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Offensive explosions are nigh they say.
As long as Terrelle Pryor continues to play better on the road than he does at home, they might be right. Purdue has a middling defense at best and their offense is going to run into a front that discards blocks like they're covered in herpes.
Better yet, if you're betting on the good guys, is that the Boilermakers have shown an exceptional ability to fumble the mundane this season. And if anyone is a master of taking care of the mundane, it's James Patrick Tressel.
So fire up, get ready for your nooner and feel free to follow the action and provide your own commentary.
Comments
Purdue? More like PurDON'T! Am I right?
/hungover
Just get a nip of the dog that bit ya...
Beer mixed w/ V8 works nice - and none of you amateurs knock it till you've tried it.
Some will swear by the mimosa/Bloody Mary, but the problem there is all of a sudden you're all the way drunk again - but what the hell, it's gameday, right? Who cares when you wake up and the clock says 6:45, and it's dark, and you have a heart attack while you try to remember whether it's Saturday evening, or Sunday morning, etc...
Love the pic, guys! Hope we have a DH exp on offense today, ala the Toledo game. Go Bucks!
I bet you're one of those crazy bastards that drinks Clamatos aren't you?
Love beer, love V8, yet I've never understood how that could work. But I'll give it a try.
Is this being streamed online anywhere? Unfortunately hotels in tennessee don't carry the big ten network..
F the BTN.
If an offensive explosion is nigh......how bad is Purdue's D?
Anyone know where we can catch this on a stream?
*controlling urge to rant about the BTN*
i doubt it. the BTN still thinks it is going to strong arm cable providers into paying to carry the BTN. so they kill all streams. you can sometimes watch the game on the BTN website...if you live outside the US.
Great way to start the day with a LOL photoshop! Nice work, Jason. He is the silver lining in the dark cloud of offensive coaching.
Live feed here - http://linksadoor.com/live_tv/...
You guys owe me
Heading to the bar boys. Go Bucks!
Incidentally, that feed is only 4-5 seconds behind the actual TV
Excellent. Thanks.
i just randomly found that!
if you are the source, thanks! if you would prefer not to say, thanks!
How long until the first Rotel Velveeta commercial?
Surprised we haven't seen one yet.
Wow, we have a new head coach, Jim Tressle!
Brandon In-Saine, brought to you by Rotel
Nice way to start
Wow. WTF was that?
That was the offensive explosion they were speaking of.
At first I thought it was a shovel pass, but nope: simple FAIL
Pryor likes to give the other team a chance...........every stinkin game.
Only 2 1/2 years left
Idiot.
As usual, the defense cleans up the offense's mess.
Damn, that's cold.
Pryor better get it together........and quick!
you must see improvement that nobody else does.
Face it, without the D, we are Iowa.
Saine and the run blocking gets better every game.
No, but I do see Joe Bauserman on the bench, and I am pleased.
The Brandon Saine show!
And whose fault is it that we don't have a better backup?
Well that was quick.
Finally healthy, getting better and better
I'm going to guess you'll blame it on Pryor or Tress, as usual.
Good decision number one by Pryor.
That was a a solid looking read by Pryor. Progress?
fingers crossed
Not bad for a defensive end.
This.
I'll gladly eat my share of crow after badmouthing Saine all of last year.
That previous pass to Saine was horrible, he made an amazing catch making TP look OK.
Ok......lets go end zone first play. I want to see if he can do it.
The read-option was good, though, so I'm taking any progress we can get.
Right on cue.
A real pass from a quarterback might be a good direction for progress as well....
Might have scored if Boren made that block.
Now we play for punt and field position.
Uh, dude, we've had those, just not as consistently as we'd like.
Tight end was open early down the middle
He still really struggles on passes to the backs.
Again: idiot.
That was not a drop. Nice play by Chimdi
Is it just me or is the O-line getting worked?
They are.
shocking
Key word, consistently. I'd accept inconsistent from a RB throwing passes, not a highly touted recruit. "Athlete" or not.
Purdue's sideline has way more than their fair share of giant mustaches.
Cordle's getting killed at LT.
Oh crap.
Once again, the announcers are quick to jump on the bucks.
Check out the replay on Cam getting hit while running back to the runner. His leg is donezo.
He is.
Wasn't this the story before he went down?
Either rotate him with Browning or keep him off the field.
He's walking off. Thank God.
Bradford hurt that shoulder again
Great tackle Kurt
cordle looks like a white browning playing tackle and do we run legit pass plays i think that is a problem
Great stop.
Hoping we see Shugarts/Adams on this next drive. Cordle's gettin' rocked.
Hats off to Purdue. They have a creative offensive gameplan so far.
Big 10 "analyst" Chris Martin
ALMA MATER: Northwestern University
THE BEST BIG TEN TRADITION IS …: facing the hostility of playing or watching a game in Iowa.
how is it that cordle is a senior and it looks like he should be a high schooler hell its a purdue pass rusher running right around him
Think you'll ever say that about our O?
and Adams is out there at LT. Nice.
welp that was two stiff arms in one play by one player
This offense makes my eyes bleed
wtf was that
COMMERCIAL BREAK!
