Arthur Smith

was fine.

Arthur Smith was fine.

Dirk Cutter was fine.

Steve Sarkeesian was fine.

Um, but the mo- like the moments where a decision had to be made to sustain momentum to keep k- to keep like sort of like the vibes of the game in your favor, I, I don't know that they were handled very well by the guy whose job it is to sort of like manage the game and have a feel for those kind of things.

I did think it was interesting that he said he told Arthur Smith before the game if they get in a fourth and short situation.

Did he say in the red zone?

Yeah.

Yeah, right

...

if Arthur Smith would've been over there being like, "Let them score.

Let them score.

It is, again, trying so hard not to get too far ahead of myself with just one game, but...

It really feels like a different kind of play from Aaron Rodgers at the quarterback position under McCarthy and Angelicchio than last year with Mike Tomlin and mainly Arthur Smith because he was running the offense.

Without a doubt, but this is what we wanted.

This is what we were looking for, and I'm happy that his fans and people who love his Steelers are getting rewarded for this.

Whether that's middle of the field, like he said, when he got a lot of chances to take deep shots, go outside sometimes, it doesn't matter.

I don't think there's going to be a limit to any area of the field as far as this offense is concerned.

Maybe in years past, Arthur Smith, I don't really like to go into the middle of the field too much.

It's dangerous there.

Longtime just questioner of Ryan Day's decision-making when you're up 20-3 and you decide to take your foot off the gas.

Arthur Smith as well.

Why did we go so conservative in the second half and decide to throw it up to Jeremiah Smith? Only when it was third and eight or longer.

I don't get that.

the taking the foot off the gas thing is more unique to Ryan day than, than to urban Meyer.

And it is that, that feels like a complaint ripped straight from the 2024 Michigan game.

And Arthur Smith, you know, we're seeing him as a college offensive coordinator for the first time.

He's been a successful NFL offensive coordinator.

He's asked about the fourth down decisions, and obviously the two biggest ones are the fourth and two he does go for, and then the fourth and four where they decide to punt from the Texas 39.

He said that he told Arthur Smith going into the game, I think he said specifically if we get into the red zone early on and there's a fourth down opportunity, we're going to go for it.

Right.

Hell

And props to Peyton.

The dude played poorly despite what PFF wants us to believe.

And Ohio State has made the decision, and I'm not going to blame anyone because I don't know exactly who to blame on this decision, but Arthur Smith and Matt Patricia, if Ohio State goes 9-3, misses the college football playoff, and they get jobs in the NFL, we will go the entire 2026 season without talking to them.

Ohio State will lose three games, and Matt Patricia and Arthur Smith will not have to answer any questions about why they lost those games.

It was just an enjoyable way to close down a Saturday that was also very, very exciting.

To get to laugh at Arthur Smith was pretty fun.

Yeah, that was.

You're talking about the memes.

I would be more inclined to say, yeah, but Texas one, they fought for four quarters.

It took a phenomenal fourth quarter for them to get back in the game.

And Ohio State, sincerely, I'm imagining Arthur Smith has been kicking himself for how he called that fourth quarter with them up 20.

I still think if Georgia and Texas played wherever the game was, in Athens, in Atlanta, in Austin, I would pick Georgia over Texas.

Is this offense going to be the type that says, hey, let's go for a kill shot?

Yeah, and I talked to Arthur early going into the game that if we find ourselves in a fourth and two, fourth and three in the red area early in the game, we're going to go for it.

And we didn't convert on it.

So that hurt.

You were talking about finishing the game in the fourth quarter.

That started on the opening drive.

What is Arthur going to bring? What can he bring? What's different to you about it now? Where do you see red zone offense right now?

Yeah, well...

This is what I'm going to say.

Arthur Smith, The past whole game against Ball State and the past three quarters against Texas, he was calling a good game.

But I will say this.

I've said it time and time again.

You kind of get conservative play calling with Arthur Smith.

in probably blowout situations, really.

Because it's happened when he was in the NFL.

When the lead's comfortable, the play calling starts getting comfortable.