[Highlight] Ohio State @ Indiana: Josh Hoover overthrows a wide open Nick Marsh as he catches the ball out of bounds on 4th down, and Ohio State survives!

[u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT]

https://streamable.com/a3pe4j

[u/TrueBruinBlue]

Was it Indiana that had that wild one foot inbound game winning grab a few seasons ago?

[u/Selvy9 → u/TrueBruinBlue]

Yeah, penn State game.

[u/GoStateBeatEveryone → u/Selvy9]

Perfectly balanced

[u/Slimreaper91840 → u/TrueBruinBlue]

Yeah, last year lol.

[u/Cap_Nautilus → u/TrueBruinBlue]

That was last year against Penn

[u/PhillyBooBird → u/Cap_Nautilus]

State :(

[u/Venator850 → u/TrueBruinBlue]

That was last year I think.

[u/unorthodox_horse]

Absolutely brutal way to lose for Indiana

[u/ewest → u/unorthodox_horse]

Cignetti looks like he's going to vomit. And to be fair, I would.

[u/MichelNey2 → u/ewest]

Most emotion I've ever seen Cignetti show

[u/suzukigun4life → u/MichelNey2]

His receiver was wide open, ball was caught, then the realization set in.

[u/Slyp9 → u/ewest]

So did Ryan Day lmao

[u/Zloggt → u/unorthodox_horse]

From winning a game by toe placement last year…to losing a game by toe placement!

It’s all full circle!

[u/Ok-Two239 → u/unorthodox_horse]

Hoover was honestly really mediocre today. Didnt even see nick marsh who was behind the defense for a TD earlier in the game

[u/-Andar- → u/Ok-Two239]

Mediocre would be a kind rounding up of the situation

[u/Buckeyefitter1991 → u/-Andar-]

The quarterback played by both teams was just atrocious. These two defenses are scary good, I hope...

[u/Dongsquad420BlazeIt → u/unorthodox_horse]

Sometimes 3 inches is all it takes

[u/Patrick2701 → u/unorthodox_horse]

Extremely brutal way to lose

[u/suzukigun4life → u/unorthodox_horse]

4th down, so close to a TD to take the lead over OSU, only to be barely out of bounds and end your own winning streak instead?

CFB gods cruel as fuck for this

[u/LukarWarrior → u/unorthodox_horse]

Reminds me of James Quick stepping out before the first down marker at Clemson, also on a fourth down for the game. It feels real bad.

[u/mason2393]

Nobody is more relieved than that CB

[u/seruleam → u/mason2393]

That was shameful. 

[u/evvic3 → u/mason2393]

I'd say surely we have another corner better than Calhoun but after seeing our backup QB situation...

[u/arrogantdesperado]

Highly editorialized (and just not correct) title lol. Threw it off his back foot with the entire defense in his face and put it right in the front corner of the end zone. Marsh even slowed up to track the ball. He simply wasn't aware of the sideline and he needs to be making that play 100/100 times. But he knows that. Devastating for him.

[u/purplenyellowrose909 → u/arrogantdesperado]

He instantly put his hands on his head. Tried to play it off as a TD sign for a second.

He knows. Hopefully doesn't get bombarded with hate

[u/Tippacanoe → u/purplenyellowrose909]

Well he probably will. Hopefully he just stays off social media as hard as that can be.

[u/Cheesewiz-99 → u/arrogantdesperado]

This. It was a great pass considering the situation, it might have been a tiny bit too close to the sideline, but Marsh needed to be more aware of where he's was.

[u/jon__koa → u/Cheesewiz-99]

Like you have to know as a receiver where the sideline is

[u/AdamOnFirst → u/arrogantdesperado]

Anybody who thinks this is even .00001% on Hoover, who threw a fucking dot for the win with Buckeyes climbing on his face is a certified permanent non ball knower 

[u/resuwreckoning → u/AdamOnFirst]

I’d have to assume they were blind or listening on the radio.

[u/ThePrussianGrippe → u/AdamOnFirst]

Even Marsh knew it was his mistake immediately.

[u/crackers780]

That is the 2nd worst way to lose I’ve seen this season. I think you all know the first.

[u/velcro-fish → u/crackers780]

No clue, personally

[u/crackers780 → u/velcro-fish]

Don’t make me rewatch this

[u/PeanutButterOtter]

Marsh knew immediately that he F'ed up. Gotta feel bad for the kid.

