2011 tOSU Football Discussion

[MililaniBuckeye]

not to mention the illegal turbo charger on the Enola Gay engines.

And the fact we didn't also provide the Japanese with Norden bomb sights like we had...

 

[calibuck]

Milli, I thought we traded the Norden bombsights to the Nazis for some heavy water?

:gobucks3::gobucks4:

 

[akronbuck]

The biggest thing I keep coming back to is that if OSU gets a USC style punishment, meaning a bowl ban, then what the hell is the point of self reporting to the NCAA?

USC stonewalled the NCAA for five years, dared them to find anything, opening insulted them, and hoped for the best. OSU has bent over backwards to cooperate.

If the punishment is exactly the same or similar in severity, the NCAA is basically encouraging stonewalling the hell out of them and hoping that they are too incompetent and stupid to find anything, which seems like a winning bet more often than not.

bingo I'm waiting to see if the banned bowl games comes. costing Money/NCAA/BCS/BIG TEN OSU has one of the best if not, the best traveling fans

 

[Buckskin86]

Younger coaches turn up volume
Players already see more emotion during workouts
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
By Ken Gordon
The Columbus Dispatch

Tight end Jake Stoneburner expects Ohio State's recent coaching changes to make a difference this year - but not in the offensive or defensive schemes, necessarily.

With a Generation X head coach replacing a baby boomer, and two new assistant coaches who are 40 or younger, Stoneburner is anticipating a possible change in vocabulary.

"They might cuss a little bit more, they might be a little more energetic," Stoneburner said.

Since December, receivers coach Darrell Hazell, 47, was replaced by Stan Drayton, 40. And 58-year-old coach Jim Tressel resigned, replaced by the former linebackers coach, 37-year-old Luke Fickell.

On Monday, 35-year-old Mike Vrabel was hired to take Fickell's old job.

The net result was the coaching staff dropped 30 years off its cumulative age, and possibly picked up its overall intensity.

"It is a different feel," linebacker Tony Jackson said. "I would say it's more boosting. It's that we want to be competitive; that's the biggest thing."

Cont...

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2011/07/13/0713-ohio-state-football.html?sid=101

 

[MD Buckeye]

Bank Blog: Let's Get It Started

7/15; By The Bank

How will Ohio State fare on the field this coming season? This question is usually asked about 10,000 times before the middle of July, but this year, for reasons that shall not be mentioned, the topic rarely comes up. Let's break the mold, go against all tendencies, and actually take a look at the 2011 Ohio State football team, on the field. Crazy idea, right?

 

[Jaxbuck]

One little thing I noticed when I looked at the 2011 schedule is who our opponents play the week before they play OSU. Its something I always look at and I think it works in our favor for some of the key B10 games this year.

Oct 8 @ Nebraska, on Oct 1 Nebraska plays @ Wisconsin.
Oct 29 Wisconsin, on October 22 Wisconsin plays @ MSU while OSU has a bye.
Nov 19 PSU, on Nov 12 PSU plays Nebraska.
Nov 26 @scUM, on Nov 19 scUM plays Nebraska.

I'm not sure how physical Nebraska is anymore but except for the MSU game all our tough B10 opponents at least are playing a good team the week before and not a finesse/patsy team. In some cases (scUM, maybe UNL) the game before is likely to beat the ever loving piss out of a team.

BTW PSU ends the season vs Nebraska, @ OSU, @ Wisconsin. Prepare your anus.

 

[Buckskin86]

Buckeyes Summer Far From A Vacation- NBC4i

 

[Buckskin86]

Sam Madison talking to Shazier, Howard and others...

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[Buckeye86]

Road to the Title Game
TheBuckeyeBattleCry.com

As the season approaches, you circle certain games on the calendar as ones to look forward to with a little extra anticipation.

At the same time, there are other less exciting games that you are almost guaranteed to get alumni tickets for.

