Ryan Day's Top-5 record takes a major boost. If Ohio State beats Notre Dame, Ohio Sate would be the only team in history to beat 5 Top-5 teams in one season.
The top 8 in committee rankings entering the playoffs; 1. Oregon, 2. Georgia, 3. Texas, 4. Penn St., 5. Notre Dame, 6. Ohio St., 7. Tennessee, 8. Indiana. One team as of Monday night will have played all their fellow top 8 teams sans Uga. The Bucks are 5-1 vs 6 top 8 foes, w/the 1 loss being by 1 pt in Eugene. If tOSU beats ND that would make it 6-1 vs the top 8. Don’t think there’s been any team who’s accomplished that kind of top competition record in cfb. Closest imho is Nebraska in ‘71, who beat #2 Oklahoma, #3 Colorado & #4 Alabama.
what was funny about the henderson TD was announcer barely had time to say "henderson can take it the distance from anywhere on the field" before he did just that.
I remember watching his HS recruiting tape when the Buckeyes were recruiting Henderson. He had a TD run of about 80 yards where the last DB chasing him stopped at the 40 yard line and just watched.
Hit 21 MPH in full stride. Not sure how they calculate that but I watched a pretty cool video on it. He hit the turbo button at around the 50. Pretty sure I saw smoke coming off the soles of his shoes😂 He got a lot of hate here in Cbus. Never understood it. He just had a lot of injuries and was rarely healthy.
I thought the goal line pick against Michigan was going to be. The offense then stumbled bad and another loss to the team up North. Jack is big when the moment is big.
I was sitting at home watching the game PRAYING that we stopped Texas after the 2 pass interference calls... I knew we had among if not the best 4 down red zone defenses, but my God when he hit his former roommate and that ball came out.... HOLE LEE SH!T!!!!! I started screaming like a madman🤣 Cause Texas had all the momentum right before that play and were only 2 feet from making it a tie game... Yes, feed that man for the rest of his natural life in Columbus - NO QUESTIONS ASKED!
Remember at the beginning of the season when Greg said the SEC would have at least 4-5 teams in the CFP and dominate football? Guess that didn’t pan out.
@@basscat2107 I didn’t say they did or did not. But Tennessee or Georgia didn’t belong either. Tennessee got taken to the woodshed and Georgia, the conference champ and best SEC team, got beat by 13 after getting a first round bye! 😂
everyone saying see this is why we need a 12 team playoff so the little guys can have a chance, the #7 seed and #8 seed! ND and OSU are NOT the little guys, especially when one has an ELITE roster. this narrative has got to go. the seedings were ALL wrong in these playoffs. everyone knew Boise State wasn’t the 3rd best team in the country
Not sure who is sayin that. No "little guy" is going to run this gauntlet. It's set up for more "big guys" to have a shot at a great, late run for a natty.
Yeah as a Huge IRISH fan I'd rather play would have played Texas, but it is what it is. Hey, I feel like any team has a shot. At the end of the day does anyone want to lose a Natty? No, but if the IRISH do they just won TWO bowls. That's huge for the program.
There is a dynamic that happens when a team with a good defense goes up on the opponent 14-0 OSU was about to do that when Trye lost his cool and got hit with a P.F. and it killed the drive...
@jaibuckeyes Well it may have redeemed him somewhat and mitigated what happened earlier but it certainly doesn’t nullify it. 14-0 out of the gate wld have felt very different to Texas
A little lesson- OSU has talked about toughness for 2 years tirelessly- and hasn’t always delivered toughness. But for the last month, has not talked about toughness, but now delivering toughness.
Because very few teams have the defensive talent to roll coverage to one player and not get beat elsewhere. Also very few teams have Texas’s DL talent, I’m a Buckeye fan and they rattled our OL all night. I don’t think it’s strange that the other teams that gave OSU fits this year were PSU (Abdul Carter) and Michigan (2 1st Round picks at DT). Texas has similar talent at DL, and arguably better talent than those teams at LB and definitely at DB.
The problem with the 4 team playoff, was snore often than not they would put in the 4 most deserving teams instead of best. Almost every playoff that Ohio State was left out in, they were probably a top 4 team. Now with this expanded playoff, the 4 best teams will always be in
That’s why I wish they tried an 8-team at least at some point. It gets in the best teams and the teams that had little slip ups, while leaving out the extra random 4 teams that really won’t do anything
the pocket wasn't just getting "condensed" - ewers took a beating back there the whole game. edit - i give ewers a lot credit for holding up as well as he did.
They got the right 12 teams. But the seeding should have made more sense. Alabama and SC didn’t deserve to be there. Ole Miss maybe. Ole Miss was the best offense in the SEC. So seeing them in the playoff could have been interesting.
@@basscat2107 Yes, I forced myself to watch the entire OSU Offensive poorly played game. 3 to 4 drives end by their own mistakes. UNFORCED ERRORS... That's not good dude. I'm glad they won but they left TX in a position to steal it from them. BTW, I'm a realistic fan not a delusional homer.
I've had Ohio State winning the championship since they beat Oregon. Actually, I figured Oregon was going to have its hands full after seeing Ohio State win its previous game so handily. Boy was I right on that! I was looking for J. Smith to have a big game yesterday, but, hey, did he catch a pass? I didn't notice one. Maybe in the Championship Game, eh? He's gonna be a superstar if he stays healthy.
@@templar1060As a Graduate from both UT Austin and Ohio State, I am unbiased. How do you think Texas blew it? Play calling? Execution? Ohio State had three drives killed by penalties just in the first half!
I truly thought we were going to give the game away by consistently committing stupid penalties. Like seriously the 2 pass interference calls in a row late in the 4th?? I was mentally preparing for the worst because Texas had all the momentum behind them at that point. Hat off to Texas, you guys played a heck of a game and will be a threat to win it all next yr as well.
