Had a great time at the game yesterday. Weather was fantastic, tailgate was a blast! Seats at Iowa suck though.They really pack you in like sardines and once you get in...you aren't getting out. Toilets were clogged and leaking all over both restrooms I used. I mean are people really taking a dump during the game?

As for the game, we humiliated and outclassed Iowa obviously. But I continue to be absolutely perplexed with the offensive formations. Our best players are WRs and yet all game we continue to line up two tight ends with two WRs. Roberts was in there a lot flexed out in 3rd downs as a 4th WR. I feel like this offense with all the skilled weapons they have, could be scoring at will like an Urban Meyer team. I think Urban wins that game at least 49-14. Or maybe I'm just spoiled rotten because I'm a Buckeye. I don't know... it just seems so predictable and conservative and it doesn't feel like they play to their best strengths.

Other thoughts:
So great to see Jeremiah break two records in person. The Heisman pose was awesome! I love that he is advocating for the award this year. That catch over the middle between 3 defenders blew my mind, not just because it was a great catch but because Sayin had the courage to throw it. LoL! Sayin's confidence in JJ is clearly 1000%, just hope he isn't fixating on him all the time when other guys might be running free.

Gotta clean up all the penalties. There were 3 false starts on one series I think.

I like Jakobi Jackson a lot. He runs hard and his legs never stop driving. Seemed like he had a lot of YAC. Bring Bo in to back him up and please stop putting in West to run between the tackles.

A few DBs in there filling in that I thought did well. Cam Calhoun and Simeon Caldwell, who I had to look up because I didn't know who he was LOL. We have no super star on D, but the entire unit is playing solid.

Iowa's schedule is pretty ridiculous. They should be favored in every game the rest of the year (no ranked teams) so they likely end up with just one loss. It will make this win look better but means we may see them again. LOL!

That's all I got. Thanks for reading. Go Bucks!

They're destined to win this year. They just do all the little things right. It's annoying but impressive when it's not the Reds on the receiving end.

McMillan is a freaking stud. I mean the Lions Defense is shit but that dude is for real.

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He picked up that blitz to perfection. We hit a big play down to the red zone. Then he got rewarded with the next 3 carries and that touchdown.

That is how you get more playing time and I hope they show this series over and over again until everybody freaking gets it!

NFBuck said:

It's so common, but it somehow still astonishes me how stupid football coaches are. Here's what I can tell you - if you go for it, you might get the first down and will hopefully score a TD, or a another FG in a few plays. But, I can 100% guarantee you will lose those three points.

It's a close game against a division rival...TAKE THE FUCKING POINTS, DUMMY!

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FACTS

Zurp said:

Maybe you're right, that they don't care.
But I think it's also a combination of
1. The advanced scouting wasn't any advantage. They just did it for fun. Stalions did it all by himself and you can't prove he was talking to the DC's or HC. And even if you can prove it, it still didn't give them any advantage. Also, it's the other teams' fault for not changing their signals.
and
2. Everyone does it. Go after Ohio State. The password to their network was probably easy to hack. Ryan Day's brother cheated.

Edit - My point is that they think their success for those 3 years is because of their superior head coach (who wasn't "superior" for 6 years before that) and they had a generational quarterback (who has looked like he is the quarterback of the Browns of recent years).

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Huh?

Whittingham right now.

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So I did some light research, curiosity got the best of me. I compiled OSU's final pre-bowl/playoff AP Poll ranking from each completed season from 1968 up to 2025 (stopped going backwards at 68 cause the AP only did a top ten before that). Also noted if they wouldn't have qualified for a theoretical playoff (DNQ). Now I know AP rankings may not be a complete 1 to 1 for how the playoff selection protocol would shake out, but it's pretty insane to see the results regardless.