I think he shanked an arm punt.
too funny
pryor should have went somewhere that develops qb note tressel's history minus troy smith see supporting cast and b10 but for being a offensive coach it speaks my point YSU is where he belongs
One can hope.
Put down the crack pipe.
He should've ran it.....
No, he should have put on 30lbs and played defensive end.
???
Its like watching peewee football. Everyone seems to be running around with no idea what they were supposed to do.
he threw it to RS in stride...small victories
And then the QB runs, just like peewee football
True, but he also left Small out to dry in an awkward coverage match-up.
LOL.
Purdue won't let Purdue win.
LOL......I suppose they'll say there was a whistle
Kurt Coleman! Wow
Kurt Coleman is an All-American.
hahah this defense is so awesome
That's bullshit
Bullshit.
Shades of Illinois '07...
That is criminal.
Why did Tress not challenge that? Forward progress not challengable?
The Big 10 should be ashamed. The only way they can keep teams close to us is to have the ref's cheat in their favor.
I think so.
WTF? I didn't hear a whistle stop that play!
Big 10 refs have always been a bit shady... Especially when dealing with the Buckeyes!
mmm charissa...
These refs blow
perhaps they are being hit hard
Dogshit
No whistle, no way it is their ball. Period.
we need breaks against Purdue wow i am so sick of Tressel offense espically when i think we have the best Defense in the country. Anybody see where Tress got his QB coach from that explains why i am not a Tressel fan and our team,. will never beat a good sec or b12 team. when we hire coaches from divison II and III programs
Back to the playpen, junior.
Don't let the title fool you. Tress is the QB coach.
There's probably a conference policy to show a clip of her whenever the refs screw up a call. Distraction technique.
We are getting homered, Hines got blocked in the back on the last first down.
TP has look at the huge gaps in the Purdue def when they blitz
Human don't come much uglier than Curtis Painter
holy shit
Damn it!
Still looks like a lesbian.
You are asking a bit much.
Our D is Hot Garbage
This has probably been discussed during another gameday thread, but what causes the "Your posting too fast" message and is there any way to fix it?
this is getting ridiculous. I'm watching on espn gamecast, and I'm getting sick of seeing these short pass completions by purdue. what's going on? is it the secondary?
Time of Posession is a joke
It took the Boilers 12 plays to cross the 40 on this drive.
Meanwhile the Badgers are up 10-0 on the Hawkeyes.
we need more pressure
Never let Ray Small touch the ball on punts again.
Oh Ray Small....
His forward progress was stopped.
back to the doghouse
That was actually funny.
Damn it Ray Small does that at least 5 times a year. Ugh, I want to see our offense on the field.
I'm still pissed that this drive was over when we stripped it, and the refs decided to PLAY the game instead of OFFICIATE it!
WTF.....
We should've had another player watching a potential dropped fair catch. Damnit.
No halo violation on that one?
So was Pryor's
that still a rule?
Pretty sure there is no more halo rule
there better not be a fake field goal attempt here....
Ah - knew someone would know. Thanks.
defense is bringing it, up until now purdue had been using our agressiveness against us, but we're relentless and it's getting to em
Michigan ruined that rule when they decided they would just always hammer the punt reciever and take the penalty every time
they teach fielding punts in class. We can't hold RS responsible for knowing how to do it
ray small career in a nut shell. how do the purdue's and Badgers dominate ball control agains us when its our calling card. its hard to watch our games. no way would a Saban coached team struggle against a Purdue team that lost by 3 tds to Toledo
Hey we get the ball, maybe, yay.
Purdue beat Toledo by 3 touchdowns, kiddo.
Yeah, those hits on Elliott will add up.
I am developing a mancrush
+1
That left foot in?
As Saine goes off...whoopsie.
wideopen = missed
Epic grab. Debatable too.
new strategy: never throw it ever again
getting old
Again I say.......only 2 1/2 yrs remaining.
An arm punt with no punt returner. Fancy that.
Ray, the NFL called. They want your dreams back.
Sanzenbacher had the left foot in when he caught it. Not even worth reviewing, though, apparently, since it would be a positive play for the Buckeyes.
this team is terrible
LOL
this team is 5-1 and winning
Purdue has looked like they've had only 6 on the line of scrimmage on half of the plays so far. Glad they called it.
holy balls brian rolle is fast
Anyone else feel like the D needs a pick-six for us to win again? I'm having flashbacks to Wisky...
What a punt, lol.
TP, they left a message for you too. They said running backs don't need to work on the forward pass in college. Focus more on taking handoffs.
hell i can punt it 18 yards
I think he was kicking away from Ray Ray
kick the field goal now
Winning against Purdue. Barely. Who gives a shit?
sam we are winning against terrible teams don't be to proud this team is terrible and coaching is the biggest problem.Say what you will we have not beaten a good team in four years
Purdue is terrible, we are in a dogfight.
I wouldn't go that far. We are missing one key piece.
