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pianobuck46
pianobuck46
Possibly. We should have played through it though. If Zeke could play through a whole season with a fractured forearm, and J.T. Barrett with on-going ankle problems for two years, yeah....we should have played through it.
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OregonBuckeye
Semper Fi Buckeyes
The team looked juiced up until the Wade ejection; I don't think that really played a part. We looked faster and more physical until we lost Wade and Dobbins got hurt.
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shetuck
What do you need water for, Sunshine?
Adrenaline goes a long way toward helping forget about nagging injuries and pain. I agree, though, that once Wade got ejected and Dobbins took a knee in the backfield (after getting his ankle wrapped), probably any "juice" was deflated and gone.
Fuller's missed tackles were hugely deflating. To be fair, he seemed to be slipping more than some of the others.
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This won't help either, but when you watch the play again look at where Victor is, near the sideline inside the 5 yard line, with a nice window between the CB and the safety. That's the throw I wish he would have tried to make on that play, rather than the dumpoff to JK.There’s a screen grab of Dobbins wide open on a checkdown instead of Fields airing it to the endzone. I won’t post here but it will haunt me for a long time.
we’ll beat Clemson someday...right?
Just to get a larger picture of what will haunt us all.
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Systems_id
Head Coach
Nah I'm not playing that "what if" game.
Fact is the Buckeyes DID make the plays to win the game and they were fucked by the refs. The Wade ejection was bad enough. Buckeyes would've gotten the ball back with something like 3 minutes left (if I remember correctly) AND they'd still have Wade. The fumble recovery for a TD is THE play that would've won the game, assuming everything else stays the same.
Quite frankly, even if the Buckeyes made a couple more plays, you have to question if a few phantom holding calls were in their future to negate said plays.
Oscillating ever so slightly back to Anger.
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Onebuckfan
classof76
Nick Wright just said Bucks dominated and this loss would be hard to get overBS unless your under 30 or a bandwagon fan this is part of our History. We persevere we are not the U, Texas,FSUor even scUM. We will be knocking on the door soon and will knock it down. No matter how SEC/ESPN stack the deck against us. Go Bucks,
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The biggest travesty is that they continue to play the Fiesta Bowl on a field that a HS would be embarrassed to call their own.
Put field turf in and call it done.
Every Fiesta Bowl game I have watched since moving to Glendale has had the same issue.
All this money and they play on a field that looks like a monsoon hit it the day before.
Shame on you Playoff committee.
Put field turf in and call it done.
Every Fiesta Bowl game I have watched since moving to Glendale has had the same issue.
All this money and they play on a field that looks like a monsoon hit it the day before.
Shame on you Playoff committee.
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I still see Duron Carter running uncovered down the right sideline with Pryor locked onto Davier Posey... USC 2009.
I'd like to make a point about the folks worrying that we're becoming Miami 2002 cry babies....
Yesterday was one day after the game. There were legitimate reasons to "bitch" about things the occurred in the game, not 24 hours distant. The replay reversal was an objectively bad call. It's not like the Miami game. It wasn't called on the field. It wasn't a late flag. It was an objectively awful display of refs inserting themselves into the contest, throwing their own review rules out the window, and reversing that which occurred on the field. Ohio State fans have every right to be upset about that.
As Jax mentioned (and probably others) the fact of the matter is, you have to play well enough that the refs don't matter. In the long run, they didn't. If Dobbins secures 2 throws Ohio State wins. If Ohio State plays punt safe, Ohio State probably wins. If Olave doesn't misread Fields' intentions, Ohio State probably wins. A hell of a lot else went on in that game other than the reversal and the targeting call. Neither of those calls were fatal... Ohio State did everything except catch the ball. And that's not on the officiating.
Back to the point... check with me in 2029 to see if our fans discussing the calls and their impact are still 'whining' There's quite a difference between 'whining' and discussing clearly impactful moments in a game that ended less than.. [checks watch] 35 hours ago.
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Well, it's Monday. And it still stings. But...
^^This is exactly how I feel. I thought the Targeting was pretty clear-- maybe I don't understand the rules as clearly as everyone but I thought they got it right. The unfounded Targeting calls in the past might've colored some views on our side? Not sure. It DID look as though Lawrence turned up the drama factor once his medical team came over. But, I'd expect nothing less.
I'm 60-40 on the Dobbins TD. This past season alone I've seen worse calls like that stand. It really looked like he had control of the ball when he crossed the goal line (I thought was enough). The best I can describe the "control" issue...seconds AFTER he fell it slightly flipped against his chest. I wasn't completely shocked it was overturned. But, I thought it'd be a small bump in the road.
The scoop is 6 is an egregious mistake that obviously changed the outcome of the game. Considering the overwhelming opinion by a good part of the media & former officials that it WAS a catch which was recovered by the Buckeyes, I'm at a loss... It gives credence to our outrage. I've always said... no team will ever win simply by capitalizing on the mistakes of the other side. Obviously, there's a caveat to that statement. That's one I've always made as a whole & actually seems to apply to Clemson! They won by capitalizing on our failures. Boy, oh boy did we have some. This, however, wasn't one of them. Shame on the NCAA and the officials that perpetrated this crime.
In the end...
Those cornpone idiots and blind SEC officiating will ruin college football for me for the next 9 months.
Will never stop being a proud Buckeye, love our team and know we came further than anyone expected---if you aren't proud of that, find another team to cheer for because you'll never make it through the next 10, 20, 30 years. Go Bucks!
PS. Fuck Clemson.
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