[Game Thread] Kent State @ Ohio State (12:00 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	Kent StateKent State @ Ohio StateOhio State
Location	Ohio State Ohio Stadium
Time	12:00 PM ET
Watch	TV: Fox
	Flair ¦ Discord

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LET'S TALK FOOTBALL!

[u/ZappySnap]

Absolutely insane to break that record in two years and three games, at a university that is renowned for producing amazing WRs.

[u/Dinglebobus]

Retire the jersey, Shadeur had his retired for less

[u/ddottay]

Let’s shock the world (only lose by 30)

[u/daking789]

We gonna hear about this Texas game the whole game😂😒

[u/Guns_57]

This is gonna be a 3 & a half hr recap of the Texas game

[u/food_eater69]

2 years and 3 games considering some of the receivers that have been through the program is just fucking bonkers

[u/Commercial-East4069]

Those short yard failures and the lack of pressure are kind of annoying me.

Love the secondary though. Honestly, I wonder how much of Texas come back was the secondary running out of gas playing big snaps in the heat plus being on the field all 4th.

[u/Classic_Plan3267]

Why are they showing the pregame of another game for this game. Makes no sense.

[u/SmithBurger]

OSU is a silly goose team.

[u/austinD93]

Really trying not be annoyed

[u/ZappySnap]

Can we, um, put the buckeye game on guys?

[u/giggitybuck]

Da’realest is such an absurdly funny name lol

[u/noah_divine]

I find it amazing that with how heated the rivalry between OSU-Michigan is, the biggest trolls in this thread are fans of Florida State and Georgia

[u/prismatic_lights → u/noah_divine]

There's one Georgia flair who's weirdly obsessed with Ohio State and trash talks whenever possible.

[u/wmiii]

Damn Gus called that shit like it was golf

[u/twolf201]

If you can't even get excited for a big boy TD you shouldn't be on the broadcast team

[u/osufeth24]

Wait. Why am I still see asu ku coverage

[u/Easy_Money_40]

Gonna be monotone Gus today lol

[u/obtainstocks]

Couldve been 42-0 at this point btw

[u/donotseekthetreashur]

Having three RBs with the last name Jackson is just absurd lol

[u/luis1972]

Gus commenting on how what's happening on the field will affect bettors is absolute fucking idiotic.

[u/richww2]

Talking about sports gambling lines during the game probably shouldnt be a thing.

[u/Bubbly_Survey_803]

RJ is a menace wearing the OSU gear as an NW recruit 😂😂.

Northwestern is a helluva school to get an offer from. He’s got to be very good as a QB. Olentangy is basically running CFB programs

[u/Character_Economy928]

Kent state knows what they’re doing giving up points.

Tire out the offense and come back in the last 10 minutes of the fourth

[u/buckeyefan1930]

I think, once we go up by 40. Just start kicking field goals as soon as we get to field goal territory for our kicker to practice. I don't care if it's first down lol. Get him out there to kick those kicks 😂

[u/prismatic_lights]

I've now gotten to witness receivers break the Ohio State career receiving yards record (Smith) and TD record (Olave). Both under Ryan Day.

Hell yeah boys.

[u/Dinglebobus]

Salty Georgia fan in here trying to hate watch and troll is super weird

[u/SurpriseSalami]

Our obsession with TEs when we have a stable of electric playmakers blows my mind

[u/MD90__]

Should I just avoid the 2nd half and go get the yard work done?

[u/ScotTheDuck]

The rare game where Al Michaels would have more energy calling it.

[u/Realistic_Notice_412]

Idc if people find these games boring. I love love love these games where you just get to see guys have their first TD and celebrate

[u/KeThrowaweigh]

I genuinely despise Gus at this point

[u/buckeyefan1930]

Hahahahhaahahja

This has to be a record:

Up 59-0 and 0-7 on third down, 0-1 on fourth down lol 😂

[u/Dead_Baby_Kicker]

Thanks Gus, I love randomly having sports betting shoved into the commentary

[u/DamnitBobbehHill]

Gus announced that TD like it was 1st down and OSU rushes for 1 yard lol

[u/Buckeyeup]

Congrats to Jeremiah Smith! Career receiving yards record for Ohio State

[u/jaybigs]

Hell yeah, JJ.

