I, like many of you was satisfied with the results but did you see the last TD? Did Meyer really need to call a play to score one more TD to run up the score on Nebraska. I understand a win is a win but this is just classless and makes Meyer appear like another coach we know and dbag. I don't think Meyer is here to follow the gentelman's agreement but to be the bad ass everyone knows he is. Anyway, I disagree with last TD and thought taking a knee would be better. What's your stance on this....
***For the record, if this was Wisconsin, I would have no problem with it since Bret dished it to other teams in the Big Ten and will get his...
No problem with it. Called a run play
Perfect call. Loved it.
All we did was run the ball. The defense knew it was coming. Nothing wrong with running it.
i have no problem with the last score, matter of fact, i think after that last score, the buckeyes should have tried an onside kick and maybe get the ball and score another. i am kind of disappointed they didnt get to 70. lmao.
Captain Insano shows no mercy.
maybe he was making for that last Nebraska TD which shouldn't have happened, b/c Hankins was being held the play before, and Simons was clipped on that run...either way - big win...Go Bucks!
"You win with people." - Woody Hayes
No problem here game doesnt stop until the final whistle, dont like it make the tackle.
Nebraska had time outs left, no problem with it. Don't want us to score don't let us waltz into the endzone
"You're pissed because we went after a committed guy? Guess what, we got 9 guys who better go do it again," said Meyer. "Do it a little harder next time."
Nebreska hadnt given in. Im glad he did it because it shows he is the same Meyer that he was in Fla. i think psychologically it tells his players bust your ass plus one other distinction. Urban is no Jim T and that is all good with me.
Stop crying. god no wonder people dont like OSU fans..
You want a explosive offense you get it, and cry when we score. If nebraska dont want scored on, maybe they should learn how to stop it
If it was a passing play id have a problem with it, but it was a running play up the middle, Hyde bounced it outside himself and the Nebraska defense couldn't stop him. If Nebraska can't stop a run play then its not our fault for scoring a late TD.
Favorite Buckeye: Obviously BJ Mullens
You've lost your marbles..they had 2 timeouts..if they can't stop a run up the middle they have given up and deserve it..and you really need to rename the post..I mean come on man we have the best coach in the country and your saying he's equal to Brett? In any way you mean it that is messed up
Well i like college and i like football...and im gunna keep doin em both cause they make me feel good!!!
He ran the ball. That is perfectly fine. If they can't stop it, then that is on them. If he aired it out or ran Braxton on an option knowing Braxton was averaging 16 a clip, then that would have been classless a bit.
But running off tackle with 3 1/2 minutes left, totally fine!
EDIT: Great point above, Don't compare Urban to Bielma! that is just horrible! First of all, Bret is a complete and utter ass. He didn't run up the score to 63. He went to 80 + against FCS teams! This is Nebraska! They are big boys, they can handle it. Horrible comparison!
I saw a UFO once.......it told me to have a goodyear!
I have no problem with it. Nebraska gave that to us with a ribbon on top.
liked the last touchdown before the halftime, if that had been tress, no way we get the touchdown, just a field goal try.
Oh, we didn't hurt their feelings did we? Maybe we should have just punted.
No problem with the call. It was a run play and the Husker D knew it was coming. They didn't even attempt to stop it.
Against a MAC team? Yeah that's tasteless. Against a ranked B1G team? No real problem with it.
Are you kidding me?!?! It was a run play! I loved it! I will take a 60 spot any day on a running play. wow that kind of rhymed. Go Bucks!
It's the defenses job to stop the offense....it's not like we called a flea flicker or something ridiculous.
"I'm One Bad Buckeye, and I approve this message."
Who are You??? Yes they ran a play & SCORED!!! My God!! What a stupid question.
DID JIM TRESSEL CREATE THIS POST???
We need to trash this forum topic..just looking at the title is driving me insane..after a night like tonight? This is unbelievable
Well i like college and i like football...and im gunna keep doin em both cause they make me feel good!!!
