There were actually talks within the last year, to bring WKU and MTSU to the MAC.. but they fell thru. Not sure on why they wanted to leave or why they put the kabosh on it

 

But back to real program talk,.. I can agree somewhat that ND is consistently overrated,. They don't always lose those big games, but they do it more when people remember ie: bowl game losses, vs early season wins vs michigan, #1 Clemson in 2020, #4 clemson, 2022, only lost by 3 @ #3 uga in 2019,. Not to mention a ton of wins against teams ranked 10-19# .. 

 

 If anyone is overrated it's michigan with its consistent dog s**t non conference scheduling. 

My brother and sister-in-law’s Halloween costumes were on point. 

 

This is it, boys! 11-0 vs 11-0, and you might as well call it the first playoff game of the college football season! 
 

Let’s go Bucks!

As disappointing as this loss is, and despite how poorly the Buckeyes played at times, we still kept it very close.  One or two plays or calls that went our way could have changed the outcome. 

 

I may be in the minority but I'm not ready to give up on Ryan Day just yet.  Yes, he's 1-3 against the rival, but two of those losses were away games, and Harbaugh is still only 3-5 vs. OSU.

 

Here's to a very angry Buckeye team romping on New Year's Day to start 2024.

I'm also not ready to give up on Ryan Day yet, either.  We had Georgia on the ropes, and we just played Michigan very tight at the Big House.  The one missed field goal where they successfully got a timeout in when our kicker was in the process of making his first attempt, and then missed his second, would have changed the game substantially, and even if the rest went the way it did, we would have only been down 3 on the last drive and could have played just aggressively enough to go for a field goal, not having to swing for the fences for a TD with only a minute left in the game to complete the drive.

 

All this with a QB who is very good but not probably a first-round pick the way some of our recent ones have been.

Even with Ohio States tough loss to Michigan, I believe the play=off committee will try very hard to get Ohio State into the CFP. One, Ohio State is the most popular audience draw, and two they know Ohio State is a competitive opponent and they do not want a scenario like Georgia and a TCF type team in the finals. It may not happen but I believe it's their desire.

McCord just entered the transfer portal:

 

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39040106/ohio-state-starting-qb-kyle-mccord-enters-transfer-portal

 

I think this validates at least some of the rumors about the lack of chemistry or trust between Day and McCord.

 

As for the selection committee: there was no chance ever that they were going to let two Big Ten teams into the playoffs and zero SEC teams.  Ironically, if this had been next year, and Texas was in the SEC, there would’ve been a better chance for FSU to get in.  But OSU was never going to get in as a nonconference champion when there were five major conference champions with clear cases for admission into a four team field.

20 minutes ago, Gramarye said:

McCord just entered the transfer portal:

 

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39040106/ohio-state-starting-qb-kyle-mccord-enters-transfer-portal

 

I think this validates at least some of the rumors about the lack of chemistry or trust between Day and McCord.

 

As for the selection committee: there was no chance ever that they were going to let two Big Ten teams into the playoffs and zero SEC teams.  Ironically, if this had been next year, and Texas was in the SEC, there would’ve been a better chance for FSU to get in.  But OSU was never going to get in as a nonconference champion when there were five major conference champions with clear cases for admission into a four team field.

Also, it seems like some of rumors about a new QB coming in may be true. I think Day has solid leads on a better replacement otherwise he would be more committal to McCord.

 

The game is changing and not necessarily for the good. I fear it becoming NFL lite which is problematic because will people want to pay NFL prices and watch a pseudo NFL product when the quality of the talent on the field is far from NFL caliber.  

I completely agree with the players being paid but NIL has to be reigned in for the benefit of game. It is too wild west out there now. 

Also, (and again I have no issues with players getting as much as they can) it seems as though there is an imbalance developing which is not great for the college game, when you will have some players earning more in college (to play a game against lesser competition) than those very same players will ever earn to play in the NFL (against better competition). I think long term, this will be problematic for college football. 

c'mon, everybody wants Double OSU-Michigan

4 hours ago, Brutus_buckeye said:

Also, it seems like some of rumors about a new QB coming in may be true. I think Day has solid leads on a better replacement otherwise he would be more committal to McCord.

 

The game is changing and not necessarily for the good. I fear it becoming NFL lite which is problematic because will people want to pay NFL prices and watch a pseudo NFL product when the quality of the talent on the field is far from NFL caliber.  

