GRAHAM NOTEBOOK: Majoring in Film Studies
10/2/2018 10:35:00 PM | Football
By: Andy Graham
IUHoosiers.com
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Peyton Ramsey is a studious young man.
His grade-point-average reflects that.
Indiana's redshirt sophomore quarterback and coach's son also has a deserved reputation (like his namesake, whose surname is Manning) as a student of the game.
Ramsey watches film assiduously, often in the IU football complex – sometimes with teammates – but also on his own time.
Sometimes via his tablet computer.
And … sometimes even during class?
"Yeah, I do," Ramsey admitted with a sheepish grin Monday when asked that question. "Probably a bad habit. Yeah. You probably got me in trouble there, but yeah."
But studying film frequently and fastidiously is partly how Ramsey stays out of trouble, and stays effective, on the field.
Ramsey has completed 71 percent of his passes during IU's 4-1 start for 1,039 yards (208 per game) and eight touchdowns. His completion percentage ranks first in the league and his 1,209 yards of total offense rank fourth.
And Ramsey enters Saturday's challenge at No. 3-ranked Ohio State a more confident college player than he was last year as a redshirt freshman.
"I just think he's matured as a person, as a player, in his preparation, everything," Indiana offensive coordinator Mike DeBord said Monday. "He was hesitant last year. It almost had to be where the guy was wide open to throw the ball.
"I think this year, he's making throws where guys may have some coverage, and yet he can still put the ball on a certain shoulder or a certain number. He has great confidence in his receivers going after the ball, as well as him making that throw now. I just think he's more aggressive that way."
The confidence is mutual. The receivers believe in Ramsey.
"Peyton is a very smart quarterback," fifth-year senior wideout J-Shun Harris II said matter-of-factly. "It doesn't take too many reps for him to figure out guys' speeds, or how to tempo different speeds with different receivers.
"I would just say his maturity is continuing to increase each and every year. Last year, he got thrown into the fire, being out there as a young pup. Things were probably moving really fast (for him). But I can tell he's slowed the game down … by watching film, just different things that help him grow as a quarterback. And it's helped us as a team."
Ramsey elaborated a bit about how he now works preparation and into his weekly routine.
"Last year, I wouldn't say I really knew how to prepare, how to watch film as well as I do this year," he said. "I talk about that a lot. I talk about the film room a lot.
"I've done a good job of getting with Coach (Nick) Sheridan and getting a regimented plan, regimented routine in every single week and watching film and preparing, and watching certain things based on down and distance, third downs — whatever it is. I think that's helped me prepare and cleared my mind a little bit more. It wasn't just a bunch of clutter thrown at me.
"I have a little time after this (Monday media session) – Mondays and Wednesdays I have one class, so I get a little time in the afternoon to watch. Then Tuesday/Thursday, I have class all day, so I got to come back (to Memorial Stadium) at night and watch. Then we all have our iPads to watch or check something out while we're lying in bed."
Ramsey has also learned that watching film with teammates, particularly his receivers, is beneficial.
"At first, last year, I would sit and watch by myself," Ramsey said. "I've learned as time has gone on that watching with your receivers and seeing how defenders play you … I think it's been a lot more helpful for me to get in there with my receivers. We've done a lot better with that this year than I've done in the past."
Ohio State coach Urban Meyer, whose Buckeyes host the Hoosiers for a 4 p.m. kickoff Saturday, admires another Ramsey trait:
Gumption.
"Ramsey is a gutsy player, man," Meyer said Tuesday. "He's one of those guys who creates something out of nothing … this guy is a very good thrower, but he's also got the other element."
That would be the ability to hurt defenses with his legs, both on planned runs and on impromptu carries.
Even the impromptu is carried out with more confidence, now.
"As the weeks have gone on, I think I've gotten better," Ramsey said. "I think I've gotten more confident.
"I played last year, but I only started in four games. As this season has rolled on, I've faced more defenses and seen more looks."
More looks, and not just on the field.
Because he's into film studies.
COACH'S SON AT WORK
Call it The Wave.
(Not the one spectators sometimes do).
Indiana was trying to put host Rutgers away Saturday when facing a 4th-and-1 at its own 34, after the Scarlet Knights had pulled within 24-17 with 3:52 to play.
The Hoosiers put in a special set and put tight end Peyton Hendershot in motion in an attempt to draw Rutgers offsides.
It worked. The Scarlet Knight defensive front jumped.
Then it worked even better.