It's not our job to stop our offense. I'm glad we finally have this mentality. As long as we are ok with folks doing it to us, which I think most of us are, it's all good by me. We weren't throwing long passes, everyone in the stadium knew a direct handoff was coming...Nebraska didn't stop it. Their problem.
I don't have a problem with the score. I have a problem with 3 minutes or so when they get the ball back, not putting in Guiton and Smith to run out the clock. Keep playing ball but why expose our QB and RB, who have both been injured in the last two weeks, unnecessarily so? We were up by three scores. No need to keep the starters in there.
Listen, no matter what we do we will be called "classless". For ten years we had the most respecful coach to ever walk the earth. He would take a knee on the 1 yard line. When Tress hit hard times all anyone had were harsh words for him, harsh words for our team, and harsh words for us, the fans. The point is this BEING NICE GETS YOU NOTHING. The only way it helps is if you sleep better at night knowing you didnt hurt the feelings of people who want you to fail.
GO BUCKS
Our Honor Defend!
If I could downvote this forum topic I would have done it immediately. Why would you post that crap? Urban is NOTHING like Bielema......nothing! You should be ashamed.
"I'm One Bad Buckeye, and I approve this message."
agree with you usmc11917, why not play kenny and smith, and even give dunn a couple of carries?
Only OSU fans would make an issue out of this. Big time college football is mean, not timid. This is how a monster of a program should perform on a national stage. Enough said.
I just asked the same question in a post so that can be deleted now that I saw this, but you can't hate Urban for this. They called a run and scored. End of story. If they had called a pass then I could see the issue here. WIth that said I know there is a lot of eye rolling and other Big Ten coaches out there not appreciating that last score. Yeah Dantonio I am talking to you!!!
Calling a run up the middle that goes for a touchdown is much different than Bielema calling deep passes agaisnt Indiana when he's already up 69-13.
Urban banned Dunn from the offense until he gets the playbook down. Missing to many assignments
@Pharmbuck: EXACTLY. Nebraska had 2 timeouts left, and we had no way of knowing whether they'd use them if we knelt. Might as well run the clock out literally to be sure--he had no idea that Hyde would go for a touchdown.
c'mon man. not like this was a gimme non conference game. this was against a ranked conference opponent.
SWEEP THE LEG
@ mace: how do you know other coahces dont like the buckeyes score? did you ask them? what did dantonio say about it?
Are you kidding me? How can you be critical of a big offensive win after all the tressel ball we've endured? How many big ten coaches would love to plug one extra td on osu? Who cares! We already were winng.... Seems like a good problem to have anyways b****ing about an EXTRA td.
He called a run play. The defense still has to play, if they want to lay down thats on them! Our guys played til the end, they gave up halfway through the 4th qtr and it was evident.
After their kickers walked through script Ohio I would have been fine with 100.
Don't mess with the band!
Buck - just saying that after all of the other crying about Urbans way of doing things you know there's going to be other coaches crying about this too. Of course I don't know and I don't actually care to be quite honest. I'm a Buckeye fan. That's enough for me. Maybe the other coaches are all out there right now at a poker game, having some beers, and high fiving each other celebrating the fact that the Buckeyes put up so many points. I don't know, but I would imagine some eye rolling is a bit more realistic.
I loved every second that run.
I think we should have went for two...onside kicked..and then ran the ball down their throat more and more and more...I want to see us destroy these teams. I want them to beg for mercy..and I want to take their spirit...
This is what big time football is about. Learn to live with it.
I dont always root for college athletics, but when i do (which is most of the time) I choose THE Ohio State Buckeyes.
It actually took me back a little bit. It was clear Pellini wasn't going to stop the clock so it was likely they didn't need to run that play. I will say, however, that I loved it. How many times did this team get up by 14 and call off the dogs in the past?
