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Game Thread tOSU vs. Northern Illinois, Sat 9/19 @ 3:30pm ET, ABC/ESPN2

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Cincinnatibuck said:
I'm taking my oldest daughter to her first Ohio State game this week. Anyone know the approximate time the team walks over to stadium from St. John Arena? She wants to see the team walk and the band enter the stadium. I haven't done either of these in a long time as it cuts into my tailgate time.
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The team walk gives you a chance to see players up close and personal. 2.5 hrs should be early enough to find a spot reasonably close to the front, they'll walk down within 15-30 min of that time.
 
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Look just how awful NFL Thursday night games are. Flags, low-scoring, sloppy, boring. And these are professionals with endless time devoted to their job.

Ohio State has students and NCAA practice regulations. Point being, I am dead set on the short week being the cause of last week's "letdown"- mixed with the obvious emotional hangover from a game hyped for 8 months. Huskies from NIU are going to get destroyed.

40+ point win.
 
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Wingate1217 said:
I was worried about this game before the season started as I considered it a "trap game," as Northern Illinois always has a pretty good players and team. However after the Hawaii game, my fears have been alleviated and I think the boys will be focused and take care of business.....
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In the grand scheme of things, if Ohio State wins every game 38-0 when the offense can't sync up, I'll gladly take a national championship while everyone says OSU's offense sucks.
 
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42, 42, 59, 42, 42, 42, 38
Those are the scores of Ohio State's last 7 games. They scored 42+ points 6 games in a row, and that streak ended against Hawaii. Hawaii is about #150 out of 128 teams. Insert a bunch of other statistics here showing that we should all be outraged and all of the coaches should be fired and all of the players cut, or at least benched. Blah blah blah. Throw in the towel. This is a re-building year. Wait 'til next year!!!

Seriously, though, maybe this is the wrong thread, but what I really hope happens is that Ohio State wins less and less convincingly each week (but still wins each week). The week before they play Michigan State they barely beat Illinois - they look REALLY bad, winning some weird score like 22-19 or something. Then they beat Michigan State maybe 6-3 or something terrible. But then they blow out Michigan a million to zero. But then they win the CCG in another ugly game. Talk all over the place will be about whether Ohio State should actually be in the playoffs, but since they're the only undefeated team, they can't keep them out. They get maybe a #3 seed. And then they DESTROY whoever the #2 team is, and then do even worse against the #1 team (preferably another SEC team). That would be awesome.

Add in a 70-7 win over Penn State where their fans have all kinds of referee complaints, and that might be the best season ever.

Back on topic: I don't really care too much if Ohio State beats Northern Illinois 42-0 or 42-41. Or 3-0. Just win, and we're in. Let the SEC crybabies cry.
 
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Crump's brother said:
Only if the 7 the Pedsters score is thrown by their backup QB and the refs look the other way on a gratuitous holding penalty.
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Excellent point. Penn State scores first to go up 7-0. The scoring drive includes a missed call on a holding penalty, a fumble that Ohio State recovers that is ruled not a fumble, a punt where Penn State gets 15 yards for Ohio State roughing the punter, despite replay showing that the punter flops without getting hit, and an obvious incomplete pass that is called complete for a touchdown. Ohio State then scores the next 10 touchdowns.
 
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1. I kinda knew the loss of Devin Smith would be important, especially to Cardale, but I think it's a bigger issue than I thought it would be. Maybe some one steps up this weekend.
2. 3:30 starts for cheesy games = TV loves the Buckeyes
3. It's good to be the King of College Football
 
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cincibuck said:
1. I kinda knew the loss of Devin Smith would be important, especially to Cardale, but I think it's a bigger issue than I thought it would be. Maybe some one steps up this weekend.
2. 3:30 starts for cheesy games = TV loves the Buckeyes
3. It's good to be the King of College Football
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Counterpoint - the WRs as a unit are further along now than they were at the same point last season.

After week two last year nobody was saying Devin Smith was what made the offense tick. The coaches have shown they have the ability to get the most out of WRs as the season and their careers progress.
 
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OSUK said:
Two ways I can handle this:

1) I slipped up and used "we" when I should have used "they".

or

2) I was referring to we fans.

I like #2 because it allows me to retain my faux claim of perfection.
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It's always been a big pet peeve of mine...going back to playing in HS and hearing old men talking about what 'we' should do.

I don't even use 'we' to refer to the current teams at the schools I played for.

But really I was using it to underscore a point about what actually affects the team is probably very different from what affects us as fans.
 
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