Now the O-Line coaching could use a little work, but it's the QB.
RB Counter is wide open
Even on plays that work this offense just doesn't look crisp. Positive plays look more like an accident.
Yep. Screwing us again
Homered AGAIn
ugh...good run by Saine too
Bad call. Watch the Purdue O tackles on every play.
God damn it wtf Pryor.
SMFH.
Offensive explosions are nigh, they say.
Is it time for Bauserman yet?
Not trying to make some stupid joke, but any chance TP gets sent to the bench?
It's Bauserman time...hell put Coleman in at QB
What do you think Bauserman would have done without any protection? Might not have been a turnover, still would have been a massive sack.
Is it just me, or is everyone but Sam getting to the point where we expect that to happen so we don't get mad, just shake our heads.
Can't pass, has the dropsies, sit him for a drive. Too bad Tressel likely owes him a ton from the deal he made with TP to land him. JT went all in and now he's betting that his hand will turn a better card. Damn JT, sit him for a drive.
And we would still have the ball. Big difference.
If they never ran that option read again I would be a happy man. we run the same damn play 60% of the time on offense. Were only helping the other team by making them stop about 15 different plays.
this is so frustrating... especially since i have to watch it on espn gamecast... then again maybe i dont wanaa watch this garbage
only 2 1/2 years remaining.
Purdue would respect the pass then. Would be a different look on defense. Nice try though, I like your glasses...
Anyone here think they'd wish they had Joey Elliott instead of Terrelle Pryor at the half?
He might've tucked the ball instead of putting it 7' in the air while going down.
They never ran the option read, Pryor cannot make a read. All designed plays one way or another.
I now wish we had Newsome or Boyd to throw in for some kind of spark.
anything is better than the defensive end we have at QB
Holy crap I am tired of Reggie Ball-Pryor.
IF they cannot block 94, then it does not matter who is back there
Need pick.
The hold call was BS. I saw 15 real holds on Purdue in the first half that wern't called. And please please please put in Bauserman.
What?!?! You can throw the ball away on purpose?
It's like watching Texas in the Fiesta Bowl. Just heaving the ball all over the field, and OSU watching helplessly.
Thank god!
LOL
Love it when teams outsmart themselves.
Defense bailing us out yet again.
Yes sir, that's why you are Purdue and will always be Purdue. That's why.
Good call.
Thanks for getting cute, Danny Hope!
This defense should sue the offense for child support.
Everytime, saving their asses.
Dierking with the Pryorball.
You have been dinking and dunking all down the field and then you draw up that play? HAHA
You know who Pryor looks like. This isn't a joke. Looks much like Steve Bellisari. Were scared shitless when he throws the ball. he has the potential to hurt you with his legs and never does.
haha. Nice arm punt
Purdue calls a TO b/c they know the Buckeyes are just trying to run it out. That's sad.
Does Purdue realize we can run the clock out since they only have 1 more timeout? I wish we'd try to do something, but calling timeouts is kind of pointless here for them.
I haven't heard that comparison 100000000000000000000000 times
That throw was so bad nobody knows who the receiver was.
ROTEL I LOVE YOU
This has been an ugly first half. UGLY.
Look at him acting like he is upset with the play calling.
Well Im sorry I have life and don't live on the internet.
What an awful half. I want to see 3 TDs in the second half.
Offensive explosions are nigh.
the best part is pryor doing the motions with his hands as if it was the receiver's fault the pass was 10 yards off the mark
It's LOUISVILLE (pronounced LEWIS-VILLE), OH, not KY
BTN sucks
I haven't heard that claim 100000000000000000000000 times
It's not easy being an Ohio State fan. No wonder we're a drunken army of idiots.
Block it and take it back.
Down at half to Purdue.
Perfect time to change the QB.
How high was Bella-sorry rated in HS? Pryor has gotta be the most overhyped QB since Ron Pawlus ( sp).
This is embarrassing.
Sorry God of all knowledge. You got me on that one.
Wow. It really is unacceptable to have an offense THIS bad. They may get better before the end of the year, but Purdue would be a good team to start against.
our playing calling makes no sense wish we had purdue coach calling plays. Wow we our losing to Purdue at halftime again i am on the Anti-Tress bandwagon. There is no good coach who would be losing to Purdue at halftime much less being dominated by them
Thank god I am leaving and will only have to listen to 2nd half on radio.
106 total yards of offense.
He was rated much better as a safety. Maybe TP needs to go receiver.
Not so sure it is going to get better. It has actually gotten worse as the season progressed.
Bet Mac Brown sits that kid down for the rest of the game.
From Ramzy on Twitter: Don't worry, Nic Siciliano will coach Pryor up.
am I seeing things? Delaware State down 49-3 and it is not even halftime?
Pyror might have been overrrated but he is only a Sophmore and coaching does not help him. Vince Young was not a great thrower but the offensive scheme made him great so coaching is aleast half the problem
Someone please give Tressel a shot of jager or something and a shot of 5 hour energy so evil Tressel comes out and barks at his QB and his entire offense?
This is ridiculous!
