Official BCS-CG Bulletin Board Thread

[Jaxbuck]

Oddly enough, the team you didn't mention, Missouri, stands as OSU's best chance to get to the Championship game with a loss. To the same team they've already lost to... Just weird that they'd be the most deserved of the teams, and yet represent our best hope.

Yeah, exactly why I didn't list them. They are by far the most deserving of the teams left out there and that obviously includes us.

 

[V.O.R]

"Experts" who use last year's game as an example as to why Ohio State should not be able to play in the NC game this year are complete idiots. Is it some stigma that Ohio State has to carry with them for a certain amount of years? The whole idea is flawed."

That's exactly what I was thinking. Is this years team supposed to just forfeit the season after the debacle in the desert? Fortunately there is precedent: The 1996-97 Gators, victims of as bad a beatdown as I've ever seen by Nebraska in a title game the previous year, were "allowed" to play Florida State for the title the following year (even though FSU already beat them in the regular season) and even to win it. It kills me that somehow its the Buckeyes fault that LSU, Oklahoma, etc can't beat unranked teams.

 

[Palpie]

Everything you need to know about Dodd's relavence:

Some clarity: There are seven teams still in the running for the BCS title game.

Missouri, West Virginia and Ohio State are obvious. But two-loss teams Georgia, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma, LSU and USC aren't out of it.

Now maybe Dodd has a different notion of what seven means, or perhaps I'm just bad at the math, but I do beleive that he listed 8 teams there.

 

[rocketman]

Everything you need to know about Dodd's relavence:

Now maybe Dodd has a different notion of what seven means, or perhaps I'm just bad at the math, but I do beleive that he listed 8 teams there.

7 is the new 8. Dodd is just that ahead of the curve.

 

[bkochmc]

On BTN desk they were talking about how if LSU loses the SEC CG they would play Mich in the "les miles " bowl.

Loser gets Les, correct?

 

[daddyphatsacs]

Fellas, this one is simple. The only way that we will ever garner any kind of respect is to beat a "fast, high powered" spread offense. We haven't fared well as of late, that is for damn sure. As it stands, the national championship is that game right now. If we get in (which I think we will), we will hear for a month and some change how bad that the mighty spread of WVU will beat us down.

Remember what happened last time we heard about how bad we were going to lose (and how lucky we were) going into a national title game..............

 

[JCOSU86]

Remember what happened last time we heard about how bad we were going to lose (and how lucky we were) going into a national title game..............

Yeah, we have heard for, going on 5 years now, how one bad call gave us that game. Not the lack of calls on Miami, not the stellar D they played, not anything. All we hear is about the call.

The Buckeyes need to win BY A LARGE MARGIN

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

Fellas, this one is simple. The only way that we will ever garner any kind of respect is to beat a "fast, high powered" spread offense. We haven't fared well as of late, that is for damn sure. As it stands, the national championship is that game right now. If we get in (which I think we will), we will hear for a month and some change how bad that the mighty spread of WVU will beat us down.

Remember what happened last time we heard about how bad we were going to lose (and how lucky we were) going into a national title game..............

SHHHHHHHH!!!

The real purpose of this thread must remain a secret!

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oh crap

 

[BB73]

Garnet and silver

On the SportsReporters this morning, Bob Ryan referred to tOSU as "crimson or red something" and gray.

 

[OHSportsFan]

On the SportsReporters this morning, Bob Ryan referred to tOSU as "crimson or red something" and gray.

I came in this thread to post those exact comments. I don't normally watch the Sports Reporters anymore, it was on the TV this morning and after the first 10 minutes of "discussion" I turned it off. Buckeyes seemed to be getting grilled during the CFB talk.

John Saunders does not belong on that show.

 

[Zem]

Amy Lawrence just gave the Bucks more love than I've heard all year. She said the Buckeyes would deserve being in the NC game because of their "four wins" against ranked opponents--three of them on the road. I think she meant three wins and two of them on the road. Amy Lawrence--maverick!

I will now seize this opportunity and savor the warm and fuzzy feeling for the next few minutes.

 

[OregonBuckeye]

Amy Lawrence just gave the Bucks more love than I've heard all year. She said the Buckeyes would deserve being in the NC game because of their "four wins" against ranked opponents--three of them on the road. I think she meant three wins and two of them on the road.

I'm sure she meant at the time. Purdue, PSU, UW, and scUM were all ranked when we played them and 3 of them were on the road.

 

[Zem]

I'm sure she meant at the time. Purdue, PSU, UW, and scUM were all ranked when we played them and 3 of them were on the road.

Ah, forgot about Purdue being ranked. Wow, at least she's doing her job.

Btw, she said that after they replayed Herbstreet's interview that was discussed previously in the thread. And I agree--he wants USC vs. OSU real bad. Propping up the Mizzou vs. WVU possibility sounded bizarre, but I guess somebody has to hype it. Although he did imply that OSU would likely do better against WVU's spread than they did against Illinois because of the month to prepare.

 

[LordJeffBuck]

RE backing into the title game: No one seemed to mind when Florida did it last season, after USC choked against UCLA in their final regular season game....

And does anyone call Tiger Woods "lucky" when he posts a 66 in the final round and then sits in the club house and waits for third-round leader Phil Mickelson to bogey 17 and 18 to lose the tournament...?

RE alleged lack of speed and talent: Then I guess that the Buckeyes must have superior coaching. Can't have it both ways....

RE the media: Who cares what they say?

RE Ohio State being the most disrespected fan base: the media knows how to troll, too. Keep sending those emails to ESPN, and they'll keep publishing their anti-Buckeye articles. They know that you're out there and that you're scanning their website intently, just waiting for the next slanderous piece of drive-by "journalism". They don't care whether you love them or hate them, as long as you're buying their product....

 

[BB73]

A portion from Zemek's Weekly Affirmation of Verbosity:

cfn.zemek

If Ohio State wins the national championship and you still (amazingly) think the BCS is actually a good system, ask Georgia and USC if they would have liked a shot at the Buckeyes. Ohio State will deserve to be in the Superdome on January 7 if Missouri loses to Oklahoma, but in the same breath, this team?a tremendous overachiever but still a shell of last year?s Columbus club?would wind up being one of the least impressive national title game participants in college football history. Same goes for a West Virginia team that did what it was supposed to do, but yet found precious little quality opposition on its schedule. For Ohio State to win a title without going through Georgia or USC would cast a long and dark shadow over this season, providing still more proof (WHAT?! The BCS debacles in 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2006 weren?t enough to make you hate this god-awful system that has destroyed college football?s integrity and smothered the sport?s soul?) that the Bull Crap Series is one of the worst creations in the history of mankind. Doctor, doctor, please get a plus-one to the house, stat! (Where did all the discussion about a plus-one go, anyway? Wasn?t there supposedly momentum behind such a plan? Good grief?