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jwinslow said:
No, I meant I had the OSU game on the local ABC channels the whole time. No MSU game at this house.
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jwinslow said:
Disagreed. Most of his passes were designed throws...there was no way for him to see Holmes on the wide open endzone shot as he was rolling...which is also why the safety left him alone. He would have had plenty of time to make that play if JZ tried to throw that.
Overall, JZ was excellent today.
TS may have done more damage on the scrambling, but guessing from the playcalling, I don't think tOSU had a vertical gameplan in mind.
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scarletngrey11
All right, all right, all right.
Zwick cant run like Smith, but he showed some wheels a couple times today.
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Saw31
High Seas Rogue
The Y-Town abc affiliate just ran an apology banner during the scUM game saying something to the effect of "We've recieved dozens of e-mails and phone calls regarding the loss of the Ohio State game. We do apologize but the decision was made in New York. We had no local control. We forwarded the e-mails. If you would like to contact abc directly, call XXX-XXX-XXXX or abc.com."
Sorry, I didn't get the phone number. Fucking assholes. I bet this god damned scUM game isn't pre-empted...
Sorry, I didn't get the phone number. Fucking assholes. I bet this god damned scUM game isn't pre-empted...
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scarletngrey11
All right, all right, all right.
i saw laurinaitis in on a couple of tackles today, it surprised me to see him in there. did anyone else see kerr at MLB today? he looked good in the plays that i saw him.
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Here are the game stats from Rivals.com. The stats, as is often the case, don't indicate how tOSU dominated the game. It's good to see 20 catches by the 4 wideouts (5 each):
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</TD><TD class=nav vAlign=bottom align=right>Sep 3, 2005 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=navgray align=middle width="33%">Ohio State Schedule</TD><TD class=navgray align=middle width="33%">Miami-OH Schedule</TD><TD class=navgray align=middle width="34%">Back to previous page</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!--
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</TD></TR><TR><TD class=nav><TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR bgColor=#ffffff><TD width="40%">Miami-OH (0-1)</TD><TD align=middle width="10%">0</TD><TD align=middle width="10%">0</TD><TD align=middle width="10%">0</TD><TD align=middle width="10%">14</TD><TD align=middle width="12%">14</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD width="40%">Ohio State (1-0)</TD><TD align=middle width="10%">10</TD><TD align=middle width="10%">10</TD><TD align=middle width="10%">14</TD><TD align=middle width="10%">0</TD><TD align=middle width="12%">34</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=nav colSpan=3>Scoring Summary</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD colSpan=2>1st Quarter</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="10%">9:24</TD><TD vAlign=top width="85%">Ohio State: TD, S Holmes 16 YD PASS FROM J Zwick (J Huston KICK)</TD><TD vAlign=top width="5%"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="10%">1:09</TD><TD vAlign=top width="85%">Ohio State: FG, J Huston 20 YD</TD><TD vAlign=top width="5%"></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD colSpan=2>2nd Quarter</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="10%">2:39</TD><TD vAlign=top width="85%">Ohio State: FG, J Huston 27 YD</TD><TD vAlign=top width="5%"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="10%">1:21</TD><TD vAlign=top width="85%">Ohio State: TD, D Whitner 26 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (J Huston KICK)</TD><TD vAlign=top width="5%"></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD colSpan=2>3rd Quarter</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="10%">7:09</TD><TD vAlign=top width="85%">Ohio State: TD, B Schnittker 1 YD RUN (J Huston KICK)</TD><TD vAlign=top width="5%"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="10%">2:08</TD><TD vAlign=top width="85%">Ohio State: TD, T Ginn Jr. 42 YD PASS FROM T Boeckman (J Huston KICK)</TD><TD vAlign=top width="5%"></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD colSpan=2>4th Quarter</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="10%">2:29</TD><TD vAlign=top width="85%">Ohio State: TD, J Calhoun 3 YD RUN (T Soderquist KICK)</TD><TD vAlign=top width="5%"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="10%">1:11</TD><TD vAlign=top width="85%">Ohio State: TD, R Robinson 35 YD PASS FROM J Betts (T Soderquist KICK)</TD><TD vAlign=top width="5%"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=nav colSpan=3>Team Statistics</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD width="45%"> </TD><TD width="30%">Ohio State</TD><TD width="25%">Miami-OH</TD></TR><TR><TD>TOTAL FIRST DOWNS</TD><TD>24</TD><TD>21</TD></TR><TR><TD>TOTAL NET YARDS</TD><TD>382</TD><TD>298</TD></TR><TR><TD>Total Plays</TD><TD>66</TD><TD>74</TD></TR><TR><TD>Average Gain</TD><TD>5.8</TD><TD>4</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>NET YARDS RUSHING</TD><TD>160</TD><TD>48</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Rushes</TD><TD>36</TD><TD>30</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Average per rush</TD><TD>4.4</TD><TD>1.6</TD></TR><TR><TD>NET YARDS PASSING</TD><TD>222</TD><TD>250</TD></TR><TR><TD>Completions-attempted</TD><TD>22-30</TD><TD>24-44</TD></TR><TR><TD>Sacked</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>5</TD></TR><TR><TD>Yards