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Game Thread The Game 2012: tOSU 26, TSUN 21 (final)

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Since Michigan became the traditional season-ending game in 1935, Ohio State has entered The Game undefeated 15 times:

Season_____Record_________Result____________________
1944........8-0-0.........Ohio State 18, Michigan 14
1954........8-0-0.........Ohio State 21, Michigan 7
1961........7-0-1.........Ohio State 50, Michigan 20
1968........8-0-0.........Ohio State 50, Michigan 14
1969........8-0-0.........Michigan 24, Ohio State 12
1970........8-0-0.........Ohio State 20, Michigan 9
1973........9-0-0.........Ohio State 10, Michigan 10
1975.......10-0-0.........Ohio State 21, Michigan 14
1979.......10-0-0.........Ohio State 18, Michigan 15
1993........9-0-1.........Michigan 28, Ohio State 0
1995.......11-0-0.........Michigan 31, Ohio State 23
1996.......10-0-0.........Michigan 13, Ohio State 9
2002.......12-0-0.........Ohio State 14, Michigan 9
2006.......11-0-0.........Ohio State 42, Michigan 39
2012.......11-0-0........


Ohio State's record in those games is currently 9-4-1 (.679).

After winning The Game in 1954, 1961, 1968, 1970, and 2002, Ohio State went on to win a national championship.

After winning The Game in 1975, 1979, and 2006, Ohio State went on to lose a national championship in a bowl game.

The loss in 1969 definitely cost Ohio State a national championship.

The losses in 1993, 1995, and 1996, and the tie in 1973, cost Ohio State a chance for a national championship.

After winning The Game in 1944, Ohio State (9-0-0) finished #2 in the AP Poll behind Army (also 9-0-0).

Prior to 1935, Ohio State entered The Game undefeated 18 times; Ohio State compiled a record of 3-14-1 in those Games, many of which occurred very early in the season. The only loss of consequence came in 1926, when Ohio State entered The Game at 6-0-0, lost to Michigan by the score of 17-16, and finished the season at 7-1-0. Alabama (9-0-1), Stanford (10-0-1), and Lafayette (9-0-0) are generally considered to be the national champs for 1926, so it is fair to assume that Ohio State's loss in The Game cost them a share of the national title.
 
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. ? The defense that veteran coordinator Greg Mattison inherited when he arrived at Michigan two seasons ago was so bad, it was borderline laughable.

By the end of the Rich Rodriguez era, even the likes of Indiana and Massachusetts were plowing through the open barn door that was an unorthodox and disorganized defense unbecoming of the nation?s winningest program.

Mattison, coming off stops with Urban Meyer and Florida (2005-07) and John Harbaugh and the Baltimore Ravens (2008-10), could have introduced himself to his new players, cued up a DVD player, pointed at the screen and told his new charges to mimic the movements of his previous two teams.


But Mattison, 62, had earned his stripes as a Michigan man in the 1990s, when he served five seasons as a defensive-line coach and defensive coordinator for the Wolverines.

His players could take cues from Ed Reed or Ray Lewis, sure, but he didn?t want his players to mirror the Gators or Ravens.

He wanted the Wolverines to play the Michigan way, the way its defenders had for decades.

More important than system, scheme or personnel was tradition.

?We try to get our players to play Michigan football, and you all know what that is,? Mattison said. ?The philosophy is the Michigan philosophy: play hard, run to the football, play with great technique and be a team player.?

And so they did.

In 2010, the Wolverines allowed an average of 35.2 points a game and ranked 108th or worse in scoring defense, pass defense and total defense.

Last season, Michigan switched to a base 4-3 alignment, gave up 17.4 points a game and ranked sixth, 16th and 17th in the same categories ? and the Wolverines might be even better this season.
Michigan has the No. 1 pass defense in the nation (152.1 yards a game) and ranks 12th in total defense (303.5).


The continued improvement, safety Jordan Kovacs said, is in part because of some stout play by a defensive line that had to replace three starters and the simple demands Mattison continues to make.

?It?s the things Coach Mattison preaches,? Kovacs said. ?It?s about tackling and not giving up big plays and stopping the run.?

The Gators of Meyer and Mattison stomped Ohio State in the 2006 Bowl Championship Series title game. They held the Buckeyes to 82 yards.


Mattison said he remains friends with Meyer but said football coaches have such short memories that neither coach will be able to glean an advantage from their time together.


?Every place you?re at, you put everything into that, and it?s almost like you don?t remember what happened before and you don?t focus on that,? Mattison said.
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Just made up my mind.

I'm bringing my son and we are headed to The Game!! I can't pass up a chance to have a game like this to make a memory for a 7 year old boy.

