I believe in Santa Claus, too, but I'm pretty damn sure he isn't showing up this year either.
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I believe in Santa Claus, too, but I'm pretty damn sure he isn't showing up this year either.
Jake Chase
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Alright, Ill just let the players do the talking.I believe in Santa Claus, too, but I'm pretty damn sure he isn't showing up this year either.
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OSUK
Sometimes lucid, mostly confused
The Buckeyes had 12 games. They played good to really well against VT, Penn State, and Rutgers. They looked like a playoff team in their last game. But they were underwhelming in 7 games, and pathetic in a late-season loss. Sparty had to play in the same weather as the Bucks, and they found a way to win. That was the season right there for both teams, but only Sparty got it done. And didn't you recognize what led to that Sparty win? Winning on a FG at the end was exactly what they were prepared to do. It was classic Tressel-ball. Looking great in a couple of games and good in two more, but mediocre in 7 more, and awful in 1 is not a description of a playoff team.
If you could get into the playoff based on potential, Ohio State would be in. Anyone who knows anything about football can tell they are uber-talented and well-coached (MSU game aside). But at some point you have to show it on the field, and for whatever reasons, they didn't do it enough in 2015. All they can do now is go out and beat the brown out of Notre Dame and prove to the CFB world that they really were one of the best teams in the country.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
KNOW THY ENEMY: A NOTRE DAME SCOUTING REPORT FROM UHND.COM
With extra time than just the normal week to dissect Ohio State's next opponent, a New Year's Day kickoff in the Fiesta Bowl allows us to get in touch with those who cover Notre Dame.
The Buckeye and Fighting Irish kick off at 1 p.m. Jan. 1. Here to break down the Irish's offense, defense and special teams is Frank Vitovitch from uhnd.com, the most seasoned independent site covering Notre Dame football. Follow them on Twitter to get insight from the other side of the ball as we count down the final days of 2015 ahead of the final game of the season.
Without further ado, here's a scouting report of Notre Dame in all three phases.
NOTRE DAME OFFENSE
The 2015 Notre Dame offense was supposed to be a high-powered attack led by the left arm of Malik Zaire and powered by a potent one-two punch on the ground with Tarean Folston and Greg Bryant. By the second week of the season, Zaire was lost for the year with a broken ankle, Folston was done with a torn ACL, and Bryant didn't even make it to camp before he was suspended and then transferred out. That, however, didn't stop the offense from being the highest scoring of the Brian Kelly era at Notre Dame.
Deshone Kizer has had some ups (three fourth quarter comebacks) and downs (an ugly turnover-fest against Boston College) but by any measure, has performed better than anyone could have hoped when Zaire went down for the season. Kizer tossed 19 touchdowns and ran for another nine to lead Notre Dame to a 8-2 record in the games he started. He's been at his best when he is moving the chains with his legs and when the game has been on the line. Kizer ran for more than 100 yards twice this season, both on the road (Temple and Stanford).
In crunch time, Kizer has played like anything but a rookie. Against the Cavaliers, he threw the game winning touchdown to Will Fuller in the final seconds. A few weeks later he nearly rallied Notre Dame back against Clemson in the fourth quarter. Halloween night, Kizer marched the Irish down the field in the final minutes and again found Fuller in the final minute for a game-winner.
Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...-fiesta-bowl-opponent-notre-dame-with-uhndcom
With extra time than just the normal week to dissect Ohio State's next opponent, a New Year's Day kickoff in the Fiesta Bowl allows us to get in touch with those who cover Notre Dame.
The Buckeye and Fighting Irish kick off at 1 p.m. Jan. 1. Here to break down the Irish's offense, defense and special teams is Frank Vitovitch from uhnd.com, the most seasoned independent site covering Notre Dame football. Follow them on Twitter to get insight from the other side of the ball as we count down the final days of 2015 ahead of the final game of the season.
Without further ado, here's a scouting report of Notre Dame in all three phases.
