Ohio State and LSU IN!

[DJRider]

Its Ohio State and LSU!

[Wayne 1]

Its Ohio State and LSU!

The big game in New Orleans I presume?:music::hee:

[tbakergobuck]

It's been a crazy college football season. Who would've thought Ohio State would make it back to the National Championship game this year after the talent they lost to the NFL. Hopefully this year the Buckeyes can prove to all there haters that they have a good team. :fingers:

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[Wayne 1]

I know I'll be watching!:headbang2

[south8carolina]

This was by far the most down to the wire season ever. throughout the there were a lot of teams in and out of first place. OSU came in rankes 25th now they are playing LSU at home in the BCS championship game AGAIN. will the 51 days off be a contributing factor? who do you think will win?

[tbakergobuck]

OSU Beats LSU In Battle Of The Brains. lol
http://www.nbc4i.com/midwest/cmh/news.apx.-content-articles-CMH-2007-12-04-0035.html

[Wayne 1]

OSU Beats LSU In Battle Of The Brains. lol
http://www.nbc4i.com/midwest/cmh/news.apx.-content-articles-CMH-2007-12-04-0035.html

Question, must one be intelligent to be a good football player (other than the QB)? You know after that first concussion, does it matter.:ohcrap::hee:

[tbakergobuck]

Yea I just thought the study was funny.

[james2K]

tbaker vs. napfro :hee: :tu:

[Cheatachu72]

Yea I just thought the study was funny.

wait...isnt that nortre dame's excuse? they have higher academic standards than most schools? :rolleyes:

[Wayne 1]

wait...isnt that nortre dame's excuse? they have higher academic standards than most schools? :rolleyes:

LOL How many games have they won this year? :thought:

[wearmaize]

Well...
Michigan beat Notre Dame soundly.
Notre Dame scraped by Stanford.
Stanford beat Cal.
Cal used to be #2 in the country.
Cal beat the Vols.

So, Michigan is better than ND, who beat 2 possible BCS caliber teams, one of which was #2 in the country and another who played in the SEC Championship game.

So in reality ND is pretty good. =)

[ryn]

Go Tigers!
-From a gator fan. Gotta rep the SEC

[gdagreat]

OS will get ROCKED. it wont even be a game

[tbakergobuck]

Beanie has rushed for 100yds+ in eight games and has rushed over 200 yds twice this year against Michigan St. and Michigan. If he has another good day that should help take off a lot of presure on Boeckman. If Boeckman takes what the defense gives him and doesn't turn the ball over it should be a good game.

[tbakergobuck]

20 days left to the big game. :headbang2 I just hope the Buckeyes play a good game and if they don't I'm sure all the osu sprintuser haters will let me know. :hee: I just think it's funny how some people that make fun of osu don't even have a favorite team or just don't want to admit to who there team is. :lol:

[Cheatachu72]

I just hope the Buckeyes play a good game and if they don't I'm sure all the osu sprintuser haters will let me know. :hee: I just think it's funny how some people that make fun of osu don't even have a favorite team or just don't want to admit to who there team is. :lol:

you better be hoping they dont get blown out and embarass the big 10 again ;)

that being said, as much as it pains me, coming down to bowl season i got to cheer for the big 10. I honestly dont think the ohio state is the number one program in the country this season, but we'll see

just looked up the CFB predictions (http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=141447) and found this gem:


I think both Michigan and USC will end up undefeated (yes... I think we will get that OSU monkey off of our back this year) and will play for the championship!

So... what are your predictions?

that being said, if Bucky heads down to florida and lays the smack down on the SEC vol's i will be very happy....but I am just happy to be watching a game on Jan 1 :D

Michigan v. Florida and Illinois v. USC are going to be fun ones to watch too....if if if if if the big ten is able to sweep all those bowl games (and that is a big if) i will be an extremely happy gentleman


however if the OSU gets embarassed again 41-14 dont you worry, i will be back in here talking smack :lol:

[tbakergobuck]

If OSU was to get spanked again in the Championship Game really no Big Ten team/fan should be saying anything considering OSU beat them.

[Cheatachu72]

If OSU was to get spanked again in the Championship Game really no Big Ten team/fan should be saying anything considering OSU beat them.


:rolleyes:

[flipn0tic]

LOL he has a point

[nohbdyshero]

They won't sweep those games I am a diehard MI fan but they just can't handle a running QB and now they have the best one in the country. It's gonna be a slaughter

[wearmaize]

Nah... the Heisman winner last year (and I wonder who that was) seemed to gain like 20 lbs between the Michigan game to the Florida game.

