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Game Thread tOSU vs. Virginia Tech, Sept 6th @ 8pm ET, ESPN & ESPN3 Skycam

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Hokie_4_Life said:
I'm a VT alum who traveled to the game with my two daughters. I must admit, like many others unfamiliar with OSU and Columbus I had heard urban legends about how rough the atmosphere and especially OSU fans could be to fans of opposing teams. I was prepared to have to endure a brutal day of tailgating, harsh language and a rough time at the game, especially given we were surrounded by a sea of scarlet, well away from the VT section..

All I have to say is, every fan was super nice, friendly, eager to chat, and not anything at all like I had been led to believe my experience would be like. Everyone was very welcoming, not a mean or rough person anywhere, and having been to stadiums all around this country, the whole game day experience will go down as one of the best I've ever encountered. My kids absolutely loved the whole experience and I must say, you're stadium rocks and your band is unlike anything I have ever seen. By far the best and most entertaining band I have ever seen in my life. The game was certainly a nail biter at the end and even with things not going as you had hoped, I never even heard a single foul word. With younger daughters I was worried about language and had been warned about the likelihood of frequent non-stop f-bombs. Again, all these rumors proved completely unfounded. Literally, neither I nor my daughters heard a single foul word the entire game. Not one. That is amazing, and something I've rarely encountered ever at any other stadium. It helped make an already fun day even more enjoyable because I could share it with my kids without worry.

We encountered no harsh or insulting epithets, only genuine friendliness and hospitality. People smiled and welcomed us to the campus. Numerous OSU fans throughout the day would approach me and my kids, thank us for coming, seemed genuinely concerned that we were enjoying our time, and even asked if the OSU fans we encountered were friendly. They wished us luck before the game and despite a VT win, congratulated us with sincerity after the game. Wow. And I'm not just talking about the elderly or statesmanlike alumni. Everyone, from young students to parking lot attendants, and ushers to every local business employee. If those rumors or urban legends ever had any basis in fact, then what my family and I witnessed on Saturday was the exact opposite.

So, from a very impressed VT fan I just want to say thanks to OSU for a great time. Yes, the win was nice (ok, maybe for us, but you will get a chance to square things up when we host the next game), but what made the day especially memorable and a remarkable experience was that everyone was so nice and that the whole day was a joy.. I hope we can schedule you guys again just so I have an excuse to come up for a game again, regardless of how it turns out for my team. Great job OSU. Game was good but the atmosphere and fans were even better.
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This has been most fans' experience. Sadly, one time in 2005 some brash Texas fans (everything is bigger in Texas, including their egos and their mouths) made a spectacle of themselves on High Street and in the stadium, which included many of them lustily booing OSU's band playing the national anthem, so they were rightly kicked to the curb. This not-out-of-control scene was given legitimacy and exacerbated by OSU's PC-Police Nanny-State President issuing a public apology to Texas fans that still post on shaggybevo as if they were scarred for life like POWs in Da Nang for the 6 hours they were in Columbus.
 
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MaxBuck said:
I'm plenty disappointed at the Buckeyes' showing last night.

I'm in no way embarrassed. The young men played hard to the final whistle, but either the talent level was lacking or the players just need more time to play well together. I choose to believe the latter WRT to our offensive line; not quite so sanguine about our wide receivers.

Nonetheless, let me repeat -- I'm not embarrassed to call myself a Buckeye fan at all today. And if I were driving the streets of Tallahassee or Tuscaloosa I'd feel the same damn way.
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No reason to be embarrassed. They didn't quit. A certain team from Ann Arbor (is a whore) quit in the 1st half.

They almost overcame all of the issues we have discussed here ad nauseum. They were two or three plays away from actually winning this game. Virginia Tech came in with a great game plan that they executed almost to perfection, especially in the 1st half. Credit to them.

One of these days, these kids we're seeing grow up before our eyes today will get those breaks and will execute the game plan to perfection. This is the fun of college sports - everything is cyclical.
 
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Keep in mind that at least five Buckeyes who started for us last season started in their NFL rookie season openers: Shazier, Roby, Hyde, Mewhort, and Linsley. They, along with the injured Braxton Miller, have left a gaping hole of talent which isn't going to be filled by week two (which was all-too-painfully displayed Saturday night). Me thinks we'll play a lot better in Blacksburg next year...
 
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lvbuckeye said:
we lost two games in '05. against the two best teams we faced.

do you still want to repeat '04?
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I'm kinda banking on the starting qb not being suspended for two games and the start of the big game.

But yeah, losses happen, and watching a team firing on all cylinders play nasty defense and fun offense is fucking fun, even if they don't win every game. If, as a fan, you get too wrapped up in shit you have zero control over, like wins and losses, it stops being fun and starts being stressful.
 
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BUCKYLE said:
I'm kinda banking on the starting qb not being suspended for two games and the start of the big game.

But yeah, losses happen, and watching a team firing on all cylinders play nasty defense and fun offense is fucking fun, even if they don't win every game. If, as a fan, you get too wrapped up in [Mark May] you have zero control over, like wins and losses, it stops being fun and starts being stressful.
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i'm just wondering where the 'firing on all cylinders, playing nasty defense and fun offense' is going to come from.
past performance is the best indicator of future performance. will our OC suddenly have some revelation, and not be caught saying 'they played some blah blah defense that we didn't expect to see, and we didn't know what to do.'?

the Buckeyes haven't played nasty defense for five years. that's supposed to change how?
 
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my memories of '04 consist of:

yelling at Donte Whitner to wrap somebody up rather than going for a kill shot,
getting smoked by Iowa,
the surprise performance against TSUN,
and hooking up with a really hot chick name MacKenzie at the bar where i was watching the Alamo Bowl.

i've only watched 10,000 football games since then. i'm sure the depth of my insight into the game hasn't changed one bit.
 
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lvbuckeye said:
my memories of '04 consist of:

yelling at Donte Whitner to wrap somebody up rather than going for a kill shot,
getting smoked by Iowa,
the surprise performance against TSUN,
and hooking up with a really hot chick name MacKenzie at the bar where i was watching the Alamo Bowl.

i've only watched 10,000 football games since then. i'm sure the depth of my insight into the game hasn't changed one bit.
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Similar experience. Only I remember yelling about why the run game sucked, how our blitzes never seemed to get home and then curling into the fetal position against Iowa.
 
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BUCKYLE said:
This season reminds me of 2004. I'll gladly take the L's that add up to next year's historic run of beating every team by 60 then marching on Bristol and ripping down the WWL brick by brick.
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I said something similar. I'm seeing some of the same parallels too.

lvbuckeye said:
we lost two games in '05. against the two best teams we faced.

do you still want to repeat '04?
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In a word: YES.

Without the building Tress did with those guys in 2004, 2005 doesn't happen and neither does the Fiesta Bowl win over NoD. And without that, the runs in 2006 and ultimately 2007 don't happen either.

2004 was when Tressel made the program his own. He developed players that he had fully recruited from start to finish. In a lot of ways, this year is when UFM is going to do that same thing.

Sometimes you need to take a step sideways or even slightly backwards to continue the forward momentum.
 
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