Ohio State's uniforms for the Michigan game

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kev20 said:
screw them both, but I gotta pick the lesser of two evils for me.
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My mom's best friend went to Michigan. I grew up HATING OSU. If they could get hit by the same meteor taking out the Georgia dome next month, I'd be for it.
 
#30
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I grew up in MI and lived there my whole life except the last 4 years, my fiancée is a u of m grad and most all of my friends are u of m fans. doesn't change anything for me. I had to put up with all that arrogance my whole life. Hate could be too mild a word for my disdain.
 
#31
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kev20 said:
I grew up in MI and lived there my whole life except the last 4 years, my fiancée is a u of m grad and most all of my friends are u of m fans. doesn't change anything for me. I had to put up with all that arrogance my whole life. Hate could be too mild a word for my disdain.
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I'm a student at Ohio State and I'm pulling for them in all games not involving UT now. That being said, OSU fans are worse than Michigan fans by far.
 
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tvolsfan said:
I'm a student at Ohio State and I'm pulling for them in all games not involving UT now. That being said, OSU fans are worse than Michigan fans by far.
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that seems hard to believe, but I will defer to you. of course michigan fan hasn't had that much to brag about lately.
 
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kev20 said:
that seems hard to believe, but I will defer to you. of course michigan fan hasn't had that much to brag about lately.
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The Ohio State fanbase is more obnoxious, bigger homers, and less intelligent as a group. So many college football fans here, and only a small percentage understand anything about college football. The fanbase is unbelievably spoiled and people have way too high expectations.
 
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tvolsfan said:
The Ohio State fanbase is more obnoxious, bigger homers, and less intelligent as a group. So many college football fans here, and only a small percentage understand anything about college football. The fanbase is unbelievably spoiled and people have way too high expectations.
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Amen. Don't think I could have said it any better myself.
 
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tvolsfan said:
The Ohio State fanbase is more obnoxious, bigger homers, and less intelligent as a group. So many college football fans here, and only a small percentage understand anything about college football. The fanbase is unbelievably spoiled and people have way too high expectations.
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In all fairness though every team has fans like that.
 
#38
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VolBuck24 said:
In all fairness though every team has fans like that.
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Not to this extent. And for the most part, local media doesn't cater everything to the lowest common denominator like they do here either.

In 2004, OSU lost a Saturday night game against Northwestern (it was beautiful, by the way). I was working into the wee hours on either Monday or Tuesday; either way, we're talking multiple days later. I had the TV on in the background and the 11 PM news came on.
LEAD STORY: "How are the Buckeyes handling Saturday's shocking loss?"
SECOND STORY: "Double homicide earlier, suspect still on the loose, could be anywhere and is armed and dangerous".
 
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Ohio Vol said:
Not to this extent. And for the most part, local media doesn't cater everything to the lowest common denominator like they do here either.

In 2004, OSU lost a Saturday night game against Northwestern (it was beautiful, by the way). I was working into the wee hours on either Monday or Tuesday; either way, we're talking multiple days later. I had the TV on in the background and the 11 PM news came on.
LEAD STORY: "How are the Buckeyes handling Saturday's shocking loss?"
SECOND STORY: "Double homicide earlier, suspect still on the loose, could be anywhere and is armed and dangerous".
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Fair enough, but i too am one that pulls for the buckeyes when they don't play the vols. I don't live in ohio so i'll take your word for it.
 
#40
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VolBuck24 said:
Fair enough, but i too am one that pulls for the buckeyes when they don't play the vols. I don't live in ohio so i'll take your word for it.
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I'm with you on the first part, I'll pull for OSU against anyone but UT now. But still when OSU lost to Purdue, some people went into a complete meltdown. That isn't new. Everytime OSU loses, people complain about Tressel. Only a few idiots have said he should be fired, but almost everyone attacks his play calling. People don't realize the reason he is so conservative is because the offense is terrible. They simply don't just trust Tressel's decisions, even though OSU has won the Big 10 5 years in a row.
 
#41
#41
The commentary that went along with the TCU page actually had me laughing.

"It's a spiny boned camouflaged covered suit of armor"
"We'll strike with our super fast frog reflexes"

Is this supposed to be completely serious or not? I wouldn't want this career 3 packs-a-day guy carrying on about how "Smokey will rip out your trachea and throw his head back and let out his blood-lust howl... because you're in the impenetrable FORT NEYLAND". Ugh.
 
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tvolsfan said:
I'm with you on the first part, I'll pull for OSU against anyone but UT now. But still when OSU lost to Purdue, some people went into a complete meltdown. That isn't new. Everytime OSU loses, people complain about Tressel. Only a few idiots have said he should be fired, but almost everyone attacks his play calling. People don't realize the reason he is so conservative is because the offense is terrible. They simply don't just trust Tressel's decisions, even though OSU has won the Big 10 5 years in a row.
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Yea the offense isn't good ,but Tressel has always been conservative. The conservative approach has just caught up with him in the bigger games though.
 
