Early in the 2nd Quarter, there were a series of plays that made it very obvious we were in OSU's head. After Howard went out for a play and the Judkins 4th down conversion, OSU was celebrating like they won the Super Bowl. Will Howard was doing wind sprints on the sidelines hyping the crowd up. There was a timeout called during that drive, and they were all running off the field pumping the crowd up.
It was all so performative and dramatic. It's like they were trying to convince themselves them were into it. And even coming out of Halftime, Jenny Taft said that Day's primary message was play with emotion. That's the opposite. All they needed to do was execute. Instead, it devolved into another attempt to out-emote and out-tough UM. And it backfired tremendously.
Not sure how much longer Ryan Day has, but as long as he is there, his team will contine to be walking caricatures of him. Talk a big game. Tough when it doesn't matter. And fold under pressure.
It was all so performative and dramatic. It's like they were trying to convince themselves them were into it. And even coming out of Halftime, Jenny Taft said that Day's primary message was play with emotion. That's the opposite. All they needed to do was execute. Instead, it devolved into another attempt to out-emote and out-tough UM. And it backfired tremendously.
Not sure how much longer Ryan Day has, but as long as he is there, his team will contine to be walking caricatures of him. Talk a big game. Tough when it doesn't matter. And fold under pressure.
