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2025 Cotton Bowl: CFP SF - Texas vs. Ohio State - 6:30pm on ESPN
Borrominion replied to Pancho's topic in Football
Thanks! I probably should, since this summer we have a whole nother game for which to prepare our psyches. -
2025 Cotton Bowl: CFP SF - Texas vs. Ohio State - 6:30pm on ESPN
Borrominion replied to Pancho's topic in Football
The 2005 game vs TX was outstandingly bad in that respect. A combo of overhype, overdrinking, and night games still being a novelty at the time. It has improved greatly since then but I don't blame you for your resentment. FWIW I had a similar experience as a visiting fan at Penn State just a few weeks after that game. No fun. Here I'll double down on my problem...I'm also an Eagles fan, inasmuch as I pay attention to the NFL. -
2025 Cotton Bowl: CFP SF - Texas vs. Ohio State - 6:30pm on ESPN
Borrominion replied to Pancho's topic in Football
Thanks! Glad we got at least one of y'all 😉 That definitely has to be the minority stance around most of the country. Not that we've been winning titles hand over fist or anything, but as consistent as we are I imagine Ohio State fatigue set in for most people sometime around, oh, 1972. I guess it's a cross we must bear. And anyway, Freeman may have improved Notre Dame's likeability quotient, but it's still Notre Dame. I was raised to consider them Enemy #1B, so it's easy to revert to that for the next week. -
2025 Cotton Bowl: CFP SF - Texas vs. Ohio State - 6:30pm on ESPN
Borrominion replied to Pancho's topic in Football
Hey all. Figured I'd give you the weekend before sending in my postmortem. Texas had a great gameplan and played exactly the way they needed to. They were one of the few teams in the field that could drop so much into coverage and still get pressure on Howard - your secondary is legit and they made this game close. In fact I think the two best defenses in CFB were on the field Friday night. IMO Ewers played an outstanding game, outside of his inability to escape pressure in the pocket. His little last-split-second flip to keep your 2nd scoring drive going likely would have been the play of the game had you pulled it out. I know you're ready for the Manning Moment, but Ewers and Sarkisian have brought you back to prominence and I'm thankful for that. On that note, I agree with the criticism of that late goal-line pitch play (we had just tried a similar thing earlier on 3rd and inches, and also failed) but overall Sark has done an unbelievable job of building the program and hopefully you all are enjoying the ride. He's done WAY better than I anticipated when he was hired. With his recruiting I expect you'll be playing on this stage on a regular basis going forward. -
Oh I remember that 2005 game vs USC. I had no affiliation w TX at the time (other than having lost to them earlier that year) but the whole CFB world was sick of that USC lovefest heading into the game. I did joyful laps around my living room after Young scored to win. I suppose it’s good evidence that tribal hatred is a major driving force for CFB fandom 🙂 You are right about Quinn - when he's on his game he’s the best QB in the CFP field. OSU needs to pressure him into mistakes or he’ll win the game for you. Playing against his old school has to be added motivation. My biggest worry is your DL against our OL. You come out blazing there and it will be a very tough game for us.
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I feel like the “expert” consensus is not reflected in the majority of the OSU fan base. No idea what the team is thinking but hopefully they’re locked in. The last time we were so heavily favored in a championship setting was against Florida in 2006, and whoops on that one. But there we had a month to soak in our win in the “Game of the Century” and get fat, lazy, and complacent. Meanwhile, in 2014 we were +/- 7 pt underdogs to both Bama and Oregon, pretty much the position you’re in now, and we know how that went.
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To help us all bide our time before our little football game tomorrow evening, I’ll put this film analysis here for your viewing enjoyment. I think this guy has some of the better breakdowns out there. It’s not obvious from the title, but he gets into some specifics of how OSU and Texas might match up schematically.
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