[u/XeltDab]

Yall acting like hoover didnt have 3 ohio state defenders breathing down his neck when he made this throw lmao

[u/mr_antman85 → u/XeltDab]

That's on the WR. You have to know where you are on the field. It was a great throw. You gotta stay on bounds.

[u/Rickys_Lineup_Card → u/XeltDab]

He didn’t exactly earn the benefit of the doubt throughout the rest of the game, but yeah this is a tough one.

[u/AdamOnFirst → u/XeltDab]

He threw a damn dot 

[u/jon__koa → u/AdamOnFirst]

Like off his back foot and that throw is impressive

[u/logicblender1]

The title trying to blame Hoover is crazy. That was a throw under pressure that any WR should've caught.

[u/emoney_gotnomoney → u/logicblender1]

Yep. Throw could’ve absolutely been better, but the receiver HAS to have the positional awareness there to know he has to toe tap that catch

[u/kdestroyer1 → u/emoney_gotnomoney]

Omar Cooper Jr would never.

[u/ewest → u/kdestroyer1]

Charlie Becker is out there catching everything within the same ZIP code as him, with two guys draped all over him, doing cartwheels to extend drives, and then this guy does this shit

[u/Due-Dirt-8428 → u/logicblender1]

Dude my grandma could have caught that. Lazy play by a star in crunch time.

[u/62frog → u/Due-Dirt-8428]

How many years of eligibility does your grandma have left?

[u/Due-Dirt-8428 → u/62frog]

Technically 5 if you grant her a Covid year she never went to college

[u/fart_dot_com → u/Due-Dirt-8428]

I don't think lazy is the right word. He just got in his own head about staying in bounds instead of playing it like a normal ball.

[u/ndamukongwall → u/logicblender1]

Pretend the DB didn’t shit himself and actually contested that ball. That is exactly where you want that ball to be thrown

[u/silverxsmoke]

Never seen no shit like this

[u/BlockedbyJake420 → u/silverxsmoke]

“This is the weirdest td celebration I’ve ever seen”

-me before I realized what happened

[u/taRpstrIustorEmPtEuS → u/BlockedbyJake420]

I was positive he saw a flag for holding.

[u/MichelNey2 → u/silverxsmoke]

I gasped when they showed the replay of Marsh's foot stepping out of bounds 0.1 seconds earlier. Inexcusable error

[u/suzukigun4life]

Absolutely heartbreaking way to lose

[u/BlurryGojira → u/suzukigun4life]

Obviously happy we won (or more that we didn’t lose) but that’s just absolutely brutal.

[u/Tetrachroma_]

Zero attempt to drag one foot. Horrible play by Marsh.

[u/edmchato]

Gus is so washed

Not sure I blame the QB, Marsh needed better body awareness there

[u/PeteF3 → u/edmchato]

Gus had a worse premature call on an Indiana FG attempt.

[u/ElegantEpitome → u/edmchato]

Announcing was awful the entire game

[u/edmchato → u/ElegantEpitome]

Short FG…”pure”

Was he announcing from a monitor all game?

[u/ewest → u/edmchato]

I was telling my buddy that more and more I think Gus Johnson's eyesight is legitimately going. He makes that type of mistake multiple times a game now, it's disorienting. I used to think he was just inattentive or lazy or impulsive, and he might be those things, but I also think he is seriously not tracking the game action. This has been a thing for a few years now and I can't understand how Fox doesn't care about it, they must notice it.

[u/srs_house → u/edmchato]

He kept missing calls left and right and because he yells on every play, it makes it even worse.

[u/JustBigChillin → u/ElegantEpitome]

Every time I'm watching a game and start getting annoyed by the announcers, I look up who is calling the game and 80% of the time it's Gus Johnson. I've really disliked him for a while now.

[u/TJFLASH1 → u/edmchato]

It’s 100% on Marsh, anyone saying otherwise is crazy

[u/sloBrodanChillosevic → u/edmchato]

Hoover could have put that anywhere past the corner but Marsh could also have made that catch pretty easily

[u/Venator850 → u/edmchato]

That's a bad ball but catchable.

[u/Equal-Interest6909 → u/Venator850]

They all-out blitzed Hoover. Did a good job just getting the ball on target 

[u/StrangelyOnPoint]

That’ll haunt Marsh for the rest of his life

[u/mr_antman85]

I don't think the person who posted this knows what an overthrow is.

*I just read the OPs name. He posts on the NBA sub and I have learned to not look at his profile page from many other commenters.