Because Ramsey, realizing he had a free play with which to work, waved Hendershot to head down the sidelines.
A couple of seconds later, Hendershot hauled in a 25-yard completion.
Thus ended the Rutgers rally. The Hoosier victory was secure with just 1:49 left and the Scarlet Knights bereft of timeouts.
"I mean, that was just a veteran play on his part," Allen said of Ramsey. "Obviously sealed the win, for sure. But just to have an awareness about him and the confidence to be able to (execute).
"Because, if you remember, there was this confusion about the spot of the ball (and other matters). I thought it was a tremendous heads up play on his part. They jumped. And we had the penalty, so he waved him to go and (Hendershot) used his big frame and (Ramsey) threw him a jump ball and he came down with it. And the game was over.
"I just think, he's a year older. (Ramsey) may not have made that play a year ago, but he did now. (We had) a lot of big third down catches and conversions and Peyton Ramsey was just really tough, hard-nosed competitor. (He showed) grittiness, had lot of key runs and key execution and key throws, (had) good patience as he moved around and found guys down the field."
GOING FOR IT
Frank Reich could relate.
The Indianapolis Colts coach had a fourth-down gamble not pay off in overtime Sunday against Houston, but he'd have endorsed the aggressiveness shown by Allen going for a 4th-down conversion with just under eight minutes left Saturday at Rutgers.
The Hoosiers had a 4th-and-9 at the Rutgers 18, leading 24-14. A field goal would have put IU up 13 points instead of 10, but that would have kept things within a two-score dimension. Allen chose to go for an Indiana touchdown that would have essentially ended the game.
"It still would've been a two-possession game (with a field goal)," Ramsey said. "I was all for going for it on fourth down, being aggressive. We had moved the ball all the way down the field."
Allen elaborated on his rationale during Saturday's post-game press conference.
"We've done this study for the past two years," Allen said. "We have a whole scientific approach to how you manage the game. The study shows us, based on history of games, that the difference between going up 13 points and being up 10 points doesn't change anything."
But going up 13 might change the mentality of the opposing offense to get more aggressive, and start considering everything four-down territory, earlier. Allen was looking to go up 17 and put the game out of reach.
It didn't work, as things turned out. Ramsey threw into the end zone and the pass was picked, giving Rutgers the ball about where they'd have gotten it, anyhow – at the 20, via a touchback. And IU was still up 10 instead of a possible 13. But Allen still feels the math dictated the gamble, and that he has grown as a coach in evaluating those sorts of situations scientifically.
"I would have always said, in the past, 'Hey, you got a chance to kick a field goal, kick a field goal,' " Allen said. " 'Get as many point as you can get.' But I was challenged a year ago in the offseason to go through and evaluate that mindset."
GOING FOR THE TY
It isn't often virtually an entire unit is awarded Offensive Player of the Game honors by IU's coaches.
But the Hoosiers' regularly-rotating receivers who saw most of the snaps against Rutgers – J-Shun Harris II, Ty Fryfogle, Nick Westbrook and Donavan Hale – earned that distinction this week.
That quartet combined for 215 receiving yards on 19 receptions, many of them key grabs to help the Hoosiers finish with a nice 11-of-18 conversion ratio on third downs.
And those numbers don't include what would have been a 57-yard TD pass to sophomore Fryfogle wiped out by a holding call on Hale.
It was an especially effective showing in lieu of wideout regulars Luke Timian and Whop Philyor, both of whom were out with injuries. The Hoosier receivers showed a lot of versatility, too.
"Yes, we've had a couple injuries, but Coach Heard has done a really good job of moving players around," Fryfogle said after still posting five catches for a game-high 70 yards. "I moved inside to play a little bit there this week. Nick (Westbrook) has been working inside. We have to be versatile and tough it out till those guys come back.
"Coach DeBo(rd) has done a really good job of play-calling, I feel like … Peyton (Ramsey) is a really smart guy. He doesn't make many mistakes. I feel good about our offense, and he can just find the creases and holes to fit the ball in. He makes really good reads across the field. And the thing I like most is he trusts everybody in our (receivers) room. He gives everybody chances to make plays and do their jobs."
Freshman wideout Miles Marshall became the 13th rookie to play for the Hoosiers this year by getting into the Rutgers game. The Hoosier coaches are utilizing the new NCAA rule that allows players with a redshirt option to play in as many as four games will retaining redshirt status.
"Still trying to figure out how to use that flexibility (afforded by the rule)," Heard said. "Injuries turned up, so (Marshall) got in there. At the end of the day, I think he's going to be a really good player."