Steal points ? Texas screwed up. Who gives up a screen play against what should be a prevent defense. First and goal right near the goal. Run it straight at them but no Texas stook the stupid pill and got cute. That is a 14 point swing.
Watch that 1st and goal from the 1 yard line again. They did try to run up the middle and they lost half a yard. Sarc was just trying to get a score. You can't blame him for bouncing it outside after that L they took on first down.
Yeah it was an execution problem. Ohio State was penalized for a total of 40 yards, all past midfield, which means field goals attempts or counting a drive toward the red zone. This easily could’ve been out of hand again.
Great win Buckeyes. Loved watching the game. The thing I noticed most was Howard was really late on a lot of throws. There were plays to be made and he was just not seeing it quickly enough. Some of that is the Texas defense, but I re watched a lot of the plays I thought could've been big plays. And he just didn't get it there in time. He'll see the film and improve. There were plays to be made in that game.
Lol what? What does that have anything to do with being good at analyzing, understanding, and communicating about the game... if anything, it makes him more qualified. You sound salty and/or silly@nathanbeechey980
@@chief-qn3xglol cope harder. If you did score, who's to say Howard doesnt drive down and kill the remaining 2:20? Considering they had just gone down 88 yards in 8 minutes? Get a grip
@@G00dhum0rmanforeverTexas was at the 1 yard line man. Texas could’ve scored if they had better playcalling. Jeremiah smith was locked up all night no ifs ands or buts lol.
Out of all the ESPN commentaries, Greg gives the best overview because of his nuance and objectivity. Moreover, Greg shows genuine enthusiasm in covering games far outside the SEC. I lived in Florida for a long time and went to graduate school at UF. But I also grew up in the old Pac-12 region in rural AZ. He gives the same rigor of analysis and reverence to a game between Washington and Washington State as he does for a game between Alabama and Georgia. I have noticed that pattern. By contrast, Paul Finebaum mistook my other alma mater, Arizona State, to be Boise State when they played Texas. He said something like "Boise State isn't going to beat Texas" when he actually meant Arizona State. The Freudian slip was a raw sign of disrespect for teams outside the SEC. To be fair, Finebaum retracted that oversight when he witnessed ASU's furious 2nd half in almost beating Texas. But Greg doesn't give revealing Freudian slips like that. I have too many master's degrees. My undergraduate college was Notre Dame. I think Ohio State has the edge overall, but as in the Georgia game, I say ND has a "puncher's chance". That "punch" sure did work against Georgia and Penn State despite many who wrote them off.
Not that it matters, but knowing Hendersons character, I'd love to know what that player said to get that reaction out of him. If that was Judkins, I'd understand as he's a bit of a trash talker and hot headed. But Henderson is cool as a cucumber and truly one of the best Buckeyes on a values and morals point of view
Anybody who takes the time to know even a little bit about Trey will see that was way out of character. That guy had to have said something nasty for Henderson to react like that, and the irony is, Trey's character won't let him use it as an excuse. Trey owned it and asked for forgiveness.
Greg, you are awesome. Anyone that says the semifinals were not good games are sec fans. I think it’s funny that the ESPN machine can’t promote their conference into the championship. Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Ole Miss, A & M were all sold as the best teams in the best conference. Turns out for the second straight year the SEC is just full of average to slightly above average teams.
Only 3 or 5 teams possess the potential for championship, having 12 teams in the playoffs won’t exclude them from competing, that’s the beauty of having expanded playoffs!
Crazy thing is, in a 4 team playoff, I don't think Ohio State nor Notre Dame get in the playoffs. You have a natty with 2 teams that likely do not make a 4 team playoff. Georgia being left out a couple seasons ago was a travesty as I think they were the best team that year.
Bad coaching on Sark lost this game run the ball 4 straight times on the 1st and goal from the one yard line if u dnt get it ohio state is backed up in the end zone
Love Greg as he was the only analyst who correctly predicted a close game. But to listen to this analysis it almost sounds like OSU played against itself. Where is the analysis on Texas's excellent output? This was an evenly played game decided by a few big plays. Couldn't tell from Greg's stilted analysis
I must have watched a different game than McElroy. I saw two perfectly matched teams who were statistically dead even but for 1-2 plays. I didn’t see all the “physical domination”. OSU just made the plays and UT didn’t.
No. Ohio State was about to break that game open so many times and Texas got so much luck stopping it. Got lucky Howard got hurt. Got fumble lucky bounce back to self. And the refs called 9 penalties against Ohio state vs 5 against Texas. And the penalties were at key points hurting Ohio State when they were driving or helping Texas when they were driving. Only 1 bad call in Ohio State favor on that taunting which proved irrelevant.
@@jbaker7439that’s funny!! No bias there.. there were several calls that didn’t get called. Helm was called for unsportsmanlike conduct for just pointing at a guy.
@jbaker7439 - if its makes you feel better, just keep thinking that OSU blew the doors off, and that the refs rigged the game against OSU. your bias is really coming thru when u talk about the Texas fumble that bounced right back into the Texas players hands, but you make no mention of the fumble that bounced right into Sawyers hands that went for a 92 yard TD. I guess all penalties and all fumbles are supposed to favor OSU and if not the game is rigged.
That is a goofy comment. There were several other no calls. Penalties are a part of the game. So you are saying, if your players were more disciplined, they would have scored more. Might be true, but they weren’t
Henderson will probably go down as one of Ohio State’s best players in history for the same reasons as Judkin’s pancake. Watching players like RB’ls get that physical, and selfless is absolutely glorious to watch. THIS is the physicality that OSU was known for, for decades. After what happened against UM, I’ve got no words or explanations for what Ryan Day has done with this team since the start of the CFP. I only hope it continues, and this is the start of an OSU reign, that they’re due for (along with the rest of the Big 10). This SHOULD have been a Penn St/Ohio State Championship…which would’ve been INCREDIBLE, after seeing all the disgusting level of SEC bias (including where these CFP games are being played year after year🖕🖕🖕). At least move the last two CFP games around the country a little….don’t throw it in the faces of the reset of college football. But, I digress… I hope Ryan Day can continue this momentum indefinitely. But, an Archie Manning led Texas team sounds terrifying to me. Huge salute to OSU playing well against ND, and what looks like a promising 2025 season.
