Gross, I know, and I realize we all may need a shower afterwards, but hear me out.
It sure seems that Jimmy's going to get to ride this thing out with a new contract (if he wants it, paycut and all), but we all know his back is against the wall and he's staring down the barrel of a 16" naval cannon about to lay waste to his team, his alma mater and possibly, his ability to earn colossally stupid amounts of money coaching football.
Jimmy's weird. He's quirky. But he realizes that this game could set him back years, both in terms of the team, as well as whats left of his reputation. He knows that this game is a gamble, and he'll have to push all of his chips onto the table on his first hand just to have a fighting chance.
(You can see i love long intros)
Here's the question. If you're Jimmy, sitting with Gattis and Donny in the meeting room, what are putting together? All three of you are coaching for your jobs, and if you pull this colossal upset, you might all get to come back for another year.
If I'm Harbaugh, I'm telling Gattis to pull out every trick play hes ever drawn up on the back of a napkin at Dennys and install them this week. I'm also auditioning other wildcat QBs besides Haskins, especially if both Milton and McNamara are sidelined as rumors are suggesting, and the skunkweasels may be looking at starting a true freshman QB with 1 solitary P5 offer.
On defense, I'm telling Don to play 3-4 DBs 7-12 yards off the line and drop them into either a cover 3 or 4 shell at the snap, maybe one guy dropping to a shallow 'robber' zone, maybe not, and blitz 6-8 on every play. Go absolutely ape-shit on pressures and hope you get to Fields enough to rattle him. Allow OSU to throw short and hope you can tackle in the open field, but don't let Olave and Wilson get vertical on you. Scrap your crappy DTs and go with some kind of Rushman package with all DE's. Really just go nuts and throw caution to the wind. Nothing has worked anyways this year...
What say you, 11W's?