tOSU vs Missouri, Goodyear Cotton Bowl, Friday Dec. 29, 8 ET on ESPN

[Poe McKnoe]

I’m not jumping off the wagon.

Go Bucks!

Congrats! This is me. I’m off the wagon. Just as a steamroller is headed in my direction.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Get a nice first down, then dropped pass and shugarts. The one constant with this offense is the ability to shoot themselves in the foot, regardless of who is playing,

 

[Ryan36_1]

Tressel never finished a season 0-2.

Meyer never finished a season 0-2.

Luke doesn't count.

Pizza Urban absolutely lost his last two.

 

[Bucklion]

On one hand this has a Cooperesque feel but on the other this game was over when Brown got hurt. Expecting a true frosh who barely ever played to save the day was not realistic. Defense held the fort for 3 quarters, but 3 points was never going to be enough.

Honestly expecting Brown too might have been overly optimistic as well, but at least he had practice reps

 

[OHSportsFan]

Looking back at the beginning of the thread and some of the "meaningless game" crowd sure seem pissed off now. Why?

A month for the coaches and players to prepare and we got this. Up and down the roster.

Yeah, I’m pissed.

Not going anywhere but I don’t see how this is okay.

 

[brutus831]

I’m not jumping off the wagon.

Go Bucks!

Never leaving the wagon but reality says there are major issues on both sides of the ball. D line, O line, QB and maybe linebacker. Day needs to give up play calling because his game management sucks. He cannot do both.

 

[Cranny92]

These bowl games are a waste of time. Unless u in a bowl for national championship, they should get rid of em all

 

[AuTX Buckeye]

On one hand this has a Cooperesque feel but on the other this game was over when Brown got hurt. Expecting a true frosh who barely ever played to save the day was not realistic. Defense held the fort for 3 quarters, but 3 points was never going to be enough.

I get that... but Brown has been injured for the last two/three months of the season.... so to NOT have LK prepped to play is a failure in coaching

 

[buckeyebri]

Not what I was hoping to see in this game from our offense. Your players can not make these kind of mistakes with a young QB.

When Day says this team is not soft. It is it is mentally and emotionally soft.

 

[Captain Buckeye]

sad. Season over for years I hated the season being over. But if they had a game next week it’s just as bad.This era of OSU ended with the victory over Clemson it’s time to tear down and start over.. don’t hold on to the past.

Yeah I won’t lie… I’m pretty concerned with the direction of the program.

The OL/DL recruiting misses, haven’t been a running team since 2019, the QB position is a huge question mark right now, special teams have been allowed to be a disaster, just straight up odd personnel decisions and the losses to TCUN.

Every year since 2019 has just been a bit worse than the year before. Now without the Uber talented QB it’s a real issue.

 

[osubartender23]

Even if it's the defense's fault that they gave up 14 points, it's Ohio State. The offense should be good enough to win.

Exactly. That’s why anyone bitching about this defense is absolutely out of touch with reality.

 

[cincibuck]

this team wasn’t ready to play even before Brown was hurt. And after a whole season, only one guy was ready to play QB and for reasons I don’t understand Day ran him off.

 

[OHSportsFan]

Lincoln Riley got his backup QB ready.

I’m not going to pretend Brown was that even before the injury. This is broken.

 

[AKAK]

I’ve always heard Youngstown is heaven on earth

Oooh baby do you know what that's worth? Qho made Youngstown a place on earth?

 

[OregonBuckeye]

Running the ball on 2nd down. Ryan Day is a pussy. I'll take a ban for that