Lost</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>41</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>TOTAL TURNOVERS</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Interceptions</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Fumbles Lost</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD></TR><TR><TD>OTHER</TD><TD> </TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Penalties</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>4</TD></TR><TR><TD>Penalty Yards</TD><TD>26</TD><TD>26</TD></TR><TR><TD>Time of Possesion</TD><TD>30:02</TD><TD>29:58</TD></TR><TR><TD>Punts</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>7</TD></TR><TR><TD>Punt Average</TD><TD>81</TD><TD>266</TD></TR><TR><TD>Return Yards</TD><TD>58</TD><TD>10</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=nav colSpan=7>Passing</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD width="22%">Ohio State</TD><TD align=right width="15%">CMP</TD><TD align=right width="15%">ATT</TD><TD align=right width="15%">YDS</TD><TD align=right width="15%">INT</TD><TD align=right width="15%">YDS/ATT</TD><TD width="3%"> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Justin Zwick (12)</TD><TD align=right>17</TD><TD align=right>23</TD><TD align=right>155</TD><TD align=right>1</TD><TD align=right>6.7</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Todd Boeckman (17)</TD><TD align=right>5</TD><TD align=right>7</TD><TD align=right>67</TD><TD align=right>0</TD><TD align=right>9.6</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD width="22%">Miami-OH</TD><TD align=right width="15%">CMP</TD><TD align=right width="15%">ATT</TD><TD align=right width="15%">YDS</TD><TD align=right width="15%">INT</TD><TD align=right width="15%">YDS/ATT</TD><TD width="3%"> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Josh Betts (8)</TD><TD align=right>24</TD><TD align=right>44</TD><TD align=right>250</TD><TD align=right>1</TD><TD align=right>5.7</TD><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=nav colSpan=5>Rushing</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD width="22%">Ohio State</TD><TD align=right width="15%">ATT</TD><TD align=right width="15%">YDS</TD><TD align=right width="15%">AVG</TD><TD width=3 3%??> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Antonio Pittman (25)</TD><TD align=right>14</TD><TD align=right>100</TD><TD align=right>7.1</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD>Justin Zwick (12)</TD><TD align=right>5</TD><TD align=right>25</TD><TD align=right>5.0</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD>Ted Ginn Jr. (7)</TD><TD align=right>3</TD><TD align=right>11</TD><TD align=right>3.7</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD>Maurice Wells (34)</TD><TD align=right>7</TD><TD align=right>10</TD><TD align=right>1.4</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD>Anthony Gonzalez (11)</TD><TD align=right>1</TD><TD align=right>8</TD><TD align=right>8.0</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD>Brandon Schnittker (43)</TD><TD align=right>4</TD><TD align=right>7</TD><TD align=right>1.8</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD>Shaun Lane (29)</TD><TD align=right>1</TD><TD align=right>2</TD><TD align=right>2.0</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD>- Team (0)</TD><TD align=right>1</TD><TD align=right>-3</TD><TD align=right>-3.0</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD width="22%">Miami-OH</TD><TD align=right width="15%">ATT</TD><TD align=right width="15%">YDS</TD><TD align=right width="15%">AVG</TD><TD width=3 3%??> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Brandon Murphy (24)</TD><TD align=right>15</TD><TD align=right>48</TD><TD align=right>3.2</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD>Jimmy Calhoun (43)</TD><TD align=right>6</TD><TD align=right>14</TD><TD align=right>2.3</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD>Rion Robinson (44)</TD><TD align=right>1</TD><TD align=right>14</TD><TD align=right>14.0</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD>Josh Betts (8)</TD><TD align=right>8</TD><TD align=right>-28</TD><TD align=right>-3.5</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=nav colSpan=5>Receiving</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD width="22%">Ohio State</TD><TD align=right width="15%">ATT</TD><TD align=right width="15%">YDS</TD><TD align=right width="15%">AVG</TD><TD width=3 3%??> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Ted Ginn Jr. (7)</TD><TD align=right>5</TD><TD align=right>75</TD><TD align=right>15.0</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Anthony Gonzalez (11)</TD><TD align=right>5</TD><TD align=right>39</TD><TD align=right>7.8</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Ryan Hamby (80)</TD><TD align=right>1</TD><TD align=right>6</TD><TD align=right>6.0</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Santonio Holmes (4)</TD><TD align=right>5</TD><TD align=right>74</TD><TD align=right>14.8</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Roy Hall (8)</TD><TD align=right>5</TD><TD align=right>23</TD><TD align=right>4.6</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Antonio Pittman (25)</TD><TD align=right>1</TD><TD align=right>5</TD><TD align=right>5.0</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD width="22%">Miami-OH</TD><TD align=right width="15%">ATT</TD><TD align=right width="15%">YDS</TD><TD align=right width="15%">AVG</TD><TD width=3 3%??> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Martin Nance (15)</TD><TD align=right>9</TD><TD align=right>106</TD><TD align=right>11.8</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Patrick Obryan (81)</TD><TD align=right>2</TD><TD align=right>17</TD><TD align=right>8.5</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Jimmy Calhoun (43)</TD><TD align=right>1</TD><TD align=right>6</TD><TD align=right>6.0</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Josh Williams (4)</TD><TD align=right>1</TD><TD align=right>5</TD><TD align=right>5.0</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Rion Robinson (44)</TD><TD align=right>8</TD><TD align=right>96</TD><TD align=right>12.0</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>John Busing (12)</TD><TD align=right>1</TD><TD align=right>12</TD><TD align=right>12.0</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Sean Mcvay (18)</TD><TD align=right>1</TD><TD align=right>6</TD><TD align=right>6.0</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Tyler Vogel (84)</TD><TD align=right>1</TD><TD align=right>2</TD><TD align=right>2.0</TD><TD> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=nav colSpan=3>Scoring Summary</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD colSpan=2>1st Quarter</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="10%">9:24</TD><TD vAlign=top width="85%">Ohio State: TD, S Holmes 16 YD PASS FROM J Zwick (J Huston KICK)</TD><TD vAlign=top width="5%"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="10%">1:09</TD><TD vAlign=top width="85%">Ohio State: FG, J Huston 20 YD</TD><TD vAlign=top width="5%"></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD colSpan=2>2nd Quarter</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="10%">2:39</TD><TD vAlign=top width="85%">Ohio State: FG, J Huston 27 YD</TD><TD vAlign=top width="5%"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="10%">1:21</TD><TD vAlign=top width="85%">Ohio State: TD, D Whitner 26 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (J Huston KICK)</TD><TD vAlign=top width="5%"></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD colSpan=2>3rd Quarter</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="10%">7:09</TD><TD vAlign=top width="85%">Ohio State: TD, B Schnittker 1 YD RUN (J Huston KICK)</TD><TD vAlign=top width="5%"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="10%">2:08</TD><TD vAlign=top width="85%">Ohio State: TD, T Ginn Jr. 42 YD PASS FROM T Boeckman (J Huston KICK)</TD><TD vAlign=top width="5%"></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD colSpan=2>4th Quarter</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="10%">2:29</TD><TD vAlign=top width="85%">Ohio State: TD, J Calhoun 3 YD RUN (T Soderquist KICK)</TD><TD vAlign=top width="5%"></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="10%">1:11</TD><TD vAlign=top width="85%">Ohio State: TD, R Robinson 35 YD PASS FROM J Betts (T Soderquist KICK)</TD><TD vAlign=top width="5%"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=nav colSpan=3>Team Statistics</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD width="45%"> </TD><TD width="30%">Ohio State</TD><TD width="25%">Miami-OH</TD></TR><TR><TD>TOTAL FIRST DOWNS</TD><TD>24</TD><TD>21</TD></TR><TR><TD>TOTAL NET YARDS</TD><TD>382</TD><TD>298</TD></TR><TR><TD>Total Plays</TD><TD>66</TD><TD>74</TD></TR><TR><TD>Average Gain</TD><TD>5.8</TD><TD>4</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>NET YARDS RUSHING</TD><TD>160</TD><TD>48</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Rushes</TD><TD>36</TD><TD>30</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Average per rush</TD><TD>4.4</TD><TD>1.6</TD></TR><TR><TD>NET YARDS PASSING</TD><TD>222</TD><TD>250</TD></TR><TR><TD>Completions-attempted</TD><TD>22-30</TD><TD>24-44</TD></TR><TR><TD>Sacked</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>5</TD></TR><TR><TD>Yards Lost</TD><TD>4</TD><TD>41</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>TOTAL TURNOVERS</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Interceptions</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#eeeeee><TD>Fumbles Lost</TD><TD>0</TD><TD>0</TD></TR><TR><TD>OTHER</TD><TD> </TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Penalties</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>4</TD></TR><TR><TD>Penalty Yards</TD><TD>26</TD><TD>26</TD></TR><TR><TD>Time of Possesion</TD><TD>30:02</TD><TD>29:58</TD></TR><TR><TD>Punts</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>7</TD></TR><TR><TD>Punt Average</TD><TD>81</TD><TD>266</TD></TR><TR><TD>Return Yards</TD><TD>58</TD><TD>10</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=nav colSpan=7>Passing</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD width="22%">Ohio State</TD><TD align=right width="15%">CMP</TD><TD align=right width="15%">ATT</TD><TD align=right width="15%">YDS</TD><TD align=right width="15%">INT</TD><TD align=right width="15%">YDS/ATT</TD><TD width="3%"> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Justin Zwick (12)</TD><TD align=right>17</TD><TD align=right>23</TD><TD align=right>155</TD><TD align=right>1</TD><TD align=right>6.7</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Todd Boeckman (17)</TD><TD align=right>5</TD><TD align=right>7</TD><TD align=right>67</TD><TD align=right>0</TD><TD align=right>9.6</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD width="22%">Miami-OH</TD><TD align=right width="15%">CMP</TD><TD align=right width="15%">ATT</TD><TD align=right width="15%">YDS</TD><TD align=right width="15%">INT</TD><TD align=right width="15%">YDS/ATT</TD><TD width="3%"> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Josh Betts (8)</TD><TD align=right>24</TD><TD align=right>44</TD><TD align=right>250</TD><TD align=right>1</TD><TD align=right>5.7</TD><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=nav colSpan=5>Rushing</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD width="22%">Ohio State</TD><TD align=right width="15%">ATT</TD><TD align=right width="15%">YDS</TD><TD align=right width="15%">AVG</TD><TD width=3 3%??> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Antonio Pittman (25)</TD><TD align=right>14</TD><TD align=right>100</TD><TD align=right>7.1</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD>Justin Zwick (12)</TD><TD align=right>5</TD><TD align=right>25</TD><TD align=right>5.0</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD>Ted Ginn Jr. (7)</TD><TD align=right>3</TD><TD align=right>11</TD><TD align=right>3.7</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD>Maurice Wells (34)</TD><TD align=right>7</TD><TD align=right>10</TD><TD align=right>1.4</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD>Anthony Gonzalez (11)</TD><TD align=right>1</TD><TD align=right>8</TD><TD align=right>8.0</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD>Brandon Schnittker (43)</TD><TD align=right>4</TD><TD align=right>7</TD><TD align=right>1.8</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD>Shaun Lane (29)</TD><TD align=right>1</TD><TD align=right>2</TD><TD align=right>2.0</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD>- Team (0)</TD><TD align=right>1</TD><TD align=right>-3</TD><TD align=right>-3.0</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD width="22%">Miami-OH</TD><TD align=right width="15%">ATT</TD><TD align=right width="15%">YDS</TD><TD align=right width="15%">AVG</TD><TD width=3 3%??> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Brandon Murphy (24)</TD><TD align=right>15</TD><TD align=right>48</TD><TD align=right>3.2</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD>Jimmy Calhoun (43)</TD><TD align=right>6</TD><TD align=right>14</TD><TD align=right>2.3</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD>Rion Robinson (44)</TD><TD align=right>1</TD><TD align=right>14</TD><TD align=right>14.0</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR><TR><TD>Josh Betts (8)</TD><TD align=right>8</TD><TD align=right>-28</TD><TD align=right>-3.5</TD><TD align=right></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=nav colSpan=5>Receiving</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#dddddd><TD width="22%">Ohio State</TD><TD align=right width="15%">ATT</TD><TD align=right width="15%">YDS</TD><TD align=right width="15%">AVG</TD><TD width=3 3%??> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Ted Ginn Jr. (7)</TD><TD align=right>5</TD><TD align=right>75</TD><TD align=right>15.0</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Anthony Gonzalez (11)</TD><TD align=right>5</TD><TD align=right>39</TD><TD align=right>7.8</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Ryan Hamby (80)</TD><TD align=right>1</TD><TD align=right>6</TD><TD align=right>6.0</TD><TD> 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Postgame Press Conference From No. 6/9 Ohio State vs. Miami
No. 6/9 Ohio State - 34, Miami - 14
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Head coach Jim Tressel discusses offensive strategy with quarterback Justin Zwick.
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TRESSEL: Well, you know, a lot of people I think tried to get these guys to think a little ahead and think out forward, and what I've been impressed about them throughout the course of time is they focused on every practice and focused on every scrimmage and I thought their focus was excellent in this football game. I think that starts with the leadership of these four guys here. There will be a lot of things we can study on the film. It was a good workout, no question. A lot of guys got to play, which is another good thing, and, you know, we also know we're going to have to be much, much better next Saturday night, but I thought we focused on the task at hand today and -- and took another half step forward.
SNAPP: Questions?
REPORTER: How important was the pressure that you got on Betts with a variety of sources?
TRESSEL: Well, you know, they have a good offensive football team. They're ranked in the top ten or eleven and you need to put pressure, that's the thing I heard Coach Heacock talking about all summer long and these guys put pressure on the quarterback. He's a good one. He has excellent receivers. When you're getting sacked and rushed like our people did to them, it's going to be tough to score points.
REPORTER: Do you have any attention on next week, were you worried at all about looking ahead and if not, why not?
TRESSEL: I wasn't because I know these guys and I know that they're -- they really understand that you have to worry about today and you have to take care of today's lift or today's run or today's meeting if you want to be good tomorrow and I thought they did an excellent job in preseason camp. I said that all along. They came in in great condition, so obviously they focused on things in June and July and -- so, no, I wasn't worried about that.
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<!-- STORY AD ENDS HERE --> TRESSEL: Yeah, I thought Justin was very efficient. He had the one play that we all wish we had back. There was a little discommunication with the running back and instead of just throwing it through the goal post or up into the band up there, he tried to make something else happen and you know you don't want to -- when you have a mistake, you don't want to compound it with another mistake and that's what we did. Outside of that play, I thought he was very efficient, stepped up and ran when he needed to, got it to the right guys, his distribution was very good, and I don't think you can say they only throw it to this guy or that guy and I thought he played well. Todd Boeckman, you know, for your first two passes of your career, your first one was 10 or 15 yard gain for the first, the next one was a long touchdown, I'm sure he was thrilled with that.
