Beloved Buckeyes - Post Game/Season Thoughts

Thanks lolcat. I couldn't have said it better.

I'm bullet-pointing these thoughts out of laziness and the fact that I'm running on a little over five hours of sleep.

• Dignity - so we didn't get to redeem ourselves for the past three Big Game Blowouts (FU, LSUck in Louisiana, USuCk in Southern Cal), but we showed up against a powerhouse of a Texas team that was favored by -9 on  neutral field and held our own. I also lost two hours of sleep because it was actually exciting. We saved face against a Heisman runner-up... 
• Short Comings - Big picture analysis would say that OSU lost because of poor tackling and very poor execution. Too many missed tackles and Pryor galloping out of bounds with no defenders around does not win football games.
• Good Bye! - with a slight dash of "good riddance". I'm mostly talking about Alex Baffoon Boone and Mo "Rasta" Wells (more known for his hair than his running ability). Rehring gets some of this love too, but at least his mid-season "injury" kept him from getting embarrassed, er, from being in the line-up. This is probably pre-mature, but I hope that we Marcus Hall (Glenville) commits and ends up being a mauler at LG next to Shugarts with Browing (RG) and Adams (RT) at the other side. Brewster is the second coming of Mangold. There, I said it.
• Good Bye (pt II) - I'm going to miss seeing Jenkins, Laurinaitis, and even Abdallah (yes, his play in the last 4-5 games hopefully earned him an NFL roster spot). On the bright side, Malcolm will be on my Madden squad next year kicking ass and taking names. 
• Good Bye (pt III) - I'm torn on this one. Beanie Wells was an absolute beast in the first half (+100 yards on 16 carries?!!!!!!) and then he turns into Beanie Baby... He NEEDS to declare for the NFL draft because he's physically not going to survive another full season in the S&G... The guy needs Wolverine's recovery ability... just sayin'. I'm liking Boom Herron's ability to run well behind that putrid offensive line... Hopefully we've got some other guys in reserve for '09-'10.
• Wideouts - Terry Roboskie should be proud of Robo's performance last night. Can't say the same for the Hartline family. I know that Pryor probably overlooked an open Hartline on a few occassions, but there's a reason he was throwing to Posey. When is Flash Thomas going to finally see some PT on offense??!? WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? I'm certain he can run a go route and Pryor can launch the ball deep. It's like breathing.
• Class Act - Todd Boeckman, you would be a great player if you had any mobility/pocket presence. Nice TD pass to the Future. We all enjoyed that. Oh, the double pass interference call on the 2-pt conversion attempt was worse than Ryan Leaf's pro career.
• Shaun Lane - hope he's okay. He's a special teams demon with plenty of pro potential.

Maybe more later....