Plus, didn't Osborne and Nebraska build their program on pounding the hell out of teams by 75 points?
It's the defense's job to stop the offense. When the play call is a simply handoff, not even a read, it's not his fault if Hyde scores. What are the supposed to do? Punt on first down? It's not like we were passing or doing anything complex (no huddle, movement, etc). Jeez.
@tjessberger
Get rid of this forum post, like others said 3.5 min and we run not pass in the endzone... I phucking hate bielema and we have THE best coach in the nation... IMO its classless 2 compare the 2
mark may wins douchebag of the year... again
BME must not stand for what I had originally guessed, or I assume there would be a bit more toughness.
how is running the ball up the middle classless? Maybe Carlos Hyde should be disciplined for scoring a touchdown? Urban= Bielema? Really? We have the cream of the crop for a coach and you are gonna complain about them scoring a touchdown?
btw for all of you who have watched blazing saddles I think Bret Bielema looks a lot like the Mel Brooks governor character who always has a warped paddle ball racket........
Battles are sometimes won by generals; wars are nearly always won by sergeants and privates. Football is no different, the guys down in the trenches win the games, not the coach.
Sir Rick is becoming one of the best posters on this site.
Hey mods delete this Forum.... I think I made several people pissed off and was expecting people to be objective....
I'm not arguing that Meyer is Bret or vice versa but that move he pulled was very Bret like. I guess we should just beat hell Indiana next week 73-14 and if its one min left in the game, who cares, score again! Make it a nice round number (80).
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Yea...we should if they can't defend...this is football, not hopscotch.
running the ball is running the clock out... if nebraska d contains...then we wouldn't have scored... it's not like we were passing the ball, or running braxton on the last series...quit being a whiner, and jump on, as this is only just getting started!!!!
Remember when Tressel looked like he was going to cry because his team scored a TD on a Dave play in the final seconds of a game???? That was freakin embarrassing. I'd rather have the guy punch 1 more in. Especially, after hearing about the interruption of Script Ohio.
I also wouldn't be shocked if they do put up 70+ on Indiana. Urban said he likes to put up 70 now and then.
You expect people to be objective, when they called a run play.
You said this: "Did Meyer really need to call a play to score one more TD to run up the score on Nebraska?" So we ask again, what else were we supposed to do? That's objective, you've yet to provide an answer, you just use a passive aggressive post to insult everyone that's replied. No need for that.
@tjessberger
You are making it worst BME! Again, Bretlike is running up 80 against Indiana! Nebraska is supposed to be one of the best teams in the B1G! They just came back from down 17 in the second half against Wisconsin! It is literally blowing my mind that you are comparing this win which the last 2 touchdowns were running plays after a turnover by Nebraska. THEY WERE HANDING THE BALL TO THE BUCKEYES AND SAYING HERE SCORE!
you are arguing that Meyer is Bret! You have it in your title, Urban Meyer = Bret Bielema. Just edit the title and many people will probably start to be objective on here. but you are way off base! Way off base!
I saw a UFO once.......it told me to have a goodyear!
My only problem was that Dunn should have been in the game... It's up to the defense to stop them, not the offense.
Insulting the people who've replied for not being objective, when they have (just an overwhelming opinion), also makes it worse.
@tjessberger
BME, I think the difference is that Wisconsin beat up a hapless, struggling, bottom dwelling member of the B1G, a team that no chance in hell against them. We played a strong top 25 ranked team that many sports talking heads had picked to beat us, and a team that had come back big on Wisconsin the week before. They had come back and beaten us last year, breaking our collective hearts. Huskers are warriors, our Buckeyes are warriors, that's the way it goes. Not to mention, Urban has already let the rest of the conference know that he gives no quarter.
Nebraska should've stopped it. I love it, personally. Silly thread.
Class of 2010.
jmo...after the past several weeks, the way we have played, the offense hasn't earned the right to get off the field...doesn't matter what the score is. they need the reps, in order to be managed, and learn how to be managed...to which it will pay dividends next year, when it really matters.
