On Behalf of Ohio State Fans:
Sorry.
Sorry for inflicting that on the general population one more time. Sorry that in one years time, Jim Tressell and his coaching staff still have no idea how to stop anything when the offense they are facing doesn't line up in simple two or three receiver sets and just run down the field. Sorry that the concept of "bunched" receivers is so foreign. Sorry that Ohio State can teach its receivers to do nothing more than run straight down the field. Sorry that, for a second year in a row, Ohio State's quarterback has a profound inability to find his second read. Sorry for the initial "fast touchdown" followed by three quarters of bending over.
Oh, and sorry for the Big 10. That too. Sorry that for Tressell's entire run there, there has been a dearth of coaches willing to try someting different and push Tressell to not be such a non-creative stick-in-the-mud. Maybe Rich Rodriguez will help that. Maybe SEC reject Ron Zook will continue to force some change. It's no coincidence that Illinois also beat Ohio State with its somewhat exotic sets. Sorry that the rest of the Big 10 has not put the same emphasis on overall coaching excellence that the SEC has, thereby challenging all of its programs to get better, thereby allowing Ohio State to relatively skate to national title games on a too frequent basis.
Oh, and sorry for the current non-playoff BCS bullshit. Sorry for the randomness of a good but not nearly in-the-same-class Ohio State team being given the precious shot at a "title" over a team like Georgia, USC, or even West Virginia. No good reason for it. Sorry that we don't really know how good LSU is. Sorry that they were not tested better than that. Maybe the only good that can come of it is a hastening of an end to the awful BCS and some sort of playoff being instituted. Ohio State fatigue may be that strong.
So, sorry for all of it. If I could have talked them out of that game ahead of time, I would have. With any luck, it won't happen again next year.
Stewart Mandel on the carnage here at si.com.
Some local Ohio State flavor here. Note the absence of Tressell blame. That's stupid.
At any rate, sorry.
