Like it or not, the results of that play, OBJECTIVELY, is that it wasn't a fumble.

This is not the general perception of OSU fans, at all.

It was still an interception because we all have two eyeballs and saw what happened. It was... a lucky break for OSU that it was not challenged and the replay officials didn't decide to go to the booth.

K. I grew a pair. Since you dared me!

It wasn't an INT. Wasn't challenged, wasn't reviewed, call on the field was going to stand.

This is a strong example of why the nation hates the super homer Ohio State fans who are real annoying on X. They exist on Eleven Warriors plenty.

OSU fans never talked about 2019 Clemson like this. Never.

It’s almost like Larry thinks he’s untouchable and doesn’t seem concerned about Day pulling him into the office and chewing him out. I really think Day is petrified at the thought of losing Larry, because of the talent he pulls in. 

Is this not on Day for not bringing in a DC whose philosophy aligns with his DL coach who has been here for how many years now? And then if he REALLY wanted Knowles to be the guy... also his fault for not identifying that LJ remaining on staff would be an issue? Gives him an extensions instead? He gets paid tons of money to make these kinds of decisions.  

RB, the flaw in your argument is that the interception was ACTUALLY an interception and the OPI was ACTUALLY an OPI, so you can't just "remove" the OPI in your scenario. Michigan did the same exact thing to us last year and it SHOULD have been called an OPI. They got away with a major missed call. Like someone else said, it's just extremely unfortunate that both calls went to the detriment of OSU.

Yes, there would be a butterfly effect, but at the very least, we know we remove those 7 points and OSU never has that momentum at the start of the game.

No it was not an interception. 

You might be the first person in all of college football fandom to claim that wasn't an interception. And that includes Ohio State fans. You might have reached a homer level of unheard of proportions. 

What would this team look like if Johnson, Hartline and now Lauranaitis wasn't around bringing in top talent.

I don't think this is fair. A part of what makes a great HC is their ability to surround themselves with a strong staff. Day, for whatever reason, just can't seem to close no matter how strong his staff or roster is. 

Yes, one thing happened... and it was an interception. Just because it wasn't called that way on the field doesn't make it not an interception. The attitude OSU fans take towards this versus the attitude they take towards Jordan Fuller's fumble return TD being reversed are drastically different. And I cannot begin to imagine why.

The crazy part is.. you KNOW it was an interception. But you love defending this no-call interception. LOVE to. You'll take it as far as you need to because this time it benefited OSU and kept it a close game. And I just can't respect that. It's hypocrisy of astronomical proportions. 

I’d argue a play central to your theme was a case of Day out coaching him and getting the offense up to the line.

Pretty sure every single Ohio State fan, including myself, was screaming at the TV to hurry and snap the ball. This isn't some next level genius coaching work here lol  

So, NOW Josh Pate thinks Ohio State isn't the physical B1G bully it used to be? This guy has kissed Day's ass since 2019, but now, suddenly, he sees what anyone watching the games has seen since 2020

You're mad but this is why OSU fans loved Pate. He always kissed OSU's ass. We like when people tell us what we want to hear and we turn on anyone who starts being honest about OSU, and if they do, they're corporate shills or fake buckeyes.

This OSU team has more talent than anyone in the country and Day really cannot afford to let this opportunity slip away. 

If Day doesn't win the national championship with that 2019 squad or this one.. he never will.

Why didn’t Lanning call for a challenge then? 

This doesn't change the fact that it was an interception, but Lanning definitely should have challenged. Likely didn't want to risk a challenge so early in the game.

Urban was better at the psychological part of winning big times and breaking tendencies, but he did not bring that edge to always hiring the best coaches, being innovative, etc. 

Spot on. Now if we could just combine Urban and Day... 

No the fuck he wasn’t. If that OPI isn’t called and we win the entire national media is again talking about how Lanning being too aggressive cost him critical points in a big game

If the OPI isn't called? What if that interception was called an interception (as it was)? You are blatantly ignoring the fact that OSU was literally gifted 7 points and Oregon had to overcome this.

Yes, Day was outcoached.

Ohio State will have success again when they hire a tough nosed coach that relies on defense and running the ball.

Coach Lock for Head Coach! We don't want that soft batch cookie shit.

We just lost on the road to the number 2 team in the country by a single point.

We threw an interception on one drive that was egregiously not called. OSU never earned that TD. I think if this played out correctly on the field, we lost by worse than we did. We got lucky to only lose by 1 point and that speaks to how constantly unprepared this team is in top matchups.

but it seems like in every big game there is calls against us that are just out of the ordinary 

We were literally gifted 7 points that we didn't earn and still managed to lose. Imagine how Oregon fans would have felt had we made a field goal to end the game.

All the bounces are irrelevant. We are talking about the bad calls. If Oregon had LOST that game, they would forever be pointing to that free 7 points we received that first drive when we actually turned it over on that drive. It would be exactly how we have looked at the Clemson game and them calling back that Fuller TD. OSU should have lost the Oregon game worse than we did, but luckily for Oregon, we were gifted points and they STILL came out with the win.

Day just doesn't have that killer mentality. I will always cite Saban replacing Hurts for Tua in the National Championship game. Burke was already getting cooked, that should have been an extremely easy decision for Day, but recruits DO see these things.

Larry needs to go just based on his age. I have never really been a fan of the guy because of the allegations of racism he used in recruiting when he was at Penn State.

What allegations? 

Klatt calls this an OPI but thinks Smith's wasn't OPI. Is he still anti-OSU?

You cannot spend a year yelling about how big of an advantage sign-stealing is, and then harp on Day about losing those games.

OP, you are a bit of a hypocrite here and below is why.

From Dobbins’ overturned touchdown, to Wade’s targeting, to Fuller’s overturned scoop-and-score, Ohio State was jobbed, plain and simple. I refuse to hold this game against Day.

You are basically saying that people can't say Michigan cheated and use that to justify Ryan Day's losses and then when he loses to Oregon, then magically pretending the cheating didn't happen and start stacking those losses against Ryan when it benefits them.

Yet, here you are using the penalties and overturned calls against the Buckeyes in the Clemson game to justify Ryan Day's losses but magically not mentioning how Oregon got jobbed on that first drive and 7 points should be taken off the board for OSU.

The issue wasn’t speed…the issue was giving a QB 3-4 seconds to throw the deep pass

Not saying speed necessarily but Burke fell for every single stutter step and he was the only one getting picked on. If it was JUST the pressure on the QB, surely some other DB's would have been getting beat like that. He was identified as a weak link.

Where was Carnell Tate? With so much focus on Smith and Egbuka, I thought for sure he’d shine tonight and he had 1 catch all game.