Penn State at tOSU, Oct 30th, 7:30 PM, ABC

[Telekinesis]

Guys - you won. Your coach has yet to lose a conference game as the head coach. You beat a ranked opponent tonight in a tough game where you still won, even when you didn't bring your A game. The only loss you have is to the 7th ranked team in the country, by one TD. You are playing a Dead Man Walking next week who has a QB who threw FOUR PICKS today (one of which was a pick six).

Chill, ya'll...chill....

You and your reverse psychology is going to pay off one of these days. When that day comes, I’ll try to act like I’m not so mad about the loss.

…but I agree with everything you said.

 

[1926Buckeyes]

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Bonus Clifford gif:

 

[buckeyemania11]

Weekends ruined!

 

[Jake]

A few quick takeaways....

Defense forced 3 turnovers, had 4 sacks, held Penn State to 33 yards rushing on 29 carries (1.1 average) ... but allowed Penn State to convert 11 of 18 on 3rd down.

CJ Stroud had 305 yards passing with a TD and no picks ... but seemed late on many throws, missed open receivers, and generally looked more like Tulsa CJ than Rutgers-Indiana-Maryland CJ.

Offense had 466 yards ... but only 22 first downs, 5 of 14 on 3rd down, and awful in the red zone (TD, 4 FG, over on downs).

Ohio State had 10 penalties for 74 yards including 6 procedure penalties (has to be a record).

Bucks made a lot of mistakes, but won by two scores in spite of themselves. Job done.

 

[ScriptOhio]

It wasn't pretty but it was a win.

 

[Hetuck]

A few quick takeaways....

Defense forced 3 turnovers, had 4 sacks, held Penn State to 33 yards rushing on 29 carries (1.1 average) ... but allowed Penn State to convert 11 of 18 on 3rd down.

CJ Stroud had 305 yards passing with a TD and no picks ... but seemed late on many throws, missed open receivers, and generally looked more like Tulsa CJ than Rutgers-Indiana-Maryland CJ.

Offense had 466 yards ... but only 22 first downs, 5 of 14 on 3rd down, and awful in the red zone (TD, 4 FG, over on downs).

Ohio State had 10 penalties for 74 yards including 6 procedure penalties (has to be a record).

And PSU didn’t have a single false start.

 

[Hetuck]

Well beating Penn State on the same day tsun lost was fun.

If only Notre Dame had also lost. That would’ve made it a perfect day.

 

[Oh8ch]

Gotta count this as two wins over PSU.

I am convinced they have been working on this game plan for at least two weeks.

Great effort though. I can just see them huddling in the locker room pre-game chanting "Let's win one for Jimmie's contract!"

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

Fwiw, I hope they never wear those scarlet pants again.

 

[buckeyemania11]

ESPNSEC already on that “Ohio state survives” game. Alabama tight with a bad Tennessee team into the 4th quarter though is a “hard fought conference battle”

 

[alexhortdog95]

You want boneheaded? Sark had a punter try to fake a punt down in Tejas on 4th and 11 and it wasn't even close.

 

[Jaxbuck]

If only Notre Dame had also lost. That would’ve made it a perfect day.

Yep. That's my trifecta/pure hate parlay every week.

I piss a little away on all three to win so that if they do, I get paid but I'm putting the whammy bet on them so usually at least one loses.

 

[1926Buckeyes]

Gotta count this as two wins over PSU.

I am convinced they have been working on this game plan for at least two weeks.

Great effort though. I can just see them huddling in the locker room pre-game chanting "Let's win one for Jimmie's contract!"

After the game they had against Illinois, I was wondering if they treated that week as an OSU prep week and had done little for the Illini.

 

[LordJeffBuck]

 

[Jaxbuck]

Well now that Clifford's 9 year career has come to a close, next year in the obligatory white out, they'll be breaking in a new QB and the youngest OSU team in 20 some years will have it's core back.

See you fucks in Pennsyltucky.