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Game Thread Texas Game Score Predictions

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This will be a LOW scoring game. Typical close to the vest Tressel ball. Whomever farts first...loses!


This game will be won in the trenches. Being in Big XII country, I have seen alot of Texas and Ohio State.

Texas has 3 defensive tackles that are all world and they will clog the middle. I compare them to our NC defensive line.

Their offensive line are roadgraders. As for skill people, we're about even. I think our defense will hold up, it's our O-line that worries me especially in a close game.

I really believe that this is going to be Texas' year and I believe they have the best chance, and that includes USC, to win the NC.

If they can squeak a win at tOSU, all they have left is Oklahoma. They will beat Oklahoma this year because Texas will have the best QB between the 2 teams, which they have not had in years past.

If tOSU can win, they still have PSU, Iowa, and TSUN.
 
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Ohio State vs. Texas Score

Ohio State 21 Texas 7

Buckeyes don't lose in the Shoe at night!!! Bottom line.
The Bucks defense will be awesome and will not give Texas any breathing room. Period!!!! Enough said. Go Bucks!!!!!
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
:slappy:

I'm dyin' here. I still have that $100 real cash that says Texas doesn't score 31 points.
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Hmm....I am very tempted to say I have $100 Real cash to say tOSU doesn't score more than 14. I will wait another month to put my money where my mouth is though.

So is smith in the clear 100% now? whats this "Tressel promising to punish him" stuff?
 
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hookemhorns2004 said:
So is smith in the clear 100% now? whats this "Tressel promising to punish him" stuff?
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After all of the ESPN articles, most casual CFB fans are sure that Tressel's a pushover. He does let them earn their way back after major violations at times (which was repeated over and over on ESPN to suggest corruption), but ironically he's quite a stickler for small things. Players miss series or games b/c they were late to practices or skipped classes. Missing class is probably the worst thing Troy could have done.

If you plan on checking on this site fairly often, go to user CP (along the top), group memberships (along the left), and click on join group for Millers.

That will allow you to view and post in our rumor mill section. It's somewhere that we discuss rumors that are unsubstantiated, but certain topics like suspended players, Boeckman to start Texas game (based on former player's word), etc.

To give a synopsis, many of us expect Troy to not start against Texas, but still be our #1 guy down the road unless Boeckman looks like Leinart in each game.

Boeckman also has been the QB with the scout team for much of last year (since Zwick was hurt from Iowa on), and apparently he made the first team defense look silly at times. He can get out of the pocket well, but is a true pocket passer.

He is listed as a RS freshman, but he grayshirted in 2003 (means you practice in the summer before the season, skip the fall practices, and rejoin the team practices early in the winter), and then redshirted in 2004. He is quite experienced mentally (tho he has not seen the field very much). He looked pretty solid in the spring game, when our other two QBs looked pretty average.

Moreover, you can count on gameplanning for two QBs. Many of us think Troy could miss the first series, and are unsure how many he'll miss after that. Boeckman is an excellent pocket passer who will not tuck and run too early like a typical dual-threat QB will.

Then there's Teddy Ginn, who played QB in HS and could mix things up. Plus MililianiBuckeye would lose a vBet and not post on this site for quite a while.
 
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2002UNC said:
I feel that Texas and Michigan were even in talent in the RB. I predict a similar score as the OSU/Mich game.
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"Were" implying Last Year -- Hart = Benson :biggrin: --- IF you Must.

27 - 24 Texas! What can I say I'm a homer.

SideBar (I wonder if Young, and Yobouty ever faced off in High School; and have a certain amount of respect for one anothers game. That would be a interesting under current for the game)
 
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just to add some fuel to the fire:

Here is how the top 5 teams in the big 12 fared in bowl competition defensively:

OU: Gave up 55 to USC
UT: Gave up 37 to TTUN
TT: Gave up 31 to Cal
A&M: Gave up 38 to Tenn
Okie: Gave up 33 to OSU (thank us for calling off the dogs)

Defensively, the big 12 as a conference doesn't impress me.
 
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tsteele316 said:
just to add some fuel to the fire:

Here is how the top 5 teams in the big 12 fared in bowl competition defensively:

OU: Gave up 55 to USC
UT: Gave up 37 to TTUN
TT: Gave up 31 to Cal
A&M: Gave up 38 to Tenn
Okie: Gave up 33 to OSU (thank us for calling off the dogs)

Defensively, the big 12 as a conference doesn't impress me.
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well i can see that but if you look a little harder and stretch a couple of things then it is not as bad.