REPORTER: How about the Whitner pick and return --
TRESSEL: There's many times in a game, there's a moment where you can, you know, break the spirit a little bit and, you know, it was only a 13-0 game. We didn't do a very good job in the red zone. We were forced to kick two field goals when we threw the interception and that gave them hope. Now, they hadn't scored, they hadn't moved it, but they had hope because of the score. All of a sudden when the score was 20, there's a little different emotion, I think, so that play was huge.
REPORTER: Is the red zone efficiency, those three things -- they came away with six points, is that something you just have to evolve and work with as the game and season goes on?
TRESSEL: Well, you know, it's -- as the team get closer to the goal line, the defense doesn't need to back-pedal as much, they can sit on things you're doing. And I've always said that good defenses are even tougher in the red zone, so we have to understand we're going to be facing tough situations there and we've got to be better there and -- and score touchdowns.
REPORTER: (Inaudible) -- Pittman.
TRESSEL: I thought Antonio Pittman played well. I don't know how many times he got to carry. We were hoping it would be 15 or 20 and we were hoping that Mo Wells might get 10 or so and Brandon Schnittker five or ten. But I thought Antonio showed that he's got some burst and, again, I think it was a good first step for him.
REPORTER: Ted Ginn tried to make things happen, a little impatient at times, maybe?
TRESSEL: It's like anything else, I guess, the risky stock, you know, syndrome. Sometimes you have to buy one of those stocks that might go crazy and make lots, and Teddy's the kind of guy, sometimes he sidesteps and takes a little move to the outside and it might be gone the next time. So I don't ever like to squash one's creativity.
REPORTER: Jim, what is it like calling plays for this offense now? I mean, like playing a video game, how would you describe what it's like?
TRESSEL: I don't have a video stick, or whatever they're called, so I'm not sure if it's like that, but you know the -- the nice thing is that we really think that up front, we're getting better and better, and can end up with a very good offensive front, which is the key to everything, and we've got some guys who can make plays, and most important is you have guys that can make good decisions when decisions need to be made. Obviously quarterbacks or people on blitz pickups, those guys up front knowing how to pick up certain things, so it's good -- to work with a group like that because they've got some experience and talent and always eager to learn and they'll come in and watch the film on Monday and study like crazy and we'll be better next week.
REPORTER: Were you concerned at all about how Justin might handle today, whether he might press too much or try to do too much?
TRESSEL: I don't think that that's his makeup. He studies the game well, he knows what's going on. I thought he made good decisions outside of the one, and, no, I wasn't concerned about that. He -- as I mentioned a couple days ago, you know, he missed five or six days with an ankle sprain, and sometimes guys lose their focus mentally. I thought he did a great job of staying in it and staying on top of what we were doing and, you know, you can get better even when you're watching.
REPORTER: (inaudible) -- started at tackle, how valuable of a piece is he --
TRESSEL: Doug Datish can play all three and probably will play all three positions, and I know Coach Bowman likes to move those guys around in there, if we can get eight or nine guys playing, we'll be even better and Doug's very important because of his versatility.
REPORTER: Could you comment on Josh Huston's play today.
TRESSEL: It's good to see Josh have opportunities and he made the best of those. Our get-off times were good on extra points and field goals which means he had a good rhythm. His kickoffs were good. He had the one that he shanked a little bit and he had a couple that -- and he got under a little bit, but the interesting thing was the one -- two that he got under a little bit, we ended up making kickoff tackles inside the 20 because they had such great hang time, but I thought it was a good first step and, you know, as we've a little said, Josh can be a very, very good kicker.
REPORTER: How quick do your thoughts now turn to Texas and are you really looking forward to the matchup?
TRESSEL: Probably in the middle of the fourth today. I'm not going to lie. You start thinking about, you know, that when it's -- when it's time to do that and there's no doubt about it. You know, we wanted to think about that a lot. We don't have that luxury. You do. You know, you can talk about it and think about it. We don't have that luxury. We have work to do, and I thought our guys handled that well but we're anxious to be a past a matchup like that, two great universities, you know, two of the greatest research institutions in the world and two states that love the game of football and all that, shoot, we can't wait and I'm sure they're the came.
REPORTER: When you thought of Texas, did a starting quarterback come to mind?
TRESSEL: Their starting quarterback? Oh, our starting quarterback? No, I don't think that's what I was thinking about.
REPORTER: What are you thoughts along those lines, Jim --
TRESSEL: Vince Young will probably start, I'm guessing.
REPORTER: For Ohio State, though, what were your thoughts along --
TRESSEL: That wasn't part of the thinking. I want you guys to have a mysterious weekend so when we get together again, we'll talk about it.
REPORTER: Saying a couple days ago that this would be a huge game, any day when you can come out with a game looming like Texas thinking he would either start this week and then whatever happens -- did he do everything he needed to?
TRESSEL: I thought he definitely made progress. When you come and do what you're supposed to do and show the efficiency that he did -- I haven't seen his numbers, I haven't graded his film, I haven't studied his footwork, youknow, those kind of things, but From where I stood, not that I can see much there, you know, I thought he did well and that's great for Ohio State.
