Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Ohio State: From Heroes to Zeros

Absolutely stunned and embarrassed is about all I can say about my Buckeyes' performance tonight. All credit due to Florida for playing a solid game and not making any mistakes. It was clear that they showed up ready to play and they represented their school, fans and the SEC in fine fashion. The Buckeyes, however, were the perfect picture of a team self-destructing. About the only saving grace of the game is that the score doesn't really reflect how badly Ohio State played. Fourteen points makes it seem that they were actually able to put together one or two offensive series, but the simple fact is that they couldn't. The majority of Ohio State's offense came in the first six seconds of the game. And Troy Smith - don't get me started.

I seriously doubt that all the hand-wringing and second-guessing in the days and weeks to come really will be able to fully answer the question of exactly how the wheels fell completely off the Ohio State Buckeyes. Not really much more I can say other than to tip my hat to the Florida Gators for a game well played. Congrats.

1 comments:

Atticus said...

In the 2002 National Championship game, my Sooners publicly embarrassed themselves and the entire Sooner nation by getting thrashed at the hands of the men of Troy.

I feel you pain.