• Follow us on Twitter @buckeyeplanet and @bp_recruiting, like us on Facebook! Enjoy a post or article, recommend it to others! BP is only as strong as its community, and we only promote by word of mouth, so share away!
  • Consider registering! Fewer and higher quality ads, no emails you don't want, access to all the forums, download game torrents, private messages, polls, Sportsbook, etc. Even if you just want to lurk, there are a lot of good reasons to register!

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

Jump to latest Follow Reply
Status
Not open for further replies.
Sort by date Sort by votes
Nutriaitch;1832287; said:
0-3, but don't let fact's get in the way of your analysis.
Click to expand...

two of those three losses were against the #1 team in the country and the other was in his very first year at the helm with a team that had the worst record oh any Tressel coached Buckeye team

beware if you have bad cholesterol
 
Upvote 0
NAZCARDAMUS;1832284; said:
I've been searching the net and tv for analysis of this game and maybe even find a prediction or two. Below is all I could find so far as most major networks and websites haven't posted predictions yet.

CSS Bowl Preview Show aired at 4:00pm et Thursday.
The four sports commentators stated their opinions
about each and every bowl. Who did they pick to win
the Sugar Bowl?
Tom=ARK
Bob=ARK
Tony=ARK
Brady=ARK
Mark(absent from the show but submited his picks)=ARK
Click to expand...

CBS is just as bias towards the SEC as the Bigtennetwork is towards the Big Ten. No surprises here.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Upvote 0
Buckeye86;1832294; said:
two of those three losses were against the #1 team in the country and the other was in his very first year at the helm with a team that had the worst record oh any Tressel coached Buckeye team

beware if you have bad cholesterol
Click to expand...

actually, we were #2 going into that game, but your point is still valid
 
Upvote 0
Bill Lucas;1832288; said:
You'll start losing some of that red if you start researching before posting. Jim Tressel is NOT 0-9 vs. the SEC. Fact checking FTW.

BTW, every expert in the world was picking Oregon last season. How did that turn out for them?
Click to expand...

Hey Bill why don't you chill out? I didn't write this stuff. 0-9 is not my words, go complain to Allen for the mistake. These are the only analysis and predictions of the game I could find, they are someone elses words not mine so don't attack me. Yes, I know what the experts say isn't automatic, stop acting like I'm leaning on what the experts say. I'm just posting what people in the profession are saying. Why so defensive? Didn't like what you read?

BTW, 0-8 isn't much better than 0-9.
 
Upvote 0
Allen Kim of bleacherreport.com
"Jim Tressel's track record against SEC teams in Bowl games is awful. He hasn't won a single game against the powerhouse SEC division going 0-9.
However, all that will change in the Sugar Bowl.
Ohio State will come out on top in a close and exciting game against the Arkansas Razorbacks."
Click to expand...
You do realize a clueless child can write bleacher report "articles", right? It's fancy packaging for random internet hacks and posters. Hence the regurgitation of the 0-9 nonsense.
Yes, I know they are just commentators, but it says alot
about what ppl in the college football community think
about ARK,and OSU for that matter.
Click to expand...
It also says a lot about how many times the media beats the OSU-SEC horse to death, but almost never bring up the Arkansas-B10 counterpart.

It's the same reason most of America spewed the 'OSU can't handle the spread' garbage that ESPN sold them after the 2008 NC loss to LSU, when in reality they won with vintage big ten football.
Anyone else found any other analysis or predictions please share, I'm having trouble finding anything for this game and I am just curious as to what the so-called pro's and commentators think of this game.
Click to expand...
I haven't come across any, and didn't see any useful ones in a quick bowl search. 'bowl predictions' seemed to be misused frequently as 'projections' for where teams would end up.
 
Upvote 0
Bill Lucas;1832288; said:
You'll start losing some of that red if you start researching before posting. Jim Tressel is NOT 0-9 vs. the SEC. Fact checking FTW.

BTW, every expert in the world was picking Oregon last season. How did that turn out for them?
Click to expand...
Yup.. just like all the experts picked Miami to whoop up on us in the 02 game. Just like they picked us to beat Flordia. Just like they picked Oregon to win last year. Just like USC was the greatest team ever until Texas beat them.. it's all bullshit.
 
Upvote 0
Yes, I know what the experts say isn't automatic, stop acting like I'm leaning on what the experts say. I'm just posting what people in the profession are saying. Why so defensive? Didn't like what you read?
Click to expand...
Oh good, you're going down this road again :roll2:

No, people don't have to be insecure and crying on the inside about how much we suck in order to mock stupidity, Nazcar. But good try at restarting the subtle trolling.

If you post something stupid and woefully inaccurate, people are going to call it out. It doesn't matter if you didn't write it, you chose to bring it up.
BTW, 0-8 isn't much better than 0-9.
Click to expand...
Are you just posting because you like the look of your own words? Because 0-8 doesn't make sense in this discussion either.
 
Upvote 0
I'm not saying the guys from CSS are correct in picking ARK or the bleacherreport is correct in picking OSU. These are just the only predictions I could find so far and figured I'd share. Commentators' predictions don't mean much when it comes to the outcome of the game, but it does give a sense of what people in the profession think of both teams. I came across alot of analysis of this game, most saying this game will be won by defense considering both teams' high powered offenses will continue to score until someone makes a solid defensive stand. With that said, that edge goes to OSU. 4th defense in the land I think? ARK pretty much needs to play a perfect game and our D needs to show up to have a chance, but it can be done.
 
Upvote 0
Nutriaitch;1832286; said:
just giving you a heads up.

we've been where y'all are right now.

coach comes in and resurrects a dormant program
his name pops up yearly for every coaching job in America.
fan base starts sweating and getting nervous
he parlays that into a bigger contract at current job.
fan base breathes a sigh of relief and convinces themselves he'll never leave them.

rinse and repeat until he finds his next "dream" job.

maybe Bobby P has finally settled down.
but he has a reputation of flirting with more job openings jumping ship more often than Saban does.
Click to expand...



So very true! However, the Northwest Arkansas area is one of the prettiest places to live in the country. His family loves it there. Hell, Nolan Richardson(the former Hog BB coach) still lives there he likes it so much!
 
Upvote 0
I'm not saying the guys from CSS are correct in picking ARK or the bleacherreport is correct in picking OSU. These are just the only predictions I could find so far and figured I'd share.
Click to expand...
I get that, but when the prediction is written that poorly, it's going to get a negative reaction.

The source itself (bleacherreport) instantly elicits laughter and mockery from most of us, so that only compounds the problem.

We don't need sunshine and unicorns about OSU's chances, just sound rationale & credible articles. An OSU fan posted an absurd article last night and that got bad feedback too.
 
Upvote 0
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top