REPORTER: Did you feel like you could call anything in the play book today and feel confident in running it as opposed to maybe a year ago?
TRESSEL: Well, Coach Bowman was up in the press box, so I'm more confident when he's not close enough to hit me in the head if I call the wrong thing, but I felt good because our offensive staff, I think, has done a great job of putting together what they want to do and our -- I think our guys know what they're trying to accomplish, and it's going to be a greater challenge next week. We're not ignorant of that fact, but I feel good about every member of this football team and now we've just got to make a little progress this week.
REPORTER: Jim Heacock's first game, you have your defense, for the most part, dominated, could you talk about that and the work the defensive unit --
TRESSEL: I thought the defensive unit did a great job. They created the play that made the difference, which was the interception for the touchdown. They held them at bay, gave us great field position, but I think you can ask Nate and A.J. a little bit more about the flow of things and if they saw any differences in -- you know, how Coach Heacock handled it. I thought he handled it great and the results speak for themselves. And, again, the only thing I'm disappointed about is that we didn't keep it as a shutout but, you know, we didn't.
REPORTER: Buildup to Texas, you've been living in this state a long time, do you recall that kind of hype? Some likened it to Notre Dame ten years ago. Anything you can --
TRESSEL: You know what, I haven't paid that much attention. I'm sure it will be just a tremendous thing to be a part of, and we feel privileged to be a part of it, and we can't wait still Saturday, but I really can't compare it to anything. It's the most important game in the world right now.
REPORTER: How big was it to put a team away early and not stretch it to the fourth quarter in the final couple plays of the fourth quarter?
TRESSEL: I think it was important to get guys in because they worked hard. Guys that -- they may have been here a couple years and hadn't been in a game yet and they've trained hard and done everything that we need to do and, you know, it's such a thrill to play out there, you know, a guy like John Kerr who hasn't played for a couple years, it was exciting to see him out there, so, yeah, that was -- I enjoyed that fact that we could have that luxury.
REPORTER: Coach, you guys didn't punt till the fourth quarter, that's not a bad step --
TRESSEL: Well, I told Coach Bowles we needed to practice punt once, so don't be so upset after we didn't make our third down because you're going to have to punt well, and A.J.'s going to be a good punter and it's good to see Drew Norman have a chance to be under the gun on the punt protection team, and that kid was good. I mean, the guy that Texas has is good and so is this guy, and so we needed to have a challenge like that at least a couple times. SNAPP: Let's take one more question for the coach and then get the captains in here.
REPORTER: Can you comment on the offensive line and how they played today?
TRESSEL: I think the offensive line played well, again, from my vantage point for a couple reasons. One, I thought the quarterback was able to throw the ball and, to me, the protection is the key to the passing game. He was able to -- to stand in and see his reads, and even if there wasn't anything open, there was good protection and he could step up and go with it and so forth. From a run game standpoint, I thought we had some movement. That's a little bit harder for me to tell right now without studying the film, but our goal is to rush for 200 yards. I don't think we did that but, you know, I thought the offensive line did a an excellent job.
REPORTER: Thanks, Coach.
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Postgame Press Conference From No. 6/9 Ohio State vs. Miami
No. 6/9 Ohio State - 34, Miami - 14
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TRESSEL: Well, you know, a lot of people I think tried to get these guys to think a little ahead and think out forward, and what I've been impressed about them throughout the course of time is they focused on every practice and focused on every scrimmage and I thought their focus was excellent in this football game. I think that starts with the leadership of these four guys here. There will be a lot of things we can study on the film. It was a good workout, no question. A lot of guys got to play, which is another good thing, and, you know, we also know we're going to have to be much, much better next Saturday night, but I thought we focused on the task at hand today and -- and took another half step forward.
SNAPP: Questions?
REPORTER: How important was the pressure that you got on Betts with a variety of sources?
TRESSEL: Well, you know, they have a good offensive football team. They're ranked in the top ten or eleven and you need to put pressure, that's the thing I heard Coach Heacock talking about all summer long and these guys put pressure on the quarterback. He's a good one. He has excellent receivers. When you're getting sacked and rushed like our people did to them, it's going to be tough to score points.
REPORTER: Do you have any attention on next week, were you worried at all about looking ahead and if not, why not?
TRESSEL: I wasn't because I know these guys and I know that they're -- they really understand that you have to worry about today and you have to take care of today's lift or today's run or today's meeting if you want to be good tomorrow and I thought they did an excellent job in preseason camp. I said that all along. They came in in great condition, so obviously they focused on things in June and July and -- so, no, I wasn't worried about that.
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<!-- STORY AD ENDS HERE --> TRESSEL: Yeah, I thought Justin was very efficient. He had the one play that we all wish we had back. There was a little discommunication with the running back and instead of just throwing it through the goal post or up into the band up there, he tried to make something else happen and you know you don't want to -- when you have a mistake, you don't want to compound it with another mistake and that's what we did. Outside of that play, I thought he was very efficient, stepped up and ran when he needed to, got it to the right guys, his distribution was very good, and I don't think you can say they only throw it to this guy or that guy and I thought he played well. Todd Boeckman, you know, for your first two passes of your career, your first one was 10 or 15 yard gain for the first, the next one was a long touchdown, I'm sure he was thrilled with that.