Greg, Great spot. Rhodes' Scholar material. From a Texas Offensive Ccordinators perspective, what you should they have done differently? It appeared appeared appeared to this novice, that the Texas staff doubled down on what did not work in the first half. Much Thanks.
Kudos to Ohio State for a great game and clutch play down the stretch, but listening to this podcast you would hardly know that Texas even showed up. Fact is, the game was undecided with just under 2 minutes to play. This game was a real fist fight and I doubt that any Ohio State player would deny that Texas gave them everything they wanted. You've given short shrift to how competitive this game was.
Exactly, therefore it is a source of motivation for OSU to exploit that style of play. It’s now on film. You give Texas credit, but OSU had 2 players (Tate/Gee) in the receiving core that had career games. Has a RB gash them for a 75 yard screen pass. The game with Texas was not a clean game for the Buckeyes. People are giving credit to the Texas defense instead of focusing on OSU’s offensive penalties. I expect OSU’s offense to play cleaner. If they play clean, I doubt ND is in this game at halftime; 28-3. Final score, 49-12.
I guess I watched a different game. Texas was never out of this game until the very end. If Texas doesn't run that stupid pitch out at the end of the game and run the ball right at them, I believe Texas would've scored. Then you're looking at maybe overtime.
@tommyroberts867 They did run the ball up the middle they ran the ball on first and goal thing is sark got scared because he knew they were not as physical as Ohio states defense
Texas outplayed OSU after the 1st quarter with the exception of two plays and OSU got to hold all game long while getting away with it which was total bs
pretty generic analysis. Like you just picked up the stat sheets and came up with something without watching the game. Texas is 1 yard away from tying this game with 3 min left and if they win all you do is take this same piece and just switch names. Texas matched Ohio state physically. Game was literally decided by a couple of plays.
12 team playoff accomplished nothing. I’ve been saying it for a long time now,the best teams will always play for the national championship. Eliminate the automatic bye for conference championship winners. Eliminate all conferences also. Conference commissioner job is irrelevant. Save the money schools. Notre Dame is the blueprint!!!
@ jcas98jc No 😂 Texas luck luck luck kept them in it. Howard hurt his hand. Ridiculous ref calls (9 against Ohio State only 5 on Texas) that cost Ohio State drives and kept Texas drives alive. Ohio State was ready to bust at any moment and Texas never got anything going. Nothing explosive. Ewers 23/39.
Texas homers are comical to me. So many games this season have demonstrated Texas isn’t a good TEAM. They have all the talent but at some point you are who you are on the field. Not your star ratings. They don’t do all the things needed as a team to win. Even with luck luck luck falling their way for the last 3 weeks. And ref calls their way.
Need to clean up the penalties. They could have taken control of the game in the first half but kept shooting themselves in the foot with penalties. Hard to convert 2nd and 25.
Both semi final games were great. Texas did a great job at containing them when it looked like Ohio State was going to blow them out but they were maybe 2-4 plays away from winning the game
I was at the game..... OSU was not more physical, Texas matched every blow and was dominating on defense in the 2nd half .... i turned u off as soon as you said that at the beginning
How much time did Texas lead? That would be 0 minutes. They did tie it for less than a minute. OSU lead for 59 minutes that may be defined as dominant.
Aaaahhhh….Nobody knew that except delusional Tennessee fans. The following playoff teams are better ASU, PSU, Texas, ND, Oregon & OSU what are you talking about
Ohio State will be fine because elite teams like that RELOAD! There's a reason Ohio State in its entire storied history has NEVER had a long term decline. They had 1 or 2 bad seasons here or there but they never have a sustained period of decline. Ohio State will be really good again because they recruit well, develop well and fill in the pieces with the portal.
@@frankpropri540Good thing we’ll find out first of next two seasons . We will introduce you guys to the Arch Manning Era . Go out and buy one of those .
So, "if" OSU does beat Notre Dame it means "Theee" Mighty University of Michigan Wolverines are the true (back-to-back) National Champions.. GO F'ing BLUE💙💙💙
LMAO that's not how it works. No one outside of Michigan fans are going to be stupid enough to think that. Michigan fans show their illiteracy all the time and should be kicked off social media because of it!
Bottom line, there wasn't a great QB1 play well 85 for Texas pancake 2, Texas defense played great either QB1 played well at all, Texas did run ball.they stop doing, hope all understand this was anybody game, you can't ask your defense bail you out I said many of times coach Saban said it will come down QB1 better, all these QB1 ND, PENN STATE, TEXAS, OHIO STATE, DONT HAVE A OUT STANDING QB1. YOU CANT GET ON 8 YARD LINE TRUN IT OVER ALOT THESE GAME COME DOWN IN GAME ADJUSTMENTS, POINT BLAKE
Texas ran for 50 yards. Howard completed 72% of his passes despite picking up a hand injury. Ohio State never trailed. Texas was never in the game except their luck luck luck they’ve been living on the entire season which ran out.
Not a fan of either but id love to see a semi new face in the Irish winning one for the first time in quiet some time OSU has the advantage better players in some spots but man this is college love me some mayhem
Woah Greg McElroy have to disagree witchu on your assessment of our dlinemen jt timoulau is def twitchy he was high school 4/5 star basketball player that had high division one offers to play on scholarship and sawyer was very much athletic in his own right he just has put on more weight since being at Ohio state so he’s kinda slowed down and tyleik Williams for a defensive tackle is going to post some high combine numbers in terms of the testing
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Ryan Day's Top-5 record takes a major boost. If Ohio State beats Notre Dame, Ohio Sate would be the only team in history to beat 5 Top-5 teams in one season.
