Buckeyebred97 said:

QB competition next year should be unbiased and legit. If TSC looks better he should get it. As far as I see it, it’s open competition.

Biggest portal targets need to be OL, DL and a fucking kicker…Fielding is absolutely horrible! I’m sure he’s a decent kid but he has no future in football as a kicker. Many people have said it but I will say it again…how can a school like tOSU not go and get a good kicker in the portal that can hit a 50 yarder???

Punting game was weak this year, that’s another portal search I’d be interested in.

Disappointing end to the season but it is what it is, the better team won. Games are won in the trenches on both sides of the ball and special teams plays a huge role when you have a tight game. Day needs to realize this and emphasize this in the offseason. Until he commits to this i will never be sold on him. I thought he turned a corner last year but now we’re back in the same old bullshit.

Not to mention we need a new OC, I thought maybe the offense was holding back but I think tonight just showed it’s JJ and open up the run game in the 2nd half…the run game in the 2nd half isn’t the best when you’re trailing by 2 scores.

It’s a young team we have guys who can ball out but the o line/dline and a god damn kicker are my wants for the off season.

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GreenwoodBuck said:

I wanna see more Tavisn St Clair next year. I’m being completely serious! Sayin is poor man’s Baker Mayfield. Give me the huge physical QB all day every day. And Fuck these long layoffs!!!!!

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Tanner said:

Add special teams to the list. Miami played a clean game, we had a missed FG, lost 20 yards on one of the most inexplicable formation penalties I've ever heard of in crunch time. You can even add the hidden yards of Peoples returning kicks for some reason and taking it out for some reason and making it to the 17.

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Captain Buckeye said:

Not sure I agree. I think we lost where it mattered most and that’s up front.

That said, we threw a pick 6 on second down inside the red zone, lost the turnover battle, lost the penalties too.

Miami did what teams do when they win. They won the turnover battle, they didn’t make mistakes, and they won the LOS.

It’s sort of a miracle it was even close to be honest

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iBucki said:

It’s criminal to not at least try moving the pocket, bootlegs etc. when you KNOW how weak the OL is vs their DL. Sayin also missed some (hello wide open TE in the end zone early in the game) but it just felt like they somehow thought Miami’s DL wasn’t as advertised?

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inliner311 said:

I also think the middle of the field is left open because they aren't running crossing routes like before. It was a staple of Days offense before. Maybe they don't run them because of Sayin's height. Sayin is the smallest QB they have had since Day has been here and the crossing routes just seem to disappear even though they were some of the most effective plays in Day's offense.

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RuGettinIt said:

He needs to show a willingness to run when he has the need and opportunity. He has to keep the ad honest and exploit that opening instead of throwing a 0 gain pass or taking a sack. Just the threat can open things up and get crucial first downs.

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Captain Buckeye said:

The thing is I think Julian can run. He just doesn’t because that’s not his best feature.

Man can’t believe the seasons over.

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Captain Buckeye said:

Also play with urgency next season.

You said it. When we were finally in a war we couldn’t respond.

I realize they want to limit the reps but maybe how you do that is by going up 21-0 in the first? Then you can coast.

When you have no fast ball to your change up then that’s a bad deal

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Gothmog8 said:

But if you know he is not a running QB...unlike most of the last QBs at OSU..

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Zem said:

Unless the QB can run. IIRC the offense opened up more last year once Howard started running for first downs. But Julian's wheels seem pretty slow. He would have had running room with all that space miami's D left in the middle in the first half. Of course just putting a receiver there would have also worked.

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2002AGAIN said:

Didn’t get to watch the game but had a bad feeling going into it. The whole “we are keeping it in second gear until the games matter” narrative took a hit after Indiana and died tonight; offense just was not good enough full stop. Needed to take training wheels off of Sayin earlier and let him have growing pains. Still a good year and I’m not nearly in the same negative headspace as after last years loss to TTUN but they need to take a good long look at next years offense and how they can have an identity. I don’t want to see any more CJ Donaldson runs for 1 yd in 13 personnel. You play your best and force others to adapt to you. Need an identity and I just haven’t known what ours is all season long.

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wolves2002 said:

Might want a few OL also.

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Zem said:

Unless the QB can run. IIRC the offense opened up more last year once Howard started running for first downs. But Julian's wheels seem pretty slow. He would have had running room with all that space miami's D left in the middle in the first half. Of course just putting a receiver there would have also worked.

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buckeyemania11 said:

We need to buy an OL in the portal not sure the guys coming back next year are gonna be much better.

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Zem said:

Unless the QB can run. IIRC the offense opened up more last year once Howard started running for first downs. But Julian's wheels seem pretty slow. He would have had running room with all that space miami's D left in the middle in the first half. Of course just putting a receiver there would have also worked.

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