Personnel info and questions
I wanted to discuss some individual player information from the game with the board. First, the records:
- Jeremy Gallon - With his 175 yards today he has 1284 on the season, just 46 yards behind the single season record set by Braylon Edwards in 2004. He also set the record today for most receiving yards by a Michigan player against OSU.
- Blake Countess - I checked to see where his 6 interceptions stack up in the all-time records, but they aren't even close. The record is 10 by Tom Curtis in 1968. The most recent season high is 8 by Woodson in 1997. Countess is tied with a bunch of people for 7th all-time.
- Devin Gardner - With his amazing day today (451 passing, 10 rushing) he finishes with 3443 total yards. This puts him second all-time for total yards behind Denard's record setting 2010 season (4272). He passed John Navarre (3240) for second.
Now for the players who didn't play today. Anyone have any information on these guys?
- Jarrod Wilson - He didn't play at all and as a result the first two OSU touchdowns were significantly the result of bad plays by Furman and Avery.
- Brenden Gibbons - All I heard today was that he hurt his leg and was on crutches. Anyone know the story?
- Richard Ash - Anyone know why he saw meaningful snaps? I'm not saying he did badly (couldn't tell), just curious why he was on the field given our struggles to stop the run. Just rotating more guys?
- James Ross - Any report on what his injury is?
Controversial Calls:
- Did anyone see something that caused the Frank Clark unsportsmanlike penalty? They didn't show anything on TV that seemed to justify it, but I was wondering if they just didn't catch it or the refs called the wrong number. Dumb play, dumb call, or both?
- What is the consensus on the Gardner fumble? I was SHOCKED that they upheld the call. I'm not sure what the replay guys look at as there were two TD calls in the Alabama/Auburn game that the refs went against what I expected.
December 1st, 2013 at 7:24 AM ^
The majority of the top teams have offensive coordinators who are also the QB coach. You can only have 10 coaches on staff.
November 30th, 2013 at 8:53 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 9:07 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 9:15 PM ^
implying raping them or are you making light of the rape accusation? Not sure why this meme is continuing....
November 30th, 2013 at 9:55 PM ^
November 30th, 2013 at 10:30 PM ^
gibbons was accused of rape his freshman year. no charges were filed, but, they often aren't in cases involving athletes. see: winston, jameis
regardless, it does make you question his famous 'brunette girls' remark made in the 2011 season.
November 30th, 2013 at 11:06 PM ^
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November 30th, 2013 at 9:04 PM ^
Some of the missed holding calls were the most egregious too me. Don't remember the exact drive, but late in the game, Ohio State got away with a really blatant one a play or two before a Braxton TD. Since we couldn't stop their offense, those hurt more than anything else in my opinion.
November 30th, 2013 at 9:20 PM ^
They definitely got away holding on their drive before halftime - it was pretty blatant.
The Gardner "fumble" is the one that sticks in my craw the most though. OK, refs are going to miss plays here and there, but how the replay booth get it wrong?
November 30th, 2013 at 9:22 PM ^
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November 30th, 2013 at 11:47 PM ^
You were 7 rows in front of me. Were those a single game purchase or your season tickets?
November 30th, 2013 at 11:56 PM ^
There was fairly blatant holding by both lines, along with a couple of Kalis blocks in the back that weren't called. The refs were blind to both sides.
November 30th, 2013 at 9:21 PM ^
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November 30th, 2013 at 11:49 PM ^
Wile has the leg to kick from well over 30 yards. His issue today was everything was going left. When he came out after half time he couldn't make anything long. I wonder if part of the issue is that he has been working so hard on kicking into the left corner of the endzone on kickoffs that it has messed with his mechanics. I honestly believe that more than anything else, his issues in warmups are why Hoke didn't want to kick FGs today.
December 1st, 2013 at 12:33 AM ^
So your sequence of events involves Hoke calling a timeout for no reason, watching Wile miss after the whistle, and then deciding to kick having called a timeout, and then Wile actually making it.
Wile also almost missed a few extra points.
If Gibbons is there, perhaps Hoke just lets Brandon kick the FG.
December 1st, 2013 at 7:53 AM ^
I think it's reasonable to assume that hearing a whistle in the middle of approaching a kick may affect a kicker's concentration. I'm not saying Wile would have made it, but we can't assume that it would have been missed if the play had been allowed to go on.
December 1st, 2013 at 10:22 AM ^
I don't know if you were at the game or not Magnus, but Wile was shanking FGs during pregame and at halftime. EVERYTHING he kicked was going left. I'm guessing that played into the decision to not have him kick.
December 1st, 2013 at 12:10 AM ^
It was what, five minutes after a brawl erupted due to trash talking? Refs gotta maintain control of the game.
December 1st, 2013 at 12:45 AM ^
And Miller grabbing his facemask at the time was just a friendly 'hi there' that doesn't warrant a penalty? Typically physical extracurriculars are frowned on more than verbal ones.