Ohio State - TCU game thread

[slykens]

While I’d like to have the opportunity to beat a top four OSU in a couple of weeks, as long as PSU is 7-0 when the CFP poll comes out they will be in fine shape.

I don’t want to jinx our guys but I have not seen anything scary from OSU yet tonight. I think TCU’s secondary is better than ours so far but I think our guys can match or exceed their performance overall so far.

 

[Chickenman Testa]

Few things in life more annoying than Herbstreit doing a tOSU game.

He’s insufferable. Needs a muzzle

 

[fairfaxlion2]

I'll never understand why any PSU fan would want the Suckeyes to win unless it means them beating a division rival sends us to Indy like 2 years ago. You people waste way too much brain money on media hype.

I know what you mean but it's not just media. There's a weird dynamic after good teams lose a game. They can become totally impossible to beat. It's like they get super powers after the loss. I've seen it year after year. It's so much better to catch a team while they believe their own hype.

 

[Howie'81]

No! That will cue the "Big Ten sucks" narrative.

Which it might. But you definitely don't want anybody saying it.

Really? I couldn't give a crap.

 

[KnightWhoSaysNit]

Their offense looks hard to stop but not yet clicking on all cylinders.

Their defense looks big, strong, and slow.

This is not anywhere near the best team OSU has produced.

But, I'm not sure how our defense will fare.

OSU's defense might look slow, but that could be just an illusion. TCU's offense is playing fast. Their offensive linemen move well -- a good fit for a spread offense. Their OL consists of 3 juniors, a senior, and a RS freshman. Two are JUCOs.

Patterson said at the end of the half that "we have to tackle." That is what's missing with TCU (and the rest of the Big12). If we compare PSU and TCU there are similarities on defense, but the TCU guys play faster instinctively. Playing with speed (to take advantage of intrinsic speed) will come for PSU in time.

The second half will determine the better team. I think it will identify the more conditioned team.

 

[Custerdome]

Scouting report on Haskins:
1. With ANY kind of pressure he becomes Checkdown Charlie
2. Is ZERO threat to run off any RPO action to Weber or Dobbins
3. Once he is forced out of the pocket, the play is over
4. His deep ball is often underthrown
5. Despite all of this, Herbstreit claims he is just like Trace McSorley

 

[fairfaxlion2]

Scouting report on Haskins:
1. With ANY kind of pressure he becomes Checkdown Charlie
2. Is ZERO threat to run off any RPO action to Weber or Dobbins
3. Once he is forced out of the pocket, the play is over
4. His deep ball is often underthrown
5. Despite all of this, Herbstreit claims he is just like Trace McSorley

Sounds like most OSU QBs. If you can't pressure them they wreck you. If you can they don't do anything. I think it's OSU's system more than anything.

 

[PeetzPoolBoy]

Hah!!!! Does Bosa have a ....”groin injury”?

 

[83wuzme]

Bosa has a groin ...

 

[psualt]

Not a bosa fan but he was mugged on that play.

 

[Custerdome]

Sounds like most OSU QBs. If you can't pressure them they wreck you. If you can they don't do anything. I think it's OSU's system more than anything.

Not JT Barrett. He was a threat to run at all times, once he was forced out of the pocket, he became a threat to run or throw, his deep ball was usually accurate, and he was never checkdown charlie.

 

[MtNittany]

Nice to see a Bosa reaching for his own groin for a change.

 

[Custerdome]

Now comes the part of the game where Herbstreit recites the Ohio State roster name by name.

 

[fairgambit]

I’m fine with them losing. Potentially buys us some wiggle room. They needed us to lose to pitt in 2016 with the benefit of hindsight.

They did not. The Michigan blowout cost us, not Pitt. Losing a non conference game by 3 didn't kill us. Losing in conference by 39 did.

 

[Lane]

#11 Mack is related to Art Schlichter.

 

[harjeff]

Looks like TCU is having some food success running on OSU

see visions of Hamler and Sanders running all over them

 

[Phil's Rug]

Td Frogs!!!

 

[SUPERTODD]

Yes!!! Pour it on Frogs.

 

[Chickenman Testa]

 

[harjeff]

Just showed that bald painted up OSU fan who's at every game....sad face makes me

 

[fairfaxlion2]

Not JT Barrett. He was a threat to run at all times, once he was forced out of the pocket, he became a threat to run or throw, his deep ball was usually accurate, and he was never checkdown charlie.

I am thinking of guys like Troy Smith, who won a Heisman(?), but was utterly useless against PSU in 2005. He handled them easily in 2006.

 

[harjeff]

Obviously the only reason OSU is down right now is because Meyer isn't there

 

[MtNittany]

Is Tosu going to score an offensive TD tonight?

 

[harjeff]

Is Tosu going to score an offensive TD tonight?

My magic 8 ball says no!!!

 

[CDLionFL]

I hate headshots as much as the next person but I'm sorry, that's not targeting.

 

[fastlax16]

They did not. The Michigan blowout cost us, not Pitt. Losing a non conference game by 3 didn't kill us. Losing in conference by 39 did.

Having two losses killed us. We would have been in with one. Even 1 being the Michigan blowout

 

[mrmk5110]

OSUs QB needs to be a threat to run on the reads for their offense to be fully effective against the best opponents.

Haskins is not a threat to run.

 

[fairfaxlion2]

Having two losses killed us. We would have been in with one. Even 1 being the Michigan blowout

Yes we would have been. And if we lost to Michigan by 1 point, the two losses would have still kept us out. And maybe deservedly so. I mean, they lost to Pitt.

 

[ouirpsu]

Has Mike Pereira ever been right? Ever?

 

[BobPSU92]

Obviously the only reason OSU is down right now is because Meyer isn't there

In other words, Tosu is losing because meyer knew.

 

[Grass]

I love that Fowler keeps bringing up that OSU should have only gotten safety on that sack in the end zone.

 

[djr4rebs]

Urban would have gone for that 4 and 1.

Barrett could scramble and get those first downs.

Mack doing his best Johnson impression tonight.

 

[Sproul]

My magic 8 ball says no!!!

Ur 8 ball sucks

 

[CDLionFL]

Has Mike Pereira ever been right? Ever?

He often is. And he's on Fox. This ESPN hack is Dave something or other. They also employ Lemonnier as a rules 'expert', which is really stretching the definition of the word.

 

[fastlax16]

Well that’s not how you run the option.

 

[harjeff]

Ur 8 ball sucks

Yep...I just threw it out as its obviously defective.

 

[paws1957]

Boy you talk about a stupid play, that was classic!

 

[CDLionFL]

A shovel pass when rolling to the short side. Mind boggling.

 

[Alphabets]

I hope Rahne is taking notes. No shovel pass!!! I hate that play.

 

[PeetzPoolBoy]

Herbie just declared Nick “Groin Injury” Bosa as the best player in America.