So Duke Lacrosse did a number on Ohio State last Sunday in a 21-10 win, a score that doesn’t really reflect how lopsided the game was. In the fourth quarter, Duke pretty much shut down their offense and stopped taking shots. Otherwise, the score would have been far worse. On the bus ride from Duke to the airport, I was sitting beside longpole Parker McKee talking about Ohio State. I recounted how my Heels lost to them in Baltimore earlier this season and said I predicted a strong start by the Buckeyes. My prediction was for them to be up at the end of the first quarter, maybe half, but Duke then coming back to win it.
Well, I was right about the Buckeyes starting strong. They scored first to make the score 0-1, scoring off an EMO (btw, how does Sam Payton get hit with a delay of game when the game was only 10 seconds in? I missed the call as my camera was focused elsewhere). I was also right that Duke would come out after the Buckeyes strong start and win the game. What I had very wrong was how long it would take Duke to come back — it ended up not taking long at all. At the 10:39 left on the clock in the first, the officials could have stopped there when Brad Ross scored to put Duke up 2-1. Duke would never be down again and would not stop the carnage until the score was 10-1.  Congrats to OSU though for their great success this summer.  It is great to see a midwest team get some serious respect in the lacrosse world.Â
The entire game was rainy and cold. Pretty miserable to photograph. But the photos usually look fun in the end: Lots of sliding goes on during these games. Too bad it wasn’t a muddy and grassy field. Photos from those games look awesome!
Here’s a link to my photos from the game:Â Duke Lacrosse vs. Ohio State Photos