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Game Thread Ohio State @ Rutgers - 11/16/19, 3:30PM (BTN)

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1926Buckeyes said:
No. Shows that the 2s need a lot of work though. Don't know if people understand how bad Rutgers is, especially on offense.
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Yes, we're nitpicking

BUT

Ohio State has played the backups against everyone, yet they've given up multiple touchdowns to TWO B1G teams, Maryland and Rutgers.

Rutgers has scored multiple touchdowns in B1G games once this year.

One Time

Today

This is not a crisis, but like many things we've seen today, it shows a lack of focus.

This is not necessarily a problem, but we have seen before how teams have started to slide, then couldn't stop the slide.

We've also seen teams have a couple of off weeks and get right back in the saddle.

Here's hoping it's the latter this time.
 
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Not that we’ve played horribly, and our focus is obviously PSU next week, but I believe Clemson may get the nod to #2 after this week.

This is unfortunately where garbage time matters....and Clemson is running it up. We are sputtering with our backups.
 
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billmac91 said:
Not that we’ve played horribly, and our focus is obviously PSU next week, but I believe Clemson may get the nod to #2 after this week.

This is unfortunately where garbage time matters....and Clemson is running it up. We are sputtering with our backups.
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I hope they do. I'd prefer that OSU feels disrespected relative to them rather than vice versa. I think they're easily the scariest matchup out there for OSU.
 
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billmac91 said:
Not that we’ve played horribly, and our focus is obviously PSU next week, but I believe Clemson may get the nod to #2 after this week.

This is unfortunately where garbage time matters....and Clemson is running it up. We are sputtering with our backups.
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Clemson has 0 left on their schedule. Bucks have two ranked games coming up. Not worried about rankings at all.
 
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On the scoreboard, Ohio State picks up another TD and they won't cover, but it will still be quite a rout. Looking under the hood, this has not been a good outing.

The offensive and defensive lines--a strength this year--have looked very unimpressive against a very weak team. There's been a bit of sloppiness that we haven't seen this year. The punting game isn't close to the winning performance that it turned in to be key in several games last year. Perhaps it is the problem of trying to rest the 1s after a half? The cold? The lack of a challenge and looking too easy at the start? I don't care about the scoreline, but there were mistakes today that would make the next three games a lot closer than one thinks and maybe a loss or two.

Now that I am done venting, I think the main problem is focus and a very different team will take the field next week in Columbus.

Maybe this is good. There's a lot of work to get done and the senior leadership needs to get the rest of the players to pull themselves toward themselves.
 
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