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Game Thread Ohio State 34, Minnesota 21 (Sep. 27)

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jimotis4heisman;1272806; said:
you know why you guys arent hockey fans?

you dont think of the world in terms
-refs, not scoring more goals than the other teams, decide the game
-getting pucks in deep, playing in the tough places on the ice and getting traffic on net are "complicated talk"
-you think mullets are outdated
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jimotis4heisman;1272754; said:
nope. "inconsistency is the trademark of mediocrity"

i stick by it. if youre inconsistent youre mediocore-at best.
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I meant your quote is accurate consistently, as in "inconsistency is the trademark of mediocrity, consistently"...
 
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Zander42;1271768; said:
I wanted to address this one as well. I read the question at work earlier but didn't have a chance to respond. Since then no one else has really stated what I was thinking so I figure I'd go ahead and post.

Valid points about the tOSU "O", but like others have said that was mostly without Beanie. He was in against YSU, where we did have struggles in the red zone, but JT was operating that game like a scrimmage (pretty much what it was) and just about everone on the team played. In the other games, and until the 4th quarter of the Troy game, the offence was able to drive, but was inconsistant and undiciplined. Shoot, we even drove on USC, right up until we turned the ball over or committed drive killing penalties.

To me the success of the passing game in the 4th quarter will give JT confidence in TP's abilities going forward, which will further complicate things for defenses, Beanie or no Beanie.

I think one of the main things that gives us confidance as fans, is that we've been here before. On other threads you'll see reference to the 2004 season. We had a drop back passer who wasn't getting it done behind a line that wasn't getting it done. We started off 0-4 in the big ten, then Troy Smith was put in, and the rest was history. This feels very similar, only JT didn't wait to loose 4 big ten games.

Beanie being back is a very big helping of icing on the cake.

As fare as Minnesota goes, I thinh they are better than YSU, and Ohio, not near USC, and Troy... we'll see how the rest of the season goes, but I would say it would be a close game. Troy would probably beat all of Minn's previous opponants so far.
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0-3, actually.
 
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jimotis4heisman;1272806; said:
you know why you guys arent hockey fans?

you dont think of the world in terms
-scoring more goals than the other teams wins the game
-getting pucks in deep, playing in the tough places on the ice and getting traffic on net are "complicated talk"
-you think mullets are outdated
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Well, actually...
-Scoring more points than the other team does win the game
-Line play is the key to football
-Dreadlocks are lame

We just also happen to discuss things like missing a key player (Could you imagine the Red Wings without Lidstrom?), offensive strategies (Very key in hockey too, I might add), and the lack of hard hitting (Kills teams in football, kills teams in hockey).

The fan bases are similar in many ways. Well, at least in the Midwest...
 
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ToledoBlade

Gophers think OSU will gauge progress

COLUMBUS - Last year, Minnesota was the Big Ten champion lump-taker. In a 1-11 season, the Golden Gophers went zip for eight in the conference, and only a triple-overtime win against Miami (Ohio) prevented them from rolling a gutter ball.

In 2008, Minnesota already has quadrupled that win total and now gets to open Big Ten play here today at Ohio Stadium against the three-peat champions of the league, Ohio State. Gophers coach Tim Brewster wants to keep that part of the conversation to a minimum.

"I'm not going to spend a lot of time talking about Ohio State," Brewster said this week. "They're a great football team, an extremely well-coached football team. They are who we thought they were [entering the season]. They are a great football team, from top to bottom."

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Dispatch

OSU history
Colorful series vs. Gophers took long hiatus

Saturday, September 27, 2008 3:15 AM
By Rob Oller


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

The mystery began in 1950, the season of the Snow Bowl. For Ohio State and Minnesota, however, that famous game is connected to a washout instead of a whiteout.
Time to connect the dots.
After OSU lost the Snow Bowl to Michigan 9-3, Buckeyes coach Wes Fesler came under fire for the way he managed the game. Facing third down near the OSU end zone, Fesler opted to punt with 20 seconds left in the first half. Michigan blocked the punt and recovered for the game's only touchdown. Fesler resigned under pressure soon after, saying he was retiring from coaching to go into business.
The next season, however, Fesler turned up on the Minnesota sideline to coach the Gophers, reportedly creating hard feelings between the two schools that led to the teams not playing for 14 straight seasons (1951 to '64), even though Fesler only coached at Minnesota for three seasons.

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Dispatch

5 key factors

Saturday, September 27, 2008 3:13 AM
By Ken Gordon


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
http://www.dispatch.com/gameday

1. Establish the run

Ohio State ran the ball 42 times out of 59 plays last week, and if you take away a sack and two failed end-arounds, the Buckeyes gained 194 yards on the ground. The offensive line wasn't stellar but got more push than in the previous two weeks. That success in turn opened up an effective play-action passing game. Minnesota is ninth in the Big Ten in rushing defense and last in pass defense.
2. Put Gophers in a hole

In four games against weak opposition, Minnesota has thrived on short fields. Of the Gophers' 19 offensive touchdowns, 11 have come on drives of 50 yards or fewer. OSU punter A.J. Trapasso did a great job of pinning Troy deep in the second half last week, dropping kicks at the Trojans' 7, 2 and 4 on his final three punts.

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