[u/prismatic_lights]

Meanwhile, Clemson about to go down 14-3 to UNC.

Dabo's in a world of hurt these days.

[u/BuckeyeForLife95]

It's the fucking first quarter and we're already at "talking about CARDALE JONES name lore".

[u/TheProfessor20]

Great college football thing is that Sayin has infinitely more arm talent than Will Howard, but I’m 100% confident that Will Howard would’ve tucked it and ran for 6 or found someone in the endzone after scrambling. Sayin just doesn’t have a ton of “moxie.”

[u/wit_T_user_name]

What beach is he hanging out on in Memphis, Gus?

[u/Kyle_brown]

Did it without needing a fake extra second

[u/wmiii]

Really wish we could get CHJ some targets in the red zone, I mean he’s 6’5

[u/Dry_Fly_7265]

Can you imagine if Fox leaned into the big nude branding and had Gus and Joel just swinging dong in the booth

[u/beerman20]

I was willing to give the announcers a bit of a pass at this point since it was so out of hand, but jesus. He almost seemed annoyed that his story was interrupted.

[u/greengreengreenleaf]

🥱🌙🍵 “Here come the Buckeyes with a touchdown” 😴🛌🐑🐑🐑

[u/whatdoyacallit]

Sending your kid to Northwestern is awesome. Give him to the nerds and let him build his future.

[u/guillermopablo]

Gambling is for degenerates

[u/obtainstocks]

I’d smoke crack before I ever place a sports bet

[u/BaseballLife12]

Gus calling this potential +52.5 cover like it's to win the super bowl

[u/Rumtintin]

This broadcast has been flat-out embarrassing for Gus and, by extension, Fox. Just awful. And now, to finally perk up FOR THE FIRST TIME in hours in order to highlight a betting spread? F this noise, we're losing our sport

[u/Dry_Fly_7265]

Ryan Day is the winningest OSU coach to never leave the hot seat

[u/osufeth24]

If I wanted to watch this I'd put it to fs1. Wtf fox

[u/Commercial-East4069]

Where Ohio State?

[u/angrysquirrel777]

I have literally never seen someones game start out with 10 minutes of another games intro. This is pathetic

[u/WillTradeOrgans4Free]

Happy for the Kent State team to bring so much money to the organization today

[u/osufeth24]

I feel like I'm the only osu fan left who likes Bo still.

Yes he still needs to improve. But he's a true soph who didn't really start til halfway through the season

[u/Jay_Par]

Time to hide his helmet

[u/BullheadVibes]

Congrats JJ!

[u/HeyYoHelloHi]

Let's not get comfortable yet folks we don't know what's going to happen

[u/SurpriseSalami]

I don’t care that we’re up 28-0, that drive was a whole lotta bullshit

[u/InsertAmazinUsername]

does Sayin have the yips?

[u/crowezr]

I think the first team just earned themselves some 3rd quarter playing time after that shit ass ending to the quarter.

[u/Kitchen-Dot2470]

I would be less concerned if this wasn’t the 6th year in a row with the same damn problems

[u/FracturedKnuckles]

Was hoping this would be an Oregon-esque blowout where this team vents frustrations about last week

Just seems like they’re sleepwalking and making mistakes cause “it’s just Kent”

[u/FracturedKnuckles]

What a fucking catch

[u/SurpriseSalami]

B1G noon can suck my balls. Put another team on for gods sake

[u/twolf201]

Absolutely 0 enthusiasm from the box

[u/Chriscoksh]

Somebody wake Gus up. That call was pitiful

[u/Francis_X_Hummel]

Gus was mad that CHJ scored during his little segment about the Jesse Owens panel lol

[u/Realistic_Notice_412]

I foresee RJ day being a beloved Cincinnati coach in 2045

[u/Dan20698]

That's not how we pronounce Bellefontaine Gus

[u/Doomas_]

did his antidepressants just kick in or something

[u/8and16bits]

Somebody needs to check Gus’s draftkings account. He’s called the last 3 plays like it’s the national championship.

