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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla
Two really good defenses had to be fun to watch, even with little scoring. I assume all the pregame stuff was awesome as well.
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Yeah, pre-game was pretty slick.
Man, Ohio State does lean into the villain role, well. Lit that place up with red lights and they just carry an ominous sort of storm trooper vibe about them. Mizzou's was much more 'we are Mizzou' and that sort of basic rah rah stuff. It clearly wasn't OSU's first rodeo.
Regarding the gameplay - sometimes it was impressive defense but man, sometimes it was just bad offense. That first half was just 2 boxers that seemed to be dancing around the ring and hoping the other guy would drop his guard. But then they weren't in a punchers stance anyway so guard or no guard, neither guy was gonna ring the other's bell.
It was just a lot of really uninspired, cautious gameplay. And frankly some fairly lazy officiating at times that was also kinda frustrating.
At least in the 2nd half, even when a play didn't work, the teams did look to be TRYING to move the ball. I just didn't get that same feeling in the 1st half.