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The top 8 in committee rankings entering the playoffs; 1. Oregon, 2. Georgia, 3. Texas, 4. Penn St., 5. Notre Dame, 6. Ohio St., 7. Tennessee, 8. Indiana. One team as of Monday night will have played all their fellow top 8 teams sans Uga. The Bucks are 5-1 vs 6 top 8 foes, w/the 1 loss being by 1 pt in Eugene. If tOSU beats ND that would make it 6-1 vs the top 8. Don’t think there’s been any team who’s accomplished that kind of top competition record in cfb. Closest imho is Nebraska in ‘71, who beat #2 Oklahoma, #3 Colorado & #4 Alabama.
what was funny about the henderson TD was announcer barely had time to say "henderson can take it the distance from anywhere on the field" before he did just that.
Illegal man down field. Fuk the refs and osu
I was like omg he has so much grass because I saw the corner bail….dude is so freakin fast
@@Ariesagg0821 so true!
I remember watching his HS recruiting tape when the Buckeyes were recruiting Henderson. He had a TD run of about 80 yards where the last DB chasing him stopped at the 40 yard line and just watched.
@@johnbochenek5526 cool story
Treyveon is wicked fast lol
When he hit about the 50 yard line he looked like he was shot out of a cannon
@@OHIOstMIKE824he was the missing piece in the 2022 semi against the bulldogs they was plenty of openings where if he was playing he had a record
Facts, he's going to be a problem in the NFL.
Hit 21 MPH in full stride. Not sure how they calculate that but I watched a pretty cool video on it.
He hit the turbo button at around the 50. Pretty sure I saw smoke coming off the soles of his shoes😂
He got a lot of hate here in Cbus. Never understood it. He just had a lot of injuries and was rarely healthy.
Did you hear Chris Fowler call TreVeyon Henderson "Cardion Henderson" on that 75 yrd. TD?
On Texas' pitchout, Downs shot the gap but it was Ransom who sealed the edge and made the tackle.
Jack Sawyer can stop playing football now and never have to worry about food forever... as long as he stays in Columbus.
That was just unreal.
I thought the goal line pick against Michigan was going to be. The offense then stumbled bad and another loss to the team up North. Jack is big when the moment is big.
@DamionJR4923 He certainly is. We have seen a lot of players like that as Buckeye fans.
I was sitting at home watching the game PRAYING that we stopped Texas after the 2 pass interference calls... I knew we had among if not the best 4 down red zone defenses, but my God when he hit his former roommate and that ball came out.... HOLE LEE SH!T!!!!! I started screaming like a madman🤣 Cause Texas had all the momentum right before that play and were only 2 feet from making it a tie game... Yes, feed that man for the rest of his natural life in Columbus - NO QUESTIONS ASKED!
Remember at the beginning of the season when Greg said the SEC would have at least 4-5 teams in the CFP and dominate football? Guess that didn’t pan out.
Don't act like Boise State, SMU, Clemson even should have been there.
@basscat2107 how'd tennessee and georgia do?
@@basscat2107 I didn’t say they did or did not. But Tennessee or Georgia didn’t belong either. Tennessee got taken to the woodshed and Georgia, the conference champ and best SEC team, got beat by 13 after getting a first round bye! 😂
I agreed with him. I thought that we would have 5 SEC teams and Ohio State would win it all.
That his and all ESPN staff's main job.. lobby SEC teams so that they look terrific and better than other conf teams.
everyone saying see this is why we need a 12 team playoff so the little guys can have a chance, the #7 seed and #8 seed! ND and OSU are NOT the little guys, especially when one has an ELITE roster. this narrative has got to go. the seedings were ALL wrong in these playoffs. everyone knew Boise State wasn’t the 3rd best team in the country
Both would have been left out of the 4 team playoffs.
Huh? OSU was the 8 seed because they had 2 losses.
@@ZB_Snickers people are gonna find something to complain about no matter what
Not sure who is sayin that. No "little guy" is going to run this gauntlet. It's set up for more "big guys" to have a shot at a great, late run for a natty.
You should decide what to do then it will be perfect and no one will complain.
I think ND wanted and needed it to be Texas
Yeah as a Huge IRISH fan I'd rather play would have played Texas, but it is what it is. Hey, I feel like any team has a shot. At the end of the day does anyone want to lose a Natty? No, but if the IRISH do they just won TWO bowls. That's huge for the program.
OSU will beat ND by at least 2 scores
They wouldn't beat Texas like they ain't beating the bucks@@BROtisserieChicken80
@@erikwill2891 3, maybe 4 or 5 scores.
BS, Osu got lucky on stupid decisions by Sark on the goal line. Texas was about to end Osu season. Give me a break
There is a dynamic that happens when a team with a good defense goes up on the opponent 14-0 OSU was about to do that when Trye lost his cool and got hit with a P.F. and it killed the drive...
Not sure what game you were watching
@@mikestover7240 probably the Ohio State Texas game in which that happened. Ohio State was driving before that 15 yard penalty.
Yeah.. I agree with that. But his 75 yds TD 29sec from half time break nullified the stupid mistake he made.
OSU deserved to win. No need to disrespect the opponent that was on the 1 with 2 min left about to tie or go up with a 2pt conv.
@jaibuckeyes
Well it may have redeemed him somewhat and mitigated what happened earlier but it certainly doesn’t nullify it. 14-0 out of the gate wld have felt very different to Texas
A little lesson- OSU has talked about toughness for 2 years tirelessly- and hasn’t always delivered toughness. But for the last month, has not talked about toughness, but now delivering toughness.
As Teddy Roosevelt once said "Speak softly and carry a big stick"
That’s cuz Ryan day was obsessed with proving toughness through running the ball all the time even though his teams strength is throwing😂
@@tomkapa Go look in the mirror. There you will see a little kid! Who knows? One day you might grow up…👀
@@tomkapaYep
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Exactly and he's gone away from that and done what this team is built to do. Throw the ball to open up the run.
