The Ohio State University: The Thread

"gi§h® wrote:

Parker runs a 4.23, Wells runs a 4.5. I must have accidentally rounded Parker up to the nearest half of a second.

Right, because a 4.23 and a 4.5 are so close in reality. Oh wait......There I go assuming again.

"BuckeyeKing wrote:

lol Did Dboston really give us Buckeye fans a bad name? camon were all not that bad.

Could be worse we could be USC fans :P

No, he had plenty of help.

lol Motion doesn't like us Buckeye fans .

BTW on the BTN their showing the Miami vs Ohio St game at 3 central

Just an opinion.

I live in Ohio and I am not a fan of OSU directly because of the fans here. I figure each team has their share of "homers", but around here the crap gets deep quick.

"Zippy wrote:

I live in Ohio and I am not a fan of OSU directly because of the fans here. I figure each team has their share of "homers", but around here the crap gets deep quick.

haha, that is my sentiments exactly.

Although I wouldn't be a fan of OSU regardless of the fans, just because Penn State is better (the teams just don't know it :thumbup:).

"Motion wrote:

Right, because a 4.23 and a 4.5 are so close in reality. Oh wait......There I go assuming again.

No, he had plenty of help.

I CAN VOUCH for that. There were a bunch of REALLY obnoxious OSU fans last year. To the point I am actually rooting for LSU tonight. I really do not care about the game, but those fans last year... UGH.

"BuckeyeKing wrote:

lol Motion doesn't like us Buckeye fans .

BTW on the BTN their showing the Miami vs Ohio St game at 3 central

Sorry about your loss :bighug:

Last night's game clearly shows why there is a need for a PLAYOFF system. Have a "Final Four" around the end of December, and the Championship game the following week. They could even have a "Final Eight" and play a couple weeks to decide a National Champion....what they have now is crap. :001_rolleyes:

"Roman529 wrote:

Last night's game clearly shows why there is a need for a PLAYOFF system. Have a "Final Four" around the end of December, and the Championship game the following week. They could even have a "Final Eight" and play a couple weeks to decide a National Champion....what they have now is crap. :001_rolleyes:

Ya, there's a meeting soon regarding the plus one format, and I believe one of the top stories on ESPN.com was Georgia's president proposing an 8-team playoff.

The bottom line is the Big 10 is a weaker conference.... and while that is not Ohio State's fault, it artificially inflates the significance of their "undefeated" season in the past (or one or two losses this year).

Ohio State would have been better matched against Florida in the Capital One Bowl - probably would have made for a better game "the rematch". Have LSU play USC or Georgia in the title game (yes i know it is two SEC teams), and you'd have the two best teams in the country play each other.

"Texas wrote:

The bottom line is the Big 10 is a weaker conference.... and while that is not Ohio State's fault, it artificially inflates the significance of their "undefeated" season in the past (or one or two losses this year).

Ohio State would have been better matched against Florida in the Capital One Bowl - probably would have made for a better game "the rematch". Have LSU play USC or Georgia in the title game (yes i know it is two SEC teams), and you'd have the two best teams in the country play each other.

Wow...I totally disagree with that statement. Big Ten is one of the tougher conferences in the nation. Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin, all have been perenial top 25 teams for yrs. As well as Michigan State, and even Iowa has enjoyed some success as a program in the past. Purdue has been a hit and miss program, but when they are good, they dominate. Illinois while not being good enough to beat USC, YET, had a great yr, and will prob. be another top ten team next yr.

"enforcerfin33 wrote:

Wow...I totally disagree with that statement. Big Ten is one of the tougher conferences in the nation. Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin, all have been perenial top 25 teams for yrs. As well as Michigan State, and even Iowa has enjoyed some success as a program in the past. Purdue has been a hit and miss program, but when they are good, they dominate. Illinois while not being good enough to beat USC, YET, had a great yr, and will prob. be another top ten team next yr.

