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Zurp;649603; said:
So, you'd pull Troy Smith if we're up 7-3 after the first quarter on the road?
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Zurp
I have misplaced my pants.
MililaniBuckeye;649748; said:
Yes. I'd put Hulk Hogan in at quarterback, and tell him to punt the ball backwards every snap. Then I'd tell my defense (consisting mainly of Spider-Man comic-books I bought at the store 15 minutes before the game started) to try to distract the opposing team with a series of bird-calls, instead of trying to tackle. Finally, I'd use a bull-whip to personally attack the opposing coach (Ron Zook, in this case) and demand an apology from him for all the lost hours people have wasted watching reality shows.
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OregonBuckeye
Semper Fi Buckeyes
Zurp;649757; said:
No one can accuse you of not having an imagination.
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OregonBuckeye;649780; said:No one can accuse you of not having an imagination.
Or having beating his crack addiction...
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mathstinks
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Do Not Take Illinois Too Likely....
Some of you may not know this but....
Ron Zook is known as a spoiler. When he was at Univ. of Florida, his record was very impressive against teams in the Top 10 rankings.
However, he has one major problem Saturday....HE'S NOT AT UF ANYMORE! he, he, he
Yes...we should keep our eyes on the BIG PRIZE yet we definitely should never let our guards down on any given Saturday!
Let's spank 'em, Buckeyes!
Some of you may not know this but....
Ron Zook is known as a spoiler. When he was at Univ. of Florida, his record was very impressive against teams in the Top 10 rankings.
However, he has one major problem Saturday....HE'S NOT AT UF ANYMORE!
he, he, heYes...we should keep our eyes on the BIG PRIZE yet we definitely should never let our guards down on any given Saturday!
Let's spank 'em, Buckeyes!
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UpNorthBuckeye
Hall of Fame
Zurp, man, maybe I'm just tired but I laughed with my mouth open at your post.
Seriously.
thank God Illinois doesn't have a blue field like Boise State. Anyone see that thing on TV tonight? I couldn't see the players against all that blue. It was freaky!
Who would have predicted at this point of the season that Troy Smith and Justin Zwick would have the same number of rushing touchdowns??? I say that will end this Saturday!
I think Zwick will get another one!!!
Psych!!!
Go Bucks! 48 to minus-3!
Seriously.
thank God Illinois doesn't have a blue field like Boise State. Anyone see that thing on TV tonight? I couldn't see the players against all that blue. It was freaky!
Who would have predicted at this point of the season that Troy Smith and Justin Zwick would have the same number of rushing touchdowns??? I say that will end this Saturday!
I think Zwick will get another one!!!
Psych!!!
Go Bucks! 48 to minus-3!
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JXC
17-4 since 2001
Let me start this off by saying there is NO WAY we will lose this game. It's just not going to happen. At best it is close in the second half and then our offense or defense makes a play to put it away. Illinois just doesn't have the depth or talent to play 60 minutes with Ohio State.
Now that said...if we were to lose this game (which won't happen) would our national championship hopes be hurt any? I don't know if they would...if we beat Michigan...we'd still be 11-1, and ranked ahead of them. The only undefeated team would be a Big East team...if there is one...and u'd have to think after beating Michigan, we'd likely be voted #2 in both the polls.
So point is...all that matters is Michigan. We will be 11-0 going into The Game...there's no doubt about it...but there is no way of taking the importance out of The Game. Each and every game is important...but not equally so. I just can't quit thinking about November 18th. It's hard to get excited about November 4th...i just see it as one of two hurdles left until the only game that matters.
Let me just end this post with this...
We won't lose to Illinois. They aren't any better than Indiana or Michigan State...expect this game to go just like those did. So what if they play inspired football...that can only take you so far. Look how far it took Iowa and Indiana when they played us. That's as inspired as a team is going to get. Sure helped them.
As I said before last weeks game...the key to this game is winning by any margin and staying healthy. That's it.
