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Game Thread THE GAME: #1 Ohio State 42, #2 Michigan 39 (11/18/06)

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gregorylee;674035; said:
What killed me is that they allowed Ginn a relatively easy release on that play rather than jamming him up on the LOS since he was in tight.
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it's because he showed a run block, then took off... it all goes back to Tressel's adage that in order to break tendency you must first establish it. we lined up in the power formation and handed the ball to Beanie nearly EVERY time we were in a less than one to go situation. it was the perfect call at the perfect time, just like the option to Mo Hall in '02.

Tressel is a Jedi Master.
 
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lvbuckeye;674855; said:
it's because he showed a run block, then took off... it all goes back to Tressel's adage that in order to break tendency you must first establish it. we lined up in the power formation and handed the ball to Beanie nearly EVERY time we were in a less than one to go situation. it was the perfect call at the perfect time, just like the option to Mo Hall in '02.

Tressel is a Jedi Master.
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While I don't argue that Tressel > Yoda

even I would be suspicious of lining Ginn at TE, with the limited release direction he should have been jammed into the tackle. I can't argue with the results. It just didn't make sense to me .
 
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gregorylee;674931; said:
While I don't argue that Tressel > Yoda

even I would be suspicious of lining Ginn at TE, with the limited release direction he should have been jammed into the tackle. I can't argue with the results. It just didn't make sense to me .
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I'm far from a football genius, but I would bet this is EXACTLY why you saw the choreographed, and obviously practiced, quick break from the huddle to the line and the quick snap.

Ugly Helmet Boy had just enough time to recognize the formation as the same one that we BLUDGEONED them with last year. By the time they realized that the Tight End[sup]3[/sup] weighed 170 pounds and not 320, he was in single coverage with Leon Hall. Thorpe Finalist or not, that's a mismatch.

The B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L play-action fake sucked the safety in 2 steps too far to make it back into coverage.

Thank you, come again Mr. Carr and Mr. English.
 
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Best Buckeye;673289; said:
While watching the game once again I noticed something I think was exceptional. That was the Ginn td play.
Robo had just burnt hall for a long catch and run. Then we got 91/2 yards on a run to the 39 . Now here I think the play was not only run , but orchestrated to the last detail. It is 2nd and 1/2 yard to go. We break the huddle so fast that the Meech D has to spread out quick enough to get rattled. We are in a power formation and the fakes of Smith and Wells sucked in not only the front 7 but everyone except hall who was guarding Ted.
In rewatching it I noticed that every aspect of that play looked as if it planned right down to the final detail and practiced over and over until it was perfected. I think they waited for just that down and distance to run that play.
I cannot remember the last time I said that about a single play.
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I watched this play several times and it looks just as you said. For whatever reasons this was the perfect play, executed to perfection for the circumstances
 
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DaddyBigBucks;674940; said:
I'm far from a football genius, but I would bet this is EXACTLY why you saw the choreographed, and obviously practiced, quick break from the huddle to the line and the quick snap.

Ugly Helmet Boy had just enough time to recognize the formation as the same one that we BLUDGEONED them with last year. By the time they realized that the Tight End[sup]3[/sup] weighed 170 pounds and not 320, he was in single coverage with Leon Hall. Thorpe Finalist or not, that's a mismatch.

The B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L play-action fake sucked the safety in 2 steps too far to make it back into coverage.

Thank you, come again Mr. Carr and Mr. English.
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Here too, you see what I saw. Musberger then called JT the best play calling coach in the business.
 
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DaddyBigBucks;674940; said:
I'm far from a football genius, but I would bet this is EXACTLY why you saw the choreographed, and obviously practiced, quick break from the huddle to the line and the quick snap.

Ugly Helmet Boy had just enough time to recognize the formation as the same one that we BLUDGEONED them with last year. By the time they realized that the Tight End[sup]3[/sup] weighed 170 pounds and not 320, he was in single coverage with Leon Hall. Thorpe Finalist or not, that's a mismatch.

The B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L play-action fake sucked the safety in 2 steps too far to make it back into coverage.

Thank you, come again Mr. Carr and Mr. English.
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scUM played like a cheap violin again!
 
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No less than a Michigan fanatic complimented Tress to me as 'the best game day coach out there'. Cannot say I quibbled alot. The game plan was set up perfectly, exposed all the right flaws, and picked them apart with precision. A buck through the line and then a home run ball is pure Unitas (for all of you gray heads out there) on second and short, but caught Michigan short. Spread the ends and run the gut is one of the oldest formations in the game, but worked to perfection here.

Give kudos to the OSU O-line, they held the dike and allowed the Michigan D-line to break like waves on a breakwater, doing no damage. Only one sack to what was billed as the best D-line in Michigan history was phenomenal. Give Troy enough time, and he could pick apart the Steelers (well the Browns anyway). I wish they'd pick the NCS opponent, so Tress & Co can start gaming for them. I don't think there'll be much difference, as the opponent will give up easier than Michigan did. They were plucky right up to the end.

:gobucks3: :gobucks4: :banger:
 
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calibuck;675457; said:
No less than a Michigan fanatic complimented Tress to me as 'the best game day coach out there'.
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Was wearing one of my OSU polos to work a couple says ago when a CMSgt in charge of our help desk--and a big Michigan fan--stopped me to congratulate me on the win and called Tressel a very classy guy.
 
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tOSU won The Game 2 weeks ago. It was a great Buckeye win.

Thanks to Florida and the BCS voters, TSUN finally gets to FULLY feel the loss. Feel it deep in their bones - how the Vulvarines came into the 'Shoe with a chance to knock tOSU out of the NC game and earn a chance at winning it themselves. They had their shot, they got beat by a better team. Their NC hopes died in Columbus, even if it took them 2 weeks to know for sure.

And tOSU fans get to FULLY enjoy the win.

:osu:
 
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BB73;677592; said:
tOSU won The Game 2 weeks ago. It was a great Buckeye win.

Thanks to Florida and the BCS voters, TSUN finally gets to FULLY feel the loss. Feel it deep in their bones - how the Vulvarines came into the 'Shoe with a chance to knock tOSU out of the NC game and earn a chance at winning it themselves. They had their shot, they got beat by a better team. Their NC hopes died in Columbus, even if it took them 2 weeks to know for sure.

And tOSU fans get to FULLY enjoy the win.

:osu:
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Amen. Superficially, UM hadn't had to come to terms with the loss, because the campaigning began immediately after The Game ended. Now that that faint glimmer of hope has been snuffed out, they can feel the pain we experienced in '93, '95, '96, and '03.

Swallow it, bitches.
 
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