Have a lot of thoughts honestly, might type more later but I truly thought today was just two very good teams duking it out … and the home team made a couple extra plays. Namely, the turnovers. Absolute backbreakers.
But that’s football and someone has to lose. The game was close and margin razor thin - we’re used to those games going our way as they did during Urban’s tenure.
I’m going to hear the toughness narrative again and I honestly kinda think it’s horseshit … are we going to say the team isnt tough every time an elite rushing attack has a long drive on them? Even then, the defense ended up holding to a kick… Not saying the D played great but it’s an offensive game anymore and without the turnover they give up 23 points? To an undefeated team?
Needed more out of the offense plain and simple which brings me to this. We can quibble about lots of tiny things and coaching mistakes or whatever, ultimately this game was lost under center. JJ is a big advantage at QB, and McCord just… isn’t. He’s the guy we thought he was.
OSU needs to find its next dude at QB, keep building up the defense, and we’ll be in the win column in this rivalry. Granted we might win next year even with Mccord, but you get my point.
