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Not Everybodys on the 05 NC Bandwagon

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Fact: Ohio State hasn't won any version of the national crown in the modern era without a great back. Hopalong Cassady (1954) , Bob Ferguson (1961), Jim Otis, (1968) John Brockington (1970) and Maurice Clarett (2002) all led the charge in their respective years.
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Uh, didn't we win a national title in 1957? Who was the great back that year?
 
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maybe he should see my similarities between '01 and '04 thread, where it's pointed out that our D in '04 was better than '01, which turned into one of the elite defenses in buckeye history in '02...........what a hack job
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
Uh, didn't we win a national title in 1957? Who was the great back that year?
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I agree completely with your point Mili...but I want to give a quick shout out to Donald Clark, who was pretty good that year, and Loren White, who lit up dUMb.
 
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Bucklion said:
I agree completely with your point Mili...but I want to give a quick shout out to Donald Clark, who was pretty good that year.
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bucklion, thanks for bringing up Don Clark. My original point was that the article writer flat out skipped our 1957 national title team when saying that all our NC teams in the modern era (post-1950) had great backs...we did win the NC without a back that's a household name.
 
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Mili,

Yeah, you're right, kind of the "omit what doesn't fit with my hypothesis" writing style...guy must have gone to the Brothers of Dipshit School of Journalism.

I just wanted to bring the back(s) up for the younger fans who might not have heard of him (them).
 
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Bucklion said:
I just wanted to bring the back(s) up for the younger fans who might not have heard of him (them).
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I'm not really a 'younger fan', but this write-up was informative for me about the 1957 squad, from the official site.

http://ohiostatebuckeyes.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/titles/osu-m-footbl-1957.html

[font=Arial,Helvetica,San Serif][font=Arial,Helvetica,San Serif][font=Arial,Helvetica,San Serif]1957 National Championship[/font][/font][/font]

(UPI & Football Writers) Won 9, Lost 1

After being stunned in the season opener by Texas Christian (18-14), Ohio State rolled to a 9-1 record and the UPI and Football Writers' National Championships.

This edition of the Buckeyes had everything, including an offense ranked 11th nationally and a defense that allowed only 9.2 points per game. Don Clark led the rushing attack with 655 yards and eight touchdowns, but seven players had at least 195 yards rushing and nine Buckeyes scored touchdowns. Ohio State was particularly tough late in the game as it allowed only six points in the fourth quarter all season.

Clark, Aurealius Thomas and Leo Brown earned all-Big Ten recognition and Thomas was an All-American for Woody Hayes' second National Championship team. Also, Jim Parker was drafted in the first round by the Baltimore Colts after the season.

After the loss to the Horned Frogs, the Buckeyes went on the road to battle the Washington Huskies and came away with a 35-7 victory. A week later, the Buckeyes opened the Big Ten season with a 21-7 win over Illinois and followed that win with a 56-0 pasting of the Indiana Hoosiers.

OSU faced a stern test the next week at Wisconsin, but came out on top, 16-13. Don Sutherin's third-quarter field goal provided the margin of victory.

After relatively easier wins over Northwestern and Purdue, the Buckeyes had their hands full in week eight against Iowa. Trailing 13-10 in the fourth quarter, OSU put together a patented Hayes march that culminated with a five-yard touchdown plunge by Bob White and a 17-13 triumph.

The next week OSU headed north to Ann Arbor to battle Michigan. The Buckeyes trailed 14-10 entering the second half, but took control after intermission and downed the Wolverines 31-14 to earn a trip to the Rose Bowl.

After the win over the vaunted Wolverines, the Buckeyes met Pac-8 Champion Oregon in the Rose Bowl. The Buckeyes scored first, when Frank Kremblas scored on a one-yard dive over the center, but the Ducks tied the score with a five-yard run in the second quarter. The game remained tied through the third quarter and into the fourth, but the quarter that was so kind to the Buckeyes all season was good once again.

On a drive that started with more than five minutes remaining in the third period, the Buckeyes drove 56 yards in 14 plays to take a 10-7 lead on a 34-yard field goal by the sure-footed Sutherin.

From then on, it was the defense as the Ducks were unable to get an offensive attack going and the Buckeyes grabbed their third National Championship.
 
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This has got to be the dumbest article that I have ever read, and not because I think that tOSU will win the MNC next year. To say that they don't have a chance is just stupid. Some 118 teams will not win the damn thing next year, exactly 1 will. If you can show me a team that is an absolute shoe in/ upset immune/ perfect team then I guess we should all just go home now. Hell, why would we even worry about the games. I cannot stand when X writer says that Y team has 0 shot this year. That is the college football equivelent of picking the Yankees to win the world series. It is the easy way out. This point has been made on another thread somewhere but it cannot be said enough. If this guy wanted to prove that he was a some sort of college football guru then take a stand and pick the 1 team that is going to win. When he is wrong he will realize how much easier writting about who won't win is. The longer I think about this post the more pissed this makes me. I bet that this is the type of guy that rubs it in your face when he sucessfully "predicts" who won't win. I bet you he had a huge column about how Al Sharpton, whose supporters thought he had a great shot, would not win the election. Give me a break I could have written the same artical about 118 teams and passed myself off as a guru too.
 
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I like the fact that articles such as this have begun to surface. May this article snowball down Mt. Everest. It reminds me of the '02-'03 Season. Surely you all remember some of those classics. I remember one that said something like that we would lose to Miami by 28 points. What is hilarious about that was that we hadn't allowed 28 points in any single game all season, and yet Miami would supposedly score 28 points MORE than the Buckeyes. Let the media-idiocy begin!! And may it go hand-in-hand with another National Championship.
 
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What this writer has left out is this.... Against Penn State TRESSEL is 3-1, and against michigan TRESSEL is 3-1.

He might've had a serious point IF this was Coopers team, but this is not Coopers team. We have 18 starters back 19 if you count Everett as a starter last year and this bumb from OHIO is saying we have no shot? wow......

Lets as Napolean what he has on the subject- Freak'n Idiot.........
 
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I wonder how many times the Bucks won at East Lansing and at Ann Arbor in the same year? Or at Evanston and at Bloomington? Considering the pattern has been home with one and away with the other, probably not many.

By the way, Glum Gulch is just soooooo clever!
 
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What a moron. He bashes our squad and never even touches on the quarterback controversy:wink2: He's in Mansfield... I hope, for his sake he gets moved out of the general population or Bubba's going to have a new friend tonight.

Smithlabs
 
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