I'd say the verdict isn't out on that yet. He's under trial for sure. But I'd throw out the following
Bama in the covid bowl. Where we sat so many of
our players (starters) due to testing positive for covid while the SEC was less restrictive than the B10 (I don't blame them). And we lost Sermon on his first carry of the ball game.
Tcun and Stallions. If if a OSU fan actually doesn't take those 3 losses in account for what they are. Put on a shirt that says GO BL _ _ and curse your own name. Because you're not a fan.
I'll give us Clemson in 2020 loss. Those fgs cost us majorly.
And the home Oregon loss with the debacle at Def coordinator that year. Paaaainful.
And the GA loss with all the big plays. Similar to what we just saw vs Oregon. Costly
I'll fall on the sword months from now. But I ABSOLUTELY believe in this team feeding and fueling off this loss. I repeat - Many of Sabans championship teams took that tough loss and then played to their real potential. So did Urbans. I'M ALL IN
Never took em
And to answer the above
You'll find me criticizing the D throughout the live game comments. Knowles fails in the big games.
However we lost by 1. At Oregon. Onside kick in their favor. TOs in their favor. Waaaaaay more calls/penalties in their favor. Many of the calls were legit. But still the amount of calls were one sided. Jeremiah Smiths push off wasn't worthy of a call. They were both engaging in contact. I don't see Burke having that bad of game in a rematch whatsoever. They ran a lot of shenanigans. We've seen them.
Shout out to Michalski stepping it up and not being a liability.
So yeah
We'll stomp em out in a rematch
Thats my belief. But I'm an actual fan.
1 point loss? Why yes. I still believe.
“Still believing” and “We’ll stomp em out in a rematch” are two vastly different ideas.
I still believe we can win a national championship, but the whole “generational defense” talk can go right out the window. The whole “disciplined, veteran team” can go right out with it.
Losing this game was always going to suck, but the turnovers, the penalties, the clock management, not pulling Denzel when he was clearly reeling, are in combination absolutely unacceptable when evaluating Ryan Days performance tonight. We can have the best roster in the world, and we still might. However our head coach is simply not giving them a chance to win. Sad for the players really.
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A real championship coach would have pulled Burke out of that game. If Knowles refused to do it - Day should have done his job and stepped in to make that call. Targeting Burke was obviously the Oregon game plan and after he got smoked 2 or 3 times they should have pulled him in favor of Mathews Jr.
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1) We absolutely can and should have beat them, but it’ll likely never be a blowout this year.
2) Denzel Burke played like absolute dog shit and I love that kid. He was allowing the catches and then giving 5-10 extra yards trying to strip the ball instead of just tackling the bastard.
3) it was sooo fucking loud. Never been to a game that loud. That they were even getting snaps off is a feather in their cap.
4) This will likely be our new rivalry for years to come..
5).On a non-game note, these fans were some of the best sports I’ve ever been around. I had people rolling down their windows at me to say we have a hell of a team and we’ll see you again in a couple months. I don’t know if I would be that humble.
This is a great place to visit if you ever want to get out to a West Coast Big Ten game.
I watched ESPN GameDay for the first time in a while, and I was shocked with how jacked their fans were at 6 a.m. (P.T.). I'll bet they rival the level of the PSU fans in Happy Valley.
I watched ESPN GameDay for the first time in a while, and I was shocked with how jacked their fans were at 6 a.m. (P.T.). I'll bet they rival the level of the PSU fans in Happy Valley.
Conservative play calling and decidedly one sided and horrendous officiating cost us this one. We should have easily smacked them down and Day played right into their hands with overthinking.
Also, if illegal formation happened prior to the play, why was the clock not reset to 10 seconds?
How so? Simultaneous possession favors the offense. Just like the quinshon play. Refs made the right call on the first drive, fucked up the judkins call
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Brilliant new defensive strategy that is apparently quite legal! If a team is winning with time running out in the 4th quarter, they can "accidentally" have 12 or more players on the field, stop the offense from getting into field goal range, and give them a 5 yard penalty while burning critical time off the clock. This could theoretically be done multiple times, with only a 5 yard penalty each time and ~5 seconds coming off the clock each time! Yay football rules!
496 yds given up by our highly payed coaches (..and players)
Look, I’m 61, RYAN DAY IS THE “JONAH” of college football He’s a nice guy, but as the ship’s captain, he bears the responsibility for all of these losses vs the formidable opponents THIS IS JUST A TRAVESTY OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS! Expensive players & coaches , exposed and beaten on the big stage again & again & again & aga… do you see the trend ??? I wish this group the best, I LOVE THE BUCKEYES… I’d like to run the table on the remaining games….. yeah uh hum! Sure
THE JONAH, his million $ assistants these just decent EXPOSED AGAINST A GOOD TEAM defense, & and really it’s a TEAM LOSS!
IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT HAPPENS WITH A COACHING CHANGE!! Hear me!!!
RYAN DAY IS THE JINXED JONAH OF THE BIBLE!!
The proof is in ALL of these exposed performances against our highly ranked brethren over his tenure !
Seems like a nice guy, but as parliament told Neville Chamberlain, “ RESIGN MAM, STEP DOWN, MAKE WAY FOR NEW LEADERSHIP “
It just doesn’t matter how many patsy ‘W’s’ he piles up!! WE ARE NEVER HOISTING THE NATTY TROPHY UNDER HUS REGIME SADLY SO ….
post script > I hope I am proved a fool!!
I’m old & tired of this shit from my beloved BUCKEYES GEEZUS
That’s hilarious. Oregon was the better team who was better coached and made all of the big plays. Why in the world would you like Day could actually right the ship in a big game rematch?
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Isn't it? I'm so glad we're not drinking the low self esteem they are. And what I didn't say is... The early loss does a team good. Especially by only 1 at theri place. Saban won so many of his championships off of those one loss alarm clocks. We won our last natty with the same wake up call. Our O Line looked terrible in that VaTech loss. They could drop a million down votes. Some of them are just emotuonal right now. Most just have low self esteem. On a neutral site rematch we beat them by 17 plus.
We lost our starting LT. Lost our starting RG for a half. That homegrown definitely influenced the outcome. Just ask yourself - Would this team have lost thst night if it were at OSU? Chances are. No. Either way. It's a 1 point loss on the road with lopsided calls.
Believe my man. Believe.
Their WRs were just faster than him. We adjusted with help in the 2nd half.. the bigger issue was he was just getting pushed around. That doesn't bode well for any team we play with physical WRs..
Agreed - I was worried the whole game that he's hurt. Trying his best to push through and be there for the team, but definitely a step below what we've come to expect from him. I just hope he's alright
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Agreed….and JTT is not good, he will have the occasional flash but doesn’t set the edge, ggets no pressure, etc….Curry is a better option. Sawyer showed nothing either, no bull rush or hands whatsoever….we need some dudes on that line!
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Sawyer is a disappointment. Great recruiter but doesn’t play up to his hype. Same for JTT. I remember all the hype and booms when we finally got his commitment. Except for 1 or 2 sports center plays he’s had an unremarkable career. Curry needs half of their time.
I know we’re all doom and gloom right not but honestly I didn’t see anything that changes my championship goals.
We lost by 1 on the road to the the soon-to-be #1 team, even with a bunch of dumb mistakes. We mostly played well and sufffered a bunch of bad injuries that you can’t really plan for.
Sucks that we lost but regroup during the bye, play pissed off, and there’s no reason we can’t still win the conference (and be well positioned in the playoffs)
This is what I'm most disappointed about. Oregon is really good. No shame in giving up big plays to a talented team. But the numerous mental mistakes really says volumes. Just not ready for prime time. So tired of all the excuses from Day. Can't believe I fell for all the hype AGAIN. Until we start winning more physical match-ups at the LOS, this will be the result. What a bummer.. Thought we had it fixed. Nope. OSU is now the bitch in physical matchups. Just sickening that we aren't at least the more physical disciplined team.
"Everyone has a plan, 'til they get punched in the mouth."
I mean at a certain point you have to WIN one of these big games. Yeah, you can argue last year's Penn State game was a big win, but they ended up with 3 losses. You can't lose all of them, you just can't "Next time" is starting to ring very hollow.
Yes. At what point do we say that Day’s a terrific human but not the caliber of head coach that we, and the young men who made a commitment to this program, deserve?
I honestly believe he’s being neutered by Day. Go look at Knowles defenses at Oklahoma State. They were constantly bringing pressure from different areas. This is not his typical defense.
I was ready to move in from Day after the second um loss. This will poetically be the year if he doesn't get it done. Too much talent and money to play so soft.
It's Larry Johnson and his 4 man fronts. It's not what Knowles does. The hiring of Knowles was the square peg in a round hole with LJ. The 2 simply don't mesh
The narrative surrounding Howard was that he would come in and be an ice cold game manager that gave the offense the highest floor, and the most consistent chance to execute. He was never going to be CJ Stroud, and that was ok.
However, if you’re going to lack the physical tools to throw a ball over 40 yards, you need to have some intangibles that stand out - to be the QB at OSU. JTs toughness, Craig Krenzel’s clutch factor, etc.
We had a 3rd down, on schedule, in the 4th quarter with a chance to march down and “leave no doubt.” Conversely, not converting meant giving Oregon the ball with great field position. Our veteran, savvy, confident, big-game quarterback dropped the damn snap and lost us 12 yards.
I’m sorry, but that’s all I needed to see. When a player has a good mental makeup, he doesn’t drop the ball on one of three most meaningful snaps of the game. I know, he distributed the ball well and made the throws he is supposed to make for most of the game. He didn’t make any massive mistakes, and that’s fantastic.
He didn’t make any big plays on his own, he didn’t put the team on his back, he didn’t take over game in anyway (certainly not like Gabriel did), and I’m here to say - THAT’S ALL OK. But if you’re going to play quarterback at OSU, and you’re not able to do any of those things - YOU CANT DROP A SNAP IN THE 4TH QUARTER OF A CLOSE GAME.
He took the ball out of his teammate’s hands, a team that he is by far the least athletic skill player on. We’re delaying Sayin’s development to avoid the growing pains, and we just got growing pains from the lower ceiling “safe” option. If we’re going to have a QB that makes mental errors every game, at least put in the one with the higher ceiling and more time to develop.
I’m totally ok with the Howard era being over. No hard feelings, seems like a great kid, and I’m sure he doesn’t care what I think.
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Over 80% completion percentage, over 300 yards, 2 passing TDs, 1 rushing TD and ZERO turnovers. Not sure what you’re expecting. Howard was not the issue in this game. If you watched that game and thought Howard was the reason we lost, you weren’t paying attention.
And when we win the game, we'll buy a keg of booze!
And we'll drink to old Ohio 'til we wobble in our shoes!
I don't know. LJ still has carte blanche of the defensive line and he does NOTHING creative to create pressure. It's always hat on hat. And it's more than just Knowles who is responsible for our lack of quality linebackers.
Oregon is just able to throw enough pass catchers at us that you can't hide anyone...
I thought we were much better in the 2nd half after some adjustments.. but again, you can't hide Styles or Hancock against a team like that, and they took advantage...
Most disappointing thing to me was how they man-handled our DBs at the line, just blocked them out of every play.. we've had such physical corners for so long its just weird to see these dudes get pushed around so much..
Last point.. it's not coaching.. I have NO CLUE what the disconnect seems to be with these guys who 6 games in just refuse to do their jobs.. all season long we see people slip out of the backfield and lick clockwork no one picks them up.... I dont get it.. they aren't teaching that..
Burke and the penalties cost us the game. We should never lose when our opponent makes as many special teams mistakes as the Ducks made. They left points on the board which we did not capitalize on.
I don’t think our defense is horrible but I don’t think it’s championship caliber either. Championship caliber defenses are aggressive. They don’t sit back and react. Maybe I’m wrong but I’m betting our defensive line coach doesn’t want to play that way either
This seems to always be how it is. Everyone puckers up like a lemon head in big games and makes HUGE mistakes. We can’t let them dive in and take the football from our RB in our territory. That was literally the difference. Also the insides kick. Our special teams continues to be less than special. I had a bad feeling once that 15 yards was applied to the kickoff that something was going to go awry and it did. Just gotta play loose in big games and not make so many damn mistakes. On a neutral field, OSU woulda smacked that ass.
I’m super disappointed we lost but I’ll stick up for the two things you just mentioned:
1) The Q fumble was just kinda weird. He was in the backfield so fast I agree with the broadcasters that he didn’t even expect him and took the ball on a great play. Hat tip to the defender
2) The “onsides kick” was the weirdest, flukiest play I’ve seen in like 30+ years watching football. My guy got a football unexpecteddtly kicked a football kicked full speed into his chest from 10 yards away and you’re mad he didn’t catch it immediately and fall over? That kinda weird shit just happens sometimes, its not anyone’s fault.
They were kicking from midfield after the face mask. If you look at the all 22 we only had 2 dudes in the middle of the field, and everyone but the guy who got hit by the ball was bailing at the start.
Inexcusable we didn't at least have a kickoff safe coverage, based on where they were kicking from..
Chip Kelly gets a FUCKING F those last two drives... Zero clue what was happening on the field and are you fucking kidding me. 10 seconds and a timeout and the middle of the field open and he calls a 20 yard out... brain dead...
Let’s not forget how he decided to go 5 wide on a first down on the second drive of the game. Did you think you were playing chess, Chip? Because checkers would’ve worked great right there and Judkins fumbled the next play. This loss is on Chip, Knowles and Denzel hands down.
I didn’t mind Kelly’s play calling on the last drive. As a Bengals fan and watching them lose to the Ravens last week, you can’t get too conservative and settle for a long field goal.
He was calling long developing pass routes with little time and a makeshift offensive line, when we were already in makable FG range.. and we still had a time out..
Kelly abandoned the run, and they couldn't cover Gee Scott all game long.. the middle of the field was wide open and we are forcing the ball towards the goal line to Smith..
I thought Chip had innovative formations, misdirection, great rushing attacks, Day clearly forced his play sheet on him - inside boring runs to the boundary and three pass plays: curl, 3-yd out, and WR screen that we have not blocked since Urban.
Chip Kelly and the offensive playcalling were the only thing that was good in this game. If you came out of that game thinking, man our offense sucks, I’m not sure what you are watching. Defense is the issue.
Where did I say the offense sucks.. I said the final two drives I grade him an F.
15 straight pass plays to end the game and final two drives we scored 3 points..
He seemed oblivious to the fact out WRs were sucking wind, kept pushing towards the end zone in one point game. Got straight up lost and didn't realize that after the OPI the clock started and just let the clock bleed forever with a slow play call..
He abandoned EVERYTHING that got him to that point to win the game with a FG, no running plays, no pass plays to Gee Scott ( who they couldn't guard the whole night)..
As good as he was for most of the game, he was just as bad at the end.
That last drive at least was mostly Howard not managing the game well. I’m sure Kelly was trying to communicate with him but Howard had really bad clock management. And we got screwed on that PI call
Honestly they played pretty well, there’s not a ton of shame losing to the #3 (soon to be #1 I’m guessing) team. Howard made a dumb mistake at the end but still had a good game overall.
Denzel Burke got absolutely cooked all game though. They should have sat him.
Hope Simmons is ok, but realistically I know he’s out.
Beauty of a 12 team playoff. We'll get a rematch and I like our chances. Hopefully this loss makes them hungrier and exposes things they need to work on.
Not sure what to think about Burke. Just such an uncharacteristic game from him.
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Most reasonable take. Made enough plays to win but the defense, especially the secondary, was awful in coverage and even run support. I was shocked at how bad Burke and Ransom were. Simon played better in the 2nd half, but he was bad in the 1st half. Sawyer was nowhere to be found. I thought for sure Knowles would unload the playbook tonight, and I feel like it was still way too vanilla. Why the fuck are we paying this guy?? Almost no creativity on 3rd down even though the 3rd down numbers look decent.
Michalski came in and battled his ass off, but too many unforced errors by the O line overall despite the fact that they moved the ball well. Everyone will focus on the last play, but Howard/Day were most disappointing with letting so much time off the clock after the bullshit PI call (a call NEVER MADE). The Oregon D was reeling and were blitzing almost every down. Screen pass to either of our backs??? Howard played really well otherwise. Sucks his performance is likely going to be remembered for those last few plays.
Day cannot let this game beat us twice. Get better this week.
Every living OSU fan has a winning record against TTUN.
They’re not moving Oregon ahead of the SEC’s only undefeated team, but you’re right: there’s no shame in losing by 1 to the no 3 team in the country. Problem is - Ryan Day ALWAYS loses these games.
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He's not an NFL corner. He never has been. I've said he was overrated the entire time he's been here and obviously the Oregon coaches saw that as well when they watched the film. Their whole game plan was to target Burke
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Agreed -- Oregon had 3 penalties for 25 yards, one of which was the guy spitting in Igbinosun's face and getting ejected and another that burned the clock with 10 seconds left in the game... There was a lot of home cooking in that mediocre 60k stadium that pumps in extra noise all game.
Pretty normal contact at the top of the route and the Oregon dB lost his balance. Technically a penalty, probably. Worthy of giving a 15 yard penalty that puts us out of game winning field goal range, probably not.
I didn't have a problem with it, in real time. Hand checking and then Smith wanted separation and is just a lot stronger than the DB and flattened him..
Bigger issue is why not just run the ball.. we were already in FG range and had a timeout with 28 seconds left. Why did Kelly keep trying to push it towards the goal line?
Because if we run the ball for no gain and miss a 45 yd FG, what do you think everyone would say then?
We were carving em up passing at the point, the decision to pass was not an issue. Just a really bad break with the OPI call, which instead of a 10 yd gain was a 15 yd loss. Massive massive swing, and based on the one brief replay we got, a very tricky tacky call in that situation. Game changing call.
"Bigger issue is why not just run the ball.. we were already in FG range and had a timeout with 28 seconds left. Why did Kelly keep trying to push it towards the goal line?"
One of the big money decisions. Day and all of us have bad memories of kicking a FG down 1, but I was hoping to see a run there as well. However I think Oregon blitzed the A gap on that play, so probably wouldn't have worked, but I could be wrong. Day may have asked Chip to be aggressive. We were great until the ticky tack PI call.
Every living OSU fan has a winning record against TTUN.
If OPI isn't called, we had the ball at the 18, clock stopped for a first down and 27 seconds to play. So clearly the strategy was at least to get in there.
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Howard was just trying to make something happen on the last play. That 4 second penalty for too many men on the field was bs. Reminded me of watching the end of a damn Chiefs game tbh (but sadly in reverse).
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I dispute that it was entirely Howard's fault. Was anyone even trying to call a timeout? Day should've been standing by a ref calling time out before the play was over or any buckeye in the field. It would at least went to replay to see when Howard's knee actually touched or possibly an angle that shows his shin touching before the knee.
He played s pretty solid game. Shouldn’t have been in that spot. Knowles and Johnson need shown the door. The defense didn’t make a play the entire game. FAIL
I think we had a pressure where Gabriel had to tuck it and only gained a yard, so that is almost a sack, but other than that, nothing. That first long TD, we may as well have dropped all 11 guys into coverage based on the pressure we got.
Two goal line stands is something they can build on. The explosives were the dagger really. If you eliminate a couple of those then it looks very different.
Most fans think the D is good, just not good enough or where it should be given the talent. I can't remember the last time they came through in a matchup game against a legit offense.
Every living OSU fan has a winning record against TTUN.
Onay, for all your people who want Day - The man with the Highest winning percentage among all active college football coaches - for everyone who wants him fired — Who do you get to replace him?
