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Ohio State vs. Bucknell, Saturday, Dec. 15 @ 12PM, BTN

I mean, it was a "W", so that's nice.

My preseason thoughts remain unchanged. Overall, not a particularly talented team. They'll likely lose a couple they shouldn't, win a couple they shouldn't and probably finish 4th-6th in the conference.

Talent infusion coming next season.
Sounds about right. The BiG is really deep this year though so the boys shouldnt be negative if they end this way to be honest. They'll make the tourney if this is the case so I'd be happy about that. I am silently hoping though by game 20 they stop the unforced errors and mental mistakes and figure how to channel their energy for at least 32-34 minutes per game. 40 is unrealistic.

There are some guys on this team that can make some serious noise so it's a lot of fun watching them grow even with the issues they currently have. Holtman, I say again, is freaking magic.
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5 Reasons UW wins the Rose Bowel

Hi Buckeye fans!

First of all, welcome to the Rose Bowl. Always fun to play a program like OSU. We are on a roll and I think we'll catch OSU at just the right time since you don't have a coach. If you guys want any tips about the Rose Bowl let a Dawg fan know and we'll show you around.

Here is why we win the RB.

1. Jack "Cobra" Browning - the best white player on the field, enough said on that. With four years of high school and over three years of college under his belt, he will do everything possible to win the game.

2. Offensive Line. We average a weight of 332 across the line, and they are ready to dominate the line of scrimmage. MacGeary, Tray Adams, Center, Ossai, Harris. These boys have an attitude and are ready to rumble!!!

3. Lake. A new defensive scheme and a new attitude. Everyone is speaking out about the difference between our game plan on defense vs Utah and our game planning since then. You will see a much improved defense on 1/1/19.

4. Speed, speed, speed. this is the fastest team Washington has had this century, maybe since 1991! John Ross XIV, Charlie McClutchins, Jake Kaho, Savell Ahmed, Myles Gaskin, Louis Rankin. The newbies will be inexperienced but we bring a new dimension that the program has not had in years, speed.

5. Time of possession. I think we can win the time of possession battle in this one. the more we can control the ball and keep our defense off the field, the greater chance we’ll have to win.

I think UW wins this one rather easily, say… 34-17???

Hey, I didn't know that Karan Higdon had a pseudonym! Great locker room material though. BTW, it's spelled "Jake", right? :sneaky: :oh:
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2002 Nat Champs compared to 2014 Nat Champs

It really is amazing to look back at that playoff run, see the mistakes and holes they dug themselves in the first halves, and realize how dominant they were to overcome them.

Against Bama; 2 redzone possessions starting on the ~2 yard line resulting in FGs, an INT giving Bama the ball on the 15 resulting in Bama going up 21-6. There's probably more, but I remember thinking the game was over at 21-6, and then at halftime looking at the stats and thinking about some of the plays and realizing OSU was actually dominating them down by 1 point. Only thing keeping that from being a 3 score game entering the 4th was the excellent punter Bama had.

Against Oregon; OSU turned the ball over 4 times vs 1 by Oregon (literally the last play of the game). They put up 538 yards of offense, won TOP by 15 minutes, and won the game by 22 points. This one was against a worse team, but even more impressive. A blowout with one hand tied behind your back.

The opener in 2015 was almost a carbon copy of these as well. Almost 600 yards of offense, numerous turnovers and mistakes (Campbell dropping a ~40 yard TD) leading to 'only' winning by 22 instead of 35. I honestly thought 2015 was going to be a repeat of the last two games of 2015 until reality hit.


He was a "tall drink of water" wasn't he? Mushmouth really had a boy-crush on that kid.

I do remember being mildly frustrated during the early stretch of the game and when it got to 21-6 thinking how redonk the score was because it wasn't a reflection of what I was seeing on the field... aside from the stupid mistakes. I never felt like that game was going to be a loss at any point. While Miami may have been a game for the ages and all... there was something more gratifying about the Bama game. Not sure why given the expectation for Miami to boatrace us... and the absolutely arrogant pricks they were... so that should have been very gratifying in the end... but if I were to pick one game to watch and enjoy again? Bama game... hands down.
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Players coming back for the 2019 season

Depends on how he tests in the Underwear Olympics.


And tbh, Fuller would be the only guy on the list I would miss from on field instance, the rest of the guys are at positions that we’ve recruited very well, to where we won’t completely miss them
To say you won’t miss KJ is insane and I don’t care how deep you think the room is. He was MONEY this year. The guy just had so many big plays.
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BTN Fox Sports Names Francois McGillicuddy President of Big Ten Network

Fox Sports Names Francois McGillicuddy President of Big Ten Network
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FOX Sports and the Big Ten Conference today announces it has named veteran media executive Francois McGillicuddy to the position of President, Big Ten Network (BTN). The announcement was made today by Eric Shanks, Chief Executive Officer & Executive Producer, FOX Sports and Jim Delany, Commissioner, Big Ten Conference. McGillicuddy will assume his new role in early 2019 and take over the day-to-day operations for BTN currently held by Mark Silverman, who was elevated in January 2018 to the position of President, National Networks, FOX Sports. BTN is a joint venture between FOX Sports and the Big Ten Conference. “Francois

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Ohio Stadium nickname question: is "The Shoe" offensive to anyone?

