Ohio State vs Oregon Recap - AP Top 25 Poll

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Ohio State fires special teams coordinator Robby Discher after 9 months By: Adam Rittenberg Ohio State has fired special teams coordinator Robby Discher, after allowing a critical fake punt conversion in Saturday's loss to Oregon, sources confirmed to ESPN. Discher was in his first year at Ohio State after holding the same role at Illinois, where he also coached tight ends. He also has coached special teams at Tulane and Toledo. Ohio State led 14-3 and had forced an Oregon punt on fourth-and-9 from the Ducks' 31-yard line in Saturday's game, when Oregon's Teitum Tuioti threw a jump pass to fellow defensive lineman Matayo Uiagalelei for a 30-yard gain. The Ducks went on to score a touchdown, part of 38 unanswered points in Oregon's 41-28 win. Ohio State coach Ryan Day said afterward that he would "evaluate everything" following the team's second straight defeat. "Getting off the field there before the fake punt would have been a huge stop and enabled for us to get the ball on offense and eat up some more clock there in the second quarter," Day said. "But it didn't happen. So I've got to evaluate everything and try to come in [Sunday] and figure out with the staff the things that we're just coming up short on and figure out how to adjust those things. "And I think it all starts with the staff. And then it goes to the players. So there needs to be accountability for all of it. And then we go from there." Ohio State also had several special teams penalties. "The penalties are a killer," Day said. "At the end of the day as a coach, you've got to look yourself in the mirror and find out why that's happening." The Buckeyes rank 102nd nationally in special teams efficiency this season. Former Ohio State players sound off on program, Ryan Day after humiliating loss to Oregon: 'Clean house' The Ducks scored 38 straight points against the Buckeyes, prompting several program legends to share their opinion By Brad Crawford Several former Ohio State players sounded off on the Buckeyes' catastrophic performance during Saturday's 41-28 home loss to Oregon, a setback that all but detonated the program's College Football Playoff hopes this season. Ryan Day's fifth loss in his last 11 games dating back to last season put a negative spotlight on a program with one of college football's most talented rosters, just two years removed from a national championship under his guidance. Former Ohio State defensive lineman Tommy Schutt, who hadn't tweeted in six years before Saturday night, noted it was time to "CLEAN HOUSE" after an "embarrassing" performance at home. Curtis Samuel, a former All-Big Ten wideout for the Buckeyes, made his first appearance on "X" in three years with a series of comments in the wake of the loss. "Can't allow a team to come in the shoe and be the bully that's unacceptable and for sure not the culture," Samuel wrote, mentioning five-star freshman Legend Bey and his lack of usage in another message. Ex-Ohio State standout Beanie Wells, who rushed for 3,382 yards and 30 touchdowns over three seasons in the mid-2000s, went long-winded on the program and the Buckeyes' soft play defensively. "The eye in the sky doesn't lie and this doesn't just start last week against USC," Wells said on CBS Sports HQ. "You go back to the game vs. Indiana, the explosive plays and inability to get to the passer on a consistent basis. Those things have always been there with his defense and now everybody's starting to take notice. This is something Ohio State went out and put on film weeks ago and nobody took notice because they got away with the victory at Indiana. "These holes and these issues have been there, Now they're being exposed when they're losing on a national scale when you're supposed to be separating yourself." The Buckeyes have lost consecutive games for the first time since 2011 and Day's third loss in a single season is the first time that's happened for him since he took over eight years ago. "Ohio State is revealing who they've always been and those issues are showing themselves and this is why the committee is viewing themselves they way they did," Wells said. "They were at home against a wounded Oregon team and you did nothing, you did not respond. You were up 14-0 and you showed me all you can be a frontrunner, you can't get punched in the mouth and respond like Oregon did." Oregon scored 38 straight points after trailing by two touchdowns early before Ohio State fans started leaving Ohio Stadium early in the fourth quarter. Ranked No. 12 in last week's first CFP Top 25, the Buckeyes will likely tumble down the poll in Tuesday night's update (they came in at No. 20 in Sunday's coaches poll). "We didn't expect any of this to happen," Day said. "I thought the way that we came out was how we thought we would play in this game. And then once the momentum swung, we weren't able to stop that and then swing it," No. 12 Ohio State Grade: F Result: 41-28 loss vs. Oregon Title odds: +8000 The absence of starting quarterback Julian Sayin remains an obvious hindrance for Ohio State, but that's to be expected. The vulnerability of the Buckeyes' defense is the more stunning revelation. The nation's preseason No. 1 team has allowed 30-plus points in back-to-back regular season losses for the first time since 1990. Oregon reeled off three straight long touchdown drives over the second and third quarters to extinguish any hope for a team playing with a freshman quarterback. Two late Ohio State scores made this look more respectable than it was.