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BuckeyeRyn
Calling all friends & people I met on the way down
This is the best "ruckus" you guys could come up with while I was gone???
Shame on you!
Shame on you!
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BuckeyeRyn
Calling all friends & people I met on the way down
BB73 said:Kickoff is in 30 hours. I'm heading for the tailgating area.
why aren't you at the airport welcoming them with the red carpet? we send you early to accomplish one simple task.. and all you can do is eat bbq....
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SI
Mandel:
Getting defensive
Experienced D will lift Texas past No. 1 Ohio State
Posted: Friday September 8, 2006 12:46PM; Updated: Friday September 8, 2006 1:55PM
Week 2
Saturday, 8 p.m. ET (ABC)
No. 1 Ohio State (1-0) at No. 2 Texas (1-0)
I'm taking the experienced defense (Texas') over the experienced quarterback (Ohio State's). The 'Horns D won't shut down Troy Smith but they'll disrupt him at times; I'm not so sure the youthful Bucks, however, will be able to get the necessary pressure to frazzle the youthful Colt McCoy.
Texas 28, Ohio State 27
Mandel:
Getting defensive
Experienced D will lift Texas past No. 1 Ohio State
Posted: Friday September 8, 2006 12:46PM; Updated: Friday September 8, 2006 1:55PM
Week 2
Saturday, 8 p.m. ET (ABC)
No. 1 Ohio State (1-0) at No. 2 Texas (1-0)
I'm taking the experienced defense (Texas') over the experienced quarterback (Ohio State's). The 'Horns D won't shut down Troy Smith but they'll disrupt him at times; I'm not so sure the youthful Bucks, however, will be able to get the necessary pressure to frazzle the youthful Colt McCoy.
Texas 28, Ohio State 27
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SI
High stakes
No. 1 ranking, title hopes on line in OSU-Texas clash
Posted: Friday September 8, 2006 11:47AM; Updated: Friday September 8, 2006 12:33PM
Though always a threat to run, Ohio State QB Troy Smith will lead the Buckeyes to the win with his arm.
John Biever/SI
This, if there ever was one, is a big-money weekend in college football. Only those with bulging bankrolls can afford to buy their way into Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium for Saturday night's epic showdown between Ohio State and Texas. On eBay Thursday, someone forked over $1,575 for two prime seats on the 40; another dropped $2,400 for four tickets in the end zone (and a parking pass). For just $25 more that afternoon on the auction site, that guy could have become the proud owner of a 1989 Mercedes.
Buckeyes fans, undeterred by the demand for seats, are arriving in Austin in droves -- so many that the OSU alumni association paid $10,000 to rent out Texas' basketball arena for a Friday-night pep rally. Of course, those willing to ante up for ducats will not only see a meeting of No. 1 vs No. 2, but also have the privilege of viewing replays on UT's brand new, $8 million Godzillatron, which offers 7,370 square feet (55-by-134) of high-def viewing pleasure. And if you think that's expensive, consider how much money is at stake when these amateur athletes finally get down to business in Austin: The inside track to the BCS title game in Glendale, Ariz. That'll earn your conference a cool $17 million. Enough to erect a Godzillatron at both ends of the field, put a flatscreen in every stadium bathroom, and still have cash left over to hire a guy whose sole responsibility is to fill out the coaches' poll ballot exactly the way you want it -- with Texas at No. 1. Coach Tressel, is that something you might be interested in?
Marquee Matchup
(1) Ohio State at (2) Texas 8 p.m. ET (ABC) Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium
Things You Should Care About
1. Is too much emphasis being put on Troy Smith's mobility? He is arguably the nation's best dual-threat quarterback, and when he made the assertion in the offseason that he prefers to pass, "every time," rather than run, it was easy to write off as NFL Draft-stock posturing more than anything else. This was a QB, after all, who ran 136 times in 2005 (an average of 12.4 carries per game), and never took off fewer than seven times in one contest.
And then, Smith went out in the season opener against Northern Illinois last Saturday, passed 25 times and ran ... once. For negative-one yard. The designed run played no role in the Ohio State offense. As long as Smith has adequate protection -- against NIU it was superb, as he was never sacked -- it seems that he prefers to act more like Matt Leinart than Vince Young. "It feels good when Troy is not saying, 'I need a little more time,'" center Doug Datish told the Columbus Dispatch after beating the Huskies 35-12. "That was never mentioned today."
If Smith has time, he will try to pick teams apart. Given the state of Texas' secondary (more on that in item No. 2), that could very well happen. If Smith does get flushed from the pocket by the 'Horns, however, they are uniquely equipped to stop it. They're the fastest defense he'll face all year. Many of them have spent years practicing against Young. They even have a fleet-footed freshman QB, Sherrod Harris, simulating Smith on the scout team.
