YouTubesDay: Buckeyes Give UW the Business

Ohio State came to Seattle on Saturday and basically pushed the Huskies around. They were the faster, more physical team that day, and there is no argument who the better team was when the scoreboard flashed zero's. Jim Tressel's defense in particular was very impressive, and despite over 100 yards rushing for UW QB Jake Locker, the Buckeyes gave up only 14 points to UW in a punishing performance. But did Ohio State's defense cross the line?

You hate be a whiner after the fact, and that if they really were against the rules, they would have been called by the officials....but....the tape doesn't lie. It's hard not to see some of this and wonder exactly what the refs were thinking (or, likely not thinking). Give this first one about a minute in, and you'll see the head-twist, plus more after the jump:

This one was almost as bad, but the helmet actually came off. Also check the late hit after Locker threw the ball. No flags were thrown:

As UW's own Ed Cunningham said during the ESPN broadcast, this isn't something that normally happens on a Jim Tressel-coached football team. His guys play hard, aggressive defense, every single week, and that's part of their identity. But I have to say, if these things happened in the NFL, some of these guys would be facing some fines from Roger Goodell right about now. Oh well, boys will be boys I guess.