What a weird tradition.

Zurp said:

9 on the Pine might be all 4 on my Mt Rushmore of Hate. No one else benefited from the cheating as much as him, and he will never, ever get his comeuppance.

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Yeah, I could definitely swap Verstappen and Spin Pass. Harbaugh, though, will always be #1 with a (unfortunately metaphorical) bullet.

Spin Pass made me suffer for two years. Cooper made me suffer for a decade.

Even when he hits them they drop it.

Gizmo said:

scUM takes an insurmountable 13-7 lead.

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Especially when the Iowa QB can't hit an open receiver.

I didn’t realize it but we gave up 200 yards rushing. What a disappointment the front 7 has been.

It felt like a lot but I didn’t know it was like that lol

Texas' Colin Simmons apologizes for miming urinating on field​

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"I also do want to say I apologize for the celebration," he said. "I was definitely in that mode, feeling myself. But, you know, it happens. Charge it to the game."

Simmons said he heard from players and coaches about the penalty.

"But next-play mentality," he added. "We don't we don't harp on that."

The penalty drew the ire of Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian.

"We took him out, we addressed it, and put him back in," he said. "I mean, at that point, I'm not going to give the guy the death penalty, right, over an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. We got to fix it though, right? That can't continue as we move forward.

"And so as I touched on with the team in the locker, and we'll address that on Monday and what that looks like and how to control our emotions. ... The best thing you can do is go celebrate with a teammate."
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scUM takes an insurmountable 13-7 lead.

JCOSU86 said:

The defense line is very concerning. Because of injuries, these were 2nd and sometimes 3rd stringers. They got dominated on the ground and put inconsistent pressure on the pass rush.

I’m not confident going forward

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Especially vs the teams that’ll ruthlessly run the ball it could be a rough go. Games like Indiana, Oregon, USC and TCUN are going to be gut checks for this defense

Fucking hell Wiscy

yeah, Iowa isn't even trying.

gmen6981 said:

Aaaand Underpants gets picked off at the goal line.

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Looks like he and Marsh weren’t on the same page there. I still have no faith in Iowa.

Joins the great Al Bundy with 4 TDs in one game.

The defense line is very concerning. Because of injuries, these were 2nd and sometimes 3rd stringers. They got dominated on the ground and put inconsistent pressure on the pass rush.

I’m not confident going forward

Look at the number of times already the opposing QBs have escaped the pocket
and our front 6-7 can't catch them before they either scramble and get the pass off
or get to the sideline

Was not the case last year

Pettyjohn may be the exception
and watch out for Cincere... QBs will not get away from him

Honest takes

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BuckeyeNation27 said:

Both teams will go up in the polls. Ohio State drops 3 spots to make room.

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Sounds about SEC

Jagdaddy said:

That’s possible, but we don’t know for sure yet whether we just don’t have dudes or if it’s more communication/disicipline/scheme issues that can be fixed.

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I'm seeing a lot of DL get their asses whooped straight up. No scheme can fix that imo. LBs the jury is out for me because done woes there flow down from the DL getting worked, but my inclination is to say we're plenty talented there and they just need the DL to play better in front of them.

RB07OSU said:

Fair point. We lost a lot of talent on defense and its unrealistic to expect a similar defensive result. But then again, if we want a championship run (or a chance at one with our schedule), they've got to improve a lot on the front end and fast, or there will be at least 3 losses this season. Hopefully Patricia can get it fixed, but my concern is we just don't have the horses to do it on the DL and there's no championship team with an average or worse DL.

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That’s possible, but we don’t know for sure yet whether we just don’t have dudes or if it’s more communication/disicipline/scheme issues that can be fixed.

Most of those blokes were around for 4 years.
That's all I have to say about that.

BB73 said:

Starting to look like a huge Halloween game this year, at Mercedes-Benz in ATL instead of the WLOCP in Jax.

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God willing if the Braves get hot, there could be a World Series game in Truist Park on the same night as well. The ultimate high risk high award situation for your pal BigWoof

Jagdaddy said:

While last year’s D had outright freaks, even for OSU, it’s hard to know if this year’s edition is really lacking footspeed or are just playing slow because they’re inexperienced. I tend to assume that we have the athletes, if perhaps not freaks, but they’ve got to start playing decisively and downhill.

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Fair point. We lost a lot of talent on defense and its unrealistic to expect a similar defensive result. But then again, if we want a championship run (or a chance at one with our schedule), they've got to improve a lot on the front end and fast, or there will be at least 3 losses this season. Hopefully Patricia can get it fixed, but my concern is we just don't have the horses to do it on the DL and there's no championship team with an average or worse DL.

And yet, they're bound to give us fits next week.

System_id said:

Guess Ole Miss blew their wad last week lol

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Both teams will go up in the polls. Ohio State drops 3 spots to make room.

Gizmo said:

Iowa's put up some points this season, but I'm not sure how, as this QB looks very much like an Iowa QB.

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They have played 2 cupcakes. They put up less than 300 yards against Iowa state and they have less than 80 against Michigan at the half. Any defense with a pulse can shut them down.