RUNNING DOWN
Indiana had 26 pass attempts, not counting five scrambles on plays that apparently featured a passing option, during the first half while building a 24-7 lead at Rutgers.
The Hoosiers scored on all four of their possessions before halftime, averaging 7.3 yards per pass attempt and 4.5 per rush.
After halftime, the Hoosiers failed to score a point. Their first three plays were runs. And they would run the ball on two-thirds of their first-down plays in the second half (8 out of 12).
IU failed to pad but did protect its lead, ultimately prevailing by a single-TD margin.
"I think every game has a different story to it," Hoosier offensive coordinator Mike DeBord said Monday. "In this game, we came out and we felt like they were tired (during the first half), and we felt that we could really wear them down even more so. That's what we wanted to do.
"We got into a favorable third down and just didn't convert it (on the first series after halftime). That's more on that play than it is on the first two plays. You don't ever want to do that. But we wanted to come out and wear them down even more so. We felt we had them worn down in the first half, so we wanted to continue the process."
DeBord acknowledged the inconsistent production of IU's running game this season, and Saturday, but didn't place that solely at the feet of the offensive line's performance.
"It's been inconsistent," he said. "We've had it going in games, then other games we've struggled with it. The run game really goes hand-in-hand with the offensive line, the tight end and the running back. They all have to be together.
"We had some mistakes (Saturday) on the offensive line. We also had some mistakes with our backs not reading properly. That makes the line look bad. It goes together. We just got to get in better sync that way."
WAR BETWEEN THE STATES
Hoosier fans who watched the Rutgers win on TV Saturday afternoon and made it out to Assembly Hall for Hoosier Hysteria that evening still would have had a chance to catch much of Ohio State's dramatic 27-26 comeback win that night at Penn State.
Tom Allen watched it.
"Now we focus our attention to a very talented and very good football team in Ohio State -- obviously they played well at Penn State, most of us watched that, I'm sure," Allen said Monday. "And to see them do what they did, to come from behind and score those last two touchdowns in the last eight minutes to win on the road, is a great testament to their program and where they're at and the level they're playing at.
"I've been here for my third season, it's the most talented Ohio State team I've seen since I've been here."
Allen is enamored of OSU sophomore quarterback Dwayne Haskins, who like IU counterpart Peyton Ramsey is completing 71 percent of his passes thus far and whose 19 passing TDs rank second among all FBS teams.
"Quick release," Allen said of Haskins. "He's big (6-foot-3, 218 pounds). Very accurate passer, and if he has time he's deadly. He's really, really accurate and got a strong arm. It's a very different challenge that he creates than since I've been here. So just really good football player, and he's not experienced by any means in terms of multiple years, but he sure plays like he is. He's got a lot of poise and confidence, and he's got a lot of weapons around him.
"He came up big for them this last week, and they got a couple games where they've really been tested, the TCU game and then that Penn State game, and he's done a great job. And he got a chance to play last year at Michigan at a critical time. He's proven he's a big-time player and is a guy we have to have some answers for, but it will be a tremendous challenge to keep him from being as effective as he's been, but that's what we've got to do."
One of the Hoosiers entrusted with the job to help pressure Haskins, junior defensive end Allen Stallings, knows the nature of the challenge.
"I think he likes to sit back and throw it a little more than he likes to run it," Stallings said of Haskins. "He usually doesn't have to run a lot, with the offensive line that he has. The goal for us will be to get him off his mark, get some pressure on him.
"We've seen that (accuracy). He can sling it. You've got to get pressure on him. That's the only way you can stop that."
Asked about impressions of Buckeye rushing leader J.K. Dobbins and other OSU personnel, Stallings laughed as he replied:
"They all good players! We've got to come to play. But they breathe like we breathe. I feel as long as we prepare the way we're supposed to, we should be all right.
"We know what to expect, you know what I'm saying, playing Ohio State. Not anything surprising. It's Ohio State, so we have to come ready, and ready to play."
Ramsey -- who starred as Cincinnati Elder while playing for his dad, Doug, and is one of 14 current Hoosiers hailing from the Buckeye state – is happy to have the opportunity to play at Ohio Stadium.
"It's cool to go back to Ohio and play," Ramsey said. "It's my first time playing there. At the same time, it's just another game. Just another game in a big environment. It's all about staying cool, staying calm and worrying about the next play.
