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Game Thread Minnesota at tOSU, Sat. Oct. 4th, 7:30 pm ET, NBC

JCOSU86 said:
30-18, but yeah, that ONE BAD SPOT...


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From Your own "Land Grant Holy Land" account of the 2018 game:

"Now down 7-3, OSU went down the field to get their lead back— and nearly turned the ball over on downs in the process. After a facemask penalty on Minnesota spotted the Buckeyes a spot near midfield, two completions to Johnnie Dixon and a stuffed rush by Haskins put the Bucks at fourth-and-2. Urban Meyer and the staff decided to go for it, giving the ball to Weber on a stretch. It appeared that Weber was short, but the refs didn’t review the play."

Of course, the very next play was a 40 yard Ohio State touchdown. The point being made is the Gophers, when competitive, have had some controversial calls go against them that have taken their win probabilities from "unlikely" to "impossible". I know it is entertaining to pile on delusional opposing fans, but at least try to do it genuinely without cherry picking clips from a long post and taking stuff out of context.
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Cincinnati Reds (2025 is our year! Haha thats actually funny)

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Jaxbuck said:
From what I could see, Greene was struggling with command from the jump and absolutely could get nothing going with his slider.

100MPH or no, you can't be a one pitch pitcher against the Dodgers.

As far as not being in the same weight class as the Dodgers goes, the Reds did in fact sweep a 4 game set against the playoff Cubs and 2 of 3 from the best team in baseball (record wise) on the final weekend. If memory serves the broke even against the Phillies this year or maybe 1 game under?

Point being; baseball is weird but these guys (even as offensively challenged as they are) can play with the playoff teams. Last night was just what happens to anyone when their starter is off.
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Good points. Yes, they absolutely have gone toe to toe with the best - yankees, phillies, padres, cubs (lately), brewers (lately), mets, d-backs, guardians, giants. The Phils went 18-11 in August when the Reds took the 3-game series against them. (They got friggin' shelled by the Blue Jays. Look at the BJs' schedule - they seldom scored in the double digits and the only other team they did that to in consecutive games was Colorado.)

But we saw a contrast last night. Dodgers' veteran mixed up location, and always kept the ball low right at the knees or below. Remember Halladay's no-hitter - he poured fastball after fastball right in there at the knees all game. As I said in-game, our pitchers got lit up when they made a mistake up in the zone. And when their reliever in the 8th left a nice fat one up to K-Hayes with bases loaded, he just hit a weak popup to 1st. Guys, we saw that same shit all season long. As you said, 'offensively challenged.'

Ohtani's hr against Connor was on a breaking pitch at the belt right in the heart of the zone. Late movement (just moved to the barrel of the bat), so not such a bad pitch in that case, but when dodger pitchers throw a strike, it's usually less hittable, and the reds don't make them pay for mistakes too often. I'm concerned that our pitchers just can't locate well enough to contain an elite offense (see BJ's, Dodgers). They didn't learn from their mistakes when BJ's trounced them the first time. I don't know how they split the season series against the Phils, but that was amazing.

As I said earlier, I think they will do better tonight. The dodgers' bullpen meltdown was shocking, and I'd be surprised if they repeat that ineptitude. It gives us all hope for tonight, though.

As far as the Phils, it seemed like they were on quite a hot streak in September (17-8). I'm thinking they are a different team now than when we played them, so if we advance hopefully that week off with just a scrimmage game hurt their momentum.
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Game Thread Minnesota at tOSU, Sat. Oct. 4th, 7:30 pm ET, NBC

Zurp said:
These dudes are trying to beat Penn State at their own game.
(Whining about referees, I mean)

Recent history vs Ohio State

For a team at the Gopher's talent level, beating Ohio State is certainly unlikely, but not impossible. My anger level increases when coaches (or even fans) act like it is impossible. I realize that fans don't have a direct impact on the game but I have already seen one suggestion that the...
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I found that play. The OSU defender lowered his head but hit the QB with his hands, and didn't hit the QB in the head. I don't know why a flag was even thrown.


No way am I looking through this game to find a "terrible spot". The refs are human and getting the spot correct is probably tough. We can all think of a situation - maybe a bazillion of them - where the ref put the ball in the wrong spot.


They're saying that Ibrahim's injury lost them the game. They were down 10 when he got hurt. I doubt that's their killer.
I'm not sure what their targeting complaint is. Heh - I bet that's it - 3:59 remaining... they may have a point there. But I think it's chest-to-shoulder contact first. He isn't lowering his head or launching. But I never know what the rule really is.
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Curious where you found something that suggested to you: "The OSU defender lowered his head but hit the QB with his hands, and didn't hit the QB in the head. I don't know why a flag was even thrown."

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Game Thread Minnesota at tOSU, Sat. Oct. 4th, 7:30 pm ET, NBC

JCOSU86
Zurp said:
These dudes are trying to beat Penn State at their own game.
(Whining about referees, I mean)

Recent history vs Ohio State

For a team at the Gopher's talent level, beating Ohio State is certainly unlikely, but not impossible. My anger level increases when coaches (or even fans) act like it is impossible. I realize that fans don't have a direct impact on the game but I have already seen one suggestion that the...
gopherhole.com gopherhole.com

I found that play. The OSU defender lowered his head but hit the QB with his hands, and didn't hit the QB in the head. I don't know why a flag was even thrown.


No way am I looking through this game to find a "terrible spot". The refs are human and getting the spot correct is probably tough. We can all think of a situation - maybe a bazillion of them - where the ref put the ball in the wrong spot.


They're saying that Ibrahim's injury lost them the game. They were down 10 when he got hurt. I doubt that's their killer.
I'm not sure what their targeting complaint is. Heh - I bet that's it - 3:59 remaining... they may have a point there. But I think it's chest-to-shoulder contact first. He isn't lowering his head or launching. But I never know what the rule really is.
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30-18, but yeah, that ONE BAD SPOT...


lol
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