Michigan will win a tight one.

Yeah right.


It really depends how Hart and Henne decide to play.

[tbakergobuck]

however if the OSU gets embarassed again 41-14 dont you worry, i will be back in here talking smack :lol:That's fine but I will remind you how the Badgers lost by 21 against Ohio State and they couldn't stop Beanie form running the same play well from different sides. :lol:

Ohio State will not overlook LSU like they did Florida last year. I would think the Ohio State players will have extra motivation to prove to all there doubters that they are a good football team. I bet if Ohio State wins then OSU haters will be saying they should have played a different team. I just think it's funny when people talk smack especially after the game when they don't even have a college football team or they just don't want to admit to who there team is or there team already got beat by Ohio State earlier in the season. :lol: Win or lose I think most college football fans would love to see there team have a opportunity to play for a National Championship game. Ohio State has been to the National Championship game 3 times in 5 years and some people still think there not good. :rolleyes: If the Pats win all there games and get spanked in the Superbowl does that mean there a bad team? :scratch:

[wearmaize]

Well, you guys don't have an outside shot if you injure your best player after he scores a touchdown!

[Cheatachu72]

ah yes...everyone who doesnt like the team you support is a 'hater'

:rolleyes:

[NONAME]

ah yes...everyone who doesnt like the team you support is a 'hater'

:rolleyes::hee:..........:good:.....;)

[some18mybrain]

If the Pats win all there games and get spanked in the Superbowl does that mean there a bad team? :scratch:

It's funny, but according to their fans, they just might be.....Best example for that is the Yankees. They win the AL east just about every year. Have won more championships than any other professional team. But if they don't win in the playoffs or the world series every year, the fans think they suck. Every teams fan thinks they should win the championship every year. Lofty expectation? Of coarse. But that doesn't stop the fans from wanting it. I personally think any team making it to the playoffs in a given year is an accomplishment they should be proud of, but unfortunately, most fans don't feel the same way.

[tbakergobuck]

:hee:..........:good:.....;)Speaking of OSU haters. :lol: Now your a LSU fan? :hee:

[Wayne 1]

The other OSU is my favorite team. They're a better basketball school than football. Such is life.....My prediction is they'll win their bowl and so will OU. :Popcorn2:

[ccalvinn]

20 days left to the big game. :headbang2 I just hope the Buckeyes play a good game and if they don't I'm sure all the osu sprintuser haters will let me know. :hee: I just think it's funny how some people that make fun of osu don't even have a favorite team or just don't want to admit to who there team is. :lol:

I don't know if I've said it here (on SU), but it is my main College Football Philosophy....

Root for your Team (GO BLUE!)
Root for your Conference (Big Ten!)
Root for your rivals (OSU, USC, Notre Damn, MSU...)

I rooted for OSU in the national title game last year and they broke my heart. I rooted for Wisconsin, Penn State and all Big Ten teams last year in their bowl games. I only 'hate' on OSU when it is close to The Game or when an OSU lover talks smack about Michigan. I will Root for OSU this year even though they are going up against a team with a Michigan Man as a coach. And if they lose I will be disapointed.

just looked up the CFB predictions (http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=141447) and found this gem:

Originally Posted by ccalvinn
I think both Michigan and USC will end up undefeated (yes... I think we will get that OSU monkey off of our back this year) and will play for the championship!

So... what are your predictions?

Heh.... guess we didn't get that monkey off of our back. A great quote about monkeys: "Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!"

If OSU was to get spanked again in the Championship Game really no Big Ten team/fan should be saying anything considering OSU beat them.

ahem... Illinois?

They won't sweep those games I am a diehard MI fan but they just can't handle a running QB and now they have the best one in the country. It's gonna be a slaughter

I don't know about that... lets not forget that when Tebow got the heisman, he also had a cast on his hand. Also this should (SHOULD) be the first time since the first snap of the season that we are healthy. Florida's defense is suspect, and Michigan should be able to put points on the board. Now we will still have problems with Tebow & company putting points up of their own, but I see a possible shootout... last team to score wins!

Ohio State will not overlook LSU like they did Florida last year. I would think the Ohio State players will have extra motivation to prove to all there doubters that they are a good football team.

