To Our OSU Posters’ Class On A Tough Night

[JustNeedMe81]

Both of these guys are fun to chat with. Love them to death.

 

[Tenntiderman]

BIGTide and OSUTideFan are the most prolific Buckeye posters here on TideFans, and the significant majority of our OSU members are highly valued and add a lot to our discussions.

This was a tough night for our OSU friends, and remembering some tough nights of our own, I can certainly empathize.

The Bucks lost a number of key players either before kickoff, or shortly thereafter. I’m not sure that changed the outcome, but it certainly changed the complexion of the game.

I’ve seen no mention of that handicap from our OSU friends, and that’s classy in today’s excuse-seeking culture.

It was an honor to play a program like the Buckeyes for the ring. Intending only the highest respect for the opponent, I say that tonight was a fine win for our program.

Some people don’t know how to handle success. It would appear that we have a few of those posting tonight.

You have shown grace and sportsmanship in what I know was a painful evening, and have set a great example of how to handle adversity....something all too rare in our world today.

Looking forward to the home-and-home. I’ve never been to Columbus, and want to see The Horseshoe first-hand. Hoping we can clink a stein.....

I would love to see the band. Videos of the OSU band are very cool. Most dont have a clue as to the hard work those kids invest.

 

[Russell31210]

Looking forward to the home-and-home. I’ve never been to Columbus, and want to see The Horseshoe first-hand. Hoping we can clink a stein....

Great post and sums it up perfectly. I have been fortunate enough to attend two games in Columbus. They were fantastic experiences.

 

[BamaInBham]

While I obviously think Bama was just the better team (probably best offense ever), OSU was clearly hurt by loss of Sermon, & Fields was clearly not 100%. Would love to have seen a game with Fields & Sermon a full speed. I think Bama still wins because OSU defense was just outmatched, but OSU definitely scores more & keeps game much closer.

OSU also lost a starting OL in the game, a big-time DT and DE, and likely others.

OTOH, Bama would have benefitted greatly from a healthy Waddle, All SEC and Fr All Am DB Malachi Moore, S Battle, Remington Award winning Dickerson and 2nd half for Heisman winning Smith. Metchie was really hobbled too and Ray was probably not full strength.

 

[Down4ttown]

I’m glad we can have different opinions and perspectives without people getting upset. Really makes for great football talk.

 

[bamamick]

After Clemson handed us our hats after having stomped on them in 2018 I think I know exactly how tOSU fans feel right now, and you know, sometimes you just have to tip your cap, go sit in a dark room, and hope tomorrow is a better day. Them being Ohio State you know it WILL be a better day, and that there will be many better days ahead.

Our players and staff showed nothing but respect for Ohio State, and I would hope our fan base would do the same. They are truly one of the great programs in college football, and it was a great day for Alabama football to have had this opportunity to play them.

 

[VABuckeye]

Looking forward to the home-and-home. I’ve never been to Columbus, and want to see The Horseshoe first-hand. Hoping we can clink a stein....

Great post and sums it up perfectly. I have been fortunate enough to attend two games in Columbus. They were fantastic experiences.

You or any other TF members that come are welcome to join me at my tailgate. Food, spirits and fellowship.

And by fellowship I mean banter, football talk, etc. Nothing religious.

 

[bamacon]

OSU also lost a starting OL in the game, a big-time DT and DE, and likely others.

OTOH, Bama would have benefitted greatly from a healthy Waddle, All SEC and Fr All Am DB Malachi Moore, S Battle, Remington Award winning Dickerson and 2nd half for Heisman winning Smith. Metchie was really hobbled too and Ray was probably not full strength.

Metchie is in a boot now

 

[teamplayer]

You or any other TF members that come are welcome to join me at my tailgate. Food, spirits and fellowship.

And by fellowship I mean banter, football talk, etc. Nothing religious.

You don't consider football talk to be religion?

 

[VABuckeye]

Well, yeah it is.

 

[Ole Man Dan]

People are starting to compare TOSU with Alabama.
There are similarities. We have guys like B1G who we talk to on a regular basis. He has a lot in common with many Alabama Fans.
Guys like that are always welcome. I hope any Alabama Fan who finds themselves on a OSU Forum, will behave accordingly.
Lastly OSU Football has earned my respect.

 

[VABuckeye]

I would say that BuckeyePlanet resembles this forum in tone. Posters are expected to treat each other with respect and bashing of Buckeye players is forbidden on the board. Visitors are welcome and those that aren't trolls tend to stick around.

 

[Con]

I have loved all the Buckeye fans that came on here to talk football. I really liked what @BuckeyeDoc1090 posted about the thread from the Ohio St. site about Coach Saban. It is very interesting to hear what other fan bases think other than like a Tennessee fan spewing hate without actually talking about real football stuff.

 

[OSUInterloper]

Also - the "if Sermon was healthy argument" proposed above is ignoring the "Smith didn't play the second half" counter-argument FWIW.

This is stale, but from my perspective the "if Sermon was healthy argument" being presented here has been from Bama fans saying that, while the win was great, they'd have liked to see Bama beat OSU with all their pieces in place, which they pretty evidently would have done. Regarding "Smith didn't play the second half", I'm inclined to say that didn't make much difference to the final margin. Because, as dominant as Smith's first half was, Bama continued to move the ball more-or-less at will in the second half, even without Smith.

 

[B1GTide]

A great blog post from 11W on the game:

Film Study: Alabama Didn't Just Find the Seams in Ohio State's Pass Defense, It Ripped Them Apart in the CFP Title Game

There's little question of how Alabama dominated Ohio State's pass defense in the CFP title game, but the pressure is now on Kerry Coombs to respond in 2021.

www.elevenwarriors.com

 

[crimsonaudio]

A great blog post from 11W on the game:

Film Study: Alabama Didn't Just Find the Seams in Ohio State's Pass Defense, It Ripped Them Apart in the CFP Title Game

There's little question of how Alabama dominated Ohio State's pass defense in the CFP title game, but the pressure is now on Kerry Coombs to respond in 2021.

www.elevenwarriors.com

That was a good read, thanks.

 

[STONECOLDSABAN]

I came away with a lot of respect for Ohio state. It was such a clean game and they played really tough even when it was obvious they were overmatched. A lot of my bad feelings towards Ohio state came from knucklehead fans (which is in everyone’s fanbase) from 2014 and urban Meyer. They will be back.

 

[alabama mike1]

I married a girl from southern Ohio in 1982, still married to her. For the past 31 1/2 years we have lived here. Its where I work as a principal for a high school. Just like Bama fans, OSU has fans that are wonderful, classy folks and then the others. I was treated with nothing but respect when I walked into the building the next morning after the game. People offered congratulations and well wishes on Alabama winning. Looking forward to the home and home series coming up in a few years.

 

[Guido]

This game for OSU reminded me of our NC game against clemson, you could just tell, things are not gonna go our way tonight.The season started out bad with their brain dead commish, and they had to fight just to play. They got there though, and that's a big compliment to them, but it wasn't to be, you could just tell.

 

[buckeyeFB_]

This game for OSU reminded me of our NC game against clemson, you could just tell, things are not gonna go our way tonight.The season started out bad with their brain dead commish, and they had to fight just to play. They got there though, and that's a big compliment to them, but it wasn't to be, you could just tell.

Definitely reminiscent of the 2018 Bama-Clemson title game.

That 2018 Clemson team had an all-world defense (I think that D-line was the best D-line in college football history) that was just too much for any team to overcome. Similarly, this 2020 Bama team had an all-world offense that was just too much for any team to overcome (best WR in college football history, best OC in the country, definitely the best O-line I've ever seen in pass protection).