The bottom line: Smith is more capable of shocking Texas through the air than on the ground. Which means the 'Horns' pass rush and secondary are more important factors than Troy's toes.
2. How much do you believe in the Tarell Brown Effect? It's never a good week when the Austin police find you passed out in the back of a car with a gun on your lap, and then they taser you prior to making their arrest. But this week was a particularly bad one for it to happen to Brown, a stud freshman corner who was supposed to draw the 'Horns' paramount defensive duty: marking Buckeye burner Ted Ginn Jr. Brown is now suspended. And smaller backups Brandon Foster and Ryan Palmer are being thrust into one hell of an assignment. Did I mention neither of them has ever started a college game?
The absence of one key cover corner can have a mammoth impact. Just ask Cal, which was embarrassed right out of the top 10 by Tennessee last week. The Bears lost capable DB Tim Mixon to an ACL tear in the preseason, and were forced to match freshman Syd'Quan Thompson up against dangerous Vols wideout Robert Meachem. Thompson got smoked for two devastating TDs of 42 and 80 yards. Texas, with the brothers Griffin, has better safety help than Cal did -- but Ginn may be the fastest wideout in the country. Covering him will be a multi-man job on nearly every down.
3. How much do you read into Garrett Wolfe's numbers? Northern Illinois' Heisman hopeful served as an illuminator: By gashing OSU for 285 all-purpose yards, he showed that its D, which was breaking in nine new starters, is not in the vintage-Buckeye mold. That's what it looked like to Northern Illinois coach Joe Novak, at least. "I'll be honest, they're not as good as last year," he said. The Buckeyes let one guy -- Minnesota's Laurence Maroney, now an NFL starter -- break 100 yards in 2005.
Texas' Selvin Young and Jamaal Charles -- both of whom, let's face it, are athletically on par with Wolfe -- are no doubt licking their chops. One would think they'd be able to cause plenty of problems on Saturday. But one would be more confident in that thought had Texas' longest run against North Texas, a 27-yarder, not been by freshman QB Colt McCoy.
Inside The Scouting Report
How much of a headache is it to defend Ted Ginn Jr.? Let an anonymous assistant from a former Buckeyes opponent fill you in:
"Ginn is a guy who has a lot of secondary coaches on Tylenol PM. Ohio State moves him around a lot -- you're never sure whether he's going to line up in the slot or outside. He's a real difficult receiver to jam [with a cornerback] and then roll up on top of. You always want to have safety help on him over the top, but when they get in two-back sets, there's not as much you can do -- because if you don't bring your safeties up, they'll just run all day on you.
"For the cornerbacks guarding Ginn at the line, I'd tell them that they have to increase their cushion to a different level, because he's not like any other receiver. Most corners have a cushion that's anywhere from 7-9 yards, and they stay in their back pedal until the receiver breaks into the cushion -- normally at about three yards away. Then, the corner has to flip his hips, turn and run at full speed. With Ginn, because it's a different speed, you have to get out of your back pedal a lot faster. If you flip your hips at three yards, he'll run right by you. If you do it at five, you have a better chance to open up and cut him off with your body."
The Pick
One other place where this is a big-money weekend: Vegas. There, Texas is favored by 2.5 points. Plenty of reasonable factors go into that spread. The game is in Austin. The 'Horns beat Ohio State last year. They're the defending national champs. Their defense looked better in its first game than the Buckeyes' did (although UT faced North Texas, not Northern Illinois). The public has faith in McCoy after his smooth debut in the system that was designed for Young in '05. Ohio State's kicking game, for the first time this decade, is suspect.
My gut, though, is telling me to believe in Smith the same way we once believed in Young. It agonized Smith to watch, helplessly, as UT pulled out the win last September, and I suspect he's been obsessing over this rematch. Ohio State's defense isn't going to keep Texas at bay, but Smith -- with a sublime passing performance -- will put as many points on the board as the Buckeyes need. The visitors by six.
High stakes
No. 1 ranking, title hopes on line in OSU-Texas clash
Posted: Friday September 8, 2006 11:47AM; Updated: Friday September 8, 2006 12:33PM
Though always a threat to run, Ohio State QB Troy Smith will lead the Buckeyes to the win with his arm.
John Biever/SI
This, if there ever was one, is a big-money weekend in college football. Only those with bulging bankrolls can afford to buy their way into Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium for Saturday night's epic showdown between Ohio State and Texas. On eBay Thursday, someone forked over $1,575 for two prime seats on the 40; another dropped $2,400 for four tickets in the end zone (and a parking pass). For just $25 more that afternoon on the auction site, that guy could have become the proud owner of a 1989 Mercedes.
