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So I got into an argument on FaceBook...

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A dyin' breed.
...with a Florida fan. He of course pointed to 41-14, our "weak" schedule, etc. It went back and forth for a little while, until I posted this:

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That game was 4 years ago. Congratulations, Florida caught us with our pants down, even though our best player played 1 play (a 94 yard kick-off return where he smoked 11 guys with "SEC speed") before he was injured, our team hadn't played ...in 55 days, and Florida had 8 weeks to hear how #1 undefeated Ohio State was going to walk all over them. It was a recipe for disaster. CONGRATULATIONS.

If you want to talk about the past, let's do so. Ohio State has twice as many national championships, twice as many heisman winners, twice as many concensus all americans, 40 more conference championships, more wins, and a higher winning percentage, and more bowl games. Still feel superior? Oh yeah, fall back on that mighty conference that's been at the top of the hill for a 7 or 8 years.

As for our schedule argument, Appalachian State is still Division I-AA. Simple as that.

"You only have 4 away games." Right. Hi pot, I'm kettle, nice to meecha! Florida also only has 4 away games. Big programs like Florida and Ohio State are always going to have more home games than away games. It's because Fencing and Women's Field Hockey have to get paid for somehow. And it's not the $5 price of admission to those events, it's 105,000 people (or 88k, in Florida's case) filling the stadium, buying hotdogs and paying for parking that does it.

Oh, and congratulations on Florida's big victory over Iowa in the OUTBACK BOWL. They crushed Iowa....by 7. I guess if you wanna hang your hat on barely squeaking by a slow, plodding team from the Big10, go ahead. Iowa was penalized 8 times in that game. Florida...not once. I'm not one to blame refs for an outcome, but 8-0 is kinda fishy, no? It's funny you mention the 2005 Outback Bowl, and ask me to do better than Florida's last OOC away game, the Syracuse game. Okay, since you referenced the Outback Bowl, let's talk about 2006/2007. Ohio State held Michigan to 3 points in The Game, then Michigan turns around and hangs 41 on your mighty Gators and wins the Capital One Bowl, played in Orlando, Florida! Hahaha!

Florida is a powerhouse. Now that they have an Ohio born-and-bred man in Urban Meyer at the helm, they'll be good for a very long time. The SEC is a great conference, I was salivating when there were talks of Texas joining. The Big10 has had a few years of rough bowl seasons, but last season was great (especially Penn State over LSU) and it appears as if they're getting it turned around. That said, all the talk of Ohio State and the Big10 being significantly inferior to the SEC is ridiculous.

Since you're a history guy, let's see how you justify Ohio State being statistically better in wins, winning bowl wins, national titles, conference titles, All-Americans, Heisman winners. Also justify that Michigan loss 3 years ago, that should be fun.

Sources:
All-Time College Football Wins
Ohio State Buckeyes football - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Florida Gators football - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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I was proud of myself for a little research. It's a good feeling that, even when times aren't the best as a Buckeye fan, you can fall back on years of tradition and excellence that this great program has provided.

Go Bucks! :osu:
 
You need to lose the 55 days thing. It's like picking a knife to go to a gun fight, and then complaining you lost because you did not have a gun. NO SHIT??!! The bowl schedules have been set for a few years now people, and it is not like you open your papers one frozen December morn and realized the bowl games would be in late December and early January. :p You schedule your games the way you damn well want to schedule them. But as it is no one's fault but your own that you have a 55 day vacation, it is silly to moan about that as a reason for your loss. Tell your commissioner to move the last week of games back a week or two, or add a chippie after the Game.

BTW, the four in a row BCS Champion thing is swelling some already swollen nuts, so the best remedy is to go win the Crystal in 2010. You guys should have a real good shot at it this year. Best of luck.
 
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Gatorubet;1747419; said:
You need to lose the 55 days thing. It's like picking a knife to go to a gun fight, and then complaining you lost because you did not have a gun. NO SHIT??!! The bowl schedules have been set for a few years now people, and it is not like you open your papers one frozen December morn and realized the bowl games would be in late December and early January. :p You schedule your games the way you damn well want to schedule them. But as it is no one's fault but your own that you have a 55 day vacation, it is silly to moan about that as a reason for your loss. Tell your commissioner to move the last week of games back a week or two, or add a chippie after the Game.

BTW, the four in a row BCS Champion thing is swelling some already swollen nuts, so the best remedy is to go win the Crystal in 2010. You guys should have a real good shot at it this year. Best of luck.
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Whatever, you suck.

For the record, I didn't read a single word in your post. So if you gave us a compliment, thank you.
 
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fanaticbuckeye;1747420; said:
Whatever, you suck.

For the record, I didn't read a single word in your post. So if you gave us a compliment, thank you.
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Whatever.

Your mother sleeps with unshaven merchant seamen for nickels while wearing a Michigan Jersey while gazing at a photo of Tater pinned to her ceiling.

And you're welcome. :biggrin:
 
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2009 AFC & NFC conference championship games were played on January 24th and a 55 day layoff would have put the super bowl after St. Patrick's day I think that's pretty significant. However since the NCAA does not force all the conferences to play their final regular season games on the same day or weekend the point is moot.

55 days is quite a long time to wait to play a championship game and when a team shows up uninspired and gets completely dominated people try and find reasons why it happened, I think it's only natural.

No excuses because the gators were definitely the better team in Glendale that evening. My problem is the big ten should have adjusted the scheduling a long time ago to play the season finales a week before the conference championships but the players and coaches don't control the schedules.
 
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TS10HTW;1747434; said:
2009 AFC & NFC conference championship games were played on January 24th and a 55 day layoff would have put the super bowl after St. Patrick's day I think that's pretty significant. However since the NCAA does not force all the conferences to play their final regular season games on the same day or weekend the point is moot.

55 days is quite a long time to wait to play a championship game and when a team shows up uninspired and gets completely dominated people try and find reasons why it happened, I think it's only natural.

No excuses because the gators were definitely the better team in Glendale that evening. My problem is the big ten should have adjusted the scheduling a long time ago to play the season finales a week before the conference championships but the players and coaches don't control the schedules.
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Don't get me wrong - not saying there is not a little dust on the machine after 55 days. Just saying that is one of the conference "controllable" issues. I'd be pissed at the conference for not adjusting and leaving me at a possible competitive disadvantage. You guys (as a conference) cannot control the site of the Southern centered bowl games in January. You can control when your last games are.
 
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Playing a CCG should help next year. Seems like a no-brainer to try and keep the layoffs about the same as your potential opponents.

I really want to see tOSU in the NCG this year vs whoever the SEC champs are...Settle it on the field. Just no 50+ day hangovers again.:tongue2:
 
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TS10HTW;1747444; said:
Playing a CCG should help next year. Seems like a no-brainer to try and keep the layoffs about the same as your potential opponents.

I really want to see tOSU in the NCG this year vs whoever the SEC champs are...Settle it on the field. Just no 50+ day hangovers again.:tongue2:
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We play The Game on Nov 27th this year, which is the last regular season week of the year, so we will conceivably have a 7 day longer layover versus a conference champion opponent this year
 
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