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/AtmosphereVarious440 Montclair State Red Hawks Sep 13 '26

ohio state repeatedly stopping texas at the 1 yard line one of the most perplexing coaching decisions i've ever seen

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u/mr_positron Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '26

I think you have to think big picture here. Mathematically, I agree completely that letting them score is the move. But you are also robbing your defense of the experience of needing a stop and gaining the experience of either knowing they can get or failing and realizing they can fail. Both are incredibly valuable.

So, in the new playoff era where losing by a point on the road on a last minute play to the #4 ranked team is certainly it going to meaningfully affect their playoff odds, I think they did the right thing even even if it was a bad strategy.

What should have happened were a multitude of other better calls or made field goal and etc. That’s why Ohio state lost.

And Texas did not quit. And they are a good team.

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u/appletime_appletime Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Day would be getting cooked on here if he let them score early and then UT won. Texas had held up Ohio State’s offense the entire 4th quarter, I don’t know why people just assume they could get a FG if they had 90 seconds and a timeout.