Don't know the stations, but my friends listened to the OSU game all the way back from Notre Dame last weekend. You shouldn't have a problem.
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With our depth this year you may be right. This is why, in a different thread, I called for the shut-out drought to end this year; and why I said it will happen on the road.
At home, like on Saturday, we can empty the bench and get guys in there that really aren't any better than what Cinci can bring. This might be enough to allow the Bearcats to get on the board, but not enough to make it look close.
On the road, on the other hand; there is a limit (65-68, something like that) to how many players you can take with you. Since our special teams are composed of some people that aren't on the 2-deep, the travel squad probably doesn't have the full third team defense. For some road games, the worst defense we put on the field might be enough to hold a shut-out.
Then again, a shut-out is still a possibility this Saturday. The Bearcats offense is horific.
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BuckeyeNation27;605904; said:
Your friends are apparently fans of either NA or PSU. You should have a problem.
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"Only the dead have seen the end of war." -Plato
Watch out for Cincinnati's FB Marcus Waugh. In all honesty I dont know how he'll do. Probably won't even touch the ball... but what I do know is that he went to the same high school as me and he was a beast of a running back. Even though I want tOSU to win by a lot... i want to see one of my old classmates to do well.
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He has just 1 carry for 0 yards, this year.biggsj6030;606019; said:
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"Only the dead have seen the end of war." -Plato
SATXBuck;606038; said:
Now wait just one second. There was no need to cloud this issue with facts. Hahahah just because I want him to do good doesn't mean he is good.
Also, he tore his ACL last year and could still be hurt from that. Hahahah. Come on give me a small break.
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Poison in a Pretty Glass
Thanks to all who helped with the radio coverage of the game. I'll cruise through as I cross over into Indy. 
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UC linebacker returning home
BY BILL KOCH | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Like most of his friends, University of Cincinnati linebacker Ryan Manalac was an Ohio State fan as a kid growing up in Pickerington, just southeast of Columbus.
?I made it out to a couple of games,? Manalac said. ?It?s always hard to get in there, but I made it to a couple. It?s a great atmosphere.?
Manalac will be a bigger part of the atmosphere Saturday when he returns to his hometown to play against the Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium.
?It?s a great opportunity for me to be home in front of all my friends and family,? he said.
Manalac, who played wingback, receiver and safety at Pickerington High School, was not recruited by Division I-A schools coming out of high school. He attracted some interest from Division I-AA and Division II schools, but chose to walk-on at UC because he believed he could play on that level.
The 6-foot, 230-pound sophomore worked his way up from the scout team, earned a scholarship this fall and actually started UC?s first two games this season. He?s not expected to start Saturday with the return of Corey Smith, but will play.
?I feel like I?m in the right place, doing what I?m supposed to do,? he said.
Manalac is one of 12 players on the UC roster from Central Ohio.
Cornerback John Bowie (Northland High School), strong safety Dominic Ross (Marion Harding) and CB DeAngelo Smith (Independence) all start for the Bearcats.
The others are: fullback Brad Bury (Marion Harding), linebacker Jon Carpenter (linebacker), linebacker Torry Cornett (Indepedence), linebacker Nick DeFillipo (London), wide receiver Charley Howard (Gahanna), running back Jacob Ramsey (Indepedence), guard Jon Tobin (Fisher Catholic) and quarterback David Wess (Whitehall).
MAKING PROGRESS? UC?s margin of defeat against Pittsburgh last week was 18 points, the same as last year, but head coach Mark Dantonio said his team showed improvement in the second edition of the River City Rivalry.
Dantonio cited Pitt?s 1-for-11 performance on third down conversions and the fact that the Bearcats held the Panthers to only 90 yards rushing as positive signs.
?They hurt us on deep balls,? Dantonio said. ?We?ve been good at that, but Friday night they made a couple of great catches. As far as how we played overall defensively, I thought we were very solid. I think we have improved as a defensive football team.?