68: #1
69: #4

70: #2
71: NR DNQ
72: #3
73: #4
74: #3
75: #1
76: #11
77: #9
78: #20
79: #1

80: #11
81: #15
82: #17
83: #14
84: #6
85: #17
86: #11
87: NR DNQ
88: NR DNQ
89: #21

90: #24
91: #25 DNQ
92: #15
93: #11
94: #11
95: #5
96: #4
97: #9
98: #3
99: NR DNQ

00: #19
01: #22
02: #2
03: #7
04: #24
05: #4
06: #1
07: #1
08: #10
09: #8

10: #6
11: NR DNQ
12: #3
13: #7
14: #4
15: #7
16: #2
17: #5
18: #5
19: #2

20: #3
21: #7
22: #4
23: #7
24: #6
25: #1

So that's:
58 Seasons
52 Playoff Appearances
89 Percent Appearance Rate

Hope you guys like playoff football...

brodybuck21 said:

2026 stats to date
45 carries
278 yds
6 tds
6.2 ypc

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I mean let’s see what he can do wearing a team out with his size. Very similar feel to Trey Sermon

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I love college football

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I'd love to be on the receiving end of that call.

scarletngray said:

Only the most dishonest, delusional fans could look at that chart and not admit that they cheated for three years straight. And it's not like it wasn't proven. A simple fact: They just don't care.

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Maybe you're right, that they don't care.
But I think it's also a combination of
1. The advanced scouting wasn't any advantage. They just did it for fun. Stalions did it all by himself and you can't prove he was talking to the DC's or HC. And even if you can prove it, it still didn't give them any advantage. Also, it's the other teams' fault for not changing their signals.
and
2. Everyone does it. Go after Ohio State. The password to their network was probably easy to hack. Ryan Day's brother cheated.

Edit - My point is that they think their success for those 3 years is because of their superior head coach (who wasn't "superior" for 6 years before that) and they had a generational quarterback (who has looked like he is the quarterback of the Browns of recent years).

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So dumb. Watched it in real time

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It's so common, but it somehow still astonishes me how stupid football coaches are. Here's what I can tell you - if you go for it, you might get the first down and will hopefully score a TD, or a another FG in a few plays. But, I can 100% guarantee you will lose those three points.

It's a close game against a division rival...TAKE THE FUCKING POINTS, DUMMY!

Just to clear things up on bad things are up north…

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2026 stats to date
45 carries
278 yds
6 tds
6.2 ypc

Milwaukee with an incredible 9th inning comeback vs Mason Miller to go up 2-0 on SD

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ScriptOhio said:

Just sayin': Jerimiah Smith and Julian Sayin had "career games"; and Luke Montgomery was the "offensive player of the week". I'm anxious to see what Montgomery's PFF score was for the game.

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I just popped in here to say I noticed Luke had a hell of a game as I watched the replay. I rarely notice OL other than on occasion, but he was kicking ass out there. Jakoby was earning some tough YAC but Luke was really his best friend yesterday. Really impressive performance and much needed in that game.

Hell of a game, gotta give this guy a lot of credit as an unsung hero on offense against Iowa. Dude had some critical, tough runs but he was picking up the blitz like a pro back there with Sayin. He's been a really nice addition.

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Lost by 3. Good call, coach!

Fucking idiot.

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So dumb. Watched it in real time

I was under the impression that Whittingham was coaching for the cheaters because it's at the end of his career and he's got a couple truckloads of money from it. No one else would take that job.
Why do they think that firing Whittingham now would make all these other coaches - proven coaches, elite coaches - want to go to Ann Arbor?

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I refuse to think he shouldn’t have any role. If he’s really a difference maker with the ball then is it not owed to the team? I get it maybe he hasn’t done everything in practice or maybe he’s got a bit of an edge personality wise.

But if he’s a difference maker just carve out 2-3 plays to see if he can break off a big run that we desperately need.

I doubt he sees the field much at this point unless he goes off in garbage time. This next week will be very telling imo.

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You can refuse to believe all you want. The guy making the decisions does believe and has a team standard to protect and cultivate.

Maybe you should email him. I’m totally sure he’ll listen. Lol