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Talk about a snooze fest first half. Indiana is basically just sitting on the ball hoping to lose by under 20

The spread on this one was -30.. so at least indiana won that....

Tough schedule ahead overall...

Though they have 2 creampuffs the next 2 weeks. Hopefully they work out what ever problems they have going into ND

Hey, we're playing my alma mater, YSU next week. Whatta mean creampuff?

it was almost like they were treating today like a scrimmage

They played with absolutely zero emotion or intensity. That is an indictment on Ryan Day. Horrible play calling, management, everything.

Hey, if you want to do a run first offense, 3 yards and a cloud of dust then get rid of the flashy WR's and upgrade the offensive line. I also heard Hartline was on the sideline and not up in the booth. Not good. And why is Henderson still the starting RB?

lots of questions coming away from yesterday. It surely was lackluster

It was fine. First game of the season breaking in a new QB (and 2 OTs and a C) against a non-cupcake team on a field that had temperatures over 100 at kickoff. All the hand-wringing feels cringeworthy. Indiana was milking the clock, playing not to lose rather than trying to win. They still got beat handily.

It's too soon to tell much of anything about this team. Fortunately, Day has been pretty good about getting problem spots cleaned up. I expect the team will roll the next two games and then we'll see what is what against Notre Dame.

What I found concerning were two things.

1. Do they really have a QB?

2. If you can't get a better percentage on those 3rd downs against a team like Indiana you may be in for a long season.

And BTW Bull; It was Indiana's first game of the season too.

It was the Hoosiers first game. We also beat them by three scores, allowed only 3 points, held them to 153 total yards, and led the entire game. We did that while breaking in a bunch of new starters.

1. We'll see. It's too soon to tell. Can't have the bad INTs, but I expect Day to get that cleaned up.

2. We'll see how Indiana's D fares the rest of the season (I expect they'll be much improved over last year, 44 is a player), and I expect improvement from our O. It can take time to figure out what a new QB is best at and what to avoid in real game action. OL needs to gel as well.

I'm simply basing my concerns on yesterday's game. I'm not trying to make some doom and gloom prediction. There have certainly been seasons where the first game was concerning and things got ironed out. I'm certainly not trying to dismiss the points you are making but I think if we're going to entertain the point of it being a teams first game of the season, that's certainly a two way street. And I also understand that OSU won by three scores but they won by 10 points less than the betting line.

I'm a huge Buckeye fan and certainly hope everything works out as you are suggesting and if their track record is any indication it certainly should.

Fair enough.

I will say week one lines are a crapshoot. Colorado upset TCU as big dogs and some random Texas school got its first FBS (?, I'd swear they said FCS, but that makes no sense) win against Baylor. The sharps get more accurate as the season goes along.

I don’t think we have a good enough qb on this roster to win a title. Great defense, but sputtering offense.

Defense played well... offense looks like it's pre-season...

Anyone else catch LSU get beaten down by Florida State? Put the Noles up a couple spots and say bye bye to LSU.

Yep, watched some of it. It's never a bad time to see Brian Kelly lose.

I think the last word I would use to describe this offense is "explosive." McCord didn't impress me much, especially with his arm. We ran a lot, and should have been able to. Really concerned about the passing game as called and as executed by this QB. Buckeyes wouldn't have won multiple games on the schedule this year with that effort. Compliments to IU; played a whale of a first half. If they caused us trouble, some other teams should be expected to cause us more.

FSU certainly dominated LSU

This was one of those games I really hate.

As a lifelong OSU fan, I want them to destroy whoever they play, but as a YSU alum, (kinda) I want them to put on a good show, at least.

another snooze fest. There's not much to gain or gather from it other than adding a win

These games do really help an in state school like YSU, because they get a huge payday. This game wioll basically more than cover their charter flights for the season.

Correct. I think I read somewhere, at some point in time, that OSU always tries to schedule an in-state school each year. Ohio U, Toledo, BG, Kent, Akron, YSU, Miami of O, - it helps the smaller schools financially, and it USUALLY results in a W for OSU.

This actually kind of made me feel better about the Buckeyes' OL.

That was pretty good!

LOL...Obviously PeeWee is a regular caller in to his coaches show and gives Saban some grief even in big wins, so that's pretty funny how the coach just summed it up for him..lol

j/c:

What a game it was tonight!!! Hard-fought, to say the least. All the way to the wire.

P.S. Time for bed.

Thought we blew the game when we failed on 4th & inches. Great finish.

Well deservedly too.

Great win for the Buckeyes!

Back in my medical device sales days, Lou Holtz gave a speech at our national sales meeting, to this I'm still trying to determine what his marble mouth said.

Hat tip to Ryan Day for getting after Holtz!

Cheers to Lee Corso as well...

Screw Lou Holtz.

I can't believe we won that game... several fourth downs we missed on... thought we lost Harrison for the season when he rolled his ankle... our QB was solid but missed several throws... hats off to the defense and running game... man! what a finish!

McCord missed some throws but he threw some dimes when it mattered. That last throw to the 2 yard line on 3rd an 19 or whatever it was, was money. An absolute dart.

Honestly I don't think what Holtz said was that bad. Now the headlines that were written about what Holtz said were more deserving of Day's post game explosion.

We still need to get more physical in the trenches. ND only had 10 guys on the field the last 2 plays, with the guy missing being the DL who was supposed to be exactly where we ran, and we still barely made it in.

that was a glorious game ... ugly, tough win. The last drive had me on the edge of the couch. Congrats to the Bucks

what a terrible blunder by their staff/players

I've always said it's better to win ugly than to lose pretty. This game was a prime example of exactly that. The bottom line in this game for me is when their back was up against the wall and all the marbles were on the line, they did what it took to win.

I don't think it's wrong for those who wish to break the game down and show what OSU could have done better because there certainly are things to break down. As for myself I'm just going to take the W and appreciate the grit and determination they gave to do what it took to win.

so now we rest up and coast until the PSu game

BYE
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