Go Buckeyes dispatching another SEC team. On to tge NATTY !!!
The way Texas defended Jeremiah Smith makes you question why almost no one tried the same thing this season.
Because very few teams have the defensive talent to roll coverage to one player and not get beat elsewhere. Also very few teams have Texas’s DL talent, I’m a Buckeye fan and they rattled our OL all night. I don’t think it’s strange that the other teams that gave OSU fits this year were PSU (Abdul Carter) and Michigan (2 1st Round picks at DT). Texas has similar talent at DL, and arguably better talent than those teams at LB and definitely at DB.
Man teams vs zone teams. Man teams can't bracket as easily. The Jimmy's and Joe's matter quite a bit too.
Wouldn’t have mattered
Texas was motivated asf you be to if your playing at home with one game left to make it to the title game Texas was throwing down last night
Because they have multiple NFL players in their secondary and 3 of them were bracketing JS on same play.
The problem with the 4 team playoff, was snore often than not they would put in the 4 most deserving teams instead of best. Almost every playoff that Ohio State was left out in, they were probably a top 4 team. Now with this expanded playoff, the 4 best teams will always be in
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Definitely in 2015. It’s their own fault though, they dropped a head scratcher every year.
I think there’s a good chance they win in 2018 with an expanded playoff
That’s why I wish they tried an 8-team at least at some point. It gets in the best teams and the teams that had little slip ups, while leaving out the extra random 4 teams that really won’t do anything
the pocket wasn't just getting "condensed" - ewers took a beating back there the whole game. edit - i give ewers a lot credit for holding up as well as he did.
This championship game is the reason 12 team makes sense. Just gotta do a better job determining the 12.
We got the right 12 without a doubt. The seeding and auto byes are the issue. 12 is the right number we just need to tweak a few things
They got the right 12 teams. But the seeding should have made more sense.
Alabama and SC didn’t deserve to be there. Ole Miss maybe. Ole Miss was the best offense in the SEC. So seeing them in the playoff could have been interesting.
7 vs 8!!! Buckeyes vs Fighting Irish 🔥
Two great semi final games man
A Yankee National Championship
Terribly Sloppy game for OSU. Should have been a blowout.
Did you watch the whole game or just when OSU had the ball. They won both teams shot themselves all game.
@@basscat2107Texas just sucks? They’ve never been explosive.
@@basscat2107 Yes, I forced myself to watch the entire OSU Offensive poorly played game. 3 to 4 drives end by their own mistakes. UNFORCED ERRORS... That's not good dude. I'm glad they won but they left TX in a position to steal it from them. BTW, I'm a realistic fan not a delusional homer.
@@basscat2107 And except for 1 play on that screen at the end of the first half, coaches fault. TX played basically perfect.
OSU basement clown that didn’t play a day and didn’t watch a game
I've had Ohio State winning the championship since they beat Oregon. Actually, I figured Oregon was going to have its hands full after seeing Ohio State win its previous game so handily. Boy was I right on that! I was looking for J. Smith to have a big game yesterday, but, hey, did he catch a pass? I didn't notice one. Maybe in the Championship Game, eh? He's gonna be a superstar if he stays healthy.
Penalties KILLED the Buckeyes
Texas beat themselves
OSU should be heading home
@@templar1060As a Graduate from both UT Austin and Ohio State, I am unbiased. How do you think Texas blew it? Play calling? Execution? Ohio State had three drives killed by penalties just in the first half!
@@templar1060 - OSU should have blown out Texas by 4 scores. OSU committed self inflicted penalties that killed multiple drives.
I truly thought we were going to give the game away by consistently committing stupid penalties. Like seriously the 2 pass interference calls in a row late in the 4th?? I was mentally preparing for the worst because Texas had all the momentum behind them at that point. Hat off to Texas, you guys played a heck of a game and will be a threat to win it all next yr as well.
greg, great point on it being "nfl style" - i was thinking in the 4th quarter that the game felt more like an nfl playoff than a college game.
Lot of future pros on both sides playing on that field
@@JohnMcmillin-br8tk absolutely!
True. Especially with all the penalties!
Greg can you call the game instead of Herbstreit? Sincerely a Irish fan
Man did not hear the same thing lol
Steal points ? Texas screwed up. Who gives up a screen play against what should be a prevent defense. First and goal right near the goal. Run it straight at them but no Texas stook the stupid pill and got cute. That is a 14 point swing.
Watch that 1st and goal from the 1 yard line again. They did try to run up the middle and they lost half a yard. Sarc was just trying to get a score. You can't blame him for bouncing it outside after that L they took on first down.
Texas def got cooked in the coaching category
Yeah it was an execution problem. Ohio State was penalized for a total of 40 yards, all past midfield, which means field goals attempts or counting a drive toward the red zone. This easily could’ve been out of hand again.
Greg is an SEC guy but not a homer. I’ve always loved his ability to be unbiased. He is my favorite college football analyst.
As someone said, it’s amazing how things change when everyone gets paid, no SEC in national championship for 2 years in a row
Never been a QB at Texas that turned it over more than Ewers in the 4th quarter, all season long he managed to have multiple turnovers in the 4th.
One mattered the garbage time pick wasn't impactful at all
U don't remember VY always fumbling when he first started but hey it's just a game
Great win Buckeyes. Loved watching the game. The thing I noticed most was Howard was really late on a lot of throws. There were plays to be made and he was just not seeing it quickly enough. Some of that is the Texas defense, but I re watched a lot of the plays I thought could've been big plays. And he just didn't get it there in time. He'll see the film and improve. There were plays to be made in that game.
Yeah he clearly missed Embuka on the out route when he threw the interception trying to hit Smith
Greg is one of the best CF analysts out there
He’s had a silver spoon in his mouth his whole life. South lake to Alabama to espn. Grow up!
