closing seconds of ND/OSU game

[Blackman]

I've heard that Carr is on the hot seat as well -- I even heard that they were interested in Herm Edwards as his replacement (which I paid no attention to, but I do think Herm would be a much better college coach than pro)

Who knows with these rumors I also heard that Henne wasn't going to play in the bowl game, gotta let them in one ear and out the other.

 

[DerekNJND]

dude, if Carr puts up another 7-4 season with a another loss to OSU and/or Bowl loss...he'll be gone after the end of next season...don't you have an ambulance to go chase

no he wont

and thats a baaaaaaad lawyer joke man. real bad

 

[thom24ad]

your fawking nuts then...that team completely chit the bed this year...they maybe and just maybe might give him to the end of Henne senior year but if he doesn't have a big bowl win or beats OSU by then he is gone...He has a lot of work to do for next season if he wants to keep his job

 

[gman2]

derek:

for somebody who grew up in the midwest (or at least attended a midwest school for a period of time) you should know that michigan is not going to stand for tressel smacking carr around like this. michigan hasn't done well in bowl games recently, and they're not beating ohio state. it's the same recipe that led to the firing of john cooper at ohio state. carr will not survive another 7-4 season.

 

[thom24ad]

Honest queastion, What was Ty's record at ND?

 

[Roger Baltrey]

G Man and Thom,

Agree, Carr is horrible to anyone who watches them play year in year out. The guy loses tons of games against inferior opponents. If they aren't in the process of canning him then shame on them. Didn't he have Tom Brady riding the pines?

 

[gman2]

im not saying he's a horrible coach. im just saying that the reality of the michigan/osu series is that you cant survive a long stretch on failure against your rival. cooper was a phenomenal recruiter. he brought nfl-caliber talent to columbus every year. but he wasn't beating michigan and that ultimately cost him his job. wolverines were expected to go into the osu game this year possibly undefeated. that obviously never happened. carr will be gone if that type of season happens again. yes, a lot of schools would kill for 7-4. but thats not gonna fly at michigan.

 

[Roger Baltrey]

Nor should it with it the talent they attract.

 

[thom24ad]

Mich is a top program, and I'm not saying Carr is a bad coach either...but big time schools expect bowl wins when your favored by double digits...7-4 record is a good season for schools like Northwestern but Carr could very well have the same fate as Cooper

 

[Roger Baltrey]

Thom and G,

You have to admit he runs a Vanilla no frills offense that sometimes keeps his team from winning. How do they lose to Nebraska and Minnesota at home. Inexcusable, he's lame.

 

[thom24ad]

He runs a Big Ten offense...run the ball and play defense

 

[bjfinste]

I concur that Carr is on the hot seat. The Cooper analogy is dead-on. Dude won Rose Bowls, countless games... but he couldn't beat Michigan, he couldn't keep his job.

And to the sausage king of Chicago who started this thread- I actually thought they exact same thing. Very odd seeing him just walk out on the field with all that time left.

 

[c20916]

Back to the reason for the post, the game was not in doubt at least for us over backers. They could have thrown one more hail mary, maybe got a pass interference call, maybe OSU just lets them score, who knows.

Of course I am still mad 2 missed FG's and two turnovers, one by each team, at their opponents 10 yard line. and I lose by 3 points. :cursin: :cursin: :cursin:

 

[vivalas]

Did seem awfully weird for him to trot on the field. Also got tired of Troy Smith's stupid dancing on the side. I have a lot of respect for some of the class acts on that team like Hawk, Pittman and even Holmes (despite the taunt). troy Smith is just garbage though that is in the mold of a Clarett.

Carr should be gone, he had OSU on the ropes and his conservative playcalling cost them that game. His teams just can't go for the throat when they need to.

Great game by OSU but ND despite being outplayed found a way to stay in the game, sign of a really good coach. Oregon and Auburn don't have much of an argument for missing out after getting waxed by lesser teams than OSU.

 

[blgstocks]

I knew ND didnt have a chance in this bowl but I wouldnt have the lineup any other way than two national iconic football teams playing each other in a big bowl. We have had alot of unique matchups over the couple years with Texas/Mich, Texas/OSU, and OSU/Mich. Lets hope they can keep getting fresh matchups together.

 

[da boogie]

The officials should have flagged Ohio St. Then if ND decides they want to sit on it that is their choice. Bettors on the over should be irate while unders shoud be thankful. You never know what can happen until its over.

 

[Roger Baltrey]

Da Boogie

I had 6 beans on the over and was irate that ND was dumping BS passes for 2 yards in the last 90 seconds. Tressel assumed they had given up because that's what it looked like.

 

[TouchdownJesus]

To go back to original post. Here is what I thought when I saw it. It looked weird, but correct any of this if wrong.
I thought Notre Dame had turned it over on downs, and Tressel sort of motioned the clock to keep running, almost as a good sport, as if saying that they weren't going to run any more plays. I think thats what he meant about it, but not sure.

Still, its not his decision to run clock with the lead no matter what. I thought he just made a mistake, as if a team is behind but concedes by letting clock just run itself out.

Thats just what I thought when I saw it. I love the Irish and not a Buckeye fan at all.

 

[blgstocks]

To go back to original post. Here is what I thought when I saw it. It looked weird, but correct any of this if wrong.
I thought Notre Dame had turned it over on downs, and Tressel sort of motioned the clock to keep running, almost as a good sport, as if saying that they weren't going to run any more plays. I think thats what he meant about it, but not sure.

Still, its not his decision to run clock with the lead no matter what. I thought he just made a mistake, as if a team is behind but concedes by letting clock just run itself out.

Thats just what I thought when I saw it. I love the Irish and not a Buckeye fan at all.

totally agree Touchdown jesus, I think Weis had motioned something or had to have conceded. Anyone in here calling tressel a bad sport or not a class act is just a sore loser. He did nothing that I would consider unsportsman like conduct.

 

[DerekNJND]

in retrospect, i was a tad sore about the game . Thats probably the understatement of the century
:mj07:

Didnt even see them run on the field, my tv got clicked off after the td run