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tOSU at Indiana, Oct 23rd, 7:30 PM, ABC

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LordJeffBuck said:
Indiana 2021

1. If ever a team needed a 47-point beatdown, it was the Indiana Hoosiers. After narrowly losing to Ohio State last year, and finishing with their best record (percentage-wise) since 1967, the Hoosiers and their fans somehow felt entitled to claim that they were the rightful champs of the Big Ten East in 2020; and that they would get their "revenge" in 2021. Pretty tough talk from a team that entered last night's contest on a 26-game losing streak to Ohio State, and hadn't actually won a share of a Big Ten title in more than five decades (a three-way split in 1967) or an outright title since World War Two (1945, back when Michigan was still good). Sure, the Hoosiers have had their moments against Ohio State over the past decade, with single-digit losses in 2020, 2015, and 2012, and a come-from-ahead loss in 2014 ... and with 15 plays of 45+ yards including four such plays in last year's moral victory. The Hoosiers were clearly getting too big for their britches (as they might say in Indiana) and they needed an ass-whooping to come back down to size. And they got one last night.

2. Ohio State didn't really need any memorable plays or spectacular performances in order to pull off a 54-7 win, and in fact it was a rather steady and workmanlike beatdown. The Buckeyes' longest run was only 25 yards, the longest pass just 32 yards, and the longest touchdown 21 yards; a 20-yard punt return and a 42-yard kick return gave the offense short fields that it didn't really need. Buckeye running backs had 28 carries for 189 yards (6.75 average) and 3 TDs, while Buckeye quarterbacks completed 28 of 37 passes (.757) for 352 yards, 4 TDs, no INTs, and one sack; no running back or receiver had over 100 yards. Despite running 69 plays, the offense faced third down only nine times and converted six of them, and it was a perfect 5 for 5 in the first half. On the other side of the ball, the leading tacklers had just four apiece, and the defense did not force any turnovers; however, the defense did rack up 14 TFLs, including 5 sacks, which kept Indiana "behind the chains" much of the evening. Unlike most weeks, I am not noting individual performances because everybody was equally good, more or less, and no one really had a remarkable performance.

3. Ohio State recorded its first safety (courtesy of Marvin Harrison, Jr., who tackled the punter in the end zone after a fumbled snap) since the 2019 Indiana game, when Chris Olave got one on a blocked punt that went through the end zone.

4. Over the past three Big Ten games, Ohio State is averaging 58 points, and 41 points in the first half alone. Yes, the competition will get better over the next five week, but I can't see anyone in the Big Ten keeping Ohio State under 40 points barring some miracle.
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Great breakdown. The equal input and consistency is what I am loving right now... many years we've been so dependent on certain players, and this year I'm confident through the two deep at almost every position. As you said, the competition is going to get better. But I'm also with you that I don't think there's a defense out there on the rest of our schedule that can hold us to under 40. The OL is so damn good in every phase and though our skill players are elite, they don't even need to be. We've had some great OLs but this is by far the most dominant I've watched in my lifetime. Really fun to watch.
 
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I realize it’s not common to mention the officiating after a blow out because
  1. there’s obviously nothing to complain about, and
  2. It didn't affect the final score much

I am curious though whether anyone else noticed what I did last night. It seemed to me that Indiana got away with holding on a significant number of plays, even by B1G standards. Yes, we all know there is holding on every play; blah blah blah. After > 5 decades of watching this sport, I thought I knew the kind of holding that was sufficiently egregious to get called in this conference. I saw a lot of it last night, but not one flag for it.

Again, I’m not complaining. I’m just genuinely curious about whether anyone else saw it the way that I did.
 
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DaddyBigBucks said:
I realize it’s not common to mention the officiating after a blow out because
  1. there’s obviously nothing to complain about, and
  2. It didn't affect the final score much

I am curious though whether anyone else noticed what I did last night. It seemed to me that Indiana got away with holding on a significant number of plays, even by B1G standards. Yes, we all know there is holding on every play; blah blah blah. After > 5 decades of watching this sport, I thought I knew the kind of holding that was sufficiently egregious to get called in this conference. I saw a lot of it last night, but not one flag for it.

Again, I’m not complaining. I’m just genuinely curious about whether anyone else saw it the way that I did.
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They swallowed whistle in second half. Too wet too cold for the old farts and the young lady felt empathy. Lol
 
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DaddyBigBucks said:
I realize it’s not common to mention the officiating after a blow out because
  1. there’s obviously nothing to complain about, and
  2. It didn't affect the final score much

I am curious though whether anyone else noticed what I did last night. It seemed to me that Indiana got away with holding on a significant number of plays, even by B1G standards. Yes, we all know there is holding on every play; blah blah blah. After > 5 decades of watching this sport, I thought I knew the kind of holding that was sufficiently egregious to get called in this conference. I saw a lot of it last night, but not one flag for it.

Again, I’m not complaining. I’m just genuinely curious about whether anyone else saw it the way that I did.
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I've stopped looking at that TBH... they can't call it or they'd have to call it every play. Unless it changes a play it's just how it is.
 
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DaddyBigBucks said:
I realize it’s not common to mention the officiating after a blow out because
  1. there’s obviously nothing to complain about, and
  2. It didn't affect the final score much

I am curious though whether anyone else noticed what I did last night. It seemed to me that Indiana got away with holding on a significant number of plays, even by B1G standards. Yes, we all know there is holding on every play; blah blah blah. After > 5 decades of watching this sport, I thought I knew the kind of holding that was sufficiently egregious to get called in this conference. I saw a lot of it last night, but not one flag for it.

Again, I’m not complaining. I’m just genuinely curious about whether anyone else saw it the way that I did.
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I've just come to.expect a shit show when it comes to officiating in B1G games.
 
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Onebuckfan said:
They swallowed whistle in second half. Too wet too cold for the old farts and the young lady felt empathy. Lol
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I made a comment similar to this while watching. I completely agree. The game was over well before the clock said it was over. It was a miserable night weather wise. I have to guess it was a matter of everyone just getting out of there as soon as they possibly could.
 
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DaddyBigBucks said:
I realize it’s not common to mention the officiating after a blow out because
  1. there’s obviously nothing to complain about, and
  2. It didn't affect the final score much

I am curious though whether anyone else noticed what I did last night. It seemed to me that Indiana got away with holding on a significant number of plays, even by B1G standards. Yes, we all know there is holding on every play; blah blah blah. After > 5 decades of watching this sport, I thought I knew the kind of holding that was sufficiently egregious to get called in this conference. I saw a lot of it last night, but not one flag for it.

Again, I’m not complaining. I’m just genuinely curious about whether anyone else saw it the way that I did.
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I felt when it was clear it was a blowout the officials started leaning Indiana pretty hard in an attempt to keep the game from becoming too big of a blowout. Which I hate when officials think it's their job to help that the little guy who being bludgeoned.
 
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dragurd said:
I felt when it was clear it was a blowout the officials started leaning Indiana pretty hard in an attempt to keep the game from becoming too big of a blowout. Which I hate when officials think it's their job to help that the little guy who being bludgeoned.
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Yep. About the only thing that raised my blood pressure even a blip last night. And that was only after the blatant nonstop holding was being ignored.
 
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JCOSU86 said:
I’ve already seen “but it was only Indiana”. Next week it will be “it was only Ped St”
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I can hear it now... PSU #62 rushing defense coming into the game.
Indiana is #46. Not sure where they were before Saturday's game, but at something like 3.94 yds/rush allowed they'd likely still be in the top 50.
 
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