of the second half. I thought the five touchdown
1:14.2	drives were perfection. I thought they were exactly what the Ohio State offense can be, is supposed
1:22.5	to be the types of throws they made, the way Ryan Day called it, especially the way CJ Stroud
1:29.7	executed it. In the face of the best defensive program, certainly in college football, what Kirby
1:37.4	Smart does there, the kind of talent they recruit, the depth they have, they are the best defensive
1:42.3	program, whether they're down to down every single year, the best defense, I don't know. They're
1:46.0	not as good as last year, but they're very good. Nathan, it was a clinic, five of those first eight
1:52.6	drives. I thought the three drives that weren't touchdowns in the first eight, they were very
1:57.6	specific, like a thing happened on one play that kind of kept them from being perfect. Then in
2:06.0	the last one, two, three, four, five drives, Georgia started doing a little bit more. I think you
2:13.7	could see the combination of the injuries to Ohio State and sort of how Georgia started attacking
2:18.6	the buck guys. They weren't as perfect. What did you think of Ohio State's offense at its best
2:24.1	in the pitch bowl? Yeah, it's best. That's exactly what people expect of Ohio State to be. I thought
2:29.8	it was from everything from CJ Stroud and sort of his soft feet in the pocket, the awareness that he
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