'24 Recruiting Forum: Official Ohio State Pre-game/Game Thread

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GVol1966 said:
Not sure we’d beat them, if we played them at home.
OSU beat us like they did Indiana
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they will beat Oregon. They play like this and will win it all. We did not help but they are good and showed it last night. We have zero receivers and if they make a catch they are out for the game after a catch Safeties are awful
 
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PYSCHO said:
they will beat Oregon. They play like this and will win it all. We did not help but they are good and showed it last night. We have zero receivers and if they make a catch they are out for the game after a catch Safeties are awful
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Oregon is also really good. I'm taking the Ducks

We with every WR hurt and no Sampson were just flat out horrendous on offense and would struggle to heat most teams unfortunately.
 
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rjd970 said:
Texas is going to get ran in the later playoff games. Don’t believe UGA can get it done with a backup. This wasn’t the SEC’s year.

We just overachieved but the talent gap finally caught up with us.
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OSU was the odds on favorite to win it all. Best roster $$$ can buy. Nothing to hang out heads about.
We got good Will Howard. I think Oregon gets them again next week.
 
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rjd970 said:
Eh, against equal and marginally better talent he was elite this year. In the losses:

Arkansas - put that blame on the offense. Defense played more than better to win.

UGA/OSU - just complete talent mismatch made coaching look bad. LB and Safety play tonight in particular, was awful.

And with Alabama they had the better talent but Banks found a way with what he had.

Most every other game defense was elite this year.
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Just 2 glaring problems I saw in most games was how confused the LBs seemed to be just get lined up. Wide receivers not getting open is this not coaching ? We hear all off season how good the receivers are but can't get open. LBs can't get lined up since Pili has been out. We don't have a game plan on defense against good OCs. We got to have some changes.
 
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I4Jay said:
Did I hear correctly, that players were in the process of renegotiating NIL deals the week of this playoff ?

If so, let all them walk. Everyone of em
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I wondered last night if we might have been the team rumored to be paying guys to stay for the playoffs, so that we had enough to practice. We sure looked like we had many who were checked out. That’s a problem, if true, that starts with Heupel and needs the question asked as to why is this the case, when you are playing in the playoff with a chance for the NC.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
There were rumors of some team having to pay players to not enter the portal and play in the playoffs. Most assumed it was another school. Some thought it was OSU. Maybe it was the Vols?
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Maybe your post about a certain someone is true.

He didn’t look like he wanted to be there, but to be fair he was banged up.
 
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OGbabyaviVol said:
I wondered last night if we might have been the team rumored to be paying guys to stay for the playoffs, so that we had enough to practice. We sure looked like we had many who were checked out. That’s a problem, if true, that starts with Heupel and needs the question asked as to why is this the case, when you are playing in the playoff with a chance for the NC.
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If this is us, then I would like to know where our money is going since we’re eating this 10% next season.

Fans are donating and eating all this extra stuff they are throwing at us, yet this.

Not only does Heupel need to be questioned, so does Spyre. Essentially throwing OUR money down the drain to keep players here for the playoffs.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
There were rumors of some team having to pay players to not enter the portal and play in the playoffs. Most assumed it was another school. Some thought it was OSU. Maybe it was the Vols?
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could be. would make sense. what little froth we had a receiver and lb are gone.

there is never an excuse to be out talented like that at a place like Tennessee
 
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MemphisVol3 said:
Yep, like another poster said. OSU was stunting, sending 5 and 6 man blitzes regularly...banks sending sending 3 and 4 with no stunts and playing zone much of the game. Just a terrible gameplan against a team with 3 1st round receiver talent. Will Howard made some throws but mostly looked good because we let him sit there and pick us apart.
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He played well above his talent level.

When we did get pressure he played about like Nico would.
 
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PYSCHO said:
they will beat Oregon. They play like this and will win it all. We did not help but they are good and showed it last night. We have zero receivers and if they make a catch they are out for the game after a catch Safeties are awful
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They are 1 of 3 or 4 that could win it all.
They like the others have also not shown up for a game and got beat.
Oregon beat em once and hasn’t had that game they didn’t show up yet.
Could go either way
 
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Not that it would have changed the complexion of the game or anything, but I'm still perplexed and infuriated by that pitch on third down during our first possession of the second half. Over thinking to the extreme on that one.
 
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Our offense has sucked most all year so that part was no surprise, but our defense sucked the most they've ever sucked in their collective football careers. Embarrassing. It was like the South Carolina game all over again. I would rather have not made the playoffs than this. It also doesnt give me any confidence about the next couple years. Our offense is going to be worse if that's even possible and the defense will certainly be worse overall imo. We need transfers badly. And not discount rack depth transfers. Everyone else including Florida is stacking elite talent. We need to do the same so we don't get outrun and man handled like last night. Because currently we have NONE. There are now zero proven to be elite players on this team. Zero.
 
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Ashevolle said:
I'm talking about actually playing and not being an understudy. Hooker soared his second year as the starter. I'm excited for similar progress from Nico.
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Hooker was able to run it fast paced his first year under Heupel. He was also trusted to make his own changes at the line.

I don’t know if Nico will ever be. I don’t think Nico understands football like that.
 
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