Game Thread tOSU @ Sparty, Nov 8th @ 8pm ET, ABC

[bukIpower]

2003 comes to mind as one of the worst in my brief history as a buckeye.

I upvoted you solely because I am a green monkey fan myself

 

[RB07OSU]

I upvoted you solely because I am a green monkey fan myself

Same here...watched LOTHT a million times and was always pulling for the Green Monkeys. The Purple Parrots were whack and the Orange Iguanas were just place holders.

 

[RB07OSU]

I talked about this with my brother in law. It's the same philosophy that made the Seattle DBs the most fearsome in the NFL and won them a Super Bowl last year.

The refs aren't going to call a penalty on every single play because that will ruin the game, so we are going to hold (MSU)/interfere (Seatle) on literally every single play and have a huge advantage on the vast majority of plays where it's not called.

Honestly, a pretty good point. The holding was so blatant you almost had to look away to not call it. The sad part is they called 5-6 holding calls if memory serves correct, and it was not even close to half of the clear holds. There is a holding to be called almost every play in the technical sense...but they were holding in the obvious sense almost every play. I guess that is the best way to scheme against Bosa and our DL.

And I know everyone would call homerism...except I looked back through the game and routinely we have square blocks without letting our hands drift. It was like a do's (OSU) versus dont's (MSU) on how to block properly without holding. And I would be shocked if their entire OL learned that on their own in unison...

 

[BUCKYLE]

Imo poor officiating is far more responsible for parity in CFB than scholarship limits. It's the great equalizer. A few missed holding calls here and there and Indiana could be B1G champs.

 

[Coqui]

Imo poor officiating is far more responsible for parity in CFB than scholarship limits. It's the great equalizer. A few missed holding calls here and there and Indiana could be B1G champs.

That's not far off from the realm of reality. After all, they're currently the SEC West champ.

 

[Bill Lucas]

SEC East but yes.

 

[Coqui]

SEC East but yes.

Sorry, I didn't look to confirm. I just assumed one of the most western states in the SEC conference would have been in the SEC west.

 

[woofermazing]

They seem much more likely to call it if you are beat and then hold.

If you start the play deliberately holding, you're good to go. Probably easier to hide too.

 

[UpNorth_Buckeye]

Same here...watched LOTHT a million times and was always pulling for the Green Monkeys. The Purple Parrots were whack and the Orange Iguanas were just place holders.

I lived and breathed orange iguanas. Gfy.

 

[Jake]

Back in the country now and watching the DVR I am highly impressed by how the Bucks destroyed Sparty's defense. OSU was far from perfect, turnovers etc., but comfortably crossed the finish line in the end.

 

[youra6]

Back in the country now and watching the DVR I am highly impressed by how the Bucks destroyed Sparty's defense. OSU was far from perfect, turnovers etc., but comfortably crossed the finish line in the end.

MSU also shot themselves on the foot a couple of times on dropped passes, errant throws on 3rd Down.

Not to take anything away from the defense, Grant was like a glove on Lippett for most of the game.

 

[OhioState001]

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/c.../12/17/msu-cunningham-spartans-espn/20555303/

Sparty was the best team in the country says this writer...... if you take away half of the Ohio State game and 1 quarter of the Oregon game. Why do these people get paid?

 

[Michael Bluth]

So basically if you take out the three most important quarters of football against the only good teams they faced? Riiiight

 

[matcar]

So basically if you take out the three most important quarters of football against the only good teams they faced? Riiiight

Well then they should have no problem with Baylor then!

 

[BUCKDUBBS007]

Highlights of the game from tOSU