The Deer Hunter

September 24th, 2023 at 12:48 AM ^

Not only is this post worthy Henson, this is going to be blown up tomorrow. I wouldn't want to be a coach, coordinator or anyone that obviously had any responsibility of personnel at the end of the game for ND. The spot where Trayanum scored was the missing D-lineman. 

I don't know what's worse...Ryan Day's 3rd base Charmin TP rant or ND's choke job in losing this game in this final seconds due to incompetence. 

Just when I've think I've seen everything...this was a first for me. 

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UgLi Eric

September 24th, 2023 at 1:49 AM ^

It's surprising that with all that talent and an OC for a head coach, it still took them more than one play to punch it in at the buzzer of a 14 to 10 game, against less than a full team...and OSU will still rise in the polls. Neither team here looked today.

I wish OSU had played Oregon (or even Washington) instead because that team looks °chefs kiss°

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Other Andrew

September 24th, 2023 at 4:24 AM ^

To be fair to the ND coaching staff, those ulgy-ass green uniforms camouflage nicely with the grass, so maybe they just thought they had another dude they couldn’t see.

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1of12MattDamons

September 24th, 2023 at 5:05 AM ^

What's even more hilarious is people on here thought Colorado was a potential 9-3 team with decent coaching. The bigger story is how Colorado is the most overrated/overhyped team in  college football history. Look forward to usc beating them by 35 and their 6 game losing streak. 

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Blinkin

September 24th, 2023 at 6:12 AM ^

Short of an actual meteor I can't think of a funnier outcome for this game. Are the striking SAG writers moonlighting for CFB or something? Because this whole scenario is perfect.

-OSU is in position to win thanks to about 10 cumulative pratfalls from ND refusing to ice the game.

-OSU finally, after 2 tries, gets <1 yard up the gut against an opponent with a pulse.*

-Day goes bananas on national TV about immediately after, arguing with message board posters about toughness and calling out Lou Holtz.

-After all that, it comes out for all the world to see that OSU's big tremendous power toughness accomplishment came against....a team with only 10 guys on the field. 

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Carcajou

September 24th, 2023 at 12:28 PM ^

 it comes out for all the world to see that OSU's big tremendous power toughness accomplishment came against....a team with only 10 guys on the field

nah, most of the world outside this blog will remember OSU's narrative spin that they are never out of it and have the ability to strike and come back and when no matter how late it gets.
And frankly, the less made of doubts regarding their toughness publicly, the better. In a huper-competitive male ego sport like football, it's the kind of thing that does motivates coaches and teams against you. [Michigan did TCU a huge favor by questioning their toughness, and it showed in that game].
Best thing to do is smile, knowingly.

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Njia

September 24th, 2023 at 8:14 AM ^

I mean, If I'm being honest, this ending is nearly as satisfying as a meteor at midfield or a 7-0 final score where one team's defense was the only unit to cross the goal line.

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bluenoteSA80

September 24th, 2023 at 8:19 AM ^

My wife, who knows zilch about college football, was sitting with me at the end of that game. She asked if that interview was the OSU coach. I said yes and then she asked “Is he just an ass?”

”Yes honey”

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Carcajou

September 24th, 2023 at 12:39 PM ^

It's funny, because by last week I had gotten past the "We'll hang a hundred on 'em" comment or whatever it was, and was thinking, "If he wasn't the coach at Ohio State, he's probably an intelligent, OK guy as a coach or someone to have a cabernet or a whiskey with." Certainly a lot more tolerable than the insecure neurotic dirt bag(s) who preceded him. Nope.

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Carcajou

September 24th, 2023 at 12:52 PM ^

I kind of know what you mean. It does feel like a minor loss, as a Michigan fan. An almost. It felt like the dragon had been not just superficially wounded (as Michigan has done the last two Novembers), but their thick skin of self-confidence and football superiority had been decisively pierced, and the beast even possibly subdued, after their long, long reign of terror. 

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bamf_16

September 24th, 2023 at 8:27 AM ^

In a vacuum, the ND screen pass on their last drive makes sense, but OSU could not stop ND's inside power run throughout the 2nd half. 

 

And with a QB making his 4th start in that hostile crowd, to go with that 3 man front and 8 man zone on the 3rd to last play is just horrible. Half the battle for the QB is reading the defense/rush. You made the pre-snap read that much easier, AND your 8 man coverage team played it like it was the last play of the game and gave up WAY too much space between the 10 and the goal line.

 

Just awful all around.

 

Add that to the abomination of a coach job by Dabo and his staff down the stretch against FSU and it makes me want the Harbaugh "problems" Michigan has that much more.

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bamf_16

September 24th, 2023 at 10:43 AM ^

It doesn’t even have to be that binary choice; I still cringe watching Tua’s game winning pass against Georgia in the NC game. To not have help over the top on 2nd and forever from the 42 was coaching malpractice, but Georgia’s recent success keeps us from talking about it.

 

But it doesn’t have to be single high or prevent. I thought Al Golden had a great 59:30 yesterday…but man was that last 30 seconds bad.

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