Now that said...if we were to lose this game (which won't happen) would our national championship hopes be hurt any? I don't know if they would...if we beat Michigan...we'd still be 11-1, and ranked ahead of them. The only undefeated team would be a Big East team...if there is one...and u'd have to think after beating Michigan, we'd likely be voted #2 in both the polls.
So point is...all that matters is Michigan. We will be 11-0 going into The Game...there's no doubt about it...but there is no way of taking the importance out of The Game. Each and every game is important...but not equally so. I just can't quit thinking about November 18th. It's hard to get excited about November 4th...i just see it as one of two hurdles left until the only game that matters.
Let me just end this post with this...
We won't lose to Illinois. They aren't any better than Indiana or Michigan State...expect this game to go just like those did. So what if they play inspired football...that can only take you so far. Look how far it took Iowa and Indiana when they played us. That's as inspired as a team is going to get. Sure helped them.
As I said before last weeks game...the key to this game is winning by any margin and staying healthy. That's it.
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OHIO STATE FOOTBALL
Second line gets firsthand lessons
Thursday, November 02, 2006Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus -- One series each week, Ohio State hands the responsibility of protecting the most valuable player in college football to a bunch of backups.
Out come monster youngsters Alex Boone and Steve Rehring and veterans Doug Datish, T.J. Downing and Kirk Barton and in come five offensive linemen even the most diehard Buckeye fans might have trouble naming.
And there stands quarterback Troy Smith, his health in their hands. The plan was implemented the second game of the season against Texas and has continued in every game since then, other than at Iowa.
What is Jim Tressel thinking?
"It's crazy," said Jim Cordle, who shares the center spot on Ohio State's No. 2 line. "They told us the week of the Texas game, and we were like, Wow.' If that doesn't make you practice hard, nothing will."
"I thought it was nuts," said Ben Person, the right guard on the second line. "They told us we were going in the third series, and then we didn't score on the first series or second series, and I didn't really think we were going in, to be honest. I thought it was going to be one of those, you know, Forget it.' And then they put us in."
On that series against the Longhorns, filled with simpler plays and great individual efforts from Smith and receiver Anthony Gonzalez, the Buckeyes scored their first touchdown on the way to a 24-7 victory. So, offensive line coach Jim Bollman continued with the idea he first talked about with Person during his recruitment four years ago. As the offensive line coach at Virginia 15 years ago, Bollman was forced by head coach George Welsh to play his backup line, and he'd always wanted to try it at Ohio State.
"This is the first year we had this kind of depth here," Bollman said. "There are 11 guys that practice with us on the varsity field. At times we make ourselves stick them in there. Those guys are getting some valuable experience, more than you may realize."
None of them are rookies, all six backups having earned an extra year of learning by redshirting. The group includes fifth-year senior Tim Schafer at left tackle, sophomore Kyle Mitchum at left guard, either freshman Cordle or sophomore Tyler Whaley at center, sophomore Person at right guard and sophomore Jon Skinner at right tackle.
Downing and Datish will be graduating, so at least two of them will have to start next season. And Schafer, who has started at left guard this year, may have to start at left tackle against Illinois on Saturday because Boone missed practice on Tuesday and Wednesday with a knee injury.
Nothing prepares a player like the promise of action.
"At a place where the starters play the whole game, maybe the backups aren't quite as into the meetings," Whaley said. "This forces you to know what you're doing."
Said Person: "Knowing I'll get into the game, I watch more film than I would if I wasn't going to. I work harder in practice and harder in the weight room."
But is gaining experience for the backups worth the potential risk to Smith? On the backups' first play against Minnesota last week, Smith was sacked and fumbled.
"That's hard, because you want to get back out there and make up for it," Skinner said.
What if something worse than a sack and fumble had occurred?
"Certainly if he got hurt, I'm sure I'd get asked that question," Tressel said.
