[Postgame Thread] Ohio State Defeats Indiana 19-15

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Ohio State	3	7	3	6	19
Indiana	0	7	0	8	15

[u/RevolutionaryDot4762]

Just as everyone expected, UCLA is the last remaining undefeated B1G school

[u/RainingFireInTheSky → u/RevolutionaryDot4762]

After defending national champion Indiana falls to Ohio State to end their 22 game win streak.

Classic Big 10 season.

[u/Possible-Opposite956 → u/RevolutionaryDot4762]

We've got the next 3 hours to talk shit. Where them usc flairs at? We've got years of words built up.

[u/Cactusfan86]

On one hand I’m happy because I was legit worried they would embarrass us, on the other feel really bummed because the game was there for the taking with just even a bit marginally better play.

We need to kicking situation to get figured out, we are playing too many close games to have it becoming such a question mark

[u/buckeyefan1930 → u/Cactusfan86]

Missing 2 field goals also doesn't help...ask me how I know

[u/Geno0wl → u/buckeyefan1930]

We have lost at least four games because of poor kicking just off the top of my head. Hell we more than likely have two more natties(one for sure) if we had above average kicking instead of below average that we have had over the past 10 years

[u/muttonchops215 → u/buckeyefan1930]

Don't shit on both misses. One is deserved because it was short and gimme but the other the kicker doesn't have the leg for and quite frankly that might just be on the coach.

[u/OwnWalrus1752 → u/muttonchops215]

Yeah I was really scratching my head when they wanted to kick from the kicker’s range plus six yards. Just go for it and trust your QB (though I don’t think I do).

[u/Marvin-face → u/OwnWalrus1752]

I'm ok with the call. If he made it, it would have been a huge confidence boost. Putting him out there shows confidence in him. And miss is "oh well, it was way beyond your farthest. Good try."

Speculating wildly, it could have been a simple math decision: 15% chance of converting and 20% chance of hitting the kick.

[u/fart_dot_com → u/Cactusfan86]

There was a point in the middle of the game where OSU could have blown the doors off and IU's defense + some suboptimal play from Sayin allowed them to make it a game. Sucks that it ended the way it did though.

[u/wit_T_user_name → u/fart_dot_com]

It felt like they were going for throat and then Saying airmailed Smith for a pick.

[u/IThoughtThisWasVoat → u/Cactusfan86]

That is exactly how we sounded last week.

[u/Bill3ffinMurray → u/Cactusfan86]

Omg are you me from last week?

[u/dunnster76 → u/Cactusfan86]

This was me last week as a Husker fan.

[u/pardonmyignerance → u/Cactusfan86]

Have you guys lost a close one since Cig took over? The close ones sting differently, and somehow worse, from my perspective.

[u/kempfel → u/pardonmyignerance]

We didn't lose many close ones before Cignetti either, we usually just got blown out.

[u/Technical_Part8423]

I feel bad for Marsh. Indiana fans saying Ohio State got lucky. If he stays in bounds Ohio State fans say Indiana got lucky.

It's a bad take either way. Both teams deserved to lose. Horrible execution and countless mistakes.

Officiating was horrific both ways as well.

[u/Mark_is_on_his_droid → u/Technical_Part8423]

We made too many mistakes to expect a win. Hoover missed his receivers all day.

Also, that RTP would have been a BS way for OSU to lose.

[u/pardonmyignerance → u/Mark_is_on_his_droid]

We could say the same thing about Sayin.  It was honestly terrible QB play for most of the game and it would have been awesome to see how it would go if both looked consistently competent.

[u/boog2352 → u/pardonmyignerance]

I think both QBs were overthinking, too hyped, whatever, to start the game. I think they both calmed down, found the game, and the coaches made adjustments. Then, both got hurt. Sucks, still a great game.

[u/pardonmyignerance → u/boog2352]

I felt like I was watching Thursday Night football for two thirds of the game.

[u/InnocuousAssClown → u/Mark_is_on_his_droid]

It looked like grounding on that play too, unless I missed something? Broadcast didn’t even mention it.

