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OSU's TE Use

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April 16, 2015 at 12:47am
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Even though there haven't been a lot of critiques of OSU under Meyer (nor should there be coming off of a national championship), one common critique I've heard among OSU fans (including myself early last season, if I'm being honest), was that Meyer doesn't use the TEs enough.

Interestingly though, the OZone posted this article earlier tonight which includes the following statistic: 

Season: Catches by Tight Ends
2003     33
2004     19
2005     15
2006     21
2007     29
2008     11
2009     14
2010      9
2011      6
2012     17
2013     34
2014     36

Which makes me wonder, why do you think it is that fools like myself feel that there isn't enough utilization of the TEs in Meyer's system? It seems that Meyer utilizes TEs even more than Coach Tressell did, and yet for some reason I'd always assumed Tressell was much more TE-happy.

Also, anyone else notice that two of the three highest TE-usage seasons were national championship years? Is 30+ TE receptions the key to a championship? I'm not saying...I'm just saying. We just need to ignore that one pesky 34-catch season.

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