OHSportsFan said:

4th down decisons are definitely on the HC. I can imagine it was even something like “Hey Hart, I’m thinking 4 downs here, be ready. Might be time for XYZ.” Or hell, he may have directly called it. Not a big deal.

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Given what he's been through and at that moment feeling The Game up for grabs...

BH: "I am saving that play for the 4th quarter coach"
RD: "Call the fucking play Brian! Throw Him The Goddamn Ball!!"

RugbyBuck said:

I can see this going like the 2014 B1G... except that we needed all the style points we could get to get into the playoff. I see Day and Hartline dialing it up some, but I think everything is contingent on the defense. He knows we should have three games after this and there's no reason to empty the gun, unless it's necessary. No reason to dump a magazine when two in the chest and one in the head will do.

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I’d be shocked if it’s anything like 2014, but I’m not sure what to think of them after last season. Different years, but the same type of team that relies on perfect scheme and execution to make up for talent gaps outside of a few positions like QB. They’re definitely better this season, and have much better conference wins, plus a ton of experience.

I don’t want OSU to deviate much from what they’ve done, but hope they speed things up to gain more possessions. Otherwise it’s going to get tight unless they’re perfect in the RZ or Smith and Tate go off.

heisman said:

They can't all hire Mike Locksley.

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Speaking of Maryland; just under the cold oatmeal grouping of teams, you have the B1G Spam which is such pure shit I'd rather eat cold oatmeal:
Maryland
Purdue
Rutgers

Then you have the mystery meat group. Like some kind of left over meat cake thing you see in the fridge, not sure what the hell it is, might be good, might be a visit to urgent care:
UCLA
Penn State
Indiana (looks good right now but....)

So it's OSU, Oregon and sort of USC's conference right now.

Is that 16? Do we have 16 teams? I've lost count. I'm sure I forgot somebody

Good for Coach Hartline!

My son has turned into a nice little wrestler…..what I’d give to be close to Columbus to get him to some OSU matches….

For those close by…..don’t take it for granted. Big time college wrestling is so much fun…