[u/Jonesbro → u/mr_antman85]

Lmao I recognize him from over there. What a gooner

[u/Copperwired]

Where was the overthrow? You don't think he could have adjusted 2 inches and still caught that.

[u/vikinick]

That was an entirely catchable ball, not even the QBs fault.

[u/Great_Hambino2022]

Is the overthrow in the room with us? That was horrendous footwork

[u/ProfessionalLook6725]

Not overthrown, Marsh was not paying attention, plus zero field awareness, sucks, but it is what it is, he needs to let this go, and keep his head up

[u/MechaEscargot2 → u/ProfessionalLook6725]

Yeah that was actually one of the better throws by any qb in this game. I think Marsh was just to focused on catching that he didnt even think about his feet, because that wasnt even a difficult toe tap

[u/prodigal_sunblock]

Horrible way to lose. Also kind of a horrible way to win.

[u/noffinater → u/prodigal_sunblock]

It feels a bit hollow tbh but I’ll take it.

[u/mikeeagle6 → u/prodigal_sunblock]

Fitting of the game I’d say, it was kinda a clusterfuck the whole time imo

[u/IronCladNads → u/prodigal_sunblock]

Every time we had a great play for a first down it was instantly negated by a false start or holding penalty. The oline needs work badly. Sayin held the ball too long several times but the guys up front were to blame for probably half of those, and now he's injured

[u/SteveTheBuckeye → u/prodigal_sunblock]

Meh, there were some calls that led to that occuring that were questionable... I'll take it

[u/Key_Environment8179 → u/SteveTheBuckeye]

That roughing call was genuinely atrocious. One of the few times I’ve been sure that Mike Pereira is dead wrong.

[u/Nfrizzle]

Both QBs had a terrible game. OSU more than happy to get the win and get out of town

[u/jaylenbrownisbetter → u/Nfrizzle]

We about to have a bunch of terrible QB games if Fahley is starter rest of the season

[u/RGMV5]

As a WR u gotta catch that inbounds as a qb no need to put that there, but he was facing the blitz

[u/douchebagjack]

Indiana did everything right on the last play, just didn't stay in bounds. how do you screw that up. holy crap

[u/billbill17 → u/douchebagjack]

I would be sick to my stomach if I was an Indiana fan my lord

[u/PeteF3 → u/billbill17]

I'm pretty sick to my stomach myself.

[u/Urdnought → u/billbill17]

I’m not an Indiana fan and I’m sick to my stomach

[u/Certain_Store_619]

So whose fault is this actually? 

[u/mcflyguy09 → u/Certain_Store_619]

Wide receiver. Should've Deaden his feet to stay in.

[u/ooboh]

Kevin Durant toe on the line

[u/Altruistic_Night2]

That’s more on marsh for having terrible awareness

[u/karl_manutzitsch]

Not a perfect throw by Hoover but more than enough room to be in a position for Marsh to catch that in bounds

[u/tfc07]

I was always taught that positional awareness was an important quality to have for a boundary receiver. Somebody didn't tell Nick Marsh

[u/mulder00]

lol that was on the wr...

[u/MJDiAmore]

Doesn't look like an overthrow to me, looks entirely like a WR with absolutely no positional awareness whatsoever.

[u/EasyAsaparagus]

It’s 100% on Marsh bro acted like he was in the middle of the field

[u/WARLOCK1239]

That's more on Marsh than Hoover

[u/Skysday616 → u/WARLOCK1239]

What a bullshit headline by a karma whore. 

[u/jdprager]

Just the way we drew it up

[u/USCGradtoMEMPHIS]

Looks to me like terrible awareness by the WR? Throw was good..

[u/eastnile → u/USCGradtoMEMPHIS]

I wouldn't say the throw was good but it should have been good enough, Marsh needs to have some awareness of the boundary.

[u/MichelNey2 → u/USCGradtoMEMPHIS]

I audibly gasped so loud I woke up my cat when they showed the replay of Marsh's foot stepping out of bounds 0.1 seconds earlier. Inexcusable error for the projected first round pick

[u/english_gritts]

The camera zooming in on his face….

[u/bookwormdrew → u/english_gritts]

Lmao that was a fucking wild shot. Zoom in on the guy who just lost the game.

[u/79anon → u/english_gritts]

I assume everyone watching thought it was a TD until they saw his reaction

[u/ddottay]

This guy is going to have to live with this mistake for the rest of his life

[u/Frosty-Marzipan-9824 → u/ddottay]

Not really that big of a deal in 2026 if we are being honest. CFP is what matters.