Lol what? What does that have anything to do with being good at analyzing, understanding, and communicating about the game... if anything, it makes him more qualified. You sound salty and/or silly@nathanbeechey980
OSU played extremely sloppy! 9 penalties for 75 yards, that can’t happen against ND!
We held Texas to their lowest scoring points all season!
And Texas made smith insignificant. If it wasn't for bad play calling on the HC, we would be having a different conversation.
@@chief-qn3xgthat’s fine, we had other players. Smith isn’t our whole offense and that’s the luxury
@@chief-qn3xglol cope harder. If you did score, who's to say Howard doesnt drive down and kill the remaining 2:20? Considering they had just gone down 88 yards in 8 minutes? Get a grip
@@chief-qn3xgifs and buts. Okay what if Smith scored 5 touchdowns what a blowout it would been.😂
@@G00dhum0rmanforeverTexas was at the 1 yard line man. Texas could’ve scored if they had better playcalling. Jeremiah smith was locked up all night no ifs ands or buts lol.
Out of all the ESPN commentaries, Greg gives the best overview because of his nuance and objectivity. Moreover, Greg shows genuine enthusiasm in covering games far outside the SEC. I lived in Florida for a long time and went to graduate school at UF. But I also grew up in the old Pac-12 region in rural AZ. He gives the same rigor of analysis and reverence to a game between Washington and Washington State as he does for a game between Alabama and Georgia. I have noticed that pattern. By contrast, Paul Finebaum mistook my other alma mater, Arizona State, to be Boise State when they played Texas. He said something like "Boise State isn't going to beat Texas" when he actually meant Arizona State. The Freudian slip was a raw sign of disrespect for teams outside the SEC. To be fair, Finebaum retracted that oversight when he witnessed ASU's furious 2nd half in almost beating Texas. But Greg doesn't give revealing Freudian slips like that. I have too many master's degrees. My undergraduate college was Notre Dame. I think Ohio State has the edge overall, but as in the Georgia game, I say ND has a "puncher's chance". That "punch" sure did work against Georgia and Penn State despite many who wrote them off.
Not that it matters, but knowing Hendersons character, I'd love to know what that player said to get that reaction out of him. If that was Judkins, I'd understand as he's a bit of a trash talker and hot headed. But Henderson is cool as a cucumber and truly one of the best Buckeyes on a values and morals point of view
Texas played grabbed Henderson’s family jewels after the tackle.
@@tomrippey5231 - Did they really? Clemson did that to Ohio State in 2020 when they played. That's just disgusting to do.
Anybody who takes the time to know even a little bit about Trey will see that was way out of character. That guy had to have said something nasty for Henderson to react like that, and the irony is, Trey's character won't let him use it as an excuse. Trey owned it and asked for forgiveness.
Greg, you are awesome. Anyone that says the semifinals were not good games are sec fans.
I think it’s funny that the ESPN machine can’t promote their conference into the championship.
Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Ole Miss, A & M were all sold as the best teams in the best conference. Turns out for the second straight year the SEC is just full of average to slightly above average teams.
So if tx is just above average, what does that make Ohio state? It was a very even game.
Only 3 or 5 teams possess the potential for championship, having 12 teams in the playoffs won’t exclude them from competing, that’s the beauty of having expanded playoffs!
Crazy thing is, in a 4 team playoff, I don't think Ohio State nor Notre Dame get in the playoffs.
You have a natty with 2 teams that likely do not make a 4 team playoff.
Georgia being left out a couple seasons ago was a travesty as I think they were the best team that year.
Totally agreed!
Bad coaching on Sark lost this game run the ball 4 straight times on the 1st and goal from the one yard line if u dnt get it ohio state is backed up in the end zone
Just admit that the big 10 is the sec daddy and bow down to your king!! Ohio state would go undefeated in the weak sec…
Thank you Greg. you're one of my fav analyst
SEC, SEC, SEC 😅😅😅
Love Greg as he was the only analyst who correctly predicted a close game. But to listen to this analysis it almost sounds like OSU played against itself. Where is the analysis on Texas's excellent output? This was an evenly played game decided by a few big plays. Couldn't tell from Greg's stilted analysis
Ohio state beat themselves. Texas didn’t do anything honestly
It was not even. Not even close.
@@codyl4961so you’re saying Ohio state isn’t very disciplined??
@ NIL makes player undiscliined
I must have watched a different game than McElroy. I saw two perfectly matched teams who were statistically dead even but for 1-2 plays. I didn’t see all the “physical domination”. OSU just made the plays and UT didn’t.
Another goal line stand for OSU. Physical when it mattered most, but no nowhere near domination. Slugfest both ways.
No.
Ohio State was about to break that game open so many times and Texas got so much luck stopping it.
Got lucky Howard got hurt. Got fumble lucky bounce back to self. And the refs called 9 penalties against Ohio state vs 5 against Texas.
And the penalties were at key points hurting Ohio State when they were driving or helping Texas when they were driving.
Only 1 bad call in Ohio State favor on that taunting which proved irrelevant.
@@jbaker7439that’s funny!! No bias there.. there were several calls that didn’t get called. Helm was called for unsportsmanlike conduct for just pointing at a guy.
@jbaker7439 - if its makes you feel better, just keep thinking that OSU blew the doors off, and that the refs rigged the game against OSU. your bias is really coming thru when u talk about the Texas fumble that bounced right back into the Texas players hands, but you make no mention of the fumble that bounced right into Sawyers hands that went for a 92 yard TD. I guess all penalties and all fumbles are supposed to favor OSU and if not the game is rigged.
Great commentary. 👍👏
How about that McElroy!! You freakin sec homer
Bruh he picked Ohio State to win the Natty. How is that SEC homerish? ☠️
GMac is as neutral and analytical as they come.
Oregon scored going into the half and coming out of the half. How did that work out for them?
