Game Thread tOSU @ Virginia Tech, Sep 7 2015 @ 8pm ET, ESPN

[ImFrigginFly]

One Youtuber has uploaded the game. Only 360p, so hopefully we get a better one really soon

 

[Coqui]

I thought the moms were the 10th unit, that would make us fans the 11th, unless that's the coaches, which would make us the 12th man ***** sued by aTm ******


It's never wrong to support womens volleyball. My friends and I were HUGE fans of ga tech's team when we were there. Sadly that was long before Nicki Meyer was on the team.

I support women's volleyball

All kidding aside, one of my friends is on the team.

 

[lightyears2012]

I was impressed with VTech's D... think they lived up to expectations and billing.
DLine spent a lot of time in the backfield... it's just hard to bring Cardale down, and Brax' moves are sick.
Fuller was doing a really good job locking Thomas down until that move too... but that's the nature of that sort of aggressive D -- star players will get theirs once or twice a game. It's high risk high reward gamble.
VTech's D forced more punts than expected and defended the called plays pretty well -- a lot of the gains were either broken plays or just balls placed where even good coverage can't do much. Eze's run, Miller's catch, and Thomas' catch were the exceptions.

Seems like Motley is more of a runner/athlete than a pocket guy... with a couple weeks against Furman and Purdue, maybe enough time to retool the offensive gameplan for his strengths ? Brewer should be back in time for GTech -- maybe as soon as Duke?

Not to take anything away from Fuller, but Thomas beat him every time the ball was thrown his way. I couldn't say how many times Thomas was designed to be the primary receiver, but 2 catches including a TD and a HUGE pass interference penalty on the 3 targets
says a lot imo.

 

[VT Grad]

View from inside the stadium. Lane Stadium was a blast all night, really proud of our fans. All the Ohio State fans I met were great as well and it was a hell of a way to kick off the season.

 

[Jguilty]

Hell yeah, thanks for posting the vid ! 360 is better than highlights on loop

 

[OHSportsFan]

Hated waiting around for Monday night. Tuesday morning sucked.

BUT, it was cool realizing just how much the rest of the country was watching. It was the Buckeyes' showcase all to themselves with little else to discuss in the sports world. Pretty much everyone at work was talking about how good they are, how loaded they are....oh and something about some guy's spin move.

 

[ShowMeBuck]

I was pretty hungover all day. And it felt great. 9 beers, 2 per quarter and one to celebrate the W. Damn I'm getting to be a light weight.

 

[buckeyemania11]

Not to take anything away from Fuller, but Thomas beat him every time the ball was thrown his way. I couldn't say how many times Thomas was designed to be the primary receiver, but 2 catches including a TD and a HUGE pass interference penalty on the 3 targets
says a lot imo.

Thomas beat him on a slant for a first down on third down early in the game too, he could be in for some big days against lesser Ds

 

[AuburnBuckeye]

More like who goes to a baseball game instead of watching Ohio State anything?

If Chester Cheetah is somehow cool/funny/entertaining enough to be worthy of not only an avatar but a custom user title, maybe regular season Phillies V Braves is just awesome enough to be beyond your comprehension

 

[Muck]

....

I hope that 100 years from now there will be a trivia question asking when the long standing post-game tradition of singing Carmen Ohio was started.

Thank you Coach Tressel.

 

[ScriptOhio]

OHIO STATE LOOKED LIKE THE UNANIMOUS NO. 1 TEAM IN THE COUNTRY VS. VIRGINIA TECH, BUT SHOULD ONLY GET BETTER FROM HERE

It’s fair to say expectations are sky high in Columbus this season for Ohio State. It’s also fair to say those expectations put on the Buckeyes are justified.

After all, Ohio State is the defending national champion. It returned 15 starters from that 2014 team that won the first-ever College Football Playoff and was voted as the very first unanimous No. 1 team in the preseason AP poll.

And while that may be an awful lot of hype for any college football team, the Buckeyes very much fit the bill Monday night. One could even argue they have exceeded those expectations a bit in a 42-24 victory on the road at Virginia Tech, looking every bit the part of the No. 1 team in the country.

Well, to everyone but the head coach anyway.

“Little disappointed in our point of attack, both offensive and defensive line,” Urban Meyer said following the victory. “But overall, we’ll take that win against a very good team in a tough environment.”

Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...am-in-the-country-vs-virginia-tech-but-should

 

[Buckeyebred97]

Unrelated to this game(sort of) pretty comical seeing these 'West Virginia fans' on social media from back home saying how OSU has a cupcake schedule. I suppose they should should have scrapped the Virginia Tech game for a powerhouse like Georgia Southern or Liberty, or Baylors openers SMU and Lamar. Real prime time games!

 

[Crump's brother]

Unrelated to this game(sort of) pretty comical seeing these 'West Virginia fans' on social media from back home saying how OSU has a cupcake schedule. I suppose they should should have scrapped the Virginia Tech game for a powerhouse like Georgia Southern or Liberty, or Baylors openers SMU and Lamar. Real prime time games!

Let it go. At the end of the day they still live in West Virginia.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Ten Things We Learned from Ohio State's 42-24 Win at Virginia Tech

Ohio State opened their 2015 football season with an impressive 42-24 win in Blacksburg against the Virginia Tech Hokies. While the Buckeyes were expected to win, it wasn't always easy — until it was.

What did we learn from the Buckeyes' on again, off again domination? Let's take a look.

1. Braxton is still Braxton.

Oh man. Braxton Miller hadn't been seen on a football field since the Orange Bowl following the 2013 season and all he does in his re-debut is touch the ball eight times for 140 yards with two touchdowns and wins the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week. He may be playing a brand new position, but this was Braxton the Playmaker that we have always known.

He started out slowly, but a diving catch got the momentum going, and in the third quarter he took over all forms of social media — probably even MySpace — with his two Braxtonian touchdowns. How big was that spin move? My wife, who avoids sports like I avoid spiders, knew about it and was asking me about it because everybody she knew was talking about it.

It was great to see him back on the field, but it was even better seeing him as we remembered him. Watching him in the Virginia Tech press box, the Ohio State beat in attendance wasn't surprised by what they saw. The VT media, however, might still be in a bit of disbelief.

2. Tyquan Lewis was as advertised.

In the spring, Joey Bosa said that it was going to be nice to have another explosive pass rusher like himself at the opposite defensive end spot, and it was pretty clear that he was correct. Even though Bosa did not receive any of the benefit of having Tyquan Lewis on the field with him, the rest of the defense sure did.

Lewis finished with six tackles, two tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks. He also added a quarterback hurry for good measure. He was active and productive, and he appears to be just getting started. After the game Lewis said that the Virginia Tech offensive line was tipping pass plays, so we'll have to see if he can continue his production when things become more of a guessing game.

3. Curtis Samuel sure looks like a receiver now.

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Entire article: http://theozone.net/Ohio-State/All-...d-from-Ohio-States-42-24-Win-at-Virginia-Tech

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

Good game Buckeyes, you guys have one hell of a team. It really sucked having Brewer get injured while he was playing pretty well, but it's part of the game. Unfortunately we don't have Heisman candidates on the bench, and instead have to rely on the Motley [Mark May]show...

I still need to re-watch the game when I get home, but a few impressions from inside the stadium-

1) Cardale Jones is an absolute beast. The guy looked indestructible and I was impressed at how composed he was. He was taking a lot of punishment but handled it well and made some great plays under pressure.

2) Braxton Miller looks like Percy Harvin 2.0. I knew he was a great athlete, but I can't believe how natural he looked at receiver and in the open field. I wouldn't be surprised to see him and Elliot sitting next to each other in New York as Heisman finalists.

3) I was pleasantly surprised with VT's offense, pre-injury. Brewer seems to thrive on the spotlight and looked like he was going to keep this close the whole game. Unfortunately our running game was garbage due to our top 2 running backs are out with injury/suspension, and JC Coleman just isn't going to cut it as a featured back. It would have been nice to have better balance but we just don't have the personnel right now.

4) And on the other hand, our defense was a disappointment. I'll cut them some slack considering that tOSU looks like a historically great offense, but I was hoping for them to carry the team. However, I still expect them to fare much better throughout the ACC schedule when they're not facing that buzzsaw anymore.

Interesting on 3 and 4. I thought Brewer was below average (obviously better than Motley), and the running game and defense are what gave VT the lead at halftime (with the help from some OSU screwups). That FB who scored on the long TD looked like the best player on your offense. He was hard to bring down. I don't give much credit at all to Brewer for that pass....it was a great play call and a heck of a job by the FB to juke Eli Apple to get into the end zone.