Ohio State Buckeyes

[mscott59]

view from section 36…
1. fantastic cfb environment at autzen. except for your typical college student crassness from a few, including 1 kid who kept trying to step on my heel as we walked to the gate-lol-genuine excitement all around all afternoon/evening.

2. if you didn’t have a dog in the fight and you like offense, no one came away disappointed after this one. drama literally to the final play.

3. I thought w/all the wild environments tosu has played in, that the atmosphere wouldn’t be a factor. but 4 false starts and a delay of game showed that it was.

4. Mistakes were the tipping point. 8 penalties overall for 80 yds, including the pi on smith that hurt and the personal foul that uo leveraged for the onside kick. Combine that w/judkins’ fumble setting up a short field td, that’s 10 points which might have been avoided.

5. burke getting badly burned multiple times for big gains baffles me. from the stands it looked like he bit thinking wr’s were breaking off routes. those multiple explosion plays I didn’t expect. D will need to clean that up.

6. at oregon and at psu are the 2 toughest road trips any team can face this season. nitts are now a must win trip.

[Mickey34jb]

Oct 13, 2024 12:52:27 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

view from section 36…
1. fantastic cfb environment at autzen. except for your typical college student crassness from a few, including 1 kid who kept trying to step on my heel as we walked to the gate-lol-genuine excitement all around all afternoon/evening.

2. if you didn’t have a dog in the fight and you like offense, no one came away disappointed after this one. drama literally to the final play.

3. I thought w/all the wild environments tosu has played in, that the atmosphere wouldn’t be a factor. but 4 false starts and a delay of game showed that it was.

4. Mistakes were the tipping point. 8 penalties overall for 80 yds, including the pi on smith that hurt and the personal foul that uo leveraged for the onside kick. Combine that w/judkins’ fumble setting up a short field td, that’s 10 points which might have been avoided.

5. burke getting badly burned multiple times for big gains baffles me. from the stands it looked like he bit thinking wr’s were breaking off routes. those multiple explosion plays I didn’t expect. D will need to clean that up.

6. at oregon and at psu are the 2 toughest road trips any team can face this season. nitts are now a must win trip.

Good take Mark__false starts are inexcusable. Even high school teams go on silent counts when you it gets that loud. Knowles needs to put Larry Johnson in his place. Those 2 are not on the same page

[Mickey34jb]

Oct 13, 2024 2:03:57 GMT -5 CWGBuckeyes said:

Another Ryan Day big game loss

Another big game where the defense is shredded

Same story. Different year

The sun came out yesterday and you went along your daily business, right? And the same thing today, right?

[CWGBuckeyes]

Oct 14, 2024 10:13:32 GMT -5 Mickey34jb said:

Oct 13, 2024 2:03:57 GMT -5 CWGBuckeyes said:

Another Ryan Day big game loss

Another big game where the defense is shredded

Same story. Different year

The sun came out yesterday and you went along your daily business, right? And the same thing today, right?

No

I wore my Indians hat instead of my Ohio St hat

[Mickey34jb]

Oct 14, 2024 12:08:09 GMT -5 CWGBuckeyes said:

Oct 14, 2024 10:13:32 GMT -5 Mickey34jb said:

The sun came out yesterday and you went along your daily business, right? And the same thing today, right?

No

I wore my Indians hat instead of my Ohio St hat

keep that hat on...Game 1 tonight

[mscott59]

Oct 14, 2024 12:08:09 GMT -5 CWGBuckeyes said:

Oct 14, 2024 10:13:32 GMT -5 Mickey34jb said:

The sun came out yesterday and you went along your daily business, right? And the same thing today, right?

No

I wore my Indians hat instead of my Ohio St hat

before saturday, cleveland's baseball club had had 11 straight postseason elimination game losses, w/the last win coming in october 1997. so you stuck w/the tribe-guards despite over a quarter century of fall heartbreak. since then, tosu has won 2 titles, been in 3 other title games, won 8 big 10 titles and tied for 4 others, has gone 14-13 in bowl games, gone 3-4 in the cfb playoffs, gone 9-3 in bcs bowls. I'd argue that only alabama tops those numbers over the last quarter century or so.

saturday night was just the 2nd time tosu has lost a game prior to t'giving under day in 6 yrs. meyer lost 6 games in his 7 years prior to the regular season finale.
in '23, the bucks beat 2 10-3 teams (at nd, psu)
in '22, wins at psu (11-2 that yr), and a 1 pt loss to uga that felt pretty similar to the loss to oregon.
in '21, a win over then top 10 msu, who finished 11-2.
'20, playoff win over 10-2 clemson
'19-wins over 11-2 psu, 2 wins over wisconsin who lost just 1 other regular season game.

those teams would've all finished in the top 10, possible top 5, had those results been reversed. facts that rarely get raised by the naysayers. did you see the rankings that came out after the 32-31 loss at oregon? the bucks didn't drop more than a couple spots. rightly or wrongly, the perception remains that tosu is amongst the top 5 in the country. the loss certainly reduces the margin of error for the remainder of the season, but every single one of the team's goals remain very much alive. yeah stuff to still work on. duh. keep the tribe hat on tonite, but don't burn the one w/the scarlet O on it.

