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Game Thread tOSU @ Penn State, Oct 25th @ 8pm ET, ESPN

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Coqui said:
And still win? I could live with that. Yes the play calling could have been better, but maybe the long ball wasn't there because of the defense?
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
How do you know without trying?
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Also, to reiterate, "opening it up" could have been something as simple as rolling Barrett out of the pocket and giving him some easy throws into the flats. There is some middle ground between our most basic read option and launching it deep on every play.
 
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Buckeye86 said:
Also, to reiterate, "opening it up" could have been something as simple as rolling Barrett out of the pocket and giving him some easy throws into the flats. There is some middle ground between our most basic read option and launching it deep on every play.
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Yeah...I'm not calling for 4 vert on every play. Penn State's line is dog shit and they figured out ways to get passes off.
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
Was that the one where Smith didn't even close his arms to attempt the catch. That was odd.
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Yeah, he came back for the ball and my only guess would be that he was screened out by the defender and didn't see it. If that ball is thrown into the endzone, easy TD. You have to wonder if the knee was affecting his throwing as well. JT hasn't missed a guy that bad all year.
 
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Zurp said:
What I find pretty cool is that the last play in 9 of the 10 overtimes had Ohio State on defense. (I'm including field goal kicking on offense and field goal defending on defense.)

2002 at Illinois - Ohio State held on 4th down
2002 (2003) vs. Miami - Ohio State held on 4th down
2003 vs. NC State - Ohio State held on 4th down
2003 vs. Purdue - Purdue missed final field goal
2004 at Northwestern - Northwestern scored touchdown
2009 vs. Iowa - Ohio State made field goal (only game where Ohio State finished on "offense")
2011 at Purdue - Purdue scored touchdown
2012 vs. Purdue - Ohio State held on 4th down
2012 at Wisconsin - Ohio State held on 4th down
2014 at Penn State - Ohio State held on 4th down
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And even in 2009, the defense manhandled Iowa on their series, so they didn't score.
 
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Woody1968 said:
Penn State got 1 long pass off. Everything else was dink and dunk.
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OK. Let's dink and dunk then. Do something to get our #1 QBR since VT QB going.

The next team we play with a top 10 defense isn't going to have a swinging gate OL and a scared QB with no WR or RB depth....so we better do something different.
 
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That was an exciting game, and one that we probably should have lost. I'm glad we won and loved the mettle that the team showed in OT, but the way we won (with help from the officials) made me want to take a shower. Go ahead and blast me for saying so, but all of you saw the same shit I did. I want to win, but I don't want to win unfairly.
 
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