Game Thread tOSU @ Illinois, Sat 11/14 @ 12pm ET, ABC

[buckeyesin07]

JT makes the plays with his legs that CJ can't. With the way the Oline got owned today, I think CJ would have had a much tougher time of it.

Going forward, JT can't put the ball on the deck twice and throw a pick on top of it. Not turning the ball over will be key the next few weeks.

 

[UpNorth_Buckeye]

Well, there will be more comments about not impressing. They might well drop to fourth place or even out of the CFP top 4 (which I doubt).

I need to say this for reasons other posters here will understand, given last year.

I will be very surprised if they get into the NC game.

I'd wait until after the msu game. If the play calling is same old, then I agree the offensive side won't allow them (which, btw, how crazy is that?). But for all we know they actually open the play book and *gasp* pass beyond 20 yards.

 

[Systems_id]

JT makes the plays with his legs that CJ can't. With the way the Oline got owned today, I think CJ would have had a much tougher time of it.

Possibly but maybe Cardale connects on a couple of long passes JT got batted down.

 

[TampaBuckeyes]

Title game or the playoffs? If we go 13-0 as B1G champs, we're in...

Title game. The eye test doesn't matter at all at this pooint. We win out we're in , and likely losing in the semis. If we lose one this late in the year we don't win the big ten and we're out.

 

[Jagdaddy]

Possibly but maybe Cardale connects on a couple of long passes JT got batted down.

If you watch the tape, I think you'll find that JT kept a lot of plays from going negative with his feet and/or pocket awareness (spotty on the latter). Cardale likely takes half a dozen sacks today.

 

[Zander42]

Possibly but maybe Cardale connects on a couple of long passes JT got batted down.

If the past games are any indication, Cardale would have thrown those late and off target most of the time, if he got the passes off at all.

 

[exhawg]

Fuck D.J. Durkin. Been a prick since he was at BG. That is all.

 

[JCOSU86]

scUM's coach is still a fucking 'tard. Indiana's QB fumbled the ball and fell on it and a dUMb lineman speared him. He got an obvious flag and yet Farts-through-silk still went apeshit.

What a fucking dick. I hate that guy.

 

[Bucknut24]

I really hate our fanbase sometimes lol

 

[Mike80]

Title game. The eye test doesn't matter at all at this pooint. We win out we're in , and likely losing in the semis. If we lose one this late in the year we don't win the big ten and we're out.

how can you say "likely losing in the semis" when you don't know who the matchup will be?

 

[Mike80]

I really hate our fanbase sometimes lol

Only for this fanbase would a 25 point win where the offense gets 440 yards and the defense stands on its head would it be a disappointment.

Guess what people? It ain't a pumpkinin video game - these teams aren't just going to lay down because its' Ohio State.

 

[Coqui]

how can you say "likely losing in the semis" when you don't know who the matchup will be?

Because after obviously losing 10 games in a row, how could OSU beat someone in the playoffs?

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Title game. The eye test doesn't matter at all at this pooint. We win out we're in , and likely losing in the semis.

I don't think there's a team in the country that will "likely" beat us provided we play like we're supposed to...

 

[buckeyesin07]

Fuck D.J. Durkin. Been a prick since he was at BG. That is all.

He seems like every bit the raging lunatic that Harbaugh is. Gotta believe if he and Harbaugh are together long enough, those two will get in a fistfight at some point.

 

[buckeyesin07]

scUM's coach is still a fucking 'tard. Indiana's QB fumbled the ball and fell on it and a dUMb lineman speared him. He got an obvious flag and yet Farts-through-silk still went ape[Mark May].

What a fucking dick. I hate that guy.

Agreed. That was a complete cheap shot that was well after the whistle.