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tOSU @ Sparty, Sat Oct 8, 4:00pm, ABC

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RB07OSU said:
I realize Sparty is not a rivalry game, but having lived through the 1999 and 2015 games, I want to go ahead and just put 80 points on them. Not to take them lightly based on past history, but Sparty is BAD this year and the caps lock is not an accident. We should curb stomp Sparty this year and run away with it. Anything less than a 30+ point win would be surprising to me. So, the RB07OSU early prediction is 56-10. I said what I said. Fuck Sparty, Go Bucks.
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kinda dissagree to disagree i think sparty is a rival game if you consider all the times sparty scewed up the buckeyes season few times in 70's 1998 2013 first big 10 championship game .since this is first road game i expect a dog fight for 3 quarters .
 
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twister55 said:
kinda dissagree to disagree i think sparty is a rival game if you consider all the times sparty scewed up the buckeyes season few times in 70's 1998 2013 first big 10 championship game .since this is first road game i expect a dog fight for 3 quarters .
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Wait disagree to disagree, are you refusing to have contrasting positions? I like that.
 
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What happened against Daugherty, Saban, and Dantonio Sparty is completely independent of what happens against Tucker Sparty. Any claim to the contrary needs to be backed up with some sort of reasoning that shows a connection that actually has an effect on football performance.

As this is college football and teams change dramatically from one year to the next, we can’t even gather much from last year’s game unless we carefully examine how the teams have changed since then. Where you have to start is in the MSU defensive backfield. Have they improved enough to slow the Ohio State passing game down?

In spite of their pass defense ranking, DSA suggests that Sparty has improved in that area. But for all that they still aren’t as good as defenses the Buckeyes have pantsed this year.

I’m willing to consider any valid argument for why this game should be close. So far, the only arguments I’ve seen sound more like superstition than logic.
 
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DaddyBigBucks said:
What happened against Daugherty, Saban, and Dantonio Sparty is completely independent of what happens against Tucker Sparty. Any claim to the contrary needs to be backed up with some sort of reasoning that shows a connection that actually has an effect on football performance.

As this is college football and teams change dramatically from one year to the next, we can’t even gather much from last year’s game unless we carefully examine how the teams have changed since then. Where you have to start is in the MSU defensive backfield. Have they improved enough to slow the Ohio State passing game down?

In spite of their pass defense ranking, DSA suggests that Sparty has improved in that area. But for all that they still aren’t as good as defenses the Buckeyes have pantsed this year.

I’m willing to consider any valid argument for why this game should be close. So far, the only arguments I’ve seen sound more like superstition than logic.
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I'm not saying it will happen. What I'm saying is that if OSU takes them too lightly, like they did, say, a certain other Michigan team last year, they could be in trouble just like those past teams.

Focus. Intensity. Effort.
 
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DaddyBigBucks said:
What happened against Daugherty, Saban, and Dantonio Sparty is completely independent of what happens against Tucker Sparty. Any claim to the contrary needs to be backed up with some sort of reasoning that shows a connection that actually has an effect on football performance.

As this is college football and teams change dramatically from one year to the next, we can’t even gather much from last year’s game unless we carefully examine how the teams have changed since then. Where you have to start is in the MSU defensive backfield. Have they improved enough to slow the Ohio State passing game down?

In spite of their pass defense ranking, DSA suggests that Sparty has improved in that area. But for all that they still aren’t as good as defenses the Buckeyes have pantsed this year.

I’m willing to consider any valid argument for why this game should be close. So far, the only arguments I’ve seen sound more like superstition than logic.
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I agree with this, we just have haunting memories of Sparty upsetting us in the past and that lingers (or at least it does for me). We should win this game by 30+, I don't care if it is on the road...we typically play well on the road. Come to think of it, I might put down some bones on OSU covering the spread where it is at now. Only chance Sparty could keep this close is bad weather, injuries and some magical big plays imo. We should eat their offense alive and they don't have the defense to slow our passing attack down unless Stroud & Co are just off.

Also, I only refuse to call it a rivalry game because I ascribe to the theory that we only have one rival. Below that is a grouping of teams I very much dislike, which in order go Ped State, Wisky, MSU and Iowa. So do I despise Sparty? Yes. We do not give a damn for the WHOLE state of *ichigan, that includes Sparty. But there is one rival and we play them at the end of November.
 
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MSU Passing Defense: #115

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