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Tressel going for it on 4th and 1

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Did you agree at the time with going for it on 4th and 1?

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Agree with it. It resulted in 3 points. We lost by 27. It was not a deciding factor for them. If we get that first down, maybe it would have given our guys the confidence we were looking for at that time?
 
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No, but I certainly don't think this play is what got the snowball rolling. We needed to make something happen on defense and until that happened (unfortunately it never did happen), the offense looked and played desperate IMO. Not a good spot to be in...
 
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I didn't like the call, but I was more disturbed by it's meaning. Tressel got desperate and exhibited no confidence in his defense. For someone as calculated and football savvy as JT, this told me that he knew we were in for a long night.
 
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks;711904; said:
The thought that went thru my head as I saw Smith and Co. staying on the field (Other than "get that yard!") was that Tressel was not being Tressel, and that troubled me.
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I agree with that completely. It seemed to me, quite possibly, that the team was trying to come out of the locker room being a team never before seen on the field, a team that has provided no footage for other teams to sit and review. No one seemed comfortable in the skin they were wearing. Did we try to hard to be something new, exciting and different? I believe so and it backfired tremendously. We should have just stuck with the tried and true... the comfy skin that got us to the game in the first place.
 
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StadiumDorm;711908; said:
I didn't like the call, but I was more disturbed by it's meaning. Tressel got desperate and exhibited no confidence in his defense. For someone as calculated and football savvy as JT, this told me that he knew we were in for a long night.
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I agree with the disturbed meaning of it. I'm not sure I understand how going for it on 4th demonstrated a lack of confidence in the D, though. Seems to me, he went for it with the confidence that if they failed to get the yard, the D would hold Fla to 3 or less... which, they did, actually.

But, I do agree with your "disturbed" feeling. I was the same way, in that it was just something that I took as so out of charecter for Tress that I knew he was .... what... not losing control... but... can't think of the word. Just... didn't have it that night.... somehow.
 
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THEWOOD;711911; said:
The play I dont like is the call on 3rd down. TS pretty much just fell down while trying to get the 1st....2 horrible calls in a row in my honest opinion.
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The call, or the execution of the call? All OSU needed there was a 1st Down, I think the sneak was an OK call. I'm not sure Smith got the ball cleanly on that play, but I'm not sure he didn't so...
 
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StadiumDorm;711908; said:
I didn't like the call, but I was more disturbed by it's meaning. Tressel got desperate and exhibited no confidence in his defense. For someone as calculated and football savvy as JT, this told me that he knew we were in for a long night.
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Bingo. Tressel going for it with about 5:00 to go before halftime told me that he didn't think that we could overcome the current deficit (10 points at that time) in the second half. Not a good sign.
 
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