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One Year Later, How does tOSU Stand?

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calibuck

calibuck

Too soon old, too late smart
OK, as I read it, it's been one year (more or less) since Tressel was relieved of his duties as OSU Football Coach. The question for this forum would be.......do you believe that tOSU football program has progressed or regressed. Let's not parse words here, simply say what you think/feel/believe is the outlook of the football program since one year ago.

For one, I believe that the pieces are in place for more than one BCS championship run. With Fickell as head coach, OSU did not excel. With the new recruiting class already inked, plus the makings of another great one, plus the studs we already have on board, the future looks very good. Finally, the 'outlook' of Buckeye football, perceived by my interpretations of the blogs/messages on this and other forums, indicates that many believe that Urban will take us higher and higher than Tress (or Woody) could......your thoughts please....

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JT was a great coach & is an even better man....without a doubt a great role model for all (I don't care what anyone says). What he accomplished at tOSU will be EXTREMELY tough to top, not only on the field, but off as well. That being said, I'm VERY excited for this new era & my expectations are extremely high. What Coach Meyer & staff have done here in just a short time (hell, they haven't even coached a game yet) is something that I've never witnessed before....so to me, the future is bright & I can't wait for September 1st.
 
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calibuck;2160873; said:
OK, as I read it, it's been one year (more or less) since Tressel was relieved of his duties as OSU Football Coach. The question for this forum would be.......do you believe that tOSU football program has progressed or regressed. Let's not parse words here, simply say what you think/feel/believe is the outlook of the football program since one year ago.

For one, I believe that the pieces are in place for more than one BCS championship run. With Fickell as head coach, OSU did not excel. With the new recruiting class already inked, plus the makings of another great one, plus the studs we already have on board, the future looks very good. Finally, the 'outlook' of Buckeye football, perceived by my interpretations of the blogs/messages on this and other forums, indicates that many believe that Urban will take us higher and higher than Tress (or Woody) could......your thoughts please....

:gobucks3::gobucks4::banger:
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That's sacrilege...
 
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The program is still behind where it was before Tressel stepped down. Meyer has yet to prove anything. That said, I think we could be entering an era even greater than the Tressel Era. If there were one coach who took The Rivalry as seriously as Tressel did, it's Meyer. I also think he'll get more top-end OOS recruits than did Tressel (JT focused more on in-state talent than does Meyer). If Meyer doesn't burn himself out and can coach here for a full decade, there's no doubt in my mind we'll be playing in at least three BCS title games, and unlike Tressel did will win all three.

Tressel will eventually have his name up along side Woody's in The Shoe. Hopefully a decade from now we'll be saying the same thing about Meyer.
 
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During the Tressel era we saw a team that rarely took chances. They were a team that had superior talent to nearly every team they played and as long as they did not do anything to lose the game they were going to be fine. Take a look at the games we played against team with similar or equal talent and we saw the problem (if you can be spoiled enough as a fan base to consider it a problem) with a team that never took chances.

What I believe we are going to see with UFM is a team that is still going to be far superior in talent to 90% + of the team we are going to play but they are going to push the envelope every game. They are going to look to score even when the score is already 48-0.

Overall I think the results will be pretty close to the same. I think it will be another dominating decade of football at tOSU. I think we will win more big games but at the same time I think we will lose some games we have not lost in the last decade. When you play wide open against some weaker teams that have had this game circled as their "shot at the big dog" all year there are going to be games that things just don't work out. The beauty of Tresselball was that is smothered teams it should smother (we very rarely lost to teams we shouldn't lose to) but it could let big games get away. Meyerball will crush teams it should crush and beat a lot of teams that are pick'em games but it will occasionally let weaker teams get one.

Go Bucks!
 
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ScarletNGry;2160971; said:
During the Tressel era we saw a team that rarely took chances.
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That we as tOSU fans consider aggressive offensive play to be "taking chances" is telling enough :lol:

Not to be excessively sententious (if that's possible), but you're not taking a chance if you're doing exactly what you've prepared to do.
 
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Fair enough points from Mac and Mili that we may've regressed for now since we've yet to play a game under Urban. That said, by all accounts we seem to be far ahead of the JT era in the preparation and off-season development departments. Despite the stellar facilities and talent we apparently overall didn't do a great job in the weight room, etc. in years past. That has already changed and will continue and pay off as the season wears on. It may be just words now but the team mentality seems to have changed for the better in response to the training and expectations. That the players bought in so quickly shows that they were not being challenged under JT or, at least, not under Fick as HC.
 
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Progressed.

The program and the university are better off with Tressel gone. He's not a great man in my eyes. He cheated, lied about it, embarrassed the university and left the program slapped down with FTM sanctions.

As a replacement, we have a coach who still understands The Game and coaches great defense but will also put an offense onto the field that doesn't put me to sleep.
 
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ORD_Buckeye;2161899; said:
Progressed.

The program and the university are better off with Tressel gone. He's not a great man in my eyes. He cheated, lied about it, embarrassed the university and left the program slapped down with FTM sanctions.

As a replacement, we have a coach who still understands The Game and coaches great defense but will also put an offense onto the field that doesn't put me to sleep.
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too bad we didn't get that death penalty. shucks.
 
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ORD_Buckeye;2161914; said:
And if some of the wilder speculation of what was going on in the program had turned out to be true, we would have deserved it.

Context and full quotes being everything and such.
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Death Penalty worthy? No way. There would have to be some SERIOUSLY fucked up shit going on at OSU for them to even consider the death penalty.
 
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ORD_Buckeye;2161914; said:
And if some of the wilder speculation of what was going on in the program had turned out to be true, we would have deserved it.

Context and full quotes being everything and such.
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context:

you threw a hissyfit 45 weeks ago, assumed most speculation as prima facie evidence for a death penalty case, and built a soapbox from toothpicks and gum.
 
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