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THE GAME: ttun @ tOSU, Sat Nov 26, 12pm, FOX

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Zem said:
Exactly, and if it really wasn't healed by today we need some changes in the training staff. Hire a yoga coach. He did nothing all year, but he does appear in DSW stores modeling the latest addidas's. Are NIL contracts robbing our players of that killer mentality on the field.
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Michigan has NIL and doesn’t show up to every game like it’s against Muskingum or something. No NIL doesn’t magically make Day less passive.
 
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osuvictory1 said:
TTUN will probably get to the finals and get curb stomped again by UGA.

TTUN is not a complex offense or defense, which perplexes me on how the fuck games like today happen.
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they blitz when they felt like they couldn’t stop us which they couldn’t..and played cover 2 the rest of the time..middle of field was open and yet we wanted to do screens that haven’t worked all year..
 
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Jake said:
When you take it up the ass, at home, shit talk is incoming. Deal with it.
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The forum warriors don’t really bother me, you’re right… it’s expected. Actually had a really good conversation after all was said and done with one of their classy/older fans who flew in from FL. We talked for about 30mins… about the rivalry and the years of agony/defeat, the ebb and flow, etc. Not all of them are without humility and hindsight. The same can be said for both sides of the table.

We’ve felt the golden era. It has been damn good to be a Buckeye. It makes this even more crushing… but it’s still damn good to be a Buckeye.
 
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A day later and I keep remembering Justin Fields running back on the field with a knee brace in Ann Arbor and throwing a strike to Garrett Wilson for a TD. Then I remember Fields throwing a TD against Clemson to Olave after getting speared.

I don't think OSU has a QB on the roster with this type of mentality right now.

This is something Ryan Day needs to change.
 
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BVistahC said:
A day later and I keep remembering Justin Fields running back on the field with a knee brace in Ann Arbor and throwing a strike to Garrett Wilson for a TD. Then I remember Fields throwing a TD against Clemson to Olave after getting speared.

I don't think OSU has a QB on the roster with this type of mentality right now.

This is something Ryan Day needs to change.
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Totally agree with this. A lot of Days’ offensive success is clearly linked to JF.
 
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Drubuck said:
The morning after. Hangover thoughts and 2 yr hindsight: Team lacks passion and true leadership. Lacks players and coaches who truly "get" The Game and the rivalry. Keep your 5 stars and give me a local coachable 3 star with passion. Plenty of talent in Ohio
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I said something similar in Day's thread. For the last two years the team seems almost emotionless. I don't doubt that they care, I'm sure they do. But where's the fire and passion? I'm thinking of guys like Cie Grant, Braxton and Kenny G willing the team to wins or J.T. running up and down the bench getting in guys faces screaming " this our house" against PSU in the 1 pt come from behind win? That's missing. We all heard about DeMario McCall's impassioned halftime speech in the Rose Bowl last year....where is the "spiritual" leader(s) of this team? I hate seeing the shots of our bench with everyone just sitting there emotionless. My wife has even mentioned this several times. It's just not the Buckeyes I've been used to seeing for 60 years.
 
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Rough night, couldn't sleep. The thought that kept going to my head was "And boom, we're right back to Cooper'. There's a lot of similarities: Highly ranked, out-of -state players and an out-of-state coach, kill people all year then shit the bed against Michigan and in the post season, no pride. I just hope Day can turn it around. But I do not have a good feeling about this. If a bunch of guys, Stroud especially, sit out the bowl game, well...it's going to be a long decade
 
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Ransom had a bad game. Got roasted on a zone replacement for a TD, then got beat again later on a double move switch that was slow played. Topped it off with the late P.I. because he panicked in coverage.

That's the beauty and horror of safety play. Bad, and it's like having 10 guys on defense. Good, and offenses feel like they're playing against 12 guys.

ScUM coaches took great advantage of individual short comings. That's good scouting. Burke missing a tackle short of the sticks that ended up being a 75yard TD is another example.

They also involve their QBs scrambling ability by design. Not much, but enough to let you know it's there. That speed option to the strongside B gap bubble from inside the 10 - That's classic Troy vs *ichigan, vs Iowa, vs Minny. Tress always had that look in his back pocket.

Just too many big plays. A couple terrible timed penalties and a failure to convert a few 3rd downs doomed this team.

CJ... I have questions about him when he isn't throwing from the cleanest pocket. He also fails to utilize his scrambling ability when it would best suit him in run-to-throw situations. Passer blessed with mobility is a gift, don't shy away from every tool in the cabinet.


Coach Day - I have questions on your play call structure and choice of concepts re: various downs and distances. I also have curiosities about how the WR snap count is distributed throughout the season.



I'm painfully, tragically, looking at this game with sober eyes while trying to find anything on YouTube or elsewhere with all22 footage so I can see more. But there's something else that looks and 'feels' lacking with this team. I have no other word to describe it at the moment, as I tend to avoid cliche's and nonsense.
 
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