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Game Thread 2015 National Championship Game: (2) Oregon vs. (4) Ohio State, Jan 12th @ 8:30p ET, ESPN
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Great article:
11 moments that defined Ohio State's national title season
Generally, any championship in any sport is a long, arduous tale of adversity and perseverance filled with unpredictable success and joy.
Ohio State's journey to the first college football national championship via a playoff is improbable and well deserved all at the same time.
But the dominating championship in which Ohio State lost the turnover battle (minus-three) but still totally controlled the game didn't just fall into Urban Meyer's lap. It was well earned throughout an entire season of hard work, difficult decisions and brutal injuries.
Had any of the following moments not taken place, who knows, maybe Ohio State wouldn't be the '14 national champions.
Here are the 11 biggest moments of one of the most historic seasons in college football history.
1. Aug. 18: Braxton Miller is lost for the season
This injury cannot be overstated. Miller was a Heisman Trophy front-runner who had totaled 2,094 yards passing, 1,068 yards rushing, 36 touchdowns and just seven interceptions the year before. Miller and Meyer were 24-0 in the regular season together, and the Buckeyes' expected starting QB was lost for the year before it even got started.
2. Aug. 30: J.T. Barrett's first TD
In his first career start and the season opener for the team many considered the favorite in the Big Ten, J.T. Barrett and the Buckeyes were trailing Navy 14-13 with just 4:10 minutes left. But the redshirt freshman then found Devin Smith for an 80-yard, go-ahead touchdown. It was Barrett's first career touchdown, and it led to an eventual 34-17 win.
3. Sept. 6: The pick-six
In just his second start behind an offensive line that had yet to gel, Barrett was harassed all night long by the Virginia Tech Hokies. Down by seven with a minute to play, Barrett and the Bucks still had a chance to come back. However, the OSU quarterback was intercepted by Donovan Riley, who returned the pick for a game-clinching touchdown with 46 seconds left. Most (myself included) left the Buckeyes for dead.
4. Oct. 25: The overtime sack
Joey Bosa, who would go on to win Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year honors, made his presence felt with 3.5 sacks against Penn State in front of a sold-out "White Out" home crowd in Happy Valley. With the season hanging in the balance in double overtime, Bosa recorded his third and final sack to clinch the win on the game's final play.
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Entire article w/videos: http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo...keyes-national-championship-11-moments-012215
11 moments that defined Ohio State's national title season
Generally, any championship in any sport is a long, arduous tale of adversity and perseverance filled with unpredictable success and joy.
Ohio State's journey to the first college football national championship via a playoff is improbable and well deserved all at the same time.
But the dominating championship in which Ohio State lost the turnover battle (minus-three) but still totally controlled the game didn't just fall into Urban Meyer's lap. It was well earned throughout an entire season of hard work, difficult decisions and brutal injuries.
Had any of the following moments not taken place, who knows, maybe Ohio State wouldn't be the '14 national champions.
Here are the 11 biggest moments of one of the most historic seasons in college football history.
1. Aug. 18: Braxton Miller is lost for the season
This injury cannot be overstated. Miller was a Heisman Trophy front-runner who had totaled 2,094 yards passing, 1,068 yards rushing, 36 touchdowns and just seven interceptions the year before. Miller and Meyer were 24-0 in the regular season together, and the Buckeyes' expected starting QB was lost for the year before it even got started.
2. Aug. 30: J.T. Barrett's first TD
In his first career start and the season opener for the team many considered the favorite in the Big Ten, J.T. Barrett and the Buckeyes were trailing Navy 14-13 with just 4:10 minutes left. But the redshirt freshman then found Devin Smith for an 80-yard, go-ahead touchdown. It was Barrett's first career touchdown, and it led to an eventual 34-17 win.
3. Sept. 6: The pick-six
In just his second start behind an offensive line that had yet to gel, Barrett was harassed all night long by the Virginia Tech Hokies. Down by seven with a minute to play, Barrett and the Bucks still had a chance to come back. However, the OSU quarterback was intercepted by Donovan Riley, who returned the pick for a game-clinching touchdown with 46 seconds left. Most (myself included) left the Buckeyes for dead.
