9/15: Cal (1-1) @ OSU (2-0)

• Crimson streak

  

  He had him open too
• BORIStheCrusher

  

  Finally the D does something
• gerb131

  

  Whew
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  What a dog baby of a game.
  
  The trip up to East Lansing in two weeks is going to be a mess if they do not dramatically improve.
  Thank God they are playing UAB next.
• jordo212000

  

  that_guy;1271787 wrote:The OSU D-Line is very good. Unfortunately the LBs and Safetys suck, a lot.

  
  Individually Simon is great. Williams is a stud when he plays. But collectively I haven't been to impressed yet this year
  
  
  Was gashed by Cal's RBs today and up until today they were not getting pressure on opposing offenses.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  Cal got over 500 yards of offense. That is unacceptable.
  OSU simply stayed in the locker room after the half, only to finally wake up in the 4th.
  
  This team needs to seriously destroy UAB next week to regain their confidence.
• jpake1

  

  3-0. That's want you want, period. This is a team that was below average that's learning a new season. They played against a top hal Pac10 team. I'm glad they stepped up when they needed to. They get one more week to improve, then they play one of the best their conference can showcase. They need to control the ball, tackle better, and communicate better. When they get beat, they beat BEAT which shows me it's more communication. You can't turn the ball over in under 50pt games like they'll have against MSU. They must tackle and keep 3yrds being just that and not more.
• jpake1

  

  Their playcalling shows that they're not yet confident in the LB'ers making the tackling at first hit. They're playing a bit soft, and you see why. Tackling was the biggest issue today. Some of these guys MAY be breaking bad practice habits they've had for a few years. They will need a healthy Hyde and Hall to escape MSU. I don't think they can win without those two being healthy. Healthy, and productive are two different things. I expect an under 50pt game. MSU at least has to practice for a healthy 1-2 punch. If not, they will eat OSU up and make Braxton grow up real quick. He isn't there yet by any means.
• Speedofsand

  

  Today is my girlfriend's birthday. Got home from the beach to see most of the 2nd half. Great game. She made me a sammich during the 4th qtr.
• Mohican00

  

  oh god, the stats from this game....
  
  Cal/OSU

  1st Downs	22	14
  Total Yards	512	412
  Passing	288	249
  Rushing	224	163
  Penalties	4-40	11-101
  3rd Down Conversions	6-16	5-15
  4th Down Conversions	0-2	0-0
  Turnovers	1	1
  Possession	34:51	25:09

• vball10set

  Mohican00;1271823 wrote:oh god, the stats from this game....
  
  Cal/OSU

  1st Downs	22	14
  Total Yards	512	412
  Passing	288	249
  Rushing	224	163
  Penalties	4-40	11-101
  3rd Down Conversions	6-16	5-15
  4th Down Conversions	0-2	0-0
  Turnovers	1	1
  Possession	34:51	25:09

  Final Score OSU-35 Cal-28
  
  OSU 3-0
  Cal 1-2
• Mohican00

  

  vball10set;1271826 wrote:Final Score OSU-35 Cal-28
  
  OSU 3-0
  Cal 1-2

  I get it......but those penalties/yds have to irk you. Ridiculous
• gerb131

  

  70 days til it matters most.
• Midstate01

  

  Crimson streak;1271776 wrote:No it didn't that was just a blown assignment on the corner

  
  Actually it's exactly what happened. Miller went outside and that guy took 3 steps back towards miller. The receiver went downfield
• Midstate01

  

  Speedofsand;1271821 wrote:Today is my girlfriend's birthday. Got home from the beach to see most of the 2nd half. Great game. She made me a sammich during the 4th qtr.

  
  What's his name?
• Speedofsand

  

  Midstate01;1271873 wrote:What's his name?

  Urban
• Midstate01

  

  Speedofsand;1271901 wrote:Urban

  
  You literally wish
• LJ

  

  Whoever said the crowd was quiet, I guess the tv mics don't pick up much crowd noise, but that was probably the best un-ranked non-conference noon crowd I have ever experienced
  
  Can someone explain why there was so much chatter about the holding call that brought the Cal TD back being a bad call? Strictly live at the game, it clearly looked like the Cal player was holding the OSU DB (forget who it was) and he couldn't turn around.
• Midstate01

  

  LJ;1271986 wrote:Whoever said the crowd was quiet, I guess the tv mics don't pick up much crowd noise, but that was probably the best un-ranked non-conference noon crowd I have ever experienced
  
  Can someone explain why there was so much chatter about the holding call that brought the Cal TD back being a bad call? Strictly live at the game, it clearly looked like the Cal player was holding the OSU DB (forget who it was) and he couldn't turn around.

  
  I thought it was holding.
  
  Thought the crowd was loud when thy needed to be.
• KR1245

  

  The crowd was alright, there wasnt much to cheer about
• LJ

  

  KR1245;1272004 wrote:The crowd was alright, there wasnt much to cheer about

  The 3rd quarter was pretty miserable. Everyone around us seemed to just be getting hot, bored and disgruntled :laugh:
• Terry_Tate

  

  
  
  Saw this on the Ohio State website. Shazier with the shot to the QB.
• KR1245

  

  LJ;1272007 wrote:The 3rd quarter was pretty miserable. Everyone around us seemed to just be getting hot, bored and disgruntled :laugh:

  Yep.
  
  The heat and the Buckeye defense really ruined my day
• se-alum

  

  Another week of our defense refusing to wrap up and make tackles.
• bigkahuna

  Midstate01;1271999 wrote:I thought it was holding.
  
  Thought the crowd was loud when thy needed to be.

  It didn't look like holding to me. His hands were inside, and the DB just couldn't shake him.
  
  FWIW, Chris Spielman thought it looked like a clean block. Like him or hate him, he actually gives pretty accurate analysis on X's and O's type stuff.