• Follow us on Twitter @buckeyeplanet and @bp_recruiting, like us on Facebook! Enjoy a post or article, recommend it to others! BP is only as strong as its community, and we only promote by word of mouth, so share away!
  • Consider registering! Fewer and higher quality ads, no emails you don't want, access to all the forums, download game torrents, private messages, polls, Sportsbook, etc. Even if you just want to lurk, there are a lot of good reasons to register!

Game Thread 2015 Sugar Bowl: (1) Alabama vs. (4) Ohio State, Jan 1st @ 8:30p ET, ESPN (civilized thread)

Jump to latest Follow Reply
Sort by date Sort by votes
Brodman said:
So which bowl game is in snow country? please elaborate
Click to expand...
I don't think the debate, such as it is, on this particular point is about whether there are any significant bowl games played north of the Mason-Dixon. There aren't. Nor is the debate about the reason for that. The reason is clearly that southern sites present much more attractive tourist destinations in January. The debate is whether the fact that virtually all the bowls, and all the significant bowls, are located in the south creates any meaningful competitive advantage for southern teams.

I personally don't have a real problem with locating all the bowl in warm weather sites because it makes sense to do that. But I think it's conceivable that it generally creates a modest advantage for southern teams.
 
Upvote 0
AlabamaPaul said:
Please, don't judge the fans by one or two posters...
Click to expand...
That was not an attempt to troll. Let me explain. Jones had one week to prepare for Wisky. Emotion was on the side of the Buckeyes with the death of a teammate thing. Urban, I would think, simplified the gameplan. It carried him. In other words, Jones did not know what he did not know. Now, he has three weeks to prepare for us. He's going to watch plenty of film. UrbN is going to give him more to prepare for. Jones will begin to feel the pressure now more so because he may feel he needs to equal his performance of the Wisky game. He will see that Bama's defense is a lot more complex and more athletic than Wisky's. I'm sure Saban will come up with some exotic defensive alignments and blitzes that Jones has not seen on film. Pressure and unsuredness does funny things to QBs.
 
Upvote 0
tidefan1 said:
That was not an attempt to troll. Let me explain. Jones had one week to prepare for Wisky. Emotion was on the side of the Buckeyes with the death of a teammate thing. Urban, I would think, simplified the gameplan. It carried him. In other words, Jones did not know what he did not know. Now, he has three weeks to prepare for us. He's going to watch plenty of film. UrbN is going to give him more to prepare for. Jones will begin to feel the pressure now more so because he may feel he needs to equal his performance of the Wisky game. He will see that Bama's defense is a lot more complex and more athletic than Wisky's. I'm sure Saban will come up with some exotic defensive alignments and blitzes that Jones has not seen on film. Pressure and unsuredness does funny things to QBs.
Click to expand...

Got it, but having read a fair number of posts on here since yesterday, most of these posters are very knowledgeable and provide a good insight to OSU football, so let's just keep the discussion real...
 
Upvote 0
tidefan1 said:
That was not an attempt to troll. Let me explain. Jones had one week to prepare for Wisky. Emotion was on the side of the Buckeyes with the death of a teammate thing. Urban, I would think, simplified the gameplan. It carried him. In other words, Jones did not know what he did not know. Now, he has three weeks to prepare for us. He's going to watch plenty of film. UrbN is going to give him more to prepare for. Jones will begin to feel the pressure now more so because he may feel he needs to equal his performance of the Wisky game. He will see that Bama's defense is a lot more complex and more athletic than Wisky's. I'm sure Saban will come up with some exotic defensive alignments and blitzes that Jones has not seen on film. Pressure and unsuredness does funny things to QBs.
Click to expand...

Sometimes that funny thing it does to a QB makes them turn into Peyton Manning
 
Upvote 0
tidefan1 said:
He will see that Bama's defense is a lot more complex and more athletic than Wisky's. I'm sure Saban will come up with some exotic defensive alignments and blitzes that Jones has not seen on film. Pressure and unsuredness does funny things to QBs.
Click to expand...

Very true. But then again, there aren't many QBs blessed with the size, mobility, and NFL arm like Jones...he always had every tool you would want in a QB but could never put it together. If, just if, he can make a few of the throws he made the other night...not only will this be a great game, but CJ might make himself some $$ in the NFL.
 
Upvote 0
osugrad21 said:
Very true. But then again, there aren't many QBs blessed with the size, mobility, and NFL arm like Jones...he always had every tool you would want in a QB but could never put it together. If, just if, he can make a few of the throws he made the other night...not only will this be a great game, but CJ might make himself some $$ in the NFL.
Click to expand...

What year of eligibility is CJ in?
 
Upvote 0
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top