Game Thread THE GAME: Ohio State 42, Michigan 7 (Nov. 22)

[BuckeyeBill]

You really think Tressel will let that happen? The coach that knows exactly how many days there are to The Game no matter what day of the year it is? The team that has watched game film of Michigan every week this season?

No, I don't think it will happen. But if I wasn't just a little bit nervous, it wouldn't be The Game.

 

[UpNorthBuckeye]

The Buckeyes have never won five in a row....

A true freshman quarterback has never won The Game.

I think we keep saying these things out loud, so that we take away the mojo....

So, this is something to play for, something to keep the players interested --- go out there Saturday and set two records: five in a row, and a true freshman QB wins the game.

OSU 41-10.

 

[SEREbuckeye]

The Buckeyes have never won five in a row....

A true freshman quarterback has never won The Game.

I think we keep saying these things out loud, so that we take away the mojo....

So, this is something to play for, something to keep the players interested --- go out there Saturday and set two records: five in a row, and a true freshman QB wins the game.

OSU 41-10.

You can also add that the past 7 scUM caoches have all won their first OSU/scUM game. Thats something to get up on Saturday for as well.


Go Bucks.

Hopefully scUM can get to C-Bus, last I heard they didnt know how to get past Toledo.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

don't forget a 9 loss SCUM team

 

[Jake]

Behold the powerhouse coming to the Shoe this weekend!

YouTube - Introducing, Your 2008 Michigan Wolverines!

Benny Hill flashbacks!

 

[Wingate1217]

A true freshman quarterback has never won The Game.

True, but in probably every case the freshman went up against an experienced upperclassman. This Saturday TP will have as much experience as the Scum QB.....:) GO BUCKS!!!!

 

[fourteenandoh]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb7Ed68I074&feature=related]YouTube - Brutus vs. Michigan Fan[/ame]

 

[Oh8ch]

Not particularly flattering - but classic:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywnfx6FjHn0&NR=1]YouTube - MADtv - Wendy Walker: Chili Dogs[/ame]

 

[Best Buckeye]

The game I want to outline today is the 1968 game. One of my personal favorites because I was there to watch.
It was the "because I couldn't go for three game"
the Bucks outscored tsun 29 -0 in the second half.
I swear to God it seemed that everytime I looked someone was running all the way for a TD. 7th heaven for any Buckeye fan.
we were the topped ranked team at game time and tsun was ranked 4th , which made the blowout even sweeter.
Michigan scored first to lead 7-0 in the first quarter but Ohio State followed with their own touchdown. The score was 21-14 Ohio State at the half.
Rex Kern led the bucks who gained 421 rushing yards while Jim Otis scored four times.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRzQmx3CbgQ"]YouTube - 1968 Ohio State Michigan[/ame]

 

[JXC]

4 days until The Game!!!!

Beat Michigan!!!

 

[ScriptOhio]

Goto: http://beatmichigan.osu.edu/

 

[osugrad21]

DDN

If trend holds, Michigan has no chance against OSU


Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The Michigan Wolverines will limp into Ohio Stadium on Saturday with an ugly 3-8 record. Just one time in the storied OSU-Michigan football series has a team with a losing record won the game. That happened in 1951, when a 3-5 Michigan squad edged Woody Hayes' first OSU team, 7-0 in Ann Arbor. Series scores when at least one team has a losing record:
1928 OSU (2-0) def. Michigan (0-2), 19-7
1934 OSU (4-3) def. Michigan (1-6), 21-0
1936 OSU (4-3) def. Michigan (1-6), 21-0
1943 Michigan (7-1) def. OSU (3-5), 45-7
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[osugrad21]

CPD

Buckeyes insist they're wary of Wolverines despite Michigan's record-setting misery

by Doug Lesmerises Monday November 17, 2008, 10:33 PM

Tony Ding/Associated PressMichigan receiver Martavious Odoms couldn't reach this long pass in the fourth quarter Saturday. The incompletion was just another disappointment in the worst season in Wolverines history. But the Buckeyes claim they remain wary for this Saturday's annual showdown.



