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Game Thread For the Natty vs ND, “One More, Then Forever”, Jan. 20th, 34-23 Buckeyes!

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I am going to put on a tin foil cap here:

I am well aware of the division winners getting the bye and things kind of worked outwards from there.

Is it possible that Warde Manual being the head of the CFP Committee was able to steer the committee to place both OSU and OR into the middle of a extremely difficult gauntlet, with the aim to keep both from winning the natty?

TTUN is doing their level best to improve their nationwide goodwill, and be scene as a major player. What better way to do that than to try to keep their natty solo in the Big 10 for a couple years, and relegate OSU and OR.

It is very conspiratorial, but not out of the question completely.

If so, it backfired and only helped with OSU being seen once again as the big daddy.
 
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cincibuck said:
Have you watched an NBC broadcast of an ND game? Ask Chris Collinsworth what happens to reporters who don't do an Irish slobberfest. Have you listened to the army of ass kissers on any NFL game? And finally, if someone was willing to pay you 4M a year to find ways to promote SEC football while trying to be "objective" when covering games outside the conference, would you refuse?

Herbie somehow pissed off OSU fans way back when - why? I have a feeling much of it had to do that he wasn't being paid to be OSU's shill. something they thought he would automatically be. I recall someone stating that he once said, "If I had a son who was a hot QB recruit I wouldn't encourage him to play for Tressell." Well, much as I enjoyed the Tressel years, we still refer to it as "Tressel Ball" meaning a very "defense first" strategy and QBs like Craig Krenzel, not CJ Stroud.
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I respect you Cinci, but I disagree with your take. Krenzel? What about Troy, Pryor, and Braxton? Cardale was on deck, and Haskins committed when he was 7 years old to Tressel :lol: Tressel ball meant great special teams, silver bullet defenses, and a multiple offense depending on who he had here.
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
You've been told about 100 times that's not it.
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Would it help to say I'm the first one to eat crow? I am. I was fooled as a college kid writing for The Lantern.

What he's done to this school with lies, then tears based on lies...yeah, traitor. I want to see him get a viking funeral down the Olentangy River, but I don't want to pollute it.

That's another thread though, just a man admitting he was wrong on that one.
 
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Finally got back home from Atlanta...what a night.

As soon as I got into the stadium, I was in the middle of a clusterfuck of people camping out by the College Gameday stage (brilliant). After shoving my way through that, I come face to face with Jim Tressel, get to shake his hand and tell him "thank you for everything you've done, coach." Cool way to begin the game.

The atmosphere in that stadium was pretty surreal. Fans were pretty evenly split, maybe slightly more OSU fans. It was rowdy as hell in there, but in a good way. Being Atlanta, most of the music played was ratchet as hell and that surely played into it too :slappy: Loved it.

As for the game itself...Notre Dame's opening drive was never going to be duplicated (9 rushes by Leonard, lol) and it quickly became apparent that it was gonna be our game to lose.

We all lost it when OSU finally drew a holding call :slappy: My God that was hilarious. One of the loudest reactions from the crowd all night.

I would take credit for calling the fake punt, but I think nearly everyone in the stadium knew that was coming. It was way too obvious. I actually thought Notre Dame would attempt an onside kick at some point and I'm pretty surprised they never did. Gotta give them credit though, they never gave up. The Egbuka fumble gave them life (I literally said cover the ball right before it happened, ugh) and then they pretty inexplicably threw it away by attempting that Field Goal. I was dumbfounded by that. If I was a Notre Dame fan I'd have lost my shit about that and would never forget it. Ironically, it reminds me of some questionable decisions Day made earlier in his career in big games.

Notre Dame had a safety over the top of Smith for almost the entire game, save for that final drive. I really wanted them to throw that ball to him earlier on that drive, especially on the 2nd down play. But...they got to it eventually

Anyway, it was truly an incredible experience. Probably the most pure fun I've ever had at a sporting event, and I consider myself very fortunate to be 3-0 in National Championship Games now.

On that note, saw some comparisons in here to the 2002 and 2014 teams & runs, these are always fun. The 2002 season and the National Championship against Miami are pretty much untouchable, just cannot fathom those ever being topped.

There are a ton of similarities between 2014 and 2024. Inaugural Champions™. A really bad loss followed by an unbelievable run. I thought 59-0 would never be topped on a big stage...and then 34-0 happened against a significantly better opponent. Zeke gave us a Mount Rushmore moment; Jack Sawyer did the same. 2014 got the SEC monkey off our back by defeating Saban in the middle of his untouchable dynasty. 2024 exorcised demons by running a gauntlet that is not going to be topped anytime soon. Surely some fans would rank 2014 ahead of 2024 solely based on the Michigan factor, but for me, I can't really rank one over the other right now.

Now...my wallet bleeds on National Champs merch :drunks:
 
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