13 hours ago13 hr No. Now we gotta listen to all the idiots who are gonna say that Miami is the greatest team ever and they beat Ohio State. Blah blah blah. But we all know that Ohio State just did not come to play.
13 hours ago13 hr No. 1 minute ago, woundedknees said:BOOM!tOSU Just saved Mario's bacon...The CURSE lives on!Takes a half to adjust for the bye week team as we've seen so far. Biggest problem is that at this level of competition a half can put you in the hole so bad that you can't escape.
13 hours ago13 hr No. It's hard to beat Mami when good Carson Beck shows up and bad Carson Beck stays home.Nearly impossible with the bye week putting you in a fog for the first 25 minutes of the game.Miami won the trenches on both sides.Mario didn't screw up clock management either and seems to be letting the OC do his thing calling a really good game.They are the most dangerous team in the playoffs when they play to their ceiling like this.
13 hours ago13 hr No. As much as I hate Cristobal, he really had his team ready to play. They deservered the win
13 hours ago13 hr Author No. The PHYSICALITY just got props from the on field reporter... Probably made Mario's night.
13 hours ago13 hr No. 3 minutes ago, kirklandduck said:Wow the Ohio defense basically just gave up on that last play.On purpose. They should have let them score a play earlier. It's hard to get a touchdown with 10 seconds left if they'd held Miami to one more play and a field goal. It's better odds to get a touchdown, inside kick and a field goal in a minute, but obviously still nearly impossible.
13 hours ago13 hr No. Ohio State fans! All together now sing your favorite chorus:WE DIDN'T LOSE! WE BEAT OURSELVES!!
13 hours ago13 hr No. Ohio St opened as a 9-1/2 to 10 pt favorite. It had dropped in the last few hours to 7-1/2 which was still the highest of the four CFP semi's.If Miami can get by Georgia/OleMiss, they will play for the championship in their home stadium. They would be tough in that scenario.
13 hours ago13 hr No. Ohio St opened as a 9-1/2 to 10 pt favorite. It had dropped in the last few hours to 7-1/2 which was still the highest of the four CFP semi's.If Miami can get by Georgia/OleMiss, they will play for the championship in their home stadium. They would be tough in that scenario.
13 hours ago13 hr No. 1 minute ago, woundedknees said:BOOM!tOSU Just saved Mario's bacon...The CURSE lives on!Takes a half to adjust for the bye week team as we've seen so far.Biggest problem is that at this level of competition a half can put you in the hole so bad that you can't escape.14 minutes ago, Solar said:Mario didn't screw up clock management either and seems to be letting the OC do his thing calling a really good game.Cristobal has seemed to have finally learned to let his coordinators do their thing. Only wish he learned that lesson earlier.
12 hours ago12 hr No. 4 minutes ago, David Marsh said:Takes a half to adjust for the bye week team as we've seen so far.Biggest problem is that at this level of competition a half can put you in the hole so bad that you can't escape.Cristobal has seemed to have finally learned to let his coordinators do their thing. Only wish he learned that lesson earlier.It took the fear of losing his dream job to put winning ahead of his passion for 3 yards and a cloud of dust.
12 hours ago12 hr No. 26 minutes ago, Krsmqn said:Now we gotta listen to all the idiots who are gonna say that Miami is the greatest team ever and they beat Ohio State. Blah blah blah. But we all know that Ohio State just did not come to play.Oh it's going to be worse than that...Now ESPN gets to say the B1G isn't that physical. Nevermind Illinois and Iowa-two "mid level" B1G teams took out two mid level SEC teams
12 hours ago12 hr No. First sentence in Columbus newspaper column: Ohio State (12-2) was doomed by its slow start in a 24-14 loss to Miami on Dec. 31.The Buckeyes' first four drives against Miami (12-2) in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals resulted in three punts and a Keionte Scott interception run back for a touchdown. Then later added, bye teams are 0-5 in the CFP so far.My add...the Buckeyes scored a total of 3 TDs combined in their last 2 games vs Indiana/Miami. I believe Coach Day was calling the plays since O-coord Brian Hartline is headed to be head coach at USF.The 3 bye teams on Thursday are Tex Tech, Indiana and Georgia. Their coaches likely are using that 0-5 as motivational?
12 hours ago12 hr No. I really need Ole Miss to win tomorrow. Seeing Georgia, or Miami in the championship, is no win for me as a fan.
12 hours ago12 hr No. Well, OsucU fans will certainly complain how their team were disadvantaged by being off for 25 days and the rules need to be changed! They are of course the best team in the country..."The rules will need to be changed because everyone cheats against us!" Edited 12 hours ago12 hr by criticalduck
10 hours ago10 hr No. 2 hours ago, kirklandduck said:Up by 3 and 2 minutes left in the game. Will Mario finally manage the clock and run out the game or screw it up like he usually does?He needed to call a couple time outs.