NOTRE DAME OFFENSE
The 2015 Notre Dame offense was supposed to be a high-powered attack led by the left arm of Malik Zaire and powered by a potent one-two punch on the ground with Tarean Folston and Greg Bryant. By the second week of the season, Zaire was lost for the year with a broken ankle, Folston was done with a torn ACL, and Bryant didn't even make it to camp before he was suspended and then transferred out. That, however, didn't stop the offense from being the highest scoring of the Brian Kelly era at Notre Dame.
Deshone Kizer has had some ups (three fourth quarter comebacks) and downs (an ugly turnover-fest against Boston College) but by any measure, has performed better than anyone could have hoped when Zaire went down for the season. Kizer tossed 19 touchdowns and ran for another nine to lead Notre Dame to a 8-2 record in the games he started. He's been at his best when he is moving the chains with his legs and when the game has been on the line. Kizer ran for more than 100 yards twice this season, both on the road (Temple and Stanford).
In crunch time, Kizer has played like anything but a rookie. Against the Cavaliers, he threw the game winning touchdown to Will Fuller in the final seconds. A few weeks later he nearly rallied Notre Dame back against Clemson in the fourth quarter. Halloween night, Kizer marched the Irish down the field in the final minutes and again found Fuller in the final minute for a game-winner.
Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...-fiesta-bowl-opponent-notre-dame-with-uhndcom
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
FILM STUDY: SCOUTING THE NOTRE DAME RUN DEFENSE
Though head coach Brian Kelly has been known for bringing strong recruiting classes to South Bend during his tenure at Notre Dame, his defenses have failed to produce as consistently as one might expect. After finishing with a top-ten unit nationally in 2012, the year in which they played for a national championship, the Irish have struggled to regain that form since.
Gone is Bob Diaco, the architect of that outfit, who is now the head coach at UCONN having taken his 3-4 scheme with him. In his place, former Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder has installed a 4-3 defense that takes many different forms.
Given that the Fighting Irish play as independents, they aren't able to build their philosophy based on the prevailing scheme of a conference, such as the pass-heavy spread offenses of the Big 12 or power-run games of the SEC. Every year, Notre Dame is forced to game plan for pro-style looks from Stanford, USC, and Pittsburgh; 'power-spread' philosophies like Clemson, Temple, and Boston College; and even triple-option teams like Georgia Tech and Navy.
Much as an NFL defense is rarely able to rely on one scheme so heavily, in fear of showing a tendency that can be later exploited, the Irish are forced to build very different game plans from week-to-week. In theory, VanGorder's breadth of knowledge from the next level should provide Kelly's defense with the ability to adapt to whatever comes their way. However, the results this fall have been mixed.
Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...ilm-study-scouting-the-notre-dame-run-defense
Though head coach Brian Kelly has been known for bringing strong recruiting classes to South Bend during his tenure at Notre Dame, his defenses have failed to produce as consistently as one might expect. After finishing with a top-ten unit nationally in 2012, the year in which they played for a national championship, the Irish have struggled to regain that form since.
Gone is Bob Diaco, the architect of that outfit, who is now the head coach at UCONN having taken his 3-4 scheme with him. In his place, former Atlanta Falcons defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder has installed a 4-3 defense that takes many different forms.
Given that the Fighting Irish play as independents, they aren't able to build their philosophy based on the prevailing scheme of a conference, such as the pass-heavy spread offenses of the Big 12 or power-run games of the SEC. Every year, Notre Dame is forced to game plan for pro-style looks from Stanford, USC, and Pittsburgh; 'power-spread' philosophies like Clemson, Temple, and Boston College; and even triple-option teams like Georgia Tech and Navy.
Much as an NFL defense is rarely able to rely on one scheme so heavily, in fear of showing a tendency that can be later exploited, the Irish are forced to build very different game plans from week-to-week. In theory, VanGorder's breadth of knowledge from the next level should provide Kelly's defense with the ability to adapt to whatever comes their way. However, the results this fall have been mixed.
Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...ilm-study-scouting-the-notre-dame-run-defense
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
TICKET, TRAVEL COSTS RESULT IN EXCESS OF OHIO STATE TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR FIESTA BOWL AGAINST NOTRE DAME
Ohio State fans travel well to watch their football team play, but sales for this season's final game aren't going as they normally do for big-time road affairs.
The Buckeyes are set to take on Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl New Year's Day in Glendale, Arizona. With the matchup being a glorified exhibition game—in the sense that the winner doesn't advance to a national title game—having to travel from Ohio across two time zones to watch a game you could see on television is keeping some fans away.
Buckeye fans have only scooped up around 9,000 of the schools' allotted 12,500 tickets for the Fiesta Bowl, Ohio State spokesman Brett Scarbrough told Eleven Warriors Friday.
"On top of filling all of the priority orders for season ticket holders, we opened seats up to the public and pushed through social media as well as email marketing to the alumni database and previous single game ticket buyers," Scarbrough said.
He added that at the request of the Fiesta Bowl, Ohio State has returned "the majority" of its unsold tickets to them for distribution in local charitable organizations.
The Buckeyes won the first-ever College Football Playoff in 2014, capping an improbable postseason run with victories over Alabama and Oregon. In 2015, expectations for a repeat ran rampant among the fanbase, but were dashed after a 17-14 loss to Michigan State Nov. 21.
No Big East Division championship. No Big Ten championship. No national championship—at least this season.
Round-trip flights to Arizona are hovering north of $800 to Arizona from Columbus and as a result ticket sales have shifted to those Buckeye fans on the west coast.
The majority of ticket sales for the game on StubHub as of Thursday—32 percent—are from the state of Arizona, according to Communications Manager Cameron Papp. The next highest state for sales is California at 15 percent, followed by Ohio (13 percent) and Indiana (2 percent).
Ohio State is still selling tickets for the matchup on its school website—seating in the lower areas of University of Phoenix Stadium cost $165, while upper deck runs you an even $100—but finding fans willing to fly across the country is proving difficult.
Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...-ohio-state-tickets-available-for-fiesta-bowl
Any other year it probably would be great to get this bowl game; however, this year it is a disappointment as our expectations all year was the CFP.
Ohio State fans travel well to watch their football team play, but sales for this season's final game aren't going as they normally do for big-time road affairs.
The Buckeyes are set to take on Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl New Year's Day in Glendale, Arizona. With the matchup being a glorified exhibition game—in the sense that the winner doesn't advance to a national title game—having to travel from Ohio across two time zones to watch a game you could see on television is keeping some fans away.
Buckeye fans have only scooped up around 9,000 of the schools' allotted 12,500 tickets for the Fiesta Bowl, Ohio State spokesman Brett Scarbrough told Eleven Warriors Friday.
"On top of filling all of the priority orders for season ticket holders, we opened seats up to the public and pushed through social media as well as email marketing to the alumni database and previous single game ticket buyers," Scarbrough said.
He added that at the request of the Fiesta Bowl, Ohio State has returned "the majority" of its unsold tickets to them for distribution in local charitable organizations.
The Buckeyes won the first-ever College Football Playoff in 2014, capping an improbable postseason run with victories over Alabama and Oregon. In 2015, expectations for a repeat ran rampant among the fanbase, but were dashed after a 17-14 loss to Michigan State Nov. 21.
No Big East Division championship. No Big Ten championship. No national championship—at least this season.
Round-trip flights to Arizona are hovering north of $800 to Arizona from Columbus and as a result ticket sales have shifted to those Buckeye fans on the west coast.
The majority of ticket sales for the game on StubHub as of Thursday—32 percent—are from the state of Arizona, according to Communications Manager Cameron Papp. The next highest state for sales is California at 15 percent, followed by Ohio (13 percent) and Indiana (2 percent).
Ohio State is still selling tickets for the matchup on its school website—seating in the lower areas of University of Phoenix Stadium cost $165, while upper deck runs you an even $100—but finding fans willing to fly across the country is proving difficult.
Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...-ohio-state-tickets-available-for-fiesta-bowl
Any other year it probably would be great to get this bowl game; however, this year it is a disappointment as our expectations all year was the CFP.
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cincibuck
You kids stay off my lawn!
Maybe, just maybe, a non-sell out of a game with two of the VERY biggest names in college football will get the Big Ten off it's ass to produce an IMPORTANT bowl game in a north-of-the-mason-dixon-line site. It's time to let Alabama, Clemson, Texas, USC fans pay to travel and take the time away from home. Chicago, Chicago, that toddlin' town...TICKET, TRAVEL COSTS RESULT IN EXCESS OF OHIO STATE TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR FIESTA BOWL AGAINST NOTRE DAME
Ohio State fans travel well to watch their football team play, but sales for this season's final game aren't going as they normally do for big-time road affairs.
The Buckeyes are set to take on Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl New Year's Day in Glendale, Arizona. With the matchup being a glorified exhibition game—in the sense that the winner doesn't advance to a national title game—having to travel from Ohio across two time zones to watch a game you could see on television is keeping some fans away.
Buckeye fans have only scooped up around 9,000 of the schools' allotted 12,500 tickets for the Fiesta Bowl, Ohio State spokesman Brett Scarbrough told Eleven Warriors Friday.
"On top of filling all of the priority orders for season ticket holders, we opened seats up to the public and pushed through social media as well as email marketing to the alumni database and previous single game ticket buyers," Scarbrough said.
He added that at the request of the Fiesta Bowl, Ohio State has returned "the majority" of its unsold tickets to them for distribution in local charitable organizations.
The Buckeyes won the first-ever College Football Playoff in 2014, capping an improbable postseason run with victories over Alabama and Oregon. In 2015, expectations for a repeat ran rampant among the fanbase, but were dashed after a 17-14 loss to Michigan State Nov. 21.
No Big East Division championship. No Big Ten championship. No national championship—at least this season.
Round-trip flights to Arizona are hovering north of $800 to Arizona from Columbus and as a result ticket sales have shifted to those Buckeye fans on the west coast.
The majority of ticket sales for the game on StubHub as of Thursday—32 percent—are from the state of Arizona, according to Communications Manager Cameron Papp. The next highest state for sales is California at 15 percent, followed by Ohio (13 percent) and Indiana (2 percent).
Ohio State is still selling tickets for the matchup on its school website—seating in the lower areas of University of Phoenix Stadium cost $165, while upper deck runs you an even $100—but finding fans willing to fly across the country is proving difficult.
Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...-ohio-state-tickets-available-for-fiesta-bowl
Any other year it probably would be great to get this bowl game; however, this year it is a disappointment as our expectations all year was the CFP.
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Crump's brother
Moxahala Park Carnie/ Rehoboth Strangler
Lambeau would be amazing, I'm sure people would travel to see a game there.
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TGC OSU'62
Class of 1962
http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2015/12/21/1221-fiesta-bowl-facts.html
"Ohio State players will leave campus today for a holiday break and are scheduled to return to Columbus on Saturday. The team will leave for Glendale, Ariz., on Sunday."
Let's hope everyone stays healthy, positive and eligible.
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Zurp
I have misplaced my pants.
I'm surprised Indy doesn't have a bowl game - even a "lower tier" bowl game.
And should we start the whole "homefield advantage should be given to the better seed" debate again? I still haven't heard a good argument for playing them at bowl sites, other than "blah blah blah weather blah blah blah bowls will lose 2 top-4 teams blah blah blah."
1. They play in Chicago, Green Bay, New England, Buffalo, Cleveland, etc. through December, and except for Cleveland, most of those teams sometimes get to play in January. If you don't like the weather, stay in the hotel.
2. Eff the bowls. I like watching the bowls as much as anyone. And I mean ALL the bowls. But if you're going to do a real playoff system, you need to give homefield to the higher seeds. Don't half-ass this. Use your whole asses, guys!
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