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scooter1369
HTTR Forever.
Just change her screen saver to a scrolling "Michigan Sucks" and password protect it with the password "gobucks"
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crazybuckfan40
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Haha yeah, o yeah and by the way there is 1 day and 4:30 hours till kickoff and scUM still SUCKS!!!!
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History made on run
Buckeyes know ground victory key to happy bus ride
[SIZE=-1]By Marla Ridenour[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Beacon Journal sportswriter[/SIZE]
<!-- begin body-content --> COLUMBUS - They all remember the bus ride.
Five hours back from Ann Arbor, Mich., in total silence.
``Most of the guys were asleep, didn't have anything to talk to anybody about,'' junior split end Santonio Holmes said.
``Probably the worst feeling ever, kind of like when I was in high school and we lost the state game in triple overtime,'' senior free safety Nate Salley said.
``Anytime you lose to anybody it hurts, but Michigan hurts a little bit more,'' senior linebacker A.J. Hawk said.
For Ohio State coach Jim Tressel and his seniors, that 35-21 loss in Michigan Stadium on Nov. 22, 2003, is the only blemish on their record against the Wolverines. Tressel's first recruiting class is 2-1 against Michigan, with Tressel 3-1 overall.
The Buckeyes have used history for motivation already this season. Tressel plastered the practice facility with pictures of the scoreboard from a 33-7 setback at Iowa that was the low point of 2004, and the players responded with a 31-6 romp. Mention was made of last year's overtime loss to Northwestern, the first against the Wildcats after 24 consecutive victories in 33 years, and the Buckeyes rolled last week 48-7.
Nothing special would be necessary for Saturday's showdown at Michigan, which Tressel spends all year pointing toward. No. 9 OSU (8-2, 6-1) can wrap up a share of the Big Ten title with Penn State and earn a possible at-large BCS bowl selection. No. 17 Michigan (7-3, 5-2) would capture the league's automatic BCS bid if Penn State (9-1, 6-1) falls at Michigan State and the Wolverines end up in a three-way tie at 6-2. In that scenario, Michigan would have beaten Penn State and OSU.
But Tressel wouldn't let his players forget 2003. Senior linebacker Anthony Schlegel said Tressel put up a board asking what went wrong in that game and ``all the guys put their two cents in.''
``It all boils down to who's going to be more physical and who wants it more,'' Schlegel said.
``We came out and let 'em run the ball on us,'' Hawks said. ``That hurt us a lot. We weren't ready to play right off the bat for some reason.''
``You have to run the ball against them. That was our downfall the last time we went up there,'' Holmes said.
Tressel would probably agree with all three, but Holmes and Hawk seemed to hit on the root of the problem. Since Tressel became coach, the team that had the statistical edge in rushing in the OSU-Michigan game has won every time.
In 2003, the imbalance was the most pronounced, with Michigan holding a 170-54 edge in yardage. Wolverines quarterback John Navarre threw touchdown passes to Braylon Edwards and Steve Breaston to gain a 21-0 advantage, but tailback Chris Perry picked up 154 yards on 31 carries and two touchdowns to salt it away. OSU's leading rusher was senior Lydell Ross with 22 yards on nine attempts and a touchdown.
``That was one of our biggest disappointments all year, especially offensively, not being able to run the ball,'' quarterback Craig Krenzel said from Cincinnati, where he is now No. 3 on the Bengals' depth chart. ``We came out in the Michigan game and tried to establish our running game and did a very poor job. Conversely for some reason, even though I thought we had one of the best defenses in the country, we had trouble stopping the run. A lot of guys talked about missed tackles.
``We came out flat as a team. Not flat of emotion, but we didn't play well, didn't execute. When you fall behind 21-0 against any good team, you seal your own fate.''
The running game could again be pivotal this weekend. Michigan expects the return of tailback Mike Hart, who has played in just six games because of hamstring and ankle injuries and has missed the past 11 quarters. But he must face Hawk -- ``I'll be glad to see him leave,'' Michigan coach Lloyd Carr said -- and an OSU defense that ranks second in the nation against the run (78.7 yards per game). Michigan's defense is fourth in the league in that category (137.9), and OSU sophomore tailback Antonio Pittman ranks 18th in the country (111.0) in rushing.
