1st time poster, How did you take the loss? Was the day after brutal too?

[Player2BNamedL8r]

Which ones?

Well we know tosu and PSU could beat each other, so there’s 1 for each. Outside of that, most of the current top 10 could beat either team. I’d say Bama, Auburn, Oklahoma, Georgia, and Clemson (with their QB healthy) are all equal/better than both tosu and PSU, and could split a 10 game series 50/50 (except for Bama, which would likely win 9/10). Other than that, ND, LSU, Washington, and WVU might win a game or two out of 10.

 

[Dr. Evel]

Not too big of a deal. It used to be in high school, college, anytime before 30 but now I realize there are more important things in life. I look at it this way. No one ever got cancer because their sports team lost a game and no one's cancer was ever cured because their team won a game.

I always go back to the line from A Bronx Tale: Is Mickey Mantle going to pay your rent?

Out of context, that may not make a lot of sense. In the context of the movie, it does. Anyway, that line definitely helps me to keep perspective on these things.

 

[Sooner Lion]

Actually, the way our receivers had been dropping key passes all day long, and the way we have been unable to hold on to leads late in key games, I almost had a premonition this would happen as soon as we missed the 2 point conversion. At the end, we were all screaming about Franklin blowing his time outs, and then running what he did. I guess I was just more pi$$ed than surprised, and just sat there for awhile while the crowd filed out.

This loss wasn't in the same galaxy as the 1989 Alabama game. The end of that game was like an out of world experience.

We had been bashing the Alabama defense by just running the ball down their throats on that final drive, and thought Blair Thomas had scored right before the FG attempt. I was sitting right in the corner of the end zone when that FG was blocked, and as soon as that happened, it's like I went into an immediate trance. I literally thought I was dreaming, and that they would give us another chance to try it again.

You could have heard a pin drop in the stadium. Quietest I've ever heard it except for the Alabama players celebrating like they had just won the Super Bowl. A flag was thrown which gave us some sliver of hope, but deep down, I knew it was just a celebration penalty on Alabama.

That is even more vivid in my brain right now than the 4th and 5 play Saturday. I can remember exactly what I was saying right before that 1989 FG attempt like it was 5 minutes ago. And that gut wrenching, out of body feeling I had right after we missed it will be with me forever.

I was at that game as well. Sitting in the student section. Just speechless. I remember driving back up to Ithaca the next morning, driving by the stadium and still just shocked.

 

[LafayetteBear]

The rest of the evening sucked ballz. Couldn't read the Sunday paper, either. Too painful.

PSU losses now bother me more than Cal losses. I expect Cal to lose. Also, Urban Meyer has ascended to the top of my CFB shiat list. He's phony as a three dollar bill.

 

[paws1957]

To be honest the only time I swore the whole game was the last play call. I guess I really didn't know what to expect from the defense in this game so I was happy with that right up until they gave up the lead in the 4th quarter. I just don't get that wound up anymore but, living in Ohio I really like to beat OSU and silence the blowhards. I do feel bad for the kids that have invested so much time and effort, but not to worry they will recover and get much better. JMHO

Almost forgot to mention I was at the game when Toledo drilled us quite a few years ago, so this loss isn't quite as bad. Still sucked though!