REPORTER: How about the Whitner pick and return --
TRESSEL: There's many times in a game, there's a moment where you can, you know, break the spirit a little bit and, you know, it was only a 13-0 game. We didn't do a very good job in the red zone. We were forced to kick two field goals when we threw the interception and that gave them hope. Now, they hadn't scored, they hadn't moved it, but they had hope because of the score. All of a sudden when the score was 20, there's a little different emotion, I think, so that play was huge.
REPORTER: Is the red zone efficiency, those three things -- they came away with six points, is that something you just have to evolve and work with as the game and season goes on?
TRESSEL: Well, you know, it's -- as the team get closer to the goal line, the defense doesn't need to back-pedal as much, they can sit on things you're doing. And I've always said that good defenses are even tougher in the red zone, so we have to understand we're going to be facing tough situations there and we've got to be better there and -- and score touchdowns.
REPORTER: (Inaudible) -- Pittman.
TRESSEL: I thought Antonio Pittman played well. I don't know how many times he got to carry. We were hoping it would be 15 or 20 and we were hoping that Mo Wells might get 10 or so and Brandon Schnittker five or ten. But I thought Antonio showed that he's got some burst and, again, I think it was a good first step for him.
REPORTER: Ted Ginn tried to make things happen, a little impatient at times, maybe?
TRESSEL: It's like anything else, I guess, the risky stock, you know, syndrome. Sometimes you have to buy one of those stocks that might go crazy and make lots, and Teddy's the kind of guy, sometimes he sidesteps and takes a little move to the outside and it might be gone the next time. So I don't ever like to squash one's creativity.
REPORTER: Jim, what is it like calling plays for this offense now? I mean, like playing a video game, how would you describe what it's like?
TRESSEL: I don't have a video stick, or whatever they're called, so I'm not sure if it's like that, but you know the -- the nice thing is that we really think that up front, we're getting better and better, and can end up with a very good offensive front, which is the key to everything, and we've got some guys who can make plays, and most important is you have guys that can make good decisions when decisions need to be made. Obviously quarterbacks or people on blitz pickups, those guys up front knowing how to pick up certain things, so it's good -- to work with a group like that because they've got some experience and talent and always eager to learn and they'll come in and watch the film on Monday and study like crazy and we'll be better next week.
REPORTER: Were you concerned at all about how Justin might handle today, whether he might press too much or try to do too much?
TRESSEL: I don't think that that's his makeup. He studies the game well, he knows what's going on. I thought he made good decisions outside of the one, and, no, I wasn't concerned about that. He -- as I mentioned a couple days ago, you know, he missed five or six days with an ankle sprain, and sometimes guys lose their focus mentally. I thought he did a great job of staying in it and staying on top of what we were doing and, you know, you can get better even when you're watching.
REPORTER: (inaudible) -- started at tackle, how valuable of a piece is he --
TRESSEL: Doug Datish can play all three and probably will play all three positions, and I know Coach Bowman likes to move those guys around in there, if we can get eight or nine guys playing, we'll be even better and Doug's very important because of his versatility.
REPORTER: Could you comment on Josh Huston's play today.
TRESSEL: It's good to see Josh have opportunities and he made the best of those. Our get-off times were good on extra points and field goals which means he had a good rhythm. His kickoffs were good. He had the one that he shanked a little bit and he had a couple that -- and he got under a little bit, but the interesting thing was the one -- two that he got under a little bit, we ended up making kickoff tackles inside the 20 because they had such great hang time, but I thought it was a good first step and, you know, as we've a little said, Josh can be a very, very good kicker.
REPORTER: How quick do your thoughts now turn to Texas and are you really looking forward to the matchup?
TRESSEL: Probably in the middle of the fourth today. I'm not going to lie. You start thinking about, you know, that when it's -- when it's time to do that and there's no doubt about it. You know, we wanted to think about that a lot. We don't have that luxury. You do. You know, you can talk about it and think about it. We don't have that luxury. We have work to do, and I thought our guys handled that well but we're anxious to be a past a matchup like that, two great universities, you know, two of the greatest research institutions in the world and two states that love the game of football and all that, shoot, we can't wait and I'm sure they're the came.
REPORTER: When you thought of Texas, did a starting quarterback come to mind?
TRESSEL: Their starting quarterback? Oh, our starting quarterback? No, I don't think that's what I was thinking about.
REPORTER: What are you thoughts along those lines, Jim --
TRESSEL: Vince Young will probably start, I'm guessing.
REPORTER: For Ohio State, though, what were your thoughts along --
TRESSEL: That wasn't part of the thinking. I want you guys to have a mysterious weekend so when we get together again, we'll talk about it.
REPORTER: Saying a couple days ago that this would be a huge game, any day when you can come out with a game looming like Texas thinking he would either start this week and then whatever happens -- did he do everything he needed to?
