BuckyKatt said:

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System_id said:

Would love it honestly. We all crown Howard now because he was unconscious during the playoffs but prior to that everyone was questioning him. And Howard was a fifth year senior with a ton of starts under his belt. He’ll be fine.

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restless said:

I stand corrected on using "much better" and would like to rephrase it as "better than the 1-point suggested."

JJ's first drop was a timing issue, and he barely turned when the ball touched his hand. I blame the Texas pass rush.
The defender had his arms on JJ when the second ball hit his hands. It would've been a spectacular catch if he held on. Kinda like the two drops Chris Henry had in the first game.

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LordJeffBuck said:

I just unearthed this gem....


The above was posted in the 2014 Virginia Tech game thread. Urban had lost the 2013 Big Ten Championship Game (to Michigan State), the 2014 Orange Bowl (to Clemson), and the 2014 marquee out-of-conference contest (to Virginia Tech).

Similarly, after a 16-game winning streak, Ryan Day is now 1-3 in his last four games, having lost the 2025 Big Ten Championship Game (to Indiana), the 2025 Cotton Bowl (to Miami), and the 2026 marquee out-of-conference contest (to Texas).

Of course, Urban Meyer quickly righted the ship in 2014 and won the title (and beat scUM) despite my writing off the season in week two.

Can Ryan Day do the same in 2026?

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LordJeffBuck said:

Just a few thoughts....

A. After starting out 24-0, Urban Meyer is now 1-3 in his last four games at Ohio State.

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F. The playoff run is over in week 2, so the coaching staff should have two goals from here on out:

(1) find out which of the youngsters can play, and get them playing time; and​

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(2) BEAT MICHIGAN!!!​

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System_id said:

Eh I did think Texas was probably better going on just from a roster standpoint. The fact that it was at Texas plus the OL struggles a week before made me pick the Longhorns initially. The one area I thought the Buckeyes I had a big edge was coaching though. The last two meetings it was basically a coaching mismatch between Day and Sark in favor of Day dynamic played out for 3 quarters at UT. 4th quarter that dynamic completely flipped.

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restless said:

Warning: you may want to avoid reading this post because it almost definitely will do the opposite of alleviating your pain.

When I was watching last Saturday, I couldn't help having the thoughts that the Horns were a much better team and the Buckeyes were good, but with the assistance of a lot of luck. I know we fans are obsessed with a few decisions and mistakes here and there. But I felt like we were lucky it was just a 1-point loss. Could we have won? Sure. If the FG hits, or one of the two 4th-down stops happens, or one of the fumbles bounces our way, or ... you get the picture.

Jay made a great first play that gave us 3 points. Cool! But then the freaky INT by Jaylen and the dropped pass by Wingo. That's 14 points gifted to the Buckeyes.

Then the Horns stopped their charity mode, and the fourth quarter happened. I would love to blame Day, Matty P, and A. Smith too. I just don't think it's fair. I want to blame Sayin, or even JJ, and others. But the truth is, they have performed admirably in an extremely competitive environment.

My realization is that none of us gave Texas enough credit. I think, as a team, they're much better than us, more than one score better. If it were a neutral site and without those funky plays, they'd win by around 7 points.

Had the FG scored and we won, I'd feel much better, of course, but it probably wouldn't change my mind that Texas was a better team and lost because the game is played on the field and weirder things have happened.

So, to me, I don't think the coaches did a particularly bad job last Saturday, and I am adjusting my expectations moving forward. I am still confident the team can grow into a championship-caliber team coming playoff time. The error margin is narrower now, for sure, and let's see how the team responds.

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buckeyemania11 said:

One of the worst play calls you can make (pitch play inside the 5) set up us having to make that throw into the end zone on 3rd down. There was plenty of self sabotage on Ohio State's end as well.

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dragurd said:

Sayin also missed at least 2 TD's 2nd turned into a FG the 1st was a fade to JJ wide open in the endzone don't remember what happened that drive. We dropped a few 1st downs would have potentially caused them to run out at the end of the game. So in the end I think 1-7 ppt texas win was probably about right.

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BuckBackHome said:

Agreed. I was thinking that hopefully the staff made him roommates with one of the more mature players.

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restless said:

I stand corrected on using "much better" and would like to rephrase it as "better than the 1-point suggested."

JJ's first drop was a timing issue, and he barely turned when the ball touched his hand. I blame the Texas pass rush.
The defender had his arms on JJ when the second ball hit his hands. It would've been a spectacular catch if he held on. Kinda like the two drops Chris Henry had in the first game.

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