[u/ixMyth → u/Technical_Part8423]

B1G refs continue to show everyone they're incompetent

[u/pillowcheeks3 → u/Technical_Part8423]

I’m just happy to have consistently competitive games against you guys now

[u/Shot_Macaron_9158 → u/Technical_Part8423]

This is a good take. Both teams made mistakes and had questionable calls go their way, seems like the better team edged out the win at the end of day

[u/OwnWalrus1752 → u/Shot_Macaron_9158]

OSU’s defense is filthy. Indiana’s defense is filthy. Hoover probably isn’t the guy. Sayin has trouble under pressure but he’s definitely improved over last season. OSU can win even if Smith is taken out of the game for the most part (but he’ll still get his). OSU is going to be in bad shape if Sayin is out for any length of time.

[u/Technical_Part8423 → u/OwnWalrus1752]

Ive seen Sayin play scared before but I have no idea what this was today. Even when he had a clean pocket, he missed receivers by 20 feet.

[u/BikingEngineer → u/Technical_Part8423]

He spent the whole game last week getting blasted from his blind side, so that definitely affected his confidence today. It didn’t help that he was constantly pressured right in front of his face.

[u/FrostTroll69 → u/Technical_Part8423]

Refs were awful. Worse than Michigan/western Michigan

[u/PJA0307 → u/FrostTroll69]

The head umpire almost seemed like this was his first game reffing. Hearing him ask about the rules during replays was alarming.

[u/takequake76 → u/FrostTroll69]

Even if Marsh stays inbounds, there seemed to be a clear hold by the IU left guard

That roughing the passer was also ridiculous

[u/FrostTroll69 → u/takequake76]

Yeah. But no flag came out

[u/TheWrathofKrieger → u/FrostTroll69]

I was going to lose my mind if Marsh got a foot inbounds because the hold was so egregiously obvious.

[u/tosubks → u/FrostTroll69]

We got 1 holding call in our favor today and that was already too many. Not just gonna get another one for free like that…

[u/Arkehn]

Nick Marsh is going to have random, soul crushing flashbacks for the rest of his life. Just sitting at a red light and want to scream type shit.

[u/Kuntheman → u/Arkehn]

He knew instantly

[u/brownstown4life → u/Kuntheman]

He looked legitimately sick. I feel for him, that was a brutal moment

[u/Sorge74 → u/Kuntheman]

So impressive he knew it was so bad he didn't even try to sell it.

[u/StyrofoamCueball → u/Arkehn]

I can’t imagine. I’m 44 and still have flashbacks to a missed fly ball in a meaningless high school baseball game.

[u/Rumtintin → u/StyrofoamCueball]

I missed a soccer penalty kick in my first varsity game as a sophomore that ended our season and was therefore the final game for all the seniors

no no I don't think about that moment from the fall of 1986 LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY

[u/Sorge74 → u/StyrofoamCueball]

I missed a block in high school and a RB got hurt....

[u/gbac16]

What a sloppy game all around. But neither team was sloppier than the refs. My god that was shit.

[u/retropunk2 → u/gbac16]

I've been a referee for a long time and understand how tough it is to call a game.

This was one of the worst officiated games I've ever watched lol

[u/ViagraOnAPole → u/gbac16]

About 8 uncalled DPIs and holds everywhere

[u/malibu_creek_godzill → u/ViagraOnAPole]

Your first drive, might’ve been the first pass, where they didn’t call a pretty clear PI on a pass to Becker I just knew what kind of game we were getting out of the refs. At least it was mutually infuriating I guess lol. Good luck the rest of the way, hope Hoover’s shoulder isn’t hurt too bad

[u/Half_Past_Five]

Good game OSU. Disappointing final play but really proud of our defense.

[u/RulersBack → u/Half_Past_Five]

Both defenses put on a masterclass and made each others offenses look stupid

[u/Erniecrack → u/RulersBack]

Or did the offenses put on a disasterclass and make the defenses look good?

[u/tOSUBUCKEYES_ → u/Erniecrack]

QB’s were really, really bad today. Both missed a lot of throws and made mistakes.

So I’d say offensive disasterclass

[u/billbill17 → u/Half_Past_Five]

GG. I have no idea what teams are good this year

[u/FrostTroll69 → u/Half_Past_Five]

Yeah, nobody won today

[u/BensenJensen → u/Half_Past_Five]

Very good game. Happy we won, obviously, but Indiana’s defense was very impressive. Indiana broke Sayin’s will last year and broke his arm this year.

