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Game Thread Game Two: #1 Ohio State 24, #2 Texas 7 (9/9/06)

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gregorylee said:
If by "runaway" you mean a 10 pt victory, I can see that. If not, I would dissagree. I don't see either tieam, winning by more than 10. Even with a perfect game, by UT it would take a meltdown by tOSU, and vice versa for either team to win by a lot.
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To tell you the truth I don't really know what I ment by run away. I didn't really think about it that much, I just know that I think that the score has a chance to be tilted in Texas' favor more so than it would with out a perfect performance from the qb.
 
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bukIpower said:
Well I called this game 31-17 but I said it would be 24-17 with a very very late touchdown to seal the game in our favor.
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I've got it as a high scoring game. They'll score on us b/c of our new defense, and we'll put some points up on them based in part by their new QB making mistakes. OSU 34, UT 28. Admittedly this is tainted by a bit of homerism. :osu:
 
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High Lonesome said:
If one of the young qb's stepps up and plays great with few/no mistakes then Texas will have a chance to run away with one. Seems that the weakness of the ohio state defense is in the secondary and we have the weapons to exploit that if we can actually get them the ball. That said, I highly doubt this happens
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Even Troy Smith is going to have mistakes in this one lol. I know what you mean though.

But I think our secondary won't be much of a weakness. I think that Malcolm Jenkins is going to surprise a lot of people and have a great season. He played pretty good last year, but more importantly got some game experience in several games as a Freshman. If he plays good, I don't see the secondary being a weakness next year.
 
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xrayrandy said:
With most of the UT defense and tOSU offense back from last year, I can't see tOSU scoring more points this year without having more turnovers than last year (+2).
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Disagree. There's a marked difference in the offense with Troy confident in his arm, his new dedication with being a film rat, and another year of experience under his belt.

If OSU doesn't score more points than last year, it will be because of the loss of Mangold and Simms on the O-Line, not because of the TO margin.
 
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xrayrandy said:
With most of the UT defense and tOSU offense back from last year, I can't see tOSU scoring more points this year without having more turnovers than last year (+2).
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There's going to be a difference. We aren't settling for FG's this year...:biggrin:

I'm actually kind of serious here. We stalled so many times last year and settled for FG's against Texas. This year's offense is going to be much more efficient IMO, for reasons we've already discussed many times in this thread. The options available to this offense compared to last year will be the difference IMO...However, I'm still seeing a score similar to last year. In the 20-27 point range for both teams...It's going to be another classic battle...
 
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Saw31 said:
There's going to be a difference. We aren't settling for FG's this year...:biggrin:

I'm actually kind of serious here. We stalled so many times last year and settled for FG's against Texas. This year's offense is going to be much more efficient IMO, for reasons we've already discussed may times in this thread. The options available to this offense compared to last year will be the difference IMO...However, I'm still seeing a score similar to last year. In the 20-27 point range for both teams...It's going to be another classic battle...
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That is just how i feel....it would suprise me if this games wasn't decided in the 4th quarter
 
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xrayrandy said:
With most of the UT defense and tOSU offense back from last year, I can't see tOSU scoring more points this year without having more turnovers than last year (+2).
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had OU returned the same defense in 05, I highly doubt you would have expected a repeat performance from the 04 RRS (even with the most consistent producer on offense gone in benson). There was an obvious maturation in Vince's game.

Troy is a much better QB than last year, Pittman grew stronger (and finally has some depth behind him), and the TE position should be stronger. The offense will be better; the question is whether or not it will be enough against a stout UT D.
 
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buckeyeboy said:
Right. Smith will be exactly the same QB he was last year--just like last year he will have not played a game in 10 months and he'll be splitting time with Zwick. Good point. :roll1:
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xrayrandy can see right through your logic. It apparently does not obscure his wishful thinking in the slightest.

Or at least it hasn't the past 100X that the facts have been presented.

This will be a different game, and the only thing that can be known a priori is that it will be the highest profile game of the first half of the season. If both teams play to their potential; this will be phenomenal.
 
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