They put themselves in the position to allow for the first down run. Don't like it? Don't let it happen next time.
Rutgers getting blown out AGAIN
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While I guess I can understand why this is a big deal, to me it isn't. And it has nothing to do with it being RU or Schiano.
Midway through the fourth quarter, it's fourth and two at my own 39. Even with the game well in hand, ideally I'd like to keep the football to try to run more time off the clock.
Should it have been a fake punt? Playing it straight up would have been better from an optics viewpoint, but we've already established that the OSU coaching staff didn't call it. That means their punter saw something where he felt he could make it.
Frankly from the OSU standpoint up 49-10, I can live with it if it doesn't work out. I've got bigger problems if RU somehow makes a game of it.
The thing that kind of gets glossed over is the late hit by the RU player. That didn't need to happen. As others have said, don't like it, stop it.
Midway through the fourth quarter, it's fourth and two at my own 39. Even with the game well in hand, ideally I'd like to keep the football to try to run more time off the clock.
Should it have been a fake punt? Playing it straight up would have been better from an optics viewpoint, but we've already established that the OSU coaching staff didn't call it. That means their punter saw something where he felt he could make it.
Frankly from the OSU standpoint up 49-10, I can live with it if it doesn't work out. I've got bigger problems if RU somehow makes a game of it.
The thing that kind of gets glossed over is the late hit by the RU player. That didn't need to happen. As others have said, don't like it, stop it.
Bush league by the punter. I have no problem with the late hit by RU. To me it is the same as a pitcher throwing at a batter after a home run/bat toss.
On the other hand, I would have no problem if OSU went for the 1st down on 4th and 2 with 9 minutes left. Simple running play or pass into the flats. The fake punt was on the punter, not the staff.
On the other hand, I would have no problem if OSU went for the 1st down on 4th and 2 with 9 minutes left. Simple running play or pass into the flats. The fake punt was on the punter, not the staff.
Couldn’t disagree more. Watch what happens if a guy bunts on his own for a hit late in a lopsided game. Doesn’t matter if the coach calls it or not, the next guy is getting drilled. There’s things you just don’t do. If you’re out there to punt, punt the freaking ball. I don’t blame RU for the late hit just like I wouldn’t blame a pitcher for throwing a batter for something like this.
From your OSU standpoint, if they were worried about RU making a game of it CJ Stroud and the rest of the 1st team would've still been in the game.
so a late hit is fine because rutgers stinks??
No a late his okay because you're not going to stand for the other team doing bush league things.
the only thing bush league was rutgers. its a conference opponent suck it up. nobody is crying for lil rutgers.
RU lined up as they were going for the block. Not like the punter caught them sleeping and rubbed it in their face. Pressure came and the punter took off rather than possibly risking a blocked punt. Don’t see it as bush league.
Sort of, but not exactly. The league had (justifiable) concerns that Temple was not sufficiently committed to providing the proper resources to support a football program in the Big East. And that was a fair concern, as there was not universal support for maintaining the program. In fact, the program survived, period, by a single vote among the board of trustees. But it wasn't for on-field performance. They were certainly no worse than Rutgers at the time.
The fact that the program came back from that to the point where it hosted College Game Day in 2015 is absolutely remarkable.
I was never a fan of running up the score or showing up an opponent.
The OSU punter took a risk when he faked the punt. The kid on RU took offense to it and taught him a lesson. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
I'd hate to get into a pick up basketball game with you. You sound like a guy who likes to throw elbows.
Can't believe what I'm reading. An intentional cheap shot is never acceptable regardless of how hurt your feelings are, restraint is what separates humans from wild animals.
Cheap shots can result in serious injury - not acceptable.
Cheap shots can result in serious injury - not acceptable.
So you are okay with a hit on a defenseless player out-of-bounds to prove a point? Geez.
I'm the cleanest player you can imagine. However, If we were in a real game, not pickup and you tried to take the ball while my teammate were running out the clock in a blowout game and go for a cheap dunk: If you made the dunk, you would be going for the old fashioned three-point play.
Are you okay with a pitcher hitting a batter after the batter hits a home run and tosses the bat, making an a-hole out of the pitcher?
I'm old fashioned. Act as if you have been there before. Score a touchdown, hand the official. Hit a homerun, drop the bat and run around the bases like a gentleman. Showing up an opponent is a punk move.
