but did umich get a slap on the wrist for the sign stealing scandal
I donāt care!
ā¦ Itās played on the field and Nick Saban and many agree. OSU still couldnāt stop them and like every play was a run up the middle.
I am excited to see Bryce but at a wedding in Virginia so canāt just watch the game against a team in New Mexico that likes trick plays.
I am curious how Manning does. So much pressure on him. Time to shine 
I forgot how exciting this was for Freshman, didnāt see many wins last year and this was an away game but I know those kids were having a blast last night. Silly to those who arenāt participating but Toomerās Corner is a gigantic block party after an Auburn win (which has been few and far between lately).
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Everyone said that this would be a low-scoring game. I guess they were correct.
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funny what winning does; other slights are overlookedš. same w astros fans. ādonāt do the crime if u canāt do the time.ā punishment not punitive nowadays.
manning not living up to hype. still itās better to lose early in season. no vested interest in any flyover schoolsš. just like competitive contests.
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Maybe this is silly, but I just feel so badly for Arch. Itās so much pressure and I really wanted to see him perform well and this has just been a big nothingburger from him.
Meanwhile, I asked my kid (freshman at Clemson) if he was out staking out the broadcast booth where ACC network was doing the game day pre-game show from and he sent me this pictureā¦ thatās his butt ugly dorm floor and those are shoes he didnāt own two weeks ago. So I guess (1) he went shopping for crocs and (2) he must not have been out and about yetā¦
Give tOSU a little credit there - they are good, very good.
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Iām bummed for Arch, too.
Iām not surprised that we would lose this game. Asking a first-year starter to win against the defending natl champions in their house was a tall task, but like I said upthread Iāll be happy with a 10-2 record and trip to the playoffs. I think Sarkās play-callling was questionable, especially on that goal-line stand, and our penalties extended their drives and let them score. Plenty to work on.
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All of this. Itās not surprising that tOSU is playing so well and winning, but I had hoped for a better opportunity for a good showing for Arch.
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Guess heās not the auto Heismam winner and first pick in the draft.
Heās got a lot of unfair pressure on him.
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As a UT fan, I hope he doesnāt win the Heisman and comes back next year.
As a close observer I have been so impressed with their whole family and how all of them have conducted themselves these past two years. Arch couldāve made tons of money in NIL these past two years, but he didnāt take any deals until this year. He eschews any Heisman talk, saying he hasnāt done anything on the field yet. The Mannings have not been a presence at UT.
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NIL at work. I saw 2 Arch Manning commercials during a commercial break.
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Just heard the stat that we held OSU to 203 yards. Youād think that would be enough to win, huh? Our penalties killed us.
$6.8 mil. More in one year than most will make in a lifetime. Nice work if you can get it.
Arch Manning's $6.8 million NIL value revealed as Texas QB takes center stage
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The over/under before the game was 47.
Sarkās play calling at the goal line, 4 straight runs? And a Philly ātush pushā on 4th. Arch looked bad, but OSU is obviously an excellent team.
As Iām sure youāre aware, but Julian Sayin, the OSU QB, is a 1st year starter as well.
Yes, playing at home
Tall task for sure, but Michigan beat them last year 13-10 at the Horseshoe with virtually no QB (Davis Warren).
I would have bet OSU before the game, since the game was almost a pickāem, with OSU favored by around 1. But the perception in the media was that Texas was a more experienced team than Ohio State and Arch was a much better quarterback than Sayin.
Perception isnāt reality so woe to those who buy into whatever hype. The stats show us outrushing and outpassing the other team, but we lost a seven-point game on the road. Iām not worried. I can see people being disappointed if they really believed Arch was the second coming. We recruited Sayin back in the day. I knew he was a good QB. But, again, Iām good at tuning out the hype.
As far as Michigan, you know that all bets are off on rivalry games. Not even the same orbit. I expect another loss this season, and I think it could absolutely come from Oklahoma or A&M instead of Georgia, even though OK and A&M arenāt nearly as good as GA. Rivalries are a different animal.
Iāll disagree, in this instance, āsame orbit.ā
This game today was the much hyped season opener with the #1 vs #3 teams and essentially a pickāem. Julian Sayin was a 1st year starter and only won the QB battle a couple weeks ago. And Texas has/had the annointed next Heisman trophy winner and the #1 pick in either the 2026 or 2027 draft.
OSU was a 3 TD favorite in the OSU-Michigan 2024 game with Davis Warren as QB, who this year is the 4th string QB. Michiganās 2024 offense was historically bad last year. They could not throw the ball at all.
But Iāll move along from this discussion.
OMG, I wonder if Mike Norvell knows how many times the announces talked about Gus Malzahn as they were beating Bama - Norvell is the HC, forget Gus!
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