TRESSEL: I thought he definitely made progress. When you come and do what you're supposed to do and show the efficiency that he did -- I haven't seen his numbers, I haven't graded his film, I haven't studied his footwork, youknow, those kind of things, but From where I stood, not that I can see much there, you know, I thought he did well and that's great for Ohio State.
REPORTER: Did you feel like you could call anything in the play book today and feel confident in running it as opposed to maybe a year ago?
TRESSEL: Well, Coach Bowman was up in the press box, so I'm more confident when he's not close enough to hit me in the head if I call the wrong thing, but I felt good because our offensive staff, I think, has done a great job of putting together what they want to do and our -- I think our guys know what they're trying to accomplish, and it's going to be a greater challenge next week. We're not ignorant of that fact, but I feel good about every member of this football team and now we've just got to make a little progress this week.
REPORTER: Jim Heacock's first game, you have your defense, for the most part, dominated, could you talk about that and the work the defensive unit --
TRESSEL: I thought the defensive unit did a great job. They created the play that made the difference, which was the interception for the touchdown. They held them at bay, gave us great field position, but I think you can ask Nate and A.J. a little bit more about the flow of things and if they saw any differences in -- you know, how Coach Heacock handled it. I thought he handled it great and the results speak for themselves. And, again, the only thing I'm disappointed about is that we didn't keep it as a shutout but, you know, we didn't.
REPORTER: Buildup to Texas, you've been living in this state a long time, do you recall that kind of hype? Some likened it to Notre Dame ten years ago. Anything you can --
TRESSEL: You know what, I haven't paid that much attention. I'm sure it will be just a tremendous thing to be a part of, and we feel privileged to be a part of it, and we can't wait still Saturday, but I really can't compare it to anything. It's the most important game in the world right now.
REPORTER: How big was it to put a team away early and not stretch it to the fourth quarter in the final couple plays of the fourth quarter?
TRESSEL: I think it was important to get guys in because they worked hard. Guys that -- they may have been here a couple years and hadn't been in a game yet and they've trained hard and done everything that we need to do and, you know, it's such a thrill to play out there, you know, a guy like John Kerr who hasn't played for a couple years, it was exciting to see him out there, so, yeah, that was -- I enjoyed that fact that we could have that luxury.
REPORTER: Coach, you guys didn't punt till the fourth quarter, that's not a bad step --
TRESSEL: Well, I told Coach Bowles we needed to practice punt once, so don't be so upset after we didn't make our third down because you're going to have to punt well, and A.J.'s going to be a good punter and it's good to see Drew Norman have a chance to be under the gun on the punt protection team, and that kid was good. I mean, the guy that Texas has is good and so is this guy, and so we needed to have a challenge like that at least a couple times. SNAPP: Let's take one more question for the coach and then get the captains in here.
REPORTER: Can you comment on the offensive line and how they played today?
TRESSEL: I think the offensive line played well, again, from my vantage point for a couple reasons. One, I thought the quarterback was able to throw the ball and, to me, the protection is the key to the passing game. He was able to -- to stand in and see his reads, and even if there wasn't anything open, there was good protection and he could step up and go with it and so forth. From a run game standpoint, I thought we had some movement. That's a little bit harder for me to tell right now without studying the film, but our goal is to rush for 200 yards. I don't think we did that but, you know, I thought the offensive line did a an excellent job.
REPORTER: Thanks, Coach.
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Golferdow01
East-Coast Living
I don't have time to read up in the thread cause I'm about to go out celebrating a Buckeye victory...but I had to add my 2 cents...
I was VERY impressed with the improvements that Zwick made in the offseason. Granted he had the one pick but I think he made some intelligent plays and I definitely think he has improved on his scrabling...kinda reminded me of Krenzel today.
Pittman ran with a passion. Our line gave him holes and he got us 100 yards. Anytime our starting RB gets us 100 yards or more I salute him and the line.
Our D was great. I expected nothing less from them, and it would have been a shutout if it hadn't been for playing so many freshman late in the game.
All in all, I was very impressed with our team today and I can't wait to see them come out with the same passion next week against Texas!
GO BUCKS ...and everyone have a good evening:)
I was VERY impressed with the improvements that Zwick made in the offseason. Granted he had the one pick but I think he made some intelligent plays and I definitely think he has improved on his scrabling...kinda reminded me of Krenzel today.
Pittman ran with a passion. Our line gave him holes and he got us 100 yards. Anytime our starting RB gets us 100 yards or more I salute him and the line.
Our D was great. I expected nothing less from them, and it would have been a shutout if it hadn't been for playing so many freshman late in the game.
All in all, I was very impressed with our team today and I can't wait to see them come out with the same passion next week against Texas!
GO BUCKS ...and everyone have a good evening:)
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scarletngrey11
All right, all right, all right.
hmmmm...
i wonder where all the redhawk fans/posters have gone???
i wonder where all the redhawk fans/posters have gone???
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OSUsushichic
Fired up! Ready to go!
scarletngrey77 said:i wonder where all the redhawk fans/posters have gone???
I'm not sure, but "There's a tear in my beer" was going through my head when I read this.
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