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/Skidda24 Ohio State Buckeyes • Illibuck Sep 13 '26

4 huge losses by Day over the last 4 years because of missed field goals. Not to mention going for it on 4th instead of just kicking it.

Also huge props to Texas for putting up 3 touchdowns in that second half. They could have easily folded but just kept working. They finally converted 4ths and RedZone when it mattered most.

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u/MopeyBernese Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

This loss is on Day.

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u/FuronPox123 Ohio State Buckeyes • Big Ten Sep 13 '26

Every loss is on the coach, but having a functional kicker would make me sleep a little better at night anyway

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u/GFTRGC Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Anytime you make your kicker attempt 4 field goals, you're asking for heartbreak

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u/TheBourbonTurtle Cincinnati Bearcats Sep 13 '26

He fooled us into thining he was alright in the first half. Really just the same old story. How can it be so hard to get a good kicker?

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u/FuronPox123 Ohio State Buckeyes • Big Ten Sep 13 '26

when we failed to convert the 4th in the first half I texted my brother "oh my god, this is the 2019 Clemson game" and I've never been more right in my life, I fear

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u/Jones127 Sep 13 '26

Nick Saban curse got transferred to him. Seems kickers were always one of the few weaknesses on a Saban coached team.

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u/RVAforthewin Georgia Bulldogs • Arizona Wildcats Sep 13 '26

Didn’t Saban have Will Reichard, the all time leader in scoring in D1?

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u/VintageRudy Oregon Ducks Sep 13 '26

Nobody in this age bracket has matured brains on a physical level. Absolutely incredible pressure to navigate in an industry doing 2.4b with the lens on you for a 4second do or die moment

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u/GiraffesAndGin Notre Dame • Jeweled Shillelagh Sep 13 '26

Your kicker had one less point than your offense and you're ragging on him like he's some bum

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u/luchajefe North Texas Mean Green • Southwest Sep 13 '26

This "Why are you kicking, your kicker's a bum ----> Why are you going for it, you need to kick" cycle is genuinely hilarious.

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u/TickleMyIvory Michigan Tech • Michigan Sep 13 '26

How the fuck do you guys not ever recruit a reliable kicker lol

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u/dunno260 Alabama Crimson Tide Sep 13 '26

Saban had like 1 in his entire tenure at Alabama. Every guy they brought in was highly rated though and we had a couple of misses on guys who went on to be great kickers (like Eddie Pineiro who was great at Florida and I think still in the NFL). Occasionally would pop up with a guy that wouldn't miss within 40.

But it wasn't until late with Reichard that Alabama genuinely had one of the best kickers in the country.

Should be somewhat easier in the transfer portal but still see teams missing it all the time now too.

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u/potato_bus Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

I’m disappointed but will sleep just fine

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u/JUYED-AWK-YACC Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

This loss is on Texas.

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u/Blu3iris Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

Not at all. If you start going drive after drive scoring 0 points, you can put any coach in there you want. Sayin had too many missed throws once Texas dialed up the pressure. Not to mention it felt like they tried to just force #4 the ball after a certain point. OSU could have had 40 seconds or a full minute to score and I'm betting they'd come away with another goose egg with how things were going.

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u/X_Circuit_Blossom_X Purdue • Michigan State Sep 13 '26

It's 100% on Day. Smith was tearing up the D the first half. Notda in the 2nd.

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u/toomanyshoeshelp Indiana Hoosiers Sep 13 '26

Recruiting an all world team of 4/5 stars on offense and defense but having shit tier kicking is certainly a choice

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u/goblue2354 Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '26

Like a throwback to those mid 2010s Bama teams that never seemed to have a kicker. At least Saban didn’t have the portal

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u/Prerequisite Texas State Bobcats • Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Y'all wanna be Georgia

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u/pbjork Georgia Bulldogs • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Sep 13 '26

They have a more recent natty than us.

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u/BuffaloAcrobatic2851 Georgia Bulldogs Sep 13 '26

Both statements can be true.

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u/Skidda24 Ohio State Buckeyes • Illibuck Sep 13 '26

Easily. I don't think the players were bad at all

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u/thelandomanexperimen Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

I don't know watching the DL was like watching someone get punched in the face over and over.

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u/appletime_appletime Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

No way, all the Ohio players are studs.

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u/FerrousEULA Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Jeremiah Smith is a beast