(02-10-2022, 04:30 PM)Card10Fan Wrote: If anyone heard Scott Rueck on postgame radio, he lamented that he didn't really understand why OSU had to play a Wednesday game at Stanford leaving his team only 1 day to prepare for their rival Oregon this weekend.The truth is that the make up games and fast turnaround do not hurt all teams equally. Those teams like OSU that depend upon detailed scouting reports and practicing many game-specific offensive plays have a much harder time than those that play a looser style. In a typical year, it would hurt us a lot more than most of our opponents, but we have so much deep talent this year that we seem to do ok with it. I do think lack of prep hurt us badly against South Florida. For Rueck and OSU it is a disaster since so much of what that team does depends upon situational planning and practicing to implement those new game-by-game plays and defense.
I am not sure I like Rueck very much as a sportsman, but he is the coach in the Pac 12 whose coaching philosophy is most closely aligned with Tara's.