Meanwhile, the Wolverines have 49 at the half. Sure it's Delaware State but that would be 13-0 game at the Shoe.
Well, if you don't think we need a new OC, new OL coach, and new QB coach, this half should have crushed your soul.
scUM has 30 rushes for 280 yards. ridic
Those points would come off 2 Pryor interceptions.
nice Tres,
How about a different play other than Zone Read Right, or Zone Read Left?
Pryor you've done nothing but digress since week one.
Purdue Has one win on the year, FUCKING ONE. if you can't put up more than 7 points one the worst scoring defense in the big ten something is very VERY VERY wrong.
I bet Cincy jumps us again after this bullshit of a first half, Hell i might even put Cincy over us after this.
I just can't, with the number of individual players we have on offense, understand how we aren't at least a middling offense. I am not asking for the greatest offense in the world, but at least a moderately successful one. Some modest amount of first downs is all I want at this point (probably that's all the defense wants either)
Cincy would jump us regardless of how we played today. They played a better team.
I am disgusted.
As bad as the OSU/PU game is, the OK/TX game is pretty solid. Lots of hard hitting and very good defense. McCoy can't stay upright; he's just getting crushed.
Fuck it man, i'm hitting the bottle.
I can not thing of one thing this offense does well.
Too much talent for this to be happening. Again.
Four words for Sam...I-Told-You-So!
No way we are top 15, due soley to the Offense.
I hereby admit it is time for some big changes on offense.
Is benching Pryor the best thing to do?
The second fumble was really on Adams, but TP should have held on to the ball.
What did you tell me, exactly?
Most overrated player ever. That is all.
On the good side, we have twice as much offense as Texas does versus Oklahoma (47 yards). McCoy looks like he took arm punt lessons from TP. Oklahoma is not exactly a defensive powerhouse, either (if my quick glance at the tv was right). We're going to see large-scale hara-kiri in Texas if Oklahoma wins.
The only thing worth watching in this game is Rebecca Haarlow.
We need one of those many groomed Texas quarterbacks running this team. With the debacle of TP's growth, I doubt I'd want to come to OSU.
Didn't we just get a commit from Texas? I think we need to focus on the kids coming out of that state, they're trained early with those 7 on 7 camps.
Just admit it...I'm smarter than you!
Tress. needs to truly give up play calling. If Hazell was making the calls then HE would be in charge of dictating the offense to do what and when, say its 3rd down deep in our territory and we NEED the 1st down. I think Hazell can effectively get us in the position to move the chains. I'm sick of these zone reads and hand offs to Saine. Put Saine in at QB like a wild cat formation or Thomas come in motion, something, a wrinkle! Lots of them!
Haha! So you 'told' me absolutely nothing. Nice try, genius.
Hello...Kenny Guiton?? (ok maybe not)
a trained qb could not run Tress offense seriously, when we win the coin toss we receice to got our offense on the field first and not our defense that says it all
Nice tackle Chekwa...at least the OSU defense is a lot of fun to watch.
You see, getting yards on offense isn't that hard. The guys in black are doing it against the best D in the conference. It can't be as hard as we're making it look.
+1
Just admit it...you and southbaybuckeye are watching some sort of fantasy land Ohio State football. The rest of us saw the warning signs in the 1st game.
I'm smarter than you.
take notes tressel about play calling NFL pass routes not fake option bomb or fake handoff qb sweep see those plays aleast 5 out of 20 playes we get a game
Keep reaching, Bucksfan.
There's a lot of Quit in this team.
Looks like somebody knows how to make a statement drive.
The only thing I can say right now with any positivity is that good has to come of this. Gene Smith simply won't let Bollman hang around.
Was Torrance even paying attention?
turning off tv now.
run legit plays please
Agreed.
That was an awesome play!!
Bench him. Now.
Remember when we all thought Charlie Weiss was an arrogant prick for telling Pryor he could be a wideout if playing QB didn't work? He must be thanking God he didn't land him.
Does this offense actually practice during the week?
Im starting to wonder!
fuck the option guess its jager bomb time 1-5 Purdue hand it to us
Do we gameplan on offense?
I'm actually rooting for PU a little...and I never root for anyone but OSU. Seems like losing may be the only way for some changes to happen.
Absolutely...put in Bauserman.
This is fucking pathetic. Time to cancel the Michigan party, I am watching the game by myself because people will be scared to come. Pryor= Hot Trash.
That holding penalty is the turning point in the game. Saine scores to potentially put us up 14-6, but no BB was a little too obvious with the hold (I guess) and it's called back. We've absolutely gone backwards on offense ever since. Talk about not being able to recover from adversity!
It pains me to say I'm in the same boat. Sometimes you need a good kick in the ass, and it hasn't really happened since we lost to Purdue in 2004. Then we go out and blow Michigan off the field, and win the bowl game over Les Miles's Oklahoma State 30-3.
An option deep in your own territory!?!
WTF!!!!!
You're rooting for the other team? Big surprise.
Elliot's trying to help us out.
this is what makes college ball so exciting
WTF is Small doing?