[u/Sir_Bryan]

Basically won on that Jeremiah Smith Hail Mary on 4th and 1. One of the worst good games I’ve ever watched

[u/Donny_Do_Nothing → u/Sir_Bryan]

That was the one time Sayin habitually underthrowing Smith worked out well.

[u/Sir_Bryan → u/Donny_Do_Nothing]

Yeah it usually still works out to be fair because Smith is insane. Even today he should have had a PI on the deep ball under throw because the defender just tackled him before the ball got there.

[u/DruePNeck]

Live by the foot; Die by the foot: The Indiana Story

[u/VandysFan → u/DruePNeck]

Directed by Quentin Tarantino

[u/The_Horse_Joke]

Crazy ending for an infuriating game

God I love college football

[u/FrostTroll69 → u/The_Horse_Joke]

B1G if true

[u/So_Not_theNSA]

Sayin played like shit and then got hurt when Daniels remembered he was trash.

Both these defenses are great though

[u/optimizingutils]

checking notes furiously

UCLA is the only undefeated Big 10 team? What is this?

[u/Vyllm → u/optimizingutils]

I'm enjoying first place UCLA for the couple of hours that it will be here for...

[u/GargantuanLoser]

22-0. What an incredible part of IU football history.

GG buckeyes!

[u/Seeking-Something- → u/GargantuanLoser]

Amazing run. Still plenty of window left for the Hoosiers though.

[u/GuyMcFellow → u/GargantuanLoser]

As a Buckeye fan, I love how respectful all the players were to each other. Numerous times where competing players laughed it off together after a play.

You have respect of the Buckeye Nation, IU. (And I was rooting for you last year after the Buckeyes were out).

You have a damn good team and coach.

[u/frogstomp427 → u/GargantuanLoser]

Great job, Hoosiers. For real. Much respect to your program.

[u/Dontsaveme → u/GargantuanLoser]

As an older millennial I still can’t believe Iu football is good. Even a loss like this doesn’t rattle me too bad. What a run.

[u/xA1RGU1TAR1STx]

That’s the most losses most Indiana fans have ever seen

[u/mrtrollmaster → u/xA1RGU1TAR1STx]

You can’t hurt me. I had season tickets to a 1-11 season.

[u/AntawnSL → u/mrtrollmaster]

If you can't love me at 1-11, you don't deserve me at 11-1

[u/polishprince76 → u/mrtrollmaster]

People don't understand what some of us have been through. I've seen 30 years of pure hell. I'll take a damn 22 game win streak ending with a close loss against a top ten team all day every day.

[u/California_Stop_King → u/xA1RGU1TAR1STx]

Gottem

[u/mc_zodiac_pimp → u/xA1RGU1TAR1STx]

Hey I was there for the Tom Allen era!

[u/CosmoKramer49]

IU you’re a big time program now…time to call for your coach to be fired after a loss!

[u/ar_threethousand → u/CosmoKramer49]

The true right of passage for a fan

[u/NickyWhit]

All on the back of, *checks notes* - Luke Fahey!

0/2, 0 yards - wooo, go Luke Fahey!

[u/NES87 → u/NickyWhit]

Beamed it off his own players head! What a play!

[u/mombutts → u/NickyWhit]

Did St Clair take a dump on Day’s desk or something? Fahey’s best play was a late hit.

[u/Free_Possession_4482 → u/mombutts]

TSC has been in the doghouse all year, with no explanation given.

[u/suzukigun4life]

One of the most disgusting game-losing plays I've ever seen

[u/kychleap]

Talk about a defensive slugfest. Woof.

[u/youarenotorcs]

We had plenty of chances to win that game and just couldn't put it together when we needed to, We weren't good enough today and deserved the loss

Long season still to go. There's plenty to work on but I still think we have a really good team. A win at the Big House next week would make me feel a lot better

GG Ohio State. And as always, Go Hoosiers!!

[u/Bondorian → u/youarenotorcs]

GG, we can stop doing this cause my poor heart

[u/Busy_Register7071 → u/youarenotorcs]

I wouldn't be too worried about next week lol

[u/Leading-Button-7303]

Absolutely perfect play call for Indiana's last play. The opposite of last year's win against Penn State that they won it by a toe. Wild game, wild ending, I love college football

[u/decodezilla]

I’m glad the game ended the way it did, because otherwise we were going to spend all week hearing about a missed holding call that prevented a game-ending sack

[u/Greenlytrees → u/decodezilla]

I thought that was why marsh was looking back in disbelief, I was sure he saw the flags and knew it wouldn’t count. Didn’t even occur to me he stepped out till Gus spoke up.