Don’t be stupid. Do you want to be Nebraska for the next 20 years? They fired coaches who were routinely 9-3 and Ended up in the cellar for two decades.
Let’s have some Perspective, please.
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The one thing it cannot be is moderately important. — C. S. Lewis
Job security should be based on meeting expectations and performance. Not “oh we MIGHT not be able to do better”. It really is the stupidest defense of Ryan Day.
There’s never going to be 100% certainty. So Day should just keep his job as long as he keeps piling up wins against mediocre teams, loses in big games against top teams, .500 vs TTUN (at best), underperforming recruiting classes, zero nattys?
This is THE Ohio State Buckeyes. Expectations are sky high. I’m sure this is communicated to every coaching hire. If coaches aren’t going to be held accountable for meeting those expectations then the only thing left is to lower expectations. Might as well be Iowa then.
Apparently Ryan Day built the entire football program from scratch. Ohio State was nothing before his arrival. The entire world knew who he was before he got here, so it would be foolish to believe Ohio State could hire a great coach who wasn't a household name and be as successful or better. OSU could never.
Apparently Ohio State Football is identical to Nebraska Football, without the coach firings.
1. Byes don’t matter. Teams that get a bye still play the same amount of games as teams that don’t get a bye. They just play in the conference title games instead of hosting a playoff game in the middle of December
2. Seeding doesn’t matter unless you care what jersey they wear for their neutral site dome game.
Lucky for us we have the other 2 undefeated b10 teams on the schedule. I don't know all the tie breakers, but as long as Oregon and the bucks win out there will be a rematch in the b10 championship. Making last night's game irrelevant.
Explain that one to me a little more please. Point #1 that byes don't matter and they play the same amount of games. Let's throw a hypothetical in there - Oregon and OSU meet in the Big 10 Champ game. OSU wins and gets a bye, Oregon loses and does not. They have to play a first round game and OSU doesn't. How do they play the same amount of games?
Anywhere you go in the world, you can always count on the O-H-I-O
Correct. Biggest disadvantage are the teams that lose their conference championship game but make the playoffs.. but that just gets back to my first point that Saturday’s game doesn’t matter in the grand scheme.
Really all that matters is that you win your conference championship game and if you don’t make it altogether, it’s not the end of the world
I got nothing. Oregon is a good team. Fine. But we are so consistently underprepared and make so many stupid mistakes in EVERY BIG GAME. Ryan Days deserves all the criticism he gets and the Jim Knowles honeymoon is OVER.
Exactly before playing Miami I was just hoping we didn't get embarrassed. And bama in the semi finals (with our 3rd string QB) that championship may not happen without the Virginia tech loss.
Other than the PSU game, what game will be within 2 scores?
Oregon has a top 3 roster and were at home. They have 1 home loss in their last 33 games. Not to mention they have elite coaches… yet we were still one OPI away from winning.
Keep it in perspective
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They’re still in. Probably even hosting a playoff game at home
"The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish" - Charlie Chaplin
Yeah, I mean, how many times do we need to see a Knowles defense perform like thus, yet keep anointing him as some guru. I we sure he isn't Kerry Coombs wearing one of those mission impossible masks?
Softest defense in a while, I've been saying it for weeks and no one wants to listen. They can't get sacks, can't win one on ones, can't force turnovers. Larry Johnson and Jim Knowles have to go, they're both overrated and well past their prime. Jim Knowles defense in these top 5 matchups is HORRENDOUS. There's no point in celebrating beating up on nobodies when you consistently fail to win the big ones.
They were forcing TOs until tonight, but yeah it's become comical at this point how often we get pushed around against good teams going all the way back to 2018. That year's D and 2021 were bigger overall trainwrecks but now the 2024 D falls into a category that has become far too familiar. Look great against over matched teams, disappear when they're absolutely needed the most. It's absolutely wild. For decades it was automatic that the Silver Bullets would win games by themselves. I know the game has changed, but the standard shouldn't.
Every living OSU fan has a winning record against TTUN.
We also win with a field goal that should have been allowed to happen. I’ve got a picture of Howard clearly down and a player calling a TO with 1 second on the clock. Why was that not reviewed?!
Then he shanks it and people are pissed that they weren’t playing for 6. It’s a no win.
"The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish" - Charlie Chaplin
I wasn’t on the hot seat for day bus but now I’m starting to get there. Another big game and we lose again because our offense sputters at the end and the defense can’t get a stop to save their lives. Over this stupid shit that is a different year but same old same old
Only Ryan Day can take the talent he has had over the last 5 years and blow it like this,,,,,losing by mis-management ...doesnt know the clock is running...QB burns the whole clock running around...this is ROOKIE SHIT!
Why would you run it, then spike it, THEN take a shot? That's completely illogical. Passing on 1st down when you have time, plus three extra downs, is the correct call. Not Day's fault Smith pushed off.
That would have been a long field goal for a college kicker, Chip’s play calling wasn’t the problem. You have great wide receivers; there is nothing wrong with trying to get more yards to make the field goal easier. They just unfortunately got called for pass interference.
The problem isn't with Day, Knowles or Howard. It's Marotti. And before you jump out of your shorts, Marotti is no speed coach. He's a loud mouthed out of shape high school gym coach. He's brings nothing to the table with respect to speed.
Oregon ran ALL AROUND US ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL.
Shameful.
Michigan. lol.
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It's Marotti. And before you jump out of your shorts, Marotti is no speed coach. He's a loud mouthed out of shape high school gym coach. He's brings nothing to the table with respect to speed
OMG. You can't see it now, but I'm rolling my fuking eyes. Seriously? Don't stop at Marotti. I think the water boy deserves some blame, as well. And the equipment driver. And Brutus Buckeye and the cheerleaders really need to get their shit together. And Mrs. Day deserves some blame too. If they all would have done a better job...
Yeah Will Howard made costly mistakes at the end. But hopefully no one whitewashes that performance by the defense. Knowles gets paid too much and has too much talent to work with to let that happen.
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Yes on all points... this is our team under Ryan Day for better or for worse. Good enough to keep him around. Not good enough to win the games that matter. Period the end.
There’s no shame in losing by 1 on the road against the #3 team. Just wish we could be on the other end of this more often. Between Clemson, Georgia, TTUN last year, and now this, it seems like Ryan just can’t get over the hump against top 5 teams.
Refs will ALWAYS decide close games. Always. Just wish as a Bengals and OSU fan that I could be on the right side of the ref's decisions every once in a while.
We are not who we thought we were.. Defense was atrocious and cost us this game. Burke was bad. Pass rush was bad. Secondary was bad. Didn’t deserve to win with this defensive performance
1. They had 19 yards rushing in the 2nd half. Keep throwing it was the right call. Smith just pushed off.
2. We bitch about Day being too conservative and settling for a 50 yarder against Georgia. Howard was carving them up on the final drive and our receivers are the best in the nation.
It wasnt a bad playcall. At that point it was a 45 yard field goal - youd like to get 5-10 more yards and we’d been moving the ball through the air. JJ was in man coverage so it made sense to go him in a one on one situation. The OPI was rather unpredictable and unfortunate.
I don't blame Howard at the end there. Impossible spot, probably needed 11 yards in 6 seconds. The bigger issue was the wasted time after the OPI on Jeremiah.
I could be wrong, but Kelly was SUPER slow getting the play in.. I wonder if maybe he had his NFL brain on.. otherwise I don't get it, he had to know the clock was going to start on the signal, and we just let it run forever before the snap..
Don't even blame Will Howard. That loss was on Knowles and the defense. Denzel Burke got burned so many times I lost count. No pressure on the QB whatsoever. 31 pts should be enough for a victory.
JTT had multiple pressures and Curry had a TFL that I can think of off the top of my head. Dont think Sawyer had his name called if you’re looking to direct blame tho
That loss was on Knowles and the defense. Denzel Burke got burned so many times I lost count. No pressure on the QB whatsoever. 31 pts should be enough for a victory.
Bucks will finish with three losses and no championships. Next loss BIG championship. Will squeeze in cfp and lose first round. Our defense cannot compete with teams that have equal talent. Sawyer and LBs noneexistent in the game. Burke exposed and burned.
We don't need that much.. a championship caliber linebacker changes everything on that defense.. Maybe Styles gets there but he so far in over his head right now. Oregon just worked him that final drive..
Silver linings:
In a 12 team playoff this loss means very little
We lost by 1 to the #3 team
We had a chance at the end and shot ourselves in the foot.
That VT loss felt catastrophic. If there was ever a 'good' loss, this was it. But damn it hurts... That pass to Egbuka to put us in FG range I thought for sure that was game. Wow.
No one wants Day to succeed more than I do, but his record is what it is for a reason. We are always the ones making the critical error, the bad penalty, or being on the other side of the shocking special teams play. Day isn't the OC anymore so he has zero excuses. I just don't know that he's ever going to get us over the hump and it fucking sucks.
IM GONNA KEEP TELLING YALL, ITS RYAN DAY MANIPULATING THESE GAMES. WILL YALL LISTEN DO YALL SEE THE DARN PATTERNS. HES ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT ADVERSITY. HES PUTTING THEM THROUGH IT ON PURPOSE.
Time for LJ to adapt or hang up the whistle, 3-5 star recruits in Harrison, Sawyer, and JT and all 3 have been underperforming. At some point you have to look at the common denominator.
Yeah, but he landed that Houston kid, so everyone said, LJ is the savior. He hasn't had a dominant D line since there was no one named Young or Bosa on it. It's time to cut the bull shit on this.
But the QB situation is weird for me right now. Howard is a great dude, great leader, hasn't done anything to warrant less time. But if the defense is going to continue to play like this in big games, I don't know how you can win with such a wet noodle arm at QB. If they actually show up, sure, great. But if we're going to be in shootouts against talented teams, this team is absolutely beyond fucked in a four-round playoff.
Only Ryan Day can take the talent he has had over the last 5 years and blow it like this,,,,,losing by mis-management ...doesnt know the clock is running...QB burns the whole clock running around...this is ROOKIE STUFF!
Will this seal the deal for an Offord flip?
Wasted opportunity, stupid mistakes, Burke getting burned, Simmons getting injured, clock mismanagement AGAIN at the end of a big game. So frustrating. $20 million roster and we come up short.
"Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity..." -John Muir
I think it’s settled Knowles is a fraud. He looks great against bad teams any team with talent he sucks. He wastes so much talent. Ryan day also still can’t win the big game. Unlucky break with that PI call.
Love seeing all the slack jawed droolers in here calling for Day's head in here. Every player on this team that you like and every recruit that you are excited about is gone if Day goes. Oregon just celebrated like they won the natty. They didn't. We will be back.
Howard was 28/35 for 326 yards 3 total TD. It ain’t on him. Shitty defensive game plan to not put any pressure on Gabriel. Ends couldn’t get any pressure and Burke was terrible.
Worst coaching decision was not to go for 2 at any point to try to get the lead to 7. If you miss and you get a FG and you’re only up 8 it’s a one score game, but it was not that kind of game.
If you were going to drop one this was it - away, top 3 matchup, still early, and you can still get a rematch in Indy. But it will feed the narrative that Day can’t win big games for another cycle.
"A guy from Ohio can make it in life if he works hard enough." -Woody Hayes
Another Ryan day let down game. I’m tired each year hearing we have the best defense this and that and then see this shit. This team is loaded but poorly coached. We won win a natty and we may drop to Penn state. Texas would go in us dry diddy style. D line sucked, Burke sucked. Linebackers non existent. Offensive PI? Wtf. That was game there but this team won’t win a natty under day. Ryan Dayton is 2-7 against top 5 teams and one of those wins was with the team Urban Meyer left behind for him, so he’s 1-7 with kids he’s recruited
We literally just got cheated 3 times in the last 10 seconds of the game. For one, that OPI was bullshit. You are allowed to be a little physical on both sides of the ball. That minimal contact never gets called any other time.
Then on the penalty where Oregon had too many players on the field, they still took the 4 seconds off the clock for the play, instead of putting it back at 10 seconds for a pre-snap defensive penalty. What's to prevent a defense from just putting 50 defensive players on the field in that situation for every snap and slowly getting the time to wind down?
Then lastly, although Howard's play at the end seemed pretty boneheaded, on replay it actually shows he started (and even completed) his slide with 1 second left on the clock, and us with a timeout that I'm sure we were begging to call on the sidelines the entire time. That puts us at a 39 yard FG attempt to win the game. Just absurd officiating to decide the game.
That PI man....that one is gonna sting. I'm a firm believer that a penalty is a penalty regardless of when it happens but that sure looked worse because JJ is so much stronger. He just needs to learn to be a bit more subtle with it. He can do that to anyone he wants on any play.
I'm sorry some idiots on here can bitch and moan all they want and say we suck. Again you can call me a baby, we got fucked by the refs again on the biggest stage. I don't give a fuck what anyone says that PI call on smith was absolute bullshit
Ah, c'mon, guapo. You're just sour cuz you were one of the guys predicting a blowout due to the "talent advantage we had at every position." Oops. How did that work out for you???
How about a pass rush for 60min? We didn't lose bc of refs. We lost bc Gabriel had all day and we couldn't scheme our way into pressure to save our lives.
Howard will be the reason we win a championship. The D will be the reason we don't (not oline). I'd be looking at Matthews over Burke and to drop to 2 LB to get another DL out there.
Objectively a really good hard fought football game.
Subjectively I’m not thrilled. Too many self-inflicted wounds.
And our defense really doesn’t look championship caliber. They’re good. But not great. At least tonight.
They are kids playing a game for our enjoyment, so I’m not going to call out individual players. Believe me, they know.
Hopefully we bounce back stronger than ever.
Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and, if true, is of infinite importance.
The one thing it cannot be is moderately important. — C. S. Lewis
I won't overreact like most of you losing by 1 on the road on a 3,000 mile trip against the soon to be #1 or #2 team. But this is four straight games our defense hasn't gotten gashed down the middle in pass defense. Knowles has to adjust and he simply hasn't.
Not a mystery. We haven’t pressured QBs since Chase Young left. We either find the most overrated 5 star defensive ends to recruit or we have a development problem.
THE SAME OFFENSIVE COORDINATORS AINT CHANGING IT. ITS RYAN DAY SYSTEM. ITS CROOKED AND SOUNDS HARSH. BUT YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IT. RYAN DAY IS ELITE BUT HE DONT WANT TO.
Fumble on your own 28 to give Oregon the ball. 8 penalties for 70 yards. There's your game. Game of inches, and the Buckeyes killed their chances. Burn the rest of the schedule down, and then go to Indy.
How many times are we going to see a Knowles D cough up the big game? When Oregon got the ball for the last time, I had zero confidence the D would get the stop. Hopefully the guys do a gut check and can win out. Penn State will be no joke.
Its sad I might have to quit watch CFB the refs gotten as bad as NFL. Watch
https://twitter.com/i/status/1845299577156411457 How is this play before the offensive pass interference not called. How is 4 seconds run off the clock on a 12 men on field penalty and lastly Howard was down with 1 second left even with the 4 seconds taken off unfairly.
It’s not a pre snap penalty. You could make an argument it should be, but it isn’t. Not sure about the timeout, it’s never awarded the instant a knee is down and would depend on the whistle, my hunch is there’s not enough physical time in one second for his knee to hit the ground and whistle be blown.
These are not the reasons this game was lost anyways.
And what if he misses? Then you, and everyone else complaining about the aggressiveness, would cry that Day should've been more aggressive. A 45-yarder with a college kicker is anything but automatic.
Three things at the end there. Number one that was a total bullshit offensive pass interference call. They were within the 5 yards and both hand fighting. That never gets called unless the ball is in the air and the receiver pushes off to catch the pass. Secondly, after the penalty, there was never a whistle blown to restart the clock. I watched it three or four times to try to hear. There is a referee signaling behind Will Howard by about 30 yards, but no whistle. They’re supposed to blow a long whistle and wave their arm. The reason everybody was standing around looking at each other and letting 12 seconds off the clock and nobody knew what was going on. And then, lastly, will Howard slides with one second left and we were signaling a time out. Time out should’ve been called with one second left on the clock. I’ve never seen a more bizarre game than this in my entire life. The officiating crew really really screwed this up. It will be the talk of the town all week.
I agree wholeheartedly. The DB tried to check Smith and got owned. And the timing at the end was bs. There was borderline 1 sec left when Howard went down, but the allowing 12 seconds to run off and then the additional 4 seconds that weren’t put back on was bs. Day also should’ve been more on the ball with that and just called a timeout once he noticed the runoff after the penalty. Shitty Chiefs-like ending all around.
Regardless, D lost us this game tho.
“We've always had the best damn band in the land; now we got the best damn TEAM in the land” -Jim Tressel
Not if they lose to Penn State. That game just became an elimination game for the B1G Championship Game, and it’s going to be played in the toughest road environment to play a game in the nation. This team is going to miss the fucking Playoffs. Mark it down.
Oregon is better than Penn State. We can beat Penn State. When we play Oregon again we will be able to beat them too. The season is not over. Not by a long shot. This will be a valuable learning experience and motivation.
Penn State has a better QB, 2 better RBs and a better defense than Oregon has, and HV is a tougher road environment than is Autzen. That game always scared me more than this one did, to be honest. There’s no way this team wins that game.
Jesus RB. Just fucking leave the fandom at this point. You have no clue what you're talking about as usual and as usual, your dumbass takes are exactly what I said they were going to be.
He botched a snap, fell down, and probably could have managed clock a bit better on that last drive. All critical moments. He did good, but it was not enough. Plenty of blame to go around for everyone.
Js ryan day is 1-7 in games against top 5 teams. His last win was 2020 against clemson. At some point he needs to start getting the blame. Our defense is very overrated and not that good. Our offense in the 2nd half just completely abandoned the run esp on the last drive when we was in field goal range and decided to throw it every play. Run it on those plays and we probably have a higher chance to win.
Lanning just got his signature win while Day is still looking for his how many years in? I don't wanna hear about Clemson in the good ole days. This shit is ridiculous. No Natty, no track record over Michigan.
Buckeyes had that win in the bag at the end. Game management was terrible. We have the talent, clearly. But the difference continues to be a lack of discipline from Ryan Day teams, especially an offense.
The real kick in the guts is you let a guy literally spit right in your teammates face and they get to enjoy a win.
Everyone can down vote away but you must have an empty coin purse if you let a disgusting MF literally spit in your face and that ain't enough motivation to make you want to crush them.
I'm giving you the solutions to what's going on. You fire Coach Day because he's running a corrupt system at Ohio State. For him to stop this fans are gonna have to stop attending
Ryan Day and Jim Knowles. What did they do? Combined for another big game.......loss. Houston, we have a trend here. That is your $ 22 MM team, friends and neighbors. I hope you liked it.
That too many players on the field makes no sense. It should be a presnap penalty and time should reset if you accept the penalty. Why didn't Oregon just keep putting 12 men on the field and force OSU to lose a second or two every time until the game was over?
That defense was ass. Idaho held them to 24. Idaho. Boise scored more on them.
Not a good look for either side of the ball, but once again we have a perfectly fine offense to beat anyone - as long as the defense doesn't trip on its own ballsack.