History isn't likely to play a part after Saturday's 1:06 p.m. kickoff. But the Buckeyes are busing again, which will give them time to reflect on their last trip.
``People on this team need to realize how tough it is to go into a place like Michigan and win,'' Hawk said. ``If you let 'em get on you early, it's tough to come back. The good thing about this team is we have a lot of guys who did experience that.''
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History made on run
Buckeyes know ground victory key to happy bus ride
[SIZE=-1]By Marla Ridenour[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Beacon Journal sportswriter[/SIZE]
<!-- begin body-content --> COLUMBUS - They all remember the bus ride.
Five hours back from Ann Arbor, Mich., in total silence.
``Most of the guys were asleep, didn't have anything to talk to anybody about,'' junior split end Santonio Holmes said.
``Probably the worst feeling ever, kind of like when I was in high school and we lost the state game in triple overtime,'' senior free safety Nate Salley said.
``Anytime you lose to anybody it hurts, but Michigan hurts a little bit more,'' senior linebacker A.J. Hawk said.
For Ohio State coach Jim Tressel and his seniors, that 35-21 loss in Michigan Stadium on Nov. 22, 2003, is the only blemish on their record against the Wolverines. Tressel's first recruiting class is 2-1 against Michigan, with Tressel 3-1 overall.
The Buckeyes have used history for motivation already this season. Tressel plastered the practice facility with pictures of the scoreboard from a 33-7 setback at Iowa that was the low point of 2004, and the players responded with a 31-6 romp. Mention was made of last year's overtime loss to Northwestern, the first against the Wildcats after 24 consecutive victories in 33 years, and the Buckeyes rolled last week 48-7.
Nothing special would be necessary for Saturday's showdown at Michigan, which Tressel spends all year pointing toward. No. 9 OSU (8-2, 6-1) can wrap up a share of the Big Ten title with Penn State and earn a possible at-large BCS bowl selection. No. 17 Michigan (7-3, 5-2) would capture the league's automatic BCS bid if Penn State (9-1, 6-1) falls at Michigan State and the Wolverines end up in a three-way tie at 6-2. In that scenario, Michigan would have beaten Penn State and OSU.
But Tressel wouldn't let his players forget 2003. Senior linebacker Anthony Schlegel said Tressel put up a board asking what went wrong in that game and ``all the guys put their two cents in.''
``It all boils down to who's going to be more physical and who wants it more,'' Schlegel said.
``We came out and let 'em run the ball on us,'' Hawks said. ``That hurt us a lot. We weren't ready to play right off the bat for some reason.''
``You have to run the ball against them. That was our downfall the last time we went up there,'' Holmes said.
Tressel would probably agree with all three, but Holmes and Hawk seemed to hit on the root of the problem. Since Tressel became coach, the team that had the statistical edge in rushing in the OSU-Michigan game has won every time.
In 2003, the imbalance was the most pronounced, with Michigan holding a 170-54 edge in yardage. Wolverines quarterback John Navarre threw touchdown passes to Braylon Edwards and Steve Breaston to gain a 21-0 advantage, but tailback Chris Perry picked up 154 yards on 31 carries and two touchdowns to salt it away. OSU's leading rusher was senior Lydell Ross with 22 yards on nine attempts and a touchdown.
``That was one of our biggest disappointments all year, especially offensively, not being able to run the ball,'' quarterback Craig Krenzel said from Cincinnati, where he is now No. 3 on the Bengals' depth chart. ``We came out in the Michigan game and tried to establish our running game and did a very poor job. Conversely for some reason, even though I thought we had one of the best defenses in the country, we had trouble stopping the run. A lot of guys talked about missed tackles.
``We came out flat as a team. Not flat of emotion, but we didn't play well, didn't execute. When you fall behind 21-0 against any good team, you seal your own fate.''
