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2025 Cotton Bowl: #2 tOSU vs #10 Miami-FL, Wed 12/31 7:30 ET at JerryWorld

It’s an ideal scenario. BS from the media to provide extra motivation for the more talented team to feel like the disrespected underdog.
Think back to all the times kirby invented disrespect out of thin air for motivation, and be thankful for this

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So which decision is it David? These guys say things just get to views, and its so painfully obvious. So Miami has a better OL and DL than OSU, but OSU will win the NC :confused:
I guess just saying OSU is the obvious better team from coaching to player personnel isn't as interesting to say on every platform
 
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Regarding Ohio State’s pass protection, the impression I got against Indiana wasn’t that the players were getting beat badly in one vs one situations (outside of possibly RG, who was probably playing injured and is getting a new starter and seemingly can’t get much worse), it was Indiana doing things in the back 7 to confuse Sayin and make him hold the ball too long, allowing the stunting rush to get home.

Sayin said during interviews yesterday that he felt he was holding the ball too long.

This was helped by Indiana having extra weeks to prepare a scheme specifically to mess with Sayin, and hurt (from Ohio State’s perspective) by the complete trash fire of a week Ohio State had combined with receivers who weren’t 100%.

I don’t think the OL situation is as bad as it feels right now, despite Miami’s DL clearly being good.

I think healthy receivers, a better scheme (more time to prepare plus more focused coaches), a more locked in Sayin (who isn’t losing time to the awards circuit), and an opponent who hasn’t been exclusively preparing for a month, are all factors that will give the offense the ability to look much, much better than their last performance despite a significant challenge for the OL in pass protection.
 
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