So losing Simmons really sucked because we were running on them before that... some very weird things that happened in this game including the kickoff off the leg which gave them three points ,Gabriel played about as well as he can possibly play, most weird stuff went Oregon's way amd the past interference could have been called about 85 times in the game and they decided to do it then?! That said Ohio State shot themselves in the foot too many times and unfortunately our defense did not play up to the standard they should be playing up to with all this talent.. there should have been more blitzes and somehow their offensive line out played our guys on the defensive line which should never be a thing I don't even think I heard Sawyer's name mentioned... that said we just lost on the road to the number three team in the country and I honestly think these are the two best teams because Alabama definitely is not I would take either one of these two teams against Texas on a neutral field and Georgia just won it home 34 to 24 against a very very mediocre Mississippi State team and that's not the first time Georgia has squeaked by against mediocre competition so the world's not falling and this game is irritating and there's a lot of douchebags on Oregon so hopefully Simmons is back and this is a learning lesson especially for the defense and we get that rematch on a neutral field with these punks... a Big Ten Championship and a playoff and National Championship are still all there for the taking and this team can do it but need to shore some stuff up but for all you people that think the sky is absolutely falling amd the season is over you are wrong... I'm as frustrated as everybody else but a one point loss against what I really think is a top two team with pretty much everything going their way isn't the end of the world even if it sucks right now .go Buckeyes.
I will add to your comment. Kudo's to you for calling out the Josh Simmons injury. It was important because in big time college football there is no such thing as a dominant defense unless you really do have a defense of the ages. Else, expect a 45 to 42 game, even if your defense on paper is #1. There are two ways to mitigate this. One is shorten the game with a punishing run game. That is called keep-away. You win by limiting the game to nine possessions each. The loss of Josh Simmons ended that. The second is an organic pash rush that wins with four. Neither team had that which is why there were passing fireworks. Everyone predicted this an L in August. So, nothing changed.
This was a disappointing lose for sure. There were way to many errors in both sides of the ball. We either continue to improve and make it to the playoffs or we don't. If we don't we never deserved it and Day will get replaced. Either way I will always support the Bucks win or lose.
I have no idea what Lou Holtz is thinking right now, but it's probably something like "the tougher and smarter team won the game, and the Buckeye coaching staff are the people you call when you need to beat a MAC team by.49 points, not when you need to win any big game or make even one big fourth quarter defensive play when protecting a lead."
Besides Burke, who sucked. Jack Sawyer has 2 assisted tackles tonight,that’s it. These two players need to be replaced n the lineup if we want to get better
Monumental fuck up on Chip Kelly and Ryan Day...obviously I could go on longer about how Jim Knowles has now adjusted his aggressive style to playing soft zone when he should dial up pressure, and dialing up pressure when he should play zone...
"Conversely, Urban Meyer and his players are an unstoppable army of football automatons that feel no emotion and win in any and every setting."
Monumental fuck up on Chip Kelly and Ryan Day...obviously I could go on longer about how Jim Knowles has now adjusted his aggressive style to playing soft zone when he should dial up pressure, and dialing up pressure when he should play zone...
"Conversely, Urban Meyer and his players are an unstoppable army of football automatons that feel no emotion and win in any and every setting."
When this team wins the natty, I better not see any of you naysayers toting championship garb. I bet you were the same ones talking shit in 2014 after the Virginia Tech game. This was a hard fought game on the road against a top team. Bucks will use this as motivation and will play the rest of the year with nothing to lose. I, for one, can't wait for the rest of the season.
Lol the vtech game in 2014 was way different then this game. We are a insanely veteran team and so far we still make stupid mistakes that cost us games. Oline constantly false starting on the final 2 drives. Will howard fumbling the snap after the goal line stand on 3rd down. Not running it in field goal range with a timeout left and throwing it like why?
JT Barrett and Billy Price were freshmen taken to school against VaTech. They got better as the year went on, thankfully. This is almost certainly the most veteran team we've ever had.
Sure, maybe everything is sunshine and cotton candy from here. But why should anyone believe in them?
It's gonna get ugly for Day if they lose to the Nits, in a way we haven't seen here since 2000.
Bro, I watched that VT loss live from the A section. For context to those that don’t remember, we loss to an UNRANKED Va Tech team at home. Today was a 1 point (kinda bs game if you ask me, especially the wonkiness of the ending) on the road against the #3 team.
After the VT loss, I told everyone at our tailgate we could still make the playoff because it’s 4 teams if we win out and others lose (and we were ultimately the 2014 UNDISPUTED CHAMPS).
As long as we take care of business the rest of the season, we’re a definite playoff team. Even with 1 more not so bad loss (like @ PSU or B1GCG), we’re in CFP 12 team playoff. Hell, we could lose 3 games and still make the CFP and win the title. We need to clean some shit up on D and get in the run the table mode. OH!!!
“We've always had the best damn band in the land; now we got the best damn TEAM in the land” -Jim Tressel
Can’t fumble ball 3 times with one they kept plus an onside kick which everyone knew they’d run after the penalty and then have 8 penalties when you go on road.
Howard played well but I thought he only looked at smith near the end.
plus Kelly ran into an 8 man box a lot tonight and didn’t threaten them much long. Pretty weak ass playcalling.
Can’t fumble ball 3 times with one they kept plus an onside kick which everyone knew they’d run after the penalty and then have 8 penalties when you go on road.
Howard played well but I thought he only looked at smith near the end.
plus Kelly ran into an 8 man box a lot tonight and didn’t threaten them much long. Pretty weak ass playcalling.
Jim Knowles - why in the world did you not get more aggressive? You let the QB unpressured all game
Chip - what changed after the 1st drive? The offensive game plan sucked after that
Denzel Burke - what the FUCK was that? Aside from you getting toasted every play, whatever that 'tackling' technique was - stop it immediately
Will Howard - I'm not sure why you decided to start lobbing 30 yard passes on the last drive after several successful nice short pass completions and first downs. Why did you let all that time burn after the offensive interference. What the FUCK were you thinking on that last play? I'd expect that from a freshman, but not a 5 year starter.
Offensive line - seriously, I have no idea why you cannot grasp the whole snap count concept. Is 1st and 10 not challenging enough?
Special teams - the 'DUH' onside kick play was brutal... you literally have one job on the kickoff and that is watching out for the onside kick and then block.
Oh well... on to next week
Losing sucks, but losing like this is just disappointing...
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Stop freaking out! Sure a win would be glorious. Oregon came to play for 60 minutes and we can’t use that against our team. Sure, we all wish our D got more pressure, but who could predict Burke would struggle??? We need to play our ball for the remainder of the season and beat the ducks in the rematch. Making the rematch game will get us in the playoff, although I would prefer the bye week
I've seen nothing from Jim Knowles to warrant bringing him back another season, defense has been soft all year long and somehow looks worse than last year despite most starters returning. 1 loss on the road to a top 3 team doesn't kill the season in a 12 team playoff format, but it hurts to lose this one in an eerily similar fashion to the Georgia game. Unbelievably bad clock/game management once again, no idea what Howard was thinking trying to run at the end, that ball has to be thrown away for either a hail mary or 55 yard FG.
Denzel Burke just played himself into the 3rd round. Holy coaching malpractice. He should've been pulled
and replaced with Jermaine Mathews after the 4th time he got roasted.
After this season either Knowles or LJ or both have to go. This defense is the same old shit the last 3 years that gets its ass handed to it against the good teams. Gabriel had ALL DAY to throw and I never heard Sawyer's name one time.
I would like to chalk this one up as our "VT loss" a la 2014 on the way to ze natty...
Those hating on Day and Howard are just frustrated, misguided and emotional.
Just checking the stats, our D didn't make the long trip out west... giving up nearly 500 total yards? The ducks didn't magically become a juggernaut this week, esp how they started the season. Our D front four gets absolutely no push on a quality opponent, and that is very concerning.
So, hopefully like 2014, the coaches and team have honest and serious conversations amongst themselves and decide if what happened tonight was even remotely acceptable... really hoping this loss ignites everyone going forward.. did all these vets comeback for mediocrity? One would assume not... this whole thing of unfinished business is a cute motivational poster and bumper sticker. Let this be a massive wake up call.
I doubt all the talking heads will write off the team like they did in 14 but hopefully there can be some de-hype to let an unstoppable force develop and take hold.
Those hating on Howard are idiots. He picked up nice gains and first downs with his feet that McCord or Devin Brown are completely incapable of. This loss was totally on the soft defense and one player in particular.
I didn’t venture into the game threads tonight but did anyone else notice that on the 2nd or 3rd to the last play of the game the Henderson was absolutely wide open in the flat to the bottom of the screen? There was no one around him. Unfortunately Will didn’t see him. He was locked in on the receiver downfield. Not sure I can blame him but man I was yelling at the tv.
Stupid mistakes and penalties did us in tonight. It was a great game otherwise. We’ll see if this team learns from this and elevates their game from here.
This loss could've been bigger if Oregon didn't leave so many easy points on the field. Our defense was not elite. Our situational awareness was poor. DBs were getting torched all night. Clock management at the end was poor. Hopefully we use this game as a serious lesson to improve for the remainder of the schedule.
If either team has made fewer mistakes they would have won by 7-10. They is pretty much true of all 1 point games in which both teams make alot of mistakes.
I'm talking primarily about their unnecessary attempts at a 2 pt conversion and TD attempt on 4th instead of an easy FG (where Gabriel didn't even see a wide open receiver). UO made mistakes, but ours were glaringly bad.
I've felt the defensive backs and LBs were struggling in coverage and booooooooooyyyyyyyyyy I was right. Denzel was buuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrnnnnnnttttttttt. He personally gave up over 200 yards. And they never switched it up.
Weird game. Felt we were gonna win until that last sequence of OPI (not) 12 men on the field, etc. I thought we were gonna get a TD and then that weird 15 yard penatly. The time running off the clock. 4 second disappearing on Oregon's penalty.
Nevetheless, Oregon shouldn't have been in the game at that point. Defense is a massive letdown. Chip Kelly and Ryan Day wasted two drives trying to throw screens. We have the best WRs in the nation and the best RBs in the nation and THAT's what we did? Dumb.
I still don’t know how good this team is. We could win out or we could lose 2 more.
1. Offensive playcalling was good enough to win that game. Thought our O-Line played well especially with losing their best lineman for probably the year.
2. This team was incredibly undisciplined tonight. False starts, stupid PI calls, and Will Howard’s terrible clock management and the terrible fumbled snap. To me this might be a leadership issue.
3. This defense is not a top 5, top 10, or top 15 defense. Our DEs are incredibly mediocre. Absolutely no pass rush. JT playing really selfishly and undisciplined by chasing the RB instead of his responsibility which was the QB. Burke , Hancock, and Igbinosin aren’t first rounders. They will be attacked the rest of the year.
Why was the final play not reviewed!? I took a picture with Howard clearly down, a player calling a TO and 1 second in the clock. We should have been allowed a field goal attempt!
Procedure calls once again stymied drives. Can't have these in big games. Defense was exposed; No sacks, no turnovers, couldn't get stops on 3rd downs when absolutely necessary late in the game. Very disappointing.
Blaming this on Howard seems completely bananas. He played a great game, the last play notwithstanding. It’s especially bananas considering the defense basically no showed the first half and we lost two starters on the o-line. I get it that it ended the game, but he drove us right down there to be in a position to win. Gues that’s a long way of saying this one is on the D.
Anyone else getting that Choklihoma vibe from Ryan Day?
That win against Clemson in 21 is wearing thinner than the 2014 National title run.
I love the leadership from QB 1. But a weak arm QB that can’t take the top off the defense doesn’t make it easy on our running backs.
I’m not overly angry about the loss because it shows this team that they still lack discipline and it was at Oregon. We have to have a more aggressive defense and Burke has to wake the fuck up next time we play them.
That vibe has been a vibe for awhile. This game reinforced it. I understand there are legitimate reasons for all of those big game losses, but at some point, you have to man up and make the plays and get the stops to win the game. There's a reason Clemson, UGA, Oregon, Michigan* always "get the breaks" against Ohio State. They're better prepared and better coached in these games. 1-7 speaks for itself, regardless of how many people here want to DV those for calling it out.
That game management at the end reminded me of the Cowboys playoff game a couple seasons ago. That said, the defense was terrible. They looked frozen in place nearly every snap. Burke was not good tonight but he is certainly not the only guilty party.
This feels like deja vu with Clemson and Georgia all over again, but unlike those games the season isn’t over, so I’m not losing sleep over it.
Win out and we are the No. 2 at least in the CFP and this game does not matter. I won’t remember this season for this game, I’ll remember what happened against TTUN, what happened in Indy, and what happened in the CFP.
Lot of football left to be played. Let’s fix the D, clean up the mistakes, and tonight is just a blip on the radar.
Well buck a duck. I guess Day will have to watch the film and get some things cleaned up. 1 point loss on the road isnt the end of the season. Hopefully it lights a fire under their butts. Losing Simmons sucks but Zen played well in relief! Total team loss tho, pretty much everybody played a hand in this one. On to the corn team.
Stupid post!! Knowles played press coverage for some reason and had not all year. Knowles has to trust his players play tuff zone and tackle, don’t think Oregon can drive and score consistently on that.
Very true I was thinking the same thing during the game, we have great receivers but none with Stewart's skill set to practice against. Possibly unprepared,hurt or just not as good as we thought. I'd bet on unprepared because he was lights out last year
We lost no excuses, Oregon left alot of points on the field. Must be a law not to rotate our CBs. I always thought Burke was an Eli Apple clone no one ever tested him consistently. We dont have that superstar defensive player to make a play when we need it on the field. We got the names but they need to back it up on the field. I'm surprised we didn't get flagged for more PI calls. Offense did enough. Howard is a game manager don't expect him to be the reason we win. Defense will be the reason we win or lose along with special teams.
Box score tells the whole story, Oregon got the extra possessions, once again Jim Knowles has to learn to be patient play aggressive zone and make teams drive the ball. Oregon got the extra possession on the screwed up kickoff. All fixable!!!! OSU plays Oregon 10 times they beat them 8 of 10. Dan Lanning is a cocky ass hole!! May be the best thing that happened to this team.
On a neutral field, we take it. That said there's lot to work on, most surprisingly our corners. Wide receivers also shockingly lost the battle on the edges with blocking and getting separation.
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25 yard change of field possession on a phantom call. Thats the game. We went from having the ball on the 19 with 30 seconds left to the 44 with 10 seconds left. Clock shouldn’t have been running. Add to that the complete botching of the quinshon fumble that led to 6 pts and the time traveling 15 yard facemask call that somehow made its way to the kickoff, allowing oregon to get an onside kick and get 3 more points. I don’t care that I sound whiny, just tired of getting fucked by officiating.
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I made it about halfway through the comments. Look, it sucks that we lost a game that was very winnable. But in typical spoiled fan manner (along with Georgia, Alabama, etc), one very close loss on the road to an excellent team means that every player sucks and our coaches couldn't identify their posteriors from openings in the dirt. How about we all take a deep breath and let the disappointment dissipate before we form our mob armed with pitchforks and torches.
To err is human. Really sucking requires having yellow stripes on your helmet.
This would be true if that's what happened after previous losses. Since 2020, we've lost virtually every big game that matters. Should be a hell of a lot of growth and learning happening.
It’s hilarious how some people think it’s impossible to ever lose a game. Bad tackling, penalties and some luck for Oregon got them the win. The no.3 team barely beat us. The pushing off on Smith was bs. Burke had a bad night. If Burke breaks up one of the passes he got beat on we win. We win out we replay them and we’ll win in a neutral site.
This website used to be better... Now it’s just a mob of fan boys
It’s hilarious how some people think it’s impossible to ever lose a game. Bad tackling, penalties and some luck for Oregon got them the win. The no.3 team barely beat us. The pushing off on Smith was bs. Burke had a bad night. If Burke breaks up one of the passes he got beat on we win. We win out we replay them and we’ll win in a neutral site.
This website used to be better... Now it’s just a mob of fan boys
We’ve been if, if, and if claiming to be the best program in history with 2 championships since 1968. LSU has more, Florida has more, Oklahoma has more.
Game lost in first half. As much as I like Denzel Burke, he was constantly getting burned and his play was responsible for 2 TD’s. Let’s move on. Hopefully, no more losses
1. I would have loved to win tonight
2. I disagree with some of the play calls, especially down the stretch
3. I don't think a 1 point loss to the #3 team on the road is the end of the world ... I think it's going to be real hard for any team to go undefeated this year, and if we can't go undefeated I'd rather lose now and get it over with and use it as a rallying cry to kick ass
4. I'm a season ticket holder at Penn State (because it's the easiest way to get Ohio State/Penn State tickets and also my husband is a PSU fan) and believe me, NO ONE chokes in big games more than James Franklin.
5. I have a hard time believing that any of the people complaining the loudest here have ever played a meaningful down of college football
6. Some of you are away too wrapped up in your identity as a football fan and have lost sight of the fact that this is a GAME played by COLLEGE KIDS. (As a parent of college kids, I'm sensitive to that. Come at me all you want .... But think of yourself at that age first and tell me how much better you were)
7. I'd rather be a Buckeye than cheer for TUN any day.
Take a deep breath, people. And hope the young men that we cheer for each Saturday ... And those we hope to cheer for in the future ... Don't read all the vitriol everyone is spewing over a 1 point loss.
For a year Knowles been playing to keep everything in front. Was trying to do that tonight but that took a significant failure over and over by Burke to blow that. Holy crap I know he doesn’t have normal corner speed that’s why he was not recruited highly but he having is drawers blown off. Then after gettung beat he lets a weak wr drag him for twenty yards to put an emphasis on his failure. That’s some historically bad play and I totally suggest a drug test after he returns
Can someone please explain why our secondary consistently gets burned. The first time is excusable. You fix it and move on. Knowles seems to have no idea how to use safeties when protecting a lead. It cost us a national championship against Georgia. I’m guessing Caleb Downs is wondering why he’s in Columbus.
also, at the end of the game, we were already in field goal range. Run it a couple of times, get it to the middle of the field and kick a field goal. Day did the same thing, also against Georgia, and the kicker hooked the ball left. Idiots!!
May have been a great coaching move by lanning bringing an extra defender onto the field at 10 seconds knowing that the rules allow the play to proceed and time run off. While also knowing that the 5 yard penalty does not get us into field goal range.
Tressel used to have an o lineman jump just before the snap while milking the clock to run extra seconds off at the end of games.
Bad defense. Lack of discipline across the team, mistakes, turnovers. Same old, same old we’ve seen too many times before. It all goes back to the coaching. It’s unbelievable to watch this, with all the unbelievable talent on this team
Fuck off. Kansas State lost to BYU by 29 and their QB currently has 53 yards passing in the 3rd quarter. Howard played well, just slid a half second too late.
Howard pissed his pants! He can’t throw even close to a deep ball. He consistently stares down receivers-should have thrown 2 more picks. He misses wide open receivers a lot. That’s will Howard’s reality
Stop ragging on Will Howard. He played a good game. Offense played good enough to win - remember the OL had 2 starters go down this game.
The biggest issue was the defense, particularly the DL not generating any pass rush all night and Burke getting roasted. There’s your areas of concern going forward. In addition to the the players, definitely having concerns about Knowles right now. He seems to be in a Don Brown zone - beat up on weaklings and fold against good teams.
Edge rushers are a joke. JT and sawyer combine for 5 total tackles? Where's Larry Johnson been the last few years?
Denzel Burke got smoked. I have no words, that was like watching his entire sophomore year. That was just hard to watch.
Ryan Day is overrated and this team was obviously built with money and it all comes down to hype. Caleb Downs is the real deal, the rest of the defense couldn't stop a slow nose bleed.
