Vs. OSU

[LuciousGameWinner]

It?s the year 2019 and our brilliant coach is running the fucking wildcat down 17 in the second half on the road to a top-five team in the country. Have a good night everyone, done with this bullshit

Nice throwback to 2012? Our offense is usually stuck in the 1980s so I guess it is a bit of an improvement. We have to clean house. How can we not find some young coach who runs a 2019 offense? I understand we can?t afford the big names but there has to be someone out there that does not cost that much.

 

[LuciousGameWinner]

We are down 17 and our offense huddles and wastes all of the clock. I will never understand that. No sense of urgency ever. Run some hurry up and throw their defense off.

 

[LuciousGameWinner]

The athleticism on this offensive line is fucking laughable. How do you justify not firing every single person on offense? Pathetic

 

[gotime909]

Just an all around shit show by the offense. 2nd time snapping the ball in an illegal formation. I guess the coaches and qb dont seem to mind

 

[JScottWriter]

I would sit lewerke right now, not because he is playing terrible but because our line can't block and they are going to get him killed.

 

[gotime909]

I would sit lewerke right now, not because he is playing terrible but because our line can't block and they are going to get him killed.

Agreed. Especially since hes not seeing ANY of these blitzes coming.

 

[Spartan23MSU]

And then punt with 2 minutes lol. just go for. No chance to cover the spread grrrr

 

[jwlcosu]

Helluva game, Spartan fans. Nobody, with the exception of Clemson, plays the Buckeyes as consistently tough as MSU. As always, that is one scrappy D. May you beat the living hell out of the Wolverines.

 

[gotime909]

I wonder if Barnett and Sowards are told to just fair catch everything. Both of them had room to return and just fair caught every kick and punt yesterday.

 

[Spartanmack]

so it wasn't the result we were hoping for after 1,125 miles of driving and about 7.5 miles on foot touring the campus and getting to and from the game. Nonetheless, we had a great time. The fans were far more welcoming than I expected. There were some assholes but annecdotally, it was actually a little better than being a guest in ann arbor - i wouldnt be surpised if uofm fans have a diff experience given the rivalry but for the most part people were friendly and welcoming to us.

Overall I would say in a way Columbus is kind of the opposite of Ann Arbor. The campus is aesthetically unimpressive with mostly bland architecture - MSU and uofm are both a lot nicer campuses. But Ohio Stadium blows Michigan Stadium out of the water. It is a vastly superior facility for watching a game w/ much steeper seating for better viewing angles and trapping sound - the place was LOUD. It's also 10x easier to get in and out of as well as get around in during the game. In that regard it was like a bigger and louder Spartan Stadium - with a much better team, obviously. Of the three 100k+ stadiums I've been in I'd say it was the best. I would rank them Ohio then Beaver then michigan a distant third.

 

[Spartanmack]

I wonder if Barnett and Sowards are told to just fair catch everything. Both of them had room to return and just fair caught every kick and punt yesterday.

there's not much % in returning kicks anymore with the automatic spot at the 25 yard line, particularly if you don't have a great return man. As for the punts, it seemed like at least half the time an osu player was getting in their face and trash talking them right after the fair catch, like they were there in plenty of time - I didn't have the benefit of replay but from what I saw, the athletes were just WAY better across the board - offense, defense and special teams.

My biggest takeaways from the game were that our offensive line is worse than I thought (and I thought it was bad) and our defense is overrated - looks great against mediocre teams but after the third series, it was clear they didn't belong on the field with that team. And it had nothing to do with time of possession, after 3 really good series they just got gashed all night long. We would lose that game at least 7 out of 10 times, probably more and we would have to play near perfect football to beat them - they committed 10 penalties, 2.5x as many as us and 2 turnovers and still beat the piss out of us.

 

[tomdalton22]

so it wasn't the result we were hoping for after 1,125 miles of driving and about 7.5 miles on foot touring the campus and getting to and from the game. Nonetheless, we had a great time. The fans were far more welcoming than I expected. There were some assholes but annecdotally, it was actually a little better than being a guest in ann arbor - i wouldnt be surpised if uofm fans have a diff experience given the rivalry but for the moat part people were friendly and welcoming to us.

Overall I would say in a way Columbus is kind of the opposite of Ann Arbor. The campus is aesthetically unimpressive with mostly bland architecture - MSU and uofm are both a lot nicer campuses. But Ohio Stadium blows Michigan Stadium out of the water. It is a vastly superior facility for watching a game w/ much steeper seating for better viewing angles and trapping sound - the place was LOUD. It's also 10x easier to get in and out of as well as get around in during the game. In that regard it was like a bigger and louder Spartan Stadium - with a much better team, obviously. Of the three 100k+ stadiums i've been in I'd say it was the best. I would rank them Ohio then Beaver then michigan a distant third.

I agree with your assessment. OSU's campus is nice but WAY too big and spread out. Of the 3, I like MSU's the best. I would also rank the stadiums as 1) OSU, 2) MSU, and a distant 3rd UM. I have only been to a handful of games at UM and everywhere I sat sucked. UM does have great tailgating though. Both the golf course and that high school are great places to tailgate. I've been to about 1/2 dozen games @ MSU but never tailgated.

 

[Spartanmack]

I agree with your assessment. OSU's campus is nice but WAY too big and spread out. Of the 3, I like MSU's the best. I would also rank the stadiums as 1) OSU, 2) MSU, and a distant 3rd UM. I have only been to a handful of games at UM and everywhere I sat sucked. UM does have great tailgating though. Both the golf course and that high school are great places to tailgate. I've been to about 1/2 dozen games @ MSU but never tailgated.

I think MSU's campus is WAY more spread out than the other 2 - my nephew is a buckeye freshman and lives in a dorm in the SE corner with a class or 2 near the north end which he says take about about 15 minutes to walk to, a little less to the stadium. MSU from east to west is close to 2.5 miles wide and almost a mile north to south. Although, you rarely have to walk it for class unless you're really bad at scheduling. And the football stadium and hoops and hockey arenas are all close to one another and not far from the dorms on the north and west ends of campus, a little worse for those on the east end. There are major dorm complexes with high concentrations of freshman at either end of campus so you can have some really long walks if you have friends in those spots. Maybe I'm being harsh but I saw OSU on a beautiful sunny day and thought it was pretty bland, certainly not awful but it didn't really stand out to me like uofm and parts of MSU.

we checked out the buckeye tailgate scene bc we had a couple tickets to unload - it seemed good but we only saw a couple lots just north of the stadium and didn't go much past the first one. For having the stadium in the middle of campus, MSU has good tailgating with a number of big lots and intramural sports fields right around the stadium but it's a pretty long walk from any off-campus lots.

for viewing, I'd probably prefer Spartan Stadium over the other 2. I'm willing to concede there may be bias when it comes to comparing to Ohio Stadium but it's kind of an apples and oranges comparison given how much bigger Ohio Stadium is. In the case of Michigan stadium though, it's not even close. That's easily the worst major stadium I've ever been to watch a game and it's a huge pain in the ass getting in and out or to the bathrooms/concessions during the games.