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2007 TSUN News

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Not really related to the discussion, but I think witnessing one of the bigger cultural overhauls in a CFB program should make for some fantastic entertainment this season. I don't know about you, but I haven't been more interested to see whatever UM games I can catch than this coming season.

Of course for us, it all boils down to how RR & Co. approach the rivalry. Maybe some predictions? Will he:

a) Pull a "Cooper" and make light of it
b) Get his team worked up into a Barwis-induced frenzy, to the point of reckless behavior/silly mistakes on the field
c) Approach the rivalry with the same focus that JT has brought to tOSU
 
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rocketman;1209236; said:
Not really related to the discussion, but I think witnessing one of the bigger cultural overhauls in a CFB program should make for some fantastic entertainment this season. I don't know about you, but I haven't been more interested to see whatever UM games I can catch than this coming season.

Of course for us, it all boils down to how RR & Co. approach the rivalry. Maybe some predictions? Will he:

a) Pull a "Cooper" and make light of it
b) Get his team worked up into a Barwis-induced frenzy, to the point of reckless behavior/silly mistakes on the field
c) Approach the rivalry with the same focus that JT has brought to tOSU
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After watching how he's handled pressure filled games the past couple years, I'd vote for "b".
 
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rocketman;1209236; said:
Not really related to the discussion, but I think witnessing one of the bigger cultural overhauls in a CFB program should make for some fantastic entertainment this season. I don't know about you, but I haven't been more interested to see whatever UM games I can catch than this coming season.

Of course for us, it all boils down to how RR & Co. approach the rivalry. Maybe some predictions? Will he:

a) Pull a "Cooper" and make light of it
b) Get his team worked up into a Barwis-induced frenzy, to the point of reckless behavior/silly mistakes on the field
c) Approach the rivalry with the same focus that JT has brought to tOSU
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It's a shame that there's no current players on that team who know what it's like to win The Game. He could have learned something from them... Too bad, so sad.

:oh:
 
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rocketman;1209236; said:
a) Pull a "Cooper" and make light of it
b) Get his team worked up into a Barwis-induced frenzy, to the point of reckless behavior/silly mistakes on the field
c) Approach the rivalry with the same focus that JT has brought to tOSU
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Aren't 'a' and 'b' kind of the same thing?
 
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After the first few years, I thought Coop's teams filled the B role there too. Every year, someone on the Buckeyes would say something stupid for bulletin board material because the coaches were firing them up for the game because we hadn't beaten them in X number of years. Then we'd falter midway through the game to give scUM the lead and we just couldn't overcome those mistakes before the final whistle.

edit: haha, I guess we were all thinking the same there.
 
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The problem with some of coopers players were that they thought/knew they were better...they forgot the part about proving it on the field. There were years we easily had the better team and lost. It is refreshing to sit back and know we have a shot no matter what. When RR loses to OSU I hope it starts to get into his head.
 
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brutus2002;1209294; said:
... When RR loses to OSU I hope it starts to get into his head.
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Seems like a pretty safe bet.

RR was a combined 2-6 vs Virginia Tech and Miami, and the 2 victories were just part of VPI's late season swoons in the early part of the decade.

RR was 4-3 in the Back Yard Brawl, but only one of the wins and ALL of the losses occurred when the game was the last of the regular season. And that one win had more to do with Pitt having just lost a heartbreaker in Miami than anything else.

Don't get me wrong: RR will have teams that win games and score a lot of points in Ann Arbor. But the master of conference rivalry he is not.
 
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:lol:

Seriously, they really need to step up their defensive recruiting...in a major way. They're DL depth is awful. Will Campbell looks like potential stud, but who are they gonna line up beside him when the current starters are gone?
 
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