Before the game even started I mentioned this game concerned me. I didn’t have time to elaborate much because I was finishing up some work stuff. So I did so after the game.
OSU always plays us tough, they are a tough matchup for us, and Holtmann is a hell of a coach. They beat us at our place last year and took us to OT in the BTT. They present a lot of the same problems this year except for Duane Washingbeard going off for a million, but they now have Branham who is a similar type of player but with a higher ceiling. The kind of big guard that routinely gives us fits.
So then add in that we were down our own athletic freshman wing that has been playing well and a backup defensive specialist that could spell Kofi against their bigs and it tipped me from feeling like a game we should win to more of a toss up feeling.
Melendez guards and has active hands. He would have helped us, especially when Kofi was out. Throwing BBV at Liddell instead of letting him eat DMW alive could have been helpful too.