Rose Bowl Thoughts

• LJ

  

  Ender Wiggin wrote: LJ shut the hell up you damn idiot.

  Oh great analysis you dipshit.
• LJ

  

  ytownfootball wrote: Here's a Rose Bowl thought:
  
  I wonder why so many of Ohio State plays were un-necessarily reviewed by refs in the booth, but the few that should have been reviewed that occurred in Oregons favor weren't?
  
  It doesn't matter, but a thought none the less.

  Did you watch the Capital 1 Bowl? They reviewed damn near everything.
• darbypitcher22

  

  i think they were just trying to make sure all the calls were right. The fact that they were Ohio State plays seems like pur coincidence
• ytownfootball

  

  LJ wrote:

  ytownfootball wrote: Here's a Rose Bowl thought:
  
  I wonder why so many of Ohio State plays were un-necessarily reviewed by refs in the booth, but the few that should have been reviewed that occurred in Oregons favor weren't?
  
  It doesn't matter, but a thought none the less.

  Did you watch the Capital 1 Bowl? They reviewed damn near everything.

  Yep, I'm not much of a concpiracy theory guy, but damn the Big 10 seemed to be under the micropscope.
• darbypitcher22

  

  Again, I think purely coincidence
• LJ

  

  ytownfootball wrote:

  LJ wrote:

  ytownfootball wrote: Here's a Rose Bowl thought:
  
  I wonder why so many of Ohio State plays were un-necessarily reviewed by refs in the booth, but the few that should have been reviewed that occurred in Oregons favor weren't?
  
  It doesn't matter, but a thought none the less.

  Did you watch the Capital 1 Bowl? They reviewed damn near everything.

  Yep, I'm not much of a concpiracy theory guy, but damn the Big 10 seemed to be under the micropscope.

  Most things were LSU plays. Although, I can't believe they didn't catch the god damned 2nd fucking time the LSU tackle went with a ball swat before the center snapped the ball. That's dirty shit. I can remember our Nose Tackle getting CHEWED out by our HC in high school for doing it once in practice.
• darbypitcher22

  

  its dirty shit but it has caused a turnover before on more than one occasion.
  
  Not saying its right but its not the first time I've ever seen it
• ytownfootball

  

  LJ wrote:

  ytownfootball wrote:

  LJ wrote:

  ytownfootball wrote: Here's a Rose Bowl thought:
  
  I wonder why so many of Ohio State plays were un-necessarily reviewed by refs in the booth, but the few that should have been reviewed that occurred in Oregons favor weren't?
  
  It doesn't matter, but a thought none the less.

  Did you watch the Capital 1 Bowl? They reviewed damn near everything.

  Yep, I'm not much of a concpiracy theory guy, but damn the Big 10 seemed to be under the micropscope.

  Most things were LSU plays. Although, I can't believe they didn't catch the god damned 2nd fucking time the LSU tackle went with a ball swat before the center snapped the ball. That's dirty shit. I can remember our Nose Tackle getting CHEWED out by our HC in high school for doing it once in practice.

  Not only did they not catch it they penalized Penn State for procedure...I'm like WTF?
• LJ

  

  darbypitcher22 wrote: its dirty shit but it has caused a turnover before on more than one occasion.
  
  Not saying its right but its not the first time I've ever seen it

  It's legal after the ball has been snapped, but their tackle was doing it before the ball was snapped. Not only is it dirty, but it's against the rules.
• darbypitcher22

  

  If its before the snap its offsides; he's in the neutral zone at that point
• charliehustle14

  Interesting stuff: I've been reading some of the posts over on OregonLive.com and boy, are they pissed with their team. Not necessarily pissed about the effort but pissed about the way Oregon conducted itself on the field with all the chest thumping, yelling, jawing, and showboating. A lot of the fans just seem down right embarrassed and many praised the way OSU conducted itself. A lot of their fans talking about how OSU is the program that they want Oregon to emulate in the future as Oregon tries to establish itself in the upper echelon on college football year in and year out.
  
  Makes me even more proud to be a Buckeye.
• darbypitcher22

  

  They were arrogant all week. At least Oregon fans recognize some of their guys looked like clowns
• charliehustle14

  Oregon fans are also ruthless about their QB having a 1.8 GPA. That made for some funny jokes over there. They have a pretty interesting fan base over there in Oregon.
• Big Gain

  The epitome of Tressel coaching was reflected on the first play of the game. THE Rose Bowl, THE national limelight, all of the hype, a long month of preparation, defensive players especially play with a lot of emotion.
  
  THE first play of the game. Masoli, the Oregon QB, the player who was supposed to run circles around Ohio State's defense, ran the zone read option and kept the ball. Cameran Heyward tackled him for a 5 yard loss, Heyward just gets up and walks back to the line of scimmage like it was a play in practice against the scout team. He made no "look at me" gyrations and none of the other defensive players came and jumped all over him. He and the defense acted like they had all done it before, which they had and which they did more of the same in that game.
• Big Gain

  darbypitcher22 wrote: Why does everybody think that schedule is joke?
  
  Its a lot better than teams in the Pac 10/SEC will play

  Ohio State beat 5 teams with 10 or more wins.
• Big Gain

  CinciX12 wrote: I'm curious to see how this win plays out for Ohio State next season.
  
  With the play calling being opened up to what most people wanted the entire season and now having some proof that you can beat very good teams with the athletes OSU has, what will happen in the future?
  
  Back to the Tressel of old? Or will he realize that conservative doesn't necessarily mean the best way?

