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2025 Texas at tOSU BMW Thread

I'll put this here; the transformation of CFB to NFL-ish has affected me much quicker than I thought could ever happen.

I never stressed that Texas game leading up all summer because I knew it didn't really matter for playoffs (we weren't done if we lost) and neither are they.

It was fun, a win is always better than a loss, we got to see all the new players and coaches etc but it felt like a week 1 win in the NFL. Nice, but there are miles to go.....

anyone else?
I care a lot about OSU's place in the history of the game, and a lot of that history involves great consistency and not as much top end success as there should be (1969, 1973, 1996, 1998, 2015, etc.), so to me these games mean a lot in that context. Also, while this game was hardly life or death, I do think that losing it would have left us with a more than negligible chance of missing the playoff, and I have virtually no stress about that now. I also am always more chill for a while after a natty resets the program clock. And even more so in this case since Day is young, has now proven that he can do, and seems to be hungry for more right where he is. I'm no longer sweating that he's not the guy and that ten years without a natty might turn into twenty before we know it.

I do loathe the diminution of value of the regular season, and agree, despite what I said above, that the level of tension is down a lot for games like this for me, but these playoffs also give us a lot of opportunity to burnish our overall long-term legacy sooner rather than later, and I'm all for that. For example, beating Tennessee, Texas, and Texas again, puts a big dent in a lot of unfortunate OSU-SEC history. Repeat this year and I'll make a pretty damn compelling case that only Alabama sits above us on the all-time program hierarchy (that's arguable right now, but one more run like last year makes the argument a lot stronger).
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Game Thread #1 Texas at #2/#3 tOSU, Sat. Aug. 30th, 12pm ET, FOX

Who played against Texas you ask:

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Snap Tracker: Offense​

Pos Player TEXAS
QB JULIAN SAYIN 59
RB C.J. DONALDSON 42
RB JAMES PEOPLES 20
WR JEREMIAH SMITH 57
WR CARNELL TATE 46
WR BRANDON INNISS 23
TE WILL KACMAREK 48
TE BENNETT CHRISTIAN 28
TE MAX KLARE 23
TE JELANI THURMAN 7
TE NATE ROBERTS 1
OL PHILLIP DANIELS 59
OL CARSON HINZMAN 59
OL LUKE MONTGOMERY 59
OL AUSTIN SIEREVELD 59
OL TEGRA TSHABOLA 44
OL ETHAN ONIANWA 15

Snap Tracker: Defense
Pos Player TEXAS
DE CADEN CURRY 59
DE BEAU ATKINSON 35
DE KENYATTA JACKSON 34
DE C.J. HICKS 19
DT EDDRICK HOUSTON 39
DT KAYDEN McDONALD 38
DT WILL SMITH JR. 16
DT TYWONE MALONE 14
DT JARQUEZ CARTER 3
LB ARVELL REESE 64
LB SONNY STYLES 57
LB PAYTON PIERCE 15
CB DAVISON IGBINOSUN 67
CB JERMAINE MATHEWS JR. 67
CB DEVIN SANCHEZ 11
S CALEB DOWNS 67
S JAYLEN McCLAIN 67
S LORENZO STYLES JR. 65

Another real good 11W article on the Texas game:

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It's in the article, but I'd like to highlight Nate Roberts making the most of his one play by making the block that kept Donaldson from getting blown up in the backfield on his touchdown.
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College GameDay Signs (official thread)

I didn’t realize it until she just posted it on her IG but my buddy and her son are the ones in front of the DEdmond sign. Her son is ironically a freshman at Appalachian State and she’s an OSU alum. So cool that they got to make it on Gameday and went viral online
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DC Matt Patricia (Official Thread)

That’s so true, and a reason why I was so baffled that so many OSU fans were against this hire. He’s not the HC, but the DC and he’s coached some of the best defenses at the highest level, and learned from arguably the GOAT NFL coach. He won’t see one QB or even offense in college that will be more complex than anything he’s seen before. If oSU were to lose a game, I can see it being due to offensive players just making plays and being better in general. But scheme wise, I just don’t see many being able to fool him in a schematic way and Sark is at the top of the heap.

i don’t see Patricia being a guy who is getting burned by an offense and then refusing to change.
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CB Davison Igbinosun (National Champion)

And when we saw him in coverage it never seemed like he was beat or draping himself over their WRs. He and those who worked with him in the off season should be congratulated for that kind of change in how he plays. Love that he played within himself yet maintained the things that make him great.
If he keeps it up, he'll reach his full potential, which is incredibly high. I think most of us knew that, but needed to see it first.
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