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Our coach simply doesn’t understand how simple football is. Most people in this form don’t understand it. If you win the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball, you win the game.
that’s why we lost all three Michigan games.
There’s a disconnect between the defensive coordinator and the defensive line coach.
I was there. Yes, #10 was taken to the woodshed. Yes, #18's lack of arm strength is real. Yes, tackling was, well, lacking. BUT...Otegon is damn good, their quarterback is a gamer, and their stadium energy shames The Shoe crowd twice its number...by so much that my hearing is totally shot. What a game!!! Our Bucks will be back.
Every time Day's team experience even a hint of misfortune and/or a setback he get this deer in the headlights look on the sidelines and it trickles down to the team..
Now while I feel like shouldn't be coach of tOSU due to the aforementioned I know tOSU isn't going to necessarily fire him, but Knowles needs to be shown the door after this season which absurdly will end in his defense getting torched yet again in the first or second round of the playoff "20 million dollar's" my ass
Next loss; Penn State. Followed by a 4th straight to TTUN. Hell, maybe even falling to Indiana, and Nebraska. All's not lost though; seven wins will earn the Buckeyes a bowl.
I was hopkng at the end, OSU would have been able to pull out the win, and still have tons to work on for the season going forward....Dammit Very dissappointing loss OSU is a very good team, but not elite that is for sure....
Will the Buckeyes even drop more than 2 spots in the rankings? They lost by 1 to a top 3 team in the final seconds. If Oregon is a top 3 team how is OSU not?
Per usual JT and Sawyer nowhere to be seen - trying to avoid injuries for the NFL ... so tired of hearing about JT - living life off of ONE game against Penn State (who cares)!!! Need more guys from NEW HAMPSHIRE coaching this team! Couldn't win with Stroud and Harrison and can't win with this lineup either! A COMPLETE FAILURE! Urban available???
This is by far the worst LB crew I've ever seen at OSU. They are the weak link. Tackling ? Burke & Styles looked like they were playing girls flag football. If Burke is going to be left on an island and eventually get roasted because no pressure, a coach might want to teach him to tackle. He will go undrafted after that showing. No Antoine Winfield. Did Sawyer have a single tackle. Talent in spades. Measurables in spades. Football players ? Coaching, terrible. Scheme on D, absolutely shite. We have no hitters and not a lot of football IQ on the field sans Downs He'll be in the portal after this year.
Don’t believe all the fake hype about this team. This team has a serious defense deficit disorder. Knowles has not made the Buckeyes a better defense. He’s made it a different defense with the same problems it has had for years. Can’t get off the field without giving up points and yardage. Knowles has shown some of the worst defensive schemes ever devised by a coordinator against dual threat quarterbacks. Buckeyes have to have the worst linebackers in college football regardless of division. You can shit in one hand and wish in the other but this team will not win a B1G Championship or a CFP Championship. Too weak on defense.
If you can’t make a fourth and one, you don't deserve to win.
What a game! I know some OSU “fans” will say some negative comments. But this is what it’s all about. A tough opponent, on the road; this team will grow from it and more importantly never forget the experience.
"If we worked half as hard as our band, we'd be champions" -Wayne Woodrow Hayes
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We will stomp their asses in a rematch
Oh yeah, with our godly defense that's physical and dominant. Yeah we're going to smash them the NEXT time we play them, can't wait.
"It's just a football game" - Kyle McCord
As long as Ryan Day is head coach, they're most likely not beating teams with similar talent. Just look at the numbers.
Time to move on to a new coach.
I'd say the verdict isn't out on that yet. He's under trial for sure. But I'd throw out the following
Bama in the covid bowl. Where we sat so many of
our players (starters) due to testing positive for covid while the SEC was less restrictive than the B10 (I don't blame them). And we lost Sermon on his first carry of the ball game.
Tcun and Stallions. If if a OSU fan actually doesn't take those 3 losses in account for what they are. Put on a shirt that says GO BL _ _ and curse your own name. Because you're not a fan.
I'll give us Clemson in 2020 loss. Those fgs cost us majorly.
And the home Oregon loss with the debacle at Def coordinator that year. Paaaainful.
And the GA loss with all the big plays. Similar to what we just saw vs Oregon. Costly
I'll fall on the sword months from now. But I ABSOLUTELY believe in this team feeding and fueling off this loss. I repeat - Many of Sabans championship teams took that tough loss and then played to their real potential. So did Urbans. I'M ALL IN
1-7 is "under trial" to you?? Moron
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"Its gonna be cold, its gonna be grey, and its going to last you the rest of your life!".
Not sure why you feel that way
roid rage
Michigan. lol.
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Never took em
And to answer the above
You'll find me criticizing the D throughout the live game comments. Knowles fails in the big games.
However we lost by 1. At Oregon. Onside kick in their favor. TOs in their favor. Waaaaaay more calls/penalties in their favor. Many of the calls were legit. But still the amount of calls were one sided. Jeremiah Smiths push off wasn't worthy of a call. They were both engaging in contact. I don't see Burke having that bad of game in a rematch whatsoever. They ran a lot of shenanigans. We've seen them.
Shout out to Michalski stepping it up and not being a liability.
So yeah
We'll stomp em out in a rematch
Thats my belief. But I'm an actual fan.
1 point loss? Why yes. I still believe.
“Still believing” and “We’ll stomp em out in a rematch” are two vastly different ideas.
I still believe we can win a national championship, but the whole “generational defense” talk can go right out the window. The whole “disciplined, veteran team” can go right out with it.
Losing this game was always going to suck, but the turnovers, the penalties, the clock management, not pulling Denzel when he was clearly reeling, are in combination absolutely unacceptable when evaluating Ryan Days performance tonight. We can have the best roster in the world, and we still might. However our head coach is simply not giving them a chance to win. Sad for the players really.
Kitties aren't supposed to smell like cigarettes, they're supposed to smell like kitties.
A real championship coach would have pulled Burke out of that game. If Knowles refused to do it - Day should have done his job and stepped in to make that call. Targeting Burke was obviously the Oregon game plan and after he got smoked 2 or 3 times they should have pulled him in favor of Mathews Jr.
Urban Meyer >Jim Harbaugh for ever and ever, Amen. 0
I was at the game. Here are a few observations.
1) We absolutely can and should have beat them, but it’ll likely never be a blowout this year.
2) Denzel Burke played like absolute dog shit and I love that kid. He was allowing the catches and then giving 5-10 extra yards trying to strip the ball instead of just tackling the bastard.
3) it was sooo fucking loud. Never been to a game that loud. That they were even getting snaps off is a feather in their cap.
4) This will likely be our new rivalry for years to come..
5).On a non-game note, these fans were some of the best sports I’ve ever been around. I had people rolling down their windows at me to say we have a hell of a team and we’ll see you again in a couple months. I don’t know if I would be that humble.
This is a great place to visit if you ever want to get out to a West Coast Big Ten game.
Fuck those cheating fucks.
I watched ESPN GameDay for the first time in a while, and I was shocked with how jacked their fans were at 6 a.m. (P.T.). I'll bet they rival the level of the PSU fans in Happy Valley.
I'm squeamishly optimistic.
I watched ESPN GameDay for the first time in a while, and I was shocked with how jacked their fans were at 6 a.m. (P.T.). I'll bet they rival the level of the PSU fans in Happy Valley.
I'm squeamishly optimistic.
Conservative play calling and decidedly one sided and horrendous officiating cost us this one. We should have easily smacked them down and Day played right into their hands with overthinking.
Also, if illegal formation happened prior to the play, why was the clock not reset to 10 seconds?
Go Bucks! TTUN tears are best!
We got a favorable call on the first drive
JTNYC
How so? Simultaneous possession favors the offense. Just like the quinshon play. Refs made the right call on the first drive, fucked up the judkins call
"Who do you think you are?!?!...I am!!" -Pete Weber, bowling legend and dominator of the English language
Because we never possessed it.
^^^ THIS ^^^
Michigan. lol.
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Both players had the ball on the ground during both plays. Defense didn’t have possession until the play was over.
"Who do you think you are?!?!...I am!!" -Pete Weber, bowling legend and dominator of the English language
Bro it was a pic. Our dude NEVER had the ball in his hands. They were gifted a TD
"Its gonna be cold, its gonna be grey, and its going to last you the rest of your life!".
If Burke didn’t get smoked on 3 plays we win. And we played the no.3 team in a razor sharp game at there house. A few missed tackles cost us the game.
This website used to be better... Now it’s just a mob of fan boys
Brilliant new defensive strategy that is apparently quite legal! If a team is winning with time running out in the 4th quarter, they can "accidentally" have 12 or more players on the field, stop the offense from getting into field goal range, and give them a 5 yard penalty while burning critical time off the clock. This could theoretically be done multiple times, with only a 5 yard penalty each time and ~5 seconds coming off the clock each time! Yay football rules!
Yes! I thought the same thing. Maybe you don't get caught and actually make the stop. Regardless, Day et al got out coached tonight.
I had the same thought, may as well put 15 guys out there
The clock was already stopped due to the incomplete pass. No extra time was burned.
sherrybb
4 seconds came off the clock during the play. Clock went from 10 to 6 seconds.
496 yds given up by our highly payed coaches (..and players)
Look, I’m 61, RYAN DAY IS THE “JONAH” of college football He’s a nice guy, but as the ship’s captain, he bears the responsibility for all of these losses vs the formidable opponents THIS IS JUST A TRAVESTY OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS! Expensive players & coaches , exposed and beaten on the big stage again & again & again & aga… do you see the trend ??? I wish this group the best, I LOVE THE BUCKEYES… I’d like to run the table on the remaining games….. yeah uh hum! Sure
THE JONAH, his million $ assistants these just decent EXPOSED AGAINST A GOOD TEAM defense, & and really it’s a TEAM LOSS!
IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT HAPPENS WITH A COACHING CHANGE!! Hear me!!!
RYAN DAY IS THE JINXED JONAH OF THE BIBLE!!
The proof is in ALL of these exposed performances against our highly ranked brethren over his tenure !
Seems like a nice guy, but as parliament told Neville Chamberlain, “ RESIGN MAM, STEP DOWN, MAKE WAY FOR NEW LEADERSHIP “
It just doesn’t matter how many patsy ‘W’s’ he piles up!! WE ARE NEVER HOISTING THE NATTY TROPHY UNDER HUS REGIME SADLY SO ….
post script > I hope I am proved a fool!!
I’m old & tired of this shit from my beloved BUCKEYES GEEZUS
Roostakog
I think you really need to consult a medical professional. Seriously, dude.
We are a loss away at PSU from no rematch and probably missing the playoffs.. Lets take care of Nebraska and go from there..
Go Bucks!!!
This is Ryan Day, not Urban Meyer, so I’m not worried about Penn State.
That was that strategy that Ryan Day, Chip Kelly, and Jim Knowles came up with. That was almost as bad as Missouri.
Self crowned Eleven Warriors humble-off champion.
That’s hilarious. Oregon was the better team who was better coached and made all of the big plays. Why in the world would you like Day could actually right the ship in a big game rematch?
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing." - Abraham Lincoln
33 downvotes is so embarrassing. Have a strong feeling these teams meet again and maybe even a third time.
We will stomp their assess. Run it back
Joel
Isn't it? I'm so glad we're not drinking the low self esteem they are. And what I didn't say is... The early loss does a team good. Especially by only 1 at theri place. Saban won so many of his championships off of those one loss alarm clocks. We won our last natty with the same wake up call. Our O Line looked terrible in that VaTech loss. They could drop a million down votes. Some of them are just emotuonal right now. Most just have low self esteem. On a neutral site rematch we beat them by 17 plus.
So frustrated with our D
JTNYC
We couldn’t beat them without there top d player and recover.
Doug
We lost our starting LT. Lost our starting RG for a half. That homegrown definitely influenced the outcome. Just ask yourself - Would this team have lost thst night if it were at OSU? Chances are. No. Either way. It's a 1 point loss on the road with lopsided calls.
Believe my man. Believe.
Way too many brain farts.
First and goal at the five and Arch is getting the ball.
It could be worse. Michigan collects the third loss in Champaign this coming Saturday.
Self crowned Eleven Warriors humble-off champion.
Not a championship team, period.
Our defense isn’t what we thought it would be
bobbyd
1,000%
JTNYC
Denzel burke looked like shit tonight... poor tackling, bad reads, got burned a bunch... I'm hoping this isn't indicative of something
The truth is in the details...
Not an NFL corner as advertised. He tackles like Deon Sanders tho. Not very well.
Their WRs were just faster than him. We adjusted with help in the 2nd half.. the bigger issue was he was just getting pushed around. That doesn't bode well for any team we play with physical WRs..
Go Bucks!!
Agreed - I was worried the whole game that he's hurt. Trying his best to push through and be there for the team, but definitely a step below what we've come to expect from him. I just hope he's alright
Anywhere you go in the world, you can always count on the O-H-I-O
I thought our defense was supposed to have dudes. Did Jack Sawyer even play tonight? He did absolutely fu^*all.
OSUCOM 2008 Graduate. Go Bucks!
Agreed….and JTT is not good, he will have the occasional flash but doesn’t set the edge, ggets no pressure, etc….Curry is a better option. Sawyer showed nothing either, no bull rush or hands whatsoever….we need some dudes on that line!
"I don't want to be around average, why be around average!" -UFM
Sawyer is a disappointment. Great recruiter but doesn’t play up to his hype. Same for JTT. I remember all the hype and booms when we finally got his commitment. Except for 1 or 2 sports center plays he’s had an unremarkable career. Curry needs half of their time.
I know we’re all doom and gloom right not but honestly I didn’t see anything that changes my championship goals.
We lost by 1 on the road to the the soon-to-be #1 team, even with a bunch of dumb mistakes. We mostly played well and sufffered a bunch of bad injuries that you can’t really plan for.
Sucks that we lost but regroup during the bye, play pissed off, and there’s no reason we can’t still win the conference (and be well positioned in the playoffs)
The biggest loss of the night to our long term championship aspirations was Simmons likely being out for the year.
I'm not a fan and never was of Simmons.
Jordan Parker
Oregon will elevate to #2, Texas will stay at #1 due to a dominant beat down of Oklahoma.
White Bull
Really pathetic how Ryan Day can't prepare a team for big games.
Mental mistakes, penalties, turnovers, time management.
At some point you have to look in the mirror.
“In the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught.” ~ Baba Dioum
This is what I'm most disappointed about. Oregon is really good. No shame in giving up big plays to a talented team. But the numerous mental mistakes really says volumes. Just not ready for prime time. So tired of all the excuses from Day. Can't believe I fell for all the hype AGAIN. Until we start winning more physical match-ups at the LOS, this will be the result. What a bummer.. Thought we had it fixed. Nope. OSU is now the bitch in physical matchups. Just sickening that we aren't at least the more physical disciplined team.
"Everyone has a plan, 'til they get punched in the mouth."
I mean at a certain point you have to WIN one of these big games. Yeah, you can argue last year's Penn State game was a big win, but they ended up with 3 losses. You can't lose all of them, you just can't "Next time" is starting to ring very hollow.
Yes. At what point do we say that Day’s a terrific human but not the caliber of head coach that we, and the young men who made a commitment to this program, deserve?
Bullshit
Wish Knowles had blitzed more throughout the game.
I honestly believe he’s being neutered by Day. Go look at Knowles defenses at Oklahoma State. They were constantly bringing pressure from different areas. This is not his typical defense.
I was ready to move in from Day after the second um loss. This will poetically be the year if he doesn't get it done. Too much talent and money to play so soft.
It's Larry Johnson and his 4 man fronts. It's not what Knowles does. The hiring of Knowles was the square peg in a round hole with LJ. The 2 simply don't mesh
Fraudbaugh
Incredibly disappointing how uncreative the defense was tonight in addition to the shitty tackling.
Every living OSU fan has a winning record against TTUN.
Wow, Will Howard, WOW.
Ryan Day, at 0-2, is the only OSU coach to lose to Oregon. EVER.
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing." - Abraham Lincoln
Will Howard played really well. That last play sucked but that was a really tough spot.
Only one way to find out
He did not play well.
The narrative surrounding Howard was that he would come in and be an ice cold game manager that gave the offense the highest floor, and the most consistent chance to execute. He was never going to be CJ Stroud, and that was ok.
However, if you’re going to lack the physical tools to throw a ball over 40 yards, you need to have some intangibles that stand out - to be the QB at OSU. JTs toughness, Craig Krenzel’s clutch factor, etc.
We had a 3rd down, on schedule, in the 4th quarter with a chance to march down and “leave no doubt.” Conversely, not converting meant giving Oregon the ball with great field position. Our veteran, savvy, confident, big-game quarterback dropped the damn snap and lost us 12 yards.
I’m sorry, but that’s all I needed to see. When a player has a good mental makeup, he doesn’t drop the ball on one of three most meaningful snaps of the game. I know, he distributed the ball well and made the throws he is supposed to make for most of the game. He didn’t make any massive mistakes, and that’s fantastic.
He didn’t make any big plays on his own, he didn’t put the team on his back, he didn’t take over game in anyway (certainly not like Gabriel did), and I’m here to say - THAT’S ALL OK. But if you’re going to play quarterback at OSU, and you’re not able to do any of those things - YOU CANT DROP A SNAP IN THE 4TH QUARTER OF A CLOSE GAME.
He took the ball out of his teammate’s hands, a team that he is by far the least athletic skill player on. We’re delaying Sayin’s development to avoid the growing pains, and we just got growing pains from the lower ceiling “safe” option. If we’re going to have a QB that makes mental errors every game, at least put in the one with the higher ceiling and more time to develop.
I’m totally ok with the Howard era being over. No hard feelings, seems like a great kid, and I’m sure he doesn’t care what I think.
Kitties aren't supposed to smell like cigarettes, they're supposed to smell like kitties.
Good god I’m not sure your IQ would even register
Over 80% completion percentage, over 300 yards, 2 passing TDs, 1 rushing TD and ZERO turnovers. Not sure what you’re expecting. Howard was not the issue in this game. If you watched that game and thought Howard was the reason we lost, you weren’t paying attention.
And when we win the game, we'll buy a keg of booze!
And we'll drink to old Ohio 'til we wobble in our shoes!
Ohio, Ohio!
We'll win the game or know the reason why!
Knowles is a fuckin fraud
Fraudbaugh
He not aggressive with blitzing. He seems to get bend and not break.
Where was the bend!? All i saw was the break..
Agreed
jlohmeye
I don't know. LJ still has carte blanche of the defensive line and he does NOTHING creative to create pressure. It's always hat on hat. And it's more than just Knowles who is responsible for our lack of quality linebackers.
Oregon is just able to throw enough pass catchers at us that you can't hide anyone...
I thought we were much better in the 2nd half after some adjustments.. but again, you can't hide Styles or Hancock against a team like that, and they took advantage...
Most disappointing thing to me was how they man-handled our DBs at the line, just blocked them out of every play.. we've had such physical corners for so long its just weird to see these dudes get pushed around so much..
Last point.. it's not coaching.. I have NO CLUE what the disconnect seems to be with these guys who 6 games in just refuse to do their jobs.. all season long we see people slip out of the backfield and lick clockwork no one picks them up.... I dont get it.. they aren't teaching that..
Go Bucks!!!
So is Day.
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing." - Abraham Lincoln
Defense is horrible and Ryan Day chokes in big games. He has no time management skills.
BuckeyeYankee
We’ve solidly earned our reputation. NO ONE respects our team. ALL hype.