Where is all the buckeye talent that they are supposed to bring in every year?
Who didn't see that coming from a mile away?
BENCH PRYOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looked like a little contact on Carter there.
ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS??? WE"VE BEEN KICKED IN THE ASS FOUR TIMES SINCE WE PLAYED FLORIDA!!!!!
WOW. End this, take him out! LIABILITY. Getting worse by the minute.
Run Pryor you dumbass, you had 30 yards of open field.
4 turnovers on Pryor now?
I can't take it anymore.
Thank the freaking Lord.
PUT PRYOR BACK IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"you know, im going to pass up the run for 15 yds and throw a pick here, i havent had a game with three picks yet!"
that, on top of the plethora of purdue chop blocks is a recipe for disaster. how long before they pull pryor? I have seen enough. he needs to grow up and stop thinking he is invincible. maybe in jeanette, PA, not in the big ten.
I'm following on internet; is Bauserman even warming up on sideline?
fucking pryor and how about some short routes and not bombs every play
Nice senior leadership there Ballard.
Please put in Bauserman or run the Wildcat with ??? SOMEBODY!!!
Needs moar false start.
For any Browns fans, this feels like Derek Anderson against the Bengals at the end of the 2007 season. Every pass feels like it's going to be a pick.
Seriously. Bench. Pryor. Now.
I said this last week and I'll say it again...
Is Pryor NFL eligible yet? Can't come soon enough.
PLEASE PLEASE GET RID OF THE "LiC" MERCH!!!!!!
Pull Pryor.
Where the F is Craig Krenzel?
Train Wreck.
No throwing anything more than 5 yards. Run screens and short stuff, have one receiver run deep to draw some coverage but under no circumstances be thrown to.
Brandon King actually makes a really nice play on that one.
Having said that, where's Bauserman???
If this season is the Darrell Hazell Experience, this is the phase of the Experience where Hazell take 9 sleeping pills and chases them with red wine.
We need to go with Bauserman at this point just so that we don't damage Pryor's sanity.
that would be number 5...please pull the plug on Pryor.
does anybody have the stat but half through 3rd quater do we have more punts or turnovers then first downs. i am pretty sure we do
terrell, do your team a favor, take a seat
Just can't put another score here all on the defense. They're doing their part, minus that blown coverage TD
If Bauserman isn't in the next series, fuck the offensive game planning. Absolutely, goddamn inexcusable.
4 first downs to 5 turnovers
is TP in JT's ear saying "if I'm not the best QB don't play me" like last year?
Looks like somebody knows how to scramble out of pressure. I wish we had a good running QB.
Just bench him already...
He'd be a sick wideout!
TP for Heisman...
I can't wait to have Penn State shut us out..
What about ours?
i see my home state fans need a 21st century coach
Tressel, is that seat getting a little hot for ya?????
You're watching the biggest waste of 5-star/top talent in the history of the game of football. At least USC put up a fight against Stanford.
Can we now quit calling TP Lebron in cleats?
Lets offer Urban Meyer $8 million a year for 5 years
What else will go wrong?
This'll be good...
Pryor is out there again. SMFH.
shittay..............
We're making Purdue look like Alabama.
No mercy for TP. He's back out there and still unable to scramble. Isn't Bauserman a pretty good runner? Maybe he knows how to scramble out of pressure.
Where the hell is Bauserman?
Im out
At least the Wisky-Iowa game is entertaining.
Pryor is a great athlete.
He is not a good QB.
Today I have lost all hope that he will ever be.
Throw a WR screen or something tshort o let him know we're capable of positive plays.
Speechless....
Gonna be a long 2.5 years...
This will be a 37-7 final.
Outscored 14-0 by Purdue in the 3rd quarter. How embarrassing.
Where in the hell is he throwing the ball........................................
team that quits explains everything about coaching get us a Division one staff that does not hire there brothers as running back coach or DivisionII QB coach this probaly is the worst OSU performance against a lesser opp i have ever watched 1-5 Purdue looking like Florida fire this staff end of te year fans spend to much money to have a product like this
What do you have to do to be replaced? Have you ever seen worse QB play?
Tressel proves that he has even less confidence in Bauserman by keeping Pryor in the game. Defense feels all the pressure in the world is on them, now they're playing tight.
If they don't change something after this, I'm done with OSU for the season...Bench Pryor, fire Tressel, do SOMETHING to change things
were those supposed to be sentences?
At some point, the Defensive Captains have to walk over to Tressel and ask WTF?!
Yeah, time to break out the hard stuff.
Don't look now, but Purdue is on a 20-0 roll.
Milicic-In-Cleats
i wonder why some of the fans are so miserable...
Purdue is already trying to run out the clock. Apparently they feel their best strategy is to give it back to our offense. Hmmm....they might have a point there.
I can't wait to see how you guys are gonna spin it for Pryor Now.
Bauserman is not in for lack of confidence in him, but for the protection of Pryor's. This is another area I think JT is just dead wrong. Pryor needs a wak up call.
