I understand covering the spread, I guess that was the reason to have the 1st string in with 5 + minutes to play.
Ohio State coach apologies for late score.
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The only reason I didn’t like the score was because it killed my unders bet. Which made me lose my 4 team parlay.
Ha!
Oh man...that sucks!
OSU not covering the first half line of -16 killed a 4 teamer for me!
We use to be the one that had to Apologize for scoring at the end so I didn’t think it was necessary it was our job to stop them from scoring..
i only saw one spread that had OSU -28 - the vast majority of sports books had OSU -27.5 or less
anyone who bet OSU to cover at -28 is an idiot when there were all kinds of better lines available
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I never have a problem with a team trying to score at any time during game the object of the game is for offense to try to score and defense to try to stop them. In reality the apology is more insulting than the score
I had the overs so I was pretty happy about that backdoor cover. Unfortunately Penn St killed my parlay....
Is that because it hurt your ego to get beat by one more score. Every kid that takes the field should be allowed to put on the best performance they can do. If the opponent takes offense to that they should do something about it like stop bitching and have your team perform to the final buzzer.
I have no problem with OSU scoring late in the game. There was no need to apologize at all. The only reason I brought it up in the first place was I thought it was a pretty lame excuse the reason the coach says they did was because they didn't have the right personnel in the game to take a knee. I just didn't know they needed a special package in there for that. He could have even used a timeout if he felt that strongly about it and gotten that package in the game. Again, I have no problem with them getting that last score, but like the old saying goes "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining".
Who is making an issue out of this? Don't want them to score, keep em out of the end zone.
I don’t blame him. If he had the starters in it would be a different story. During most of my playing days I rode the pine. When I did get a chance to play I would have been pissed about not having the opportunity to score.
I also blame the whole culture of style points. With limited games this year a big 10 team needs all the help it can get
And one final thought. For those of you that play and ended up on the wrong side of the score. When you walked off the field we’re you grumbling about the other team running up the score. I know that didn’t and to be honest I would have been embarrassed if I did.
I also blame the whole culture of style points. With limited games this year a big 10 team needs all the help it can get
And one final thought. For those of you that play and ended up on the wrong side of the score. When you walked off the field we’re you grumbling about the other team running up the score. I know that didn’t and to be honest I would have been embarrassed if I did.
Not a playoff committee, correct. However, in 1994 at Oklahoma, he had Berringer throwing late in the game trying to score while nursing a 13-3 lead to try to push it to 20-3. Berringer ended up throwing an interception. A 17-point win looks better in the eyes of the pollsters than a 10-point win over an unranked opponents, even if it is a rivalry game. The reason? To make sure NU stayed ahead of Penn State for the national title since they wouldn't play each other in a bowl game.
Remember, earlier in the 1994 season, Penn State "dropped" in the polls after "struggling" to beat Indiana (35-29) and Illinois (35-31). I put dropped in quotes because they were #2 after Nebraska beat Colorado (despite Penn State beating Ohio State, 63-14), then the Indiana and Illinois games happened and Penn State lost ground in #1 votes. Penn State had a 28-7 fourth-quarter lead on Indiana and pulled its starters, then Indiana came back to make it close on paper. Penn State trailed Illinois 21-0 at one point and didn't take the lead until a minute left in the game.
Penn State not blowing out those teams solidified the #1 votes for Nebraska, and I'm convinced Osborne was concerned over losing votes by not beating Oklahoma by enough.
While not a blowout situation like yesterday, it certainly was an optics game to appeal to a committee-type body (100+ voters) since Nebraska was going to have a tougher bowl opponent than Penn State.
It was the first game of the season, I doubt it will factor at all in opinions for playoff. Winning against PSU, Michigan and a B10 Champ will get the job done. In my opinion there are three elite teams, Clemson-Alabama and tOSU the rest are just vying for the 4th spot. 45-17 and 52-17 are the same score to pollsters in first game-tOSU deserves to be #3 right now #4 at worst.
Exactly. TO was awesome, but he wouldn't call off the dogs until he was 50 or 60 points ahead.
Completely agree they won't have as many games as Clemson and bama so they need to run up the score on games they do have
With having a smaller sample size this year its about reps.. Klatt saif it right when Frost took the timeout..you want to get as many reps as you can.. dont blame them for it and dont blame Frost either.. lets move on..
@Big Red Rules your just a gas lighter go away troll
@Big Red Rules your just a gas lighter go away troll
Like we think that TD made a difference.
Our players got snaps against good competition.
That's the best thing about this game.
Its literally downhill from here talent wise of our opponents. No one will be that talented.
Our players got snaps against good competition.
That's the best thing about this game.
Its literally downhill from here talent wise of our opponents. No one will be that talented.
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We were playing some players beyond 2nd team on both sides of the ball I think late in that game. It was over. It didn't matter after a few minutes in to the 4th quarter.
Glad to see Frost say what he said. Would look silly to say anything different three years after saying the BG10 was going have to adjust to us when he took the job.
This appears to be the consensus on the thread.
Hat Tip to Nebraska faithful.
The nitts would be whining for a decade.
Go Blue!
And one of them isn’t real.
Either way, completely agree that no apology needed and, while I expected they would kneel after getting the 1st down, NU had every chance to stop it and prevent the score.
Not that big of a deal. Never could understand the running up the score complaint as OSU was deep into bench and those kids want to make some plays also. The kid that scored was Miller - a true freshman QB.
Wan’Dale played until the final :30 seconds. Just sayin.
did not see that. That's why I said "I think" though. I wasn't sure. I just heard the names of quite a few young guys late in the game. We had to have gotten in to the 3rd tier at a couple of positions on D "I think". Maybe not. Still it seemed like the backups got quite a few snaps if nothing else in that 4th quarter.