Burke and the penalties cost us the game. We should never lose when our opponent makes as many special teams mistakes as the Ducks made. They left points on the board which we did not capitalize on.
I don’t think our defense is horrible but I don’t think it’s championship caliber either. Championship caliber defenses are aggressive. They don’t sit back and react. Maybe I’m wrong but I’m betting our defensive line coach doesn’t want to play that way either
bobbyd
Great game. Unfortunately mistakes cost us a W.
This is true. Penalties, turnovers, and a weird kickoff doomed OSU tonight.
The Velvet Frog
This seems to always be how it is. Everyone puckers up like a lemon head in big games and makes HUGE mistakes. We can’t let them dive in and take the football from our RB in our territory. That was literally the difference. Also the insides kick. Our special teams continues to be less than special. I had a bad feeling once that 15 yards was applied to the kickoff that something was going to go awry and it did. Just gotta play loose in big games and not make so many damn mistakes. On a neutral field, OSU woulda smacked that ass.
I’m super disappointed we lost but I’ll stick up for the two things you just mentioned:
1) The Q fumble was just kinda weird. He was in the backfield so fast I agree with the broadcasters that he didn’t even expect him and took the ball on a great play. Hat tip to the defender
2) The “onsides kick” was the weirdest, flukiest play I’ve seen in like 30+ years watching football. My guy got a football unexpecteddtly kicked a football kicked full speed into his chest from 10 yards away and you’re mad he didn’t catch it immediately and fall over? That kinda weird shit just happens sometimes, its not anyone’s fault.
They were kicking from midfield after the face mask. If you look at the all 22 we only had 2 dudes in the middle of the field, and everyone but the guy who got hit by the ball was bailing at the start.
Inexcusable we didn't at least have a kickoff safe coverage, based on where they were kicking from..
Go Bucks!!!
I agree, why wouldn't you onside kick in that spot?
Smithtoginn_1
Ryan Day is a checker playing turd.
Chip Kelly gets a FUCKING F those last two drives... Zero clue what was happening on the field and are you fucking kidding me. 10 seconds and a timeout and the middle of the field open and he calls a 20 yard out... brain dead...
Great game... hopefully we get a rematch..
Go Bucks!!!
Let’s not forget how he decided to go 5 wide on a first down on the second drive of the game. Did you think you were playing chess, Chip? Because checkers would’ve worked great right there and Judkins fumbled the next play. This loss is on Chip, Knowles and Denzel hands down.
I didn’t mind Kelly’s play calling on the last drive. As a Bengals fan and watching them lose to the Ravens last week, you can’t get too conservative and settle for a long field goal.
He was calling long developing pass routes with little time and a makeshift offensive line, when we were already in makable FG range.. and we still had a time out..
Kelly abandoned the run, and they couldn't cover Gee Scott all game long.. the middle of the field was wide open and we are forcing the ball towards the goal line to Smith..
Take the 10 yards and make it a chip shot...
Go Bucks!!!!
Cincy fan too. Have we ever seen Ryan Day and Zac Taylor in the same room. They are the same person.
Ohio Against The World
I thought Chip had innovative formations, misdirection, great rushing attacks, Day clearly forced his play sheet on him - inside boring runs to the boundary and three pass plays: curl, 3-yd out, and WR screen that we have not blocked since Urban.
jlohmeye
Chip Kelly and the offensive playcalling were the only thing that was good in this game. If you came out of that game thinking, man our offense sucks, I’m not sure what you are watching. Defense is the issue.
TBDBFIT
Where did I say the offense sucks.. I said the final two drives I grade him an F.
15 straight pass plays to end the game and final two drives we scored 3 points..
He seemed oblivious to the fact out WRs were sucking wind, kept pushing towards the end zone in one point game. Got straight up lost and didn't realize that after the OPI the clock started and just let the clock bleed forever with a slow play call..
He abandoned EVERYTHING that got him to that point to win the game with a FG, no running plays, no pass plays to Gee Scott ( who they couldn't guard the whole night)..
As good as he was for most of the game, he was just as bad at the end.
Go Bucks!!!
That last drive at least was mostly Howard not managing the game well. I’m sure Kelly was trying to communicate with him but Howard had really bad clock management. And we got screwed on that PI call
TBDBFIT
Honestly they played pretty well, there’s not a ton of shame losing to the #3 (soon to be #1 I’m guessing) team. Howard made a dumb mistake at the end but still had a good game overall.
Denzel Burke got absolutely cooked all game though. They should have sat him.
Hope Simmons is ok, but realistically I know he’s out.
Beauty of a 12 team playoff. We'll get a rematch and I like our chances. Hopefully this loss makes them hungrier and exposes things they need to work on.
Not sure what to think about Burke. Just such an uncharacteristic game from him.
Bad day at the office.
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The one thing it cannot be is moderately important. — C. S. Lewis
Ohio Stadium may host a playoff game now. A rematch with Oregon in the Big Ten Championship game is no guarantee.
I'm guessing Burke is hurt. He played like he did in his sophomore season.
Smithtoginn_1
They have to be starving at this point
There is no harmony in this rivalry's refrain
Most reasonable take. Made enough plays to win but the defense, especially the secondary, was awful in coverage and even run support. I was shocked at how bad Burke and Ransom were. Simon played better in the 2nd half, but he was bad in the 1st half. Sawyer was nowhere to be found. I thought for sure Knowles would unload the playbook tonight, and I feel like it was still way too vanilla. Why the fuck are we paying this guy?? Almost no creativity on 3rd down even though the 3rd down numbers look decent.
Michalski came in and battled his ass off, but too many unforced errors by the O line overall despite the fact that they moved the ball well. Everyone will focus on the last play, but Howard/Day were most disappointing with letting so much time off the clock after the bullshit PI call (a call NEVER MADE). The Oregon D was reeling and were blitzing almost every down. Screen pass to either of our backs??? Howard played really well otherwise. Sucks his performance is likely going to be remembered for those last few plays.
Day cannot let this game beat us twice. Get better this week.
Every living OSU fan has a winning record against TTUN.
The time off the clock was Michalski and Jackson screwing around getting set.
Jordan Parker
They’re not moving Oregon ahead of the SEC’s only undefeated team, but you’re right: there’s no shame in losing by 1 to the no 3 team in the country. Problem is - Ryan Day ALWAYS loses these games.
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing." - Abraham Lincoln
I mean you can't lose all of them. This feels like the pre Tressel days where we won like one big game a decade.
Stock down: Pass defense and Burke’s 1st round aspirations
I’ll take a 1 point loss on the road to a top 5 team over a loss to an unranked team.
Hoping this team can get healthy and pull it together
"In weightlifting, I don't think sudden, uncontrolled urination should automatically disqualify you."
-Jack Handey
Agreed…..Burke lost some good money tonight
Hickory,NC Buckeye......."Because I couldn't go for three!"
A lot of money
bobbyd
He looked like a complete bum. Are we sure he is not 37 years old or something, dude has no speed.
He's not an NFL corner. He never has been. I've said he was overrated the entire time he's been here and obviously the Oregon coaches saw that as well when they watched the film. Their whole game plan was to target Burke
Urban Meyer >Jim Harbaugh for ever and ever, Amen. 0
That pass interference call on the final drive was fucking bullshit.
And no offensive holding calls on Oregon. Allllllll night loooooooong.
Agreed -- Oregon had 3 penalties for 25 yards, one of which was the guy spitting in Igbinosun's face and getting ejected and another that burned the clock with 10 seconds left in the game... There was a lot of home cooking in that mediocre 60k stadium that pumps in extra noise all game.
Serious. They were both using their hands, JJ was stronger.
Hmm
Pretty normal contact at the top of the route and the Oregon dB lost his balance. Technically a penalty, probably. Worthy of giving a 15 yard penalty that puts us out of game winning field goal range, probably not.
I didn't have a problem with it, in real time. Hand checking and then Smith wanted separation and is just a lot stronger than the DB and flattened him..
Bigger issue is why not just run the ball.. we were already in FG range and had a timeout with 28 seconds left. Why did Kelly keep trying to push it towards the goal line?
Go Bucks!!!
Because if we run the ball for no gain and miss a 45 yd FG, what do you think everyone would say then?
We were carving em up passing at the point, the decision to pass was not an issue. Just a really bad break with the OPI call, which instead of a 10 yd gain was a 15 yd loss. Massive massive swing, and based on the one brief replay we got, a very tricky tacky call in that situation. Game changing call.
"Bigger issue is why not just run the ball.. we were already in FG range and had a timeout with 28 seconds left. Why did Kelly keep trying to push it towards the goal line?"
One of the big money decisions. Day and all of us have bad memories of kicking a FG down 1, but I was hoping to see a run there as well. However I think Oregon blitzed the A gap on that play, so probably wouldn't have worked, but I could be wrong. Day may have asked Chip to be aggressive. We were great until the ticky tack PI call.
Every living OSU fan has a winning record against TTUN.
30 yard field goal attempts have a much higher success rate than 50 yard field goal attempts. Wasn't the miss against Georgia 47 yard attempt?
Smithtoginn_1
When were we ever in position to try a 30 yd FG? So we made it to the 13 yard line and I missed it????
Every living OSU fan has a winning record against TTUN.
If OPI isn't called, we had the ball at the 18, clock stopped for a first down and 27 seconds to play. So clearly the strategy was at least to get in there.
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No that's why you pass instead centering the ball and using a time out and set up for a 46yarder.
Smithtoginn_1
Howard's a moron......I mean WTF....
If you want to blame that loss on one player, blame Denzel. Not Howard. 31 pts should be enough for victory.
I'm squeamishly optimistic.
Howard was just trying to make something happen on the last play. That 4 second penalty for too many men on the field was bs. Reminded me of watching the end of a damn Chiefs game tbh (but sadly in reverse).
“We've always had the best damn band in the land; now we got the best damn TEAM in the land” -Jim Tressel
I saw the pee running down Howard’s leg in that last minute. We finally played an overall great team and we showed who we are
Right, I thought the same... Shouldn't that be a dead ball penalty and preserve clock? Seems like a rule issue/loophole if not.
The whole played a role in this loss. Howard was just the last one to mess up. Not the end of the season, on to Corn.
I dispute that it was entirely Howard's fault. Was anyone even trying to call a timeout? Day should've been standing by a ref calling time out before the play was over or any buckeye in the field. It would at least went to replay to see when Howard's knee actually touched or possibly an angle that shows his shin touching before the knee.
Smithtoginn_1
He played s pretty solid game. Shouldn’t have been in that spot. Knowles and Johnson need shown the door. The defense didn’t make a play the entire game. FAIL
Agreed. Did our defense get a single fuking sack? If we did, I don't remember it.
I'm squeamishly optimistic.
I think we had a pressure where Gabriel had to tuck it and only gained a yard, so that is almost a sack, but other than that, nothing. That first long TD, we may as well have dropped all 11 guys into coverage based on the pressure we got.
What in the actual fuck did I just watch?!?
Defense let the team down tonight. Just do t have a good D against good teams.
Two goal line stands is something they can build on. The explosives were the dagger really. If you eliminate a couple of those then it looks very different.
And most of them where on burke... /smdh
The truth is in the details...
Most fans think the D is good, just not good enough or where it should be given the talent. I can't remember the last time they came through in a matchup game against a legit offense.
Every living OSU fan has a winning record against TTUN.
So we're back to the 2022 season it sounds like
There is no harmony in this rivalry's refrain
Woof
There's no points for second place.
Same shit from Day, different year. What's his excuse this year? He needs to find a new water bottle lady so he can focus more on HC duties?
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” - Will Rogers
Agreed. Downvote away but he’s not the guy.
Onay, for all your people who want Day - The man with the Highest winning percentage among all active college football coaches - for everyone who wants him fired — Who do you get to replace him?
Don’t be stupid. Do you want to be Nebraska for the next 20 years? They fired coaches who were routinely 9-3 and Ended up in the cellar for two decades.
Let’s have some Perspective, please.
Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and, if true, is of infinite importance.
The one thing it cannot be is moderately important. — C. S. Lewis
Whats his winning percentage against TCUN? Against top 5 teams? When it matters.
Well he’s 1-0 against Michigan … 2-0 if you count the Covid game they dodged
Job security should be based on meeting expectations and performance. Not “oh we MIGHT not be able to do better”. It really is the stupidest defense of Ryan Day.
There’s never going to be 100% certainty. So Day should just keep his job as long as he keeps piling up wins against mediocre teams, loses in big games against top teams, .500 vs TTUN (at best), underperforming recruiting classes, zero nattys?
This is THE Ohio State Buckeyes. Expectations are sky high. I’m sure this is communicated to every coaching hire. If coaches aren’t going to be held accountable for meeting those expectations then the only thing left is to lower expectations. Might as well be Iowa then.
Apparently Ryan Day built the entire football program from scratch. Ohio State was nothing before his arrival. The entire world knew who he was before he got here, so it would be foolish to believe Ohio State could hire a great coach who wasn't a household name and be as successful or better. OSU could never.
Apparently Ohio State Football is identical to Nebraska Football, without the coach firings.
No italics needed
There is no harmony in this rivalry's refrain
Day against any good team (absent one game against Clemson) is Cooper every year against UM.
jlohmeye
I used to be very protective when people criticize our coach. Too many years with too few great results.
Luckily it’s a 12 team playoff so this game doesn’t matter at all lol
It matters…..byes matter, seeding matters, playing one less game matters, etc
"I don't want to be around average, why be around average!" -UFM
1. Byes don’t matter. Teams that get a bye still play the same amount of games as teams that don’t get a bye. They just play in the conference title games instead of hosting a playoff game in the middle of December
2. Seeding doesn’t matter unless you care what jersey they wear for their neutral site dome game.
The four highest-ranked conference champions will be seeded 1-4 and each will receive a first-round bye.…how does that not count!?
"I don't want to be around average, why be around average!" -UFM
Lucky for us we have the other 2 undefeated b10 teams on the schedule. I don't know all the tie breakers, but as long as Oregon and the bucks win out there will be a rematch in the b10 championship. Making last night's game irrelevant.
Smithtoginn_1
Explain that one to me a little more please. Point #1 that byes don't matter and they play the same amount of games. Let's throw a hypothetical in there - Oregon and OSU meet in the Big 10 Champ game. OSU wins and gets a bye, Oregon loses and does not. They have to play a first round game and OSU doesn't. How do they play the same amount of games?
Anywhere you go in the world, you can always count on the O-H-I-O
Correct. Biggest disadvantage are the teams that lose their conference championship game but make the playoffs.. but that just gets back to my first point that Saturday’s game doesn’t matter in the grand scheme.
Really all that matters is that you win your conference championship game and if you don’t make it altogether, it’s not the end of the world
I got nothing. Oregon is a good team. Fine. But we are so consistently underprepared and make so many stupid mistakes in EVERY BIG GAME. Ryan Days deserves all the criticism he gets and the Jim Knowles honeymoon is OVER.
We can't stop here; this is bat country...
We’ve won two national championships since 68. Both times we were underdogs. I’ve been watching this shit for over 60 years. Get in line. No cutting
bobbyd
I'm old too, and it seems we can only win it all when we're dogs.
I'm squeamishly optimistic.
Yep. We've always been shitty national front runners.
Every living OSU fan has a winning record against TTUN.
Exactly before playing Miami I was just hoping we didn't get embarrassed. And bama in the semi finals (with our 3rd string QB) that championship may not happen without the Virginia tech loss.
Smithtoginn_1
But Jim Knowles went to Cornel
Michigan. lol.
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Loser of this game still goes to the playoffs
^ best post ever ^
This team has at least another loss in them, so they probably won’t make the playoffs. Typical Ryan Day bullshit.
Other than the PSU game, what game will be within 2 scores?
Oregon has a top 3 roster and were at home. They have 1 home loss in their last 33 games. Not to mention they have elite coaches… yet we were still one OPI away from winning.
Keep it in perspective
"The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish" - Charlie Chaplin
Nebraska and Indiana will be no cakewalks, but, they’re at least in Columbus. Both of those teams have decided coaching advantages over us, though.
Ryan Day is at the helm, so any team in the top 25 and That Team have a really good shot at beating them.
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing." - Abraham Lincoln
Agreed!
Where can I order some of that for my favorite football program?
There is no harmony in this rivalry's refrain
What about if we lose to Penn state
Doug
They’re still in. Probably even hosting a playoff game at home
"The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish" - Charlie Chaplin
Howard. Fuck
Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory lasts forever. -Falco
the jim knowles era can end. the softest defense that plays so passively. great when you have a huge talent advantage, otherwise its awful
GO BUCKS
Spot on.
It’s quite ironic. We play soft, and still get beat deep.
Yeah, I mean, how many times do we need to see a Knowles defense perform like thus, yet keep anointing him as some guru. I we sure he isn't Kerry Coombs wearing one of those mission impossible masks?
Softest defense in a while, I've been saying it for weeks and no one wants to listen. They can't get sacks, can't win one on ones, can't force turnovers. Larry Johnson and Jim Knowles have to go, they're both overrated and well past their prime. Jim Knowles defense in these top 5 matchups is HORRENDOUS. There's no point in celebrating beating up on nobodies when you consistently fail to win the big ones.
"It's just a football game" - Kyle McCord
Chris Sims even called out the terrible cover 0 package that allowed the ducks last td of the first half.
“We've always had the best damn band in the land; now we got the best damn TEAM in the land” -Jim Tressel
They were forcing TOs until tonight, but yeah it's become comical at this point how often we get pushed around against good teams going all the way back to 2018. That year's D and 2021 were bigger overall trainwrecks but now the 2024 D falls into a category that has become far too familiar. Look great against over matched teams, disappear when they're absolutely needed the most. It's absolutely wild. For decades it was automatic that the Silver Bullets would win games by themselves. I know the game has changed, but the standard shouldn't.
Every living OSU fan has a winning record against TTUN.
We win without that bs O PI call on the last drive when the refs let the WR and DBs play all game.
“We've always had the best damn band in the land; now we got the best damn TEAM in the land” -Jim Tressel
All game the DBs were pushing JJ, to make that call and influence the game isn’t right.
Unfortunately, we have to be able to win beyond the margin of referee... we have seen this too many times in the past.
The truth is in the details...
Agreed. Let the players decide the game. If you want to call penalties, maybe start when OSU D-lineman are tackled
We also win with a field goal that should have been allowed to happen. I’ve got a picture of Howard clearly down and a player calling a TO with 1 second on the clock. Why was that not reviewed?!
Or run the ball to the center twice, call a time out and kick it?
"Conversely, Urban Meyer and his players are an unstoppable army of football automatons that feel no emotion and win in any and every setting."
Then he shanks it and people are pissed that they weren’t playing for 6. It’s a no win.
"The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish" - Charlie Chaplin
I wasn’t on the hot seat for day bus but now I’m starting to get there. Another big game and we lose again because our offense sputters at the end and the defense can’t get a stop to save their lives. Over this stupid shit that is a different year but same old same old
Ryan Day must GO! Ryan Day must GO!
Only Ryan Day can take the talent he has had over the last 5 years and blow it like this,,,,,losing by mis-management ...doesnt know the clock is running...QB burns the whole clock running around...this is ROOKIE SHIT!
To be the Man..... You Have to Beat the Man!
You,,,,can….go…..too!!!!!!
Not worth talking like that after a loss on the road to the #3 team - need to find a pass rush and quick
JTNYC
This loss was on our "soft" defense. Yes, I said it. Coach Knowles is not much better than coach Coombs.