But the head man figures he'd be in trou ble, too, if the backups never played, an in jury happened on the line, a second-stringer went in unpre pared and Smith got slammed as a result.
"You just hope you're not at the wrong end of those discussions," Tressel said.
Also:
Receivers coach Darrell Hazell said Gonzalez, who suffered a mild concussion Saturday, is taking part only in non-contact drills in practice this week, but he will play Saturday. . . . Hazell on Ted Ginn Jr.'s continued recovery from a broken little toe: "Teddy with nine toes is better than most guys with 10."
OHIO STATE FOOTBALL
Second line gets firsthand lessons
Thursday, November 02, 2006Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus -- One series each week, Ohio State hands the responsibility of protecting the most valuable player in college football to a bunch of backups.
Out come monster youngsters Alex Boone and Steve Rehring and veterans Doug Datish, T.J. Downing and Kirk Barton and in come five offensive linemen even the most diehard Buckeye fans might have trouble naming.
And there stands quarterback Troy Smith, his health in their hands. The plan was implemented the second game of the season against Texas and has continued in every game since then, other than at Iowa.
What is Jim Tressel thinking?
"It's crazy," said Jim Cordle, who shares the center spot on Ohio State's No. 2 line. "They told us the week of the Texas game, and we were like, Wow.' If that doesn't make you practice hard, nothing will."
"I thought it was nuts," said Ben Person, the right guard on the second line. "They told us we were going in the third series, and then we didn't score on the first series or second series, and I didn't really think we were going in, to be honest. I thought it was going to be one of those, you know, Forget it.' And then they put us in."
On that series against the Longhorns, filled with simpler plays and great individual efforts from Smith and receiver Anthony Gonzalez, the Buckeyes scored their first touchdown on the way to a 24-7 victory. So, offensive line coach Jim Bollman continued with the idea he first talked about with Person during his recruitment four years ago. As the offensive line coach at Virginia 15 years ago, Bollman was forced by head coach George Welsh to play his backup line, and he'd always wanted to try it at Ohio State.
"This is the first year we had this kind of depth here," Bollman said. "There are 11 guys that practice with us on the varsity field. At times we make ourselves stick them in there. Those guys are getting some valuable experience, more than you may realize."
None of them are rookies, all six backups having earned an extra year of learning by redshirting. The group includes fifth-year senior Tim Schafer at left tackle, sophomore Kyle Mitchum at left guard, either freshman Cordle or sophomore Tyler Whaley at center, sophomore Person at right guard and sophomore Jon Skinner at right tackle.
Downing and Datish will be graduating, so at least two of them will have to start next season. And Schafer, who has started at left guard this year, may have to start at left tackle against Illinois on Saturday because Boone missed practice on Tuesday and Wednesday with a knee injury.
Nothing prepares a player like the promise of action.
"At a place where the starters play the whole game, maybe the backups aren't quite as into the meetings," Whaley said. "This forces you to know what you're doing."
Said Person: "Knowing I'll get into the game, I watch more film than I would if I wasn't going to. I work harder in practice and harder in the weight room."
But is gaining experience for the backups worth the potential risk to Smith? On the backups' first play against Minnesota last week, Smith was sacked and fumbled.
"That's hard, because you want to get back out there and make up for it," Skinner said.
What if something worse than a sack and fumble had occurred?
"Certainly if he got hurt, I'm sure I'd get asked that question," Tressel said.
But the head man figures he'd be in trou ble, too, if the backups never played, an in jury happened on the line, a second-stringer went in unpre pared and Smith got slammed as a result.
"You just hope you're not at the wrong end of those discussions," Tressel said.
Also:
Receivers coach Darrell Hazell said Gonzalez, who suffered a mild concussion Saturday, is taking part only in non-contact drills in practice this week, but he will play Saturday. . . . Hazell on Ted Ginn Jr.'s continued recovery from a broken little toe: "Teddy with nine toes is better than most guys with 10."
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