Buckeyes fans, undeterred by the demand for seats, are arriving in Austin in droves -- so many that the OSU alumni association paid $10,000 to rent out Texas' basketball arena for a Friday-night pep rally. Of course, those willing to ante up for ducats will not only see a meeting of No. 1 vs No. 2, but also have the privilege of viewing replays on UT's brand new, $8 million Godzillatron, which offers 7,370 square feet (55-by-134) of high-def viewing pleasure. And if you think that's expensive, consider how much money is at stake when these amateur athletes finally get down to business in Austin: The inside track to the BCS title game in Glendale, Ariz. That'll earn your conference a cool $17 million. Enough to erect a Godzillatron at both ends of the field, put a flatscreen in every stadium bathroom, and still have cash left over to hire a guy whose sole responsibility is to fill out the coaches' poll ballot exactly the way you want it -- with Texas at No. 1. Coach Tressel, is that something you might be interested in?
Marquee Matchup
1. Is too much emphasis being put on Troy Smith's mobility? He is arguably the nation's best dual-threat quarterback, and when he made the assertion in the offseason that he prefers to pass, "every time," rather than run, it was easy to write off as NFL Draft-stock posturing more than anything else. This was a QB, after all, who ran 136 times in 2005 (an average of 12.4 carries per game), and never took off fewer than seven times in one contest.
And then, Smith went out in the season opener against Northern Illinois last Saturday, passed 25 times and ran ... once. For negative-one yard. The designed run played no role in the Ohio State offense. As long as Smith has adequate protection -- against NIU it was superb, as he was never sacked -- it seems that he prefers to act more like Matt Leinart than Vince Young. "It feels good when Troy is not saying, 'I need a little more time,'" center Doug Datish told the Columbus Dispatch after beating the Huskies 35-12. "That was never mentioned today."
If Smith has time, he will try to pick teams apart. Given the state of Texas' secondary (more on that in item No. 2), that could very well happen. If Smith does get flushed from the pocket by the 'Horns, however, they are uniquely equipped to stop it. They're the fastest defense he'll face all year. Many of them have spent years practicing against Young. They even have a fleet-footed freshman QB, Sherrod Harris, simulating Smith on the scout team.
The bottom line: Smith is more capable of shocking Texas through the air than on the ground. Which means the 'Horns' pass rush and secondary are more important factors than Troy's toes.
2. How much do you believe in the Tarell Brown Effect? It's never a good week when the Austin police find you passed out in the back of a car with a gun on your lap, and then they taser you prior to making their arrest. But this week was a particularly bad one for it to happen to Brown, a stud freshman corner who was supposed to draw the 'Horns' paramount defensive duty: marking Buckeye burner Ted Ginn Jr. Brown is now suspended. And smaller backups Brandon Foster and Ryan Palmer are being thrust into one hell of an assignment. Did I mention neither of them has ever started a college game?
The absence of one key cover corner can have a mammoth impact. Just ask Cal, which was embarrassed right out of the top 10 by Tennessee last week. The Bears lost capable DB Tim Mixon to an ACL tear in the preseason, and were forced to match freshman Syd'Quan Thompson up against dangerous Vols wideout Robert Meachem. Thompson got smoked for two devastating TDs of 42 and 80 yards. Texas, with the brothers Griffin, has better safety help than Cal did -- but Ginn may be the fastest wideout in the country. Covering him will be a multi-man job on nearly every down.
3. How much do you read into Garrett Wolfe's numbers? Northern Illinois' Heisman hopeful served as an illuminator: By gashing OSU for 285 all-purpose yards, he showed that its D, which was breaking in nine new starters, is not in the vintage-Buckeye mold. That's what it looked like to Northern Illinois coach Joe Novak, at least. "I'll be honest, they're not as good as last year," he said. The Buckeyes let one guy -- Minnesota's Laurence Maroney, now an NFL starter -- break 100 yards in 2005.
Texas' Selvin Young and Jamaal Charles -- both of whom, let's face it, are athletically on par with Wolfe -- are no doubt licking their chops. One would think they'd be able to cause plenty of problems on Saturday. But one would be more confident in that thought had Texas' longest run against North Texas, a 27-yarder, not been by freshman QB Colt McCoy.
Inside The Scouting Report
How much of a headache is it to defend Ted Ginn Jr.? Let an anonymous assistant from a former Buckeyes opponent fill you in:
"Ginn is a guy who has a lot of secondary coaches on Tylenol PM. Ohio State moves him around a lot -- you're never sure whether he's going to line up in the slot or outside. He's a real difficult receiver to jam [with a cornerback] and then roll up on top of. You always want to have safety help on him over the top, but when they get in two-back sets, there's not as much you can do -- because if you don't bring your safeties up, they'll just run all day on you.
