Chip Kelly (OC Las Vegas Raiders)

[Jaxbuck]

"pacing themselves" means they were slowing down pace and rotating guys.

It doesn't mean, "we looked like shit offensively, on purpose."

There is now way on gods green earth they are going to go out there and voluntarily get in a dogfight with Nebraska, tsun etc instead of scoring more.

 

[Mike80]

"pacing themselves" means they were slowing down pace and rotating guys.

It doesn't mean, "we looked like shit offensively, on purpose."

There is now way on gods green earth they are going to go out there and voluntarily get in a dogfight with Nebraska, tsun etc instead of scoring more.

No one said that though. I specifically think those two are examples of other things at play.

As much as we want something to be a certain way as fans doesn't make it a reality though.

 

[Jaxbuck]

No one said that though. I specifically think those two are examples of other things at play.

As much as we want something to be a certain way as fans doesn't make it a reality though.

I agree with the game by game theories you gave but make no mistake, some people are going to just shrug off any regular season issues as "Day was just pacing them" "knew it all along" type of nonsense.

They ended up in those dogfights, or outright losses, because they laid an egg for that game, not because they were playing 3D chess.

 

[jwinslow]

There were quite a few head scratchers to me.....1st half vs Marshall. 1st half vs Akron. The Nebraska game was atrocious. The Penn State game was a slugfest but we had way more talent....not sure it needed to be that close. Heavy winds at Northwestern but didn't think that was a great offensive performance. Struggled a bit with Indiana (got gifted two TD's on special teams). Michigan was obviously a train-wreck.

With as much talent as OSU had, I thought the regular season was not up to the standard they should've been playing at. Thankfully, when the playoffs rolled around, they were a different team. They finally took the Lamborghini out of the garage.....

there also were a bunch of corollas in the other garage bays before 2026.

Sayin may become a Lamborghini very soon, but he was not winning a title last season. Particularly not on QB keepers.