:huh1:

*clears throat*

"Stitches wrote:

:huh1:

*clears throat*

oh yeh, I forgot to mention Penn State, thanks Pete. :wave:

"enforcerfin33 wrote:

Wow...I totally disagree with that statement. Big Ten is one of the tougher conferences in the nation. Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin, all have been perenial top 25 teams for yrs. As well as Michigan State, and even Iowa has enjoyed some success as a program in the past. Purdue has been a hit and miss program, but when they are good, they dominate. Illinois while not being good enough to beat USC, YET, had a great yr, and will prob. be another top ten team next yr.

I don't think he's talking about the conference with respect to it being weak for year though. He's saying it's weak right now, and I absolutely agree with him. IMO their only competition for the bottom of the BCS is the Big East, and that is debatable. The Big East didn't have two teams that lost to 1AA teams this year.

The Big Ten is bottom 3 IMO. ACC and Big east are right down with Big Ten IMO.

"finswin56 wrote:

I don't think he's talking about the conference with respect to it being weak for year though. He's saying it's weak right now, and I absolutely agree with him. IMO their only competition for the bottom of the BCS is the Big East, and that is debatable. The Big East didn't have two teams that lost to 1AA teams this year.

exactly... that was my point.

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funny.. all the talking heads were saying that the Big 10 is the weakest of all the BCS confrences, that they are artificially propped up at the begining of every season.. I was kinna shocked, but see their point. Not being a college football expert, I don't know what to think.. other than I don't like UM and OSU.

Maybe I'm just a homer.

here's my opinion on most Big 10 teams and why they struggle.

OSU always brings in top recruits but most of them are linemen, and a lot of their 5 star recruits never really pan out (they traditionally have more success with smaller prospects)

Michigan can recruit with the best in the country, but have a horrible S&C program which really hurts them

PSU only recruits certain players

Wisconsin owns their state, but the HS talent is not always top notch.

Illinois is getting better recruiting, but are just still young

Iowa,Indiana,Purdue,Northwestern, and Minnesota are only good when they have a lot of RS guys on their team and catch the Big 2 in a down year.

We can't defend the spread its as simple as that.

Speed isnt the issue the issue is the different looks Florida and LSU gave.

"BuckeyeKing wrote:

We can't defend the spread its as simple as that.

Speed isnt the issue the issue is the different looks Florida and LSU gave.

I thought we couldn't either, just turns out we can't defend actual speed QBs. I think OSU could easily defend the spread as well, it's not as much speed as it is containment on a running QB (easier said than done), but if it's a QB like Flynn, get pressure

Well the looks LSU gave Ohio st looked puzzled. When the defense is spread out like they are there are bound to be gaps.

Ohio St just got out coached again.

Congrats to Michigan though. I was happy that day.

I was shocked, and kind of pissed. Where was that offense (or that agressive defense) all year?

I know really. They looked totally different.

08 will be a better year for the Big Ten.

Hopefully we land a BCS bid.

should be a better year. I think most Big 10 fans would agree that the Illini were not ready for the Rose Bowl; especially against that USC team. They were just way too young and did not have big game experience. Had Illinois gone to a smaller bowl I believe they would've won.

Even so even hardcore Big 10 fans have to agree with this.

Ohio State recruits Ohio kids (with the occasional big time out of state player)

Michigan normally gets the top players in Michigan as well as top players across the country (Cali,Texas,Iowa,Florida,Ohio,PA)

Penn State can get whoever they want, but they only go after guys that fit JoePa's scheme instead of the est players.

Illinois should probably be investigated by the NCAA (this is partially a joke, but seriously you ever been to Champaign?!?)

Wisconsin gets everybody that's a top player from in state with occasional steals from neighboring states

Michigan State,Northwestern,Indiana,Purdue,Iowa, and Minnesota feed off of the guys Michigan and Ohio State don't watch (look at how many guys go to schools that are part of Michigan or OSU's pipelines)

Actually Ohio St has been recruiting heavy in PA and Florida. But Id say 70% of the class is made up of Ohio kids.