Game Thread CFP Semifinal: Ohio State vs. Clemson, Sat 12/31 @ 7p ET, ESPN

[Systems_id]

Herbie calling out the lack of imagination in the play calling.

Good.

 

[zincfinger]

Play calling aside; if you can't block DTs, you can't win.

 

[lvbuckeye]

ESPN news is reporting that Chip Kelly has been fired. Get on the phone, Urban.

 

[alexhortdog95]

Mark May is getting laid tonight.

Wow.

Your offensive staff...it just needs to be nuked.

 

[Jagdaddy]

Honestly, in a way we should be glad.

For too long, we've coasted and allowed the defense and/or JT to simply will us to wins despite putrid offensive coaching.

And most Ohio State fans were too delusional, or simply refused, to see it. For 90+ pages of The Game thread, we saw the truth - and then we got lucky with a pick six and a miraculous JT run, and again chose to rationalize away the huge flaws that have been plaguing this team for the past 2 years. I'm guessing Urban was in the same boat.

There's no rationalizing away a 24-0 depantsing on National Television in the biggest game of the year. This time, Urban will be forced to make changes (that some of us have been calling for, for the past 2 years) - and in the end we'll be better for it.

I don't think many have been rationalizing it. We've just been hoping and supporting in spite of it because that's what fans do.

 

[SEREbuckeye]

This is the type of night that I expected in Norman, not Phoenix.

Honestly - what happened between those weeks?

 

[buck_not]

Who's five on offense? He quits and let's the Clemson DB breeze by him. Been a long time since I saw the Buckeyes quit

Corey Smith

 

[LordJeffBuck]

 

[Bestbuck36]

Not sure why Dabo has starters in other than to rub it in.

I hope one of them breaks a fucking leg

 

[bigdog3300]

I know Beck is the popular whipping boy, and he's absolutely sharing blame, but I don't see many people mentioning Warriner. He's the guy calling these...um...questionable plays. I'll forever be thankful to him for the Slobs. The man might be the best OL coach we've ever had. But he's a dime-store OC.

It looked like Beck was making some game calls, but this falls on the game prep that happened the weeks before the game....there's only so much you can change mid stream.

 

[OregonBuckeye]

Florida will always be worse because we were expected to roll. I didn't expect to get plungered here, but I thought there was a good chance we'd lose.

At least we scored 14 points. This is criminal. Beck and Warriner should be escorted off the premises and banished from the state of Ohio for this shitshow

 

[melecoaze]

I know Beck is the popular whipping boy, and he's absolutely sharing blame, but I don't see many people mentioning Warriner. He's the guy calling these...um...questionable plays. I'll forever be thankful to him for the Slobs. The man might be the best OL coach we've ever had. But he's a dime-store OC.

Can we send him back and have Co-OL coaches?

 

[Poe McKnoe]

I'd like to blow this up into poster size and mail it to the offensive staff.

 

[Woody1968]

JT totally exposed tonight. He was much better as a Freshman.

Yeah, it seems that was the outlier, and this is closer to the real JT.

 

[Drubuck]

JT Barrett on that Benjamin Button career progression time.