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scooter1369
HTTR Forever.
The best part about Sagarin's preseason ratings is seeing how far off he was in December.
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buckeyeboy
Still fortitudinous
In ESPN the magazine's football preview issue, there are three covers with the title "Who's #1?" The three teams featured on the cover: USC, UT, and ND. Of course it makes absolute sense that the team who is #1 in both polls would not even be one of three to make the cover. 
. No wonder no one reads that worthless magazine.
. No wonder no one reads that worthless magazine.
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buckeye247
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In ESPN the magazine's football preview issue, there are three covers with the title "Who's #1?" The three teams featured on the cover: USC, UT, and ND. Of course it makes absolute sense that the team who is #1 in both polls would not even be one of three to make the cover.
Umm did you just watch SportsCenter because they just predicted tOSU to win it all in there little tourney.
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OSUsushichic
Fired up! Ready to go!
Who cares? Let's just go out and play some football and prove that we're #1. I'm getting sick of the "they hate us" bullshit.
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I saw the "quarter-finals" last night where May said our OL would "decimate" (or some word like that) the FSU DL. I gotta see the "semi-finals" and "championship" game to see what May has to say...
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An interesting idea
ESPN butters their bread on both sides, and at one time or another writes to appease everyone. thats how they make their money. From controversy.
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ESPN butters their bread on both sides, and at one time or another writes to appease everyone. thats how they make their money. From controversy.
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OSUBuckeye4Life
"THE" Ohio State Buckeyes
The opinion of 3 college football analysts is not an accurate respresentation of a corporation the size of ESPN IMO.
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OregonBuckeye
Semper Fi Buckeyes
They don't "hate" us but they do pick on us. It's all about the dolla' bill, y'all!
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In ESPN the magazine's football preview issue, there are three covers with the title "Who's #1?" The three teams featured on the cover: USC, UT, and ND. Of course it makes absolute sense that the team who is #1 in both polls would not even be one of three to make the cover.
I'm also weary of the bitching about what any media types say. This isn't worthy of its own thread; I'm merging it into preseason predictions.
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I don't think that ESPN ever had it in for Ohio State. It was just profitable to lie about Ohio State and keep their disgusting little "scoop" with Clarett alive. Notice how they blow smoke up our rears one moment and then run the latest breathless revelations from Mike "Mr Integrity" Freeman the next. It's about ratings and the more you write them with "aggro" messages, the more they will rub our face in the dirt.
It's about the hits and measurables because that is what keeps you in your seat. I have added italics to what Stewart Mandel has to say in his Mailbag this week. Notice, he says that even if he writes a well researched article, no one reads it unless it's about the "big teams". So, don't respond to them and they truly will go away.
"As a Miami University grad, I've had the pleasure of watching MAC football for many years. While I thoroughly enjoy your column, might I ask why the MAC never seems to come up unless it is in regard to a MAC team playing a "big" school? I'm sure there are story lines in the MAC, C-USA, WAC, Mountain West and Sun Belt conferences, too.
-- Andy Dinovo, Delaware, Ohio
I'm as big a fan of the MAC as anyone. I think if you go back through the years, you'll find I've devoted far more column space to the conference than any other national writer. That said, I also came to a troubling realization somewhere along the way: Whenever I do write a column that focuses on one of the so-called mid-majors, nobody reads it.
Sorry to say, but such is the extreme gap in fan interest between the nation's big-name programs and everyone else that I could write 2,000 words of gibberish about Ohio State ("Troy Smith -- he's good. Ted Ginn Jr. -- he's pretty good, too. Antonio Pittman ... ") and it would get 20 times as many hits as a thorough, well-reported column about Miami U.
I suppose this shouldn't be entirely surprising considering that Ohio State drew nearly twice as many fans to an open practice on Monday (28,000) than Miami averaged at its games last season (15,241) -- and the RedHawks ranked in the upper half of their conference, attendance-wise.
I'm not saying everything I write is based on numbers (in fact, I have a column devoted entirely to non-BCS teams coming out this Friday) but, like any sensible writer, I'm going to cover the subjects of the most interest to my audience."
It's about the hits and measurables because that is what keeps you in your seat. I have added italics to what Stewart Mandel has to say in his Mailbag this week. Notice, he says that even if he writes a well researched article, no one reads it unless it's about the "big teams". So, don't respond to them and they truly will go away.
"As a Miami University grad, I've had the pleasure of watching MAC football for many years. While I thoroughly enjoy your column, might I ask why the MAC never seems to come up unless it is in regard to a MAC team playing a "big" school? I'm sure there are story lines in the MAC, C-USA, WAC, Mountain West and Sun Belt conferences, too.
-- Andy Dinovo, Delaware, Ohio
I'm as big a fan of the MAC as anyone. I think if you go back through the years, you'll find I've devoted far more column space to the conference than any other national writer. That said, I also came to a troubling realization somewhere along the way: Whenever I do write a column that focuses on one of the so-called mid-majors, nobody reads it.
Sorry to say, but such is the extreme gap in fan interest between the nation's big-name programs and everyone else that I could write 2,000 words of gibberish about Ohio State ("Troy Smith -- he's good. Ted Ginn Jr. -- he's pretty good, too. Antonio Pittman ... ") and it would get 20 times as many hits as a thorough, well-reported column about Miami U.
I suppose this shouldn't be entirely surprising considering that Ohio State drew nearly twice as many fans to an open practice on Monday (28,000) than Miami averaged at its games last season (15,241) -- and the RedHawks ranked in the upper half of their conference, attendance-wise.
I'm not saying everything I write is based on numbers (in fact, I have a column devoted entirely to non-BCS teams coming out this Friday) but, like any sensible writer, I'm going to cover the subjects of the most interest to my audience."
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