Early sack. LBs tackling well on the short stuff. Harrison dropped a TD. ND dropped from their 2 high and Stroud attacked it 2nd time they showed it and scored their 1st TD. LBs playing good downhill on expected run plays. Lot of zone coverage. Forcing OSU to make drives. Very good tackling. Day not being aggressive here. He tends to go for 4th and 3 or less vs PSU.
Williams running tougher than Henderson but both are getting yards. Didn't take JSN out soon enough. Their depth was better than him less than 100%. 2 high safeties very slow to support the run. ND didn't correct this. Let the backs come out of the line bottled up and the help was still 10 yards off the LoS. End of half.
3 straight passes out of halftime. Short and into zones. Next possession. Run, quick throw, sneak. Coverage stays tight, forcing throws into tough windows. And short of line to gain. Still not aggressive on 4th and short. Next possession. First down passing 2nd down running. ND seemed dead set on not giving up the middle. Let the ends play in, giving up the edge. OSU slowing down tempo. Stroud is considerably less accurate if his first read isn't there. Here's the telegraphed double safety blitz. 1 on 1 burnt em, TD. 14-10 now.
Run, run. 1st down. Rollout, pass short. Passes against the side lines moving the ball. Churning time though. Good mix of running and passing. Far more passing than I remember. Not the "OSU got tough and ran the ball" theme that was pervasive. 14 plays, 95 yards. 7 minutes. Death knell drive for ND.
Re-watched the YouTube version of just ND on defense. Interesting stuff when you change your focus.
Stroud wasn't perfect, but he connected with some really precise but lucky throws on the edge. One probably should have been reviewed, but alas.