I watched the 2nd half of our game vs. Nebraska. Buckeyes were bad, really bad. We actually had a player (Zed Key) run into our point guard and cause a turnover. Our fundamentals were pathetic. Players can’t dribble with their off-hand. We throw away the ball. Run into each other. Jeez.

I don’t know very much about basketball. But OMG we’re bad. Time to watch the women play. They’re pretty good.

Whoever Day chooses as our next QB, he needs to have the heart of an assassin.

Stroud has great passing skills, and may have great leadership skills. However, the Peach Bowl was the first time that I saw him try to "will his team to victory." Skill players around him kept getting hurt (like Harrison Jr. and Williams). But CJ did everything that he could to win the game.

I just didn't get the feeling that was the case in previous games, especially the 2022 game against Michigan. I wish him well. He was a very good QB for Ohio State. Hopefully he learned something in the Peach Bowl that helps him succeed at the next level. And I hope that our next QB starts his first game with an assassin mindset.

As a Buckeye alumnus, and a fan long before that, I hope that the Buckeyes win every game. However, Michigan beat us soundly. And Georgia is more physical and athletic than Michigan. I just don't see us winning.

Day really needs to address the physicality of his team in the off-season. Day seems to prefer to pass first. Meyer used a physical running game, including RPO's with a QB who wasn't afraid to run the ball. Michigan has a QB like that in JJ McCarthy. McCarthy loosened up our run D by running for some nice gains in the second half.

CJ Stroud seems like a good guy, and is a very good passer. But he's not the versatile QB we need to develop a physical offense.

It’s a shame Henderson is hurt, but he and JSN have been hurt the whole season. I wonder why Day played these guys in meaningless games early this year rather than letting them heal? Major errors made by some combination of Day and our Medical Staff.

Let's leave the kids alone for a moment. The 2 Buckeyes who must improve the most are: Ryan Day and Jim Knowles.

Both must call better plays in the moment. Day is beginning to look like the Don Brown of offense: easy to solve by any opponent with good talent. As for Knowles, he can't call Cover-0 unless he has 100% confidence in his DB's tackling in space. Base on what Michigan did to us, he can't call that D again until this season is over.

Agree that Day is overrated. He has 1 or 2 more years. No more John Cooper 1-11-1.

I’m sure you’ve got some great points. But your take is too long to hold anyone’s interest. Be well.

I love Ramzy’s writing. He’s creative and truthful simultaneously. That’s a rare gift.

I feel like we’re at the beginning of “John Cooper, 2nd Edition.” The best Ohio State coaches were men whose were roots were in Ohio: Paul Brown, Woody Hayes, Jim Tressel and Urban Meyer.

Much like John Cooper, Ryan Day is an outsider. Day seems like a nice man, maybe a good coach. But Ohio State needs a great coach who understands physical football. I’m not sure that Day can get there.

Passing stats v. Michigan are very misleading. Ohio State moved the ball through the air against Michigan UNTIL they reached the red Zone. Then the passing game dried up. And Ohio State couldn't run either. We only scored 3 points in the 2nd half.

This is why I'm surprised that Georgia isn't at least a two-touchdown favorite. Georgia will play bully-ball, and Ohio State won't be able to match them.

In 2014, Meyer won with a smash-mouth offense and a big-armed QB. Zeke’s running was the heart of the offense, supplemented with a passing game. Then the Buckeyes often ran an offense with 2 TE’s and would run the ball down opponents’ throats.

Now the Buckeyes are all about the passing game. Finesse. 11 personnel. They will beat many teams because their talent is better. But they’re not close to Georgia or, sadly, Michigan. I wish it were different, but we are college football’s ultimate finesse team.

This is a great example of recruiting the wrong people. JSN is highly-talented, but he's all about himself. Can't wait till he's gone. I'd rather have a lesser-skilled player who'll do anything to win than a selfish player like JSN.

I'm not sure that I understand your take. Georgia will play "bully-ball" like Michigan. Only Georgia is better at it. Hate to say it, but I expect Georgia to run over us.

Max Duggan has much more toughness than our QB. CJ has excellent passing skills, but won't do whatever it takes to win. In fact, and it pains me to write this, but McCarthy seems to have much more toughness than CJ. On the last subject, I'm tired of seeing McCarthy run his mouth about us. But he has earned the right to do that until we beat him.

