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HC Ryan Day (National Champion)

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daddyphatsacs said:
I'm going to chime in with an unpopular opinion here, but in the era of the 12-team playoff, the outcome of The Game won't carry the same weight going forward. The rivalry was born on the basis that it was the last game in the season, which usually dictated who won the conference and went to the Rose Bowl. That was the end goal in that era. Let's face it, it's no longer the case. In most seasons going forward, there will be 4 potential significant games that lie ahead after that game.

I'm not saying the rivalry will cease to exist, that's not going to be the case. What I will say is that times are a changing and the OSU-Michigan rivalry will never carry the same weight that it once did, unless these two teams play each other in the playoffs. Like it or not, college football is becoming similar to the NFL in that regard.
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As far as big picture, it certainly won't and that's just one of the many unfortunate casualties of this new world we're wading into. Maybe for younger generations of fans, it won't matter all that much. Like any NFL team losing to their primary rival. It sucks, but it can easily be overcome. But for us old fans, beating tCun will always be priority #1. It's been ingrained in us for decades/generations.
 
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GeorgiaBuck2 said:
Kirby Smart, who most would consider the best coach currently in the sport, lost his first national title appearance a few years into his tenure. In his 6th season, he won his first title. Day has just done the same, and he's a good bit younger. The future is bright.
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Plus he's not a raging asshole of a shitfuck.
 
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DurhamBuckeye1986 said:
Woah woah woah!!!

You're talking about the biggest rivalry in not only college football history but in the entire football universe.

It will never ever lose its meaning, not to any true Buckeye fan

NOW ... Let's be clear. Tonight and the whole week really is time for celebration!

I still don't trust him going up against ttun, but that for another time.

Tonight it's.... O-H ..... I-O
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Let's make something clear. I started school at OSU when Woody was still coaching. My Grandfather graduated from OSU. When I was a little buckeye sprout he would tell me stories about seeing Chic Harley play. Both of my parents were OSU grads, as was my older sister and her children. My two sons both went to OSU and my granddaughter will be going to OSU next year. I was born into the rivalry. I've lived and breathed it for going on seven decades.
The question I will ask you is the same one I ask many younger fans who start talking about The Game and it's importance.......WHY did the Rivalry become what it did and what were the reasons for it? Why was it historically so important, and why do many of those reasons no longer exist?
Through most of it's history, OSU and UM were the two powers in the B1G. The Game often determined the Conference Champion and the Rose Bowl representative. Until the mid 70s, only one B1G team was allowed to go a bowl game. One of the teams could enter the game without a loss and still end up sitting at home if they lost The Game. It happened to UM in the early 70s when they had a three year stretch going 27-2-1 and didn't go to a bowl game. The losses were to OSU as was the tie in 73 that ended up the controversial vote of ADs that sent OSU to the Rose Bowl even though they had been there the year before. The Game really DID make or break the season for both teams.
The reason I say it has lost it's meaning and importance is because in today's CFP world, the reasons the rivalry was so great no longer exist. This year was a perfect example. The loss in The Game had no bearing on the Bucks winning a Natty. We are a world where the two teams could play two weeks in a row. The regular season game and a week later in the B1G Championship game with an outside possibility of a 3rd meeting in the playoff. That totally cheapens The Game and I hate it. The Game will always be important to the fans because of bragging rights but the reality today is that it just doesn't have the overall importance it once did. That sucks but it's fact. And for the most part the only people I see "hoping" for Day to leave are bandwagon fans and keyboard warriors. Almost every "true" Buckeye fans I've talked to is just fine with Day.
 
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gmen6981 said:
Let's make something clear. I started school at OSU when Woody was still coaching. My Grandfather graduated from OSU. When I was a little buckeye sprout he would tell me stories about seeing Chic Harley play. Both of my parents were OSU grads, as was my older sister and her children. My two sons both went to OSU and my granddaughter will be going to OSU next year. I was born into the rivalry. I've lived and breathed it for going on seven decades.
The question I will ask you is the same one I ask many younger fans who start talking about The Game and it's importance.......WHY did the Rivalry become what it did and what were the reasons for it? Why was it historically so important, and why do many of those reasons no longer exist?
Through most of it's history, OSU and UM were the two powers in the B1G. The Game often determined the Conference Champion and the Rose Bowl representative. Until the mid 70s, only one B1G team was allowed to go a bowl game. One of the teams could enter the game without a loss and still end up sitting at home if they lost The Game. It happened to UM in the early 70s when they had a three year stretch going 27-2-1 and didn't go to a bowl game. The losses were to OSU as was the tie in 73 that ended up the controversial vote of ADs that sent OSU to the Rose Bowl even though they had been there the year before. The Game really DID make or break the season for both teams.
The reason I say it has lost it's meaning and importance is because in today's CFP world, the reasons the rivalry was so great no longer exist. This year was a perfect example. The loss in The Game had no bearing on the Bucks winning a Natty. We are a world where the two teams could play two weeks in a row. The regular season game and a week later in the B1G Championship game with an outside possibility of a 3rd meeting in the playoff. That totally cheapens The Game and I hate it. The Game will always be important to the fans because of bragging rights but the reality today is that it just doesn't have the overall importance it once did. That sucks but it's fact. And for the most part the only people I see "hoping" for Day to leave are bandwagon fans and keyboard warriors. Almost every "true" Buckeye fans I've talked to is just fine with Day.
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GPA!
 
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NFBuck said:
Maaaaan, watching the clips of this man running up and down the sidelines during big plays in these playoff games has warmed my heart. Pure emotion. It's refreshing seeing a coach on the sidelines let his inner kid out
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When ND faked the punt and the pass was incomplete Day was on the field waving incomplete like he was the DB on the coverage lol
 
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