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Game Thread tOSU at Texas, Sat. Sept 12, 7:30 pm ET, ABC

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Captain Buckeye said:
I have to add one more thing before I go to bed.

I think that pitch was stupid too, but I think that was on purpose. I think Ryan Day was hoping that cashed in so it’d be the ultimate “see this is how you do it” considering 2025 cotton bowl. Maybe I’m off base but I fully think that was an attempted fuck your message that failed.

Which is a bigger issue now that I think of it. I’ve never seen that play work near the goal line. Never.

I’ve seen it work on fourth and short mid field but never at the goal line
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If day is running a play to try to make some stupid point that's an issue of its own
 
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Captain Buckeye said:
I have to add one more thing before I go to bed.

I think that pitch was stupid too, but I think that was on purpose. I think Ryan Day was hoping that cashed in so it’d be the ultimate “see this is how you do it” considering 2025 cotton bowl. Maybe I’m off base but I fully think that was an attempted fuck your message that failed.

Which is a bigger issue now that I think of it. I’ve never seen that play work near the goal line. Never.

I’ve seen it work on fourth and short mid field but never at the goal line
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You'll see it a handful of times tomorrow during the NFL games too probably. It's weird.
 
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buckeyemania11 said:
There was just no energy from anyone in the 2nd half. Meanwhile Texas was playing with crackhead energy. Classic case of a team checking out because they assumed the game was over and this includes the coaches who that all falls on.
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Yeah that’s all this was.

One team quit and one team kept swinging.

We quit.

I’ll take back that said not the defense.

They quit too.

Both sides quit because no one had the balls from either the offense or defense to step up and tell Ryan to stay aggressive. If I can see this loss coming 2 possessions before it happened I know the players and coaches could feel it.

So why didn’t anyone do anything? Why didn’t anyone tell Ryan to stay on the gas? Why did it have to again come down to a missed field goal.
 
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Discounting the missed FG, that last offensive possession is going to bother the fuck out of me for a while.

2nd & 3 from the 27 yields 0 points.

2nd down and we call weakside zone that gets snuffed out with a nice assist in poor execution from the OL
3rd down and the OL surrenders pressure vs a 5 man rush with man free behind it. Meanwhile Julian checks to the vertical shot outside to Jeremiah and didn't work the (MUCH) higher 'Hank' to the boundary.

We've pretty much picked up exactly where we left off vs Miami.

- QB situation is highly dependent on the OL
- OL has individual rep fails on the majority of downs that limit the running game and/or passing game execution.

For me it all starts up front and this OL scarily reminds me of the Jim Bollman days at times.
 
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Trying to cool off but not having much success yet……

Ryan Day has faced these teams with equal or greater talent than his OSU team:
2019 Clemson - lost a heartbreaker
2020 Alabama - destroyed but it was covid year, so let’s throw it out
2022 Georgia - lost a heartbreaker
2023 Michigan -lost in a blowout but Stalions was
2024 Texas - won a very close game broken open by sawyer
2026 Texas - lost a heartbreaker

that’s a record 1-5…..fairly probably 1-4. Not inspiring
 
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DaveyBoy said:
Trying to cool off but not having much success yet……

Ryan Day has faced these teams with equal or greater talent than his OSU team:
2019 Clemson - lost a heartbreaker
2020 Alabama - destroyed but it was covid year, so let’s throw it out
2022 Georgia - lost a heartbreaker
2023 Michigan -lost in a blowout but Stalions was
2024 Texas - won a very close game broken open by sawyer
2026 Texas - lost a heartbreaker

that’s a record 1-5…..fairly probably 1-4. Not inspiring
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To be fair that's just Ohio State... Always the bridesmaid. Winning titles is a crazy task.

Makes the Championship seasons really special.
 
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Jagdaddy said:
The question is, where does the pussy vibe come from? He didn’t have it as an OC, or even in his first year as HC. I’d really hoped he’d conquered it with the 2024 run, but apparently not.
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Head Coaches are generally the most conservative people on earth, and the longer they coach, the more conservative they get.

Tressel has 5 natties in 9 tries, but he was only conservative until the end of the season, and then he went balls out.

Urban went balls out all the time, but it lead to some inexplicable losses when his teams just couldn't get up for the 6th week in a row.

Andy Reid has always had an enormous playbook, and then the playbook reduced to nothing in the post season. it took Patrick Mahomes to finally bring him out of his shell.

So it shouldn't come as a shock that Day is trending more conservatively.

As far as I'm concerned, the 2024 run is on the players. They won in spite of Ryan Day, not because of him. Unless and until Ryan Day proves that he ISN'T a turtle, and he turtled the entire 2025 season, then I have no faith in him. He turtled so magnificently tonight that he managed not only to pull his head and feet in the shell, but to flip on his back in the process.

Larry could be the head coach, with Curly as the DC, and Moe as the OC, and the Buckeyes would still win 80% of their games.

But Day is a good Christian guy with nipple rings and a Just for Men beard whose dad killed himself when he was a kid, so I guess that the scrutiny that comes with being one of the highest paid coaches in college football doesn't apply. Because reasons.
 
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Captain Buckeye said:
No, no way.

They certainly could’ve done something to ice the game but all the offense had to do was score 1 time. Literally just once.

I will edit to say that we need to evaluate the defense. Get #5 on the field on defense. I don’t care if that takes 26 off the field. Do it.
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The O didn't even need to score. They just needed to burn 4 minutes of clock and punt, and they couldn't even do that. They had a 1:05 3 and out and a 1:33 3 and out on consecutive possessions at the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth quarter. Texas scored a TD after each of those miserable possessions.
 
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inliner311 said:
I think the design of the offense doesn't utilize our best player in Smith to his absolute fullest because Sayin isn't a good deep ball thrower. I think Sayin basically limits this offense. Smith and the other WRs were recruited to play one style which was basically a lot more about stretching the field and Sayin basically takes that out of the equation.

While I wouldn't say Sayin was the problem tonight. I do think if we had a better fit at QB to the other talent the offense would have more explosive plays and a higher ceiling. Sayin would fit better in an offense full of players that are great at getting YAC. Legend Bey might need to be incorporated more to help but since Day has been here the shifty YAC receivers haven't been a priority in recruiting. Route running and speed is what Day have looked for at WR. Without being able to stretch the field, the other WRs have to deal with a compressed field and Smith's talent doesn't open up the offense like it should.
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Sayin is one of the most accurate deep ball throwers in college football history. Tf you talking about?
 
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