It’s one thing to skip a meaningless bowl game, like Olave and Wilson did last year. But skipping the playoffs? Man, that says a lot about a player’s selfishness.

 I would never draft JSN in the first round, regardless of his talent. Let’s see how many Michigan players skip the playoffs. I’m guessing none. Sad comment on OSU’s culture.

CJ has great touch and passing skills. But is he tough enough to lead the team beyond expectations? I don’t think so, but we’ll see

JJ McCarthy outplayed CJ badly this year. McCarthy executed RPO’s, and would run around end for 15-20 yards. And he hit big pass plays. He loosened up our defense. CJ was one dimensional.

Day says a lot of good things, and seems like a very nice man. However, if Georgia pushes us around like Michigan did, I’ll have to conclude that we learned nothing from losing to Michigan.

We have a shot, but this team gives a much different vibe than the 2014 team did. That team had swagger. I’m not seeing it now. 

Ramzy: I enjoy reading you. However, this story is waaaayyyyy too long. It's redundant.

Ryan Day seems like a good man. However, 2 more losses in the next 2 years, and he has to go. We can't wait 13 years, like we did with Cooper, to play well against Michigan. Speaking of which, I didn't see "matchup advantages" for the Buckeyes. Before the game, I thought we had many. As the game played out, Donovan Edwards was faster than our safeties. WR Johnson made our DB's look silly. And Michigan had more power on both lines than we did. We had Marvin Harrison, Jr. But McCarthy outplayed Stroud by a lot.

Tell me: What advantage did you see?

Agree with Thetrutru. Michigan would beat us badly again. Since Georgia is as good as Michigan, they likely would do the same. (Didn't Michigan win the 2nd half, 28-3?)

I know that Ryan Day is supposed to be highly creative, but it appeared that Ohio State ran its normal offense against Michigan. Nothing new-at least, nothing that worked. Michigan showed much more creativity. Who would've thought that a fullback, recently converted from linebacker, would take a 4th down handoff up to the LOS, then back up 2 steps and throw a jump pass to a wide-open TE? That's the kind of creativity we once saw from Tressel. He'd run a vanilla offense during the season, then pull out special plays for Michigan.

I know that Day is a new HC. I hope that he gets it right. But the combination of him learning-on-the-job while Michigan has improved greatly clearly has Ohio State chasing Michigan. (And I've never seen a noteworthy upset in conference playoffs that caused teams to change CFP positions. Maybe it can happen, but don't expect it.)

Henderson is a 3rd-down back, period. Please don't start him against Michigan, even if he's totally healthy. He'll get hurt. Please play anyone else...Hayden, Williams, X-man, Mitch Rossi...anyone.

I'm a Buckeye living in Michigan. After last year's game, Michigan fans crowed that Ryan Day will never have a tough team. Basically, they said, "Buckeyes can run up the score against everybody else. But Harbaugh now has Ryan Day's number. Day doesn't recruit the same kind of tough players that Tressel and Meyer recruited. Buckeyes' run against Michigan is over."

Buckeyes' inability to win either line of scrimmage vs. Northwestern is a bad omen for the Michigan game. Our only hope is that Day has running plays and blocking schemes that he's not showing until that game. Unlikely, I know. (Can Meyer still be a consultant? If yes, do it. Now.)

JSN and Brown basically haven’t been on the team this year. Don’t count on them.

Henderson has been more available, but not much.

Part of the reason for our poor running game is that one  RB always is NA. They need to play consistently with the O-line to develop rhythm, read blocks, know when to cut and accelerate. Can’t do that if they’re playing one week and out the next week. How many games has Blake Corum missed? (None)

JSN and Brown basically haven’t been on the team this year. Don’t count on them.

Henderson has been more available, but not much.

Part of the reason for our poor running game is that one  RB always is NA. They need to play consistently with the O-line to develop rhythm, read blocks, know when to cut and accelerate. Can’t do that if they’re playing one week and out the next week. How many games has Blake Corum missed? (None)

Michigan fans are the worst when it comes to this crap. That's what we get when they beat us by powering through our defense and running roughshod through our O-line. Would've felt different if they bet us on a fluke. But they smashed through us.

Could be a good class, maybe a great one. But all praise rings hollow after Michigan kicked our butts so badly. 

Writers must’ve voted before the Michigan game.