r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Sep 13 '26

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Texas Defeats Ohio State 24-23

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Ohio State 10 10 3 0 23
Texas 0 3 0 21 24
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u/MokelMoo Michigan • Eastern Michigan Sep 13 '26

Arthur Smith era off to a hot start

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u/WilsonGeiger Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Steelers fans knew.

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u/Free_Possession_4482 Ohio State • Cincinnati Sep 13 '26

The second half felt like 100% typical, run-out-the-clock playcalling by a 7-9 NFL team.

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u/Anniemoose98 Marching Band • Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

Reverse that to 9-7 and, by gawd, you have Mike Tomlin, Arthur Smith, and the Pittsburgh Steelers' music playing.

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u/RukiMotomiya Sep 13 '26

Fun fact, the Steelers have only finished 9-7 once (and it was 9-7-1) since 2010. 10-7's been where it's at.

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u/Anniemoose98 Marching Band • Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

As a Steelers fan, I do unfortunately know that all too well, but the joke had to be made - the standard is the standard, and things of that nature, of course.

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u/JohnFlanJohn Sep 13 '26

7-9 was Arthur Smith’s record every year with the Falcons

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u/FutureWorldDictator Texas A&M • Michigan State Sep 13 '26

Falcons fans did too. Dude failed with Bijan and is now failing with Jeremiah Smith

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u/ThinkSoftware Duke Blue Devils Sep 13 '26

Ohio State about to sign Jonnu Smith

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u/Anniemoose98 Marching Band • Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

As a Michigan alum, and Pittsburgh-native, I am so conflicted by the comment.

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u/doubleyou-tee-hache Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

I will never love anything as much as Arthur loves signing Jonnu and giving him motion jet sweeps.

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u/DMB_19 Texas A&M Aggies Sep 13 '26

The whole country knew

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u/Anniemoose98 Marching Band • Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26 edited Sep 13 '26

Steelers, and Michigan, fan here. Michigan fandom aside - I was so deeply concerned by the decision to hire him. The Steelers have had some utterly crap OCs (Matt Canada, for example) in recent memory, but Arthur Smith is an absolute joke.

While I am obviously biased from my fandoms, and Aaron Rodgers is not who he used to be, Arthur Smith was an awful hire and his offensive stats for the Steelers are case and point on that front (along with whatever the hell this game was meant to be).

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u/ginselfies Penn State Nittany Lions Sep 13 '26

Sometimes we learn by doing.

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u/JohnFlanJohn Sep 13 '26

As a Falcons fan, good luck to you