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/Ganjagod420 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 13 '26

Could've had 1 minute and 1 timeout, the odds go up exponentially if that was the case.

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u/Shu_Revan Ohio State Buckeyes • Big Ten Sep 13 '26

I was thinking the same thing. Just let them score and take the time you have left

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u/Desperate-Citron-881 Miami Hurricanes Sep 13 '26

It was funny watching the ESPN win chance % skyrocket in Texas’s favor with every play. All within 5 yards of the goal line. Even ESPN’s algorithms were dunking on OSU. Instant classic though

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u/pivotalsquash Auburn Tigers • Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

To be fair goal line stands is how yall beat us both times before so it felt poetic

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u/NA_Faker Texas Longhorns • Wisconsin Badgers Sep 13 '26

And it became clear Sark retooled the run game for a moment like that. Without Smothers we probably get stuffed there

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u/Vloff Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

Yeah, but that way you'd be trusting a kicker in a big spot again

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u/X_Circuit_Blossom_X Purdue • Michigan State Sep 13 '26

Better than arm punting

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u/openSourceNotes Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

The clear spot you could tell Day was lost was that first decision where the clock kept going down after 51 seconds and then he used his timeout after letting all that time come off, I think he was realizing the position he put himself in

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u/altissimosso Texas Longhorns • Sam Houston Bearkats Sep 13 '26

The game clock stopped there because apparently a player for tOSU lost their helmet. So it was Day’s decision to either burn the last timeout, or accept a 10s runoff. Personally, I think it was the right call to burn the timeout, what perplexed me more was Arch snapping it with so much time on the play clock on 3rd and goal.

These guys have forgotten more football than I’ll ever even have the chance to know, but the only explanation I can think of there is that the (the)OSU defense would be thinking the same thing, expecting UT to run the play clock down to a few seconds before snapping it, and by snapping it so quickly they’d catch them on their heels and not have to mess around with a potential 4th and goal. I don’t know and don’t care, fucking hook ‘em

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u/good4steve Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

That's what I was thinking. I'm surprised they didn't

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u/TimboCavo Sep 13 '26

You don’t let them score when you are up by 6. Are you brain dead?

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u/BananaManV5 Sep 13 '26

Its called hindsight. They end up scoring anyway, so theyre saying if they just let it happen with 53 seconds left they might have more of a chance than with 30. Which is true.

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u/ICanOutP1zzaTheHut Texas Longhorns • North Texas Mean Green Sep 13 '26

A player lost their helmet so they had to take a timeout or get a 10 second runoff in his defense

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u/gmr548 Texas Longhorns • Washington Huskies Sep 13 '26

There’s no way we keep them out of FG range. Simply had no answer for the OSU passing game.