I'm squeamishly optimistic.
That pass interference, Just let them play. 15 yards out of field goal range. That call basically ended the game. Would of been an easy kick.
28 seconds and a timeout and already in FG range.. just run the fucking ball.... Kelly straight up abandoned the run...
Go Bucks!!!
I told my son the same thing. Run to set up the FG, spike the ball, and take a shot over the middle before calling a TO.
The Velvet Frog
Why would you run it, then spike it, THEN take a shot? That's completely illogical. Passing on 1st down when you have time, plus three extra downs, is the correct call. Not Day's fault Smith pushed off.
R.I.P. Simba
That would have been a long field goal for a college kicker, Chip’s play calling wasn’t the problem. You have great wide receivers; there is nothing wrong with trying to get more yards to make the field goal easier. They just unfortunately got called for pass interference.
The problem isn't with Day, Knowles or Howard. It's Marotti. And before you jump out of your shorts, Marotti is no speed coach. He's a loud mouthed out of shape high school gym coach. He's brings nothing to the table with respect to speed.
Oregon ran ALL AROUND US ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL.
Shameful.
Michigan. lol.
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Oregon has Dogs and Cats.
We just have dogs.
Michigan. lol.
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LOL.... this might be the most idiotic thing I've heard in a while and there are lots of idiots in this world.
It's not your fault.
Michigan. lol.
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OMG. You can't see it now, but I'm rolling my fuking eyes. Seriously? Don't stop at Marotti. I think the water boy deserves some blame, as well. And the equipment driver. And Brutus Buckeye and the cheerleaders really need to get their shit together. And Mrs. Day deserves some blame too. If they all would have done a better job...
I'm squeamishly optimistic.
Can someone explain how 12 men penalty runs 4 seconds off the clock?
Clock starts in that situation since the penalty was on the offense.
He's talking about the play after that. The penalty was on the defense for illegal substitution before the play. 4 seconds gone forever.
It was on the D. I agree, how can the defense benefit from committing a penalty?
Hmm
It was on the defense.
Go Bucks! TTUN tears are best!
Agreed!
“We've always had the best damn band in the land; now we got the best damn TEAM in the land” -Jim Tressel
That's my question as well!!!
Holy Buckeye!
It’s not a pre snap penalty
I think Howard thought he had 10 seconds, not 6. His run would have been a game saver. We would have had a second or two for fg try.
Holy Buckeye!
That’s honestly an indictment on the coaches who are paid millions of dollars.
For f****s sake bring an intern with you to shout “CLOCK IS RUNNING” every time it starts.
They put the 4 seconds back on the clock.
I'm squeamishly optimistic.
No they didn't we had 10 seconds 4 seconds got ran off and started with 6 seconds
Yeah Will Howard made costly mistakes at the end. But hopefully no one whitewashes that performance by the defense. Knowles gets paid too much and has too much talent to work with to let that happen.
AKA the Horseshoe, the Shoe, and the House That Harley Built
12 rushes for 19 yards in the second half isn't going to get it.
Jim Knowles defense being outclassed in a big game continues.
OSU not being able to win a big game with the offense late in a big game continues.
Ryan Day now has lost 7 times in top 5 matchups. He just cannot get his teams ready for the moment.
I guess OSU falls to about 5th with PSU being the game that most likely determines who Oregon will play in the Big 10.
That was a winnable game that OSU pissed away.
Stay gold, Ponyboy.
Yes on all points... this is our team under Ryan Day for better or for worse. Good enough to keep him around. Not good enough to win the games that matter. Period the end.
That's also the definition of Cooper.
All I see are facts in this comment. I'll add:
OSU ypc: 4.3
Oregon ypc: 5.0
A theme under Ryan Day in big games. This is how you get fired.
Every living OSU fan has a winning record against TTUN.
All I see in the comments is a lot of overreaction
There’s no shame in losing by 1 on the road against the #3 team. Just wish we could be on the other end of this more often. Between Clemson, Georgia, TTUN last year, and now this, it seems like Ryan just can’t get over the hump against top 5 teams.
Refs will ALWAYS decide close games. Always. Just wish as a Bengals and OSU fan that I could be on the right side of the ref's decisions every once in a while.
Fucking bullshit.
They could have just run the ball and kick the field goal but the offensive pass interference.
We are not who we thought we were.. Defense was atrocious and cost us this game. Burke was bad. Pass rush was bad. Secondary was bad. Didn’t deserve to win with this defensive performance
"Ice! It's in my veins!" - D'Angelo Russell
1. They had 19 yards rushing in the 2nd half. Keep throwing it was the right call. Smith just pushed off.
2. We bitch about Day being too conservative and settling for a 50 yarder against Georgia. Howard was carving them up on the final drive and our receivers are the best in the nation.
R.I.P. Simba
I agree with this. I’d rather we be aggressive than do nothing and miss a field goal. Just didn’t have luck on our side - once again.
Edit: nvm
It wasnt a bad playcall. At that point it was a 45 yard field goal - youd like to get 5-10 more yards and we’d been moving the ball through the air. JJ was in man coverage so it made sense to go him in a one on one situation. The OPI was rather unpredictable and unfortunate.
Poorly played game. Non stop penalties. No pass rush. Turnovers the first half. Ugly.
Gregory
I don't blame Howard at the end there. Impossible spot, probably needed 11 yards in 6 seconds. The bigger issue was the wasted time after the OPI on Jeremiah.
Michigan Cheated
I could be wrong, but Kelly was SUPER slow getting the play in.. I wonder if maybe he had his NFL brain on.. otherwise I don't get it, he had to know the clock was going to start on the signal, and we just let it run forever before the snap..
Go Bucks!!!
That’s on Day/Kelly. Just call a TO, and if the college kicker misses a 49 yard FG we live with it
Dude this is 11 Warriors. No way anybody here "lives with" a missed 49 yard FG, myself included.
AKA the Horseshoe, the Shoe, and the House That Harley Built
That was the Georgia playoff game part two. Corners sucked. Those last 30 seconds leave me speechless. Clock managed our way into a loss. WTH?!
And of course next week's a bye week. Gonna be a long two weeks.
BuckAttitude
Correction: Improvement week.
Michigan. lol.
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The last one went well, lol
We can't stop here; this is bat country...
Don't even blame Will Howard. That loss was on Knowles and the defense. Denzel Burke got burned so many times I lost count. No pressure on the QB whatsoever. 31 pts should be enough for a victory.
I'm squeamishly optimistic.
JTT had multiple pressures and Curry had a TFL that I can think of off the top of my head. Dont think Sawyer had his name called if you’re looking to direct blame tho
JTT also lost contain pretty badly on the last Oregon drive, letting Gabriel gallop in for the TD
That loss was on Knowles and the defense. Denzel Burke got burned so many times I lost count. No pressure on the QB whatsoever. 31 pts should be enough for a victory.
I'm squeamishly optimistic.
BIA (that term needs to go away) played poorly in all phases, but the game was won, imo, by Oregon's offensive line.
If it means blasted in the ass, spot on.
If not now, when?
lol
Michigan. lol.
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Yes, we lost, but on the bright side, at least Day can take that TO in to the bye week.
Horrible clock management. Giving Frames a run for his money.
My love for Ohio State, is only surpassed by mine hatred for _ichigan
That's pretty kewl TOs can carry over!
I'm squeamishly optimistic.
Bucks will finish with three losses and no championships. Next loss BIG championship. Will squeeze in cfp and lose first round. Our defense cannot compete with teams that have equal talent. Sawyer and LBs noneexistent in the game. Burke exposed and burned.
CBus love
Note to team managers. Add "Bring the pass rush" to the freakin travel game check list.
Time to move on from Knowles. Chokes in big games.
That's a loss I can live with in this new era of Cfball
But.... Defense/Knowles/Burke = Yikes!
As unfortunately expected until proven otherwise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6C_nyZLQR8
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
They just need another 13 million in NIL. That will fix it
We don't need that much.. a championship caliber linebacker changes everything on that defense.. Maybe Styles gets there but he so far in over his head right now. Oregon just worked him that final drive..
Go Bucks!!!
Silver linings:
In a 12 team playoff this loss means very little
We lost by 1 to the #3 team
We had a chance at the end and shot ourselves in the foot.
That VT loss felt catastrophic. If there was ever a 'good' loss, this was it. But damn it hurts... That pass to Egbuka to put us in FG range I thought for sure that was game. Wow.
No one wants Day to succeed more than I do, but his record is what it is for a reason. We are always the ones making the critical error, the bad penalty, or being on the other side of the shocking special teams play. Day isn't the OC anymore so he has zero excuses. I just don't know that he's ever going to get us over the hump and it fucking sucks.
We can't stop here; this is bat country...
Ryan Day is a slightly better version of James Franklin, and we all know his record in big games.
Franklin won the conference once (8 years ago) and has never made the playoff. This is a dumb comparison.
James Franklin just beat USC in OT in Los Angeles a few hours earlier.
I'm squeamishly optimistic.
An unranked USC team that lost to Minnesota the week before.
USC is 3-3. Oregon is about to be in the top 2.
R.I.P. Simba
IM GONNA KEEP TELLING YALL, ITS RYAN DAY MANIPULATING THESE GAMES. WILL YALL LISTEN DO YALL SEE THE DARN PATTERNS. HES ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT ADVERSITY. HES PUTTING THEM THROUGH IT ON PURPOSE.
6foot1athlete
Smoke another joint...Day is outcoached. Plain and simple
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” - Will Rogers
Wrong message board Qanon
Why can’t the front four get pressure on a QB?
Because the way the defensive coordinator likes to create pressure doesn't make the defensive line coach happy, so he can't do it.
Time for LJ to adapt or hang up the whistle, 3-5 star recruits in Harrison, Sawyer, and JT and all 3 have been underperforming. At some point you have to look at the common denominator.
Fraudbaugh
Yeah, but he landed that Houston kid, so everyone said, LJ is the savior. He hasn't had a dominant D line since there was no one named Young or Bosa on it. It's time to cut the bull shit on this.
The same starting front hasn’t gotten pressure in 3 years, why would they start now?
Exactly.
TBDBFIT
Because it was 4 on 5 and the Oregon OL is good.
That loss is on the defense.
But the QB situation is weird for me right now. Howard is a great dude, great leader, hasn't done anything to warrant less time. But if the defense is going to continue to play like this in big games, I don't know how you can win with such a wet noodle arm at QB. If they actually show up, sure, great. But if we're going to be in shootouts against talented teams, this team is absolutely beyond fucked in a four-round playoff.
I love my Buckeyes. Game didn’t go our way today. We will live to see tomorrow. Go Bucks!
BTW - A lot of you fans are basically family to me. I will mourn the loss in solidarity with you, and I will remain hopeful for the future.
Get a freaking pass rush. My God. Knowles doesn't adjust well at all. Burke had an absolutely terrible game. I'm howling at the moon.
Priority #1: Beat Michigan
Ryan Day must GO! Ryan Day must GO!
Only Ryan Day can take the talent he has had over the last 5 years and blow it like this,,,,,losing by mis-management ...doesnt know the clock is running...QB burns the whole clock running around...this is ROOKIE STUFF!
To be the Man..... You Have to Beat the Man!
Will this seal the deal for an Offord flip?
Wasted opportunity, stupid mistakes, Burke getting burned, Simmons getting injured, clock mismanagement AGAIN at the end of a big game. So frustrating. $20 million roster and we come up short.
"Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity..." -John Muir
Is Mike Vrabel available?
This defense is alarmingly soft.
I think it’s settled Knowles is a fraud. He looks great against bad teams any team with talent he sucks. He wastes so much talent. Ryan day also still can’t win the big game. Unlucky break with that PI call.
Love seeing all the slack jawed droolers in here calling for Day's head in here. Every player on this team that you like and every recruit that you are excited about is gone if Day goes. Oregon just celebrated like they won the natty. They didn't. We will be back.
I'm offended by your "slack jawed droolers" comment and demand an apology.
I'm squeamishly optimistic.
Howard was 28/35 for 326 yards 3 total TD. It ain’t on him. Shitty defensive game plan to not put any pressure on Gabriel. Ends couldn’t get any pressure and Burke was terrible.
Worst coaching decision was not to go for 2 at any point to try to get the lead to 7. If you miss and you get a FG and you’re only up 8 it’s a one score game, but it was not that kind of game.
If you were going to drop one this was it - away, top 3 matchup, still early, and you can still get a rematch in Indy. But it will feed the narrative that Day can’t win big games for another cycle.
"A guy from Ohio can make it in life if he works hard enough." -Woody Hayes
Another Ryan day let down game. I’m tired each year hearing we have the best defense this and that and then see this shit. This team is loaded but poorly coached. We won win a natty and we may drop to Penn state. Texas would go in us dry diddy style. D line sucked, Burke sucked. Linebackers non existent. Offensive PI? Wtf. That was game there but this team won’t win a natty under day. Ryan Dayton is 2-7 against top 5 teams and one of those wins was with the team Urban Meyer left behind for him, so he’s 1-7 with kids he’s recruited
Doug
We literally just got cheated 3 times in the last 10 seconds of the game. For one, that OPI was bullshit. You are allowed to be a little physical on both sides of the ball. That minimal contact never gets called any other time.
Then on the penalty where Oregon had too many players on the field, they still took the 4 seconds off the clock for the play, instead of putting it back at 10 seconds for a pre-snap defensive penalty. What's to prevent a defense from just putting 50 defensive players on the field in that situation for every snap and slowly getting the time to wind down?
Then lastly, although Howard's play at the end seemed pretty boneheaded, on replay it actually shows he started (and even completed) his slide with 1 second left on the clock, and us with a timeout that I'm sure we were begging to call on the sidelines the entire time. That puts us at a 39 yard FG attempt to win the game. Just absurd officiating to decide the game.
Exactly right no idea how last call wasn't reviewed
That PI man....that one is gonna sting. I'm a firm believer that a penalty is a penalty regardless of when it happens but that sure looked worse because JJ is so much stronger. He just needs to learn to be a bit more subtle with it. He can do that to anyone he wants on any play.
Michigan Cheated
I thought he made it too.
I'm sorry some idiots on here can bitch and moan all they want and say we suck. Again you can call me a baby, we got fucked by the refs again on the biggest stage. I don't give a fuck what anyone says that PI call on smith was absolute bullshit
No it wasn't. He pushed him to the ground. If anything, the clock winding after the penalty is bullshit. It's a stupid rule that needs to change.
R.I.P. Simba
Obviously a moron if u think that's PI
It's called being reasonable and not wearing scarlet-colored glasses. But please, resort to name calling like a 5-year-old.
R.I.P. Simba
Ah, c'mon, guapo. You're just sour cuz you were one of the guys predicting a blowout due to the "talent advantage we had at every position." Oops. How did that work out for you???
When we lose it’s not always because of the refs. It’s poor coaching period. Record against real teams speaks for itself.
How about a pass rush for 60min? We didn't lose bc of refs. We lost bc Gabriel had all day and we couldn't scheme our way into pressure to save our lives.
Priority #1: Beat Michigan
You want to look past thr obvious pick on the first drive not looked at ? Officiating was bad on both sides.
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” - Will Rogers
All that experience on the D-line and nobody can get home. It's time for LJ to hang up the whistle. He hasn't done nothing since Chase.
Fraudbaugh
Sawyer and JT MIA tonight. The secondary was awful.
Sawyer and jt are very overrated
JT expressly. He seems to have one great game or one or two great plays. Then goes missing.
No pressure at all when rushing 4 all night. Nothing unless you "risk" a 6 on 5 situation.
Howard will be the reason we win a championship. The D will be the reason we don't (not oline). I'd be looking at Matthews over Burke and to drop to 2 LB to get another DL out there.
Well… that sucked.
Objectively a really good hard fought football game.
Subjectively I’m not thrilled. Too many self-inflicted wounds.
And our defense really doesn’t look championship caliber. They’re good. But not great. At least tonight.
They are kids playing a game for our enjoyment, so I’m not going to call out individual players. Believe me, they know.
Hopefully we bounce back stronger than ever.
Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and, if true, is of infinite importance.
The one thing it cannot be is moderately important. — C. S. Lewis
I won't overreact like most of you losing by 1 on the road on a 3,000 mile trip against the soon to be #1 or #2 team. But this is four straight games our defense hasn't gotten gashed down the middle in pass defense. Knowles has to adjust and he simply hasn't.
R.I.P. Simba
Maybe it will be revealed in the film study, but the lack of any pressure on Gabriel is a mystery.
The vaunted defense can STFU until you make a difference against a serious team.
Best in America can STFU.
"Defensive linemen, you move that line of scrimmage from your hand to their feet"
"There's two types of teams: humble teams and those about to be humbled"
F Dabo
It’s not a mystery. Overhyped overrated
Not a mystery. We haven’t pressured QBs since Chase Young left. We either find the most overrated 5 star defensive ends to recruit or we have a development problem.
TBDBFIT
That's exactly right.
Out coached, out played physically, and overrated. Totally out played. This is not the team we thought we had, boys and girls!
If you have two people that agree on everything, that only means one of them is not thinking at all.
THE SAME OFFENSIVE COORDINATORS AINT CHANGING IT. ITS RYAN DAY SYSTEM. ITS CROOKED AND SOUNDS HARSH. BUT YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IT. RYAN DAY IS ELITE BUT HE DONT WANT TO.
6foot1athlete
Howard was down with 1 second on the clock. TO would have been effective at whistle. Refs blew it
Howard was down with 1 second on the clock. TO would have been effective at whistle. Refs blew it
Fumble on your own 28 to give Oregon the ball. 8 penalties for 70 yards. There's your game. Game of inches, and the Buckeyes killed their chances. Burn the rest of the schedule down, and then go to Indy.
Except the fumble wasn’t a fumble. If both players have possession, ball stays with offense
"Who do you think you are?!?!...I am!!" -Pete Weber, bowling legend and dominator of the English language
There was one second on the clock when Howard slid. We were calling timeout. Why was it not reviewed?
Why would Day shake his hand without a review?
How many times are we going to see a Knowles D cough up the big game? When Oregon got the ball for the last time, I had zero confidence the D would get the stop. Hopefully the guys do a gut check and can win out. Penn State will be no joke.
Pigskins & Porkrinds
Its sad I might have to quit watch CFB the refs gotten as bad as NFL. Watch
https://twitter.com/i/status/1845299577156411457 How is this play before the offensive pass interference not called. How is 4 seconds run off the clock on a 12 men on field penalty and lastly Howard was down with 1 second left even with the 4 seconds taken off unfairly.
It’s not a pre snap penalty. You could make an argument it should be, but it isn’t. Not sure about the timeout, it’s never awarded the instant a knee is down and would depend on the whistle, my hunch is there’s not enough physical time in one second for his knee to hit the ground and whistle be blown.
These are not the reasons this game was lost anyways.
Where was the pressure? Left DB’s on an island? Knowles plan is worthless!
Why didnt we run the ball twice up to middle, call a timeout, and kick the field goal?
"Conversely, Urban Meyer and his players are an unstoppable army of football automatons that feel no emotion and win in any and every setting."
They did that against Georgia and lost. Would you rather Day turtle up or keep playing to our strengths?
R.I.P. Simba
I’d rather take the field goal attempt from what seemed like a makeable distance
And what if he misses? Then you, and everyone else complaining about the aggressiveness, would cry that Day should've been more aggressive. A 45-yarder with a college kicker is anything but automatic.