I completely agree with the players being paid but NIL has to be reigned in for the benefit of game. It is too wild west out there now. 

Also, (and again I have no issues with players getting as much as they can) it seems as though there is an imbalance developing which is not great for the college game, when you will have some players earning more in college (to play a game against lesser competition) than those very same players will ever earn to play in the NFL (against better competition). I think long term, this will be problematic for college football. 

 

I'm sure that McCord made much the same calculation himself regarding the likelihood of Day making him fight for his spot next year--and hoping someone else beat him for it, i.e., inclined to give the benefit of the doubt to the challenger.  McCord is good, but we've had a run of truly elite quaterbacks under Meyer and the early years of Day.

 

I agree that the game is changing and not for the best.  And it's not just the "NFL lite" talent aspect, because college football has always been the NFL's farm system.  It's the NFL-lite, or honestly almost NFL-equivalent at this point, commercialization of the "product."  The ascendance of the Big Ten and SEC was substantially motivated by their shrewd business decision to form their own conference TV networks, and that revenue stream was a primary motivator for the bigger-name and bigger-market Pac-12 and Big 12 schools to jump.  I can simultaneously be glad that OSU is in one of the "winner" emerging superconferences while at the same time believe that that's terrible for the game.  The Big Ten and SEC are basically going to become college football's analogues to the AFC and NFC, and everyone else might as well be CFL starting next year.  The only partially saving grace will be the 12-team playoff, which will allow a few scattered standout schools a chance to compete with the majors.  But look at the final CFP rankings top 12:

 

 

Starting next year, Washington and Oregon will be Big Ten, Texas and Oklahoma SEC.  So even in the 12-team format, the only school in the entirety of the top 12 that would have been in the playoff this year would be Florida State (who should have been in this year, but the Gridiron Illuminati could not countenance the thought of a CFP without the SEC champs in it, no matter the cost).  And that's not good for the game.

48 minutes ago, Gramarye said:

tarting next year, Washington and Oregon will be Big Ten, Texas and Oklahoma SEC.  So even in the 12-team format, the only school in the entirety of the top 12 that would have been in the playoff this year would be Florida State (who should have been in this year, but the Gridiron Illuminati could not countenance the thought of a CFP without the SEC champs in it, no matter the cost).  And that's not good for the game.

Agreed, except Oklahoma would have been left out because there is a spot for a G5 team so Liberty would have been in the playoff, plus assuming Oklahoma and Texas in the SEC, the Big 12 would get someone in which would likely be OK State at the expense of Ole Miss. But that really does not change your point at all. 

 

51 minutes ago, Gramarye said:

And it's not just the "NFL lite" talent aspect, because college football has always been the NFL's farm system.  It's the NFL-lite, or honestly almost NFL-equivalent at this point, commercialization of the "product."

That is the bigger concern about it. It is one thing for college to be the NFL farm system, but if you have NFL money and expectation for 18 year old's in college, that is a lot of pressure on the kids. Secondly, and more importantly, if will NFL style money sustain itself in college (without major changes) if the product is far inferior to the NFL. What you are likely to see in the future is the top players will go to a low level "minor league" and skip college altogether where they actually get paid and showcase themselves against better competition and not have to operate under the guise or pretense of a college environment

I love college football but the "on field" product is far inferior to the NFL. That does not mean it is not worth watching, but it is just not the highest level football. 

 

To me it is akin to womens soccer. It is an entertaining product, but if you want to watch the top athletes in the game you need to watch the mens game. That is what I fear college football is going to become the closer they try and move toward the NFL level compensation 

Ohio State vs. Missouri score, takeaways: Tigers cap remarkable 11-2 season with Cotton Bowl win vs. Buckeyes

 

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/ohio-state-vs-missouri-score-takeaways-tigers-cap-remarkable-11-2-season-with-cotton-bowl-win-vs-buckeyes/live/

 

No. 9 Missouri capped a breakthrough season under fourth-year coach Eli Drinkwitz on Friday by edging No. 7 Ohio State 14-3 in the Cotton Bowl to finish 11-2. The Buckeyes held Mizzou scoreless for the first three quarters before Cody Schrader broke through for a 7-yard touchdown run on the opening play of the fourth quarter.

