I think the proper way to look at 2025 was fools gold. The offense should have been the issue with a new QB, new oline and running backs. What was not expected was the way the defense played. They were way way above expectation, to the point it looked like the team was unstoppable.

It really was a rebuilding year, hidden beneath a better than expected year. I for one believed there would be a serious drop off for a season, but I bought in that maybe there was something more. There maybe was and wasn't.

What did we learn. Sayin showed promise, but understandably needs more time. The running backs for sure need more time. The offensive line needs more time.

Now, OSU is at a unexpected place where the defense did so well that starter who we believed would be here for the 2026 season are gone, and they are looking at a rebuilding, and the offense may hit its stride.

Interesting times. Hope JJ doesn't bolt.

Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux said:

Login to view embedded media

Click to expand...

That's usually a sign of concussion

Kerry's thread has some "fuck you"s, because we liked him and he should've known better.

Meanwhile, in this thread.........

Jaxbuck said:

They don’t have hell like other religions.

I knew a guy who converted to LDS for that very reason. He was going straight to hell in every other organized religion on the planet.

Click to expand...

So when every politician suddenly becomes Mormon we know why

Zippercat said:

Don’t recall where, but I recall reading that Whittingham said that he called Urban for staff advice after getting the scUM job. Am I misremembering this?

If that did happen, knowing Urban’s long, publically expressed disdain for most anything related to TSUN, do you believe Urban might have advised Whittingham to make the exact staff choices he’s made?

Click to expand...

Well apparently Alford's late brother coached with him so he was always likely to be retained

Best Buckeye said:

He’s not a freshman anymore, the coverages shouldn’t have confused him.

Click to expand...

Sometimes NFL qb's get got. Expecting a redshirt freshman facing that kind of heat to be perfect is unreasonable. He'll get better. In fact most QBs improve most between year one and year 2 of starting.

If he was 5th year senior I'd be super frustrated. But with RS Frosh is it annoying he missed it sure and I'm sure looking at the film he'll tell you he should have had it coming out his hand at that point. But I'm not going to rip the kid for missing some plays when even NFL qb's get shook by unrelenting pressure.

ESPNs ever so great FPI has 5-7 Miss State ranked 17 SPOTS above 8-4 Wake Forest lol. You'll have people from the same company that uses the FPI to pimp the SEC still claiming this was a mismatch favoring Wake Forest though even though their own biased ranking system says otherwise

Bitch boi

Mike80 said:

Yeah they do.

They play a lot like Hoiberg's Iowa State teams did.

Click to expand...

Gonna be a battle

cincibuck said:

And then add the freshmen recruits.

Click to expand...

Just make sure you add them better than I did.

Not one comment on Evan turner commentating the game. I'm disappointed in you all

So with the Buckeyes winning at Rutgers for their second B1G road win of the season, let's compare to last season a bit: OSU did not get their second conference road win until January 21st, and finished the season with 4 B1G road wins. Nothing seems to come easy for these guys, but they just have to do a little bit better than last season overall to make the NCAA tournament. So if they can up that B1G road win total by a couple, that would be a real step forward. They have some winnable road games left - Oregon, Washington, Maryland and PSU, so they have a real chance if they can find a way to win most of those games and then maybe sneak one that nobody is expecting.

DubCoffman62 said:

Prime rib in au jus, duxelle, mashed potatoes with butter and gruyere and some yorkshire puddings.

View attachment 82629

Click to expand...

Out of focus, horrible plating, looks like diarrhea on a hubcap.

Some things never change.

Login to view embedded media Login to view embedded media
They've leaned in on a coked out 60yo as their mascot

OregonBuckeye said:

This was also an OL replacing 2 1st round picks and the Rimington award winner. IU and Cryami have aggressive, nasty front 7's too. Let's not overreact to the last 2 games

Click to expand...

The chicken littles will run out of steam here sooner or later. Right now, since Ohio State didn't immediately sign the hyped up portal guys, that means the world is ending. In effect we're getting a secondary freak out from the usual elements.

heisman said:

We need an OC that understands you don’t run stretch plays with OG’s playing OT trying to block AA DE’s.

Click to expand...

We need an OC that runs the ball out of 3 and 4 wide instead of trying to put 3/4 TE's in the game including one as a fullback

GreenwoodBuck said:

As bad as the offensive line played, everyone should’ve got a shot. Hell, Diebler plays the whole damn team in basketball. Brothers always play good together and generally pick each other up. Now, we probably lose both. This team is starting to have very little depth at a position that already underwhelms a lot!

Click to expand...

Thanks for the chicken little take.

In the meantime, these guys have both been in the system for 3 years now and are no closer to playing now than they were in 2023. Sometimes guys just need a new start to develop and play - they weren't going to get that here. This isn't necessarily a bad thing.

brodybuck21 said:

Can't find it now but someone did a breakdown of the amount of seasons each Indiana starter has played and it's pretty glaring how much older they are. It's like a carbon copy of the 22-23 ttun squads. Almost every guy is 23ish years old

Click to expand...

Not saying they'll go back to winning 4 games but this type of success is not the norm. They are almost as old as some NFL teams

Mississippi State (favored as a 5-7 team of course) is not off to a great start.



and before they start-Wake Forest has their best player (rb) opted out, a starting OT and their best WR.

MSU had their QB who was already benched before the Egg Bowl opt out.

RuGettinIt said:

Yes, he is done. We have no kicker on the roster. This makes the transfer from lat year leading kind of weird.

Click to expand...

I dont think it’s weird….i don’t have specific knowledge in this situation, but I’m telling everyone…..this position has been secured for next year. Just be a bit patient….will be known soon.

The true pain is that OSU did not play their best.

While Indy played lights out and Ole Miss and Georgia played great. I am not sure about Oregon but the point is that losing while not playing your best or close to your best just hurts more.

Captain Buckeye said:

From Ohio, family, etc… as long as the financial is in the ball park it’ll be enough imo.

Click to expand...

From Ohio means absolutely nothing in the current landscape. People need to really start accepting that and stop wishful thinking with that crutch

Would you take huge money and more promised playing time or come to Ohio State for less money and a rotational situational role? Think about that in the shoes of this kid.

Beamer just doesn't sound like a happy person most of the time.