Interesting thread on OSU board re whether Cal won the coaching duel. My favorite exchange had one poster saying that OSU blew out Cal with the exception of the two BB runs and another poster replying that the South blew out the North with the exception of Gettysburg. LOL.

The consensus point seemed to be that Cal pulled out a lot of looks that OSU hadn't seen on film and OSU therefore had to adjust on the fly. The point reinforced the idea that Cal somehow emptied the playbook and focused all their summer prep on OSU while OSU treated Cal like a secondary priority. With due respect to OSU, I actually think that is exactly WRONG. While Cal probably focused more on OSU than OSU cared about Cal, I also think that SC, Furd, UCLA, leg-humpers, Oregon, etc. are much bigger priorities than OSU. Cal probably saved some looks during the Nevada (big mistake) and Utah games to pull out in Columbus, but I am willing to bet that OSU probably saved some stuff for Cal that it didn't run during its first two games.

The simple fact is that Cal came in more motivated and with a range of offensive options. OSU pulled out the win, the ultimate objective, but probably can't rest on the point that the game meant more to Cal. OSU jumped to a 20-7 lead at home. Cal didn't fade, but actually ramped up its effort and focus.

link, link, link . give us the link.

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=145&f=3154&t=9369709

Yikes. Introducing a bit of accountability and fact checking on the board? I hope I didn't misrepresent the OSU points too much. You are making it harder to introduce random and inaccurate references. Aren't you breaking some kind of rule?

BearyGordy;841953258 said:

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Yikes. Introducing a bit of accountability and fact checking on the board? I hope I didn't misrepresent the OSU points too much. You are making it harder to introduce random and inaccurate references. Aren't you breaking some kind of rule?

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No, you were pretty dead-on.

Are we not allowed to link to the Ohio State Scout forum?

I had a whole post about the Women of Cal last week with a link there, and there were no complaints and it wasn't taken down.

okaydo;841953274 said:

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No, you were pretty dead-on.

Are we not allowed to link to the Ohio State Scout forum?

I had a whole post about the Women of Cal last week with a link there, and there were no complaints and it wasn't taken down.

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Moraga said you just can't link to competitor Cal boards, that's it.

KoreAmBear;841953367 said:

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Moraga said you just can't link to competitor Cal boards, that's it.

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I was joking about breaking a rule by introducing accountability and facts to the conversation. Sheesh. I better stick with my day job, as my career in stand-up isn't off to a great start.:headbang

Of course CAL played differently on defense. They were facing a different type of offense than in the first two games. What a cheap excuse from the OSU coaches.

I was listening to the radio broadcast at the game. At no time did the broadcasters give anyone on CAL any credit for making a play; everything CAL was successful at was the result of an OSU mistake.

Sonofoski;841953538 said:

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Of course CAL played differently on defense. They were facing a different type of offense than in the first two games. What a cheap excuse from the OSU coaches.

I was listening to the radio broadcast at the game. At no time did the broadcasters give anyone on CAL any credit for making a play; everything CAL was successful at was the result of an OSU mistake.

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We were simply more athletic (exceptions of course like Braxton Miller) than tOSU similar to the way that Urban's Florida team was much more athletic than sweater vest's tOSU teams. Let me reiterate "similar" but we are not close to being as good as those good Urban Florida teams. So we matched up well against tOSU. The problem is that we don't match up well v. the Trojans. They are always more athletic than us and it usually freaks us out.