[u/ILikeTuwtles1991]

My Ohio State fan wife went from "NO NO NO NO" to "what the fuck" so fast

[u/SilverSword2]

Not even overthrown - Marsh just messed up

[u/Yeezusaurus]

OP’s post history

[u/MichelNey2 → u/Yeezusaurus]

I knew exactly it was u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT when I saw this comment lol

[u/bonestomper420 → u/Yeezusaurus]

good heavens that’s a lot

[u/Semper-Fido → u/Yeezusaurus]

Username more than checks out

[u/CarrollPC → u/Yeezusaurus]

Why did I click...

[u/youDontgetThe_Show → u/Yeezusaurus]

Lmao literally eveytime I see them post something I am reminded to not check anyone's post history

[u/patientpump54]

Such a casual catch, like he didn’t even consider he might be out of bounds

[u/pmayankees]

Meh WRs gotta keep a foot in there id put the blame closer to 50-50

[u/Toothlessdovahkin]

The terrible play by the DB is immediately overshadowed by the stupid play by the WR. 

[u/Popple06]

Can't blame that on the QB, have to make that catch.

[u/Kingolimar354]

On the wide receiver right? Why play that far outside when you’re wide open

[u/zawwery → u/Kingolimar354]

both. ball wasnt the best but he shoulda had that

[u/porquenaoambos]

Dawg your post history is public

[u/Hnry_Dvd_Thr_Awy → u/porquenaoambos]

I mean with a username like that what did you expect 

[u/billyspleen21 → u/porquenaoambos]

Holy shit lmao

[u/UTRAnoPunchline]

What comes around goes around - Penn State probably

[u/Glory2Tottenham]

Of all the ways I’ve seen a team lose a top 10 CFB game this might be the worst I’ve ever seen in a hot minute

[u/FlamingAlpaca17 → u/Glory2Tottenham]

I can think of a worse way

[u/Apart_Selection7722]

Wow

[u/Critical_Interest706]

The camera guy didn’t need to do the WR that dirty lol

[u/Dialectic_Emptiness]

Marsh just about ended it all right there. He knew immediately. That’s gut wrenching.

[u/DarkLegend64]

I nearly shit myself when he caught it.

[u/ExpressFan7426]

Top 3 worst ways I’ve ever seen a team lose a game. Thats just horrendous

[u/Bobsbestgame]

God that just HURTS so much. What a terrible way to end your chance to win a game

[u/BG_OHIO]

We all just gonna ignore the blatent holding there?!!

[u/zwar098]

It might be a bit overthrown but Marsh makes absolutely 0 effort to stay in bounds

[u/Dads_Phantom_Phart]

Heartbreaking. Great game!

[u/Medium_Spend_6732]

This is the fault of both of Marsh and Hoover.

To blame either of them 100% is wrong.

[u/Budget-Ocelots → u/Medium_Spend_6732]

90% on the WR. He thought it was an easy catch and became lazy tbh.

[u/resuwreckoning → u/Budget-Ocelots]

99.999 percent

Edit: and I don’t know where the other 0.001 percent is cause it’s hard to put that on the QB.

[u/Potential_Carob6494 → u/Medium_Spend_6732]

I beg to disagree. Hoover had a pass rush in his face and threw up an easy-to-handle ball. There is zero excuse for Marsh losing track of his position on the field. This is on him.

[u/luvdadrafts → u/Medium_Spend_6732]

Incredible, rare 3-way choke to save the CB

[u/Amonamission → u/Medium_Spend_6732]

Can I collectively blame them 100%?

[u/Andy_Wiggins]

Maybe Cignetti was right to give Marsh shit about his cleats.

[u/SlamJamGlanda]

Awesome game honestly. Crappy result

[u/jabroni143]

Quickest I ever heard a crowd go from nuts to dead silent

[u/naturalhigh4]

It wasn't a perfect pass but it was a good pass for throwing off his backfoot with defenders in his face. Marsh has to capitalize on that.

[u/mccainjames11]

Marsh wasn’t aware enough to bring his foot in but WAS aware enough to know he didn’t bring his foot in

[u/CauliflowerNo1615]

Incredible

[u/Mejinopolis]

What a heartbreaker....

[u/crline3924]

Insane ending.

[u/TonyMontanasSon]

I’m a huge buckeyes fan…. You gotta feel for Marsh.

[u/meatballcake87]

Nick Marsh thought he was still playing for MSU

[u/GeneralBooty_10]

Is the overthrow in the room with us right now?

