Ohio State: Bucks vs. Purdue (Second Quarter)
Posted October 6th, 2007 by George Thomas
Far be it for me to second guess a coach that's already won one national championship and played for two, but I'm a sportswriter. That's why they pay me the chump change.
But I don't get some moves Jim Tressel made while up in the second quarter. There's some serious inconsistencies. For example, after recovering a fumble on a kickoff return at the Purdue 33 and going a mere eight yards on the drive, Tressel elected to go for it on fourth and two instead of kicking a field goal. Beanie Wells promptly lost three yards and they turned the ball over on downs.
Yet when the Buckeyes got the ball back with 1:47 left on their 36 with plenty of time to mount some kind of drive and essentially put the game way, they come out running and that drive eventually stalled. Gambler or conservate cleric? A little consistency please. They may have missed an opportunity to go up by at least 20.
October 6th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
George, why doesn't Brandon Saine get more playing time. It seems like he plays less and less since the first game.
October 6th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
Saine has been injured. He was supposed to see some time tonight.
October 6th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
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October 7th, 2007 at 10:23 am
Maybe Tressel thought the team was running well enough to get the two yards on fourth down. Then, Tressel again thought the team was running well enough that they could get a couple ten yard runs that might even turn into longer gains with Purdue in a prevent-type alignment. It wouldn't have surprised me if that had happened.
It's hard to complain with the Bucks. Tressel's odd sometimes but it's been a pretty amazing rebuild after last year's losses, personnel wise. I have a feeling this team suits him better though it remains to be seen what the QB can do in a real tight situation.
October 8th, 2007 at 9:51 am
I'm confused. What happened after the second quarter?
October 8th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
The Bucks pulled away and George passed out. Good thing they assigned him an intern from Akron U. and the game story was completed on time.
By the way, rumor has it that the unpaid intern was actually given the position because he has Prius, which is very good on gas.
October 12th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Jeez, that musta been one helluva roofie. That was October 6. Nearly a week later, and George still ain't conscious. Wow. Has his wife even noticed that George hasn't come home yet? And what's even worse, I still don't know the final score of the game. Two days later, larry was kind enough to write the Bucks pulled away after halftime, but larry was speaking in mere generalities.
October 13th, 2007 at 10:40 am
Sorry Alan, but because of the game's late start I had to start writing my gamer at half time. OSU's obvious dominance made that easy. Sorry, bud.
October 13th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
We were all very concerned, George. One week is an extraordinarily long time to remain unconscious passed out on the floor of a fraternity house bathroom. With all the cost-cutting the insurance companies are doing these days, I thought somebody might have pulled the plug.