In down and distance situations where the defense had to respect both run and pass, we ran the ball really well. The OL moved guys and created space. At times, we didn’t take advantage of the space and might have picked up only a couple yards when 5 or 6 were available with the right cut. But generally, we ran the ball well.
As for pass protection, it was adequate. If the passing game had any sort of rhythm, the protection would have been more than enough. On just about every pass play, everyone in the room where I was watching would scream “throw the fucking ball Arch!”. Receivers got very little separation, so it means you have to throw guys open… which is not a part of Arch’s current game.
Both lines of scrimmage look solid. We can run the ball. We don’t have to play the OSU secondary every game. But, if that same indecisive, slow, inaccurate passing game shows up, we could lose to some Kentucky/Florida level competition.