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Missed FG by OSU.
But as the announcers have pointed out about a million times, Pryor is completing some passes. Get ready for the hype.
Minnesota playing well defensively early on.
"Post your thoughts."
I'm thinking
3 wins and 3 losses.
I think OSU is trying too hard to show that Pryor can still pass right now. Run the ball against Minny - that is the Tressel way. I expect the gameplan to go far more conservative from this point on.
And that's the Juice Williams I was expecting - pick by Purdue.
Illinois was running their option offense rather impressively there for a bit.
trying to get past last weeks' tragic stabbing, gives up opening kickoff TD return. Tough.
The Horseshoe is very very quiet. It pains me so
It is eerily quiet. There has been little to no enthusiasm in that stadium. Admittedly, OSU hasn't done much of note yet, but they did put together a long drive in the first quarter that still saw a nearly reactionless crowd.
is looking different from the buckeyes that I am used to seeing. I don't think this is a player problem (talent). The crowd is quiet and there doesn't seem to be a lot of enthusiasm coming from them. With the offense we possess this year I think we have the best shot we've had in a while at beating them soundly.
Nice to see the refs got the memo about OSU having to win today. And the Minny player called on the interference call is freaking out on his coach. This will get ugly today.
I agree. They're catching some aweful interference breaks.
When the announcers are pointing out how bad the PI calls are, you know something is up.
The Horseshoe haz a sad.
Buckeye talk radio...ah sweet shadenfreude.
or did Minny's punter just get tackled?
I definitely saw this too and I was like WtF? Flag? anyone?
UConn holding still tight with WVU 7-7.
The refs got the memo...
"Pryor is back!" talk begins in 3...2...1
He's lucky Posey was that wide open on that pass. He almost managed to underthrow him. Put a defender with in 5 Yards of him and there might be a pick.
IU up 28-3 at Northwestern. What on earth happened to them at Virginia? Otherwise they've been a good team.
Speaking of which, we may want to hold off on assuming MSU is a contender. The last two teams they've beaten (Illinois and NW) look like the two worst teams in the conference.
I think IU ran into one of UVA's patented fuck-somebody-up-at-random games. We're allotted one per season. See: Maryland 2008, Miami 2007. It comes when you're totally not expecting it.
I agree RE MSU this year. They looked overmatched against a good Wiscy team, nearly were upset by a young and injured UM team at home, then beat two of the worst teams in the Big 10 in unconvincing fashion. They'll make a bowl game this year, but the whole meme that MSU is a darkhorse needs to stop.
I have to ask--was anybody else watching Minnesota-OSU where they were talking about racing standings, one of them asked why Juan Pablo Montoya wasn't in the top five and Bob Griese said he was out getting a taco?
Yeah, that was strange.
I like tacos.
UConn driving. 1st and 10 on the WVU 11.
The OSU/Minn game is terrible. OSU looks like it is regressing every week and Minn looks meh. Bring it on, bitches!
Too bad we do not play Minn this year.
The "Fightn Zooks" are shooting themselves in the foot.
Again.
I am glad he went to OSU. We have Tate and Shoelace, with DG coming on board.
Even though Chris Spielman is giving him a verbal BJ right now....
UConn blew it with mistakes but still got a FG, now up 10-7. I'd love to see them take one in Morgantown.
EDIT: A quick drive by WVU puts them up 14-10 with a minute left in the 1st half.
MORE EDIT: UCONN DRIVES in five plays/30 secs and scores a TD! up 17-14All set up by a good KO return.
Minny just stinks! I guess it speaks to how terrible tOSU is that they're at home and only up 7-0 with a few minutes left in the 1st half. I know that the Buckeyes will wear them down in the 2nd half and win by a couple of scores, but sheesh...
Seriously, is their secondary worse than ours? OSU's WRs are wide open every play, and you can tell because Pryor is actually able to get the ball to them
Pryor throws to a covered guy... INT!
Dear ESPN,
A pass where a receiver has to jump as high as he possibly can does NOT equal "On the money"
Also, LOLPryor
Interceptions continue. Pryor is god-awful this year.
BOOM PRYOR'D!
It looks like slow motion, and never seems to get him anywhere. This isn't NFL '95 for Genesis, homes. Just run the other way.
Is it just me or did that Jim Leavitt interview sound like a combination of Joe Paterno and Ned from South Park?
Minny actually got worse during halftime.
Pryor with a TD run. All is well in Columbus!
UConn opening drive of the 2nd half = missed chip shot FG.
Minnesota looks awful on offense. Why did they fire Glen Mason again?
Double Post
Minny looks absolutely lost out there right now. Why are they off the schedule again?
You have this backwards. They're lost because they're off the schedule, as Brian showed in one of the previews.
I know. I remember reading just how bad teams were when they were not playing UM that year. It just drives me crazy to see this trainwreck and know that UM won't benefit from it.
I actually said out loud after the last OSU TD "Why aren't they on the schedule?" much to the consternation of the other people here.
Ok St. having its way with Baylor, and Ole Miss is holding on against Arkansas. Mallet is 7-22, and your future #1 draft pick Jevan Snead is 12-21-1-2. Boy is he a bad QB...
And even though the boxscore will say that Snead just threw a 64-yard TD pass, it was a 4-yard screen that the RB took to the house after missing a few tackles.
Snead will go first round to the Raiders.