Let's get back to the real point; this 'Shoe business. In my days on campus we always referred to it as the Horseshoe, or we would say that Ohio Stadium was shaped like a horseshoe. We said "do not" and "can not" "would not" and "should not."

It's millennials. They don't want to work. They whine about "student debt" as if they never thought about working in a GM plant for a summer to get enough money together to pay for a year of school. Do that four times and, viola! you've got a bachelor's and you're not up to your eyeballs in bills. But no,millenials want to blame banks and their parents. They're too lazy to speak whole words. I laugh out loud as they lol. I laugh my ass off as they rotflmao. Too lazy to say whole words, they want to reduce our language to anagrams and to that I say FUJIMO! And the TV shows they watch... you wouldn't catch my generation watching "reality TV." We had real shows with a a real script and actors who could breath life into their characters like the ones on Beverly Hilbiliies or Gilligan's Island and Petticoat Junction.

Where was I? Oh, yeah. Millennials, lazy ass millennials. That's who started all this 'Shoe shit. Where'd my beer get off to?

Hard to work at the GM plant when it's in Mexico or Canada.
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University of Akron - Soccer (2010 national champs, 2018 national runners-up)

Maryland wins NCAA soccer title, beats Akron, 1-0, in men’s College Cup final
Updated 8:04 AM; Posted Dec 9, 10:07 PM



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Gallery: College Cup final





By Staff and Wire Reports

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Maryland won its fourth NCAA men’s soccer national championship with a 1-0 victory over Akron in the College Cup final Sunday night in Harder Stadium.

A second-half penalty kick for a 1-0 lead and a defense that did not allow a goal in five NCAA Tournament games proved too much for unseeded Akron (15-7-2), which crisscrossed the country with a string up upsets and looked unstoppable after a 5-1 semifinal win against Michigan State in Friday’s semifinal.

“We knew that they would be aggressive, try to press us and disrupt our rhythm,” Akron coach Jared Embick said. “We never really got in a comfort zone and I credit Maryland’s work rate and pressure.”

Maryland allowed just one goal when it won its last title in 2008.

"2008 was the gold standard. We gave up one goal that year. So we have to maybe call this the platinum standard of defending,'' Maryland coach Sasho Cirovski told ESPN.

Terrapins goalie Dayne St. Clair needed to make just two saves.

“We’re brothers,” St. Clair said. “We’re so close. The relationship this team has is sensational, and I think that’s why we’re sitting here today.”

Akron was attempting to win its second national championship (2010).


https://www.cleveland.com/sports/co...eats-akron-1-0-in-mens-college-cup-final.html
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Buck33Eye11's last stand 2

(fwiw my stance is staunchly in favor of letting pro athletes take w/e the hell they want under medical supervision)

I STRONGLY disagree with this statement. Not for the health of that one player. but because if you allow it, then it becomes almost required. In a field that competitive if you allow something even remotely unsafe to give someone an advantage you force the hand of hundreds of borderline players to also take it or lose their jobs.

Las Vegas

Woohooo Going to Vegas in Jan for four days of holdem poker tournament (hopefully) and other gambling stuff and shows and gambling and slots and gambling. I hear there's even some woman on Fremont st that wears fishnets and tape over her boobs that a picture with costs $5. I'll be all over that! I mean what's left for a 76 yr old pervert?
Did I mention the gambling?
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High School Cincinnati Colerain Cardinals

Why? Massive step backwards, correct?

the district office is a mess. teacher morale is at an all time low.
West offers him an administrative role. no teaching. a fat pay raise and arguably more talent than he had at Colerain.
Tom is a friend, classmate and teammate. I am absolutley crushed to see him go. but I totally understand why.
as for Colerain...we will do what we do. continue to outwork the competition. there are three sophomores that started on defense that will be 4 star recruits and I do believe the younger Pace (DB) will be a 5 star.
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Urban Meyer Retired...the rules to the recruiting forum have not changed

MD Buckeye posted this in the recruiting forum rules sticky at the top of the page, but I feel like posters are not actually reading the existing thread based on the comments I keep reading in the individual recruiting threads. I hope this post maybe makes it clear and we can just merge it in or delete it after the fact, but felt it warranted its own thread for now.

We have a strict policy in the recruiting against bashing recruits, which will not just be ignored because Urban Meyer retired and some of you feel like recruits should have blind faith to our school regardless of that news. I am as bummed about the retirement as any other fan is, but it doesn't change how we have handled things here. To be clear, bashing does not just mean an outright insult or negative comment against a recruit, but also posts that state a recruit is wrong for not committing to Ohio State or because of backing off because of the news UFM has retired. They are young adults making the hardest decisions of their lives, and everything is not as simple to a 16-18 year old kid deciding how the rest of their life might end up as an OSU fan on the internet.

Whether you all agree with it or not, Urban Meyer retiring is going to make some recruits reassess the biggest decision of their young adult lives. We all hope that the best recruits will ultimately decide that OSU is still the right choice and they believe in Ryan Day as the future. We should all root for that to happen and the program is going to be just fine no matter what. But the mocking and second guessing of some recruits in the last 48 hours is not acceptable at BP, and will not be tolerated in the recruiting forum.

Please clean it up. Thank you.

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