woofermazing said:

The 25 yard fake sack was absurd.

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Zem said:

Yes, seemed like they were constantly blitzing our redshirt freshman QB, and Patricia almost never blitzed, if I'm not mistaken. I wonder if he just hates blitzing or if we'll see DB and LB blitzes left and right in the playoffs, or maybe just the championship game if they make it that far. Buckeyes still got at least 5 sacks, but all in the first half I believe.

Their redshirt junior QB unsurprisingly seemed better and more confident at throwing into tight coverage than our RS freshman QB. Or maybe IU's zone was that much better.

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dragurd said:

Sayin will be much more used to high level defense if we run against them again

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RB07OSU said:

Did anyone have a moment where they felt like we were going to win the game? Tbh I never did with the culmination of player errors, bad coaching decisions, bad officiating in crucial moments, and what appeared to be complete confusion and chaos on the offensive side of the ball. I'm upset about the loss to put it lightly, but I'm not shocked we lost. Indiana has a very good team or else we would have won despite the foregoing issues.

The loss feels like a real kick in the pants after it appeared we had really started to gel on both sides of the ball and had a healthy Smith/Tate out there. There were zero answers to stopping IU's pass rush and bad play calls were compounded by poor execution.

I will say on Hartline that as much as I love the guy and think he did his best to prepare the offense for this game, the reality is that he was actively interviewing for jobs and is now preparing for his move to USF. I would never question that his heart is not in the right place, but I'm not sure his head was in this one. I do think it's probably best to have someone else take over his play calling role, the offense was incredibly unprepared and frequently deviated from what has worked all season. He's trying his best and I'm not questioning that, but I think human nature is having him look ahead.

The amount of holds the refs missed on IU was egregious, particularly in critical moments for us. It wasn't totally one-sided, but I would say IU got the better calls or no calls about 75% of the time. Regardless, we should have won despite that.

Moving forward, we'll get our shot at redemption. The pieces are there and the coaches all are familiar with what it takes for a championship. We'll make a go at another title regardless of this game. Go Bucks and I'm off to get some sleep

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Buckeye86 said:

Whatever he did (seems like he took over more play calling responsibilities) to adjust for the Hartline situation was an unmitigated and embarrassing failure. Hopefully he figures it out for the playoffs.

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RB07OSU said:

Did anyone have a moment where they felt like we were going to win the game? Tbh I never did with the culmination of player errors, bad coaching decisions, bad officiating in crucial moments, and what appeared to be complete confusion and chaos on the offensive side of the ball. I'm upset about the loss to put it lightly, but I'm not shocked we lost. Indiana has a very good team or else we would have won despite the foregoing issues.

The loss feels like a real kick in the pants after it appeared we had really started to gel on both sides of the ball and had a healthy Smith/Tate out there. There were zero answers to stopping IU's pass rush and bad play calls were compounded by poor execution.

I will say on Hartline that as much as I love the guy and think he did his best to prepare the offense for this game, the reality is that he was actively interviewing for jobs and is now preparing for his move to USF. I would never question that his heart is not in the right place, but I'm not sure his head was in this one. I do think it's probably best to have someone else take over his play calling role, the offense was incredibly unprepared and frequently deviated from what has worked all season. He's trying his best and I'm not questioning that, but I think human nature is having him look ahead.

The amount of holds the refs missed on IU was egregious, particularly in critical moments for us. It wasn't totally one-sided, but I would say IU got the better calls or no calls about 75% of the time. Regardless, we should have won despite that.

Moving forward, we'll get our shot at redemption. The pieces are there and the coaches all are familiar with what it takes for a championship. We'll make a go at another title regardless of this game. Go Bucks and I'm off to get some sleep

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BUCKYLE said:

I mean on the bright side its still Indiana. Sucks but my kids will be my age before we have to hear about their football team again.

Hope we get unfucked and run into them again

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Captain Buckeye said:

Where would that UGA game be played.

First guess is we likely have to play AM in Texas then UGA in Georgia?

The Notre dame in the final at least lol

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dragurd said:

Depends on where we are given I'm guessing 3 which would be number 2 Georgia.

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Captain Buckeye said:

Seems like first round will be Ole Miss or Texas AM.

That’ll be easy picking IMO.

But what’s after that?

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1926Buckeyes said:

Same. I was pissed, but before they missed the FG I was thinking “Would I rather them experience a possible OT game, or go for the win and live with it?”. When you realize it’s about getting through the game healthy and seeing how the team responds, it’s tough to be that pissed. Day also seems different in this presser. He’s obviously upset but beating Michigan was the bigger goal and they’re moving on.

I think OSU learned a lot more about themselves and Indiana in this game than the other way around. They came out passing and put the game on Sayin right out of the gate, and Indiana had a great game plan, threw the kitchen sink at him, and he was rattled. They played a B+ game, OSU played a C game.

The playoffs will come down to what has Sayin learned from this game (a lot), and what can the OL do to improve and protect him (unsure). This sucked and there are questions to be answered, but I this team has a lot more in the tank on offense.

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