When you're down by 34 your opponent my take it's foot off the throttle for 2 seconds. Then come out of the half slow. Just a thought.
If OSU didn't commit those dumb penalties, this game would've looked like the other two playoff games they played
That is a goofy comment. There were several other no calls. Penalties are a part of the game. So you are saying, if your players were more disciplined, they would have scored more. Might be true, but they weren’t
Greg talking Big10 entertains me because he hates that division. 🤣
Quinn thought he had a advantage because he started as a buckeye
Great analysis Greg. Thanks.
Love his breakdowns, even if he’s a SEC guy. Smart dude.
Henderson will probably go down as one of Ohio State’s best players in history for the same reasons as Judkin’s pancake. Watching players like RB’ls get that physical, and selfless is absolutely glorious to watch. THIS is the physicality that OSU was known for, for decades. After what happened against UM, I’ve got no words or explanations for what Ryan Day has done with this team since the start of the CFP. I only hope it continues, and this is the start of an OSU reign, that they’re due for (along with the rest of the Big 10). This SHOULD have been a Penn St/Ohio State Championship…which would’ve been INCREDIBLE, after seeing all the disgusting level of SEC bias (including where these CFP games are being played year after year🖕🖕🖕). At least move the last two CFP games around the country a little….don’t throw it in the faces of the reset of college football. But, I digress… I hope Ryan Day can continue this momentum indefinitely. But, an Archie Manning led Texas team sounds terrifying to me. Huge salute to OSU playing well against ND, and what looks like a promising 2025 season.
Only the sec said that # 330 go bucks
Good analysis!
So Greg, can I call you Greg?, did you preseason vote OSU #1? Or did you vote GA or Bama? Just wondering.
good analysis mr. Mac
Greg, Great spot. Rhodes' Scholar material. From a Texas Offensive Ccordinators perspective, what you should they have done differently? It appeared appeared appeared to this novice, that the Texas staff doubled down on what did not work in the first half. Much Thanks.
1 injury may have helped, the center's. When he was at Bama last year, many times thd ball would roll along the ground to the QB
Kudos to Ohio State for a great game and clutch play down the stretch, but listening to this podcast you would hardly know that Texas even showed up. Fact is, the game was undecided with just under 2 minutes to play. This game was a real fist fight and I doubt that any Ohio State player would deny that Texas gave them everything they wanted. You've given short shrift to how competitive this game was.
Exactly, therefore it is a source of motivation for OSU to exploit that style of play. It’s now on film. You give Texas credit, but OSU had 2 players (Tate/Gee) in the receiving core that had career games. Has a RB gash them for a 75 yard screen pass. The game with Texas was not a clean game for the Buckeyes. People are giving credit to the Texas defense instead of focusing on OSU’s offensive penalties. I expect OSU’s offense to play cleaner. If they play clean, I doubt ND is in this game at halftime; 28-3. Final score, 49-12.
I guess I watched a different game. Texas was never out of this game until the very end. If Texas doesn't run that stupid pitch out at the end of the game and run the ball right at them, I believe Texas would've scored. Then you're looking at maybe overtime.
Yeah it’s like fake news they pick there narrative and that’s the way it was… usually Greg is one of the most objective.
@tommyroberts867 They did run the ball up the middle they ran the ball on first and goal thing is sark got scared because he knew they were not as physical as Ohio states defense
@@vadergl0ckYT I'll agree with some of that
What happened to "Tough All Day?"
A half back pass would have been better,the pitch was 10 yards behind the line of scrimmage
Why are there so any SEC homers on youtube
Got tired of seeing Michigan spank that ace. Lol
@@mikestover7240 So let's put that Michigan "education" to work: how do you spank an ace exactly?
I guess all the Homer's from the other conferences are not smart enough to do the same.
@@mikestover7240 So let's put your Michigan "education" to work. How do you spank an ace, exactly? I'll wait...
Why are so many big 10 homers on here
Physically is such a over hyped word
Texas outplayed OSU after the 1st quarter with the exception of two plays and OSU got to hold all game long while getting away with it which was total bs
1st quarter - Bucks, 2nd- Texas, 3rd - drawl & 4th quarter - Bucks
Oh you mean the targeting block? Lol
Texas Lost. THE END
pretty generic analysis. Like you just picked up the stat sheets and came up with something without watching the game. Texas is 1 yard away from tying this game with 3 min left and if they win all you do is take this same piece and just switch names. Texas matched Ohio state physically. Game was literally decided by a couple of plays.
I hope this is one of the least viewed natty game ever played.
What are you talking about?? Didn’t feel like tx could ever stop them???
12 team playoff accomplished nothing.
I’ve been saying it for a long time now,the best teams will always play for the national championship.
Eliminate the automatic bye for conference championship winners.
Eliminate all conferences also.
Conference commissioner job is irrelevant. Save the money schools.
Notre Dame is the blueprint!!!
Does Greg McElroy collect the helmets of fallen foes or is it just like an aesthetic choice?
Please God let it be the former
The seedlings doesn’t matter make the cut and compete just like any playoff, and happily if Ohio State wins I saying it the BIG 10 is a better league
There is ways of getting Smith open they just don't know how to do it
Shows the differences between a Mickey Mouse Oregon defense and a legit Texas defense.
Because they were double teaming and triple teaming him and Texas is a zone defense style team, notre dame is a man coverage defensive team
I don't give a flying f..k if he doesn't get a chance to catch the ball, tate,egbucka,trey,q,innis,Scott
When you are covered by 2-3 men, very hard to scheme a play for JS. A good OC goes to the receivers who are open. Which they did.
@ jcas98jc
No 😂
Texas luck luck luck kept them in it. Howard hurt his hand. Ridiculous ref calls (9 against Ohio State only 5 on Texas) that cost Ohio State drives and kept Texas drives alive.
Ohio State was ready to bust at any moment and Texas never got anything going. Nothing explosive. Ewers 23/39.