[u/creexl]

Would Mendoza have made the pass?

[u/Worth-Frosting-2917 → u/creexl]

Yeah. But the team would have been up by two scores against THAT OSU defense. Hoover sucked for three quarters and you can't do that against good teams.

[u/billbill17]

Kinda feel like we got bailed out but I’ll take it

[u/IAgreeGoGuards → u/billbill17]

This game feels like a loss tbh

[u/the_dawn_of_red → u/IAgreeGoGuards]

Closest thing to a tie I've ever felt

[u/billbill17 → u/IAgreeGoGuards]

Indiana is one of the best teams, and i honestly think if sayin doesn’t get injured we chew way more clock or even score on the last possession we had so im not too upset

[u/Large_banana_hammock]

god damn that man was wide open

[u/kdestroyer1]

One of the most heartbreaking ways to lose a game for sure holy shit.

[u/hockey17jp]

That is unreal. I thought we were cooked. Insane!!

[u/boxman151515]

What is this title, that was 100% on Marsh lol

[u/C_h_a_r_l_i_e]

He just has to make the play here. Fuck

[u/jabbamarcusrussell]

Unbelievably dumb title

[u/Sks44]

That wasn’t an overthrow. That was a good ball. The WR just fucked up. I feel awful for the kid. But to blame the QB in any way is stupid.

[u/DelBrowserHistory → u/Sks44]

That zoom in on his face, I legit feel so bad for him

[u/Zither74]

Inexplicable play calling with the unnecessary risky downfield throws in the last two possessions. Bailed out by a dropped interception and a questionable penalty that should've been intentional grounding. They deserved to lose.

[u/AmbitiousEmphasis64]

What a silly title. That was a great ball. The receiver just had a braindead moment.

[u/ewest]

Hoover overthrew a lot of guys today but putting this one on Hoover seems unfair. Maybe slightly lofted it, but a little bit of sideline awareness on the receiver's part would have been nice.

[u/Sundevil13]

Wide open with a 0 blitz so no safety help. Why put that anywhere near the sideline?

[u/SEAtoPAR]

Happy to win but that's a shitty way to lose :-(

[u/Pogball_so_hard]

Even if that’s slightly overthrown, Marsh or really any receiver worth his salt HAS to know where his feet are. Unacceptable to do that 

[u/rellimnhoj]

Insane to say overthrown, that WR needs to know exactly where he is while his QB is throwing under duress in that moment.

[u/ArmVanDam]

Marsh gonna replay that in his head for the rest of the year

[u/snuffleupagus86]

Holy shit we got lucky.

[u/ndamukongwall]

Idk if that one’s on Hoover

[u/Ok-Knee6347]

Not really an overthrow. He's wide open by a few paces and has plenty of space to make the play with his size and quickness. That's a bad catch

[u/Opera_Phantom]

Wow. Just wow.

[u/Galokot]

A game of inches...

[u/Acrison_]

Man OSU got lucky with that one

[u/NaterPotater94]

that’s why they call it “foot”ball

[u/tyfe]

The hell kinda body control is that from the WR?

[u/hawk239]

Just a brutal way to lose. Season is FAR from over though

[u/SimilarOnion1655]

How did we win this 

[u/bigdaddyguap]

One of the most heart breaking ways to lose I’ve ever seen. Wild

[u/BriskManeuver]

Hes gonna have nightmares about that

[u/Jonjon428]

THAT is how the streak ends, wow

[u/OGMannimal]

Slightly overthrown but marsh definitely could have made more of an effort to stay in bounds

[u/Kbrichmo]

The anti Omar Cooper. Im fucking sick

[u/makualla]

Proof god isn’t real letting Matt Patricia get away with such an awful defensive call. Turned to my dad and called out they’d get beat during the time out.

[u/2187simms]

Brutal

[u/OGYoungCraig]

Absolute hold and a half jesus

[u/EvolutionCreek]

Overthrows? That's on the receiver.

[u/Kingof40Acres]

He knew it right away too.

[u/Blizzard2227]

I feel bad for Indiana. If that was against us, his foot would’ve made it in.

[u/Firepolitoed]

Pettijohn is getting held but I digress

[u/Organic_Lab6262]

These fucks deserve it after cheering when sayin got injured.

[u/Wide-Nerve8655 → u/Organic_Lab6262]

Tbh they deserve it after the majority of them started following the team for a season and a half and winning a national title