 

The Tigers added some insurance with 5:12 remaining when Brady Cook capped a 13-play, 91-yard drive by finding Luther Burden for a 7-yard touchdown pass. Missouri's defense took care of the rest as the Tigers notched their second-ever win over Ohio State and first since 1976.

 

Freshman quarterback Lincoln Keinholz was forced into action during the second quarter for Ohio State after Devin Brown suffered an apparent ankle injury in his first career start. With star receiver and Heisman Trophy finalist Marvin Harrison Jr. also opting out, the Buckeyes simply lacked their customary offensive punch. 

 

===================================

 

I have to admit I just found myself not caring about this game too much.  It sucks that it's another loss in a distressing pattern of losses against the SEC, but we basically had our third-string QB in for most of the game and even our second-stringer had almost no reps this season and certainly no meaningful playing time.  And Marvin Harrison Jr. opted out right at gametime (expected, but still).  The whole opt-out culture is offputting to me, though of course I understand it from the perspective of the individual top tier players.  But only Harrison opted out, so this isn't just about the opt-out issue.  Something about this game just barely had it even registering on my radar for the past week.

 

And I'll still tip my hat to the defense for holding Missouri scoreless through 3 quarters.  Could've even held on longer if our admittedly-depleted offense could simply have stayed on the field longer.

The consequences for this year's Michigan loss were especially dire. 

On 12/30/2023 at 12:06 AM, Gramarye said:

It sucks that it's another loss in a distressing pattern of losses against the SEC, but we basically had our third-string QB in for most of the game and even our second-stringer had almost no reps this season and certainly no meaningful playing time. 

 

Killed by the transfer portal.  With our defense and even a halfway decent threat to throw this game could have been completely different -- that was not the Buck's regular-season offense.

 

See also Florida State.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/georgia-coach-kirby-smart-calls-for-change-after-60-point-bowl-win-over-florida-state-they-need-to-fix-this/

 

At a minimum the opening of the transfer portal needs to be move to after the bowl games.  I'm not aware of any other league that allows players the freedom to jump into the free agent market between the regular season and the playoffs.

 

NCAA approves helmet communication, two-minute warning effective for 2024 football season

 

Two college football rule changes were made official on Friday.

 

"The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight panel officially approved both in-helmet communication on the field and a two-minute warning at the end of each half for college football, effective for the 2024 football season.

 

Each team will be allowed to have one player on the field at a time with direct communication to coaches through his helmet, and that player will be identified with a green dot on the back midline of his helmet.

 

Communications will be closed with 15 seconds remaining on the play clock or when the ball is snapped, whichever comes first on a given play."

 

https://www.elevenwarriors.com/college-football/2024/04/146782/ncaa-approves-helmet-communication-two-minute-warning-effective-for-2024-football-season

 

So the introduction of the play clock helped with keeping the game moving sot that the games wouldn't go so long and be less disrespectful of people's time. But now we're adding a two-minute warning? Games were already hitting 4.5-5 hours since it seems the important ones usually go into at least one overtime and at least one major game-stopping injury. The play clock helped. But now we're back to more stopping because we're afraid some Boomer might not take action on setting up that Pacific Life account or buying his second F-150 in three years if he doesn't see each ad 17 times instead of 15. Seriously, these games start at 8PM and go past 1AM way too often.

Edited April 21, 20241 yr by GCrites

While reading the BBC this morning…

 

 

So close and yet so far against Oregon. Mental mistakes, including both penalties and especially clock mismanagement on the final drive.  Anticlimactic and disappointing finish. 

Another big game, another L from Ryan Day.

14 hours ago, Gramarye said:

So close and yet so far against Oregon. Mental mistakes, including both penalties and especially clock mismanagement on the final drive.  Anticlimactic and disappointing finish. 

 

And yet, losing by 1 on the road to another top-5 team is not a bad loss.  Props to Oregon, they're a good team.  Lots to learn from this game, much more so than the win over Iowa.  The bye week will give them more time to study film and get some work in.  Just go win the next win.

Sportsmanship in 2024: Oregon pride in gaming the rules.

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"We spend an inordinate amount of time on situations and some situations don't come up very often in college football, but this was obviously something we had worked on," Oregon coach Dan Lanning said Monday night. "You can see the result."