"This is going to be a week where depth is important. We're going to need a whole bunch of guys to step up and help us make plays in order to come out on top."
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Peyton Ramsey is a studious young man.
His grade-point-average reflects that.
Indiana's redshirt sophomore quarterback and coach's son also has a deserved reputation (like his namesake, whose surname is Manning) as a student of the game.
Ramsey watches film assiduously, often in the IU football complex – sometimes with teammates – but also on his own time.
Sometimes via his tablet computer.
And … sometimes even during class?
"Yeah, I do," Ramsey admitted with a sheepish grin Monday when asked that question. "Probably a bad habit. Yeah. You probably got me in trouble there, but yeah."
But studying film frequently and fastidiously is partly how Ramsey stays out of trouble, and stays effective, on the field.
Ramsey has completed 71 percent of his passes during IU's 4-1 start for 1,039 yards (208 per game) and eight touchdowns. His completion percentage ranks first in the league and his 1,209 yards of total offense rank fourth.
And Ramsey enters Saturday's challenge at No. 3-ranked Ohio State a more confident college player than he was last year as a redshirt freshman.
"I just think he's matured as a person, as a player, in his preparation, everything," Indiana offensive coordinator Mike DeBord said Monday. "He was hesitant last year. It almost had to be where the guy was wide open to throw the ball.
"I think this year, he's making throws where guys may have some coverage, and yet he can still put the ball on a certain shoulder or a certain number. He has great confidence in his receivers going after the ball, as well as him making that throw now. I just think he's more aggressive that way."
The confidence is mutual. The receivers believe in Ramsey.
"Peyton is a very smart quarterback," fifth-year senior wideout J-Shun Harris II said matter-of-factly. "It doesn't take too many reps for him to figure out guys' speeds, or how to tempo different speeds with different receivers.
"I would just say his maturity is continuing to increase each and every year. Last year, he got thrown into the fire, being out there as a young pup. Things were probably moving really fast (for him). But I can tell he's slowed the game down … by watching film, just different things that help him grow as a quarterback. And it's helped us as a team."
Ramsey elaborated a bit about how he now works preparation and into his weekly routine.
"Last year, I wouldn't say I really knew how to prepare, how to watch film as well as I do this year," he said. "I talk about that a lot. I talk about the film room a lot.
"I've done a good job of getting with Coach (Nick) Sheridan and getting a regimented plan, regimented routine in every single week and watching film and preparing, and watching certain things based on down and distance, third downs — whatever it is. I think that's helped me prepare and cleared my mind a little bit more. It wasn't just a bunch of clutter thrown at me.
"I have a little time after this (Monday media session) – Mondays and Wednesdays I have one class, so I get a little time in the afternoon to watch. Then Tuesday/Thursday, I have class all day, so I got to come back (to Memorial Stadium) at night and watch. Then we all have our iPads to watch or check something out while we're lying in bed."
Ramsey has also learned that watching film with teammates, particularly his receivers, is beneficial.
"At first, last year, I would sit and watch by myself," Ramsey said. "I've learned as time has gone on that watching with your receivers and seeing how defenders play you … I think it's been a lot more helpful for me to get in there with my receivers. We've done a lot better with that this year than I've done in the past."
Ohio State coach Urban Meyer, whose Buckeyes host the Hoosiers for a 4 p.m. kickoff Saturday, admires another Ramsey trait:
Gumption.
"Ramsey is a gutsy player, man," Meyer said Tuesday. "He's one of those guys who creates something out of nothing … this guy is a very good thrower, but he's also got the other element."
That would be the ability to hurt defenses with his legs, both on planned runs and on impromptu carries.
Even the impromptu is carried out with more confidence, now.
"As the weeks have gone on, I think I've gotten better," Ramsey said. "I think I've gotten more confident.
"I played last year, but I only started in four games. As this season has rolled on, I've faced more defenses and seen more looks."
More looks, and not just on the field.
Because he's into film studies.
COACH'S SON AT WORK
Call it The Wave.
(Not the one spectators sometimes do).
Indiana was trying to put host Rutgers away Saturday when facing a 4th-and-1 at its own 34, after the Scarlet Knights had pulled within 24-17 with 3:52 to play.
The Hoosiers put in a special set and put tight end Peyton Hendershot in motion in an attempt to draw Rutgers offsides.
It worked. The Scarlet Knight defensive front jumped.
Then it worked even better.
Because Ramsey, realizing he had a free play with which to work, waved Hendershot to head down the sidelines.