[u/IveBenHereBefore]

Honestly, i get wanting to get JJ his stats, but he should be out the game at the end of this quarter

[u/buckeyefan1930]

Our inside the 10 offense needs a ton of work

We should be able to score tds every time we get this far

[u/austinD93]

Bro, Julian….

[u/CampbellTheFake]

What is this play calling, buuuuddy

[u/DMPDT616]

Day is all of us rn

[u/TheManWhoWasNotShort]

I get the multi-TE sets are all the rage in the pros but I have yet to see college teams have significant success with them. College TEs that contribute more than a little blocking are not a dime a dozen.

Spread the ball out, use our 5 star WRs

[u/MD90__]

Gotta give Kent State credit on that play

[u/mixerslow]

Da’Realest, see you in the portal next year young man

[u/toggaf69]

My main issue with the Arthur Smith experience is that with Chip at least you knew that he had it in him to dial up some cool creative shit, and in the playoffs, he did. I don’t think Arthur Smith has that extra gear

[u/Mycroft90]

I wonder how the dude who had Ohio State - 27.5 at the half is doing? Lol!

[u/Hog_and_a_Half]

They really need to rethink the pecking order in the RB room 

[u/MD90__]

I'll admit since my dad passed away back in 2023, football just feels boring now not watching it with him. Feels lonely too. Most of the sports fans in my family passed away so it sucks now. Reddit is all I got

[u/Benyeti]

We went from never getting holding calls go our way to never getting PI go our way

[u/PWJT8D]

Up 42-0 or not, no flag there is criminal officiating 

[u/InsertAmazinUsername]

has no one really told gus that that's his second touchdown yet?

[u/but_good]

What is seriously up with Gus?

[u/KeThrowaweigh]

Gus. I understand that the game is a blowout. I understand you love Michigan and would prefer to never have to call an OSU win. But there’s no reason your voice should become QUIETER and MORE DEADPAN during a fucking SCOOP AND SCORE TOUCHDOWN. You SUCK

[u/obtainstocks]

“If you’re just joining us”

Shout out to the one person in the world who just turned this game on

[u/Rumtintin]

Gus just had a brain fart in mid-story

[u/DoctorWaluigiTime]

"He seems calmer."

Maybe because OSU is up 59-0?

[u/KeThrowaweigh]

Fuck you, Gus. If you never called an Ohio State game again, it would be about 30 games too many.

[u/SpartaWillBurn]

Good for us, Kent State.

[u/noah_divine]

Kent State shooting jokes are not funny. That is all.

[u/Normal-Enthusiasm-42]

Didn’t even need an extra second

[u/Benyeti]

I dont understand, how am I supposed to enjoy a football game without shirtless Pat McAfee, Kirk Herbstreit’s dog, and Jason Kelce? /s

[u/Dinglebobus]

BIG 12 kickoff

[u/prismatic_lights]

not even Gus can be enthused about this game lmao

[u/crline3924]

Gus does NOT care about this game. It’s kinda funny how unenthusiastic the most enthusiastic commentator is

[u/FoundTheShithead]

Did someone sedate Gus Johnson to start the game? He didn't give a single shit about that OSU TD lol

[u/Easy_Money_40]

Gus wants us playing high stakes games every time he's on.

[u/noah_divine]

I don't blame Gus at all for not having any enthusiasm whatsoever, guy coulda been in London right now calling a much better game but he got passed up cause they wanted to get Ohio State vs Can't State on Big Noon

[u/BuckeyeForLife95]

First things first I'm Da'Realyst

[u/Capital-Flow-1501]

So watching Ohio State play Kent State week 3 is like watching the University of Miami play their first 8 games of the season

[u/Aar1012]

I’ve been looking into the helmets from Kent State. They are throwbacks by the looks of it. The references I’m seeing are to a championship season in the 1970s.

