2024 Ohio State Season Thread

[847badgerfan]

UW's Locke had more TDs than INTs and a 118 rating.
UM's QBs all together had more INTs than TDs and a 111 rating.
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Locke was better.  Terrible, but better.

It's great to win the tallest midget contest.

[MarqHusker]

What Day’s buyout? 

Half the size of the check A&M wrote recently.

[FearlessF]

Hah,  Gig'em says that A&M's former AD, is now at Ohio State

good news for Bucks that want Day relieved  

[MrNubbz]

Half the size of the check A&M wrote recently.

Buy the empty vessel out that was never a HC before,just more dissention awaits. The Fans,University and DAY have all bullshitted themselves into thinking he was something he was not - a talented,innovative coach who could lead a Blue Blood to victory against undersourced,undermanned foes. He rode URBZ coattails that much is evident - as the song says "and I'm frightened by those that don't see it"

[TyphonInc]

It's Monday. I'm still mad.

[847badgerfan]

Being mad on a Monday is a thing for me.

[MrNubbz]

Testify Boys Testify

[FearlessF]

I'm mad that my driveway is white again!

[Temp430]

Continuing to rely on Ohio State’s greatest weakness, which is their offensive line, to run directly into Michigan’s greatest strength, which was their defensive line, was bizarre.

 Michigan kept 3 DBs out of the box pretty much the whole game.  I think the idea was to tempt Ohio State to run and quash big passing plays.  

[Mdot21]

Continuing to rely on Ohio State’s greatest weakness, which is their offensive line, to run directly into Michigan’s greatest strength, which was their defensive line, was bizarre.

You know in the three years prior to this I felt like Michigan was a really good team and in the two Ann Arbor home games I thought they were the better team. But this was something different. 

underlined part: just my complete guess here....but Will Howard's coaches probably didn't trust him to throw the ball and especially after he threw two god awful brutal picks. OSU coaches thinking going into that game was probably: as long as we don't turn it over they can't score- their offense is that bad they have zero passing game. Said it in the off-season Howard was a step down from a Year 2 McCord imo.

bolded part: this was definitely something different. Michigan the last 3 years was a legitimately great program. 12+ wins every year, 3 B1G titles, 3 playoff appearances, 1 Natty. Elite OL's, top 10 NFL draft pick QB. This years team was ass. Average OL, atrocious QB, and they were missing by far their best player on offense (Colston) and arguably their best player on defense (Will) and their only big play home run threat on offense (Edwards) got knocked out of the game in the 2nd QTR. With everything Ohio State had coming back, the additions in the portal like Judkins & Downs, and everything they added in a top 5 class (Jeremiah Smith) - that loss at home was seriously inexcusable. 

[847badgerfan]

I too felt McCord was better.

[Mdot21]

I too felt McCord was better.

McCord Year 2 in that system and with another set of spring/fall practices- no doubt he would've been better than a Will Howard having to transfer to a new school and trying to pick up an entire new system. 

[Honestbuckeye]

Howard was great all year.   Substantially better than McCord.   Like- not even close.  

Top 5 at QBR and completion%.    He was good for one bad decision per game( and he did it again here from his own 5 yard line- giving UM their only TD).  

He wasn’t the same after that hit.  I suspect he was seeing stars.  

Again- Day came out firing.  Not puckering.  But that changed after that pick and TD.   Him and Kelley puckered badly after that. 

[Honestbuckeye]

McCord Year 2 in that system and with another set of spring/fall practices- no doubt he would've been better than a Will Howard having to transfer to a new school and trying to pick up an entire new system.

Nope.  McCord has a good arm but is a statue and freaks out under pressure.   That’s why Will Howard‘s completion percentage in QBR was so much higher than McCords.