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Game Thread Game Three: #1 Ohio State 37, Cincinnati 7 (9/16/06)

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History lesson not lost on OSU


Cincinnati nearly pulled off an upset in 2002 during a lull in the schedule.

COLUMBUS (AP) ? Being impressionable college kids, top-ranked Ohio State's players are well aware of what they accomplished last week in a 24-7 victory over then-No. 2 Texas.

So they have to almost force themselves to concentrate on the task at hand ? this week it's Cincinnati ? instead of letting their minds race with thoughts of trophies, rings and national championships.

"You'll hear that a lot, people saying, 'You guys won the biggest game, that you won the national title in September,"' linebacker James Laurinaitis said Tuesday. "But basically we know we have 10 weeks left to play, we have a lot of games that we need to focus on. One mental lapse can cause an upset."

The Buckeyes (2-0) find themselves caught in an odd place on their schedule, a week after pulling off a watershed win and a week before they open Big Ten play against a team that beat them a year ago, Penn State.

Staying focused

That little valley in the schedule hasn't gone unnoticed, by either team.
"You have to make sure you handle success and that's a good segue into talking about Cincinnati, because I'm sure as the season began, Cincinnati looked at the Ohio State schedule and said, 'Hey, we've got them right where we want them, between Texas and Penn State,' " Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said. "We're going to have a Cincinnati team coming in here that is going to play lights out, they're going to hit us in the mouth and they're going to play as hard as you can possibly play. And that's what we need."

Ohio State has been down this road before, although few of the current players will remember.

The sixth-ranked Buckeyes were 3-0 and coming off a 26-7 victory over No. 10 Washington State when they played Cincinnati at Paul Brown Stadium in 2002.

Bearcats receivers dropped two passes in the end zone in the final minute as Ohio State escaped with a 23-19 win — one of the tightest scrapes in a 14-0 season of tight scrapes that resulted in the school's first national championship in 34 years.
Tressel, never one to reflect on past games, certainly hasn't forgotten that near-miss.
"When we played Cincinnati four years ago, I didn't think we played as well, and I don't know if it was a mental letdown," he said.
"Our job is just to keep teaching each day and hopefully we don't look back and say that there was a mental letdown, because if there is, we'll be in trouble."
No letdown expected
Of course, teams never expect a letdown until it's too late. Punter A.J. Trapasso, who averaged 50.8 yards on his six punts against Texas, doesn't see that happening.
"Our guys are so motivated I don't think we'll have a letdown the whole season," he said.
"Whether it's Cincinnati, Penn State or Iowa, we know they're all capable of beating us so we can't let up."
A record crowd and a huge television audience watched the first No. 1 vs. No. 2 game in a decade.
The teams fought on even terms in Austin until the Buckeyes scored late in the first half and Texas' offense never got untracked against Ohio State's defense, which features nine first-year starters.
One of the stars for the Buckeyes was receiver Anthony Gonzalez, who had a career-best eight catches for 142 yards and a touchdown.
He said every season has an ebb and flow to it, but that a player has to understand the payoff doesn't come until the end.
"What did the Texas victory mean? Not much other than the fact that we beat another team," he said.
"Outside of that, we're not getting a ring for it, we didn't win any championship as a result of it.
"So there's really no reason to sit there and think about that game, as great as it was. Because we didn't win anything other than a football game."
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Depth chart for Cinci, from the Ozone:

ozone.Cincinnati/depthchart

Football: We've updated out depth chart to reflect changes for this weekend's Cincinnati game.

The changes include Brian Robiskie now listed ahead of Roy Hall, most likely due to Hall's injurt. Jim Cordle is no longer listed as a co-backup at the center position with Tyler Waley. Ross Homan is now listed as a backup to John Kerr, instead of a co-starter. Anderson Russell is now listed ahead of Nick Patterson at free safety. Patterson was listed as the starter last weekend, despite the fact that Russell started in the game. The final chage is Donald Washington as the starting nickle back, replacing Anderson Russell.​
 
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OSUsushichic;605532; said:
OK, which one of you is MrBuckeye? :lol:

http://www.ncaabbs.com/forums/bigeast/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=18527&start=50
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It's surely not me. The treatment you received on Bearcat Banter was not cool. I posted on the NIU board and I'll even post every once in a great while on umgoblue.com, but I know from many personal experiences that a civilized conversation with those people is almost impossible. The anti-OSU sentiment down there is vehement, vexing, and as you have seen first hand, vicious.

My uncle lived in Cincinnati and I used to visit him all the time and UC fans in general were nothing but rude and disagreeable and were so without any provocation whatsoever. An extremely high PE factor to say the least. The responses to your posts on the other board are highly instructive. The sight of the words "OHIO" and "STATE" is enough to give some of those people a coronary.

Because of the OSU hate and unprovoked rude treatment, I can't even root for the Reds anymore.
 
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three thoughts:

1) if there is a letdown, it will be minute. the defense is full of players still vying for starting spots and playing time. they will play hard in order to validate themselves.

2) our running game will be on showcase. this is a great opportunity for wells squared to parade their wares. last week was gonzo's coming out party. this week will be beanie's.

3) i hope hall will play this week. he can make our offense that much more complex.

edit: the defensive players will also play hard because they wear scarlet and grey.
 
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Does anyone know how to access information regarding radio broadcasts of this game? I will be traveling to Chicago around 11 a.m. Saturday, and I'd love to listen to this game on the way. Anyone know how to find what stations on the way to Chi-town will air the play-by-play?
 
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thackattack;605690; said:
Does anyone know how to access information regarding radio broadcasts of this game? I will be traveling to Chicago around 11 a.m. Saturday, and I'd love to listen to this game on the way. Anyone know how to find what stations on the way to Chi-town will air the play-by-play?
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This LINK is the best I can do...

Someone else may have better 411...
 
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thackattack;605690; said:
Does anyone know how to access information regarding radio broadcasts of this game? I will be traveling to Chicago around 11 a.m. Saturday, and I'd love to listen to this game on the way. Anyone know how to find what stations on the way to Chi-town will air the play-by-play?
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The ozone has an up to date list i believe;
http://www.the-ozone.net/misc/affiliates_06.htm

But you can listen to marion if the Cols stations start failing up to and above Findlay then turn to 1470 am (Toledo) and then paulding 99.7 fm or 1220 Van Wert
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