[u/AZBuckeyes12977 → u/decodezilla]

Pettijohn got straight up tackled

[u/TheWrathofKrieger → u/decodezilla]

I was about to be so salty about it.

[u/nascarcollector32]

We lost a really good game. But I know we have truly made it now seeing all the casuals and neutrals in the gdt wanting Ohio State to win the game and saying it was being swayed for Indiana. What a beautiful time to be alive and love college football.

[u/OsuLost31to0 → u/nascarcollector32]

Actually tho, you guys are one of the big boys now

[u/ViagraOnAPole → u/nascarcollector32]

Right? We have haters now. And they're not just Purdue fans!

[u/Imma_P0tato → u/ViagraOnAPole]

This is going to be a new rivalry and I'm here for it. I absolutely love Cignetti.

[u/Kuntheman → u/nascarcollector32]

You live in a timeline where Indiana is viewed as a winner, that’s awesome 

[u/kindofblue21 → u/nascarcollector32]

I had a university of Miami fan sitting next to me at the bar that I’m regular at and they said Indiana was a flash in the pan and they’ll never do anything ever again. And I countered with oh I’m curious when was the last time Miami won a national championship lol

[u/whyamihere937313 → u/nascarcollector32]

At least you are hated for being good and not... other reasons that I cannot think of at all. No skeletons in the closet here. No no.

[u/Twall1297]

What an absolutely awful way to lose the game. I feel so bad for Marsh man 😔

[u/Revolver_Oshawott_ → u/Twall1297]

IU WR had a Kevin Durant moment

[u/California_Stop_King → u/Revolver_Oshawott_]

Love a good "game of inches" moment

[u/samhit_n → u/Twall1297]

They beat Penn State by a toe last year, and now they lost to us by a toe. Truly a game of inches.

[u/VersaTron → u/samhit_n]

We lost to them by a toe last year too

[u/Original_Profile8600 → u/Twall1297]

I wish we didn’t live in a society where we all know that kid is going to get harassed and worse over a football game

[u/suzukigun4life → u/Twall1297]

4th down, caught it in the endzone, 1 minute left, only to be barely out of bounds as your team's winning streak comes to an end.

All-time haunting moment.

[u/Kitchen-Sense-4891]

Just thinking about those 2 missed field goals by IU

[u/slubbyybbuls → u/Kitchen-Sense-4891]

OSU finally wins on special teams. 

[u/Mister-SS → u/Kitchen-Sense-4891]

The one doesn't really count way out of his range

[u/kleisz → u/Mister-SS]

2nd one was a coaching mistake. Had to punt it there if they didn’t want to go for it. Our kicker can eek out a 50 yarder in good conditions, which a cold breezy game is not that.

[u/LOLMrTeacherMan]

… never a doubt… now if you excuse me, I have to go thank Brutus for painting an extra foot of white in the end zone.

[u/Divinity32]

This is the first game of Cig's where I feel like we just didn't execute well enough. That  last touchdown, as well as the incomplete/doink combo in the first would have completely switched the storylines coming out of this game

[u/Wrong_Ad4722 → u/Divinity32]

I think that is true but IU executed really well outside of a few plays. OSU had guys wide open and Sayin missing them and a backup not knowing what was going on. That deep ball to Smith early was a bad missed PI too. Sloppy game. 

[u/Benanderson27]

Nico Radicic 🤝 Jayden Fielding

[u/Derpinator_30 → u/Benanderson27]

the doink is on him, the 55yd one is not

[u/TimelyBodybuilder637]

Indiana is going to recreate John Heisman's 222-0 game next week against Michigan. 

[u/AmidoBlack]

OSU won the game but lost half their defense and their starting QB. So did they really win?

[u/youksdpr → u/AmidoBlack]

Pyrrhic victory

[u/Skidda24]

Huge win against a top 5 opponent. Being able to pull this one out with our schedule is huge after losing Sayin.

That being said if we are missing Sayin and Jackson we might be cooked. I'm really shocked St Clair isn't number 2 on the depth chart. Hopefully they both can be back soon because regardless of how you feel about Sayin he runs the offense well and gets us in the right positions

[u/AnnonymousPenguin_ → u/Skidda24]

The fact that St Claire isn’t our backup makes me concerned for the future. If a 3 star freshman can beat out your 5 star sophomore you’ve got a problem .