10 hours ago10 hr No. Pardon me for not reading all the comments (many I did read were insightful though). As I was reading pre-game comments on the Talk'n Dawgs site, many of the coach-types who hang out there started coming across like Miami would be the more physical team and ITO should be favored in this one. One guy even reached out advising me to get my butt to one of the local casinos and lay a healthy bet on the Canes. I should have listened. Their view (pre-game mind you) was that Miami would be a tougher match-up for the DAWGs than the Suckeyes. At this point I am just hoping that the Dawgs can be the first beat the jinx of having a bye, so as to earn the right of playing Miami in the semi-final next week. If that happens of course, it would indicate that OBD had taken care of Texas Tech and earned a semi-final berth. Go Ducks and Dawgs.
5 hours ago5 hr No. I really need Ole Miss to win tomorrow. Seeing Georgia, or Miami in the championship, is no win for me as a fan.55 minutes ago, Nevada Dawg said:Pardon me for not reading all the comments (many I did read were insightful though). As I was reading pre-game comments on the Talk'n Dawgs site, many of the coach-types who hang out there started coming across like Miami would be the more physical team and ITO should be favored in this one. One guy even reached out advising me to get my butt to one of the local casinos and lay a healthy bet on the Canes. I should have listened. Their view (pre-game mind you) was that Miami would be a tougher match-up for the DAWGs than the Suckeyes. At this point I am just hoping that the Dawgs can be the first beat the jinx of having a bye, so as to earn the right of playing Miami in the semi-final next week. If that happens of course, it would indicate that OBD had taken care of Texas Tech and earned a semi-final berth. Go Ducks and Dawgs.Sadly for me, I think you guys are now the clear cut favorites. I think Miami is a great matchup for Georgia. They don't have the dudes on the outside to threaten your corners, like Alabama, or Ohio State.Getting Ohio State out before they got their heads out of their butts, is best for everyone. They have the best receivers in the country, and they were idiots for slowing that pace. Miami got the Buckeyes to a rock fight, and the less explosive team excels in that.To me, the winner of Ohio State vs Georgia would've gone into the title game worn down. I think Georgia gets to beat two opponents well below them, and it's going to give them advantage over Oregon, or Indiana. Indiana will give Oregon the fight of their lives, but Georgia will get a good, but not great Hurricane squad.I can only hope that Ole Miss takes advantage of Georgia being rusty. Otherwise,just like Ohio State, Georgia will only get more dangerous the further they advance imo. It happened to Oregon last year, the Ducks just drew the wrong opponent, at the wrong time.The four teams with byes, need home games, they earned that advantage.
3 hours ago3 hr Moderator No. Last season Ohio State dominated the playoffs because Chip started finding creative ways to put the ball in Smith’s (WR4) hands. He used him in the slot a lot and frequently sent him in motion so the DB’s couldn’t get a clean jam on him and made it difficult to bracket him. This philosophy mixed with a healthy dose of Judkins and Henderson made them virtually unstoppable. I didn’t see any of that last night. Smith spent the whole game lined up out wide on the LOS. He still had a good game, but he only touched the ball eight times. That’s not enough IMO.
1 hour ago1 hr No. My compliments to Mario Cristobal. I am sure that he is proud of the performance of his offensive line. The much-maligned Carson Beck played very well. I thought Mario did mismanage the game at the end of the first half, but luck was with Miami. OSU benefited from two dubious calls on long passes. I was surprised at how fast the game passed. Miami's unspectacular but efficient ground and short passing game allowed them to deny OSU much time of possession. How much did the layoff affect OSU? Without the interception return and missed field goal, this would have been a much different game.
45 minutes ago45 min Moderator No. 39 minutes ago, Triphibius said:My compliments to Mario Cristobal. I am sure that he is proud of the performance of his offensive line.The much-maligned Carson Beck played very well.I thought Mario did mismanage the game at the end of the first half, but luck was with Miami.OSU benefited from two dubious calls on long passes.I was surprised at how fast the game passed. Miami's unspectacular but efficient ground and short passing game allowed them to deny OSU much time of possession.How much did the layoff affect OSU? Without the interception return and missed field goal, this would have been a much different game.I couldn't agree more. That game came down to turnovers and special teams, even if Miami won the trenches for the first half. The Cane offense was not top notch but was good enough. The two touchdowns in the first half were directly related IMHO, to the tOSU rust factor.I believe that the Orange Bowl will come down to the same factors, turnovers and special teams. The long layoff that TT has had will be a real thing.
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