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/41802259/dan-lanning-says-ducks-purposely-induced-12-men-penalty-late

 

 

Top teams cheat, OSU barely loses and Day gets the blame again.

2 hours ago, GCrites said:

Top teams cheat, OSU barely loses and Day gets the blame again.

I don't understand the calls for firing Day -- that's ridiculous in my opinion.  We have been fortunate that Day stepped in and pretty much continued the Tressel/Meyer winning pattern.  (Would we prefer the Browns' coaching carousel in the 21st century?)

 

Day and Knowles both said that they need to coach better, and on that I can fully agree. 

W. T  F. Was. That. 

A dark day for Ryan Day.

Ryan Day may be 45-1 against all teams not named Michigan, but going 1-4 against Michigan gets you fired.

On 10/15/2024 at 4:01 PM, Foraker said:

I don't understand the calls for firing Day -- that's ridiculous in my opinion.  We have been fortunate that Day stepped in and pretty much continued the Tressel/Meyer winning pattern.  (Would we prefer the Browns' coaching carousel in the 21st century?)

 

Day and Knowles both said that they need to coach better, and on that I can fully agree. 

Look at what Day is paying his offensive and defensive coordinators (more than a lot of head coaches).  He has Chip Kelly calling plays with probably the best group of receivers in the country and (and solid running backs) they could only score 10 points at home.  For having such an advantage on offense, they looked really bad.  The best player on the field for both teams was Jeremiah Smith and OSU had no clue how to use him to their advantage.  

On 11/27/2023 at 2:33 PM, Gramarye said:

I'm also not ready to give up on Ryan Day yet, either. 

I retract my previous statement. 
 

What does a coach fighting to keep his job look like? I don’t know, but I know what it doesn’t look like: Attacking an elite defensive line up the gut when you could be attacking a depleted secondary on the wings with the best receiving corps in the collegiate game.

2 hours ago, KJP said:

Ryan Day may be 45-1 against all teams not named Michigan, but going 1-4 against Michigan gets you fired.

Yep - using John Cooper as a guide Ryan should be given a few more years, but the Columbus media can pile on quick.  I didn't like some of Ryan's excuses in the news conference though - the wind (9 MPH?), the changes in his offensive line this week and the missed field goals.  He lost me on the wind comment - in Ohio?  That one should cause him some problems.

4 hours ago, Gramarye said:

I retract my previous statement. 

 

On 11/30/2024 at 7:37 PM, Gramarye said:

I retract my previous statement. 
 

What does a coach fighting to keep his job look like? I don’t know, but I know what it doesn’t look like: Attacking an elite defensive line up the gut when you could be attacking a depleted secondary on the wings with the best receiving corps in the collegiate game.

As much as I like Ryan Day (seems like a nice guy who really cares about his players), I'm with you -- he should be demoted to QB coach and let someone else lead.  There's no way he should be calling plays.

On 10/15/2024 at 4:01 PM, Foraker said:

I don't understand the calls for firing Day -- that's ridiculous in my opinion. 

I'm going to have to retract that after this weekend.  WTF. 

 

The final straw for me was punting on 4th and 1 with only six minutes left -- right after Michigan's 8-minute drive.  If there was ever a time to go for it, that was it.  If you didn't make it, your defense could hold there, or Michigan could score but we'd have gotten the ball back with some time on the clock.  Punting at that point made no sense.  If that was Day's call, I'm done supporting him.

On 11/30/2024 at 7:57 PM, Willo said:

Yep - using John Cooper as a guide Ryan should be given a few more years, but the Columbus media can pile on quick.  I didn't like some of Ryan's excuses in the news conference though - the wind (9 MPH?), the changes in his offensive line this week and the missed field goals.  He lost me on the wind comment - in Ohio?  That one should cause him some problems.

 

Anything other than "I'm a big dumb moron trying to re-litigate my 2021 loss to Michigan every year."

Ohio State sits 6th (but 8th in the bracket) in the penultimate CFP Rankings. The Chair also made clear that the teams that aren't playing (like Ohio State) are not going to move around vs other teams not playing (like Tennessee).

 

If the playoffs were today, Ohio State would host Tennessee, but there are still implications from Conference Championship Games (Texas vs Georgia, Oregon vs Penn State).

 

Gotta say, I don't love this new format. Ohio State beat Penn State head to head, but is essentially being penalized for having a tougher schedule (one point loss at Oregon, who Penn State did not play).

