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2020 ttun Shenanigans, Arguments, and Surrender Cobras (Confirmed COWARDS!)

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LordJeffBuck said:
In 2001, Jim Tressel took over an Ohio State team that had just gone 14-10 in the previous two seasons combined (8-8 in the Big Ten), from a coach who was 2-10-1 against Michigan and 3-8 in bowl games, with a program culture that included zero emphasis on academics (Reggie Germany's 0.0 GPA in 2000 ... Ohio State's #1* preseason ranking in 1998). In other words, pretty much a laughingstock and NOWHERE NEAR respected!

But in just two years, Tressel completely revamped the program, and in 2002 his team went 14-0 and won a national championship.

The MGoBlow poster disingenuously states that Harbaugh "was the best coach available and willing to take over a joke of a team." That's a complete crock of shit. Harbaugh was a rock star hire, a guy who'd put Stanford on the CFB map and had taken the 49ers to a Super Bowl. And he was a Michigan Man, one of Bo's boys. In 2015, Harbaugh was Michigan's first and only choice for head coach, and everybody in the CFB universe (except for BuckeyePlanet) thought he was the ultimate home run hire.

In contrast, Jim Tressel was about as far as possible from being a rock star hire. And let's not forget, Ohio State certainly did look for their rock star back in 2001, as the program heavily pursued both Oakland's Jon Gruden (the hottest name in NFL) and Oregon's Mike Bellotti (the hottest name in CFB). Ohio State also interviewed Buckeye legend Chris Spielman and a pre-Notre Dame Ty Willingham, who was then a super hot commodity due to his success at Stanford and his minority status.

After all the big names dropped out of contention, Ohio State was left with the unappealing choice between former Buckeye assistant Glen Mason (a minor branch of the Woody/Earle tree) or Jim Tressel, a relative no-name despite being a four-time national champion at the 1-AA level. Over protests from much of the Buckeye fan base, the administration took a chance on Tressel and the rest is history, as Ohio State is now firmly ensconced among the CFB elite. Meanwhile, rock star Jim-Bo is still trying to figure out how to find Indianapolis on the map....

But the MGoBlow poster is right about one thing: Harbaugh's recruiting and assistant coaching hires have nothing to do with Michigan's problems that pre-date Harbaugh. They do, however, continue those very same problems - arrogance, entitlement, unaccountability, laziness - which is certainly a good thing for Ohio State.
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buckeyemania11 said:
Miss State was 73rd in points allowed and 72nd in yards allowed under Shoop in 2019

His 2 Tennessee defenses were 70th/95th and 83rd/82nd

So 3 of the past 4 seasons he has spearheaded trainwreck defenses. X&Os WIZARD!!! According to DFBIA though.
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Dude. In those seasons you mentioned, he had to coach in 8 games each against SEC teams. That automatically makes his defenses top five material.
 
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LordJeffBuck said:
Ohio State was left with the unappealing choice between former Buckeye assistant Glen Mason (a minor branch of the Woody/Earle tree) or Jim Tressel, a relative no-name despite being a four-time national champion at the 1-AA level.
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Wow. It really does come down to this, doesn't it? Make the most important criterion the need to be a branch from the successful distant past, and you're always going to be stuck in the past. Thank god Woody never coined the phrase "Ohio Guy".
 
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The funny thing is, and I've noted this before, is that Shembechler wasn't coining a phrase either. Here's what he said:

"I don't want someone from Arizona State coaching the Michigan team. A Michigan man is going to coach Michigan."

Why did he say that? Well, during the final week of the 1989 regular season, then coach Bill Frieder had agreed to take the head coaching job at Arizona State. While it was Frieder's intention to see through his final scUM squad, Bo told him to shove off and named Steve Fisher interim HC (and later, Fisher was named HC). Of course, scUM went on to win the NCAA that year and.. and.. DFBIA being DFBIA figured this "Michigan Man" quote was probably the reason why.
 
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks said:
The funny thing is, and I've noted this before, is that Shembechler wasn't coining a phrase either. Here's what he said:

"I don't want someone from Arizona State coaching the Michigan team. A Michigan man is going to coach Michigan."

Why did he say that? Well, during the final week of the 1989 regular season, then coach Bill Frieder had agreed to take the head coaching job at Arizona State. While it was Frieder's intention to see through his final scUM squad, Bo told him to shove off and named Steve Fisher interim HC (and later, Fisher was named HC). Of course, scUM went on to win the NCAA that year and.. and.. DFBIA being DFBIA figured this "Michigan Man" quote was probably the reason why.
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By the by, that "_ichigan Man" was born in Herein, Illinois and graduated from Illinois State.
 
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https://www.mgoblog.com/mgoboard/2020-2-deep-analysis

I love this team I think QB, RB, WR, TE and OT are all upgrades offensively from last year. DPJ is a big loss, but I really like the WR core, and I think they will have more defined roles, which will help overall.
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They truly believe this, even though they lost basically their whole OL, sure "upgrade". McCafferey and Milton could never get close to surpassing a mediocre Patterson yet the QB situation is upgraded as well.

Defensive upgrades from last year are, DE, DT, LB, and Safety. Only CB is headed in the other direction.
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:lol: zero depth and just lost a contributor, but hey upgrade on the interior Dline for 2020
 
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