So glad this happened the day before BCS rankings come out.....
Absolutely agree with that. Where is Bauserman??????
We're totally scrwed because Pryor is all we have. We banked the future on him and it didn't work out. Kiss recruiting goodbye. We're sauce for the goose folks!
We are done.
Confidence in Pryor has been dwindling for a few games now.
Good play.
This game just ruined my weekend...
Can't wait to see how the Senator is gonna spin this one.
Pull. Him. Out.
Underthrown 38 yd. pass to Small.
ABP. Anybody But Pryor.
Ahh....I was wondering when our next false start would happen.
1 step forward, 2 steps back.
Nice run. No hesitation there.
2 little 2 late.
This will demoralize OSU so much that they are going to go out and lose to PSU, Iowa and Michigan to end the season
Line up in the "I" formation and run it in.
lol...we throw on 2nd down because we know our line can't block well enough to get 2 yards.
What part of SC?
Gotta go for it...
if we kick a field goal i'll cry
Sumter South Carolina
I died laughing when I read that. But you're right, I just knew we wouldn't do it.
How is a 4-time defending Big Ten Champion unable to run it in from 2 yards out???
need a tissue?
Well, if anything comes out of this, it'll be the lot of us not having to defend OSU anymore. Welcome to Irrelevantville.
That actually makes some sense though. Yes, we still need two TDs, but we don't need two 2-pt conversions for the tie. Two TDs will now win it (though I have no faith in us actually getting them)
Flying in for a few hours tomorow.
very true and utterly pathetic.
Paul Someone finally gets it.
This is disgusting. They have totally given up.
Well, we all know now we'll be playing an SEC team in either the Cap One or Citrus Bowl.
Since when do we beat Iowa, PSU and Michigan?
After USC this could be the beginning of the end for TresselBall
Air Force?
Well, if we beat scUM, we may end up in third.
exactly, if it werent for NM state on the schedule, we may not get bowl eligable
So much for "at least we only lose to the elite teams" arguement.
Good point.
Unbelievable.
Navy
we also let the hype about our Dline got to our head. We have rushed 4 all day how about the blitz
Lucky!
'bout time we get a bad call in our favor. Wake up defense.
HE can't bench pryor, it validates what all the miserable people in Ohio have been saying for 4 weeks.
Welcome to Shaw.
Kind of a bad time to be coming in. We lost a pilot on Thursday night
So much for that logic.
How about that Field Goal now, Sam?
Stick a fork in them
Sam doesn't understand situational football. He also doesn't understand that this offense sucks. He's been trashing me all week for this. He's a grade-A idiot.
And if we miss the touchdown? The game is literally out of reach.
As much as I defend the defense, it seems Heacock has decided to reign in the Silver Bullets today, and it shows in their performance. Why not blitz?
The game has been out of reach for awhile
Still a two-possession game, and would be a two possession game if we made the touchdown. Three if we didn't. Nothing has changed. Tressel's understanding of game theory > yours
Worst scenario right now. OSU has to rely on TP's arm.
Where has this decisiveness been all game?
Really?
OMG...Apparently we ALL sold our soul to the devil for 2002.
QB sneak!!!!! I'm going to faint.
Yes. 26-9 vs 26-14 vs 26-10.
It's definately not showing today. What I understand is 10-26. We needed points, and with an ineffective O, a chance from the 2 you can't blow.
Tressel's game theory hasn't been questioned by anyone in the past couple years or weeks, right? He's not criticized at all, correct?
BTW, upgrade a better format for a live game forum that doesn't block more than 2 comments in 2 hours.
We've got something going here. No false starts please!
you mean that cannon that can't hit the broad side of a barn?
Let's kick another field goal on 4th down. Why not?
PI on the Boilers. Touchdown!!!
What a duck.
That TD is negative reinforcement.
Hey, an arm punt actually worked.
Okay. So, now the D needs to show up big.
The plot thickens...
Wow....all of a sudden he looks like LiC again. Unbelievable.
Inside the Vest is saying, "Dammitt"
Let's not get too carried away. That was still a jump ball TD.
only if L stands for lucky
It was perfectly thrown. I guess Posey must have been really wide open.
How do you lose a game where the opponent has 5 turnovers...
Where has this been the past 3 hours?
NO MORE "LiC"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gayest nickname.....................ever
I meant on the 2-point conversion. Made it look easy. Where's that been all day?
Exactly. If OSU wins, I'm afraid things won't change. Pryor will say 'See? We're getting better!'
LiC? He threw it up and we got lucky. Not a dazzling pass. Come on....
I am starting to get the idea that when we need points, Tress opens the playbook and Pryor plays better.
I am seeing some good in the future for this EVEN if don't win today.
Just recovering from Octoberfest....
No was a great nickname when he actually personified it. Now, of course its just silliness and we may want to change it so as to not offend LeBron....
So let me get this straight... you guys actually don't want us to win? Really?
Dear God, please give us a pick 6...
So lucky there were 2 wide open receivers in spot where the ball was thrown and one of them was interfered with.