[u/ShoYogi]

Either Hoover levels up after this or we’re headed out on the first round. Time to see what Cig can do on the back foot

[u/RumNCoke483]

Good game IU. Up all day to get lucky. lol

Despite the shakiness of that final drive, the defense actually played pretty well. Got some huge stops in the 2nd half. 

Rest up get healthy, onto the next. GO BUCKS. 

[u/Savings_Season_5165]

I give our guys a lot of credit for this win. Sayin’s injury aside this was the best game the defense played and Bo, West, and the other receivers stepped up when called upon. Now we wait for Sayin’s injury status to clench or unclench.

[u/PeaNo6028 → u/Savings_Season_5165]

if Sayin is out, yikes… that other kid couldn’t complete a pass. hopefully a full week of prep and not being thrown into a pressure cooker situation will help

[u/RayWhelans → u/PeaNo6028]

It’s one game where a teenager has to come in cold in an absolutely raucous environment in the highest pressure moment of the game. And he still made one play on the scramble. Let’s give him some grace.

[u/onelegonedream → u/PeaNo6028]

I mean IU has an elite front 7 and just absolutely did not respect him so rushed / blitzed every play. I hope he can look better with 2 weeks to prepare as QB1 for both him and the coaches, as well as playing worse defenses

[u/MichelNey2 → u/Savings_Season_5165]

There is no chance Ohio State is going anywhere with that 5'10 true freshmen. Buddy looked absolutely terrified and had no chance out there. Whether Sayin is a Jeremiah SMith merchant or not, they need him.

Not specific to Ohio State, very few teams have capable QB2s anymore with the transfer portal and NIL.

[u/ndf1997]

Even I, a massive IU hater with no real room to talk shit, am kinda speechless at how Nick Marsh didn't know where his feet were.

[u/phitsosting]

Nick Marsh is going to see that play in his nightmares. That’s a tough way to lose a game.

[u/cmgriffith_ → u/phitsosting]

He played on that play like he was still at Michigan State

[u/Andy_Wiggins → u/phitsosting]

Maybe Cig was right to call him out for strolling out to practice in gold cleats

[u/_BUCK3Y3_]

It's fun as hell playing Indiana lately, I also really hope Cig retires soon

[u/FrostTroll69]

Nobody won today

[u/Original_Profile8600 → u/FrostTroll69]

Cardiologists across Ohio did

[u/Chuomge → u/FrostTroll69]

Both defenses won lol. They played very well

[u/SeaChocolate8678]

How will Sayin's injury affect Smith's Heisman odds?

[u/OGCloudRiPs]

That right there was some ugly low scoring Big 10 football!! Good game Ohio State hopefully get a rematch in Championship

[u/Bondorian → u/OGCloudRiPs]

Please no, my heart can’t do this

[u/BoogerSugarSovereign]

Rough way to lose, but Bucks were extremely tough defensively congrats to them.

On the IU side I do think this offense can build to being an elite unit by the end of the year if they lock in and keep getting better. Marsh and Becker are studs. Go Hoosiers!

E: Should be obvious but adding that I hope Sayin doesn't miss any time

[u/Fedoras-Forever-Mom]

Before you call Hoovers throw terrible remember his arm got obliterated earlier in the game

[u/FifteenEighty]

I will be hearing the name Becker in my nightmares

[u/Im_a_dum_bum]

Ohio State had to make up for the fact that they don't have a quality loss anymore

[u/skeetszn2]

Sickest I’ve felt to my stomach after a win in forever my lord

[u/CoachCrunch12]

People saying we deserved to lose. I think our defense deserved to win. It’s ok to have a defensive based win

[u/Nathan_1984 → u/CoachCrunch12]

Both defenses played like top 5 teams for sure.

[u/Muted_Translator_230]

Defense looks top tier again. Hate to dog on Sayin with the injury but dude looks like he’s going to waste yet another top tier team. Hes got no awareness. I miss Howard. I miss the athletic QBs. UGA, ND, Miami and Ole Miss look like the only teams with top, good QBs

[u/Yourfakerealdad → u/Muted_Translator_230]

It could be worse. You could have Manning as your QB

[u/DarthNobody14]

In all of my years of watching football, I don’t think I’ve seen any WR both a sideline grab like Nick March did today in a game like this.

