Game Thread tOSU at Iowa, Sat Nov 20, 3:30 ET, ABC/ESPN

[buckeyebri]

 

[neobuckeye]

About the worst officiating I've seen all year and that is saying something in the big ten. When the opposing team is allowed to literally break the neck of one your players two feet in front of the corrupt official and there is no call, leaves you wondering whose been bought and for how much!

Here's to a dominant 2nd half!

GO BUCKS!

 

[SloopyHangOn]

They can almost run the same gameplan in the second half as they did against Penn State and it will work.

Probably not as well, but it WILL work.

 

[RockstarBuckeye]

Needs some calls to go our way, Christ, we barely look at a guy and draw a flag yet they maul us and it's clean.....WTF Refs???

 

[THEWOOD]

Need to come out with the same intensity in the second half that we showed in 2nd half of PSU.

Also be nice if the REFS would call the game both ways.

 

[NFBuck]

New Kids on the Block and Backdoor Boys together is a selling point?

Hopefully a meteor hit the AMA's this year and takes all of those awful people out.

 

[Poe McKnoe]

All we need is 7 more, but I'll take a 35 point second half.

 

[k2onprimetime]

We gotta stop dropping passes, and having stupid penalties(the penalties on Chekwa were BS). We NEED to score when we get the ball at the start of half. I thought Terrelle was playing good until the pick.

 

[Gothmog8]

New Kids on the Block and Backdoor Boys together is a selling point?

Hopefully a meteor hit the AMA's this year and takes all of those awful people out.

Amen

 

[buckeyebri]

New Kids on the Block and Backdoor Boys together is a selling point?

Hopefully a meteor hit the AMA's this year and takes all of those awful people out.

Just lacking Britney and Justin...

 

[utgrad73]

Dane needs a TD pass. Hopefully noy a deflection, but I'd take it. Posey needs to step up and TP needs to be TP - get fired up and make things happen.

 

[Telekinesis]

All we need is 7 more, but I'll take a 35 point second half.

I don't look for us to shut Iowa out in the second half the way we did Penn State. I'm calling at least 14-17 more points needed.

 

[dragurd]

Well, after all that typing... I go to click "submit" and the thread is closed as I'm typing.


Short and Sweet. Boom needs more touches. Pryor playing indecisive; not seeing the whole field much like last week against State Penn. Figured the coaches would have realized to lose the 5-wide sets by now, I hope they don't feel stubborn enough to continue with that.


edit: Btw, ticky-tack calls from the hometown refs. I mean, that facemask was blatant. And directly in front of the ref. No excuse to not call that.

Actually I disagree the run game wasn't working that well and we were getting big chunks in the passing game. Just need to be a little more accurate with it but it was working well. Especially if we clean up the drops.

 

[buckeyebri]

The game between IL and NW at Wrigley is pretty awesome...

 

[3074326]

Thoughts on the first half:

Defense is making some nice stops, but I'm still not sold on their performance. They give up big plays and it seems like Iowa has had some opportunities down the field. But overall, they're doing what they need to do.

Offense.. ugh. Pryor looks like he's trying to do way too much. We haven't established the running game, which is very important in a game like this. HAVE TO STOP WITH THE FUCKING PENALTIES. Have to stop with mental mistakes - drops were an issue. Could use more push by the o-line, but I think the big problem of the first half was the QB. He's not putting his o-line in good positions and he's making bad decisions. Not a winning formula.

NEED MORE BOOM.

Biggest plus of the game is that we haven't given up a special teams TD.

Step on the gas pedal in the second half and act like there's a Big Ten title at stake.