1)ou got their asses handed to them and there is nothing you can say
2)the rosebowl score was more a product of shoddy sp teams than bad defense
3)tech doesn't really have a defense, even with that the game was not as close as the score indicated as cal got 1 or 2 tds in mop up time when tech had the back ups in
4)atm is bad and had no business in the cotton bowl
5)okie state was having many problems that day and defense wasn't the only one. no one can explain why they didn't even try to run and we all know about miles and the other coaches. this was not the same team that finished the season.

combine that with the fact that ou and ut in the bcs pushed up the rest of the teams 1 rung on the bowl ladder and you have the makings of mismatches.

That said, i can understand how just looking at those numbers would lead you to believe that defense is a four letter word in the big 12
 
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I like OSU's defense vs. Texas' offense a shitload more than I do Texas' D against OSU's O. OSU just has way too many weapons, and every one of them is a threat to score every single time they touch the ball. These weapons include:

Ted Ginn, Jr. (obviously)
Santonio Holmes
Troy Smith
Tony Gonzalez

This list does NOT include certain youngsters who are also scoring theats, such as Hartline (see the Big 33 game) and Lyons, not to mention whatever Pittman and Haw and Wells can do running. Meanwhile, the Texas offense is going against a defense that is returning 9 starters, which include at least three All-American candidates, and no doubt the best LB unit in the country. The only thing that could even be perceived as a potential weakness is the cornerback position opposite Youbouty, and I'm just not worried about that...way too many stud DB's on this roster for that to even concern me. Our D line excels at staying in their lanes, and our fast linebackers won't let VY win this game with his legs. I do believe Texas is going to have a VERY strong team this year, but I think OSU matches up extremely well with their strengths and weaknesses, and can really see this game being a blow-out. I say OSU, 31-10.
 
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How is it that you give two facts which contradict each other?

xrayrandy said:
Your offense (not offense + defense+special teams) did average 20.6 points per game,
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xrayrandy said:
Our offense averaged 37 points last year while yours averaged 18.
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Which is it? 20 or 18? How can you let us think you're credible if you can't even agree with yourself?

And the way you calculated averages is slightly interesting. Of course, averages rarely translate perfectly to a specific football game. How often did Ohio State's offense score EXACTLY 20 points? (Or 18, depending on which statement you want to use.) How often did Texas' offense score EXACTLY 37? How many of us have EXACTLY 2.5 children?

You can use averages to come up with all kinds of slightly interesting facts.
 
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High Lonesome said:
i could be wrong but the 20 number seems to be points per game while the 18 number seems to be points per game on offense. I would think that puntreturns and defensive scores are not used in this case.
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Actually, OSU scored somewhere around 24 points per game, which rated them 71 in total offense. When you remove special teams and defensive TDs, than the number falls to around 20 ppg, which reflects 'true' offense. Where did the 18 come from? I have no idea.

Regardless, I think it's disingenuous to invent scoring formulas to determine where OSU ranks coming into this particular match-up while omitting the scoring potential of OSU's special teams and defense. 4 ppg is a huge thing when two powerhouses square off, particularly when one of them is Ohio State, whose recent, Tressel-era history suggests that they thrive in do-or-die close games. Punt returns, kick-off returns, and defense will net OSU at least 3 points in this game, if not more. It'll be a lot more if Texas brings the same special teams effort they demonstrated in the Rose Bowl. I don't really expect that to happen, but it is (to me) the biggest x-factor in this game, which is why I don't see the logic in evaluating a team with a method that purposefully omits that teams' greatest strength.
 
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xrayrandy said:
Our defense averaged giving up 17 and we have a much better defense than your average from last year.

I'm a homer
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The fact that your defense averaged giving up 17 doesn't impress me, considering the fact that you padded such numbers by adding the scores against cupcakes such as North Texas (you gave up zero), Rice (you gave up 13), and Baylor (you gave up 14). I'm sorry to tell you that when UT arrives in Columbus, The Rice Owls won't be lining up on the other side. And, as an additional point, please spare me the played argument that North Texas is a good team b/c they have a decent running game--good teams don't lose to Florida Atlantic and Baylor.

To the extent that your statistics (while I applaud the time you took to do the research) are only tangentially relevant, let's look at more applicable numbers--those of common opponents. Let's see...you guys gave up 35 (18 over your average) to Okla. St., a team against whom we only gave up 7 (in scrub time, at that) and you gave up 37 (20 over your average) to scUM, a team against whom we only gave up 21.
 
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