A couple of seconds later, Hendershot hauled in a 25-yard completion.
Thus ended the Rutgers rally. The Hoosier victory was secure with just 1:49 left and the Scarlet Knights bereft of timeouts.
"I mean, that was just a veteran play on his part," Allen said of Ramsey. "Obviously sealed the win, for sure. But just to have an awareness about him and the confidence to be able to (execute).
"Because, if you remember, there was this confusion about the spot of the ball (and other matters). I thought it was a tremendous heads up play on his part. They jumped. And we had the penalty, so he waved him to go and (Hendershot) used his big frame and (Ramsey) threw him a jump ball and he came down with it. And the game was over.
"I just think, he's a year older. (Ramsey) may not have made that play a year ago, but he did now. (We had) a lot of big third down catches and conversions and Peyton Ramsey was just really tough, hard-nosed competitor. (He showed) grittiness, had lot of key runs and key execution and key throws, (had) good patience as he moved around and found guys down the field."
GOING FOR IT
Frank Reich could relate.
The Indianapolis Colts coach had a fourth-down gamble not pay off in overtime Sunday against Houston, but he'd have endorsed the aggressiveness shown by Allen going for a 4th-down conversion with just under eight minutes left Saturday at Rutgers.
The Hoosiers had a 4th-and-9 at the Rutgers 18, leading 24-14. A field goal would have put IU up 13 points instead of 10, but that would have kept things within a two-score dimension. Allen chose to go for an Indiana touchdown that would have essentially ended the game.
"It still would've been a two-possession game (with a field goal)," Ramsey said. "I was all for going for it on fourth down, being aggressive. We had moved the ball all the way down the field."
Allen elaborated on his rationale during Saturday's post-game press conference.
"We've done this study for the past two years," Allen said. "We have a whole scientific approach to how you manage the game. The study shows us, based on history of games, that the difference between going up 13 points and being up 10 points doesn't change anything."
But going up 13 might change the mentality of the opposing offense to get more aggressive, and start considering everything four-down territory, earlier. Allen was looking to go up 17 and put the game out of reach.
It didn't work, as things turned out. Ramsey threw into the end zone and the pass was picked, giving Rutgers the ball about where they'd have gotten it, anyhow – at the 20, via a touchback. And IU was still up 10 instead of a possible 13. But Allen still feels the math dictated the gamble, and that he has grown as a coach in evaluating those sorts of situations scientifically.
"I would have always said, in the past, 'Hey, you got a chance to kick a field goal, kick a field goal,' " Allen said. " 'Get as many point as you can get.' But I was challenged a year ago in the offseason to go through and evaluate that mindset."
GOING FOR THE TY
It isn't often virtually an entire unit is awarded Offensive Player of the Game honors by IU's coaches.
But the Hoosiers' regularly-rotating receivers who saw most of the snaps against Rutgers – J-Shun Harris II, Ty Fryfogle, Nick Westbrook and Donavan Hale – earned that distinction this week.
That quartet combined for 215 receiving yards on 19 receptions, many of them key grabs to help the Hoosiers finish with a nice 11-of-18 conversion ratio on third downs.
And those numbers don't include what would have been a 57-yard TD pass to sophomore Fryfogle wiped out by a holding call on Hale.
It was an especially effective showing in lieu of wideout regulars Luke Timian and Whop Philyor, both of whom were out with injuries. The Hoosier receivers showed a lot of versatility, too.
"Yes, we've had a couple injuries, but Coach Heard has done a really good job of moving players around," Fryfogle said after still posting five catches for a game-high 70 yards. "I moved inside to play a little bit there this week. Nick (Westbrook) has been working inside. We have to be versatile and tough it out till those guys come back.
"Coach DeBo(rd) has done a really good job of play-calling, I feel like … Peyton (Ramsey) is a really smart guy. He doesn't make many mistakes. I feel good about our offense, and he can just find the creases and holes to fit the ball in. He makes really good reads across the field. And the thing I like most is he trusts everybody in our (receivers) room. He gives everybody chances to make plays and do their jobs."
Freshman wideout Miles Marshall became the 13th rookie to play for the Hoosiers this year by getting into the Rutgers game. The Hoosier coaches are utilizing the new NCAA rule that allows players with a redshirt option to play in as many as four games will retaining redshirt status.
"Still trying to figure out how to use that flexibility (afforded by the rule)," Heard said. "Injuries turned up, so (Marshall) got in there. At the end of the day, I think he's going to be a really good player."
