Game Thread Fiesta Bowl 2016 - tOSU vs Notre Dame, Friday 1/1 @ 1pET, ESPN

[Poe McKnoe]

These refs are going to spend halftime sniffing glue, because they were clearly having withdrawals near the end of the half.

 

[bukIpower]

Biggest issue in the game right now - Linebackers.

Where is Kwon, Lee, and Perry? None of them are defending the pass over the middle so where are they disappearing to?

We haven't blitzed much other than Lee. I think Lee is having a good game but kept especially continues to over run things.

 

[Telekinesis]

Eject bell for tackling that guy instead of baking him a cookie with an easy bake oven. He clearly wasn't being a feminist on that play. Where are his pink socks??

They should at least change the name of the penalty to "Playing Stanford Football" or "Being a grown ass man"

 

[Drubuck]

Happy with how well the O is moving the ball and actually pleased minus that last drive with the D seeing as the line is decimated. Great half and O starts with the ball.

 

[Steve19]

Ohio State needs to come out and play smashmouth football to start the half. A long grinding drive allowing Elliott to punish the ND defense. TOP is going to be very important if the team is to achieve their goals.

 

[Onebuckfan]

Safeties haven't shown up since Bosa left.

 

[scarletmike]

If you're airborne out of bounds there should be no legal way for a TD to be scored. A WR coming down and tapping a foot inbounds is entirely different than a RB/QB/WR launching themselves out of bounds and reaching the ball inbounds, IMO. Also, the thing with the ball touching the pylon (which is completely OOB, with the possible exception of the inside face) being a TD is completely screwed up as well.

 

[SEREbuckeye]

We haven't blitzed much other than Lee. I think Lee is having a good game but kept especially continues to over run things.

Then why is the intermediate range so open, ya know?

 

[redguard117]

I don't know why we called that timeout when we had them 3rd and 6 at the 50...had a feeling that would bite us...

Yup, I was thinking the exact same. We got greedy. Same as last year in the Sugar Bowl when Cardale threw it deep late in the 4th

 

[SEREbuckeye]

 

[Steve19]

The guys went to sleep early on that last drive. They acted like the half was over and then they had trouble stopping them with the tempo at high pace. Fickell was extremely unpleased.

 

[SloopyHangOn]

Then why is the intermediate range so open, ya know?

Playing a safe zone D means that underneath curl and slant is always open.

 

[Onebuckfan]

Kizer as accurate as Manning now without the fear of the "shrug"

 

[SEREbuckeye]

Zeke needs 1 more rushing TD to tie the Fiesta Bowl Rushing TD record (4 TDs held by Woody Green, 1972).

 

[bukIpower]

Then why is the intermediate range so open, ya know?

No pressure man