Game Thread #1 Texas at #2/#3 tOSU, Sat. Aug. 30th, 12pm ET, FOX

[Ryan36_1]

He can start with "Don't be a fucking blocking sled" and finish with, "Don't let your 310 pound ass be casually tossed aside by a LB"

He'll probably want to coach up their scheme somewhat too. Admittedly, I'm not a college level coach and don't understand the intricacies of pass protection. But I'm pretty sure the DE should be accounted for in a three man rush.

 

[Captain Buckeye]

Who played against Texas you ask:

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:

Interesting that they decided to rotate at RG but nothing everywhere else on the OL. You can also see the offensive strategy by the fact that Klare was third in reps at TE. We were just trying to choke the game out once we landed 2 punches.

 

[lvbuckeye]

Death Star in Rogue One?

Wasn't the entire plot the story of them acquiring the plans so that they could, you know, blow it up?

 

[ScriptOhio]

 

[BB73]

2 words: Ron. Pawlus.

So you’re predicting 2 Heismans for Arch?

 

[ScriptOhio]

Photo Gallery:

https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/news/2025/8/30/football-photo-gallery-ohio-state-vs-texas

 

[youra6]

Wasn't the entire plot the story of them acquiring the plans so that they could, you know, blow it up?

Well I'm looking at it from the standpoint it ends up killing the protagonists. At that point everything was favoring the imperials...

 

[BB73]

Great write-up. How were the new Gameday atmosphere changes?

Regarding the 2 changes in traditions:

I don’t like ringing the ‘Victory Bell’ before the game, but when they showed Archie on the live video feed to the scoreboard nobody was going to voice much disapproval. So at least having him do it was a smart move.

They constantly reminded fans with an energetic guy live on the scoreboard video to be loud whenever Texas had the ball, and that worked well. The student section in the end zone was as good as I’ve ever seen it,

The band playing Hang On Sloopy at the end of the third quarter has been a tradition for about 60 years. I missed that, and I can’t even remember what was going on for those couple of minutes. The band did play the song less than 2 minutes of game time later, right after Tate’s outstanding TD catch. And it was a blast to hear that right after the TD.