ZRod

A couple of those seem like good calls. The tOSU/Oregon OPI, Colorado/Nebraska no catch, and VaTech/Miami hail marry for sure.

Context matters!

That does seems very sketchy.

Why the heck would they fire Deloitte? They work for some of the biggest companies in the world.

d!(k jokes in court probably sound not so great.

The no call PI on Barney was fine too. The refs didn't have a good angle to see it and it was kind of subtle.

That's odd, but nice. Have we ever had a player have their's overturned?

Can we talk about how autocorrect has become the bane of message boards?

I think we ran a couple toss sweeps against the FCS and directional schools, but I feel like our RBs would just want to turn them back inside for no gain

Those WR screens work well against soft zone coverage. OSU was playing quite a bit of press man coverage...

I think we could probably make a bowl game by October too playing in the Big 12.

I've already said he needs to go. Does Ron Brown still want a job?

Right. The call would have been no targeting and a fumble recovered by tOSU. Game over. Never attributed to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

I think 4 of our 5 biggest rushes were untouched up the middle against Ohio State. I would agree that Dowdell has terrible vision, but so does seemingly anyone not named Rahmir. There are holes to run through on our zone plays, but the backs just don't see them outside of #14. Tackle play has been fine compared to the last 6 years. The perimeter issues are pretty much TE/WR not O line, and the weakest link of the O line has been the guards when we are pulling tackles and TEs.

So, what makes you think it's entirely the O line's fault? Believe it or not I think this line is about as good as some of the ones we had under Pelini. It's still more or less the same line that was averaging 300+ a game last year.

There's like zero lateral vision.

Preach brother!

Yep, the TEs are basically boom or bust on blocks. The Indiana game you saw Fidone get caught in no man's land on a jet sweep, not blocking anyone, then the next play he drives a corner clear to the sideline for a TD. The OSU game it looked like they played pretty well though. I saw guys selling out to make blocks on better athletes who had them beat. They were getting just enough to keep us from losing yards.

Yeah, this is a take from people who really don't know line play. Has our O line been great? Hell no, but they are way better than last year and have been adequate in every game we've played in. The biggest issue is inconsistency getting a push on runs, reach blocks, and communicating proper protections on passes (but some of that is Dylan too). I think a lot of people are confusing mediocre line play and poor RB vision for all around bad play.

And open their eyes. So many missed lanes... I know this isn't a good example because it was a dive play, but on the 4th and goal play there was zero contain on the field side. Everyone crashed inside. It would have been a walk in TD, and I so wish we would have called a naked boot for Dylan instead. That would have took all the momentum away from tOSU.

Both OPIs were absolutely bogus. To be honest Joel had a pretty good point that both OPI and DPI are out of hand now. I think a defender should be entitled to his space like basketball, same as the receiver. If you're not actively redirecting a player, holding/restricting them it's not a penalty. There was another game where the defender had been sitting in zone and a receive came by and tried to run through him for the catch and they called DPI. Like how does that make any sense? And targeting needs to be changed next season. If you launch at a player's head, spear them (why/when did this penalty disappear), or use an arm or leg to intentionally make contact with the head then then you're tossed. If it's incidental then have it be a 15 yarder, but the player stays. Also the review needs to be initiated instantly in the booth to speed things up, just like every other review should be.

I couldn't believe that spot wasn't challenged or reviewed either. I thought it was obvious he was pretty close to the 1 and not the 2. I think if it was spotted correctly we would have scored.

I mean, run plays that work instead of ones that historically haven't, right? Or PA off of one of your known tendencies. Weird concept, I know.

I mean, I personally I don't think it should be a play that gets you tossed, but by the letter of the law he had to go.

Or pass once when you start in the redzone, Or use the end around that has got you yards and scores all season long, or a PA off of that...