Excellent analysis.
Yes and so does his salary
Texas homers are comical to me.
So many games this season have demonstrated Texas isn’t a good TEAM. They have all the talent but at some point you are who you are on the field. Not your star ratings.
They don’t do all the things needed as a team to win. Even with luck luck luck falling their way for the last 3 weeks. And ref calls their way.
You don’t really know fb do you?
You don’t really know fb do you?
How tf doesn't Knowles win the Broyles?
Texas, like most in the playoff teams, has not been successful running up the middle. This is just not at the goal line.
Ohio State is unstoppable - no way they find a way to mess it up
They've been stopped twice this year. You should be confident but we have seen Ryan day fail every year so far
Need to clean up the penalties. They could have taken control of the game in the first half but kept shooting themselves in the foot with penalties. Hard to convert 2nd and 25.
@@2robjenkinsno duh
Unstoppable 😂😂😂 with 2 minutes left in the game Texas was 2 yards from tieing the game.
@@basscat2107 One yard, actually, and with four downs to make it. But how did that work out for them?
Both semi final games were great. Texas did a great job at containing them when it looked like Ohio State was going to blow them out but they were maybe 2-4 plays away from winning the game
More physical? but I thought the Buckeyes were soft. Who knew?
I thought this was Josh Pate
Pate is a moron. Can't listen to that idiot.
Listening to you I would have thought Texas lost by 20
Or 40
That’s what I was thinking. He wrote a narrative before the game and he’s just plugging in plays from the game.
Oh, that's right, you Play in the SEC…I get it! Go Bucks😎
With 2 loses they shouldnt even qualify for any tournament
I love your analysis. Go Bucks!
I was at the game..... OSU was not more physical, Texas matched every blow and was dominating on defense in the 2nd half .... i turned u off as soon as you said that at the beginning
And yet you replied.
How much time did Texas lead? That would be 0 minutes. They did tie it for less than a minute. OSU lead for 59 minutes that may be defined as dominant.
@@selmer862 Bingo, a pissed off embarrassed SEC fan losing to a Yankee team.👍
Who knew Tennessee-Ohio state was basically the natty
congrats for the dumbest statement on the internet today
or Oregon vs Ohio state
Nah Tennessee wasn't that good anyway. It was Texas for sure
Aaaahhhh….Nobody knew that except delusional Tennessee fans. The following playoff teams are better ASU, PSU, Texas, ND, Oregon & OSU what are you talking about
@AFL67pitt the guy literally has volunteer in his name that's hilarious like we can't see the bias 😂 Hilarious....Try again Volunteer Guy
Worst take Ive heard from Greg.
Texas team is SUPER young. Ohio State team is SUPER old. Texas will be fine
You have 9 months to come up with excuses for next years game. Loser
And so will ohiostate
Ohio State will be fine because elite teams like that RELOAD! There's a reason Ohio State in its entire storied history has NEVER had a long term decline. They had 1 or 2 bad seasons here or there but they never have a sustained period of decline. Ohio State will be really good again because they recruit well, develop well and fill in the pieces with the portal.
@@frankpropri540Good thing we’ll find out first of next two seasons . We will introduce you guys to the Arch Manning Era . Go out and buy one of those .
College football has become a joke...
Hahahaha go Woverines!
Who'd they beat in the playoffs? I'll wait...
go where? isn't your season over? For about 3 or 4 weeks?
@ Michigans little b
Michigan little brother
@@mikestover7240 Michigan: little brother's little brother.
So, "if" OSU does beat Notre Dame it means "Theee" Mighty University of Michigan Wolverines are the true (back-to-back) National Champions..
GO F'ing BLUE💙💙💙
LMAO that's not how it works. No one outside of Michigan fans are going to be stupid enough to think that. Michigan fans show their illiteracy all the time and should be kicked off social media because of it!
Using that logic means Michitgan cheated their way in two years in a row.
Bottom line, there wasn't a great QB1 play well 85 for Texas pancake 2, Texas defense played great either QB1 played well at all, Texas did run ball.they stop doing, hope all understand this was anybody game, you can't ask your defense bail you out I said many of times coach Saban said it will come down QB1 better, all these QB1 ND, PENN STATE, TEXAS, OHIO STATE, DONT HAVE A OUT STANDING QB1. YOU CANT GET ON 8 YARD LINE TRUN IT OVER ALOT THESE GAME COME DOWN IN GAME ADJUSTMENTS, POINT BLAKE
Dude Ohio state played a c- game at best and still won lmao…
Texas ran for 50 yards.
Howard completed 72% of his passes despite picking up a hand injury.
Ohio State never trailed.
Texas was never in the game except their luck luck luck they’ve been living on the entire season which ran out.
Not a fan of either but id love to see a semi new face in the Irish winning one for the first time in quiet some time OSU has the advantage better players in some spots but man this is college love me some mayhem
Think about it...former Ohio St Quaterbacks were involved in Texas playoff games yesterday and today
Lets discuss the illegal men down field on that bs screen.
Lol 😂 😅😂
It's only illegal if lineman are more than three yards down the field once ball is thrown. So infact it wasn't a penalty. Watch more football goober
Let’s discuss tissues.
@Legendzzz-nc9wb moron, dude was near 10 yards.
grasping for straws
Face it. The championship game was Oregon vs. Ohio State.
How?? Oregon was never in the game. Texas gave them everything they could handle.
Woah Greg McElroy have to disagree witchu on your assessment of our dlinemen jt timoulau is def twitchy he was high school 4/5 star basketball player that had high division one offers to play on scholarship and sawyer was very much athletic in his own right he just has put on more weight since being at Ohio state so he’s kinda slowed down and tyleik Williams for a defensive tackle is going to post some high combine numbers in terms of the testing
He's saying the line as a unit, on average, not a single player
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So James Joyce's no-talent brother is still alive and self-publishing,I see.