 

A lot could happen, but if it goes as expected and Oregon wins, does Penn State - currently #3 - drop below Ohio State or not?  It seems highly unlikely Georgia will stay at #5 - beat Texas and they'll move up into the top 4, or lose and perhaps drop to 10 or beyond.

 

I am guessing the committee will avoid first round rematches, so I wouldn't expect OSU to host Indiana or Penn State. It'll be interesting if PSU loses...Ohio State could slide up into that #6 spot and host Alabama/Miami and then possibly face SMU in the quarterfinals.

https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-football/film-study/2024/12/151400/film-study-ohio-states-offense-failed-to-show-up-for-the-game

 

Here's a lengthy look at Ohio State's woes on offense last week.

 

-Patchwork offensive line executed their blocking scheme quite poorly.

-Will Howard did not see the field well (injury related?) and executed terribly on a good 3-4 throws, if not more.

-Kelly/Day ran some very basic passing routes. Michigan was in a lot of Tampa 2 or quarter-quarter-half.  They essentially did not run any routes to the middle of the defense, which was open on a lot of plays.

-Not as many interior runs as memory serves. A lot of the runs were designed to get outside or off tackle, but the O Line blocked poorly.

 

Still not sure about the play calling, but there was definitely some poor execution, especially from Howard.  The O Line is in shambles and it finally showed. Not sure why we didn't see some more screens - the positive mismatch for Ohio State was the WRs against their secondary while the obvious negative mismatch was the O Line vs their D Line.  When your O Line can't run or pass block well, you still need to find ways to get the ball to your playmakers on the perimeter.

 

Also curious why they didn't go to Brown for a series. It should have become obvious to the coaches that Howard a) wasn't making the right reads and b) was executing poorly (his two picks were off by about 3-4 yards each and he throw a couple into triple coverage that could have been turnovers).

Edited December 4, 2024Dec 4 by DarkandStormy

2 hours ago, DarkandStormy said:

Ohio State sits 6th (but 8th in the bracket) in the penultimate CFP Rankings. The Chair also made clear that the teams that aren't playing (like Ohio State) are not going to move around vs other teams not playing (like Tennessee).

 

If the playoffs were today, Ohio State would host Tennessee, but there are still implications from Conference Championship Games (Texas vs Georgia, Oregon vs Penn State).

 

Gotta say, I don't love this new format. Ohio State beat Penn State head to head, but is essentially being penalized for having a tougher schedule (one point loss at Oregon, who Penn State did not play).

 

A lot could happen, but if it goes as expected and Oregon wins, does Penn State - currently #3 - drop below Ohio State or not?  It seems highly unlikely Georgia will stay at #5 - beat Texas and they'll move up into the top 4, or lose and perhaps drop to 10 or beyond.

 

I am guessing the committee will avoid first round rematches, so I wouldn't expect OSU to host Indiana or Penn State. It'll be interesting if PSU loses...Ohio State could slide up into that #6 spot and host Alabama/Miami and then possibly face SMU in the quarterfinals.

 

On Saturday night everyone thought OSU's season was completely over haha

Edited December 4, 2024Dec 4 by GCrites

3 hours ago, DarkandStormy said:

Ohio State sits 6th (but 8th in the bracket) in the penultimate CFP Rankings. The Chair also made clear that the teams that aren't playing (like Ohio State) are not going to move around vs other teams not playing (like Tennessee).

 

If the playoffs were today, Ohio State would host Tennessee, but there are still implications from Conference Championship Games (Texas vs Georgia, Oregon vs Penn State).

 

Gotta say, I don't love this new format. Ohio State beat Penn State head to head, but is essentially being penalized for having a tougher schedule (one point loss at Oregon, who Penn State did not play).

 

A lot could happen, but if it goes as expected and Oregon wins, does Penn State - currently #3 - drop below Ohio State or not?  It seems highly unlikely Georgia will stay at #5 - beat Texas and they'll move up into the top 4, or lose and perhaps drop to 10 or beyond.

 

I am guessing the committee will avoid first round rematches, so I wouldn't expect OSU to host Indiana or Penn State. It'll be interesting if PSU loses...Ohio State could slide up into that #6 spot and host Alabama/Miami and then possibly face SMU in the quarterfinals.