GOING HOME AGAIN: Saturday?s game will mark Dantonio?s second trip to Ohio State as a head coach. He made his head coaching debut on Sept. 4, 2004 at Ohio State, where he worked as defensive coordinator from 2001-03, with the Bearcats losing to the Buckeyes, 27-6.
?I think it will be a little different (this time),? Dantonio said. ?That was my first time as a head coach. I knew so many of the players. I knew almost all of them. This year I only know a few of them, but it will still be a great experience for us.?
Ohio State is scheduled to play UC at Paul Brown Stadium in 2012.
HORSE AND BUGGY DAYS: UC is 2-12 all-time against Ohio State. The Bearcats, who have lost their last nine meetings against the Buckeyes, have to go all the way back to the 19th century to locate their two victories in the series ? 8-6 in 1896 and 34-0 in 1897.
UC linebacker returning home
BY BILL KOCH | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Like most of his friends, University of Cincinnati linebacker Ryan Manalac was an Ohio State fan as a kid growing up in Pickerington, just southeast of Columbus.
?I made it out to a couple of games,? Manalac said. ?It?s always hard to get in there, but I made it to a couple. It?s a great atmosphere.?
Manalac will be a bigger part of the atmosphere Saturday when he returns to his hometown to play against the Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium.
?It?s a great opportunity for me to be home in front of all my friends and family,? he said.
Manalac, who played wingback, receiver and safety at Pickerington High School, was not recruited by Division I-A schools coming out of high school. He attracted some interest from Division I-AA and Division II schools, but chose to walk-on at UC because he believed he could play on that level.
The 6-foot, 230-pound sophomore worked his way up from the scout team, earned a scholarship this fall and actually started UC?s first two games this season. He?s not expected to start Saturday with the return of Corey Smith, but will play.
?I feel like I?m in the right place, doing what I?m supposed to do,? he said.
Manalac is one of 12 players on the UC roster from Central Ohio.
Cornerback John Bowie (Northland High School), strong safety Dominic Ross (Marion Harding) and CB DeAngelo Smith (Independence) all start for the Bearcats.
The others are: fullback Brad Bury (Marion Harding), linebacker Jon Carpenter (linebacker), linebacker Torry Cornett (Indepedence), linebacker Nick DeFillipo (London), wide receiver Charley Howard (Gahanna), running back Jacob Ramsey (Indepedence), guard Jon Tobin (Fisher Catholic) and quarterback David Wess (Whitehall).
MAKING PROGRESS? UC?s margin of defeat against Pittsburgh last week was 18 points, the same as last year, but head coach Mark Dantonio said his team showed improvement in the second edition of the River City Rivalry.
Dantonio cited Pitt?s 1-for-11 performance on third down conversions and the fact that the Bearcats held the Panthers to only 90 yards rushing as positive signs.
?They hurt us on deep balls,? Dantonio said. ?We?ve been good at that, but Friday night they made a couple of great catches. As far as how we played overall defensively, I thought we were very solid. I think we have improved as a defensive football team.?
GOING HOME AGAIN: Saturday?s game will mark Dantonio?s second trip to Ohio State as a head coach. He made his head coaching debut on Sept. 4, 2004 at Ohio State, where he worked as defensive coordinator from 2001-03, with the Bearcats losing to the Buckeyes, 27-6.
?I think it will be a little different (this time),? Dantonio said. ?That was my first time as a head coach. I knew so many of the players. I knew almost all of them. This year I only know a few of them, but it will still be a great experience for us.?
Ohio State is scheduled to play UC at Paul Brown Stadium in 2012.
HORSE AND BUGGY DAYS: UC is 2-12 all-time against Ohio State. The Bearcats, who have lost their last nine meetings against the Buckeyes, have to go all the way back to the 19th century to locate their two victories in the series ? 8-6 in 1896 and 34-0 in 1897.
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Dantonio gushes, Pittman 'fesses up
COLUMBUS, Ohio What's brewing today with the 2006 Ohio State Buckeyes ...
