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Game Thread UAB Blazers at tOSU - Sep 22, Noon ET, BTN

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darbypitcher22;2216964; said:
I'd take some of this...

Biggest Football Hit of All Time - Zack Dumas - YouTube

Except Auburn woke up at that point and won the game.
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I watched that game in a bar in New Orleans with my first wife (girlfriend at the time). She had spent her frosh year at Auburn before joining the Navy reserves and the town was filled with 'Bama & Miami fans (who were playing in the Sugar Bowl).

A couple of giant turds in the punch bowl for an otherwise fun New Years.
 
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Preview: Ohio State vs. UAB

Victory alone is not good enough this week.


The Buckeyes need to win convincingly and look good doing it against UAB.


Despite what you may be thinking, that necessity has nothing to do with impressing pollsters or demonstrating conference strength.


Too many times in the past I have found myself saying: "Well, they didn't look good last week, but they were just holding some things back for the big opponent this week."


As it turns out, that is something a homer thinks.


I've never pretended not to be an Ohio State homer, but I also try to learn and be realistic.


The reality is that if you don't look good the week before a big game, you're probably not going to look good during the big game.


If you don't look good during the big game, you're probably going to lose.


Examples:


2008
Week 2 - Ohio State 24, Ohio University 16
Week 3 - Ohio State 3, Southern Cal 35

2009
Week 1 - Ohio State 31, Navy 27
Week 2 - Ohio State 15, Southern Cal 18

2011
Week 2 - Ohio State 27, Toledo 22
Week 3 - Ohio State 6, Miami (FL) 24


As you can see, there is a clearly established pattern of "bad" victories leading directly into even worse losses the next week against a better opponent.


I don't think many fans would argue that Ohio State looked particularly good in their wins over UCF or Cal.

That leaves this week's game against UAB to look good before the test against the Spartans.
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Continued: http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/2012/09/preview-ohio-state-vs-uab/
 
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southcampus;2217754; said:
I'd like to see us go up 35 in the first half, rest Braxton for the second half, and get our younger running backs and line backers some much needed experience. As boring as these games are for many people, I love games like this before a big game.
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I'd like to see Dunn and Smith get playing time. Hopefully they've gotten the concepts down more so we can rotate backs even when the game isn't well at hand.
 
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UAB is rather bad, but their strength is the passing game (seemingly). I expect them to score a time or two, as I doubt we have our defense on lockdown yet. But UAB has a horrid defense, so it won't be close. Not sure if we'll beat the spread, but we'll do well enough on offense to believe our problems are mostly fixed.

54-10 OSU.
 
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darbypitcher22;2216964; said:
I'd take some of this...

Biggest Football Hit of All Time - Zack Dumas - YouTube

Except Auburn woke up at that point and won the game.
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The "all time biggest hit" for Ohio State was this one, it literally won a National Championship:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_wPOfTGegA"]Willis McGahee - Knee Injury Fiesta Bowl National Title 2002 - YouTube[/ame]
 
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ScriptOhio;2218762; said:
The "all time biggest hit" for Ohio State was this one, it literally won a National Championship:
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I hate to say it..but I could watch that all day. Not just because of the hit. It still astounds me how many holding calls could have been made against the hurricanes. While some may have been "missed" it sure seemed like the refs flat out decided to turn a blind eye to throwing the flag.
 
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