Pick. Six. Please. Lord.
....or a sack...
About time they blitz. Can the offense get it done?
OK here we go, Pryor. You're stepping into manhood right now. For real this time.
Nathan Williams is unblockable.
Nice wedge shot on that punt. Must have had a good lie.
Can Whisky '08 Pryor please stand up?
We can do this.
Need to score fast in case they don't get the 2-pt conversion
You know, for the longest time, until the Super Bowl, Eli Manning was money in the 2 minute drill, garbage every other time...wonder if the same thing applies here?
Getting called out by Vader on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/DarthVader_...
Nice delivery under pressure by TP. Posey needs to catch that.
That's not the point. Of course I want OSU to win (I always do) but I also don't see how the team (especially offense) will improve long term when they keep regressing yet still win.
So let me get this straight....you want them to rely on luck during broken plays?
Holy Buckeye?
Sam, you're such a fucking idiot. Go play some PS2
Luke, is he your father?
IF they manage to get the TD AND the 2 pt. conversion, Purdue will come back with a 50+ yard FG for the win.
WTF is going on?
http://nooocontest.ytmnd.com/
Nice O-line. Real nice.
LiC, right?
They only rushed 4. Pitiful protection.
Wow that's some really horrible OL play.
I honestly can't say the playcalling has been the bulk of my angst. This offensive line has been trash, and Pryor has no ability to execute when blitzed. Every TP turnover has come on a blitz of 5 or more.
As soon as I saw the pressure coming, I knew the end result.
Almost laughable.
WOW, that was another dazzling pass. Wow.
Good observation. I thought the same thing. On the plus side, at least he scrambled a bit on that one. But we needed that mobility on the 3rd down play.
I guess the only question now is was TP this awfully coached in high school and completely broken coming in (ie beyond coachable) or was his mediocre and this coaching staff incapable of getting him to where he needs to be. Lest we remember, Vince Young was a shitty, shitty redshirt freshman at his age (and it's completely possible they may have, ahem, equal shortcomings upstairs). Regardless, I don't think there's any doubt Jim Bollman needs to be fired a year and a half ago.
Benefits of losing this game:
1) No possibility of falling into the national championship game.
2) Gives someone else the inside track to the Rose Bowl against a Pac-10 champion or runner-up that is going to be so much more high-powered than anything the Big Ten will throw at them...espcially if it's the last-ranked OSU offense.
3) Gives Ohio State an opportunity at getting an SEC team in a bowl...with a chance at getting that monkey off the back.
Turnovers and penalties; hallmarks of a poorly coached team.. and so forth.
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. HE BARELY MADE CONTACT
I'd love another shot at an SEC team with this Offense.
Great Faskmask, btw. GREAT TIMING!
Game over. On a freaking penalty.
Good night everyone!
Bad luck there. We had that play defensed.
FML, it was worse than I thought at first glance.
Drink that KoolAide
jobs wanted: offensive coaches please apply
"at least Tressel does not lose to the teams he is supposed to beat"
Such a fitting end.
This. Just. Hurts.
This IS the end for Tresselball
Now I can go watch some real games. 1-5, now 2-5. And they storm the field, that'll be on all the coverage.
Well, I note the sarcasm, but there're only a few scenarios that would give any Big Ten team a shot at an SEC team, and that's missing out on the BCS, let alone the conference's flag-bearing team. So, in any given year, the only way Ohio State gets an SEC team is if they're not that good.
There it is.
OSU loses to a "former" 1 loss Purdue team.
Looks like I'm done watching sports the rest of the week, this is going to be everywhere.
Imma go throw up now!
Nothing left to do but beat michigan...
Nothing that happens tomorrow will make up for this...except perhaps for a Tressel firing
This is what happens when you recruit the best player in the country coming out of high school: you have to develop him. There's no risk when you're bringing in the Scott McMullens and Craig Krenzels and Steve Bellisaris. But when you're bringing in the top talent, the pressure mounts. The OSU coaches will have to live with the criticism from "miserable" fans.
i really wanna hear the spin Tres tries to put on this.
Second thought not really, i'm not drinking the Kool-aid anymore
Penn State would be nice, but thats gonna be a lotta fun to watch.
..if you enjoy stabbing your eyes out with ball point pens.
Why did it take so long for the offense to start actually throwing the ball? Pryor started to look decent toward the end there... Too late! Well, as an Ohio State and Cleveland fan, I can only say one thing... Next year! Yea, go Browns!
How does Saine run the ball 7 times? Yeah, I get that we were down, but 7 times? He should have had 15 carries the first half.
P.S. I said decent... not good... Ugh!
Ask USC about Matt Brinkley, He came in a top recruit and played like one. Though he had alot of ex-NFL coaches around him putting him in positions to succeed.
Can't say the same about Pryor.
Our O line seemed to regress in this one. No run blocking and no pass protection! What happened?
Tress better not expect to talk about our next opponenet at his Tuesday press conference cuz its gonna be all about today's loss.
Suck it up Tress. Time to give the playbook to Hazell for good.
What playbook?
