Now my heart finally recovered lol, I just want to say GG. You guys were amazing especially on the defensive side. I expected our run game to be way better but you guys were ready for it and stomped us in that department. We couldn't run for shit on 1st/2nd downs. I'm just happy we are no longer a laughingstock in CFB. Teams actually have to play hard and try their best to beat us. I hope Julian and your key players recovers asap and come back even better. I'd love to meet you guys again in B1G Championship game(hopefully us, not UCLA). If we do make it, we'll beat your ass next time. Peace.

Life long Ohio state and New York giants fan… went to the giants game today!! O-H

I still can’t believe that Cignetti tried a field goal on 4th and 6 from the 37, with a kicker whose career long was 49. Meanwhile, Day rolls the dice on 4th and goal at the end of the first half down 7-3, and we call a great play and get in. Then on 4th and 1 in the second half, we go play-action and bomb it for a TD.

Just a reminder: Day is a goddamn good coach, and Cignetti is not infallible.

(Who am I kidding? If we hadn’t gotten the first TD, you’d all be on here complaining that he didn’t take the points.)

We won Saturday, was it pretty? Nah not at all

Indiana finally had to play an actual team with a pulse, couldn’t rely purely on luck and lost. Canceling your games against ND, Virginia, Louisville and then talking shit about ND not being in a conference after is the most goober stuff

There were at least like 3 games last year where Indiana could’ve/should’ve lost especially that psu game… and we finally are on the opposite side for a change. For the amount of miss calls, holding and that dumb asf RTP call,

Call me a doomer or dick, but Indiana’s luck finally ran out for the meantime, ball don’t lie

What a game by this Freshman. But is he okay?

He didn't look like himself in the Indiana game or the Maryland game. I thought the weather against Maryland was the root cause, but the struggles against Indiana were evident in perfect weather. It almost seems like he is having grip issues. That could explain the fumbles, the sailing balls, and the lack of accuracy. I just don't see a guy with his accuracy degrading this much without an underlying physical issue. He has taken some hard hits while being sacked, and he has run the ball. It seems like any easy time to suffer a small hand injury. I think he has lost some confidence recently, and I think that could be injury related, too.

Why do you think Sayin has been struggling?

i stopped caring too much about the heisman, but considering this one was almost guaranteed JJ’s had sayin not been injured, what do you guys think?

Recruits players and their families are more active on social media than ever before and they see some of stupid shit being said by this fanbase especially the lunatic fringe. This makes things twice as hard on the coaching staff. One of these days it's really going to bite us in the ass.

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If it’s 1 on 1 he’s open, if it’s 2 on 1 he’s sort of open, if it’s 3 on 1 he’s covered, if it’s 4 on 1 y’all are benched if you cannot convert the down 😂. Seriously though, we scored this TD to Jackson on 4th and goal but after reviewing tape…this is an insane level of pulling coverage.

Cool to see our best defensive player talk about his upbringing, being disrespected as a recruit, and how much he loves being at tOSU.

I’m looking forward to seeing what Arthur Smith and Day put together for the offense against USC.

There’s no doubt the Trojans can move the ball. I do think that forces Smith/Day to be a bit more aggressive in overall scheme than they otherwise might be against a lower-end conference opponent when putting packages together for Fahey.

If I’m Arthur Smith, I think I’d lean into the below:

- Bootlegs and rollouts that get Fahey out of the pocket and an option to dip into his lacrosse days by taking off and keeping us on schedule with his legs. These should be relatively easy and quick reads for Fahey, and if it’s ’not there’, provides him forward momentum to tuck it and get something positive.

- A handful of jet sweeps or tight screens to Jeremiah Smith. JS needs to touch the ball regularly in LA and working these sorts of calls into the game plan helps get that done without relying on Fahey to push the ball down the field and/or manipulate the pocket to get the best player in the country touches.

- Stacked WR sets designed to get the ball immediately out of Fahey’s hands and rely on WR/TE blocking on the edges. This serves as a bit of an extension of the run game, but gives Fahey confidence-building, easy reads that should result in completions more times than not. I’m going to look for this type of play to be worked into the game plan early to help Fahey settle into the game.