And then there are the games in the middle of the excitement spectrum, but even some of those have been moving up the scale recently.

The Buckeyes have been fortunate enough to become entangled in some competitive conference match-ups this decade that are almost always heated affairs.

All in all, there are plenty of intriguing games this season that fans can look forward to.

...

Warm Ups

These are the games that you hope your friend that is dumb enough to get married in the fall is at least considerate enough to schedule on one of these weekends.

You'll still be angry about sitting at a reception rather than in front of a television to catch the game live (best case scenario, TV at the reception), but as long as there is an open bar you can handle watching the game on DVR a few hours late.

continued...

Read More: http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/2011/07/2011-schedule-warm-ups-speed-bumps-and-prime-time/

 

[CHU]

Ohio State rolled over the 2011 roster today on the website (some freshmen are now listed with numbers).

It's probably a typo or rolled to the wrong player -- they had the same number -- but why is Jonathan Newsome not listed (Andy Miller is)?

Typo or system issue, right? Not really a biggie (one year Corey "Pitt" Brown didn't have a bio all season and Flash Thomas had the wrong number all season on the website).

http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/osu-m-footbl-mtt.html

David Durham moved to FB (on the roster)?

Only player not listed is Gambrell now (but the thing just rolled over recently).

 

[Buckeye86]

Opponents of our Opponents are our Friends
TheBuckeyeBattleCry.com

...
With the addition of Nebraska to the conference, the grind of the Big Ten will be especially difficult this season (and presumably into the future as well), and Ohio State could be in the perfect position to reap the benefits.

In many of Ohio State's biggest games, the opposing team will be coming off a nasty match-up in the week or weeks before. Catching teams that are emotionally and physically exhausted would obviously be an advantage.

At the same time, the Buckeyes schedule sets up relatively nicely in terms of 'rest' weeks in-between the challenges.

Here is a closer look at opponent's schedules in the weeks leading up to their match-up with the Buckeyes.

continued...

Continue reading: http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/2011/08/opponents-of-our-opponents-are-our-friends/

 

[RB07OSU]

Just to make absolute sure before I respond to this Rivals article that has us ranked at #16: We can still play for a Big Ten title as of now correct? Margaree seems to think all we have to play for is "pride." Just checking because they also think Dodson decommitted from us, and that only 1 team has rushed for over 100 yards on us in the last six years Oh and they also have Norwell at 6'5 (def 6'7-6'8) and T.Y. at 6'5 (at least 6'7).

 

[buckeyesin07]

Just to make absolute sure before I respond to this Rivals article that has us ranked at #16: We can still play for a Big Ten title as of now correct? Margaree seems to think all we have to play for is "pride." Just checking because they also think Dodson decommitted from us, and that only 1 team has rushed for over 100 yards on us in the last six years Oh and they also have Norwell at 6'5 (def 6'7-6'8) and T.Y. at 6'5 (at least 6'7).

Eh, listing a guy at 6'5" when he's really 6'7" is nothing compared to this, from the same page:

Last season: 11-3, 8-0 (1st in ACC Coastal; beat Florida State in ACC championship game, lost to Stanford in Orange Bowl)

Proofreading is for chumps if you're Rivals, I guess.

 

[bassbuckeye07]

Just to make absolute sure before I respond to this Rivals article that has us ranked at #16: We can still play for a Big Ten title as of now correct? Margaree seems to think all we have to play for is "pride." Just checking because they also think Dodson decommitted from us, and that only 1 team has rushed for over 100 yards on us in the last six years Oh and they also have Norwell at 6'5 (def 6'7-6'8) and T.Y. at 6'5 (at least 6'7).

only one ohio state defense has allowed an average of more than 100 yards per game in 6 years is what they are saying...which I also doubt

 

[AKAK]

only one ohio state defense has allowed an average of more than 100 yards per game in 6 years is what they are saying...which I also doubt

Actually in '08 we gave up about 115. The last time before that was '04.