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Don't forget what Colt said this week...the team is going into the game relatively blind because they had no good film on the new OC and DC which Colt said was a huge OSU advantage compared to the abundance of film on our coordinators. Makes sense.

A couple of days ago, Colt did an interview leading up to the game. Perhaps some of you saw it. He said that a huge advantage for OSU was that they had a new OC and DC with no useful tape to study. OSU had plenty on us because of our coordinators being unchanged for years. Arch seemed out of sorts because they were disguising everything really well. He had no idea what the coverage was until the snap so he had to adjust in real time.

We had significantly more running and passing yards, but the RZ execution was the difference. Penalties didn't help, either.

The OL actually looked pretty good with run and pass blocking. Not sure if they're that good or OSU's D line is not that great.

We outplayed them in many respects, but the penalties and RZ woes were brutal.

We've outgained them, but can't score in the RZ. Frustrating game.

Again, a penalty impacts the drive. Gotta clean it up or this is a loss.

He's challenging the OL to get it done. Playing the long game.

Wingo got mugged and no PI? It's not just the penalties called against us, but the ones that don't get called. Shameful officiating from the SEC.

Penalties gifted that TD. D played well otherwise.

Penalties killing us.

The two penalties in that quarter were very significant. Hopefully they can clean that up the rest of the game.

This is second-year Sayin's first start, and it's against one of the top (if not THE top) defenses in college football with elite pass rushers and defenders everywhere. The buckeyes will have to try to run the ball because their passing game could get very ugly. I expect at least two Sayin turnovers. Arch has an extra year of tutelage in Sark's system and about three games of live experience which is very significant by comparison. That will be the difference in the game.

It was 4th and 4, so he had nothing to lose by making a risky throw rather than take a sack or throw it away. Great play under the circumstances.

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