Good, Lord! What a ridiculous situation. With so much crap on the internet I am withholding judgement. But, man...It doesn't look good.

CMic said:

I really liked Mendoza - much better than the yahoo they had last year. They’re going to be a tough out.

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Yep. Something said to me after mendoza got rocked by Curry, when I saw him come back out, that they were going to pull this off. I felt that way all week, just a gut feeling. That to me solidified it.

CMic said:

I really liked Mendoza - much better than the yahoo they had last year. They’re going to be a tough out.

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The games on their side of the bracket should be some tough ass affairs.

BuckeyesGunn said:

Yeah, IU is a very good team right now. Also have to say they played all out against us, and not sure they can maintain that energy. Not sure what to think about them up against Bama or Sooners though.

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I really liked Mendoza - much better than the yahoo they had last year. They’re going to be a tough out.

muffler dragon said:

If they don't play in a bowl game, then they don't get the extra practices, right?

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Thump said:

Correct.

Myopic as usual.

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Maybe they can invite cheeseburger Charlie back and have a competitive eating contest in lieu of a bowl

Jaxbuck said:

I personally don't think they held anything back and no way shape or form am I taking anything from IU. I just think there was less juice from OSU after The Game.

They wanted to win but there is only so much emotional fuel in the tank.

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Yeah, IU is a very good team right now. Also have to say they played all out against us, and not sure they can maintain that energy. Not sure what to think about them up against Bama or Sooners though.

Lott Trophy winner!

Thats #2 for the Bucks. The other winner? James Laurinaitis.

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Im not about to knock Sayin. But fourth and 1, I have more faith in Keinholz than Sayin if you’re going to run for it.

muffler dragon said:

If they don't play in a bowl game, then they don't get the extra practices, right?

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Correct.

Myopic as usual.

buckeyemania11 said:

It's possible for two things to be true here. The NIL Issue and Diebler just not being very good overall as a basketball coach. He's yet to show us anything to give confidence that he's not just a continuation of holtmann

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He's yet to show YOU anything. The truth is Diebler is starting to get elite recruits, they're just not here yet. He also did coach the team well during his time as interim coach - there was an immediate turnaround and it was a breath of fresh air compared with Holtmann coaching the exact same team. So to say there's nothing to show he's not a continuation of Holtmann is objectively false. While not a 5-star, Bynum looks like a recruiting hit, and Mobley was an OK recruit as well, so perhaps the high school recruits are becoming more hits and less misses. Holtmann never got a 5-star recruit to commit to OSU, not once. I do believe wholeheartedly that NIL has been hampering this program, and that - along with Meechie Johnson's flake-out & Ojianwuna not recovering quickly from injury - has helped torpedo Diebler's first couple of seasons.

BuckeyesGunn said:

Day didn't seem too concerned about the loss imo. I think getting the team p*ssed may have been the plan...or something...was an odd game for sure.

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I personally don't think they held anything back and no way shape or form am I taking anything from IU. I just think there was less juice from OSU after The Game.

They wanted to win but there is only so much emotional fuel in the tank.

I’m surprised their DC hasn’t left for the NFL. The NFL loves to recycle guys like him.

buckeyemania11 said:

Ruining Cryamis "return" would be great.

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Every 20 years or so you should put a new stake through their heart, just to make sure they are still dead

Jaxbuck said:

Yeah, gonna just ride with Day on this one.

I don't like the idea of the split focus but a) they didn't ask me and b) others have made it work then again, c) last night was suboptimal.

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Day didn't seem too concerned about the loss imo. I think getting the team p*ssed may have been the plan...or something...was an odd game for sure.

Ahh, another non-competitive season for scum. At least we’re getting back to some normalcy here.

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If they don't play in a bowl game, then they don't get the extra practices, right?

Reddits r/cfbmeme is gold mine right now

BuckeyesGunn said:

Yep.

On another subject, total love and respect for Hartline, but this half a week in FL and half a week in C-Bus needs to end. Be 100% here, or 100% there. You can't give 100% to both at the same time. Only thing I can think of as to why, how if might devastate the minds of the young kids if he's completely gone to FL. Maybe that's what is behind it, if so, not much you can do about it.

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Yeah, gonna just ride with Day on this one.

I don't like the idea of the split focus but a) they didn't ask me and b) others have made it work then again, c) last night was suboptimal.

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Oh no doubt. It has been all year.

It still takes a pretty damn good team to exploit it (to a degree that matters) and none of the teams in our bracket are as good as IU at it.

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Yep.

On another subject, total love and respect for Hartline, but this half a week in FL and half a week in C-Bus needs to end. Be 100% here, or 100% there. You can't give 100% to both at the same time. Only thing I can think of as to why, how if might devastate the minds of the young kids if he's completely gone to FL. Maybe that's what is behind it, if so, not much you can do about it.

Solutions for the offense:

Replace Tegra with Vansickle (Oline played so much better)

Implement quick short passing game/keep Julian on the move more, to compliment the deep shots if you have the protection (will depend on the game/opponents D Line)

Take out 13/14 formations in the red zone and short yardage situations. Spread them out. Keep your $4 million receivers on the field in the most crucial situations

Run from spread out formations

On the zone read/RPO Julian needs to keep it a few times. If he had last night, notably once inside the 10, it's a walk-in touchdown

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Forgot to add: Run some fucking tempo

BuckeyesGunn said:

I'm not saying the others will get 5 sacks on us, or disrupt as many plays, I'm simply saying the IOL is weak and vulnerable.

Now it will become a bigger focus of our opps.

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Oh no doubt. It has been all year.

It still takes a pretty damn good team to exploit it (to a degree that matters) and none of the teams in our bracket are as good as IU at it.

Jaxbuck said:

The right question is can someone else do it consistently enough to overcome all the things the OSU offense can do to them.

IU is better than anyone else in the bracket and they barely had enough in them to do it.

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I'm not saying the others will get 5 sacks on us, or disrupt as many plays, I'm simply saying the IOL is weak and vulnerable.

Now it will become a bigger focus of our opps.

I still can't get over this. This should be a major black mark on their program.

BuckeyesGunn said:

Oh, I definitely agree that others will be able to do this as well, unless we address this and come up with a few fixes.

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The right question is can someone else do it consistently enough to overcome all the things the OSU offense can do to them.

IU is better than anyone else in the bracket and they barely had enough in them to do it.