BUCKEYE BUZZ:@ Cincinnati coach Mark Dantonio has spent 10 years working for Jim Tressel and speaks of him in almost reverential terms."Coach Tres is an outstanding friend, not just to myself but our entire family. He's a mentor and role model in a lot of ways," Dantonio said on his weekly teleconference. "He's had a tremendous impact on me as a person. His values are in place and he handles people appropriately. I try to emulate him in how I treat people. He's not just a good coach, he's a great man."VOCAL CRITIC:@ Ohio State LB James Laurinaitis said his mom, Julie, isn't afraid to let her feelings be known."She's a sweetheart but she gets fired up at football games," her son said. "If there's a bad call, she'll yell at the ref. It can happen in the first quarter, but she'll try to find the ref after the game and tell him what it's all about."SHARING THE BALL:@ Antonio Pittman extolled the virtues _ to a point _ of rotating players at tailback."I feel a lot fresher with it. It's keeping me so I feel like I play about a quarter less with the rotation of two (other) backs," he said.Then a reporter asked if he'd prefer carrying 35 times to having fresh legs."I'd rather be worn out," he said.
Dantonio gushes, Pittman 'fesses up
COLUMBUS, Ohio What's brewing today with the 2006 Ohio State Buckeyes ...
BUCKEYE BUZZ:@ Cincinnati coach Mark Dantonio has spent 10 years working for Jim Tressel and speaks of him in almost reverential terms."Coach Tres is an outstanding friend, not just to myself but our entire family. He's a mentor and role model in a lot of ways," Dantonio said on his weekly teleconference. "He's had a tremendous impact on me as a person. His values are in place and he handles people appropriately. I try to emulate him in how I treat people. He's not just a good coach, he's a great man."VOCAL CRITIC:@ Ohio State LB James Laurinaitis said his mom, Julie, isn't afraid to let her feelings be known."She's a sweetheart but she gets fired up at football games," her son said. "If there's a bad call, she'll yell at the ref. It can happen in the first quarter, but she'll try to find the ref after the game and tell him what it's all about."SHARING THE BALL:@ Antonio Pittman extolled the virtues _ to a point _ of rotating players at tailback."I feel a lot fresher with it. It's keeping me so I feel like I play about a quarter less with the rotation of two (other) backs," he said.Then a reporter asked if he'd prefer carrying 35 times to having fresh legs."I'd rather be worn out," he said.
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Lenix finally gets to OSU
BY BILL KOCH | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER
The question was posed to University of Cincinnati coach Mark Dantonio at his weekly press conference. How many of the 62 Ohioans on his roster also were recruited by Ohio State?
Dantonio thought for a moment, then named freshman linebacker Freddie Lenix. That's where the list began and ended.
Lenix, a 6-foot, 215-pound speedster, was not only recruited by the Buckeyes, he signed a letter of intent with them in 2005. It was one of the happiest days of his life.
"I always loved Ohio State," Lenix said. "It was a real big thing. When I finally signed with them it was like, man, I accomplished a lot. I overcame what everybody was saying about me, about my size and my ability to play in the Big Ten."
But he soon learned that signing with Ohio State is no guarantee of being accepted by the school. When he was told he didn't meet OSU's academic requirements, he was crushed.
"It hurt me real bad," Lenix said.
All those emotions have come rushing back to Lenix this week as the Bearcats prepare to face the Buckeyes on Saturday. Instead of running into Ohio Stadium wearing the scarlet and gray of OSU, Lenix will be sporting UC's C-paw.
As he stands on the sideline, he'll look across at the Buckeyes and think about how he could be standing there with them, playing for the country's No. 1 team.
"It'll cross my mind," Lenix said. "For anybody, it would cross their mind. I signed with them. That could have been me. But I'm not going to let it take me out of my game plan, just in case I get in the game."
Lenix says he's gotten over the disappointment of not playing for Ohio State and is now thoroughly invested in the UC program.
But he didn't always feel that way.
