FLORIDA/OHIO STATE: POSTMORTEM ONE

I’ve had fractured ass before. It really does put a damper on your performance.

you said nothing about the possibility that Ohio State players had a particle of black hole in their shoes… thus inexorably drawing in the tacklers at an accelerating speed as they neared the ball carrier…. watch some of the replays… Fla players get closer to the ball carriers quicker than street walkers to a slow trolling Escalade

And I am almost 100% positive that Ohio State had some velcro-like substance coating their hands last nite… otherwise they SURELY would have been called holding on about 15-20 plays … including the first “spot ya one” touchdown by Ginn

You guys need a pithy catch phrase – we had:
“we sent Herschel Walkin”
“we got Vinny by the Testaverdes”

UF won the MNC, blah, blah, yeah, yeah, whatever. Now when does the Race for the Fulmer Cup begin!!!!!!!!!!!!

Paraphrasing here, but:

“From Smith to Myth?”

I think you can make a case that Vinny Testaverde had the worst NC game performance by a Heisman winner.

I love the fact the tape is Gilbert Grape. It’s like a subtle comparison of coach staff at OSU to the DiCaprio’s character.

Just sayin’.

coachING staff, not coach staff. Dammit.

Sweet Grapes Dept:

I think Gilbert Grape was smarter than all of the THEosu’s coaching staff put together.

Whoa, is that Betamax?

I had the same reaction – for most of the game it looked as if the OSU defenders had never seen any tape of the UF offense; as if they were reacting to a gameplan that had never before existed in football history, and was thus completely unpredictable in every way, instead of a pretty standard UF scheme (run just about perfectly.) You’d think the long layoff would give plenty of time for that kind of preparation… you’d also think that Tressel et al would make some adjustments as the game went on, instead of standing there like Lloyd Carr and watching the thumping unfold. (Forget Big-10 speed – do they make coaching adjustments in that league?)

Gilbert Grape was Johnny Depp, DiCaprio played Arnie.

What about:

“The Fall of Troy”

"Too Much Juice, Not Enough Ginn"

"Heisman + Nagurski = Bupkis"

Going back to the Gilbert Grape reference… very poignant when remembering "I almost peed my pants" hilarious tOSU halftime show. They literally sank on the field.

If Troy Smith didn’t have fractured ass before, he’s got it now.

I don’t think I’ve seen his name highlighted yet, but this game should get Charlie Strong a HC job, ASAP.
In every big game this year (AU, LSU, FSU, UGA, SECC, NCG) the defense had a great scheme for the particular opponent. You can’t blame the Auburn loss on him, but you can give him the credit for most of the wins, except maybe Arkansas.

While most people are talking about Urban’s shiny spread offense, they should be focused on Charlie’s smallpox-like defense.

i see you didn’t mention the alabama game…degenerate

Agreed. It would have been great if they had called the blatant take down of Nelson from behind on the opening kickoff and only scored the one touchdown.

tOSU offensive line = pourous

Also, do you think Foley can buy Leak a personality before he goes on Leno tonight? The boy needs to unclench.

So, I agree that the OSU defensive gameplan was completely inept (I saw more defensive formations in the first quarter from UF than from OSU the entire game). What I’m confused about is why no one’s mentioning how inept the offensive gameplan was, too.

After the first drive – hell, after the first play – it was fairly obvious that Smith was going to need some help to stay upright. And he got none. Pass pass pass, punt – where the passes were either “yipe!” throwaways (or interceptions) or “mommy!” scrambles to attempt to avoid a sack. That was basically the entire first quarter.

God, what an awfully coached game by OSU.

The betamax guillotine strikes again!

“According to legend, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s lead singer, Ronnie Van Zant, was actually killed by blunt force trauma during the band’s infamous plane crash when, upon impact, the plane’s on-board VCR became dislodged, striking Van Zant in the back of the head and killing him instantly.”

(It’s worth noting that Van Zant grew up in Florida.)

With the 65th pick of the NFL draft…

The Oakland Raiders select…
Troy Smith, Quarterback Ohio State.

What’s a VHS?

This may be old news to you guys, but you can buy the twenty-minute shortcut of the entire game on iTunes for $1.99.

if you never saw Molly Hatchet then did you sure see Lynyrd Skynyrd?

and what about .38 Special and the Johnnie Van Zant band?

Troy Smith might not be drafted at all. Hello Charlie Ward.

I never saw Lynyrd Skynyrd but I sure saw Ozzy Osbourne with Randy Rhoads in 82
Right before that plane crash.