4. Oct. 25: The overtime sack
Joey Bosa, who would go on to win Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year honors, made his presence felt with 3.5 sacks against Penn State in front of a sold-out "White Out" home crowd in Happy Valley. With the season hanging in the balance in double overtime, Bosa recorded his third and final sack to clinch the win on the game's final play.
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Entire article w/videos: http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo...keyes-national-championship-11-moments-012215
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bukIpower
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A couple things after rewatching the Champ game...
1. Its very telling that Noah Brown got playing time this year with how deep we were at WR last year. However, I wouldn't be apposed to see him play at 225 rather than 240 and gain another step or two. You have to remember Spencer was our best blocker and he couldn't have been more than 205-210 pounds at he most. Kid has a very bright future
2. Samuel is surprisingly very powerful for his size but he did look very small compared to most of the players out there. I wouldn't doubt for a moment that he plays around 205-210 next year (about 10-15 pounds heavier).
3. I've never seen Braxton or even JT running up and down the sidelines slapping hands with the defense with a serious "lets go look". We talk about JT being very good leader but I think Cardale is undervalued greatly in this regard and to be honest maybe it's why we played so well down the stretch? Maybe the kids fought harder for Cardale (which I doubt) but I was really impressed the last 3 games with how engaged 12 gauge is on the sidelies.
4. Good god Boren is short lol but he's such a tough kid. Bar none the most underrated kid on our team.
5. For how much we ragged on Reeves all last off season I thought he was a very solid nickel back all year and in a way I feel bad for him. He's taken so much heat and he turns in a great performance all year. Tendency notice with Reeves is tons of teams try to run Wheel routes on him and often times they turned out the same way all year.... Which is with the Ball floating out of bounds because Reeves is in their hip pocket riding them down the field. Maybe our deepest position is DB and I truly feel our backups next year could start as a unit at probably 10 of the B1G schools (Conley, Burrows, Smith, and probably Reeves/Lattimore)
6. Cardale while he threw less TD's on average is the more heady QB of all of them. Throws the ball away a ton, didn't force many, scrambled when he had to, stood tall in the pocket, and really the two picks he threw were on the WR's.
1. Its very telling that Noah Brown got playing time this year with how deep we were at WR last year. However, I wouldn't be apposed to see him play at 225 rather than 240 and gain another step or two. You have to remember Spencer was our best blocker and he couldn't have been more than 205-210 pounds at he most. Kid has a very bright future
2. Samuel is surprisingly very powerful for his size but he did look very small compared to most of the players out there. I wouldn't doubt for a moment that he plays around 205-210 next year (about 10-15 pounds heavier).
3. I've never seen Braxton or even JT running up and down the sidelines slapping hands with the defense with a serious "lets go look". We talk about JT being very good leader but I think Cardale is undervalued greatly in this regard and to be honest maybe it's why we played so well down the stretch? Maybe the kids fought harder for Cardale (which I doubt) but I was really impressed the last 3 games with how engaged 12 gauge is on the sidelies.
4. Good god Boren is short lol but he's such a tough kid. Bar none the most underrated kid on our team.
5. For how much we ragged on Reeves all last off season I thought he was a very solid nickel back all year and in a way I feel bad for him. He's taken so much heat and he turns in a great performance all year. Tendency notice with Reeves is tons of teams try to run Wheel routes on him and often times they turned out the same way all year.... Which is with the Ball floating out of bounds because Reeves is in their hip pocket riding them down the field. Maybe our deepest position is DB and I truly feel our backups next year could start as a unit at probably 10 of the B1G schools (Conley, Burrows, Smith, and probably Reeves/Lattimore)
6. Cardale while he threw less TD's on average is the more heady QB of all of them. Throws the ball away a ton, didn't force many, scrambled when he had to, stood tall in the pocket, and really the two picks he threw were on the WR's.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Ohio State already has a banner up to remind you who's the champions:
Stephen Collier@S13Collier
Looks good
4:18 PM - 19 Jan 2015
https://twitter.com/S13Collier/media
Yes it sure does!!!
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Looks good
4:18 PM - 19 Jan 2015
https://twitter.com/S13Collier/media
Yes it sure does!!!
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