I am actually excited and frightened by what i saw out there tonight...fix a few mistakes and we are going to own the Big again for another decade until other teams catch up !
I'm talking to a friend who is a Nebraska fan, she says she has no issue with it and she thinks OSU should have scored even more on them. She is beating up on her team like we do when we have a bad game win or lose.
Nobody is even concerned about what Urban did or didn't do. They are more concerned about how much OSU killed them. It was a beat down no doubt.
I saw a UFO once.......it told me to have a goodyear!
Ok if I'm not mistaken it was less than 90 seconds left in the game and it was a 1st down. Why not rush up to the middle where everyone is or just take a knee and burn the clock. The game was already over...
I've read what Huskers have said on their forums and likely what you guys have replied with and it seem the following things are reoccuring...
*If they didn't want us to score they should have stopped us.
*Tom Osborne did this to teams when he was there. You guys are overlooking this because Osborne did it. (Husker Fans)
*It was a run play, so we can run where ever even if we score another TD.
*It wasn't like Braxton threw the ball and tried to throw another TD
*Revenge factor (I understand)
*Tressel didn't do this why he was there so now we have to run that extra play to get the extra TD at the end of the game we've always wanted for the pass 10 years tressel was there. No more of this conservative crap, we're going for the jugular.
*Nebraska was a top 25 team while IU and bottom dwellers weren't (I agree)
@Highwire: If you wanna find out what BME stands for google it.
Its just weird that only one person shares similar thoughts with me about the last TD but the other 99% approve of it. I understand where most of you are coming from now. Thanks for expressing your thoughts. I guess its time to move on then and look forward to punching the ball down our opponent throats.
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I'm sorry. you are correct, the drive started with 3 minutes left.....at Nebraska's 26 yard line! Hyde ran the ball in around the 1:30 mark. What a jerk!
BME, just going to have to get used to it. I actually won't expect 70 to be scored on Indiana. If OSU goes up early on Indiana, then the backups will definitely be in. They are not Nebraska who can score quickly on you before you know it. I also don't think this will be a largely common occurance. From what I recall with Urban scores was maxing out around 50-60 but often times finished the games around 35-45. but if the score goes up, its going to happen. Tressel didn't always keep the score low. He has had his handful of blowouts too.
I don't think a lot of people on here have issue with your point, just issue with your title. That just isn't cool man! We really dislike Bret on here and to compare our beloved head coach to him, just not cool!
I saw a UFO once.......it told me to have a goodyear!
I hear what you are trying to say, however speaking as someone who was at the game it was very clear that the team and every fan in the stadium was hungry for a blowout, and after the kicker incident that was very much justified.
Now the crowd was loud and everything during the first half, however once TBDBITL was disrespected by the two Nebraska kickers everything changed. My buddy and I who were among the students in the north end had never heard the stadium so angry. As the i dotter was taking his place those kickers were not 25 yards away from him. It was incredibly offensive and akin to an Ohio State fan ripping the head off of Nebraska's mascot, walking it to the middle of the field, and taking a dump in it, in their stadium. After that point the fans were just angry and wanted blood. I believe that energy then transfered to the players and I'm sure they heard about the incident.
That last touchdown was running up the score, but it was merely us getting even. It was for the band.
You know that scene in Full Metal Jacket where all the guys beat the crap out of Pvt. Pile?......just sayin....lol
Everyone has heard Urban say 'If you don't like it, stop it.' I don't think we ran a pass play the entire fourth quarter... That is Urban showing mercy.
BME_BUCKEYE=BRET BIELEMA=DANTONIO
AngryWoody nailed it. We played nice for the last decade. It got us nothing. We're still universally hated. I say own it. If your looking for a more sensitive approach I suggest a different sport. We ask these players to be tough and play aggressive. It's the nature of football. Now we have this soccer mom mentality trying to take over my sport. These are all adults, young men sure but everyone needs to suck it up. This was a ranked opponent not Indiana. Besides I pray this lights a fire under every B1G coach. This is what the conference needs to raise its level of play. We could use a little fire.
