I see a blowout

Discussion in 'On The Field' started by #2is#1, Jan 11, 2015.

  1. Htown77

    Htown77 5,000+ Posts

    Ezekiel Elliott finished with 246 yards rushing (an Ohio State bowl record) and 4 TDs.
     
  2. caryhorn

    caryhorn 5,000+ Posts

    I didn't like Urban running up the score in the last few seconds. I grew up watching Coach Royal show class by having the QB take a knee in those situations.

    Taking a knee would have run out the clock, case closed, and tOSU has their title. Gratuitous gut shot.

    Myer is a little short on class, imho.
     
  3. AustinBat

    AustinBat 2,500+ Posts

    I wish I had ESP and took bets on whether Ohio State would win the National Championship with a third string quarterback. I'd be rich!! I to give OSU props for getting Jones ready to play.
     
  4. Htown77

    Htown77 5,000+ Posts

    Ummmmm Hu_fan, I've never seen a shawn watson offense at Colorado, Nebraska, Louisville or Texas look like Ohio State's but okay sure. I too would love to see us look like Ohio State does right now.
     
  5. NBHorn7

    NBHorn7 Pimp Daddy

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    Ducks need AFLAC after that physical pounding.
     
  6. Htown77

    Htown77 5,000+ Posts

    Next time we talk about UT changing uniforms, can we talk about the fact Oregon has a billion uniform combinations and still has 0 national titles?
     
  7. rickysrun

    rickysrun 2,500+ Posts

    You are clearly the better team when you can have 4 turnovers, still hold Oregon to 20 and win by 22.
     
  8. Shark4

    Shark4 2,500+ Posts


     
  9. Shark4

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  10. Statalyzer

    Statalyzer 10,000+ Posts

    Most of the Ohio State fans at the sports bar I was at erupted in loud cheers / mockery at Mariota's injury. Sad to say, it wasn't an unexpected reaction from that fanbase.

    Not sure if I've seen a team commit 3 turnovers off of unforced errors against top-level competition and still look so dominant. I know a lot of people love to hate on Urban Meyer but he's now succeeded at 3 different schools with varying levels of prestige / historical success. Nothing but respect for Jones, Elliott, and the OL too.

    One minor quibble - I'm surprised there's no rule saying you have to put your jersey on all the way. Elliott figured out a loophole that if you turn your jersey into a halter top it's a lot harder for defenders to grab ahold of it to make a tackle. Not that it really mattered today since he could have been wearing Velcro and Oregon would have still had trouble bringing him down.
     
  11. yelladawgdem

    yelladawgdem 2,500+ Posts

    Muscle always beats speed. Walk up to the line of scrimmage, knock people down, run off tackle, get first downs, run the clock. It's not rocket science. Talent will tell. If you can get muscle and speed (think Miami mid 1980's, Nebraska mid 1990's), you are hard to beat.
     
  12. Texas Taps

    Texas Taps 5,000+ Posts

    Coaching Tree? Here's one:

    Darrell Royal
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    Fred Akers
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    David McWilliams
     
  13. Vol Horn 4 Life

    Vol Horn 4 Life Good Bye To All The Rest!

    Hu, man, were you drinking last night? Did you really compare Charlie to Urban. They may have the same philosophy, but Charlie is no Urban. If we are even in the playoffs in two years I'll buy you a beer.
     
  14. Clean

    Clean 5,000+ Posts

    Oregon is now 0-9 against Ohio State.

    I wonder if OSU would have fared as well with Braxton Miller or J. T. Barrett at QB. Jones looks like Vince Young with a cannon for an arm.
     
  15. Texas Taps

    Texas Taps 5,000+ Posts

    I wonder who starts at QB next year for OSU [​IMG]
     
  16. Golden Steer

    Golden Steer 250+ Posts

    It's always hard to pick a bowl winner - so much time passes between the regular season and the bowl games that they're their own matchups.

    That said. move this thread to the Classics, right next to "It seems like Sam Bradford sucks".
     
  17. Mr. Fiesta

    Mr. Fiesta 1,000+ Posts


     
  18. IvanDiabloHorn

    IvanDiabloHorn 1,000+ Posts

    Sorry Shark, I have corrected my post. Urban took over a 6-7 team in 2011 on probation, not an 8-5 team, and then proceeded to go undefeated in 2012, recruit three top five classes in a row and then win a national championship in year three.
     
  19. Golden Steer

    Golden Steer 250+ Posts

    Yep, it's quite the coaching job he's done at OSU.

    Strange thing is, he mailed it in his last two years at UF.

    The 2009 Gator team has a horrid offense, with Tebow beinng their only offensive weapon, and a terrible oline. They won a lot of games that year on Tebow's will, and then were blown out by Bama in the SEC title game.

    Then the strange "I quit-no I don't", and a wasted year in 2010 stumbling through the season, no fire, no effort, no real desire to be the coach.

    While Mushcamp proved to be a poor head coach, between the insituational rot, undisciplined players, drug fiends, etc, he had a poor hand to work with when he came in (hmmm - sound vaguely familar)?

    Then Meyer sits out a year, goes back into football, and turns back into one of the top 2-3 coaches in the game.

    Would be interesting to hear what caused the turn around in his own interest level. Did he need that year off? Was OSU his dream job such that he snapped back into the swing of being a good coach?
     
  20. Hu_Fan

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  21. rickysrun

    rickysrun 2,500+ Posts


     
  22. yelladawgdem

    yelladawgdem 2,500+ Posts

    Earlier poster was correct in that Charlie is no Urban. Charlie probably won't recruit serial killers. Urban did.
     
  23. Shark4

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  24. Htown77

    Htown77 5,000+ Posts

    ^ they could start a walkon with that running back and oline. Jones definitely was the worst of the 3.
     
  25. #2is#1

    #2is#1 1,000+ Posts

    Prepare the crow/humble pie. I'm here to eat it. Oregon missing their receivers particularly Devon Allen hurt them. Give the Bucks credit they played championship football.
    QB played out of his mind, the biggest shocker for me.
    I got this one wrong, really wrong.
     
  26. Hu_Fan

    Hu_Fan Guest

    // watching replay of last half of 3rd quarter and into 4th quarter... I could see what was not readily obvious last night...namely the physicality of the Bucks. They were bowling (sic!) over the less physical and probably tiring Ducks.

    One time a Buck defender ran right through a poor WR set to block him near the line of scrimmage on a flare out pass play.

    Then the time QB ran right into a hapless interior lineman who was in poor upright position for a stop. Knocked him back on his heels and off balance so that he slide off the tackle to the ground.

    Morning shows (Mike & Mike, Cowherd) and late in Austin with "Bucky and Erin" went on and on about the physicality of the Bucks. Size, speed, physicality. Just too much for 60 min with the less sized, less physical Ducks.

    The word constantly used: physicality. I was surprised how wore down the Ducks became late in the 3rd qtr. I think they were not used to NOT getting the wheels going early in a second half, and may have taken the wind from them. That and not capitalizing on the two big 3rd quarter monster gift turnovers. In the red zone just could not muster it.

    So when late in the 3rd, Bucks made that ground game drive... it took something out of Oregon players. At the end of the 3rd at 21-20, going to 8-20 in the last few seconds... then into the 4th, and the Buckeyes out-physically played them man to man rest of the way.

    No game earlier this year went that way for the Ducks. The opposite was the case before last night.
     
  27. Statalyzer

    Statalyzer 10,000+ Posts


     
  28. Shark4

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