RUNNING DOWN
Indiana had 26 pass attempts, not counting five scrambles on plays that apparently featured a passing option, during the first half while building a 24-7 lead at Rutgers.
The Hoosiers scored on all four of their possessions before halftime, averaging 7.3 yards per pass attempt and 4.5 per rush.
After halftime, the Hoosiers failed to score a point. Their first three plays were runs. And they would run the ball on two-thirds of their first-down plays in the second half (8 out of 12).
IU failed to pad but did protect its lead, ultimately prevailing by a single-TD margin.
"I think every game has a different story to it," Hoosier offensive coordinator Mike DeBord said Monday. "In this game, we came out and we felt like they were tired (during the first half), and we felt that we could really wear them down even more so. That's what we wanted to do.
"We got into a favorable third down and just didn't convert it (on the first series after halftime). That's more on that play than it is on the first two plays. You don't ever want to do that. But we wanted to come out and wear them down even more so. We felt we had them worn down in the first half, so we wanted to continue the process."
DeBord acknowledged the inconsistent production of IU's running game this season, and Saturday, but didn't place that solely at the feet of the offensive line's performance.
"It's been inconsistent," he said. "We've had it going in games, then other games we've struggled with it. The run game really goes hand-in-hand with the offensive line, the tight end and the running back. They all have to be together.
"We had some mistakes (Saturday) on the offensive line. We also had some mistakes with our backs not reading properly. That makes the line look bad. It goes together. We just got to get in better sync that way."
WAR BETWEEN THE STATES
Hoosier fans who watched the Rutgers win on TV Saturday afternoon and made it out to Assembly Hall for Hoosier Hysteria that evening still would have had a chance to catch much of Ohio State's dramatic 27-26 comeback win that night at Penn State.
Tom Allen watched it.
"Now we focus our attention to a very talented and very good football team in Ohio State -- obviously they played well at Penn State, most of us watched that, I'm sure," Allen said Monday. "And to see them do what they did, to come from behind and score those last two touchdowns in the last eight minutes to win on the road, is a great testament to their program and where they're at and the level they're playing at.
"I've been here for my third season, it's the most talented Ohio State team I've seen since I've been here."
Allen is enamored of OSU sophomore quarterback Dwayne Haskins, who like IU counterpart Peyton Ramsey is completing 71 percent of his passes thus far and whose 19 passing TDs rank second among all FBS teams.
"Quick release," Allen said of Haskins. "He's big (6-foot-3, 218 pounds). Very accurate passer, and if he has time he's deadly. He's really, really accurate and got a strong arm. It's a very different challenge that he creates than since I've been here. So just really good football player, and he's not experienced by any means in terms of multiple years, but he sure plays like he is. He's got a lot of poise and confidence, and he's got a lot of weapons around him.
"He came up big for them this last week, and they got a couple games where they've really been tested, the TCU game and then that Penn State game, and he's done a great job. And he got a chance to play last year at Michigan at a critical time. He's proven he's a big-time player and is a guy we have to have some answers for, but it will be a tremendous challenge to keep him from being as effective as he's been, but that's what we've got to do."
One of the Hoosiers entrusted with the job to help pressure Haskins, junior defensive end Allen Stallings, knows the nature of the challenge.
"I think he likes to sit back and throw it a little more than he likes to run it," Stallings said of Haskins. "He usually doesn't have to run a lot, with the offensive line that he has. The goal for us will be to get him off his mark, get some pressure on him.
"We've seen that (accuracy). He can sling it. You've got to get pressure on him. That's the only way you can stop that."
Asked about impressions of Buckeye rushing leader J.K. Dobbins and other OSU personnel, Stallings laughed as he replied:
"They all good players! We've got to come to play. But they breathe like we breathe. I feel as long as we prepare the way we're supposed to, we should be all right.
"We know what to expect, you know what I'm saying, playing Ohio State. Not anything surprising. It's Ohio State, so we have to come ready, and ready to play."
Ramsey -- who starred as Cincinnati Elder while playing for his dad, Doug, and is one of 14 current Hoosiers hailing from the Buckeye state – is happy to have the opportunity to play at Ohio Stadium.
"It's cool to go back to Ohio and play," Ramsey said. "It's my first time playing there. At the same time, it's just another game. Just another game in a big environment. It's all about staying cool, staying calm and worrying about the next play.
"This is going to be a week where depth is important. We're going to need a whole bunch of guys to step up and help us make plays in order to come out on top."
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