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Clearly mediocre auburn beats clearly mediocre Texas a&m in a close game and will likely rocket info the top 25 to keep the SEC Quota.
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Column: It’s time to start lowering expectations on Ohio State’s potential
Every week, the same thing has been said about Ohio State.
Every week since narrowly defeating Penn State, the Buckeyes have come out, underperformed in various areas of the field and didn’t live up to the clear potential that the team has.
This week, following an embarrassing loss to Purdue and two whole weeks to prepare for a Nebraska team that sat at 2-6, it was supposed to be different.
This week, Ohio State should have come out, showing the country that this team has the pieces to compete for not only a Big Ten title, but a spot in the College Football Playoff.
Instead, this week, Ohio State proved one thing: maybe it didn’t have as much potential as people thought.
Against Nebraska, the Buckeyes looked less than impressive, squeaking out a 36-31 victory over a team that lost to Michigan by 46.
Head coach Urban Meyer seemed complacent after a five-point win over a team Ohio State was favored to beat by more than 20 points.
“I thought our team gave great effort, I thought the energy was there,” Meyer said. “I was pleased.”
The definition of potential, according to Merriam-Webster, is existing in possibility, capable of development into actuality.
The Buckeyes have not once this season proved to be capable of sizable development, never once has proven to turn any of these supposed possibilities into actuality.
Ohio State allowed freshman quarterback Adrian Martinez to run up and down the field, and when he decided to throw, the secondary did nothing to stop him either. Martinez threw for 266 yards and a touchdown, and ran for two more, totaling 342 yards on the day.
Yes, the Buckeyes can have an excuse there. Both starting sophomores, safety Isaiah Pryor and cornerback Jeffrey Okudah, missed the game due to injury. If that wasn’t enough, junior safety Jordan Fuller was ejected for targeting in the second quarter.
Meyer said in the postgame press conference that Okudah had a groin issue and Pryor has an impingement of the shoulder and should be ready to go next week.
But it is not like the secondary was a bright spot prior to Nebraska, and sophomore safety Brendon White jumped into the lineup and made an immediate impact, leading the team with 13 tackles and two for a loss.
Redshirt sophomore quarterback Dwayne Haskins had his worst game of the season against the 30th worst passing defense in the nation, completing 18-of-32 passes for 252 yards, two touchdowns and an interception.
Those numbers are by no means alarming, but they are a regression from what Haskins has shown he can do. Haskins missed on more throws today than he has all season, even if the redshirt sophomore said the style of the offense changed on Saturday.
“We definitely wanted to run the ball today,” Haskins said. “That was our goal for this game, for this Saturday, and I thought we did a pretty good job of that.”
Entire article: https://www.thelantern.com/2018/11/...wering-expectations-on-ohio-states-potential/
Every week, the same thing has been said about Ohio State.
Every week since narrowly defeating Penn State, the Buckeyes have come out, underperformed in various areas of the field and didn’t live up to the clear potential that the team has.
This week, following an embarrassing loss to Purdue and two whole weeks to prepare for a Nebraska team that sat at 2-6, it was supposed to be different.
This week, Ohio State should have come out, showing the country that this team has the pieces to compete for not only a Big Ten title, but a spot in the College Football Playoff.
Instead, this week, Ohio State proved one thing: maybe it didn’t have as much potential as people thought.
Against Nebraska, the Buckeyes looked less than impressive, squeaking out a 36-31 victory over a team that lost to Michigan by 46.
Head coach Urban Meyer seemed complacent after a five-point win over a team Ohio State was favored to beat by more than 20 points.
“I thought our team gave great effort, I thought the energy was there,” Meyer said. “I was pleased.”
The definition of potential, according to Merriam-Webster, is existing in possibility, capable of development into actuality.
The Buckeyes have not once this season proved to be capable of sizable development, never once has proven to turn any of these supposed possibilities into actuality.
Ohio State allowed freshman quarterback Adrian Martinez to run up and down the field, and when he decided to throw, the secondary did nothing to stop him either. Martinez threw for 266 yards and a touchdown, and ran for two more, totaling 342 yards on the day.