"right now, we suck"
Uninspired football. How could anyone not notice the absolute lack of passion on the field for the Buckeyes. At some point the defense is not going to be able to muster, if for no other reason, the completely inept play of the offense. We seem to lack the ability to overcome setbacks (bad call on the fumble, turnovers, ect).
WHERE. IS. THE. FIRE????????????
Oh mind that.
Hazell's playbook. Tress can just burn his.
Good question. I think they looked better last week when they all had the flu.
anyone hear Tres' Interview on 97.1?
What a joke, he's so ...awww shucks about it.
You just lost to a 1-5 Purdue.
Your Top Recruit, O-line, and defense are failing at every possible moment.
So some fucking emotion.
It come from the top down.
Agreed. The team wilted after the holding penalty that cost us a TD. They didn't wake up until halfway through the 4th quarter.
so = Show
Nah, that's too proactive. He will sit back and wait for the other coach to burn it and hope they run of butane.
I'm with ya on that one!
And against a supposed "good D line" in Wisco... Purdue? We couldn't block Purdue?
I agree... The D can't do it all, as displayed today... they need the offense to produce something!
The Winners Manual = Priceless
I think that Tressel just needs to go completely...this is embarrassing. Thanks Tress, you just ruined my weekend
Both my parents went to PSU - this is a bif weekend in our house...
this is what you get when you fall for the hype and participate in the hype about one player TP. two quarterbacks leave another signs elsewhere when you have an unproven commodity hyped out of the universe. Lets be honest I could or your son could have done better than Pryor he should be benched immediately or switched to receiver. the season is over the pryor experiment has failed start from the beginning and get things right dont hang on to a fallacy that is not going to happen. At the minimum change coaches start a new quarterback if you want to fire Tressel fine but changes are now retroactive It will take several years to bring this offense around because you have put all your eggs in the tyrelle basket. the coaches seem to fall for alot of exogenous bs instead of looking for players I think osu recruits itself for most positions but when the staff puts thought and energy into the process they are lacking the present and future of this team have bowed at he the alter of pryor and tressel for too long If they love this program change adapt as would be done anywhere else
Have to win a few more games to get to a bowl game. if Continue to perform like this, we could lose out.
Coach Kelly would never have let this happen You could feel something was wrong long before the final score A good coach would have risen above the problems and tried something different not watch the game completely out of hand
+1000000000
Because they're dinking and dunking before our guys can get there. We still don't know how to defend this crap.
That's Tres though,
he doesn't change things at half-time, he never has.
OSU has never come out of the half a different team headed in a new direction. Tres sticks to what he knows, Defense, and Special Teams. I think after the 2002 season he thought he had the formula for a consistent winner and in some aspects he was right, 2 national championship games later its hard to argue with him. The problem is he hasn't adapted to the ever changing landscape of college football. He's got Vince Young 2.0 at Qb and he's trying to run Pro Style offense. Its like have a Lambo on the highway with trucks blocks your every turn. Now i know he made promises to Pryor, "i'll make you into Troy Smith" but troy smith ran the fuck out of the ball till he learned how to throw the ball. Ya gotta learn how to walk be for you can run kinda thing.
What people need to understand now is how do you get a man and "self proclaimed winner" to change?
He's lost enough big games to garner that kind of criticism, but losing to a 1-5 Purdue is just plain unacceptable. No coach should be giving that kind of leeway.
And after his press conference i feel he will never change, he thinks just getting back at it will make all the difference next week.
WOOOOO there Vest.
You just got stumped by a terrible purdue when you where a 13.5 favorite... on the road.
The Ohio State Football program is in some serious trouble, and putting a band-aid on a cut to a main artery is not going to work.
You need some help. You've got the defense down i'll give ya that much but for all the pomp and praise these o-line men got coming out of high school they've done nothing. And its not because of lack of skill, its coaching.
We've got pro level talent dripping for every position, should'n we have some people coaching them with pro level experience?
ohiokris: I have to agree with you.
To add to your analogy...I heard that Jim Tressel was given a set of some of the best golf clubs in the world. However when he arrived at the 1st tee box he pulled out his putter.
The others in his group asked him if he was really going to use his putter from the tee. Not only did he tee off with it, but he used his putter from the fairway, rough, sand trap, the fringe and finally on the green.
Jimbo...try pulling some of the other clubs out of your bag...Lamar Thomas, Jake Stoneburner, Jake Ballard, routes over the middle (like you did on that last TD scoring drive against purdue), a quick short passing game where Pryor releases the ball within 2.5 seconds after the snap (especially since your o-line can't pass protect worth a crap).
A powerful running back is also required in a scheme where the o-line sucks....just as it did in the NC season...say what you want about Clarett, but it hadn't been for #13 the silver bullets would have lost at least 2 games that year.
To be fair as a Purdue fan in attendance, that was my reaction.
Wow. over 550 comments. What happened?
mediocrity
That O-Line didnt suck. Agree about the running back position.
just wanted to raise this winner from the dead.
haha. win for TLB.
You're reaching (again), bag.