The running game could again be pivotal this weekend. Michigan expects the return of tailback Mike Hart, who has played in just six games because of hamstring and ankle injuries and has missed the past 11 quarters. But he must face Hawk -- ``I'll be glad to see him leave,'' Michigan coach Lloyd Carr said -- and an OSU defense that ranks second in the nation against the run (78.7 yards per game). Michigan's defense is fourth in the league in that category (137.9), and OSU sophomore tailback Antonio Pittman ranks 18th in the country (111.0) in rushing.
History isn't likely to play a part after Saturday's 1:06 p.m. kickoff. But the Buckeyes are busing again, which will give them time to reflect on their last trip.
``People on this team need to realize how tough it is to go into a place like Michigan and win,'' Hawk said. ``If you let 'em get on you early, it's tough to come back. The good thing about this team is we have a lot of guys who did experience that.''
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</td></tr></tbody></table>RUN TO WINhttp://www.ohio.com/images/common/spacer.gif
<!-- begin body-content --> Since Jim Tressel became Buckeyes coach in 2001, the team with the rushing advantage has triumphed in the OSU-Michigan game.
<table class="story-table" border="0"> <tbody><tr class="story-table-even-row"><td>Year</td><td>Score</td><td>Edge</td><td>Leading rushers</td><td>
</td></tr> <tr class="story-table-odd-row"><td>2001</td><td>OSU 26-20</td><td>OSU 137-117</td><td>OSU: Jonathan Wells 25-129-3 TDs</td><td>
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</td><td>UM: Chris Perry 6-53-0</td><td>
</td></tr> <tr class="story-table-odd-row"><td>2002</td><td>OSU 14-9</td><td>OSU 140-121</td><td>OSU: Maurice Clarett 20-119-1</td><td>
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</td><td>UM: Perry 28-76-0</td><td>
</td></tr> <tr class="story-table-odd-row"><td>2003</td><td>UM 35-21</td><td>UM 170-54</td><td>OSU: Lydell Ross 9-22-1</td><td>
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</td><td>UM: Perry 31-154-2</td><td>
</td></tr> <tr class="story-table-odd-row"><td>2004</td><td>OSU 37-21</td><td>OSU 205-71</td><td>OSU: Troy Smith 18-145-1</td><td>
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</td><td>UM: Mike Hart 18-61-1</td><td>
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</td></tr></tbody></table>RUN TO WINhttp://www.ohio.com/images/common/spacer.gif
<!-- begin body-content --> Since Jim Tressel became Buckeyes coach in 2001, the team with the rushing advantage has triumphed in the OSU-Michigan game.
<table class="story-table" border="0"> <tbody><tr class="story-table-even-row"><td>Year</td><td>Score</td><td>Edge</td><td>Leading rushers</td><td>
</td></tr> <tr class="story-table-odd-row"><td>2001</td><td>OSU 26-20</td><td>OSU 137-117</td><td>OSU: Jonathan Wells 25-129-3 TDs</td><td>
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</td><td>UM: Chris Perry 6-53-0</td><td>
</td></tr> <tr class="story-table-odd-row"><td>2002</td><td>OSU 14-9</td><td>OSU 140-121</td><td>OSU: Maurice Clarett 20-119-1</td><td>
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</td><td>UM: Perry 28-76-0</td><td>
</td></tr> <tr class="story-table-odd-row"><td>2003</td><td>UM 35-21</td><td>UM 170-54</td><td>OSU: Lydell Ross 9-22-1</td><td>
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</td><td>UM: Perry 31-154-2</td><td>
</td></tr> <tr class="story-table-odd-row"><td>2004</td><td>OSU 37-21</td><td>OSU 205-71</td><td>OSU: Troy Smith 18-145-1</td><td>
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</td><td>UM: Mike Hart 18-61-1</td><td>
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OSU nuts preaching to choir of enemy
Buckeyes make best of living up north
Friday, November 18, 2005T.C. Brown
Plain Dealer Bureau
Columbus
-- They are missionaries, preaching the Old Testament -- Woody's three yards and a cloud of dust -- and the New Testament -- Tressel ball -- deep in hostile and heathen territory.