Also, Julian Sayin got bailed out so hard because of Jeremiah Smith…he is not a big game QB and I fear that both teams are going to lose in the playoffs because of lackluster QB play.

[u/dokocha0216 → u/DarthNobody14]

Imagine how much better Jeremiah’s numbers would be if Julian didn’t under throw him constantly

[u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT → u/DarthNobody14]

I don't think I've ever seen a WR single-handedly carry a team THIS hard

[u/TaroFlimsy16]

I can’t believe Hoover still has not thrown a pick

[u/PiningForAnApple]

You can take the wide receiver out of MSU but you can't take the MSU out of the wide receiver 

[u/ar_threethousand]

I know these things never come down to just one play but that missed field goal by IU in the second quarter seemed to totally change their game plan for the rest of the game. They were still winning but it seemed like from that moment forward the chase was on

[u/Turbulent_Respect214]

GG Buckeyes. Pressure is a privilege and I love watching great football games

[u/Schmidtty29]

Very rarely do you see a QB lose a game for his team without being a turnover machine as bad as Hoover did today. Feels like he left at least 10 completions and 100 yards on the field by just whiffing shit.

Not to mention only throwing deep into double coverage the last couple drives and needlessly pushing the ball to the sideline on that last one (although the blame is split a little bit. Gotta try to toe tap that).

Sidenote: between our game and this one, I do feel decently confident enough to say OSU may be cooked if they ever run into a strong passing game on a day where their QB isn’t eating crayons.

[u/Iron_Mike0 → u/Schmidtty29]

Sayin was similar before he got hurt. It was two QBs trading misses the whole game. Ohio State just has Jeremiah Smith to help make up for it (directly and indirectly) slightly more than Becker could.

I feel like neither team is a championship contender at this point. Maybe Hoover can turn it around a bit but Sayin is likely done. Seems like two very good teams but not top of the sport this time.

[u/YWingSupremacist → u/Schmidtty29]

The numbers for Hoover compared to the eye test is a mile wide. similar-ish numbers to Mendoza, but he just isnt a good QB at this level. He cant hit WR’s in stride and he sucks at going through his progressions.

[u/Emotional_Oil_5939]

Heartbreaking way to lose for Indiana.

Absolutely terrible game, but it's a win!

[u/RelentlesSoul]

These new age fans wouldn't survive the Jim Tressel days complaining about this win.

[u/whatifevery1wascalm]

Look, Bama’s beaten Auburn and Georgia in some heartbreakers. And I’ve seen some devastating losses as a neutral. I don’t think any were as haunting for the losing team as that Indiana non-touchdown.

[u/Zither74]

You get the ball with 3 minutes and two timeouts. You KNOW they're gonna give you the underneath stuff til you get to the red zone. TAKE IT!!! Move the ball down the FIELD, get 1st downs, you had plenty of time!

Instead, you're throwing it downfield into the strength of the 2-deep zone. One ball bounced off the defender's chest that should've ended it. Another one should've been intentional grounding but ended up being RTP. This was a master class in how NOT to run 2-minute offense.

[u/bringbacksweatervest]

I know we won, but I feel much worse about our chances of winning a championship after this than I did before. And that’s with or without a healthy Sayin.

[u/mossnut → u/bringbacksweatervest]

Yea, I wasn’t ever out on Sayin until today. Even if he comes back soon, I dont have any confidence in him

[u/toggaf69 → u/bringbacksweatervest]

I’ve felt all year that we’re just not a natty team, these slopfests just confirm it. I haven’t felt good about this squad after any of our wins. At least two years ago we had Chip Kelly and it felt like there was a secret next gear to the team, which they hit, but I reeeeeally don’t think that’s going to be a thing with Arthur Smith as OC and Sayin looking like he’s regressing

[u/AChero9]

GG Buckeyes. Sicko game but hard fought. Can't wait to see ya next time

[u/slubbyybbuls]

I can't believe we won that. Insane turnaround for the defense since Texas. 

Patricia has earned every penny of that contract. 

Jay Timmons is a fucking dude. 

JJ is football Jesus. 

Go Bucks. 

[u/FloatCopper → u/slubbyybbuls]

Timmons flipped to us, Indiana. Then flipped again to OSU.