  "the play calling being opened up to what most people wanted" LOLOLOLOLOL
  
  It makes ABSOLUTELY NO FREAKING DIFFERENCE "what most people want". Thoughts of Ohio State whiner know nothing fans are immaterial.
  
  The ONLY reason Pryor was throwing as much as he did is because that's what Oregon wanted Pryor to do. They put nine in the box and made no adjustments. If they had taken a couple of players out of the box you would have seen fewer passes and more power football.
  
  Those of the ilk who want Ohio State to throw the ball regardless of the defense being played are laughable.
• Big Gain

  Captain Cavalier wrote: I too think Pryor has matured but he's not quite there yet. He still hesitates to commit to running. When the coverage is there or the blitz is coming, run and run now. Why does Tressel still seem to be forcing TP as a pocket passer when he seemed to do more damage by rolling out. Was he recruited because he was a great pocket passer in high school? Redzone results need to be changed to TDs if they want to compete with the likes of Alabama & Florida. The defense won that game more than Pryor and the offense. The Buck's special teams performance was unacceptable. Add to that Pryor's "Hail Mary" throw that was remarkably caught and Oregon's fumble out of the end zone and that could've been a very different game.

  "Tressel forcing TP as a pocket passer". LOLOLOL
  
  THAT'S WHAT PRYOR WANTS and Tressel knows is best. Roll out pass plays all of the time is STUPID. It limits throwing passes to 1/3 of the field. NO ONE does that. An occasional roll out or a scrambled roll out is the limit of EVERY OFFENSE.
• elbuckeye28

  Scarlet_Buckeye wrote:

  Cleveland Buck wrote: 1. Pryor played the best game of his career. He threw some balls late and threw some ducks, he's not there yet, but I was pleased.
  
  2. The defense played very well. Not great, there was some sloppy tackling and the line stop getting any push up front for the middle part of the game, but to hold Oregon to 17 points and 260 yards is impressive.
  
  3. I couldn't understand why Herron got so many carries. He was awful. Saine wasn't much better, but how many times do you need to see Herron run right into Boren's rear end to know that you ought to try someone else in there?
  
  4. Loved the defensive playcalling. Liked the offensive playcalling for the most part.
  
  5. The special teams outside of the field goal unit were horrible. They couldn't return a kick or cover one. Barclay was pitiful on kickoffs. Low line drives to the ten or fifteen yard line will always be easy to return. With a typical Tressel special teams unit, Oregon might not get to ten points.
  
  6. Five BCS Bowl wins. Only USC has more. Florida can (probably will) match them tonight. Can't complain about that.

  Do not agree with #3 at all.
  
  Completely agree with #5.

  Why don't you agree with #3. I think it was pretty obvious throughout the season that Saine was the far better back. He had less carries and a lot more yards throughout the season. Besides he is a much better receiving back as well. I do think Herron is decent, but I have never understood why he gets as many carries as he does.
• devil1197

  Herron runs straight into the pile and doesn't keep his head up.
  
  Saine looks for the bounce to the outside and uses his vision to pick up extra yards. Also, he breaks way more tackles than Herron has this year and he is a better overall receiver.
• King Curtis

  The schedule is not strong at all.
• dwccrew

  

  believer wrote: 2. I love Tressel but he still makes calls that make me scratch my head. For example, why run the ball up the gut when it's 1st and 5?

  When your O-line outweighs the D-line by 30 pounds on avg. I think it is safe to run up the gut. Plus we were getting 3-5 yds a carry, so I saw no problem with that call.
  

  Elliot Stabler wrote:

  Hesston wrote: next years Heisman favorite?

  
  Ummm......NO
  
  
  Ingram is the preseason favorite
  
  The rest of my preseason Top 5 are:
  
  2.Dion Lewis
  3.Jeremiah Masoli
  4.Jacory Harris
  5.Ryan Williams
  
  Keep an eye out for Johnny Brantley from UF

  I agree with Ingram being the favorite, but Harris over Pryor? Please. HArris threw how many INT's this season? 17 in the regular season! He's not nearly as good as Pryor.
• devil1197

  Yeah Masoli over Pryor.
  
  The guy went what 9/20 for 81 yards and 1 INT.
• dwccrew

  

  devil1197 wrote: Yeah Masoli over Pryor.
  
  The guy went what 9/20 for 81 yards and 1 INT.

  Well if Masoli plays Pac 10 defenses all year long his stats will look much better. We are seeing that the Big 10 and the defenses of the Big 10 are really not as bad as the country would like us to think.
• I drain 3's

  Big Gain wrote:

  CinciX12 wrote: I'm curious to see how this win plays out for Ohio State next season.
  
  With the play calling being opened up to what most people wanted the entire season and now having some proof that you can beat very good teams with the athletes OSU has, what will happen in the future?
  
  Back to the Tressel of old? Or will he realize that conservative doesn't necessarily mean the best way?

  "the play calling being opened up to what most people wanted" LOLOLOLOLOL
  
  It makes ABSOLUTELY NO FREAKING DIFFERENCE "what most people want". Thoughts of Ohio State whiner know nothing fans are immaterial.
  
  The ONLY reason Pryor was throwing as much as he did is because that's what Oregon wanted Pryor to do. They put nine in the box and made no adjustments. If they had taken a couple of players out of the box you would have seen fewer passes and more power football.
  
  Those of the ilk who want Ohio State to throw the ball regardless of the defense being played are laughable.

  
  
  Paladin, is that you?
• darbypitcher22

  

  schedule is not strong @ all?
  
  We beat 5 teams that won 10 games or more and played 7 opponents that ended up in bowl games...
  
  Not weak