Game thread for Ohio State vs. Northwestern
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Pretty sure we would go for 2 if we got a TD ... well moot point now.
I hated the play calling on our last drive. Stupid.
The play calling on our last drive was reprehensible.
And back to this ****ing horseshoe
we could have RPO’d to more points though, which has been working
Our absurdly conservative play calling as a 1-7 team vs. #2 team in nation cost us bigtime. LOVED THE EFFORT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL.
Play calling on our last possession accepted defeat. Now we will try desperation passing probably leading to another buckeye score
How is that not targeting.
Also why didn’t any of NU’s linemen run over to put that classless OSU player on his butt
Also why didn’t any of NU’s linemen run over to put that classless OSU player on his butt
Kudos to the kids for the effort today. No idea why you get to the 4th quarter with a chance and then turtle on offense. Like the coaches decided losing a close one was better than trying to win.
Wish we would've let Sullivan throw. Hilinski reminds us why he lost the job.
Fitz should be embarrassed for the offensive play calling in the 4th quarter. He did not put his players in a position to win the game.
Yep the kids play their asses off and then the coaches shit their pants
Sad to say it seems Fitz gave up on the kids and just wanted to keep the score "respectable".
Exactly. I hope he gets roasted in the postgame press conference. We had absolutely nothing to lose and they had everything to lose. Make them feel that pressure, FFS!!
Haha right. Lou and 3 NU students at the presser. Lou might ask a tough Q
No. Hilinski doesn't make good decisions and has no confidence at this point. Sully is the better option at this point for both running and passing.
There’s no reason to play Hilinski. Problem is, the OC and HC prefer an 80/20 run/pass ratio.
I’m disappointed that they lost, but they played like Wildcats today.
You all aren’t going to drag me down into anger this week.
It was a decent, entertaining game. Like the announcers said, the Buckeyes were the better team, but the Wildcats made OSU earn the win.
Go Cats!
You all aren’t going to drag me down into anger this week.
It was a decent, entertaining game. Like the announcers said, the Buckeyes were the better team, but the Wildcats made OSU earn the win.
Go Cats!
With the horrible conditions, let's be honest, both teams played close to the vest in not trying to make a mistake. Man, those winds !
No I meant for this game to throw Ohio State off you know if you’re gonna throw a wrinkle out there so something that osu would never even expect just a thought but would’ve hoped that maybe Hilinski had his Nebraska magic.
A lot better than the Iowa game, but at the same time, it's not clear how much of that was us playing up to Ohio State or them playing down to us or just the weather creating bad conditions that we played better in...
Need to see what happens against Minnesota/Purdue/Illinois to see if this was a turning point.
If this was a 6-2 Northwestern team that had lost a tough result to Ohio State that'd be one thing..., but we're 1-8 now.
Hard to grab onto a "moral victory" when we're 1-8.
Need to see what happens against Minnesota/Purdue/Illinois to see if this was a turning point.
If this was a 6-2 Northwestern team that had lost a tough result to Ohio State that'd be one thing..., but we're 1-8 now.
Hard to grab onto a "moral victory" when we're 1-8.
Nobody should be mad today (other than about the offensive play calls, which were very disappointing), the game was quite entertaining. We made them punt a lot, the wind was hilarious, the players had a lot of effort, Pete had a good day, and Tomi had a very good day.
There was so much energy today, and seemingly so little last week. Disappointing.
Hilinski is a worse passer than Sullivan, so…
Maybe here’s a radical idea: stop removing your QB from the game as Jake kept doing?
That's the thing, if we played like this against most of the teams we'd lost against... some of those Ls might be Ws.
The defensive effort against Iowa looks a million times worse after today's game.
I would love for this to be true, but... it seems dOSU came out really flat, the weather was a major factor for both teams but helped NU a bit more especially in the first half, and dOSU had a really vanilla game plan. I don't think it is lack of effort that is hurting this team.
No. The wind took away most offensive options from both teams so you could sell out on stopping the remaining options.
Here’s even better radical idea how about our head coach stops playing To lose and get a little more aggressive yes the conditions were bad we understood that but you Can’t keep doing that wildcat formation every team sees it on tape and I knows it’s coming And especially since we’re playing for nothing at this point why not get Sully to throw more passes maybe not so much in the wind but eventually you’re gonna have to try to make a pass throughthat strong wind and hope that receiver catches it.
