Ohio State Football!!!

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Not to mention your quarterback seemed to be more concerned with paying homage to Michael Vick than making good plays in the 4th quarter.

The other big mistake Tressel made was not kicking a field goal with 7 minutes left when OSU had it on Navy's 15 with a 15 point lead. Why wouldn't you put your team up by 18 and make it a 3 score lead at that point? That just showed a total lack of respect for Navy and very nearly bit him in the ass. If Navy had converted the 2 point try and somehow won that game, I think Tressel should have been fired the next day.

Navy has some nice balance. That triple option is going to be deadly this season.

OSU looked vulnerable on defense the entire game. Trojans will win big.

As big a Buckeye fan as there is in the world. The biggest concern for the Buckeyes, long term, is they need an offensive coordinator. If Tressel doesn't have the ability to realize he's not very good at this, then he'll eventually be fired. He bought himself time with the 2002 NC. Fulmer won it in 1998 and was fired after the 08' season, the sweater vest is on the clock imo.

OSU knocked off the rust and still survived. That is all that matters (just ask OU). USC beat up on a high school team. I don't see OSU beating the Trojans (even though a true frosh at QB gives them their best chance in an era), but they will come to play. They'd better.

I think OSU is worthy of some serious scrutiny.

They have SEC type speed on that team, and frankly should do much better than they have in the recent past. The analogy to Fulmer may not be that far off.

WWRD wrote:

Fulmer won it in 1998 and was fired after the 08' season, the sweater vest is on the clock imo.

7-1 against Michigan, Tressel isn't going anywhere for a while.

haha, YO wrote:

7-1 against Michigan, Tressel isn't going anywhere for a while.

It is the only record that matters there.

You may as well accept the fact that Penn State is going to win the Big Ten again.

jsquire wrote:

haha, YO wrote:

7-1 against Michigan, Tressel isn't going anywhere for a while.

It is the only record that matters there.

Denard Robinson and Tate Forcier will slice through the gaping holes in the OSU defense.

OSU 12. USC 35.

OSU 17. Michigan 20.

Sweater vests are fer wusses.

You know, I wouldn't even mind seeing a Nittany Lions-Crimson Tide BCS championship, old school for a change. USC can draw Ohio State in the Rose this year, regardless of what happens Saturday. Wait, where's the BCS champ game this year?

Half the fans in the country are panicking.

I did not think Ohio State was going to beat USC before the Navy game. Navy is a tough team to get ready for. Your scout team cannot replicate the offense that takes Navy players a while to learn.

Navy plays a lot of big time teams on the road so they are not going to be intimidated.

I like Ohio State (wife is an alum) and have a soft spot for the service academies so I was torn.

I thought that the back up played because of an equipment issue with Pryor. Anyway, it was one series.

I like Pryor and think he may be a Heisman candidate this year - definitely next year. He'll go pro before his senior year.

However, that OSU defense sucked a sore ass all day - my God, they must have never seen an option offense before.

If they don't fix that defense, USC will eat them for lunch.

Go Irish!

luv2run wrote:

Half the fans in the country are panicking.

I did not think Ohio State was going to beat USC before the Navy game. Navy is a tough team to get ready for. Your scout team cannot replicate the offense that takes Navy players a while to learn.

Navy plays a lot of big time teams on the road so they are not going to be intimidated.

I like Ohio State (wife is an alum) and have a soft spot for the service academies so I was torn.

I thought that the back up played because of an equipment issue with Pryor. Anyway, it was one series.

Well, Tressel said ahead of time he was going to put in the second string QB for a series. He shouldn't even say that. That just tells the players that they don't need to play as hard as they normally would in order to win. Other than the fact Pryor should be better at QB this year than last, pretty much every other aspect of OSU's game is worse this year. They lost 3 games last year. They could lose 4 this year. At least if they play like they did on Saturday.

Penn State beats up on the weak!!!

I'm so glad the Suckeyes are playing USC this week. That way we don't have to wait until the bowl games to find out what a fraud OSU is! Let's get it out of the way early.

The big question is which SEC team will play for the title this year, Florida or Alabama.

Old, Old, and older wrote:

Penn State beats up on the weak!!!

"the weak" = the rest of the big ten/eleven.

You are right about this Flagpole, Tressel often does this, another of his growing list of shortcomings.The Michigan record is fantastic, but what goes up, must come down, I sense the winds shifting, if not this year, next year.

Anyone watch Florida State and Miami? Offenses looked great for both of them and they traditionally have better defenses.

I could see Miami winning out the rest of the way. Especially since they have 10 weeks to get their whole defense healthy.