I'm going to take my chances and scalp some tickets. Fuck it. It's been a good year.

Let me know if there's a BP tailgating spot. Love to meet up with some of you guys and gals.

Go Bucks

Fuck M*ch*gan!!
 
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I'm stuck at work (but sneaking and watching my Huskers), so I can't sneak and watch this game at the same time.

I'll be asking for updates over here on this game, but I'm not too sure that we'll have that much trouble out of Iowa.

I want both our teams to win. That way it's like a DP on TSUN.

ewww.....
 
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Coqui;2262330; said:
I don't know if this has been said yet, but [censored] Michigan and Ann Arbor is a whore.
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It was said during our Thanksgiving meal when we were asked to say what we are thankful for.

And the day was capped off by singing "We don't give a damn for the whore state of Michigan". Grandma sang the loudest. :)
 
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ScriptOhio;2261787; said:
This will be cool (received email)....

Let?s make history! Buckeye fans, if you are receiving this email it means that you have been selected to take part in the first-ever streamer drop from your seat location in C deck. In all, there will be 4000 streamers distributed around the first four rows of C deck at Ohio Stadium. As you arrive at your section, the usher will give you a streamer and show you a print out of what the stadium will look like once the streamer drop has happened.


The plan is simple, and this is where you come in: At kickoff on Saturday, take your streamer and throw it over your seat location towards the field. The end result will be a cascade of Scarlet and Gray falling from C deck as a symbol of support for your 11-0 Buckeye football team!
We appreciate your support and help in making this event a success!​



Thanks and Go Bucks!​

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Anyone know what this is about? Haven't heard about it anywhere else.
 
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While this is depressing, The Game really becomes The Game in a different sort of way this year:sad:
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Always the last game of the regular season, for the first time since 1999, Ohio State's game against Michigan will also serve as the Buckeyes' last game of the season overall. That year, a 6-6 record kept Ohio State from a bowl. This year it's a postseason ban.

"This is 'The Game.' I don't know if you need any more emphasis on it," senior linebacker Etienne Sabino said. "But, yeah, this is the Super Bowl. This is the bowl game. This is the national championship. This is everything for us. This is The Game."

There have been seasons when the Buckeyes had roses in their mouths on the field after beating Michigan, and bowl hopes are always a new topic after The Game is done. This year, the postgame won't be just about the most important game of the season being over, but this team's time together being done.


"Yeah, it definitely adds to it, I'm not going to beat around the bush and say it doesn't," senior right tackle Reid Fragel said. "I think that being the last game, everybody knows it's the last time we're all together. I know Jack Mewhort and I were talking the other day, that last snap out there, it's going to be it. It's going to be sad in a sense, but hopefully we can go out with a win and have a good memory."

While the bowl ban has been a topic all season, it has been able to serve as some reverse form of motivation, the Buckeyes wanting to show the rest of the college football world what it's missing out on. Next weekend, the Buckeyes will be watching in the Big Ten title game at least one team (Wisconsin) and probably another team (Nebraska) that they beat. The Badgers are in, while the only way the Cornhuskers won't go is if they lose to Iowa today and Michigan beats the Buckeyes.

Around 3:30 p.m. Saturday, that reality will hit home.


"It is kind of hard to think about, but then again, I don't think it will really hit me or hit the seniors until after the Michigan game when we're like, 'Man, we really just played for the last time in the scarlet and gray,' " senior linebacker Zach Boren said. "I think it is kind of unique that my last college game is against the team up north. It should be fun."
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Jaxbuck;2262353; said:
Just made up my mind.

I'm bringing my son and we are headed to The Game!! I can't pass up a chance to have a game like this to make a memory for a 7 year old boy.

I'm going to take my chances and scalp some tickets. [censored] it. It's been a good year.

Let me know if there's a BP tailgating spot. Love to meet up with some of you guys and gals.

Go Bucks

[censored] M*ch*gan!!
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Looking forward to taking my son to his first OSU vs. um game. Four months old Is a bit too early, though, so this year is not the year for me.

There are suprisingly quite a few tickets being listed on (Columbus) Craigslist still. You might want to try there before heading out to scalp. Good luck!

Anyone know if there is going to be a BP tailgate going down anywhere?

Go Bucks. Fuck M*ch.
 
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Fuck a bowl game. This always has been and always will be more important anyway.

FUCK THAT FUCKING SHIT SCHOOL UP NORTH! FUCK "SUN" AND BLUE! FUCK THAT FAT FUCK COACH!

The reason Flintstone only says "Ohio" when referring to The Ohio State University is because he's out of breath before he can say "State".

Fuck them all.

GO BUCKS!
 
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