Troy Smith will do just fine in the NFL…as long as he has an early 90s Dallas Cowboys O-line in front of him.

Excellent. Thanks to DBT, now nobody can think of Betamax without thinking of Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Troy Smith = Eric Crouch.

“We came, we saw, we kicked its ASS!” – Bill Murray.

Watching the game I saw UF use some new formations, and run new plays out of old formations.

OSU looked like they were running the same plays that they had for a majority of the season. To me it seemed like there was no creativity involved.

I guess that sweatervest must have been a little too tight around the neck for the last 51 days.

The game did remind me of the UF vs UCLA championship basketball game. Too much speed leaving the other team looking confused and mediocre.

Maybe Sweatervest was thinking the same way as Lloyd: “We got better players, so as long as they execute, we’ll win.”

Who needs a gameplan or better playcalling? Strategery!

Beautiful. Just beautiful. I love it when the good guys win. First Texas, now Florida. I almost feel sorry for all those mullet-sporting meth-head buckeye fans. Almost.

I know, but Gilbert Grape wasn’t the one who was slow, it was the other character the Gilbert was caring for, if I remember correctly. I was attempting (albeit poorly) to link OSU to Arnie (thank you for the name, I had fogotten it)

Tressel’s proper nickname is “Cheatypants McSweatervest.” Get it right or pay the price, Donkeylips.

Tressel isn’t the first to make a bone-headed call in the BCS NC game. Lets look back to last year’s game with Reggie Bush’s lateral to a walk-on receiver at the opponent’s 15 yard line that ultimately cost his team the game. Since we all know as well, that had OSU gotten the first the game would have turned around for the Bucks…………..

Basically, UF outcoached OSU.

One problem I have with the analysis is that USC is the only school that seems to understand how to negate speed.

First off, since UF’s DE’s were able to push upfield quickly, it would have been better to run in the 3 and 4 holes and wall off those speedy LBs.

Next, on passing plays, OSU needed to Screen to slow that speedy pass rush (especially up the 2 hole just past the flying LBs when they used that 46 blitz), and Move the pocket (much like USC did against Michigan, Texas and Oklahoma in those respective BCS Bowls).

OSU did have 6 yards per carry, but they spent too much time trying to figure out what UF was doing. When Powerful and Speedy Defenses attack, the first strategy is to attack the speediest part of the defense directly.

If you notice UF’s offensive attack, they used OSU’s speed against them by Attacking it directly with quick Wr screens and by moving the LBs out of the middle of the field (they would isolate both LBs in that 4-2 against speedy Wrs to keep them busy and out of the middle of the field).

UF’s strength was their front 4 and their speed. They used their DEs to collapse the pocket AND contain Smith. OSU never spread out UF the entire game. OSU threw 1 pass to Gonzales, their possession receiver. When a team with UF’s skill set attacks, an offense must create space with their own speed.

Power like OSU has only works once you wear out a UF type team by using their speed against them. OSU didn’t learn from the Michigan game. Michigan exposed OSU’s flaws (just like KSU exposed Oklahoma, Colorado exposed Nebraska in year’s past).

OSU couldn’t figure out how to cover the entire field. UF decided pressure was the better choice (press coverage and scheme blitzing). Ultimately, OSU paid the price of never having to face oppressive defensive play, while UF dealt with it throughout conference play.

Again, USC would have created the same problems for OSU, and the time they had to prepare for their BCS game (and their spotless record vs SEC powerhouses Auburn and Arkansas), would have given UF fits as well.

The team most people overlook in all of this is LSU. Had LSU faced Auburn or Florida at home, we might have seen a different OSU opponent. Then again, two tipped passes kept USC out of Glendale (can you say PLAYOFF????)

Re: #3

I haven’t read through all the comments, so I apologize if I’m repetitive here, but here’s my suggestion:

“We exposed Troy’s Myth”

1. - The WWL already beat you to the “Fall of Troy”. Always nice when Sporstainment! can be injected with a little bit of Illiad, although the tagline might have been more appropriate after UCLA knocked John David around. Still and all, I’d be pretty surprised if Troy Smith didn’t get drafted somewhere in the 4th rd. and beyond area. Are there really 250 other guys that NFL teams are more interested in? Granted if he’ s looking at riding the pine as a 3rd stringer he might bolt for the CFL.

What about Chris Leak though? I’m interested to see if somebody wants to take a chance on him.

1. I think the edminton eskimos might be in need of a qb.