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Stock Market Report: For the first time ever, there is no stock to take
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After the worst loss the Buckeyes have suffered in a long time, the whole program has to look in the mirror.
Normally, after every Ohio State game no matter the results, we do a Stock Market Report, focusing on players and other things that have raised or lowered its stock depending on how they played and how the game played out. But it doesn’t feel right to do that this week.
I was born on June 25, 1996, which makes me 28, plus some change. I remember all the games I have watched since I was about six or so, and that was the worst loss I have ever seen for Ohio State. It’s not the worst team I have seen them lose to. It is not the biggest loss I have seen, and this isn’t the worst season I have seen, but it is the worst individual loss I have seen.
For this Ohio State team to lose at home to that Michigan team in the manner that they did with all of the conversations that have surrounded it — Ryan Day saying how much losing this game haunts him, the seniors that came back for this game specifically, and the predictions that Ohio State would use this game to get three years of losses out of their system.
When a loss like this happens, there are no positives to be taken away. There is nothing to take stock of. You have to sit in the suck, and then figure out how you move on.
For the Buckeyes, moving on will have to have to happen with a quick turnaround, because the season is not over. They will be in the College Football Playoff and maybe even still host a first-round game. That look in the mirror is going to have to come very quickly.
Also, normally, the Stock Market Report is more positive than negative. There is more buy than sell. I don’t know what the positive takeaway from this game is.
Carnell Tate dropped a pass in a key situation, maybe the first drop of his career. Jayden Felding, who had never missed a kick inside 40 yards in his career, missed two. Kaleel Mullings was seemingly tackled behind the line of scrimmage to stall a drive in the fourth quarter, and he ended up getting 30 yards to set up the game-winning field goal.
There were about 10 plays that, if they had gone differently, Ohio State would have won this game. But they didn’t, and it set up for the worst loss in a long, long time.
Those aren’t excuses, but it is just more examples of a team that can’t execute against Michigan, no matter how the rest of the season goes.
That is why it is impossible to accurately do a Stock Market Report. This is The Game, and things work differently in The Game. Ryan Day is 47-1 against Big Ten teams that aren’t named Michigan, and 1-4 against teams that are named Michigan.
The 1-4 record is much more important than the 47-1 record.
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justingolba via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
After the worst loss the Buckeyes have suffered in a long time, the whole program has to look in the mirror.
Normally, after every Ohio State game no matter the results, we do a Stock Market Report, focusing on players and other things that have raised or lowered its stock depending on how they played and how the game played out. But it doesn’t feel right to do that this week.
I was born on June 25, 1996, which makes me 28, plus some change. I remember all the games I have watched since I was about six or so, and that was the worst loss I have ever seen for Ohio State. It’s not the worst team I have seen them lose to. It is not the biggest loss I have seen, and this isn’t the worst season I have seen, but it is the worst individual loss I have seen.
For this Ohio State team to lose at home to that Michigan team in the manner that they did with all of the conversations that have surrounded it — Ryan Day saying how much losing this game haunts him, the seniors that came back for this game specifically, and the predictions that Ohio State would use this game to get three years of losses out of their system.
When a loss like this happens, there are no positives to be taken away. There is nothing to take stock of. You have to sit in the suck, and then figure out how you move on.
For the Buckeyes, moving on will have to have to happen with a quick turnaround, because the season is not over. They will be in the College Football Playoff and maybe even still host a first-round game. That look in the mirror is going to have to come very quickly.
Also, normally, the Stock Market Report is more positive than negative. There is more buy than sell. I don’t know what the positive takeaway from this game is.
Carnell Tate dropped a pass in a key situation, maybe the first drop of his career. Jayden Felding, who had never missed a kick inside 40 yards in his career, missed two. Kaleel Mullings was seemingly tackled behind the line of scrimmage to stall a drive in the fourth quarter, and he ended up getting 30 yards to set up the game-winning field goal.
There were about 10 plays that, if they had gone differently, Ohio State would have won this game. But they didn’t, and it set up for the worst loss in a long, long time.
Those aren’t excuses, but it is just more examples of a team that can’t execute against Michigan, no matter how the rest of the season goes.
That is why it is impossible to accurately do a Stock Market Report. This is The Game, and things work differently in The Game. Ryan Day is 47-1 against Big Ten teams that aren’t named Michigan, and 1-4 against teams that are named Michigan.
The 1-4 record is much more important than the 47-1 record.
Continue reading...