COLUMBUS -- This is a good week for cliches. Ohio State is, justifiably, hanging tight to that "throw out the records" bit of wisdom when it comes to preparing for a reeling Michigan team. Fear a 3-8 team? Really?
"I think it's the greatest rivalry in college football. I think that's what makes this particularly dangerous this time around," Ohio State president Dr. Gordon Gee said Monday, joining the fray at Ohio State's pre-Michigan news conference. "I think that people can assume too much. When it comes to a rivalry, every rule book should be thrown out and everything that you're thinking should be thrown out. This will be a great football game and we will be in for a titanic struggle, I believe."
Sure, no Michigan team has ever come into the Ohio State game with eight losses, because no Michigan team has ever lost eight games before. Since Woody Hayes took over at Ohio State in 1951, the 10 combined losses for these teams -- the 3-8 Wolverines and 9-2 Buckeyes -- are the most going into this game, topping the nine losses of 1959 (3-5 Michigan and 3-4-1 Ohio State) and 1962 (2-6 Michigan and 5-3 Ohio State).

Ohio State is nearly a three-touchdown favorite, and while the No. 10 Buckeyes have waved bye-bye to preseason national dreams, they are still angling for a BCS bowl while Michigan will actually finish its season against Ohio State for the first time in 33 years, preparing to go bowl-less for the first time since 1974.
Could Michigan win? Really? Did you not hear former OSU coach Earle Bruce beating that possibility into the Buckeyes during his annual Sunday-night-before-Michigan speech?

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[osugrad21]

CPD

Michigan-OSU: A most upsetting history

by Doug Lesmerises Monday November 17, 2008, 10:25 PM


Great OSU-Michigan upsets since 1951

Ann Arbor News file photoIn 1969, Bo Schembechler and running back Glenn Doughty helped Michigan to one of the most surprising victories in the long history between the Wolverines and Ohio State.

OSU-Michigan memories
The Big Ten Network will show two memorable games from the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry this week.
The 1969 game will air at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and repeat at midnight. In that contest, Woody Hayes and top-ranked OSU went to Ann Arbor with a 22-game winning streak, only to be upset by Bo Schembechler and the Wolverines, 24-12, starting what became known as the "Ten Year War."
On Thursday at 2 p.m. and Friday at 8 p.m., the 1974 game will be shown. Archie Griffin notched his 22nd straight game with at least 100 yards rushing, and the Buckeyes came away with the 12-10 victory when Michigan missed three field-goal attempts, including one as time expired.
Since 1951, Woody Hayes' first year at Ohio State, OSU and Michigan have played 57 times. Eight times, the teams had the same record going into their rivalry game. One of those games ended in a tie, as did one other game. Here's the breakdown on the other 48 games, in which the team with the better record has won 63 percent of the time. But since 1980, the team with the better record has won barely half the time.
COMPARING RECORDS
Since 1951
Team with the better record: 30-18
Michigan with the better record: 11-8
Ohio State with the better record: 19-10
Since 1980
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[osugrad21]

Canton

Ohio State not taking wounded Wolverines for granted
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
By TODD PORTER
[email protected]

COLUMBUS A three-win season in Ann Arbor? No bowl game for the Wolverines? No poll votes? A first-year coach? And a 20-point spread against the Buckeyes?

It seems like Michigan hasn't beaten the Buckeyes since the Nixon administration. Losing to Ohio State is like dog years. The Buckeyes have a chance to beat the Wolverines for the fifth year in a row and clinch a share of the Big Ten title.

But Michigan and Head Coach Rich Rodriguez might have more riding on this game. Redemption and the ability to walk around Ann Arbor without a disguise until next football season.

"(Upsetting Ohio State) is not going to salvage the season, but it at least will make you feel good for a few days," Rodriguez said. "We talk about ... the frustrations we've had or any disappointments we've had. A win would help a little bit, but it's not going to erase everything, and it shouldn't erase everything."

Rodriguez has had an awful first year. A loss to Saturday would extend a UM record for losses in a season to nine games. Michigan already had the record with eight. The Wolverines lost five games at home and college football's winningest program will sit home this bowl season.

"I've told the team ... not a lot of people are going to expect you to do well and win the game, but we expect them to do well," Rodriguez said. "It's a challenge, but we are capable of playing pretty good football."

Yeah, beating Ohio State, which Michigan hasn't done, would go a long way toward wiping a bitter taste out of the Wolverines' mouths.

"I think it goes beyond the danger thing," OSU Head Coach Jim Tressel said. "Ohio State vs. Michigan trumps everything. It trumps your record. It trumps whether it's dangerous or you don't have a chance, or any of those kinds of things. ... I would like to think our guys understand that. There's only one demonstration of understanding and that's at 12 noon on Saturday."
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