Fiesta Bowl: Ohio State vs. Texas

[fantastic8]

A lot of those games he was on the bench by mid 3rd early 4th quarter. You forget, that we blew out quite a few teams this year. Not to mention that they didn't give him the ball nearly enough.

 

[Dave2112]

Even though I'm a big Penn State fan, I do have to objectively agree that USC played a different defense than they would have had they not had such a big lead.

That being said, however, they DID need to tighten it up in the 4th when PSU looked like they were making a game of it, and COULD have tied it with a few good plays. It was NOT over in the late 4th, and PSU did move the ball better than anyone else against a D that DID have to stop them to secure the win. It was that loose zone that did allow it, though. So, six of one, half dozen of the other, USC won and that's that.

I will agree on the OSU fans, though. I lived in Columbus for a short time and was told many a story about how to "survive" during football season. I heard stories from co-workers about people actually smashing out windows of cars with Michigan plates on them. "You don't even want to drive through Ohio with a Michigan plate". Shit like that. Hell, I even had one person warn me not to even wear regular clothes with Michigan's colors on them. That's kinda psychotic. It's just a fuckin' college football team, people...not the Inquisition.

 

[punkrockergirl]

A lot of those games he was on the bench by mid 3rd early 4th quarter. You forget, that we blew out quite a few teams this year. Not to mention that they didn't give him the ball nearly enough.

ok but if thats the case dont make the argument that hes a 2nd half player and penn state is a 2nd half team.. you cant have it be both ways, you cant say that they are a 2nd half team and had they had royster they would have won but then when i show you royster 2nd half stats say well he didnt play a lot in the 2nd half and we didnt give him the ball enough

 

[fantastic8]

I meant in games that mattered, not the games we played against the likes of Syracuse.

I am not saying USC didn't play it differently, but controlling the clock would have done wonders for giving the defense a break there in the second quarter and Green just can't get it done.