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Published November 21, 2009 11:51 pm - ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Ohio State offensive coordinator Jim Bollman could be doubly proud of that unit as a whole and his offensive line in particular in producing Saturday’s 21-10 victory over Michigan. Jon Hall's Buckeye Notebook: Bollman one proud Buckeye Offensive coordinator extremely happy with his entire unit JON HALL Star Beacon ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Ohio State offensive coordinator Jim Bollman could be doubly proud of that unit as a whole and his offensive line in particular in producing Saturday’s 21-10 victory over Michigan.
“It has been nice to finish the season running the ball the way we have,” the Ashtabula County Football Hall of Famer said. “I thought Michigan did a really good job of containing us in the first half. They really did a good job of stopping our two-back things. “I was real happy the way we ran the ball, however, in the second half. It was a tough ball game and as we expected all the time.” The Buckeyes offense had not had a miscue in three straight ball games, but Terrelle Pryor threw an interception early in the third quarter that the Wolverines eventually turned into seven points. Pryor for the season had attempted the fewest passes in the Big Ten. For the day, the sophomore was 9 for 17 and 67 yards. DeVier Posey was the leading receiver with five catches for 38 yards and team-high longest reception of just 13 yards. The difference once again for the Buckeyes was the steadiness of the offensive-line play and the running attack that netted its eighth 200-yard rushing game. The health of Dan Herron (19 carries, 96 yards), Brandon Saine (12 attempts, 84 yards) and Pryor (74 yards) eclipsed 251 yards on 53 carries. The lone touchdown run of fleet-footed speedster Saine for a 29-yard dash in the second quarter gave OSU a 14-3 lead. “I think he (Pryor) has taken a lot into consideration with downs and distances kind of stuff and has been really consistent and has done a good job lately and maturing,” Bollman said. “Needless to say he did a real good job in the second half. We have a lot of confidence in him. “We said that at halftime they were stopping a lot of our two-back things. We hit a couple of things just before half and came back out in the second half and ran some of the same things out of different formations. (Michigan) was set up to stop our option to the field.” Bollman addressed the offensive line’s improvement. “This game isn’t like Nintendo,” the Harbor High School graduate said. “Guys have gotten better or guys get worse. So, one of the things we try to do is continually get better during the season the best we can be. “We had a poor game way back against Purdue (only Big Ten loss, 26-18) and we changed some tactics and went back to some basics and kept working on them. Today some of the two-back stuff wasn’t working and we went back to some iso things (with the tailbacks and Pryor).” Bollman also praised the growth of the OSU running backs. “Our running backs did a great job and have been running really hard for the last month,” he said. “When we were reading their defense and they were lined up to stop the option to the field we were able to run some dives and did an OK job of blocking and they did a great of running. It is always good in this game if you can get a little bit of juice running the ball. I was happy for those guys and for us (coaches) that we could do that. “We have tried to be objective and when you run the ball for over 200 yards like we have for the last past of the season, it is nice to have a healthy line and all those running backs too. Boom (Herron) has been in and out of there and when Saine is with him they are both multi-talented guys. Nice to have them there. He also praised the team’s focus on its task. 
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