The few, the proud, the strong, they belong to Buckeye Nation, bleeding scarlet and gray while living in the heart of enemy surroundings in that state up north, aka Michigan. And this week, in the lead-up to Saturday's Big Game, they do their loudest proselytizing.
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</noscript> "We are missionaries trying to raise the cultural level," said Earl Ward, former president of the Ohio State University Alumni Club of Detroit. "God, it is difficult."
Against the odds, they successfully reversed a television blackout of Ohio State football games. Every year, they "roast" Wolverines and hold a Great Debate on the Thursday before the Michigan game. They blitzed and took over a local watering hole on fall Saturdays, encouraged by Cleveland Browns fans who swarm the bar on Sundays.
And though they live far from the friendly environs of the land of Brutus Buckeye, their dedication to the old alma mater -- even if OSU isn't their alma mater -- remains strong.
Steve Badenhop graduated from Bowling Green State University in 1997, but Buckeye Fever drove him to sweat out 2,000 hours over two years snapping 12,000 Legos into a replica of OSU's stadium, The Shoe.
Badenhop's Auburn Hills, Mich., neighbors think he has too much time on his hands.
"They think I'm crazy," Badenhop said. He removed the upper deck and outside wall of the 3-foot-by-4-foot stadium to get it from his basement to the Alumni Club's spring banquet.
The club has over 200 dues- paying members from more than 3,000 OSU alums in the Detroit tri-county area. Annually, the club recognizes OSU students from Michigan, dubbing them Buckeye Hometown Heroes, said club president Paul Shapiro. They are sent south with an annual Wolverine "roast," Shapiro noted.
"Wolverine, it's a little feisty animal. I'm not sure there are any in Michigan anymore," he said.
Club members are feisty, though. David Emerling, a past president who grew up in South Euclid, took on Detroit's ABC-TV affiliate after it blacked out OSU games in favor of Michigan State, even on pay-for-view. Emerling, using a run-and-shoot offense, worked the phones until he reached ABC's vice president of sports. Now, Detroit-area Buckeyes fans can cheer for their favorite team, and many of them do at Hi Tops 10½, a bar north of the city in Royal Oak.
Bar manager Crysty Huet said Michigan fans get the bar stools on Saturday, but Buckeyes take over the rest of the establishment.
<script src="http://ads.cleveland.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_jx.ads/www.cleveland.com/xml/story/s2/s2osf/@StoryAd" language="JavaScript1.1"></script> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- if (parseFloat(navigator.appVersion) == 0) { document.write('<IFRAME WIDTH=468 HEIGHT=60 MARGINWIDTH=0 MARGINHEIGHT=0 HSPACE=0 VSPACE=0 FRAMEBORDER=0 SCROLLING=no BORDERCOLOR="#000000" SRC="http://ads.cleveland.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_sx.ads/www.cleveland.com/xml/story/{$category_letter}/{$category_whole}/@StoryAd"></IFRAME>'); } --></script> <noscript> </noscript> "Our regulars don't care for the Buckeyes, but I'll be wearing my red," Huet said.
When Giancarlo Tasso, president of Flint's OSU alumni club, first moved to Michigan, pranksters constantly filled his answering machine with U of M's fight song. Sporting Ohio State's colors, he is often asked if he is lost. "My wife takes a beating daily," Tasso said. "She works for the University of Michigan."
Mostly, the barbs are in good fun, former club president Ward said. But it's a serious rivalry. He once proudly displayed allegiances in a van tricked out in OSU regalia. But Wolverines stuffed those runs.
"The van was stolen," Ward said.
To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:
[email protected], 1-800-228-8272
OSU nuts preaching to choir of enemy
Buckeyes make best of living up north
Friday, November 18, 2005T.C. Brown
Plain Dealer Bureau
Columbus
-- They are missionaries, preaching the Old Testament -- Woody's three yards and a cloud of dust -- and the New Testament -- Tressel ball -- deep in hostile and heathen territory.