As Dan mentioned in another thread, ESPN has ruined a lot of sports. Bat tossing when you hit a solo homerun, while you team is down big, jumping around like a clown because you got a first down, while getting blown out is all Me, Me, Me attitude.
its an illegal hit. illegal hit. the punter made a legal play.
rutgers guy was butthurt because he sucks and his team sucks. dont be such ass against conference opponents if you dont like it. rutgers guy was a cranky little baby. and sounds like you are too. if you cant take the heat get out of the kitchen. as hector would say, sawft
he starts calling fouls when he misses. and challenges people to a fight when losing an argument.
Of course Schiano had his Bucs players rush the Giants taking a knee. The guy is a clown.
WATCH: Ryan Day, Greg Schiano get heated after fake punt, late hit in Ohio State-Rutgers game
Schiano clearly didn't appreciate an Ohio State fake punt in a blowout and Day didn't like that his punter got smoked out of bounds.www.on3.com
Rutgers started a fight against Ohio State because they felt humiliated. Even Schiano got in on the action. Rutgers was outraged that Ohio State would do a trick play when up so many points. Rutgers: How dare you embarrass us! We deserve respect; we beat Wagner by 50 pts. man! 🤣
Baseball is different. It's not a timed sport. So if you're bunting or stealing a base late in a 11-1 game, you're padding your stats, you're not trying to move the clock along.
Sorry, condoning is a cheap shot is bad form. Especially one around the head. Even in baseball, the one thing you don't do in retaliating is throwing at a guy's head.
There are ways to make your point without being reckless.
OSU was bush league because Rutgers wasn’t prepared and is grossly overmatched!? A late hit can be incredibly dangerous. It was incredibly stupid but given the school and the coach I’m not surprised.
Yes, Mendelssohn and Beethoven too, for that matter!
I agree, baseball is different. The clock won’t expire on a comeback in baseball. That 11-1 game in the 9th can be lost. OSU wasn’t giving up 5 TDs and 2 point tries in the final 10 minutes. RU wasn’t going to score 3 times in the final 10 minutes. Baseball leads are more unsafe than football. Just like in baseball even though the opportunity is there for the taking, you don’t take it. The fact is baseball you can argue no lead is too safe. You can't argue that in football.
The hit was not to the head or neck area. College football throws guys out of a game every week where the announcers say there’s nothing the defender could’ve done. They are very cautious around the head and neck area. If this was around the head he would’ve been rightfully thrown out. It wasn’t. They didn’t even review it. The head didn’t thrust back in a bad way like he took a shot to the head. The guy was out of bounds. No doubt. This happens every week in football where a guy is hit out of bounds, but for some reason this was one was different. Not because a guy was far out of bounds, but because a punter ran for a first down up 39 with under 10 to go.
Precisely....there was ZERO excuse for the late hit which was a complete cheap shot.
My bad, I meant to type for rightfully thrown out for targeting as we were talking about a hit to the head. There's no report he needs to sit out next game. If it was for targeting, he'd have to sit out. The officials ruled it flagrant and he was ejected. Not for a hit to the head.
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Agree. Comparing baseball to football is kind of odd, as is condoning a cheap shot.
These late hits out of bounds happen every week. If it happened in a 10-10 game, people would be talking about how stupid the RU player is like they do when it happens every week. The different circumstances of this late hit are you have a punter running the ball with a 39 point lead in the 4th quarter. It was a bonehead hit, but not doing your job of punting the ball considering time and score is bush league and crap happens when you do bush league stuff. The RU player went in there to light him up for doing something bush league. Everyone including the officials knew the play was bush league, and they also knew the RU players intentions. Watch football this weekend, see how many late hits out of bounds can be categorized as cheap shots out of frustration, and see how hardly any lead to ejections. Heck some late hits on the QBs are cheap shots and they only result in 15 yards. Never an ejection. This late hit was intention because of a bush league play. Everyone knew why he would have those intentions.
lol but was it bush league? doesn't matter how many paragraphs you write nobody agrees with you. and you keep making yourself look bad. cry some more geez. maybe the Rutgers guy should make a tackle in bounds for once lmao
I understand where you're coming from, late hits/cheap shots are acceptable because that is what is expected.
I would not condone that behavior under any circumstances.
Actually everyone who isn't an OSU fan or RU hater agrees it was classless and bush league.
Bush league play by the punter. The hit was only a foot or so out of bounds but still cheap. The punter deserved to get knocked on his ass for his bush league play and the RU player deserved the ejection.
