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For some reason, even though we won with a comfortable lead, the entire game<\/a> never felt like OSU was in control \u00a0Losing Bosa early on to the well meaning, but highly unpolished, Targeting penalty lost us our best defender. \u00a0Then there was our current Offensive coaching team who seem to get tired of using plays that work. \u00a0Just when we would be using soon-to-be former Buckeye Ezekiel Elliott to drive down to the end zone, the play calling would change and we would go to what doesn\u2019t work. \u00a0At one point, in the 4th, when we had yet another chance to seal the deal, we stopped a dynamic drive of running it right through Notre Dame\u2019s defense, to go to three incomplete passes that stopped the clock for the Irish and allowed them to recover the ball and score. \u00a0Why they do this \u2013 and it cost us dearly against the recently humiliated Spartans<\/a> \u2013 is beyond our knowledge. \u00a0You mix things up, I understand. \u00a0But when something is overwhelmingly working, and something else isn\u2019t, you shouldn\u2019t need a six figure salary to know what to do.<\/p>\n

Anyway, for us the Holiday Season, that starts in September, has come to an end. \u00a0We still have Twelfth Night, and this year a special Victorian dinner is replacing the Christmas Dinner we couldn\u2019t have due to jobs and schedules. \u00a0But the signposts, those events, outings and traditions we enjoy as a family that begin with our first round of cider and apple pie and Castle Ghosts of Ireland<\/a><\/i> \u2013 have wrapped up with a Buckeye victory. \u00a0How the season will be next year remains to be seen. \u00a0But now, we\u2019ll all relax and make the best of the last couple days of vacation. <\/p>\n

Then, it all begins.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"