This topic is ridiculous. They're a ranked team not a mac patsy. Its not like we ran a fake kneel down play and threw a bomb over the top.
Like many people here, I loved the extra TD. Urban did this kind of thing all the time at Florida. Not that this matters this year, but when voters review the final scores of BCS teams, 7 more points in a win makes it look more like a blow out.
Urban doesn't go for two.
Urbz>Bielema
/Duff'd It
Hyde coasted in. He didnt look like he really planned to score, but when its that wide open, you take it.
Everyone knew Urban wouldn't stop running plays no matter what the score is, so no one should be surprised. We talked about it before the season started. He ran a run play, it was successful, it's fine... give it up...
It was one of my favorite plays of the game.. Those conservative days are long gone and I expect to see much more of this..
It was a run play. Carlos bounced it to the outside. When he sees a wide open path to the endzone, what is he supposed to do? Take a knee? It's just not in a running back's DNA to do something like that.
If you're not going to play football for 60 minutes, then why play it at all? Why not just let the other team resign when they feel like they can't win any more? Think that sounds a little too much like chess and not enough like football? Good! Then don't complain about teams playing football for 60 minutes!
Real fans stay for Carmen.
BME_Buckeye didn't like what we had to say so he went over to Huskerboard for some affirmation.
"So I agree the last TD was uncalled for and classes....
I started a forum on elevenwarriors and they disagree. Man Ohio State fans are complete a**holes and I'm sorry that you ever played us because I should have warned you. When we lose heart breakers and beat the opposing team the next time most of the fans are trash. I guess Meyer is too..."
Is that for real, v? You don't mind I call you V, do you?
Oh Lord.
look, here's the deal- there is this thing called a game clock, and until it reads "0" I don't have a problem with any coach calling any play in his playbook, or making one up if he so desires.
the game ends when the game is over. You don't want people to score when they're up big? Don't let them be up big.
sometimes you get whomped and sometimes you whomp, that's life. Don't expect any favors from people.
Yes, we played with our foot on the gas till the clock reads zero.
When you have an electric sideline full of 4 and 5 star recruits considering your school, that is what you do to convince them to sign on the dotted line.
The Buckeyes are coming, try and stop us.
~Because we couldn't go for three~
This is truly sports blasphemy. BME you should self impose banishment from this site for no less than 30 days. you should be down voted into irrelevance! -1 trillion
An angry fan...rooting for an angry team...led by angry coaches
I wish I had the powers to down-vote you BME but I think the collective vitriol had made my point...
BME, there trying to get Husker reactions on another forum post. Can you enlighten us with their reaction to your post?
An angry fan...rooting for an angry team...led by angry coaches
You knew this was going to happen when Meyer was hired, but apparently you don't know who Urban Meyer is. He wants to score 100 points, he don't care. It's called making a statement for one that we are the best in the B10. Two, it's Nebraska's own fault that they couldn't stop the run. It's not like Urban called passes and unleashed Braxton in the closing minutes. He simply ran the ball off to Hyde and that was the story of the whole game. No defense at all from Nebraska. If they didn't like it, then they should of made a play.
I see nothing wrong here. Coaches do it all the time, not all teams line up in the victory formation every time. Urban is one of those coaches who plays every snap. What the players need and what this team needs to be successful.
It's not running up the score. I don't even know what that means. Defense should have shown up that night, plain and simple.
No problem with it at all actually i love it. First off it was a run , Nebraska knew we were gonna run. Ladies and Gentleman this is no longer conservitive TRESS ball . No disrespect to tressel but meyer wants to show the big ten he means business hes not in it to make friends with our big ten oppenents. Cry me a river i thought the call was great . We are an angry football team with an angry coach. U heard him!! Go Bucks ! 63-38 . 6-0 .