#43
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tvolsfan said:
I'm with you on the first part, I'll pull for OSU against anyone but UT now. But still when OSU lost to Purdue, some people went into a complete meltdown. That isn't new. Everytime OSU loses, people complain about Tressel. Only a few idiots have said he should be fired, but almost everyone attacks his play calling. People don't realize the reason he is so conservative is because the offense is terrible. They simply don't just trust Tressel's decisions, even though OSU has won the Big 10 5 years in a row.
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Well, the whole country, not just OSU fans, thinks his playcalling is too conservative. The offense is bad but with the #1 QB in the country and an o-line littered with bluechips, they should be playing a lot better or at least be given more chances.

I understand a safe play on 3rd and long, but running it straight up the middle when it hasn't worked all game is too conservative. You have Pryor, so roll him out so there's at least an option of gaining more than 2 yds.

I think Tressel's a good coach and his NC was great but if you look at the facts, OSU's dominated a very down Big Ten in the last 4 years. It doesn't garner the respect it did earlier this decade or in the 90s.

People always say OSU's overrated and will get blown out against OOC teams but their fans expect too much? Beating a good non-conference opponent after winning the Big Ten(or SEC, Big 12, Pac10 etc) should be expected.
 
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VolBuck24 said:
Yea the offense isn't good ,but Tressel has always been conservative. The conservative approach has just caught up with him in the bigger games though.
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He wasn't so conservative in 2005 and 2006, when he had a really good offense. He was conservative early, because he had Krenzel, and he's conservative now, because he realizes that Pryor can't throw.
 
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buckeyevol23 said:
Well, the whole country, not just OSU fans, thinks his playcalling is too conservative. The offense is bad but with the #1 QB in the country and an o-line littered with bluechips, they should be playing a lot better or at least be given more chances.
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He may be a little conservative, but a lot of the reason he's so conservative is because Pryor, Saine, Herron are all terrible.

I understand a safe play on 3rd and long, but running it straight up the middle when it hasn't worked all game is too conservative. You have Pryor, so roll him out so there's at least an option of gaining more than 2 yds.
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True, but there is also the option of him trying to throw, which he can't.

I think Tressel's a good coach and his NC was great but if you look at the facts, OSU's dominated a very down Big Ten in the last 4 years. It doesn't garner the respect it did earlier this decade or in the 90s.
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True, but he did a good job of beating Lloyd Carr into submission.

People always say OSU's overrated and will get blown out against OOC teams but their fans expect too much? Beating a good non-conference opponent after winning the Big Ten(or SEC, Big 12, Pac10 etc) should be expected.
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I never said OSU is overrated. The fans overrate the team's talent more often than not.
 
#46
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tvolsfan said:
He may be a little conservative, but a lot of the reason he's so conservative is because Pryor, Saine, Herron are all terrible.
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I don't think the backs are anything special but calling all 3 terrible is a bit harsh. They'd be a lot better with solid o-line play. And it's not like he wasn't conservative before those guys were around.


True, but there is also the option of him trying to throw, which he can't.
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Seriously? He has a ways to go as a passer but rolling out a mobile QB with the option to run or pass on 3rd down is usually a safe play. Pryor's completed long passes on 3rd downs this year so it is possible.


I never said OSU is overrated. The fans overrate the team's talent more often than not.
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You didn't, but look at this and any other message board and you'll see people calling OSU overrated. Judging by their recruiting rank the past few years, it's not unreasonable to expect to be able to win a big game occasionally if you're good enough to win your conference.
 
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I don't care what other say, and OSU has been better in big games than people give them credit for. Tressel has 3 BCS bowl wins, with a national title. The only big game OSU lost that they should have won was Florida in 2006, IMO. They weren't prepared. All other big game teams they have played lately have been far more talented than OSU. (LSU in 2007, USC/Texas last year, and even USC this year were all more talented.) The big game record should pick back up sooner or later, when OSU gets better.

And Pryor is terrible. He stares down receivers worse than Crompton does. Even the Penn State game, which people saw as a big improvement for him, he was still like 7 for 18 for 125 yards. So far, he hasn't nearly lived up to all the hype.

And Herron and Saine are painful to watch.

And about being conservative, how conservative was he in 2006? It's amazing how much more conservative he is when the offense is lead by guys like Krenzel and Pryor.
 
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2006 he wasn't really conservative, but that was one year. His playcalling is also predictable and unimaginative. After the USC game, USC's players said they knew what plays OSU was going to run by the formations they lined up in.

OSU fans wouldn't mind the conservative playcalling so much if the plays actually worked. They haven't been able to pound the ball for short yardage consistently against top teams in the last few years, even with Beanie. He was conservative with Krenzel but he had a power running game that chewed the clock.

Pryor's still young and needs to work on passing yet too many times OSU keeps him in the pocket. They don't always play to his strengths. The zone read works well for one week then disappears the next.
 
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