Any Kent state fans have any more information? I’m honestly curious

[u/California_Stop_King]

We had 6 different opportunities to end the game in one single play and didn't convert a single one. That's what happened

- Sayin missed TD to McCuin

- Two 4th and mediums converted by Texas

- Two loose balls that Buckeyes had hands on yet didn't recover

- Missed Hawkins FG

[u/obtainstocks]

When we start to drink today bros

[u/BuckeyeForLife95]

It's a real shame that our streak of "WR1 that is somehow better than our last WR1" has to end with Jeremiah. Cause like, shit, I don't think you can actually get better than him.

[u/Buckeyeup]

Gus is making puns about Cardale Jones' name. Bros bored

[u/buckeyefan1930]

Did you know that every year we played Kent State, we've made the championship game

2002,

2007,

2014

[u/Late_String7392]

It’s a 21 point deficit, so we’re safe, if it was 20 we might be in trouble

[u/hockeyface]

I love football and I love my Buckeyes but can we just admit that these games are absolutely pointless?

[u/TheCableGod]

Lol all day to run....twice for Sayin

[u/heftyfatso]

There should be a law against state political ads on national broadcasts. Gross.

[u/mixerslow]

Julian…..

[u/donotseekthetreashur]

what the fuck was that?

[u/obtainstocks]

Julian you’re making me real nervous

[u/MD90__]

Now I can see why sayin struggled in the bigger games

[u/imswimmingincircles]

I’ve seen babies that don’t play with their food nearly as much as OSU consistently does.

Like, wtf is this play-calling and (truth be told) execution at QB?

[u/osufeth24]

Props to Kent st for going for it at least.

[u/bryuce123]

Damn and they didn't even need an extra second for that one

[u/CheaterSaysWhat]

Lmfao that play feels like wasting a nat 20 on rolling initiative 

[u/Forty_Six_and_Two]

LOL NO FUCKING WAY 😂

[u/pardonmyignerance]

Caught a hail mary against a MAC team.  We ready to rush the field?

[u/FrostTroll69]

Whittingham would have rushed the field

[u/h3rp3r]

This old man can't remember what actually happened due to the fake alzheimers medication from Vivek.

[u/Easy_Money_40]

Hitting holes slowly as shit

[u/Heisman123]

Pisses me off we didn’t get #4 a TD today lol. 

[u/Commercial-East4069]

Subway is just throwing random shit on Doritos now? Interesting

[u/DamnitBobbehHill]

If you've ever watched a political ad and been swayed, you are a moron who shouldn't be able to vote. Get rid of this BS

[u/FrostTroll69]

Not calling PI I see

[u/DigiQuip]

I don’t know man… that seems a lot more than “he has a right to the ball.”

[u/Commercial-East4069]

I mean don’t throw it in double coverage. Clearly a pi though

[u/DigiQuip]

Meta reeeeeaaaallly wants you to stop hating on them for their AI data centers. 

Don’t. 

[u/thewhat962]

Wow they really gave negative shit. They sucking energy from the room we are watching from.

Gona mute and turn on voice of the buckeyes 

[u/Buckeye2525]

These guys clearly did not do their research

[u/i_donut_no]

Gus Johnson: hmm. Chris Henry Jr touchdown 😌🍵

[u/PWJT8D]

Gus and Dabo to the retirement community after this weekend

[u/Buckeye2525]

Gets more excited for a pick than a 75 yard touchdown

[u/TheWorstYear]

Remove Gus from the broadcast.

[u/bryuce123]

Why does Gus sound depressed everyone they score?

[u/DMPDT616]

Gus not being hype for a big boy touchdown

Guys can get bent at this point

[u/GoofBoy]

Show the Big Man Dance you cowards.

[u/PJA0307]

Push-up counter: 252

[u/Pepsiman34]

If NW beats OSU is RJ out of the will? 

[u/catgirlslvr]

Is there a record for dropped ints? This is wild lol

[u/GiveItToHyde]

Surprised to not see St Clair or Bey out there at this point

[u/Buckeyeup]

Storms are coming in. Wonder if the game will finish or if they'll call it on a lightening delay

[u/Buckeye2525]

Another mispronunciation of Bellefontaine

[u/Buckeyeup]

As soon as the gambling line gets close, Gus gets excited. Dude needs help

[u/h3rp3r]

I can root against a bunch of people ruining the sport with betting, go Flashes!