"For the cornerbacks guarding Ginn at the line, I'd tell them that they have to increase their cushion to a different level, because he's not like any other receiver. Most corners have a cushion that's anywhere from 7-9 yards, and they stay in their back pedal until the receiver breaks into the cushion -- normally at about three yards away. Then, the corner has to flip his hips, turn and run at full speed. With Ginn, because it's a different speed, you have to get out of your back pedal a lot faster. If you flip your hips at three yards, he'll run right by you. If you do it at five, you have a better chance to open up and cut him off with your body."
The Pick
One other place where this is a big-money weekend: Vegas. There, Texas is favored by 2.5 points. Plenty of reasonable factors go into that spread. The game is in Austin. The 'Horns beat Ohio State last year. They're the defending national champs. Their defense looked better in its first game than the Buckeyes' did (although UT faced North Texas, not Northern Illinois). The public has faith in McCoy after his smooth debut in the system that was designed for Young in '05. Ohio State's kicking game, for the first time this decade, is suspect.
My gut, though, is telling me to believe in Smith the same way we once believed in Young. It agonized Smith to watch, helplessly, as UT pulled out the win last September, and I suspect he's been obsessing over this rematch. Ohio State's defense isn't going to keep Texas at bay, but Smith -- with a sublime passing performance -- will put as many points on the board as the Buckeyes need. The visitors by six.
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OSUBuckeye4Life
"THE" Ohio State Buckeyes
Seriously, what is the record on stories for one game? :)
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daddyphatsacs
Let the cards fall...
BuckeyeRyn said:
Come on now......the strippers were already arrested, and the cops confiscated my home made moonshine. Oh, and we then had a run in with a drunk Tony Danza look a like, at the United Dairy Farmers.....he accused me of making fun of the Sierra Mist bottle. It's somewhat odd for someone to accuse you of such a thing, but I admitted to it, I told this man that the Sierra Mist is the ugly 2nd cousin to Sprite......and only a fool would drink that carbonated swamp water.
Other than that, not much happened.
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I see it just the opposite. Texas has a young QB and their first two choices to move the O have to be the running game and short passes. The Bucks may be raw in the secondary, but the DL is experienced, deep and talented. Texas has a great OL but there will be pressure and rushing yards will not come easy. Our DC has historically done an excellent job of disguising blitzes and coverages. Maybe I have bought in to the OSU hype too much without yet seeing the evidence, but if our secondary is as fast and talented as described attacking them with a young QB in his first real competition is risky. Clearly Texas will score, but I don't see it coming easy or often.
On the other hand Texas does have a very solid D everywhere. But OSU moved the ball against them last year when they were just as solid. Now our O is better. Much better. Everyone on the OL is healthy. Smith will play the entire game and not be rusty. Ginn is running better routes. Beanie is a beast that poses a short yardage threat we did not have last season. Pittman just gets better and better. (Imagine Beanie and Pittman both in the backfield with Ginn and Gonzo split wide. That could make you hunger for a shut down corner like Brown.)
If I had my pick of a Frosh QB or a young D I would take what we have going for us.
Home field goes to Texas. Advantage of the weather goes to Texas. Coaching is probably as even as it gets. But if the breaks come out even I genuinely see us as the favorite.
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Zurp
I have misplaced my pants.
daddyphatsacs;600069; said:
I hope the Tony Danza dude attempted to karate-chop your armpit. Not because I, or anyone else would disagree with your Sierra Mist comment. But because a truly good story should have a karate-chop in there somewhere. Or a pork-chop. But saying that Tony Danza accosted you with a pork-chop might make people think you were wearing one of those Civil War-era dresses that all the southern ladies wore, and I don't think that you want to give people that impression.
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Longhorn Al
Newbie
I'm not sure if this video has been posted in this sea of pages on this thread, but it's pretty cool. It's not an OSU vs. Texas video, but just a hornfan's vision of what our pregame video should look like.
http://www.utexasclan.com/hornfans/godzillatron-intro-divx.avi (Right Click, Save As)
http://www.utexasclan.com/hornfans/godzillatron-intro-divx.avi (Right Click, Save As)
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gregorylee
I'd rather be napping!!
Damn you guys, I have litterally been trying to catch up with this thread all day long, I catch up a little then have to work and it gets longer.
Now that everyone pretty much has gone home I can reach the end for now. Bummer is that I have to work until about 9 or so tonight, so I will be behind again once I get home. :(
Edit; HEY!!!! I have vmoney again!!
Now that everyone pretty much has gone home I can reach the end for now. Bummer is that I have to work until about 9 or so tonight, so I will be behind again once I get home. :(
Edit; HEY!!!! I have vmoney again!!
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