Noon games open thread
September 1st, 2018 at 12:30 PM ^
Pretty easy to move down the field when you're playing pitch and catch completely uninhibited
September 1st, 2018 at 12:31 PM ^
Just a light mist outside and I'm in complete signal loss. Not a single channel.
I hate satellite.
September 1st, 2018 at 3:46 PM ^
I feel for you. I cut the cord when I moved. As long as the 100mbps internet doesn’t go down .... it hasn’t in 2 years ..... I have TV
September 1st, 2018 at 12:33 PM ^
TCU is gonna rip OSU's defense apart.
September 1st, 2018 at 12:47 PM ^
We'll see. TCU won;t be as good as they were last year.
September 1st, 2018 at 1:50 PM ^
Not a chance. The Buckeyes will beat their ass.
September 1st, 2018 at 3:28 PM ^
I don’t get why you’re here. I’d never go on a buckeyes board .....
September 1st, 2018 at 4:46 PM ^
Are you chicken?
September 1st, 2018 at 2:22 PM ^
I think the most interesting aspect of this game, and one that I'll be focusing on, is how well TCU's defense fares vs OSU's offense.
TCU, if I'm not mistaken, put together a very solid defensive effort in 2017 overall (I think I recall that they were top 10-15 in Defensive S&P?). Oregon State, meanwhile, was near the VERY bottom.
September 1st, 2018 at 12:35 PM ^
Ohio states secondary looks like garbage
September 1st, 2018 at 12:36 PM ^
Well, I see the OSU secondary's whining game is in midseason form...
September 1st, 2018 at 12:36 PM ^
Maryland just lucked out, twice. First Hill throws right to a defender in double-coverage and it is dropped; next he throws to a wide-open receiver who gets hit with a taunting penalty that should have wiped out a long TD... and the pick up the flag. He was definitely slowing and looking back; maybe he didn't say anything and so they let him get away with it?
14-7 Maryland.
Tom Herman feels a peculiar warmth grazing his back pocket. "What IS that," he wonders.
September 1st, 2018 at 1:07 PM ^
I'm not saying Herman's head coaching stints have Hoke-ian with their great start and underwhelming follow-ups, but he's gone from 13-1 at Houston with a crazy TO margin to 9-3, then 7-6, and not looking great thus far in this game as his defense still doesn't seem to know what it's doing.
September 1st, 2018 at 12:36 PM ^
Texas' defense is already in Big XII form and we're not out of the first quarter yet.
September 1st, 2018 at 12:36 PM ^
Okudah looking like doodoo
September 1st, 2018 at 12:37 PM ^
I wish Rashan Gary put up numbers or else people wouldn’t be saying Bosa and Oliver are better than him smh.
September 1st, 2018 at 12:40 PM ^
Haskins is going to have a better season than JT Barrett ever had
September 1st, 2018 at 1:39 PM ^
He looks really good so far. No wonder he torched our defense last year.
September 1st, 2018 at 12:42 PM ^
Do some of these pass interference calls we've seen so far this weekend seem concerning? Looks like they're calling it very close and any contact is being called.
September 1st, 2018 at 12:56 PM ^
That was not the case in the MSU Game yesterday
September 1st, 2018 at 3:05 PM ^
The pass interference calls I've seen were actually pass interference. You can touch someone all day. You cannot grab, tug or yank on their jersey or any part of their body, like the shoulder.
September 1st, 2018 at 12:42 PM ^
Piggy!
September 1st, 2018 at 12:44 PM ^
Tom Herman was on the grassy knoll.
Tom Herman also saw some grassy knoll.
September 1st, 2018 at 12:46 PM ^
Ohio St’s roster is why Harbaugh needs to get out of recruiting the Midwest
September 1st, 2018 at 12:47 PM ^
Oregon State is garbage, but...Haskins is a damn good QB.
September 1st, 2018 at 12:47 PM ^
Dwayne Haskins is looking like the real deal. He can spin it and will be the best QB OSU have had in a long time. I know NFL scouts are raving about his potential as a top 10 pick.
September 1st, 2018 at 1:52 PM ^
Nice post!
September 1st, 2018 at 3:43 PM ^
You have got to be a 14 year old bucknut because there is not way someone over 14 would be on this board as much as you are. Especially in some of the message boards you show up in.
September 1st, 2018 at 12:49 PM ^
Pro-I ain't your thing, Maryland.
September 1st, 2018 at 12:49 PM ^
Not happy about ABC booth calling Haskins "a dude". "Dudes" only play for Don Brown's defense.
September 1st, 2018 at 12:51 PM ^
Maryland is taking it to Texas, on offense and defense.
They really are tougher and more aggressive.
Now if they can do it without killing people . . .
September 1st, 2018 at 12:51 PM ^
Texas OL is bad.
September 1st, 2018 at 12:55 PM ^
2017 Michigan says Hi.
It really shows how easily a bad OL can negate great skill players elsewhere.
September 1st, 2018 at 12:53 PM ^
The Beavers just recovered a muff.
Why are you looking at me like that???
September 1st, 2018 at 5:54 PM ^
Hate it when that happens
September 1st, 2018 at 12:54 PM ^
Announcers will NOT stop slurping and burping about Bosa. He is not better than Gary.
September 1st, 2018 at 12:56 PM ^
I mean Bosa is making these guys look like middle schoolers. Once Gary has actual production like this then he’ll get his due.
September 1st, 2018 at 12:58 PM ^
IMO Gary and Bosa are different profile and body types
Gary is a 3-4 DE.
Bosa is a strongside 4-3 DE.
September 1st, 2018 at 12:58 PM ^
Seems obvious that Bosa is the best de in the country right now
September 1st, 2018 at 1:01 PM ^
Bosa really jumps out on the screen. No knock to Gary.
September 1st, 2018 at 1:59 PM ^
I absolutely disagree. Nick is a game changer. I haven't seen Gary destroy offensive lines yet. He's a lot like Peppers, very good, but not a game changer. I would say Devin Bush is your best player on defense.
September 1st, 2018 at 2:16 PM ^
I made no mention to who is better, I was merely remarking on their body types and NFL projection.
Peppers was a game changer, and I agree Bush is one of our best.
September 1st, 2018 at 5:25 PM ^
Your right, my bad on Gary.
September 1st, 2018 at 12:54 PM ^
Ole Miss looking pretty good without Shea.
September 1st, 2018 at 1:07 PM ^
Jordan Ta'amu outplayed Shea when he came in when Shea got hurt. Ole Miss offense was a lot smoother due to him getting the ball out quicker and throw the ball on schedule.
September 1st, 2018 at 1:51 PM ^
The weaker teams played also helped Ta'amu. He may be better than Shea but it's not proven base upon last year
September 1st, 2018 at 12:56 PM ^
OSU has a serious upgrade at QB imo. Will they know how to use him?
September 1st, 2018 at 12:57 PM ^
Thanks to OSU being an immoral cesspool, I am stuck watching 2 MAC teams, Kent State and Illinois.
September 1st, 2018 at 12:58 PM ^
Why the fuck is Urban allowed to coach practice while suspended?
What a joke.
September 1st, 2018 at 1:05 PM ^
Why the fuck is Urban allowed to . . .
Forget it. It just depresses me.