Appreciation post for Michael Jenkins on what is almost certainly his last night as record holder. Holy Buckeye, National Champion, 1st round draft pick, and all-time receiving yards leader for 23 years despite playing in a Jim Tressel offense.
165 catches, 2,898 yards, 16 TDs
New: FBS oversight committee says it cannot overturn the Michigan-WMU ending.
"The committee agreed that the instant replay protocols were not followed in the contest’s second-to-last play. Had the protocols been followed, the outcome of the game would have been different."
This man has thrown a *total* of 5 touchdown passes over the past two calendar years and has not even reached 300 (let alone 400!) yards in a game since Jan. 3, 2021. I promise this is not the expectation.
@LandonTengwall UT won the physicality (especially in 2nd half) but the shooting in foot - tale of two halfs. UT in 1st & OSU in 2nd (muffed punt miss recovery, fumble recovery miss, zero pass rush, Sayin airmailing wide open McCuin, underthrown ball to Smith, 3/4th and longs given up, etc)
@RealisticBuck@LandonTengwall Do you think in his 5 snaps (2 of them being great pressures). He was the worst (graded) buckeye defender in that game? That’s where pff grades make no sense (with no context to Landon’s point)
@m_grhoosier1@3xOptionShow@TheScriptOSU If UT scheduled fcs school instead of OSU not a soul would have argued them out at 2 losses. Aka losing a close game at OSU penalized them.
I would have put them over Bama but in common sense world James Madison and Tulane weren’t better either (aware they were autobid).
@Menace2Sports I have not liked these 2 and 3 TE sets. OL is good enough with spacing to hold up. Spread out with the wr’s, run more tempo. Put the better athletes on the field at wr. Give the talent more opportunities over a game.
Also just bad design trying TE 1 on 1 with Simmons.
@JBook_37 I honestly dont mind trying to not let them score if you legitimately had faith in your defense. I’d be ok losing that way.
However my concern was how could you watch that defense who had to be gassed, continually get pushed around, zero pass rush - and think they’d get a stop?
@JohnKosko3 Surprised pff wouldnt do like an adjustment completion % category for this bc it’s interesting but it is weird to count something for a game score that doesnt count in the game.
Be like Curry chucking a 45 foot 3 for fun w/ foul away from ball and putting that in his shooting %
@_Pat_Murphy Early I felt like there were a lot of late hooks that could have been called by a ticky tack crew but we’ve learned those calls dont come for this team.
That being said the pass rush was so anemic in second half they didn’t come close to earning a holding call. UT played well.