| Buckeye Football Ohio State football, moderated. Consider this the general community forum, but with a theme. Completely off-topic chatter should start at, or move to, the Open Discussion forum. |
|
View Poll Results: Did you agree at the time with going for it on 4th and 1?
|
|
Yes
|
   
|
95 |
56.55% |
|
No
|
  
|
73 |
43.45% |
01-09-2007, 09:22 PM
|
 |
I beg to differ
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 14,139
Points: 47,591.96
Bank: 0.00
Total Points: 47,591.96
|
|
|
On Swamp Gas, some idiot said that Jim Tressel went for it because he "didn't respect the Florida front four".
Personally, I think they're bleeding this "no respect" thing a bit too far.
Imagine. "How dare they actually run a play? How disrespectful!!! We'll show them."
|
01-09-2007, 09:23 PM
|
 |
Fierce Urgency Now
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 14,925
Points: 9,455.91
Bank: 10,482.16
Total Points: 19,938.06
|
|
Swamp Gas is full of..................gas!  |
01-09-2007, 09:31 PM
|
 |
You probably don't think I'm a very nice guy...
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 9,791
Points: 566,411.60
Bank: 787.10
Total Points: 567,198.70
|
|
|
It was a stupid call, no question.
It was all risk no reward.
The risk was giving up the ball.
The reward was getting a 1st down with 70 yards to go. In other words, no reward.
I think more coaches should go for it on 4th and inches since a sneak is almost automatic. But that wasn't inches...it was almost a full yard. And the sneak already failed.
Stupid, stupid call.
|
01-09-2007, 09:34 PM
|
 |
84 days until The Game 2008
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 5,869
Points: 8,800,143.34
Bank: 0.00
Total Points: 8,800,143.34
|
|
|
I think JT smashed down on the panic button. Like many have said the risk reward wasn't there. He's human, we all [censored] up.
__________________
OSU under Jim Tressel73-16 (.820%)1 National Championship3 NC appearances4 B10 Championships(3 consecutive)6-1 vs scUM5 BCS Bowl Appearances1 Heisman TrophyB10 record 20 game conference win streak
|
01-09-2007, 09:38 PM
|
 |
OH--IO
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 361
Points: 5,571.61
Bank: 1,473.95
Total Points: 7,045.56
|
|
|
personally I hated the call and thought it was a bone-head call. On the other hand I understand where tressel was trying to find a way to light a spark under the teams ass.
If we would have made it on 4th and 1 we would all be sitting here saying what a great call it was.
|
01-09-2007, 09:40 PM
|
|
You probably don't think I'm a very nice guy...
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 9,791
Points: 566,411.60
Bank: 787.10
Total Points: 567,198.70
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by bucknutz
personally I hated the call and thought it was a bone-head call. On the other hand I understand where tressel was trying to find a way to light a spark under the teams ass.
If we would have made it on 4th and 1 we would all be sitting here saying what a great call it was.
|
not really, since the final score just would have been 34-14. there is nothing to indicate that making it would change the fact that Florida was far superior to OSU. |
01-09-2007, 09:44 PM
|
|
OH--IO
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 361
Points: 5,571.61
Bank: 1,473.95
Total Points: 7,045.56
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by tibor75
not really, since the final score just would have been 34-14. there is nothing to indicate that making it would change the fact that Florida was far superior to OSU. |
I agree and i'm not going to get into the what ifs, but getting that 4th and 1 could have been huge. |
01-09-2007, 10:26 PM
|
 |
awesome
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 5
Points: 202.67
Bank: 0.00
Total Points: 202.67
|
|
|
I would of run that hb run on the 3rd down. And if i didnt get it, Maybe i would of tried it again or done that qb sneak. I dont disagree with going for it on 4th and 1. I disagree with the playcalling for that series.
|
01-09-2007, 10:33 PM
|
 |
didn't you get that memo?
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 630
Points: 3,187.08
Bank: 416.88
Total Points: 3,603.96
|
|
|
Forget about 4th down, I thought the third down play was the opportunity to do something big.
I was hoping for an i-formation play-action of some sort, and take a shot deep down the field. If we failed to make the play, then we should have punted it away and let it be.
__________________
Pope Benedict XVI <3 tOSU
|
< |