"I was real immature about the situation," Lenix said. "I was just thinking I don't want to go to other schools because I signed with the Big Ten and that's the biggest conference in the country. But when I sat down and talked to the (UC) coaches, they told me how the program was on the rise, about the move to the Big East, about the nice facilities they were building."
Lenix signed with UC in February.
Dantonio and his coaches considered him the plum of their 2006 recruiting class.
At Cleveland Glenville High School, he had been a running back, a linebacker and a track star who ran the 100 meters in 10.4 seconds. He seemed certain to make an immediate impact at UC.
But it hasn't worked out that way. In two games, Lenix has yet to get on the field for the Bearcats, although Dantonio said he might play on special teams this week.
Why hasn't he played?
"It's a game of blocking, tackling and execution," Dantonio said. "That's what he has to do."
Defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi says Lenix is going through the same things a lot of freshmen endure as they adjust to college football.
"He just hasn't picked it up mentally yet," Narduzzi said. "He's not playing as fast as we need him to be. Everybody is so much further ahead mentally on defense that when he's in there and there's 10 guys who know what to do and there's one guy that doesn't know what he's doing or doesn't play as physical as you need him to be, he sticks out."
Lenix is trying to remain patient. He has had plenty of practice at that recently.
After he was rejected by Ohio State, he attended a community college in Cleveland, but after completing two courses there, OSU still wouldn't accept him.
He enrolled at UC for winter quarter but had to leave school temporarily during spring quarter after the death of his grandmother and great aunt.
"The family was going downhill," he said. "My mom was telling me that she needed me there, so I had to go home and take care of business."
He returned to UC for summer school and now is concentrating on getting onto the field and keeping up his grades.
His immediate goal is to play Saturday against the Buckeyes.
It probably will be his only chance to play at Ohio Stadium, a place he once thought he would call his home for four years.
"Everything will be all right," he said. "Hopefully, I can go up there and show something."
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Buckeyes working for a September to remember
With Texas showdown won, Ohio State points to the future -- Cincinnati first
By JON SPENCER
For The Advocate
COLUMBUS -- His football team proved it could handle the hype and hoopla surrounding its trip to Texas.
Now coach Jim Tressel is anxious to see if top-ranked Ohio State can handle the hosannas in the aftermath of the Buckeyes' decisive 24-7 victory against the defending national champion.
"We tell (the players) that publicity is like poison ... it only kills you if you swallow it," Tressel said Tuesday at his weekly media luncheon. "What's important is focusing on what needs to be done. All of our guys that watch the film know we need to get better.
"Whether the hype is burning hot or not, I think they'll focus."The time would seem ripe for Cincinnati to launch a sneak attack in Ohio Stadium. The Bearcats (1-1) catch the Buckeyes (2-0) coming off one of the biggest wins in school history and possibly looking ahead to next week's Big Ten opener against Penn State.
Middle linebacker James Laurinaitis, allaying fears of a letdown, pays no attention to the oddsmakers who have made his Buckeyes a 30-point favorite for Saturday's noon game.
"We're all so young and unproven; we still have to prove ourselves," Laurinaitis said, speaking for the defense. "Yeah, we held (Texas) to seven points, but they still gained a lot of yards rushing (172).
"Anytime you give up a lot of rushing yards, it hurts you personally, especially at this school where they have a rich tradition of stopping the run."
Ohio State also has a tradition of beating in-state schools. The last loss was in 1921 to Oberlin. Since then, Ohio State has won 21 consecutive games, including 11 straight since it resumed playing Ohio schools in 1992 after a 60-year layoff.
The Buckeyes have been a part of at least one in-state matchup each of the past nine seasons, posting an 11-0 record. Three of those victories have been against the Bearcats, including one big scare.
During the 2002 national championship season, the Buckeyes escaped from Paul Brown Stadium with a 23-19 victory. The Buckeyes overcame three turnovers, the absence of freshman sensation Maurice Clarett and a holding call that wiped out a 96-yard kickoff return by Chris Gamble. But it took two dropped passes in the end zone by the Bearcats in the final minute to seal the victory.
