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Game Thread Sugar Bowl: tOSU vs Arkansas, Tue, Jan 4th, 8:30 ET ESPN

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jdevers;1830171; said:
We've beaten you three out of the last four games...so how over was our season? Maybe it was you guys who THOUGHT the season was over just because you had played Bama.
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LSU fanatics are so similar to Michigan fans. Smug, think that they are better than you, even when they keep losing to you. They are still pissed that their coach ended up at Alabama and they have that grass eating fruitcake, Loser Miles, now at the helm of their self-righteous ship.
 
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holybuckeye33;1830185; said:
I had some in Section 625, Row 8, but when I went to purchase I somehow lost them. They were upper level endzone; not sure how that equates to "some of the best available?"

Edit - only singles left.

Edit 2 - appear to be gone.
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I got 8 tickets in the same section row 7.....:oh:
 
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Bill Lucas;1830066; said:
Ohio State Defense

plays of 20-29 yards 20
plays of 30-39 yards 7 (4 by Minnesota)
plays of 40-42 yards 2
plays over 42 yards ZERO

Arkansas Defense

plays of 20-29 yards 20
plays of 30-39 yards 8
plays of 40-49 yards 5
plays of 50-59 yards 5
plays of 60-69 yards 2
plays over 69 yards ZERO

Offensively Arkansas has 71 plays over 20 yards for the season while Ohio State has given up 29. Something has to give here.
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Interesting. Not quite as big a difference as I thought it might be; the two teams are virtually identical in giving up plays of 20-40 yards. On plays over 40 yards (over 42 to be exact), OSU has given up none, while Arkansas has given up on average about one per game. Probably not a major difference.

Since a big difference in allowing big plays doesn't seem to be the answer, presumably then, the main reason why Arkansas has an excellent third down conversion percentage defensively, but merely decent overall defensive statistics, is that their opponents tended to have a lot of good-but-modest gains on first and second down, moving the chains without needing to get to third down.

edit: Then again, one 50 yard play allowed per game could likely account for a significant proportion of the statistically defensive difference between the two teams. And if the game is a tooth-and-nailer, one 50-yarder (obviously not there's any certainty of such a thing), could spell the difference.
 
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jdevers;1830171; said:
We've beaten you three out of the last four games...so how over was our season? Maybe it was you guys who THOUGHT the season was over just because you had played Bama.
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considering this is the biggest game y'all have played after our game since joining the conference, yeah I'd say y'all season is usually quite done by the time Thanksgiving rolls around.
 
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I'm pretty confident on this one, like I was last versus Oregon. Our D just doesn't give up plays over the top very often. Arky feeds off the big play, which we are very good at not giving up.

Our one loss can at the hands of a team that could pound the rock. Arky won't be able to push us around like Wisky did. That said, I could see us giving up big plays due to our banged up back 4.

All in all we stop the over top homerun, I think we win. If we takle I think we win. But if we do give up the big plays, and don't talkle in space, Arky will put points up.

I'm not too worried about the offense, since it's put up points on about everyone. But if TP press'......
 
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I dont have strong feeling either way on how this will go... I am impressed with Petrino and his ability to call a game and game plan but at the same time I think Tress will have somthing for them. If we are focused and as others have said not pressing I have no doubt in this teams ability to win. I conceed that our schedule has not sharpened us the way Arkys has sharpened them but I feel like in 07 we were a good team that fell victim to a soft schedule. This team is a much better team than that one so hopefully the country will fall victim to thinking this is the same type scenerio...
 
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