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craigblitz
Juice, Full of Juice!!
All he has to do is look at the Florida game to get him motivated to work on that. Granted my view from the peanut gallery, I would be embarrassed from that game and my focus would be my footwork. Not only that but if he improves that he will be making himself millions in the draft a couple of years.
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Good read from the OZone
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41-14 Still Casting a Shadow Over Buckeye Football
By John Porentas
It is an unusual spring football season so far.
For one thing, spring football was upstaged some by the Buckeye basketball team that was front-and-center vying for a national championship about the same time that spring football got underway. For another, the OSU powers-that-be have decided they don't want much coverage of spring football, so they're keeping everybody out. The puts a crimp on coverage. There's a third dynamic here, too.
There are still a lot of Buckeye fans trying to figure out what happened to their team in the BCS National Championship game. They just can't get 41-14 out of their minds.
There is probably not going to ever be any definitive explanation of the Disaster in the Desert, but on the few occasions reports have been able to talk to Buckeyes this spring, the topic invariably crops up.
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Football
41-14 Still Casting a Shadow Over Buckeye Football
By John Porentas
It is an unusual spring football season so far.
For one thing, spring football was upstaged some by the Buckeye basketball team that was front-and-center vying for a national championship about the same time that spring football got underway. For another, the OSU powers-that-be have decided they don't want much coverage of spring football, so they're keeping everybody out. The puts a crimp on coverage. There's a third dynamic here, too.
There are still a lot of Buckeye fans trying to figure out what happened to their team in the BCS National Championship game. They just can't get 41-14 out of their minds.
There is probably not going to ever be any definitive explanation of the Disaster in the Desert, but on the few occasions reports have been able to talk to Buckeyes this spring, the topic invariably crops up.
Cont...
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OSU_Buckguy
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what i get from that article is that as badly as some bucks played, the coaching and gameplans, well, sucked. the game was as much of a wakeup call for the players as it was for the guys who blow the whistles.osugrad21;808178; said:
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OSU_Buckguy;808182; said:
Urban Meyer gets major credit for his offense...but Charlie Strong is one of the best defensive gameplanners in the nation. As much as we want to blame tOSU's staff for not being prepared, the UF staff deserves as much credit for erasing tendencies and exploiting numerous holes in the tOSU schemes.
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jimotis4heisman
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give ohio state credit. that game will go down as one of innovation. singlehandly ohio state invented the 15 and 17 step drop on jan 8th 2007...
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craigblitz
Juice, Full of Juice!!
No doubt Florida was more prepared for this game top to bottom. That was a very interesting article and I see it from a couple of angles. First they claim some of the line calls were incorrect. Someone more familiar with our O-line play, didn't those calls come from Datish and maybe even Smith? I also think coach was saving face as not to ruin his returning players confidence. There is no way any of us can look at that tape and say all the times he got beat was because of bad line call or scheme that Florida was running. He needs to work on his footwork, and I am sure like everyone else on the O-line he is busting his butt to do so.
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Cajunbuck
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Right on Craigblitz
I think that Craigblitz hit the nail on the head. Several of the Florida defensive lineman have openly said that both Boone and Barton were big but do not move well. They saw it on film, and knew that they could exploit it. What is Bollman going to do....blame it on returning starters? Hell no, he's going to pin it on Datish, Downing, and Smith. (Who all had bad games in my opinion.)
Everybody was a "fat cat" that night. Boone and Barton included.
We were overrated defensively, and underprepared offensively. Sad.
I live in the heart of SEC country and watched the game with diehard LSU fans who were there to support me. They even rooted for the Bucks! After the game they all conceded that they thought we were overrated as was the Big Ten in general. It's hard to argue with them. 0-9 vs. the SEC in bowl games! LSU was the #2 team in the country at the end of the season IMHO.
We need a 12th team, a conference playoff, and a national playoff. I would rather lose early than suffer that kind of loss again on the national stage. This sumbitch is going to be talked about forever by SEC and Florida homers.
Sorry about the rant...I don't post very often....but I get poked in the ribs daily now that the B-Ball team lost as well. I hope that this loss and Michigan's Rose Bowl debacle will fuel both programs to step it up a notch and be more progressive towards a playoff system and settling it on the field. I don't buy into the conjecture that this kind of debate is what makes college football great. No one wants to believe they're great and then get their ass spanked by a 'lesser" team.
May the best team win.
Go Bucks! No Fat-Cats!
I think that Craigblitz hit the nail on the head. Several of the Florida defensive lineman have openly said that both Boone and Barton were big but do not move well. They saw it on film, and knew that they could exploit it. What is Bollman going to do....blame it on returning starters? Hell no, he's going to pin it on Datish, Downing, and Smith. (Who all had bad games in my opinion.)
Everybody was a "fat cat" that night. Boone and Barton included.
We were overrated defensively, and underprepared offensively. Sad.
I live in the heart of SEC country and watched the game with diehard LSU fans who were there to support me. They even rooted for the Bucks! After the game they all conceded that they thought we were overrated as was the Big Ten in general. It's hard to argue with them. 0-9 vs. the SEC in bowl games! LSU was the #2 team in the country at the end of the season IMHO.
We need a 12th team, a conference playoff, and a national playoff. I would rather lose early than suffer that kind of loss again on the national stage. This sumbitch is going to be talked about forever by SEC and Florida homers.
Sorry about the rant...I don't post very often....but I get poked in the ribs daily now that the B-Ball team lost as well. I hope that this loss and Michigan's Rose Bowl debacle will fuel both programs to step it up a notch and be more progressive towards a playoff system and settling it on the field. I don't buy into the conjecture that this kind of debate is what makes college football great. No one wants to believe they're great and then get their ass spanked by a 'lesser" team.
May the best team win.
Go Bucks! No Fat-Cats!
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Cajunbuck;809611; said:
Explain to us all how having a 12th team and a "conference playoff" would've made a difference on Jan 8th...
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Did that OSU team look remotely like it's regular season self? (or the UF team, for that matter) I think he was trying to remove the lengthy layoff variable from the equation.MililaniBuckeye;809997; said:
I'm not sure if it would have changed the ultimate outcome (w/ our passive defense, struggling OT's, abandonment of the run, etc)... but I do think Troy would have been sharper. He had time on some plays but hesitated, yielding sacks.
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jwinslow;810005; said:
Playing an extra game a week after The Game would've made zero difference...zero.
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If 1 extra game was the proposal, then you're probably right. However, his scenario is a minimum of 2 additional games (CCG, National Semi's), and probably more (National Playoffs probably infers 8+ teams; otherwise 'plus 1' would be the catch phrase).
Shortening the layoff would help most teams stay sharp. Perhaps it would not have changed this particular matchup, and there is greater potential for injury w/ a lengthened season... but I think his point has merit in this discussion.
Shortening the layoff would help most teams stay sharp. Perhaps it would not have changed this particular matchup, and there is greater potential for injury w/ a lengthened season... but I think his point has merit in this discussion.
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Cajunbuck
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MililaniBuckeye;810010; said:
I respectfully disagree Mililani. I'm making the case that we did win the Big Ten, and were undefeated, but maybe should not have been in that title game. It's painful to me to admit it but based on our performance we shouldn't have been there. We may have lost in an earlier round of a 4 or 8 team playoff. 51 days is too long....especially when you listen to everyone lauding your greatness. I say keep them fresh by playing a championship game in conference (gotta have 12 teams, no more rotating schedule) and decide the national playoff teams that way. There will be no doubts as to who #1 & #2 is then. If the Bucks win out, so be it.
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