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Game Thread Sugar Bowl: tOSU vs Arkansas, Tue, Jan 4th, 8:30 ET ESPN

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Coqui;1851418; said:
3 Things.

1.) Jesus he was fired up....play selection doesn't seem to match that though.
2.) He said ass.....TWICE! :p
3.) Yes...sir. If that isn't a sign of respect, I don't know what is. Hearing them say that is enough for me to believe the tat 5 will keep their word.
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Well, he did tell them not to go three and out. I'm sure more of the playbook would've been in use through the second half if the O-line didn't come out of the locker room and get their asses whooped up and down the field, and if Pryor didn't throw that irresponsible duck.
 
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ScriptOhio;1851580; said:
ESPN jubilant at low BCS ratings

Predictably, BCS viewership fell for the Rose (14 percent), Fiesta (30 percent) and Orange (22 percent) Bowls from the games that played in the comparable time slots last year. The Sugar Bowl on Tuesday reversed the trend, with a 25 percent gain in Ohio State?s 31-26 win over Arkansas. Despite three out of four bowls losing viewers from last year, ESPN is jubilant. Each news release trumpets their place in cable history: the Rose?s audience was the third largest in all of cable history; the Orange?s was ESPN?s ?fourth-highest-rated and second-most-viewed non-N.F.L. game telecast,? and the Sugar?s was ?ESPN?s second-highest-rated and second-most-viewed non-N.F.L. game.? ESPN does not have to beat past broadcast numbers to succeed. It is ESPN. It is its own gigantic if insular universe, where the past (if it?s not its own) matters very little. Leagues and governing bodies rush to ESPN for its money and its myriad media platforms. After the Rose and Fiesta results were in, Burke Magnus, ESPN?s senior vice president for college sports, said in an interview: ?We?re pleased with these numbers, and with three more B.C.S. games to play we?ll stack up well and the broadcast-to-cable comparisons will not matter. There?s no broadcast-to-cable case to be made.?

Entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/sports/ncaafootball/06sandomir.html?_r=1&ref=sports
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^^^^We're still the biggest kids on our block! Na Na Na Na Boo Boo!^^^^

What a bunch of six year olds.
 
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jlb1705;1851585; said:
Well, he did tell them not to go three and out. I'm sure more of the playbook would've been in use through the second half if the O-line didn't come out of the locker room and get their asses whooped up and down the field, and if Pryor didn't throw that irresponsible duck.
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And their punter wasn't possessed by the ghost of Reggie Roby, and it didn't suddenly become okay to push a guy 5 yards backwards to get a safety...

ah, but Tress did let off the gas a bit by slowing the tempo back to letting the play clock run instead of the up tempo pace of the first half. But, we won. So, this thread needs more of this...
:groove: :groove: :groove: :groove2: :groove2: :groove2: :groove3: :groove3: :groove3:
 
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SmoovP;1851571; said:
I certainly wasn't trying to rub anyone's face in anything. I've been a model citizen around here.

But when dumbass hogfan said something that touches a nerve, the immediate comeback is "oh yeah, what about Bobby Petrino!!??!"

I'm just as tired of that as you guys are about tattoos. I've touched on the Bobby Petrino deal once or twice, but no one here wants to hear it. It's too easy to believe the meme. The meme perpetrated and perpetuated by the very same ESPN you just disowned as being legitimate media.

I know this is your house and all, and for you guys it's fair game to say anything you want about anyone you want - and you guys do a very good job of it. Y'all talk shit about anyone and everyone.

Respect is a two way street.

If hogfan is being a dumbass troll, bust him out, beat him down, ban him or whatever. But the retort "oh yeah, what about you!?!" is weak if you are trying to live up to the reputation you claim as a group of fans.
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Aww, come on dude, don't get all butt-hurt now. You were doing so good.

And maybe the reputation that you would like us to have is a bit different than the reputation that we would like to actually portray.

At least from my end, there's no problem with you (or troll-boy) in defending Bobby, no problem with that at all. But don't be surprised when we do the same for our coach or institution.
 
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SmoovP;1851551; said:
I'm glad the Tattooed Five played. I wouldn't have wanted to either win or lose against OSU without them playing, but playing them does have consequences toward the OSU reputation. And if you'll take off your Buckeye tinted glasses, it's pretty obvious what they are.
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Herein lies the problem.

LSU's starting Running back Stevan Ridley was suspended for the bowl game. The NCAA re-instated him. This all occurred this year. Not 2-3 years ago. LSU self-reported it. Couple this with the self reported NCAA violations they reported earlier this year (funny how ours took 2 weeks but reporting back in March, the NCAA still hasn't reached a verdict) and no one is complaining about LSU letting players play. No one is complaining the action be immediate (since LSU's own recommended sanctions is to lose scholarships not next season, but the season after that) If the entire world isn't going to be upset about all this, then there's no reason people should be upset that the NCAA ilet OSU players play
 
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SmoovP;1851551; said:
I'm glad the Tattooed Five played. I wouldn't have wanted to either win or lose against OSU without them playing, but playing them does have consequences toward the OSU reputation. And if you'll take off your Buckeye tinted glasses, it's pretty obvious what they are.
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Count me as having glasses on then, but please let me know what those "consequences" are. Those 5 are already suspended for almost half of next season, a punishment which is incredibly severe, given that OSU otherwise would have had a real shot at making the NCG next year. Are you implying that OSU's reputation is taking a hit because the half of 2011 suspension was not severe enough in the minds of ESPN and fans of opposing teams, even though it was seen as severe enough by the NCAA (you know, the governing body that is actually charged with deciding these things)? Sorry, but for these reasons, the bolded portion of your statement above comes off as sour grapes to me (and this is coming from someone who has appreciated your posts around here, evidenced by my giving you positive rep in the past).
 
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Tlangs;1851737; said:
speaking of the dropsies...anyone remember the timing of Ohrian Johnson's dropped int that hit him square in the numbers. My memory is a little hazy but I think it was late in the fourth.
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It was during Arkansas' drive right before the half. He dropped it and Arkansas finished that drive by making a field goal just before halftime to make it 28-10.
 
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buckeyesin07;1851749; said:
It was during Arkansas' drive right before the half. He dropped it and Arkansas finished that drive by making a field goal just before halftime to make it 28-10.
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that's right...i'm an idiot. I guess I was right in that it was a two minute drill situation...just not at the end of the game. Maybe I need to drink fewer beers during games. I'm going to watch again tonight.
 
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Gatorubet;1851656; said:
I think SmoovP has a valid point. I mean, it's not like I always have to go around here defending slams on Florida, Meyer or Tebow...








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Drama queen.

No one here goes out of their way to work in a Florida/Meyer/Tebow slam every chance they get.
 
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