Buckeye_For_Life
If Hyde had been stopped for a 5 yard gain no one would be saying anything. He happened to pop a big run and now people get upset.
I might have a problem if it was a pass, but this was as straight forward a run as is possible.
It isn't like people didn't know that Meyer teams play to the end.
@SilverBullet33, You may absolutely call me V and I assure you it was a very real forum post. Even more interestingly, BME has deleted that post. Here's the link to the entire forum topic...
http://www.huskerboard.com/index.php?/topic/61580-i-hate-urban-meyer/pag...
The original post of this topic is asinine. If they game was already in hand, why was Pelini calling timeouts and throwing the ball down 18 with less than 5 to play? I really think Urban has a chip on his shoulder. He left Florida for health issues (whether you believe that or not) but since taking this job he has been bashed by everyone all around the country, accused of cheating by other coaches, and accused of all kinds of non-kosher stuff during his time at Florida. If I was a top 2 coach in any sport, and people talked that way about me, I would coach angry and aggressive too.
The BIG has this whole attitude of gentlemen's agreements and unwritten rules that made the whole conference weak. Urban Meyer is going to elevate the conference, or everyone else will continue to be pounded and embarrassed. It's that simple. Get better or learn to accept it.
^ Damn good post.
Who cares.
Help is on the way.
Having been on the wrong side of a 72-0 thrashing, I have issues with teams running up the score. Not necessarily the same thing here
That said, while we were just running off tackle, I would still want to save that 9thTD for the evil ones in games 11 and 12.
I would have preferred that we ran out the clock with victory formation, but I don't have any issues with what we did. Heck, after enduring Tresselball for a decade I feel good about putting a good team away for once instead of letting them hang on.
"Because the rules won't let you go for three." - Woody Hayes
THE Ohio State University
I played at Mount Union and was a part of 3 national championships. During my time there, we blew out many teams by a lot bigger scores than this. Our coach would pull our starters and tell the second and third teamers to trip and fall on purpose or have us kick field goals on first down plays. To me that's a bigger slap in the face to your opponent than playing your hardest every snap. Urban is running the offense and saying go a head and stop us. Tressel would pull his hands off the throats and we would be pissed that we only won by 10 when it should have been 30!! Let urban do his thing and if teams can't stop us, it's not our problem!! I would like to see the backups finishing the game but get why they weren't in due to nebraska's ability to comeback.
Purple Raider
@Lamplighter did you happen to play with a teammate named Mark May?
My favorite part about football is where we all worry about other people's feelings.
When Urban was hired he warned anyone who listened. Since they couldn't win a B1G Championship or got to a Bowl Game he said they'd try to score 100 every game.
BME's post on Huskerboard:
Ha! So Ohio State fans are complete a$$holes and were trash along with Meyer too huh?? Just pack ur bags and find a new forum buddy lol.
Please go back up & read the post by AngryWoody -- that's about all anyone needs to know on this subject....
The world is full of kings & queens who'll blind your eyes & steal your dreams - it's heaven & hell - Ronnie James Dio.
Well said JRICH612!
Stop treating these people like kids this is why in kids sports they don't keep score because of sour people and parents and who feel their team shouldn't lose , boo-hoo bitches be men and stop them from scoring that's why we play the game.
Wherever you are, there you be!
Does anyone else remember this quote by the immortal Woody Hayes.
When asked why he went for two despite a 36-point lead against Michigan, Hayes quipped, "Because I couldn't go for three.
~Because we couldn't go for three~
Thanks for the re-route to read the post by AngryWoody, Poison Nuts. He hit it out of the park. Playing nice for ten years got us trashed by everyone. Time to gring a little dirt up their collective noses. If they will hate us regardless, give them a reason. It's a big boy game, play by big boy rules. Besides, we ran the ball, they could have stopped it.