Why is OSU football so soft?
How did OSU football get so soft? Theories?
I believe teams emulate the personality of their leaders, starting with the head coach. So obviously, I look at Day. Too much passing, shit run game, national program of highest talent mercenaries, D-line not ready when faced with legit run gane opponent.
In our case, Harbaugh is old school, yet smart, man-ball and team embraces the identity. Grind the opponent down.
So I ask, is it all coaching /program culture, is there a recruiting angle to this, or is it just overblown by the two beating they’ll endured vs UM over the last 2 years.
Stop drinking…
March 12th, 2023 at 10:28 PM ^
. . . and go to bed.
Rich Rod, is that you?
Since we're finally up to 4-17 vs. OSU this century, I'm pretty confident we'll never lose to them again.
This off season is starting off really rough!
Why is the sky blue? Why are black lights purple? We could go on and on!
Why does sour cream have an expiration date?
Hey OP, I've got RCMB on the phone and they want their thread back.
What's that?
Let me look.
Yup, the guy repeatidly posting the same thread on Jett Howard is here too. You want me to tell both of them to come back home?
Is this Brady Hoke?
No, Juwan trying to take some focus off the NCAA picks.
Because Day dreams about putting 100 on Michigan instead of shutting them out.
March 12th, 2023 at 10:12 PM ^
For you followers of the English Premier League there is a team that mirrors Ohio State…Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs are a wealthy top tier club that is soft soft soft. Always talking big and not delivering.
Ohio State is built to win CFP games. Michigan is built to win Ohio State games.
Ohio is built to win CFP games? How has that worked out for them?
March 12th, 2023 at 10:10 PM ^
Way better than Michigan.
March 12th, 2023 at 10:19 PM ^
While there's some truth to that, Day has exactly one playoff win (over Clemson in 2020) against three losses. In two of the losses they blew two-score leads and in the third (the title game against Alabama in 2020) they were blown out and I don't think they ever led.
The Ohio State team that did win the national title was Urban Meyer's run spread, and even Urban didn't do so well in his only other playoff appearance (the 31-0 loss to Clemson).
March 13th, 2023 at 12:26 AM ^
Lol huh?
Day is 1-3, Harbaugh is 0-2.
Neither program has been good in CFP games, both have run up against the buzz saw that is Georgia...both have had a CFP game that they should've won and didn't.
OSU isn't built to win CFP games any more than Michigan is...if anything, Michigan beating OSU the last 2 years is the biggest "CFP" level win either team has had. Especially last year, beating undefeated #2.
This actually doesn’t make any sense.
"... but have run up against the buzz saw that is Georgia ..."
That's where the similarity ends. I really believe this year's game was an irregular one for Georgia, but even so OSU was way more competitive against them than Michigan was the prior year. It's not even close.
It was supposed to be, *both*
But I firmly believe 2022 Michigan would've hung with 2022 UGA and 2021 OSU would've gotten curb stomped by 2021 UGA.
Go back and look at the teams.
Lloyd Brady got inside their head.
Not sure, but the Louis Vuitton cleats and gloves scream soft.
....along with the Balenciaga hand warmers.
Queue training montage where OSU abandons their billion dollar practice facility for some farm where they have to go back to their roots pulling tractors and chasing chickens
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*can't figure out the trick to the media embed
Not at my place! No buckeyes allowed
March 13th, 2023 at 11:53 AM ^
None?
well, chuck, you might be the exception. you are a certified good dude. but no training while you're at the farm. don't go chasing any chickens (and keep your hands off the sheep!) and that'll be fine.
Just like Rocky in Russia.
This is exactly the thing that let's them get on top...underestimating them. It permeates the fan base and then our players who are in it's community. They arent soft. They are formidable, and will always be, as it should be.
The “toughness” of the fan base has zero impact on the football team. If it did, service academies would be much better at football than they are.
They have looked pretty good when playing us.
March 13th, 2023 at 12:39 AM ^
Our fanbase has changed. The losing and the rise of the SEC is what permeates through our fanbase. Keyboard warriors who talk shit and act like base asses on Twitter are part of our fanbase.
The thing is...you can say that about EVERY fanbase nowadays. It sucks. The lines are blurred and no fanbase has an identity anymore - some are just worse than others.
There was a day when Michigan was the arrogant, wine and cheese, but respect every opponent type of fanbase.
Then BPONE happened for Michigan and the SEC's "win at all cost and be obnoxious doing it" brought on a new wave of CFB fans. We used to be above it all...now we're really not much better than MSU or OSU.
I miss the days where we ignored MSU, not because we didn't respect them...but because it drove them CRAZY to not have our attention. We gave Notre Dame more attention than MSU and the cried, cried, and cried more. Hence, "little brother." But now we compare ourselves to them just like they do to us.
There used to be days where we'd never act like we were better than OSU, we just BELIEVED it. And far more often than not, we were correct. They were the drunk, trash, piece of shit fanbase and everything we didn't want to be.
But here we are in 2023, times change...just have to roll with it. Not much we can do about it anymore, it's just different.
One of the best comments on Mgoblog in some time. I AGREE! I hate OSU because I can respect them. Hard to hate MooU when you pay them no attention.
March 13th, 2023 at 10:15 AM ^
Our fanbase has changed. The losing and the rise of the SEC is what permeates through our fanbase. Keyboard warriors who talk shit and act like base asses on Twitter are part of our fanbase.
Has the fanbase really changed or has social media exposed the diversity of the fanbase that has always existed?
March 13th, 2023 at 10:50 AM ^
This One Million percent. Social media had brought forth the truth from the shadow so to speak in many aspects of our daily lives.
Great question, I think both.
March 13th, 2023 at 10:31 AM ^
It hits different(ly).
Too much me mentality. I thought listening to Stroud's comments after this years game he sounded alot of me me me. Also players talked about how much more laid back it was when Day took over. Urban ran a machine, like Saban. I don't know if the last 2 michigan teams could have beat Urban coached teams. Would have been interesting.
March 12th, 2023 at 11:04 PM ^
I think the last two Michigan teams would have a beat an Urban lead team. We actually run a scheme in our secondary to defend against crossing routes! We actually have D-line depth to rotate. Our O-line is unstoppable. I know for a fact the last two teams would have beaten an urban lead team.
We did beat them, with Hokes players, sans the 4th down call by the fanboy ref
I'm just happy for Data and Jamie Lee Curtis
It’s Short Round
March 13th, 2023 at 10:32 AM ^
You mean '94 Jamie Lee Curtis.
March 13th, 2023 at 11:20 AM ^
Or - perhaps 1983 "Trading Places" Jamie Lee Curtis.
It always interests me how people come up with posts like this. OP was just sitting on his couch watching the Oscars and the thought of "why is OSU so soft?" just randomly popped into his head and he needed to tell everyone
March 13th, 2023 at 12:40 AM ^
...and what reaction do they expect when they hit save?
For everyone to laugh or be like, "yeah!"
It's like these folks think they have some crazy bombshell or groundbreaking post when they do these.
OSU was a field goal away from winning the national title. That isn't soft. They were an elite team. They came in with a bad defensive gameplan and Michigan had the athletes to punish them for it.
March 12th, 2023 at 11:07 PM ^
Uh no. There were one win away from the final with an opportunity at the title, there are no guarantees in college football.
But I do agree they are not soft, just terribly coached.
And we were a Roman Wilson butt slide away from a national title, or a JJ pick-6, or whatever. Revisionism is pointless.