R.I.P. Simba
We were closer this time and had a time out. Opportunity to kick it right up the middle closer...different kicker too
"Conversely, Urban Meyer and his players are an unstoppable army of football automatons that feel no emotion and win in any and every setting."
Knowles defense continues to disappear in big games
The only word to describe RCD’s Buckeyes is PRETENDERS
If you can’t make a fourth and one, you don't deserve to win.
Only word to describe you DOUCHE
Three things at the end there. Number one that was a total bullshit offensive pass interference call. They were within the 5 yards and both hand fighting. That never gets called unless the ball is in the air and the receiver pushes off to catch the pass. Secondly, after the penalty, there was never a whistle blown to restart the clock. I watched it three or four times to try to hear. There is a referee signaling behind Will Howard by about 30 yards, but no whistle. They’re supposed to blow a long whistle and wave their arm. The reason everybody was standing around looking at each other and letting 12 seconds off the clock and nobody knew what was going on. And then, lastly, will Howard slides with one second left and we were signaling a time out. Time out should’ve been called with one second left on the clock. I’ve never seen a more bizarre game than this in my entire life. The officiating crew really really screwed this up. It will be the talk of the town all week.
Round on the ends and "HI" in the middle. O-HI-O.
I agree wholeheartedly. The DB tried to check Smith and got owned. And the timing at the end was bs. There was borderline 1 sec left when Howard went down, but the allowing 12 seconds to run off and then the additional 4 seconds that weren’t put back on was bs. Day also should’ve been more on the ball with that and just called a timeout once he noticed the runoff after the penalty. Shitty Chiefs-like ending all around.
Regardless, D lost us this game tho.
“We've always had the best damn band in the land; now we got the best damn TEAM in the land” -Jim Tressel
I know this sucks but everyone just take a deep breathe. A lot of season left. We will definitely be seeing them again.
Only one way to find out
Not if they lose to Penn State. That game just became an elimination game for the B1G Championship Game, and it’s going to be played in the toughest road environment to play a game in the nation. This team is going to miss the fucking Playoffs. Mark it down.
Oregon is better than Penn State. We can beat Penn State. When we play Oregon again we will be able to beat them too. The season is not over. Not by a long shot. This will be a valuable learning experience and motivation.
Only one way to find out
Penn State has a better QB, 2 better RBs and a better defense than Oregon has, and HV is a tougher road environment than is Autzen. That game always scared me more than this one did, to be honest. There’s no way this team wins that game.
Jesus RB. Just fucking leave the fandom at this point. You have no clue what you're talking about as usual and as usual, your dumbass takes are exactly what I said they were going to be.
This is who Ryan Day is with the ball in our hands with a chance to win at the end of the game.
- Clemson (CFB Playoff)
- Georgia (CFB Playoff)
- TTUN last year
- Oregon Tonight
1/5- He did win at Notre Dame last year. Not good. Hopefully this defense is humbled and comes back strong. A must win in State College isnt ideal.
Knowles does not blitz enough ... No pressure = all day for opposing QB to throw = torch zone and press-bail coverage ...
How on earth do we not try a FG for 50? Quick slant and WR goes down and take time out ...
I'm sick to my stomach ...
#SameGutPunchAsGeorgiaGameTwoYearsAgo
O ... H ... '96
This is who Ryan Day is with the ball in our hands with a chance to win at the end of the game.
- Clemson (CFB Playoff)
- Georgia (CFB Playoff)
- TTUN last year
- Oregon Tonight
1/5- He did win at Notre Dame last year. Not good. Hopefully this defense is humbled and comes back strong. A must win in State College isnt ideal.
As a Bengals fan, I was not mentally prepared for my favorite team to score 30+ and lose until tomorrow so this is tough.
"A guy from Ohio can make it in life if he works hard enough." -Woody Hayes
Big Game Bill Howard
Howard was 28/35 for 326 yds, 2 TDS, 0 INT, plus another 13 yds and TD on the ground. Anyone blaming him is an idiot.
He botched a snap, fell down, and probably could have managed clock a bit better on that last drive. All critical moments. He did good, but it was not enough. Plenty of blame to go around for everyone.
wb5
I saw the pee running down his leg in the last minute! You could see how scared he was by the look on his face
Please choose one defensive boss, Ryan Day. Jim Knowles or Larry Johnson. It doesn’t matter, just pick one.
Jim Knowles and his defenses fail against real teams every time. Put it in the bank.
Ryan Day is not a very good end of game coach either. What a waste of talent.I feel bad for these guys who came back rather than going pro.
This is not the end of the season.
Only one way to find out
Js ryan day is 1-7 in games against top 5 teams. His last win was 2020 against clemson. At some point he needs to start getting the blame. Our defense is very overrated and not that good. Our offense in the 2nd half just completely abandoned the run esp on the last drive when we was in field goal range and decided to throw it every play. Run it on those plays and we probably have a higher chance to win.
Lanning just got his signature win while Day is still looking for his how many years in? I don't wanna hear about Clemson in the good ole days. This shit is ridiculous. No Natty, no track record over Michigan.
Buckeyes had that win in the bag at the end. Game management was terrible. We have the talent, clearly. But the difference continues to be a lack of discipline from Ryan Day teams, especially an offense.
The real kick in the guts is you let a guy literally spit right in your teammates face and they get to enjoy a win.
"spit in the face" Day.
Everyone can down vote away but you must have an empty coin purse if you let a disgusting MF literally spit in your face and that ain't enough motivation to make you want to crush them.
So what’s Jim Knowles getting paid to do? Besides shut down Iowa…
Day is James Franklin with better talent, Knowles is a fraud. There's no use in thinking we will win a top 5 match up any time soon.
So what’s Jim Knowles getting paid to do? Besides shut down Iowa…
So what’s Jim Knowles getting paid to do? Besides shut down Iowa…
So what’s Jim Knowles getting paid to do? Besides shut down Iowa…
I'm giving you the solutions to what's going on. You fire Coach Day because he's running a corrupt system at Ohio State. For him to stop this fans are gonna have to stop attending
6foot1athlete
Where do we go from here? We still aren’t winning the big games with Ryan Day.
Ryan Day and Jim Knowles. What did they do? Combined for another big game.......loss. Houston, we have a trend here. That is your $ 22 MM team, friends and neighbors. I hope you liked it.
Donr forget one of the TDs was basically gifted to OSU. That and two missed extra points make this a 10 point loss in technical terms...not great Bob
"Its gonna be cold, its gonna be grey, and its going to last you the rest of your life!".
What TD was gifted to the Buckeyes?
BuckeyeRocket
the first one
Were you asleep during the opening drive?
"Its gonna be cold, its gonna be grey, and its going to last you the rest of your life!".
That too many players on the field makes no sense. It should be a presnap penalty and time should reset if you accept the penalty. Why didn't Oregon just keep putting 12 men on the field and force OSU to lose a second or two every time until the game was over?
Why not put 17 guys out there... BS that play and clock were run
I'm excited for another big "improvement week" before Nebraska on 10/26.
That defense was ass. Idaho held them to 24. Idaho. Boise scored more on them.
Not a good look for either side of the ball, but once again we have a perfectly fine offense to beat anyone - as long as the defense doesn't trip on its own ballsack.
Offense scored enough to win the game even tho they abandoned the run game in the second half.
Defense could not string 2 straight stops together all night and in the end the same mistakes and issues we have seen for 3 years under Knowles.
This was so similar to the Georgia loss. So similar to the Michigan loss last season. Clock management was awful by Day in all three of those games.
OSU really has one game left on their schedule that should give them issues and that is at PSU but PSU is a fraud.
Do not see Oregon losing a game to anyone...so the rematch in Indy will be for the automatic bid.
Stay gold, Ponyboy.
This is who Ryan Day is with the ball in our hands with a chance to win at the end of the game.
- Clemson (CFB Playoff)
- Georgia (CFB Playoff)
- TTUN last year
- Oregon Tonight
1/5- He did win at Notre Dame last year. Not good. Hopefully this defense is humbled and comes back strong. A must win in State College isnt ideal.
You should post this a few more times. 3 just isn't enough for quality like this.
An angry fan...rooting for an angry team...led by angry coaches
Denzel Burnt for least valuable player
So losing Simmons really sucked because we were running on them before that... some very weird things that happened in this game including the kickoff off the leg which gave them three points ,Gabriel played about as well as he can possibly play, most weird stuff went Oregon's way amd the past interference could have been called about 85 times in the game and they decided to do it then?! That said Ohio State shot themselves in the foot too many times and unfortunately our defense did not play up to the standard they should be playing up to with all this talent.. there should have been more blitzes and somehow their offensive line out played our guys on the defensive line which should never be a thing I don't even think I heard Sawyer's name mentioned... that said we just lost on the road to the number three team in the country and I honestly think these are the two best teams because Alabama definitely is not I would take either one of these two teams against Texas on a neutral field and Georgia just won it home 34 to 24 against a very very mediocre Mississippi State team and that's not the first time Georgia has squeaked by against mediocre competition so the world's not falling and this game is irritating and there's a lot of douchebags on Oregon so hopefully Simmons is back and this is a learning lesson especially for the defense and we get that rematch on a neutral field with these punks... a Big Ten Championship and a playoff and National Championship are still all there for the taking and this team can do it but need to shore some stuff up but for all you people that think the sky is absolutely falling amd the season is over you are wrong... I'm as frustrated as everybody else but a one point loss against what I really think is a top two team with pretty much everything going their way isn't the end of the world even if it sucks right now .go Buckeyes.
Simmons out for year
I will add to your comment. Kudo's to you for calling out the Josh Simmons injury. It was important because in big time college football there is no such thing as a dominant defense unless you really do have a defense of the ages. Else, expect a 45 to 42 game, even if your defense on paper is #1. There are two ways to mitigate this. One is shorten the game with a punishing run game. That is called keep-away. You win by limiting the game to nine possessions each. The loss of Josh Simmons ended that. The second is an organic pash rush that wins with four. Neither team had that which is why there were passing fireworks. Everyone predicted this an L in August. So, nothing changed.
Hfhmilkan
Amen.
“We've always had the best damn band in the land; now we got the best damn TEAM in the land” -Jim Tressel
This was a disappointing lose for sure. There were way to many errors in both sides of the ball. We either continue to improve and make it to the playoffs or we don't. If we don't we never deserved it and Day will get replaced. Either way I will always support the Bucks win or lose.
I have no idea what Lou Holtz is thinking right now, but it's probably something like "the tougher and smarter team won the game, and the Buckeye coaching staff are the people you call when you need to beat a MAC team by.49 points, not when you need to win any big game or make even one big fourth quarter defensive play when protecting a lead."
The most "loud mouth, disrespect" poster on 11W.
Time expired and we still had a timeout, what are we doing? SMH
Because I couldn't go for three
Can't call a timeout while you're running
Jordan Parker
There was a second on the clock. It's all over the internet.
Besides Burke, who sucked. Jack Sawyer has 2 assisted tackles tonight,that’s it. These two players need to be replaced n the lineup if we want to get better
Monumental fuck up on Chip Kelly and Ryan Day...obviously I could go on longer about how Jim Knowles has now adjusted his aggressive style to playing soft zone when he should dial up pressure, and dialing up pressure when he should play zone...
"Conversely, Urban Meyer and his players are an unstoppable army of football automatons that feel no emotion and win in any and every setting."
Monumental fuck up on Chip Kelly and Ryan Day...obviously I could go on longer about how Jim Knowles has now adjusted his aggressive style to playing soft zone when he should dial up pressure, and dialing up pressure when he should play zone...
"Conversely, Urban Meyer and his players are an unstoppable army of football automatons that feel no emotion and win in any and every setting."
When this team wins the natty, I better not see any of you naysayers toting championship garb. I bet you were the same ones talking shit in 2014 after the Virginia Tech game. This was a hard fought game on the road against a top team. Bucks will use this as motivation and will play the rest of the year with nothing to lose. I, for one, can't wait for the rest of the season.
Lol the vtech game in 2014 was way different then this game. We are a insanely veteran team and so far we still make stupid mistakes that cost us games. Oline constantly false starting on the final 2 drives. Will howard fumbling the snap after the goal line stand on 3rd down. Not running it in field goal range with a timeout left and throwing it like why?
JT Barrett and Billy Price were freshmen taken to school against VaTech. They got better as the year went on, thankfully. This is almost certainly the most veteran team we've ever had.
Sure, maybe everything is sunshine and cotton candy from here. But why should anyone believe in them?
It's gonna get ugly for Day if they lose to the Nits, in a way we haven't seen here since 2000.
The most "loud mouth, disrespect" poster on 11W.
I admire your optimism but, the numbers and history with Day at the helm say otherwise.
Bro, I watched that VT loss live from the A section. For context to those that don’t remember, we loss to an UNRANKED Va Tech team at home. Today was a 1 point (kinda bs game if you ask me, especially the wonkiness of the ending) on the road against the #3 team.
After the VT loss, I told everyone at our tailgate we could still make the playoff because it’s 4 teams if we win out and others lose (and we were ultimately the 2014 UNDISPUTED CHAMPS).
As long as we take care of business the rest of the season, we’re a definite playoff team. Even with 1 more not so bad loss (like @ PSU or B1GCG), we’re in CFP 12 team playoff. Hell, we could lose 3 games and still make the CFP and win the title. We need to clean some shit up on D and get in the run the table mode. OH!!!
“We've always had the best damn band in the land; now we got the best damn TEAM in the land” -Jim Tressel
Team ain't winning a natty getting torched for 500 yards. Going to need some major improvements on defense before this team sniffs a natty.
Fraudbaugh
This team has to first beat Penn state and Michigan and then win the big 10. Texas would beat us by 14
Doug
I want Mike Vrabel ASAP
Jordan Parker
He DoEsN’t LiKe ReCrUiTiNg. Durrrr.
Honestly, so tired of hearing this tired argument against Vrabel despite zero evidence to support this supposition.
The Velvet Frog
John Cooper 2.0
Can’t fumble ball 3 times with one they kept plus an onside kick which everyone knew they’d run after the penalty and then have 8 penalties when you go on road.
Howard played well but I thought he only looked at smith near the end.
plus Kelly ran into an 8 man box a lot tonight and didn’t threaten them much long. Pretty weak ass playcalling.
no real plays designed to confuse. Vanilla
Can’t fumble ball 3 times with one they kept plus an onside kick which everyone knew they’d run after the penalty and then have 8 penalties when you go on road.
Howard played well but I thought he only looked at smith near the end.
plus Kelly ran into an 8 man box a lot tonight and didn’t threaten them much long. Pretty weak ass playcalling.
no real plays designed to confuse. Vanilla
I don't even know where to start...
Jim Knowles - why in the world did you not get more aggressive? You let the QB unpressured all game
Chip - what changed after the 1st drive? The offensive game plan sucked after that
Denzel Burke - what the FUCK was that? Aside from you getting toasted every play, whatever that 'tackling' technique was - stop it immediately
Will Howard - I'm not sure why you decided to start lobbing 30 yard passes on the last drive after several successful nice short pass completions and first downs. Why did you let all that time burn after the offensive interference. What the FUCK were you thinking on that last play? I'd expect that from a freshman, but not a 5 year starter.
Offensive line - seriously, I have no idea why you cannot grasp the whole snap count concept. Is 1st and 10 not challenging enough?
Special teams - the 'DUH' onside kick play was brutal... you literally have one job on the kickoff and that is watching out for the onside kick and then block.
Oh well... on to next week
Losing sucks, but losing like this is just disappointing...
The best thing about Pastafarianism? It is not only acceptable, but advisable, to be heavily sauced
This game makes me sick to my stomach in so many ways.
Stop freaking out! Sure a win would be glorious. Oregon came to play for 60 minutes and we can’t use that against our team. Sure, we all wish our D got more pressure, but who could predict Burke would struggle??? We need to play our ball for the remainder of the season and beat the ducks in the rematch. Making the rematch game will get us in the playoff, although I would prefer the bye week
KY Buckeye
Chokeyes showed up again with conservative play calling and a defense that couldn't stop a granny in a wheel chair. Nice job guys........
Saban on a cart eating cold pizza
I've seen nothing from Jim Knowles to warrant bringing him back another season, defense has been soft all year long and somehow looks worse than last year despite most starters returning. 1 loss on the road to a top 3 team doesn't kill the season in a 12 team playoff format, but it hurts to lose this one in an eerily similar fashion to the Georgia game. Unbelievably bad clock/game management once again, no idea what Howard was thinking trying to run at the end, that ball has to be thrown away for either a hail mary or 55 yard FG.
Denzel Burke just played himself into the 3rd round. Holy coaching malpractice. He should've been pulled
and replaced with Jermaine Mathews after the 4th time he got roasted.
After this season either Knowles or LJ or both have to go. This defense is the same old shit the last 3 years that gets its ass handed to it against the good teams. Gabriel had ALL DAY to throw and I never heard Sawyer's name one time.
3rd round? Burke = UDFA at best.
I would like to chalk this one up as our "VT loss" a la 2014 on the way to ze natty...
Those hating on Day and Howard are just frustrated, misguided and emotional.
Just checking the stats, our D didn't make the long trip out west... giving up nearly 500 total yards? The ducks didn't magically become a juggernaut this week, esp how they started the season. Our D front four gets absolutely no push on a quality opponent, and that is very concerning.
So, hopefully like 2014, the coaches and team have honest and serious conversations amongst themselves and decide if what happened tonight was even remotely acceptable... really hoping this loss ignites everyone going forward.. did all these vets comeback for mediocrity? One would assume not... this whole thing of unfinished business is a cute motivational poster and bumper sticker. Let this be a massive wake up call.
I doubt all the talking heads will write off the team like they did in 14 but hopefully there can be some de-hype to let an unstoppable force develop and take hold.
Go Bucks!
Those hating on Howard are idiots. He picked up nice gains and first downs with his feet that McCord or Devin Brown are completely incapable of. This loss was totally on the soft defense and one player in particular.
I'm squeamishly optimistic.
Agreed. Howard had a good game.
I didn’t venture into the game threads tonight but did anyone else notice that on the 2nd or 3rd to the last play of the game the Henderson was absolutely wide open in the flat to the bottom of the screen? There was no one around him. Unfortunately Will didn’t see him. He was locked in on the receiver downfield. Not sure I can blame him but man I was yelling at the tv.
Stupid mistakes and penalties did us in tonight. It was a great game otherwise. We’ll see if this team learns from this and elevates their game from here.
Go Bucks.
My 11yo son noticed Henderson wide open and yelled it at the top of his lungs.
The Velvet Frog
Howard has been staring down receivers all season. Could have easily had 2 more picks tonight
No Pass rush. No interceptions. No fumble recoveries. No defensive stops when we needed them. How disappointing !!
Like Michigan all over again…….
It's been a while since we've had much of a pass rush. I don't get why people are so high on these 5* ends. They're ok.
This loss could've been bigger if Oregon didn't leave so many easy points on the field. Our defense was not elite. Our situational awareness was poor. DBs were getting torched all night. Clock management at the end was poor. Hopefully we use this game as a serious lesson to improve for the remainder of the schedule.
wb5
If either team has made fewer mistakes they would have won by 7-10. They is pretty much true of all 1 point games in which both teams make alot of mistakes.
I'm talking primarily about their unnecessary attempts at a 2 pt conversion and TD attempt on 4th instead of an easy FG (where Gabriel didn't even see a wide open receiver). UO made mistakes, but ours were glaringly bad.
wb5
I've felt the defensive backs and LBs were struggling in coverage and booooooooooyyyyyyyyyy I was right. Denzel was buuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrnnnnnnttttttttt. He personally gave up over 200 yards. And they never switched it up.