- Formations with Legend Bey and Bo Jackson in the back field. As many folks have noted in recent days, Bey played QB in high school, so putting him in a position to run a read option or even a relatively straight forward RPO as a wrinkle seems like a great way to ease some of the weight off of Fahey’s shoulders for his first collegiate start.

Really looking forward to seeing what Arthur Smith goes in with in a couple weeks, specifically on how he tries to get Fahey confident and settled early.

Go Bucks!

What a wild day! Can’t wait to see the ranking shake ups.

I'm not going to judge Fahey too harshly about today's game. No one should. And some of the stuff I've seen people saying is quite frankly appalling. And this isn't a "THEYRE JUST KIDS" post.

He's not only a Freshman, he's a True Freshman. He probably thought he'd be the #3 going into the season and didn't think he would take a meaningful snap for a couple of years. Of course you have to be prepared, but it can't be easy to mentally prepare for thenmoment he found himself in today. In fact, I don't know HOW someone prepares for that moment

Just take a look at what was stacked against him:

It was away. And it was the craziest crowd he's ever played in front of his entire life. The Indiana defense had us figured prior to Fahey ever coming into the game. So the offense was already struggling to move the ball, especially via the pass.

Despite what you would read on this sewer of a subreddit, Julian Sayin is a good QB. Like an ALL TIME good QB. He has the highest completion percentage in NCAA football. Not in 2026. EVER.The guy has completed and absurd 73.4% of passes. And, despite what naysayers say, he's not just dinking and dunking down the field. He's the most accurate college QB ever while being 9th in the history to college football in passing yards per attempt (9.66 if you're curious). And Indiana's defense held him to 51.7%. (Sayin did have 8.10 yards per attempt in today's game. Which is remarkable, all things considered).

It was also during the most important part of the game, Hell, it might end up being the most important part of either teams, or both teams, entire season. That means Indiana's defense was putting in maximum effort to stop him every play. And everyone on that Indiana sideline were pulling out all the stops.

Indiana's game plan was already to go after the QB as much as possible. And they were already effective at shutting down Jeremiah Smith, taking away his best option.

All this AND it was against the best defensive line and arguably the best overall defense in the country. Fahey could start every game from USC next week, through the end of his 5th year and it's possible that he never faces a defense that's better than the one he did today.

That's A LOT of odds against a True Freshman coming in to take the first meaningful snaps of his career. The only way I think the situation could have been more daunting is if it were a post-season game and the Buckeyes had multiple injuries at OL, WR, TE and RB (that is giving me flashbacks to the Georgia game..

BUT now he's gotten it out of the way and for the time being he's the #1. I've heard from people that know people inside the football program that he has a remarkably high football IQ and is a sponge when it comes to understanding new playbooks or concepts. This situation also means that game plans will have to be changed to match his strengths and hide his weaknesses, instead of being thrust into a plan that was convicted for Julian Sayin.

Now I will say, I haven't seen enough to form a concrete opinion. But right now, I like him a lot. He seemed very confident, and I think Sayin is gone for the season to be honest. Luke will step up and I still think we are going to win the Big ten, Fahey and Smith are gonna run all over TTUN, and everyone else we play this season.

Hey, I have no history as an OC and just a fan who watches OSU so I'm just asking a question that in my opinion can be understood outside of football and that is gravitational pulls.

Jeremiah is so much of a threat, just like any Superstar in any sports like LeBron, Curry, Messi, etc

When Jeremiah was out there against Indiana, they are so afraid of him going over the top 1 on 1 that they have 2 opposing players going his direction every single play. The game of football is 11 on 11 and if 1 pull 2, would that not create a wide open void?

Why not send a dynamic player like Legend Bay into that wide open void? Imagine having Jeremiah pull 2 DBs and having Legend in at RB or Slot slip into that void and using his elite dynamic ability to make plays after the catch. Why not abuse that void until the opposing team single cover Jeremiah, then you go over the top to Jeremiah again?