[Mickey34jb]

Oct 14, 2024 15:16:00 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

Oct 14, 2024 12:08:09 GMT -5 CWGBuckeyes said:

No

I wore my Indians hat instead of my Ohio St hat

before saturday, cleveland's baseball club had had 11 straight postseason elimination game losses, w/the last win coming in october 1997. so you stuck w/the tribe-guards despite over a quarter century of fall heartbreak. since then, tosu has won 2 titles, been in 3 other title games, won 8 big 10 titles and tied for 4 others, has gone 14-13 in bowl games, gone 3-4 in the cfb playoffs, gone 9-3 in bcs bowls. I'd argue that only alabama tops those numbers over the last quarter century or so.

saturday night was just the 2nd time tosu has lost a game prior to t'giving under day in 6 yrs. meyer lost 6 games in his 7 years prior to the regular season finale.
in '23, the bucks beat 2 10-3 teams (at nd, psu)
in '22, wins at psu (11-2 that yr), and a 1 pt loss to uga that felt pretty similar to the loss to oregon.
in '21, a win over then top 10 msu, who finished 11-2.
'20, playoff win over 10-2 clemson
'19-wins over 11-2 psu, 2 wins over wisconsin who lost just 1 other regular season game.

those teams would've all finished in the top 10, possible top 5, had those results been reversed. facts that rarely get raised by the naysayers. did you see the rankings that came out after the 32-31 loss at oregon? the bucks didn't drop more than a couple spots. rightly or wrongly, the perception remains that tosu is amongst the top 5 in the country. the loss certainly reduces the margin of error for the remainder of the season, but every single one of the team's goals remain very much alive. yeah stuff to still work on. duh. keep the tribe hat on tonite, but don't burn the one w/the scarlet O on it.

The NCAA is looking at UO's 12 man penalty they pulled. 12 months from now they will have an answer....smh

[CWGBuckeyes]

In Ohio Sts last 5 losses

The defense has yet to force a punt in the 4th qtr of those games

[mscott59]

Oct 15, 2024 15:50:55 GMT -5 CWGBuckeyes said:

In Ohio Sts last 5 losses

The defense has yet to force a punt in the 4th qtr of those games

yep. And that includes the game vs missouri when the defense was on the field for 71 plays and thru 3 qtrs had given up 0 points and 175 yds of total yds, which was more than the buckeye offense would generate the entire game

but in the other 4, yes the d has not been able to get off the field, all of them games where 1 stop = a win.

[dilligaf]

Oct 15, 2024 20:34:22 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

Oct 15, 2024 15:50:55 GMT -5 CWGBuckeyes said:

In Ohio Sts last 5 losses

The defense has yet to force a punt in the 4th qtr of those games

yep. And that includes the game vs missouri when the defense was on the field for 71 plays and thru 3 qtrs had given up 0 points and 175 yds of total yds, which was more than the buckeye offense would generate the entire game

but in the other 4, yes the d has not been able to get off the field, all of them games where 1 stop = a win.

Ohio State is still the highest ranked 1-loss team, and still in the Top 10.
Quit whining.  
You only have one tough game left, and that is against Penn State.

[mscott59]

Oct 16, 2024 0:29:10 GMT -5 dilligaf said:

Oct 15, 2024 20:34:22 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

yep. And that includes the game vs missouri when the defense was on the field for 71 plays and thru 3 qtrs had given up 0 points and 175 yds of total yds, which was more than the buckeye offense would generate the entire game

but in the other 4, yes the d has not been able to get off the field, all of them games where 1 stop = a win.

Ohio State is still the highest ranked 1-loss team, and still in the Top 10.
Quit whining.  
You only have one tough game left, and that is against Penn State.

4 of tosu's remaining 6 opponents are currently ranked in the coaches top 25 poll (the 4th-nebraska-is 27th in the ap ranking), but sure... just 1 tough game left.

[mscott59]

well what do you know.... illegal substitution is now officially a dead ball foul again, like it used to be until a couple years ago. 1 week too late. ha

[dilligaf]

Oct 17, 2024 17:46:06 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

Oct 16, 2024 0:29:10 GMT -5 dilligaf said:

Ohio State is still the highest ranked 1-loss team, and still in the Top 10.
Quit whining.  
You only have one tough game left, and that is against Penn State.

4 of tosu's remaining 6 opponents are currently ranked in the coaches top 25 poll (the 4th-nebraska-is 27th in the ap ranking), but sure... just 1 tough game left.

Penn State is currently ranked #3.

Indiana is #16, and Meatchicken is #24.

Nebraska?  LOL.    Look at who they have played.

Like I said, Ohio State has one tough game left.  If you think otherwise, then you are admitting that OSU is not a NC caliber team.

[dilligaf]

Oct 17, 2024 17:47:50 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

well what do you know.... illegal substitution is now officially a dead ball foul again, like it used to be until a couple years ago. 1 week too late. ha

I don't understand that stupid rule that if the D shifts positions, that amounts to delay of game.
Also, what happened to the D being able to jump offsides with no penalty if they got back with no contact before the ball is snapped?

Something even WORSE that I just noticed is that NFL players are not allowed to move on a kickoff until the receiving team touches the ball.

WTF is up with THAT??  

I don't watch NFL, so I have no idea how long that flag-football/softball shit has been going on.

[mscott59]

Oct 17, 2024 19:04:03 GMT -5 dilligaf said:

Oct 17, 2024 17:46:06 GMT -5 mscott59 said:

4 of tosu's remaining 6 opponents are currently ranked in the coaches top 25 poll (the 4th-nebraska-is 27th in the ap ranking), but sure... just 1 tough game left.

Penn State is currently ranked #3.

Indiana is #16, and Meatchicken is #24.

Nebraska?  LOL.    Look at who they have played.

Like I said, Ohio State has one tough game left.  If you think otherwise, then you are admitting that OSU is not a NC caliber team.

that may be the single most idiotic statement typed on this board. and trust me, that's a high bar to jump over. lmao.