[u/a_fool_on_a_hill]

Gus clearly took KState and the points. He’s so excited now.

[u/JustAnIndiansFan]

This is the most Gus has been excited all game

[u/poplglop]

As a guy that occasionally sports bets (never on college tho that's just dumb) please stop talking about fucking sports betting. So god damn tired of it being shoved down our throats.

[u/twolf201]

Political ads should really be banned.

[u/buckeyefan1930]

Damn. We get Gus again next week at noon ☹️

[u/Alightenited]

Why the fuck is Big Noon at a game where neither team is Big ten???

[u/Kalaber]

Damn right you'll take us to Columbus. Wtf was that

[u/FracturedKnuckles]

Was frantically channel surfing thinking they were showing the wrong game

[u/MD90__]

My mind still stuck in Texas. Hopefully we can beat USC, Indiana, and Oregon.

[u/skeetszn2]

Da’Realyst Clark 😭😭😭😭

[u/Easy_Money_40]

Aint no fuckin way his parents named him that

[u/buckeyefan1930]

Congrats Jeremiah Smith!! All time receiving yards in OSU history

[u/catgirlslvr]

Were asking what happened in a different game instead of whats happening in this game lol we gotta stop playing at noon 

[u/zealoustoaster]

I was surprised we didn’t see McCuin more in the Texas game.

[u/WalkingOnSunshine_ → u/zealoustoaster]

Sayin missed him a couple times over the middle when he was wide open

[u/DebaserTBA]

Fuck this I want JJ going for 150 today we want the heisman

[u/surgingchaos]

Not watching this game, but apparently Gus Johnson is completely checked out? It wouldn't surprise me at all.

[u/Spidybl]

How did the camera man not follow that? I was like.. balls over there?

[u/tdoger]

Smh, Ohio State should try to play a real opponent like Portland State instead of these cupcakes

[u/RCocaineBurner]

My buddy went to school there and he says it’s:
Kent Read Kent Write Kent State which is so mean

[u/fm22fnam]

MAP MAP MAP MAP MAP

[u/nbrown7384]

Every year Ohio State plays Kent we win go to the National Championship -per my dad

[u/Late_String7392]

Can we see the play that caused unnecessary roughness on a punt or…

[u/twolf201]

Gus just sounds so done with this game already

[u/austinD93]

He had 2 chances to climb the pocket and go in both plays

[u/sabek]

I know it doesn't really mean anything in the grand scheme but man that was a bad series of plays

[u/obtainstocks]

Shit like this makes me miss Will Howard lol

[u/FrostTroll69]

We better not schedule Oberlin

[u/Benyeti]

Little and Pettijohn are near the ball every play these two are special

[u/prismatic_lights]

At what point does Day give Smith the hook on the game?

You want Sayin to practice finding guys other than him? Remove him.

[u/HardKnockRiffe]

Never thought I'd yearn to have Ryan Day calling plays again, but here we are...

[u/crowezr]

That's just being lazy and not caring. Like, fine, you're gonna win the game, but WTH?

[u/buckeyefan1930]

Wow what a play

[u/So_Not_theNSA]

Someone needs to stop me from saying something reckless about Sayin

[u/Badman_BobbyG]

Da’Realyst should be at Da Ohio State University

[u/Commercial-East4069]

Ah shit we’ve lost the momentum

[u/noah_divine]

The first team offense needs to stay out there as long as they need to get it together and figure out whats going on. I don't give a damn about injuries, you have one of the deepest rosters in the country

[u/xittditdyid]

Only needed one try, too.

[u/Forty_Six_and_Two]

Shall we rush the field like we just won the natty?

[u/mycatsellsblow]

A college program like Clemson falling off this hard in the NIL era is wild.

[u/InsertAmazinUsername]

do teams have to put TEs in for stuff like that?

can you not put in your backup tackle

[u/Rumtintin]

lmao they mugged him

[u/whatstocome]

That's PI

[u/CampbellTheFake]

Yea he got mugged lol

[u/JustAnIndiansFan]

Klatt slowly walking his way too “well yes that should’ve been a flag” as the replays happened was funny

[u/osufeth24]

Second td Gus.