OHIO STATE - Texas Post Game/Call-in LIVE

Ohio State–Texas Postgame / Call-In Live OhioStateVOCFB — Garrison Gaddy & Denzel Jones Late-night recap after Ohio State’s 23–24 loss at DKR Stadium Show setup Garrison and Denzel open immediately after the overnight loss. They frame it as a full-board conversation: coaching, personnel, drops, missed throws, and fourth-quarter collapse after Ohio State led 23–3. Credit Texas throughout; they refuse the “we took our foot off the gas and Texas just laid down” narrative. First-half snapshot (hosts’ view) Offense in sync early. Julian Sayin (transcript: “Julian San”) had the game’s high for QBs. Jeremiah Smith: 8-164-1 TD, 20.5 YPC, long 43. Bo Jackson: 19 carries, 74 yards (3.9 YPC), long 11. Jacoby Jackson 5 carries; Isaiah West 2; Legend Bay 1 snap/1 carry. Pass protection fine first half; run blocking not. Hosts wanted more points instead of field goals while the lead was still expandable. Defense had Arch Manning “in a spin cycle.” Jaylen McClain INT after a coverage breakdown on Cam Coleman. Jay Timmons forced and recovered a fumble. Riley Pettyjohn and Timmons were the two best defensive players on the field. Texas missed big plays (Ryan Wingo drop; Coleman near-miss). Ohio State still only led 23–3 at half because they settled for kicks. Personnel & snap-count frustration (core of the show) Linebacker rotation: Denzel was “right about the linebackers.” Peyton Pierce looked slow, hesitant, spectator-like; 67 snaps. Riley Pettyjohn 37 snaps, Christian Allegro 51, Tarvis ~26. Hosts and caller Michael all want Pettyjohn (and Alford) on the field constantly. Pierce’s one forced fumble that wasn’t recovered doesn’t offset the rest. Defensive line last drive: Epi / Kenyatta / Will Smith / James packages, then Bo Atkinson in for the game-winning drive. Hosts: if Texas is already gashing the line, why insert Atkinson? Prefer Epi, Carey Wilder, or Quay. John Walker III “should never come off the field” unless he needs water. Kerry Wilder only 5 snaps despite looking explosive when in. Running back usage: Bo Jackson is the second-best offensive weapon. Hosts hate the every-other-series committee; it keeps backs from finding a rhythm. Want 25–27 carries for Bo in this type of game, not 19. Legend Bay and Isaiah West barely used. Receiver distribution: Too much force-feeding Jeremiah Smith. Devin McEwen drops (including a needed conversion) after being ignored. Brandon Inniss “seems to catch it every time they look his way”; hosts would have preferred him on the third-and-long McEwen drop. Fourth-quarter collapse Offense looked conservative / clock-killing: three-and-outs, three-run sequences, punts. Arthur Smith’s first-half calls were fine; fourth-quarter play-calling “terrible.” Julian off — balls behind Jeremiah, missed McEwen. Devin Sanchez: generally solid game, but the Wingo TD “looked too easy” (outside leverage, simple out/curl). Phantom PI on Sanchez “sticks in the craw” and helped spark the comeback. Defense gassed on two late drives. Hosts wanted a timeout after the first fourth-down conversion (4th-and-9) to give the D-line a breath; Patricia didn’t change personnel or scheme. John Walker laid out a lineman but was too tired to finish to the QB. Goal-line at the end: Garrison initially wanted to let Texas score for clock. After talking to his sister he understood Day trusting the goal-line identity of recent years. Both still note this D-line is not K-Mac / Ty Hamilton / Tyleik Williams; expectations have to be tapered. Specific plays & player notes Jeremiah Smith: great overall game, still the best player on the team / in CFB in their view. Must-catch drops: ball behind him coming across the middle (Julian’s fault and a catch he should make); third-and-4 body catch. One-on-one end-zone ball needed to be outside shoulder / pylon — Julian put it inside. Connor Hawkins: 3-for-4, including a 45/48-yarder that created the six-point lead they later lost. Hosts defend him on volume but still say the miss in a one-score game has to be made. Field goal did not lose the game; Ohio State was still up 6 when it happened. Defense then gave up 4th-and-9 and 4th-and-6. Earl Little: “smacking the hell out of people,” overlooked positive. Kenyatta Jackson: good at setting the edge vs. Goosby (sack), not aggressive enough finishing. Caller Michael questions size/strength vs. top tackles. Austin Siereveld sack given up called out. Coaching blame (spread, not single-target) Ryan Day (final calls, goal-line, timeouts), Arthur Smith (conservative fourth quarter, st