Late Game Decisions Cost Ohio State Win on Saturday: Analysis

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00:00I thought Will Howard played really well for Ohio State.

00:09I know that some people would blame him at the end of the game for running too far, too

00:16many yards and sliding too late and the clock was eaten at that point and the game was over.

00:21I thought that the kid Smith was fantastic, the receiver, but I thought his pass interference

00:27play is what killed Ohio State.

00:30They were already in field goal position to win the game and his offensive pass interference

00:35shove, I thought frankly, now some people would say one play doesn't make a game, but

00:40I would argue that fact.

00:43That play ruined the game for Ohio State.

00:46Yeah, those plays in the end of a game or in a situation are magnified because of where

00:52they are in the game.

00:54When that penalty was called, the offensive pass interference, we thought and my broadcast

00:58partner Mike Jorgensen, Jorgie and I, we need to look at this, was that really pass

01:03interference?

01:04If Smith hadn't extended both arms out with that really hard push, he might have got away

01:09with it, just a little one, maybe one hand, but a tough call for Ohio State.

01:13Will Howard to me, and I tweeted this out for Ohio State fans, I said, please support

01:18that kid.

01:19He's a great quarterback, great football player, and I thought he had a really, really

01:24good game, but in the heat of the moment, he's trying to win the game.

01:28You can never be down on a kid for trying to win a game for you.

01:32I mean, I got to tell you, they're so loaded, that team with talent.

01:36Anytime you go from Columbus to Eugene, you got a problem on your hands.

01:41Anyone that flies all the way out there has a problem on their hands, and it proved true

01:47again.

01:48But at the end of the day, you woke up today as the number two team in the country, and

01:52they went from three to four, or two to four.