Cig wanted him. I can see why.

,

[u/surreal3k]

If you don't like this game then you don't like Big10 football

[u/DarthFluttershy_]

Both teams are incredibly good and talented, so not too take anything away but Indiana made a lot of mistakes... And not making mistakes has kinda been their brand under Cig. That OOB pass will haunt fans' memories for years especially, but not just that. 

[u/the_dayman56]

I was fine losing but man that made me sick to my stomach

[u/OSUBonanza]

Of all the games to watch today this was one of them.

[u/YanksFanInSF]

I recognize my bias, I truly do, but I would really, really, like some of the blatant ass holding on game changing plays called. I get that if you ain't holding you ain't blocking, but come on.

[u/aggressivemisconduct → u/YanksFanInSF]

Or just one DPI call against dbs covering Jeremiah smith. For the best wr in the land, teams sure seem to play some perfect coverage

https://x.com/OhioTate/status/2111507024722956696

[u/_token_black → u/YanksFanInSF]

Holding is like penalties in playoff hockey, the later in the game, the less you’ll ever see it called

[u/Brian_lafeve34 → u/YanksFanInSF]

The Big Ten just doesn't call holding unless it's extremely blatent. It's every game

[u/TheDoctor_314]

I... I don't know how to feel about that one...

[u/BIG_DICK_WHITT → u/TheDoctor_314]

Win’s a win. Onto the next one.

Feels bad for Cig though.

[u/Critical_Interest706]

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

[u/ApatheticHockeyFan]

Hoover isn’t Mendoza. This game just confirms it.

[u/Soggy_Big6246]

Congrats buckeyes. Hope your injured guys heal up quick.

[u/Tommy05Sox]

Hoover got away with a lot of risky throws, but they'll still be a playoff team. I hope Sayin is okay, but the USC and Oregon games get a little more dodgy if he isn't. Good game and a terrible way to lose for IU.

[u/churnate]

The Midwest Mid-off. Ended appropriately.

[u/science0228]

Can the refs just like... stop inserting themselves into games.

[u/Lutrid]

These are two very good teams that aren’t as good as they were last year lol

[u/CycloneSFW]

The worst officiated game I have ever seen. I think both sides are glad to see that it is over.

[u/Dads_Phantom_Phart]

22 game winning streak is unbelievable in this day and age. Congrats to the Hoosiers for a great run.

[u/Ctrain111]

I have nothing nice to say about either Offense in this game my Lord

[u/bavmotors1]

OSU - “we make winning look hard”

[u/Dan20698]

These 2 teams were pretty evenly matched. Should stay right where they are in the polls

[u/valkpilot → u/Dan20698]

They aren't in the SEC. They'll probably both drop,

[u/Dan20698 → u/valkpilot]

LSU did shut out Miss St so they should jump from 22 to #4

[u/billbill17]

Brutal way to lose a game

[u/Dinglebobus]

That made me want to never watch football ever again

[u/br0b1wan]

I just want to say the Big Ten refs have been absolutely horrific this season, like way, way more than usual. Starting with giving Michigan a free win to begin the season, they just got worse and worse each week. I don't know what sorta adjustments or hires they made in the offseason but the conference has to really look at what they did wrong going into this season. But they probably won't.

[u/CouldntBeMeTho]

The football gods have balanced out the toe touch by IU vs Penn State from last year.

They are just, but the football gods are ruthless. Amen.

[u/LeoFireGod]

I still can’t believe he didn’t even look down to check his feet when he was THAT WIDE OPEN

[u/skoormit]

You don't need a great quarterback,
or even really a good quarterback,
to win a championship.

Just Sayin.

[u/IAgreeGoGuards]

I hated every second of this game minus one of them.

[u/Ampatent]

It felt like the loss was inevitable given how Indiana has played so far this season, but that's got to be one of the most heartbreaking ways to end the win streak.

[u/skoryy]

Your 2026 Jeremiah Smith Buckeyes

[u/spencer4991]

Crazy finish. Never felt so weird after a win.

[u/MrSCR23]

Last year against Penn State it was foot that saved them.

This year against Ohio State it’s a foot that dooms them.

Fate is cruel isn’t it IU?

[u/ReadyWash9992 → u/MrSCR23]

It's not as fun when it doesn't go our way