"Was that a mental letdown? I'm not sure," Tressel said. "There's probably a fine line between getting things done and not. Do you say the guy (Billy Pittman) that fumbled going into the end zone for Texas had a mental letdown? I don't know, but that was a huge play in the game and all of a sudden ends up being a 24-7 game.
"So our job is to keep teaching each day. Hopefully, we won't look back and say there was a mental letdown (Saturday) because if there is, we'll be in trouble."
It will be an emotional game for many of the Buckeyes because Cincinnati coach Mark Dantonio was Ohio State's defensive coordinator from 2001-03. He still talks with Tressel on a weekly basis and six players on the defensive two-deep got their starts under him.
Dantonio's debut game with the Bearcats in 2004 resulted in a 27-6 loss to the Buckeyes in The 'Shoe, so this won't be a new experience for him or his ex-players in scarlet and gray. The difference this time is Cincinnati has last Friday's 33-15 loss to Pittsburgh hanging over its head.
"I think we're energized; I don't see that (loss) being a problem at all," said Dantonio, a Zanesville native. "Anytime you're from Ohio, this is a special game. That's No. 1. In 25 years in the coaching business, I've only played a No. 1 team twice, and once was in the national championship game.
"It's one of those opportunities where the nation is focused not only on Ohio State but on Cincinnati. From that standpoint, it's a very exciting time for our program."
Buckeyes working for a September to remember
With Texas showdown won, Ohio State points to the future -- Cincinnati first
By JON SPENCER
For The Advocate
COLUMBUS -- His football team proved it could handle the hype and hoopla surrounding its trip to Texas.
Now coach Jim Tressel is anxious to see if top-ranked Ohio State can handle the hosannas in the aftermath of the Buckeyes' decisive 24-7 victory against the defending national champion.
"We tell (the players) that publicity is like poison ... it only kills you if you swallow it," Tressel said Tuesday at his weekly media luncheon. "What's important is focusing on what needs to be done. All of our guys that watch the film know we need to get better.
"Whether the hype is burning hot or not, I think they'll focus."The time would seem ripe for Cincinnati to launch a sneak attack in Ohio Stadium. The Bearcats (1-1) catch the Buckeyes (2-0) coming off one of the biggest wins in school history and possibly looking ahead to next week's Big Ten opener against Penn State.
Middle linebacker James Laurinaitis, allaying fears of a letdown, pays no attention to the oddsmakers who have made his Buckeyes a 30-point favorite for Saturday's noon game.
"We're all so young and unproven; we still have to prove ourselves," Laurinaitis said, speaking for the defense. "Yeah, we held (Texas) to seven points, but they still gained a lot of yards rushing (172).
"Anytime you give up a lot of rushing yards, it hurts you personally, especially at this school where they have a rich tradition of stopping the run."
Ohio State also has a tradition of beating in-state schools. The last loss was in 1921 to Oberlin. Since then, Ohio State has won 21 consecutive games, including 11 straight since it resumed playing Ohio schools in 1992 after a 60-year layoff.
The Buckeyes have been a part of at least one in-state matchup each of the past nine seasons, posting an 11-0 record. Three of those victories have been against the Bearcats, including one big scare.
During the 2002 national championship season, the Buckeyes escaped from Paul Brown Stadium with a 23-19 victory. The Buckeyes overcame three turnovers, the absence of freshman sensation Maurice Clarett and a holding call that wiped out a 96-yard kickoff return by Chris Gamble. But it took two dropped passes in the end zone by the Bearcats in the final minute to seal the victory.
"Was that a mental letdown? I'm not sure," Tressel said. "There's probably a fine line between getting things done and not. Do you say the guy (Billy Pittman) that fumbled going into the end zone for Texas had a mental letdown? I don't know, but that was a huge play in the game and all of a sudden ends up being a 24-7 game.
"So our job is to keep teaching each day. Hopefully, we won't look back and say there was a mental letdown (Saturday) because if there is, we'll be in trouble."