Yes, the Buckeyes can have an excuse there. Both starting sophomores, safety Isaiah Pryor and cornerback Jeffrey Okudah, missed the game due to injury. If that wasn’t enough, junior safety Jordan Fuller was ejected for targeting in the second quarter.
Meyer said in the postgame press conference that Okudah had a groin issue and Pryor has an impingement of the shoulder and should be ready to go next week.
But it is not like the secondary was a bright spot prior to Nebraska, and sophomore safety Brendon White jumped into the lineup and made an immediate impact, leading the team with 13 tackles and two for a loss.
Redshirt sophomore quarterback Dwayne Haskins had his worst game of the season against the 30th worst passing defense in the nation, completing 18-of-32 passes for 252 yards, two touchdowns and an interception.
Those numbers are by no means alarming, but they are a regression from what Haskins has shown he can do. Haskins missed on more throws today than he has all season, even if the redshirt sophomore said the style of the offense changed on Saturday.
“We definitely wanted to run the ball today,” Haskins said. “That was our goal for this game, for this Saturday, and I thought we did a pretty good job of that.”
Entire article: https://www.thelantern.com/2018/11/...wering-expectations-on-ohio-states-potential/
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Once Bama takes UGA behind the woodshed in the SEC Championship game, the argument for another (2 loss) SEC team being in the playoff should be over. There will more than likely be a ND, Mich, or Oklahoma sitting there.
On another note, it cracks me up how Oklahoma takes nowhere near the shit tOSU does after losing to Tejas and constantly having to outscore teams like TTU. Its not like they looked great last night either.
On another note, it cracks me up how Oklahoma takes nowhere near the shit tOSU does after losing to Tejas and constantly having to outscore teams like TTU. Its not like they looked great last night either.
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Yep
1. Bama
2. Clemson
3. ND
4. Beauty contest between B12 and B1G champs
The Fox guys were talking about and being pretty fair imo. Almost word for word what they say, rightfully, about OSU.
The two teams look very similar to me. Good explosive offenses and athletes on defense that just make you wonder why they aren't hammering bad teams.
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sEcSPiN was bashing the Buckeyes yesterday during the ND/NW game. Of course Griese was one of the announcers and talking about scUM. I agree tOSU deserves the bashing, but it seems over the top compared to others. It isn't like ND was all that in putting NW away either.
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I have no doubt they were. I try not to get mad at apple trees for growing apples. It's just what they do.
At the end of the day, tsun/OU/OSU as that 4th team is going to catch such a beating from Bama it really makes zero difference who it is.
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
If the last spot comes down to Ohio State and Oklahoma, they'll give it to Oklahoma. If it comes down to Michigan and Oklahoma, they'll give it to Michigan because the "Michigan's Back!" and "What Crazy Shit Will Harbaugh Do?" narratives will drive ratings (and don't pretend for one second that isn't a consideration in that room). If a Big Ten champ Ohio State gets left out two years in a row, hopefully that will spur Delaney to get off his ass and push for an 8 team playoff.
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get in the fucking car then
@Telekinesis and I are driving the Ibelievemobile home to the promised land
fuck *ichigan
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Why dont you jump on the team and come on in for the big win?
All ive ever asked of my marines is for them to obey my orders as they would the word of god.
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and for the record
Column: It’s time to start lowering expectations on Ohio State’s potential
Whoever wrote this estrogen laden millennial manifesto drivel can suck my left buckeye nut
This isn't Montessori school you whiny little bitch.
You don't lower expectations, you step the fuck up.
Like men.
Column: It’s time to start lowering expectations on Ohio State’s potential
Whoever wrote this estrogen laden millennial manifesto drivel can suck my left buckeye nut
This isn't Montessori school you whiny little bitch.
You don't lower expectations, you step the fuck up.
Like men.
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Russell Bellamy went 3-16 for 38 yards and 3 picks at Nebraska in 2012. This guy had a negative QB rating with his career Michigan. I shit you not. He is by far the worst qb I have ever seen.
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