The few, the proud, the strong, they belong to Buckeye Nation, bleeding scarlet and gray while living in the heart of enemy surroundings in that state up north, aka Michigan. And this week, in the lead-up to Saturday's Big Game, they do their loudest proselytizing.
<script src="http://ads.cleveland.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_jx.ads/www.cleveland.com/xml/story/s2/s2osf/@StoryAd" language="JavaScript1.1"></script> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- if (parseFloat(navigator.appVersion) == 0) { document.write('<IFRAME WIDTH=468 HEIGHT=60 MARGINWIDTH=0 MARGINHEIGHT=0 HSPACE=0 VSPACE=0 FRAMEBORDER=0 SCROLLING=no BORDERCOLOR="#000000" SRC="http://ads.cleveland.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_sx.ads/www.cleveland.com/xml/story/{$category_letter}/{$category_whole}/@StoryAd"></IFRAME>'); } --></script> <noscript>
Against the odds, they successfully reversed a television blackout of Ohio State football games. Every year, they "roast" Wolverines and hold a Great Debate on the Thursday before the Michigan game. They blitzed and took over a local watering hole on fall Saturdays, encouraged by Cleveland Browns fans who swarm the bar on Sundays.
And though they live far from the friendly environs of the land of Brutus Buckeye, their dedication to the old alma mater -- even if OSU isn't their alma mater -- remains strong.
Steve Badenhop graduated from Bowling Green State University in 1997, but Buckeye Fever drove him to sweat out 2,000 hours over two years snapping 12,000 Legos into a replica of OSU's stadium, The Shoe.
Badenhop's Auburn Hills, Mich., neighbors think he has too much time on his hands.
"They think I'm crazy," Badenhop said. He removed the upper deck and outside wall of the 3-foot-by-4-foot stadium to get it from his basement to the Alumni Club's spring banquet.
The club has over 200 dues- paying members from more than 3,000 OSU alums in the Detroit tri-county area. Annually, the club recognizes OSU students from Michigan, dubbing them Buckeye Hometown Heroes, said club president Paul Shapiro. They are sent south with an annual Wolverine "roast," Shapiro noted.
"Wolverine, it's a little feisty animal. I'm not sure there are any in Michigan anymore," he said.
Club members are feisty, though. David Emerling, a past president who grew up in South Euclid, took on Detroit's ABC-TV affiliate after it blacked out OSU games in favor of Michigan State, even on pay-for-view. Emerling, using a run-and-shoot offense, worked the phones until he reached ABC's vice president of sports. Now, Detroit-area Buckeyes fans can cheer for their favorite team, and many of them do at Hi Tops 10½, a bar north of the city in Royal Oak.
Bar manager Crysty Huet said Michigan fans get the bar stools on Saturday, but Buckeyes take over the rest of the establishment.
<script src="http://ads.cleveland.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_jx.ads/www.cleveland.com/xml/story/s2/s2osf/@StoryAd" language="JavaScript1.1"></script> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- if (parseFloat(navigator.appVersion) == 0) { document.write('<IFRAME WIDTH=468 HEIGHT=60 MARGINWIDTH=0 MARGINHEIGHT=0 HSPACE=0 VSPACE=0 FRAMEBORDER=0 SCROLLING=no BORDERCOLOR="#000000" SRC="http://ads.cleveland.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_sx.ads/www.cleveland.com/xml/story/{$category_letter}/{$category_whole}/@StoryAd"></IFRAME>'); } --></script> <noscript>
When Giancarlo Tasso, president of Flint's OSU alumni club, first moved to Michigan, pranksters constantly filled his answering machine with U of M's fight song. Sporting Ohio State's colors, he is often asked if he is lost. "My wife takes a beating daily," Tasso said. "She works for the University of Michigan."
Mostly, the barbs are in good fun, former club president Ward said. But it's a serious rivalry. He once proudly displayed allegiances in a van tricked out in OSU regalia. But Wolverines stuffed those runs.
"The van was stolen," Ward said.
To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:
[email protected], 1-800-228-8272
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