It will be an emotional game for many of the Buckeyes because Cincinnati coach Mark Dantonio was Ohio State's defensive coordinator from 2001-03. He still talks with Tressel on a weekly basis and six players on the defensive two-deep got their starts under him.
Dantonio's debut game with the Bearcats in 2004 resulted in a 27-6 loss to the Buckeyes in The 'Shoe, so this won't be a new experience for him or his ex-players in scarlet and gray. The difference this time is Cincinnati has last Friday's 33-15 loss to Pittsburgh hanging over its head.
"I think we're energized; I don't see that (loss) being a problem at all," said Dantonio, a Zanesville native. "Anytime you're from Ohio, this is a special game. That's No. 1. In 25 years in the coaching business, I've only played a No. 1 team twice, and once was in the national championship game.
"It's one of those opportunities where the nation is focused not only on Ohio State but on Cincinnati. From that standpoint, it's a very exciting time for our program."
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Eons ago, worst-ever Bucks nearly lost it all
Thursday, September 14, 2006
MIKE HARDEN
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Two games into the secular revival that is Ohio State football in Columbus, it is nigh impossible to fathom a time when the Buckeyes were so embarrassingly wretched that the university president suspended football indefinitely.
But, with the top-ranked Bucks fresh off a sound drubbing of Texas and their sights fixed on a national title, this might be a good time to whisper, "Remember, Caesar, thou art mortal."
In 1897, OSU posted a 1-7-1 record, its worst season ever.
The coveted creampuff on each opponent?s schedule, the Bucks were hammered 24-0 by Cincinnati; 44-0 by Oberlin; and, in the scarlet and gray?s first meeting with Michigan, 34-0 by the Wolverines.
At the time, Ohio State had been going through coaches like the Gabor sisters went through husbands. The coach for 1897 was David Farragut Edwards, a former running back at Princeton.
The Bucks? opener would yield the season?s only win, but it was a tainted victory.
Ohio State defeated the Ohio Medical University in its first game, even though OMU was leading. Its coach objected so vehemently to a disputed Buckeye touchdown that he removed his players from the field, and officials declared OSU the winner by forfeit.
The following week, the Buckeyes were shut out by Case Western in a game that inspired the Dispatch reporter covering the event to observe, "OSU was egregiously defeated, and the scarlet and gray dragged in the campus mud."
The scribe, a fellow writing under the pseudonym "Salvator," continued, "OSU?s team ? seemed to lack the art of hard and concerted tackling. It behooves the men to learn to tackle well if they would stop Michigan?s onslaught next Saturday."
Michigan steamrolled the Buckeyes with a score that might have been worse had officials not decided to call the game in the second half to spare OSU further humiliation.
The following week, the Bucks were able to wrest a 12-12 tie against Otterbein.
Columbus Barracks was the next team to eat OSU?s lunch ? 6-0. Then, on Halloween eve, Oberlin humbled the Bucks 44-0, a score made more stunning by the realization that this was the era when a touchdown earned only four points.
Salvator wrote, "OSU just now seems to be in a state of innocuous desuetude," an observation that no current college football TV commentator has tried to recycle as his own.
The scarlet and gray fell the next week to West Virginia, 28-0.
Salvator had his pen ready after the clash in which Cincinnati shut out the Bucks: "OSU was outplayed at every point of the game. U.C. made four touchdowns in 12 minutes before OSU awoke from its lethargy."
Ohio Wesleyan bested OSU 6-0 in the season?s final outing, leaving the Bucks not only with seven losses but seven losses that were shutouts.
Coach Edwards was fired. With the football program bleeding red ink (the only thing worse than the team?s play were ticket sales), OSU President David Canfield suspended the sport.
It appears that students held enough fundraisers during the off-season to persuade Canfield to reinstate football.
Hard as it is to believe, the OSU sport that generated $42.5 million last year was once saved by pie auctions and cakewalks after the worst season in its history.
Mike Harden is a Dispatch Metro columnist. He can be reached at 614-461-5215 or by e-mail.
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