Weird game. Felt we were gonna win until that last sequence of OPI (not) 12 men on the field, etc. I thought we were gonna get a TD and then that weird 15 yard penatly. The time running off the clock. 4 second disappearing on Oregon's penalty.
Nevetheless, Oregon shouldn't have been in the game at that point. Defense is a massive letdown. Chip Kelly and Ryan Day wasted two drives trying to throw screens. We have the best WRs in the nation and the best RBs in the nation and THAT's what we did? Dumb.
You win with people.
And so forth...
9 Units Strong!
I'd like to know where Lou Holtz is right now!
Ryan Cooper. Feels just like the 90s.
Another loss where either side of the ball could have won the game at the end, and collapsed.
No sacks, no INTs, no fumbles forced/recovered, missed tackles galore, missed assignments (JTT), and then we have the curious case of Denzel Burke.
At least the D got a stop on Oregon’s last drive to force a FG. But that drive went 75 freakin’ yards and ate up a lot of clock.
We might still win the whole damn thing. But our defense better wake up. Oregon isn’t the only contender with a good offense.
BuckeyeRocket
Good game. Against 95% of teams about 5 of our plays Oregon stopped for medium to long gains would have been TD’s.
I don’t think any other QB hits both of those deep balls in stride like that & either overthrows or gives Burnke a chance to catch up and make a play.
I still don’t know how good this team is. We could win out or we could lose 2 more.
1. Offensive playcalling was good enough to win that game. Thought our O-Line played well especially with losing their best lineman for probably the year.
2. This team was incredibly undisciplined tonight. False starts, stupid PI calls, and Will Howard’s terrible clock management and the terrible fumbled snap. To me this might be a leadership issue.
3. This defense is not a top 5, top 10, or top 15 defense. Our DEs are incredibly mediocre. Absolutely no pass rush. JT playing really selfishly and undisciplined by chasing the RB instead of his responsibility which was the QB. Burke , Hancock, and Igbinosin aren’t first rounders. They will be attacked the rest of the year.
TBDBFIT
Why was the final play not reviewed!? I took a picture with Howard clearly down, a player calling a TO and 1 second in the clock. We should have been allowed a field goal attempt!
Jim Knowles gotta go! Over 500yds, no pressure, no turnovers just a soft defense!
Ramon Rupert
Procedure calls once again stymied drives. Can't have these in big games. Defense was exposed; No sacks, no turnovers, couldn't get stops on 3rd downs when absolutely necessary late in the game. Very disappointing.
Goforthree
Rats. The time zone curse seems to be real.
The will to win is not as important as the will to prepare to win. -- Woody Hayes
Blaming this on Howard seems completely bananas. He played a great game, the last play notwithstanding. It’s especially bananas considering the defense basically no showed the first half and we lost two starters on the o-line. I get it that it ended the game, but he drove us right down there to be in a position to win. Gues that’s a long way of saying this one is on the D.
How firm thy friendship
Howard pissed himself in the last minute
Anyone else getting that Choklihoma vibe from Ryan Day?
That win against Clemson in 21 is wearing thinner than the 2014 National title run.
I love the leadership from QB 1. But a weak arm QB that can’t take the top off the defense doesn’t make it easy on our running backs.
I’m not overly angry about the loss because it shows this team that they still lack discipline and it was at Oregon. We have to have a more aggressive defense and Burke has to wake the fuck up next time we play them.
That vibe has been a vibe for awhile. This game reinforced it. I understand there are legitimate reasons for all of those big game losses, but at some point, you have to man up and make the plays and get the stops to win the game. There's a reason Clemson, UGA, Oregon, Michigan* always "get the breaks" against Ohio State. They're better prepared and better coached in these games. 1-7 speaks for itself, regardless of how many people here want to DV those for calling it out.
We can't stop here; this is bat country...
That game management at the end reminded me of the Cowboys playoff game a couple seasons ago. That said, the defense was terrible. They looked frozen in place nearly every snap. Burke was not good tonight but he is certainly not the only guilty party.
THIS IS SAD
November 21st, 2003
This feels like deja vu with Clemson and Georgia all over again, but unlike those games the season isn’t over, so I’m not losing sleep over it.
Win out and we are the No. 2 at least in the CFP and this game does not matter. I won’t remember this season for this game, I’ll remember what happened against TTUN, what happened in Indy, and what happened in the CFP.
Lot of football left to be played. Let’s fix the D, clean up the mistakes, and tonight is just a blip on the radar.
Well buck a duck. I guess Day will have to watch the film and get some things cleaned up. 1 point loss on the road isnt the end of the season. Hopefully it lights a fire under their butts. Losing Simmons sucks but Zen played well in relief! Total team loss tho, pretty much everybody played a hand in this one. On to the corn team.
OSU Defense = Soft!!!! D. Burke = Overrated! Jim Knowles = Laughing all the way to the bank! Ryan Day = Can't win big games!
Stupid post!! Knowles played press coverage for some reason and had not all year. Knowles has to trust his players play tuff zone and tackle, don’t think Oregon can drive and score consistently on that.
Very true I was thinking the same thing during the game, we have great receivers but none with Stewart's skill set to practice against. Possibly unprepared,hurt or just not as good as we thought. I'd bet on unprepared because he was lights out last year
Smithtoginn_1
We lost no excuses, Oregon left alot of points on the field. Must be a law not to rotate our CBs. I always thought Burke was an Eli Apple clone no one ever tested him consistently. We dont have that superstar defensive player to make a play when we need it on the field. We got the names but they need to back it up on the field. I'm surprised we didn't get flagged for more PI calls. Offense did enough. Howard is a game manager don't expect him to be the reason we win. Defense will be the reason we win or lose along with special teams.
TM OHIO81
Knowles once again first half got caught trying to play press man? wHy
Box score tells the whole story, Oregon got the extra possessions, once again Jim Knowles has to learn to be patient play aggressive zone and make teams drive the ball. Oregon got the extra possession on the screwed up kickoff. All fixable!!!! OSU plays Oregon 10 times they beat them 8 of 10. Dan Lanning is a cocky ass hole!! May be the best thing that happened to this team.
On a neutral field, we take it. That said there's lot to work on, most surprisingly our corners. Wide receivers also shockingly lost the battle on the edges with blocking and getting separation.
"There is a force that makes us all brothers, no one goes his way alone." --Woody Hayes
25 yard change of field possession on a phantom call. Thats the game. We went from having the ball on the 19 with 30 seconds left to the 44 with 10 seconds left. Clock shouldn’t have been running. Add to that the complete botching of the quinshon fumble that led to 6 pts and the time traveling 15 yard facemask call that somehow made its way to the kickoff, allowing oregon to get an onside kick and get 3 more points. I don’t care that I sound whiny, just tired of getting fucked by officiating.
"Who do you think you are?!?!...I am!!" -Pete Weber, bowling legend and dominator of the English language
I guess it's better than Urban retiring and hiring Rich Rod or Hoke and spending a decade in the toilet, but Day ain't it. He will never win anything.
Howard can’t stretch the field. Burke is Vinnie “Toast” Clark. How many false starts did our guard have? Knowles D is nothing special.
You are lost! All scheme tonight. Knowles has film on Oregon! 2 of the best 5 teams in the country This loss really means nothing!
I made it about halfway through the comments. Look, it sucks that we lost a game that was very winnable. But in typical spoiled fan manner (along with Georgia, Alabama, etc), one very close loss on the road to an excellent team means that every player sucks and our coaches couldn't identify their posteriors from openings in the dirt. How about we all take a deep breath and let the disappointment dissipate before we form our mob armed with pitchforks and torches.
To err is human. Really sucking requires having yellow stripes on your helmet.
The only thing lower than my morale right now is the round of the draft Burke drops to.
You forgot a few other defensive players as well.
TBDBFIT
It was a great game between two great teams and it’s okay to learn from this and grow.
~Because we couldn't go for three~
This would be true if that's what happened after previous losses. Since 2020, we've lost virtually every big game that matters. Should be a hell of a lot of growth and learning happening.
We can't stop here; this is bat country...
Imagine what Nick Saban would do with this roster.
Nick Saban isn’t coaching and a really stupid take
I do wonder about Urban Meyer with this team, though?
Why?
Oh well. I’m happy to just watch reruns of the original Star Trek…
Onward and upward! Go Buckeyes!
Voyager. Resistance is futile.
I'm squeamishly optimistic.
It’s hilarious how some people think it’s impossible to ever lose a game. Bad tackling, penalties and some luck for Oregon got them the win. The no.3 team barely beat us. The pushing off on Smith was bs. Burke had a bad night. If Burke breaks up one of the passes he got beat on we win. We win out we replay them and we’ll win in a neutral site.
This website used to be better... Now it’s just a mob of fan boys
It’s hilarious how some people think it’s impossible to ever lose a game. Bad tackling, penalties and some luck for Oregon got them the win. The no.3 team barely beat us. The pushing off on Smith was bs. Burke had a bad night. If Burke breaks up one of the passes he got beat on we win. We win out we replay them and we’ll win in a neutral site.
This website used to be better... Now it’s just a mob of fan boys
We’ve been if, if, and if claiming to be the best program in history with 2 championships since 1968. LSU has more, Florida has more, Oklahoma has more.
Typical outcome for Days team in games that really matter.
CH37
Game lost in first half. As much as I like Denzel Burke, he was constantly getting burned and his play was responsible for 2 TD’s. Let’s move on. Hopefully, no more losses
Thanks to all the posters who say we should be happy with how our team lost the game. Now let's all have some cake & ice cream!
Screw the Blue (and that gawd-awful yellow)
Day 1-7 vs top 5
1. I would have loved to win tonight
2. I disagree with some of the play calls, especially down the stretch
3. I don't think a 1 point loss to the #3 team on the road is the end of the world ... I think it's going to be real hard for any team to go undefeated this year, and if we can't go undefeated I'd rather lose now and get it over with and use it as a rallying cry to kick ass
4. I'm a season ticket holder at Penn State (because it's the easiest way to get Ohio State/Penn State tickets and also my husband is a PSU fan) and believe me, NO ONE chokes in big games more than James Franklin.
5. I have a hard time believing that any of the people complaining the loudest here have ever played a meaningful down of college football
6. Some of you are away too wrapped up in your identity as a football fan and have lost sight of the fact that this is a GAME played by COLLEGE KIDS. (As a parent of college kids, I'm sensitive to that. Come at me all you want .... But think of yourself at that age first and tell me how much better you were)
7. I'd rather be a Buckeye than cheer for TUN any day.
Take a deep breath, people. And hope the young men that we cheer for each Saturday ... And those we hope to cheer for in the future ... Don't read all the vitriol everyone is spewing over a 1 point loss.
Breathe.
I just watched James Franklin's Nitny Lions defeat USC in the Coliseum in OT, prior to the OSU game..
I'm squeamishly optimistic.
FYI that was not a big game.
“We've always had the best damn band in the land; now we got the best damn TEAM in the land” -Jim Tressel
For a year Knowles been playing to keep everything in front. Was trying to do that tonight but that took a significant failure over and over by Burke to blow that. Holy crap I know he doesn’t have normal corner speed that’s why he was not recruited highly but he having is drawers blown off. Then after gettung beat he lets a weak wr drag him for twenty yards to put an emphasis on his failure. That’s some historically bad play and I totally suggest a drug test after he returns
Everybody loves that Covid Clemson win. Hang on to it man, The man just cannot finish a team.
Can someone please explain why our secondary consistently gets burned. The first time is excusable. You fix it and move on. Knowles seems to have no idea how to use safeties when protecting a lead. It cost us a national championship against Georgia. I’m guessing Caleb Downs is wondering why he’s in Columbus.
also, at the end of the game, we were already in field goal range. Run it a couple of times, get it to the middle of the field and kick a field goal. Day did the same thing, also against Georgia, and the kicker hooked the ball left. Idiots!!
The defense gave Gabriel too much time to dissect and throw.
this is worrisome. This needs fixed.
In Ryan Day & Ross Bjork We Trust.
May have been a great coaching move by lanning bringing an extra defender onto the field at 10 seconds knowing that the rules allow the play to proceed and time run off. While also knowing that the 5 yard penalty does not get us into field goal range.
Tressel used to have an o lineman jump just before the snap while milking the clock to run extra seconds off at the end of games.
Bad defense. Lack of discipline across the team, mistakes, turnovers. Same old, same old we’ve seen too many times before. It all goes back to the coaching. It’s unbelievable to watch this, with all the unbelievable talent on this team
What turnovers?
Some bad discipline on a few plays, Knowles had a bad game plan the 1st half. Simple as that
I like Chip Kelly. 31 pts should be enough to win. But can we see if Mark Dantonio is available to coach our defense? I'm kind of done with Knowles.
I'm squeamishly optimistic.
Fuck
In Ryan Day & Ross Bjork We Trust.
Kansas State is saying “we told you so”
Fuck off. Kansas State lost to BYU by 29 and their QB currently has 53 yards passing in the 3rd quarter. Howard played well, just slid a half second too late.
R.I.P. Simba
Howard pissed his pants! He can’t throw even close to a deep ball. He consistently stares down receivers-should have thrown 2 more picks. He misses wide open receivers a lot. That’s will Howard’s reality
28/35, 326 yards, 2 touchdowns, 0 INTs. Including a perfectly thrown 26-yard corner route to Ebuka to put them at the Oregon 29.
He's not perfect, but he did more than enough to win. Blame the defense.
R.I.P. Simba
Howard was 28/35 326 yards 2 TDs O INTS and a rushing TD. If you think he was a problem in this game then you’re an idiot.
Not overall but when he had to have it - pee running down his leg
Kansas State is saying “we told you so”
Stop ragging on Will Howard. He played a good game. Offense played good enough to win - remember the OL had 2 starters go down this game.
The biggest issue was the defense, particularly the DL not generating any pass rush all night and Burke getting roasted. There’s your areas of concern going forward. In addition to the the players, definitely having concerns about Knowles right now. He seems to be in a Don Brown zone - beat up on weaklings and fold against good teams.
Denzel Burke lost A LOT of money tonight 10000$
The difference between LSU and OSU with the game on the line is night and day.
Loss is on Jim Knowles, period. He will never win a National Championship. His next stop is obviously Oregon State. See ya and quit guessing!!
G Hale
Edge rushers are a joke. JT and sawyer combine for 5 total tackles? Where's Larry Johnson been the last few years?
Denzel Burke got smoked. I have no words, that was like watching his entire sophomore year. That was just hard to watch.
Ryan Day is overrated and this team was obviously built with money and it all comes down to hype. Caleb Downs is the real deal, the rest of the defense couldn't stop a slow nose bleed.
The Excellence of Execution, the Best there is, the Best there was, the Best there ever will be!
Our coach simply doesn’t understand how simple football is. Most people in this form don’t understand it. If you win the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball, you win the game.
that’s why we lost all three Michigan games.
There’s a disconnect between the defensive coordinator and the defensive line coach.
A fan since the Randy Gradishar days
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A fan since the Randy Gradishar days
I was there. Yes, #10 was taken to the woodshed. Yes, #18's lack of arm strength is real. Yes, tackling was, well, lacking. BUT...Otegon is damn good, their quarterback is a gamer, and their stadium energy shames The Shoe crowd twice its number...by so much that my hearing is totally shot. What a game!!! Our Bucks will be back.
klusewski
Defense is ass. QB is average.
12-2, stressful low-joy season
Day loses yet another big game. His staff was clearly out coached by Oregon. Very frustrating.
Kieren
Day ain't it and with EVERY big game loss he proves it.
GO BUCKS
Dan Lanning is better than Ryan Day.
Prove me wrong.
Dan Lanning is better than Ryan Day.
Prove me wrong.
Lanning blew two games to Washington last year with everything on the line. Also has a worse winning percentage as a head coach than Day.
Other than that, you are spot on.
Every time Day's team experience even a hint of misfortune and/or a setback he get this deer in the headlights look on the sidelines and it trickles down to the team..
GO BUCKS
Just like "old yellow stain" - Cooper
Now while I feel like shouldn't be coach of tOSU due to the aforementioned I know tOSU isn't going to necessarily fire him, but Knowles needs to be shown the door after this season which absurdly will end in his defense getting torched yet again in the first or second round of the playoff "20 million dollar's" my ass
GO BUCKS
Next loss; Penn State. Followed by a 4th straight to TTUN. Hell, maybe even falling to Indiana, and Nebraska. All's not lost though; seven wins will earn the Buckeyes a bowl.
White Bull
Great fan. You should DM the players and coaches too buddy.
Joel
We have to gave it, Day just can’t win the big games.
Given the changes to the playoff system - this season gives the Buckeyes another chance.
There's plenty of responsibility in this loss to go around.
Let's see how they respond to this loss.
Coaches and players need to watch the game and be honest with themselves about their performances - either get better or next Buckeye up.
And, how bad are the injuries?
All is not lost.....
Woody
Simmons is out for the year. Given that he's an elite LT with no real backup, that's as devastating of a loss as we could have.
We can't stop here; this is bat country...
Big Game Day paves the way what can you say, 1-7. Cooper 2.0
CFW
I was hopkng at the end, OSU would have been able to pull out the win, and still have tons to work on for the season going forward....Dammit Very dissappointing loss OSU is a very good team, but not elite that is for sure....
Just For Men did it again. 1-7 slick in big ones. Not the guy urban thought he was.
CFW
Will the Buckeyes even drop more than 2 spots in the rankings? They lost by 1 to a top 3 team in the final seconds. If Oregon is a top 3 team how is OSU not?
Per usual JT and Sawyer nowhere to be seen - trying to avoid injuries for the NFL ... so tired of hearing about JT - living life off of ONE game against Penn State (who cares)!!! Need more guys from NEW HAMPSHIRE coaching this team! Couldn't win with Stroud and Harrison and can't win with this lineup either! A COMPLETE FAILURE! Urban available???
MW
In the name of coach Widows burn this thing down. Millions of dollars for what?
OSUchoochoo! Get on the buckeye train
Ryan Day - 1 win 7 losses versus Top 5 teams ... read that again Ross Bjork - complete failure! Adios!
MW
This is by far the worst LB crew I've ever seen at OSU. They are the weak link. Tackling ? Burke & Styles looked like they were playing girls flag football. If Burke is going to be left on an island and eventually get roasted because no pressure, a coach might want to teach him to tackle. He will go undrafted after that showing. No Antoine Winfield. Did Sawyer have a single tackle. Talent in spades. Measurables in spades. Football players ? Coaching, terrible. Scheme on D, absolutely shite. We have no hitters and not a lot of football IQ on the field sans Downs He'll be in the portal after this year.
Don’t believe all the fake hype about this team. This team has a serious defense deficit disorder. Knowles has not made the Buckeyes a better defense. He’s made it a different defense with the same problems it has had for years. Can’t get off the field without giving up points and yardage. Knowles has shown some of the worst defensive schemes ever devised by a coordinator against dual threat quarterbacks. Buckeyes have to have the worst linebackers in college football regardless of division. You can shit in one hand and wish in the other but this team will not win a B1G Championship or a CFP Championship. Too weak on defense.
If you can’t make a fourth and one, you don't deserve to win.
What a game! I know some OSU “fans” will say some negative comments. But this is what it’s all about. A tough opponent, on the road; this team will grow from it and more importantly never forget the experience.
"If we worked half as hard as our band, we'd be champions" -Wayne Woodrow Hayes