I also don't really understand yesterday posts being judged for yesterday content and feelings. I don't really care about the rest of the season in the frame of reference of yesterday.
A win there, even an ugly one is completely different mentally than a loss. Ohio State played well enough to win, but Texas didn't. That's the story of yesterday - I don't think we got to see the best of either team and that's okay this early in the season. It changes things though, mentally and emotionally. There's a difference in a room where a team wins and people stay to celebrate and one where the game is over no one has to close a tab and a bar empties out in less than 5 minutes.
That same thing happens to the players. Wanting to get out of their pads and get out of Ohio as soon as possible. Having the "ick" on them after a game like that. It wasn't a hold your head high and be proud game, it was an "oh shit we need to really find out who we are don't we" game.
That sucks in the moment. It will always suck as a memory. In the framing of an entire season does dropping an ooc game 1 against another top team a big deal? No and there's merit in arguing that, but let's not be quick to tell people to get over it or not be overreactionary over yesterday. I think the response has been tempered so far without any huge meltdowns.
I didn't get to read the whole thread during the game but I'm also surprised I didn't see a lot of @closetojumping tags when Livingston caught his TD, I actually thought about it in real life as I exclaimed "White lightning!!" At the bar and took off running around. Haha