OSU lost 2 games in the regular season and Penn State only lost 1.  The committee has said they aren't going to punish teams who lose in the conference championships because they are playing an extra game while the other teams sit at home.  With that logic Penn State and UGA won't drop much or potentially at all if they lose this weekend.  But the playoff committee makes things up every week to fit their changing narrative, so we'll see how it shakes out on Sunday. 

 

No matter what happens I have zero faith OSU will do anything in the playoffs or any big game moving forward until they get rid of the gigantic loser that is Ryan Day.  

2 hours ago, GCrites said:

On Saturday night everyone thought OSU's season was completely over haha

 

Not really. Everyone understood they were in the playoffs, just the path is harder and also they aren't as good as previously thought.

2 hours ago, Cincy513 said:

OSU lost 2 games in the regular season and Penn State only lost 1.  The committee has said they aren't going to punish teams who lose in the conference championships because they are playing an extra game while the other teams sit at home.  With that logic Penn State and UGA won't drop much or potentially at all if they lose this weekend.  But the playoff committee makes things up every week to fit their changing narrative, so we'll see how it shakes out on Sunday. 

 

No matter what happens I have zero faith OSU will do anything in the playoffs or any big game moving forward until they get rid of the gigantic loser that is Ryan Day.  

 

By virtue of being in a mega conference now, Penn State avoided both Oregon and IU. And then to lost to Ohio State. Whereas Ohio State had to play the other three teams that make up the top 4 of the conference.  It's just a weird scheduling quirk with the mega conferences now.

 

Penn State is not good. Best Minnesota by a point, needed OT against USC, and only beat BGSU by a touchdown.  But they avoided most of the top half of the conference so their record looks better.

58 minutes ago, DarkandStormy said:

 

By virtue of being in a mega conference now, Penn State avoided both Oregon and IU. And then to lost to Ohio State. Whereas Ohio State had to play the other three teams that make up the top 4 of the conference.  It's just a weird scheduling quirk with the mega conferences now.

 

Having that many teams in a conference is just so so stupid. 

18 hours ago, surfohio said:

Having that many teams in a conference is just so so stupid. 

 

Yeah, I could sort of see 16 making sense. Maybe they can kick out Buttgers and drop down to 17.

3 hours ago, DarkandStormy said:

 

Yeah, I could sort of see 16 making sense. Maybe they can kick out Buttgers and drop down to 17.

 

I think they will want that New York media market....even though I am from NJ and I only knew one person in the entire metro area who cared about Rutgers football. 

 

Maybe there is significant new interest with the shift to the new conference?

Shout out to everyone who said Ryan Day was just like John Cooper. 

1 hour ago, Boomerang_Brian said:

Shout out to everyone who said Ryan Day was just like John Cooper. 

only concerning Michigan 🤣  Maybe Ryan Day should coach from the box (just for the Michigan game) as Cooper did for a non-Michigan game back in the day just after back surgery.  We remember he called the best game of his career only to return to the field sidelines the next week and the same old results.

Well this was fun to watch, even if I had to do it alone on my couch because I was sick over New Year's:

 

 

And when the first two rounds of the CFP were all said and done, it's a "triumph of the middle" scenario, though of course the seeding system may have something to do with this.  Either way, of the 12 teams in the first-ever CFP, the surviving seeds are 5, 6, 7, and 8.  And all of those handily won their first-round games, and most had reasonably convincing wins in their second-round games, too, topped by Ohio State convincingly exorcising the ghost of their early-season controversial loss to Oregon.  But other than Texas and Arizona State getting into a tight one in the fourth quarter and then in OT, these four middle seeds have been rolling.

 

So the semis are set for some fantastic football, as the teams that have been rolling now finally start running into each other.  OSU vs. Texas and Penn State vs. Notre Dame.  Texas will have home field advantage (the Cotton Bowl is in Arlington, TX), but the Buckeyes enter as the betting favorite considering what they just did against Oregon.

Scoop & score! Go Bucks!

 

One of the greatest goal line stands of the year, and maybe even one of the greatest in the history of college football.  From first and goal at the one yard line with under 3:00 to go in the 4th quarter to a strip six by a defensive lineman (and a local Pickerington kid at that) going the other way!

 

The stuff of legends, even though there is still the title game now on the horizon.

 

Horns down!