I saw that Tressel is taking less time in New Orleans this year (only 5 days instead of 10). They were ****y last year and weren't prepared enough. This year will be different. The only downside is if they are better and properly prepared this year AND they lose.. ouch.

I bet if Ohio State wins then OSU haters will be saying they should have played a different team.

No matter who wins people will complain that someone else should have played (Oklahoma, Georgia, USC....)

I just think it's funny when people talk smack especially after the game when they don't even have a college football team or they just don't want to admit to who there team is or there team already got beat by Ohio State earlier in the season. :lol:

Talking smack is part of the game. Win or lose you talk smack. As said above I'll always be a fan of OSU so long as they are a rival of UofM and/or are in the Big Ten. If in the next few years the pendulum of this great UofM/OSU rivalry swings back to Michigan I fully expect to hear smack from OSU fans.
Win or lose I think most college football fans would love to see there team have a opportunity to play for a National Championship game. Ohio State has been to the National Championship game 3 times in 5 years and some people still think there not good. :rolleyes:

Keep in mind this is not the same team that Beat Miami for the Championship, or even the same team that got beat by Florida last year. I don't think there are many people out there that are true college football fans that wil say the OSU football PROGRAM is not good, but year to year the team changes. This team has to stand up on their own two feet and PROVE they are a good team. They got beat by Illinois (sounds worse than it is this year), only put up 14 on their rival UofM, played a truly cupcake out of conference schedule, and are in a conference that is down this year. So far I don't see any proof that they are the best team in college football this year. Show me on Jan 7 with a win and I'll admit they are the best this year.

[Cheatachu72]

:good:

i was wondering if you were going to stumble in here and find out i quoted you from the predictions thread :D

Root for your rivals (OSU, USC, Notre Damn, MSU...)

typo or intentional? :D

Show me on Jan 7 with a win and I'll admit they are the best this year.

agreed....however i am extremely worried 'the' OSU will blow it, even though they beat Wisco, they didnt look like a national championship caliber team in my opinion. I give their recruiting (best money can buy) and coaching respect to be able to field a darn impressive team every, year. It is my opinion that they snuck into the Nat'l Championship this year through a back-door instead of getting there by deserving it...

i will be rooting for 'the' OSU come Jan. 7, but if they get shelacked (again) i will not be surprised....aparently this makes me a 'hater' :rolleyes:

[wearmaize]

:good:



typo or intentional? :D


I agree with the good posting, but...
Who didn't like last year's Michigan vs. Ohio State game? Other than when we lost, it was great, and it lived up to the tremendous hype. Ohio State played Northwestern, I believe, before the Michigan game at the same time Michigan played, and they barely won. I was watching Michigan and rooting for OSU, because "The Game" was going to be so much fun to watch.

Besides, its more bearable to lose to you rival, the #1 team in the country, than your other rival, unranked.

Go OSU.

[tbakergobuck]

Talking smack is part of the game. Win or lose you talk smack.

Keep in mind this is not the same team that Beat Miami for the Championship, or even the same team that got beat by Florida last year. I don't think there are many people out there that are true college football fans that wil say the OSU football PROGRAM is not good, but year to year the team changes. This team has to stand up on their own two feet and PROVE they are a good team. They got beat by Illinois (sounds worse than it is this year), only put up 14 on their rival UofM, played a truly cupcake out of conference schedule, and are in a conference that is down this year. So far I don't see any proof that they are the best team in college football this year. Show me on Jan 7 with a win and I'll admit they are the best this year.I understand talking smack is part of the game but I just think some people shouldn't being talking smack. I kinda forgot about Illinois and I know they beat the Buckeyes by 7 points. However after reading this article about the The referee who oversaw a seven-man officiating team makes me wonder if he had money on the game. If he did who knows if it would have change the outcome.
http://10tv.com/?sec=wbnsosufootball&story=sites/10tv/content/pool/200712/1138490763.html

agreed....however i am extremely worried 'the' OSU will blow it, even though they beat Wisco, they didnt look like a national championship caliber team in my opinion. I give their recruiting (best money can buy) and coaching respect to be able to field a darn impressive team every, year. It is my opinion that they snuck into the Nat'l Championship this year through a back-door instead of getting there by deserving it...

i will be rooting for 'the' OSU come Jan. 7, but if they get shelacked (again) i will not be surprised....aparently this makes me a 'hater' :rolleyes:This College Football season has been very odd to say the least. This year I don't think any team has clearly looked like a National Championship caliber team. You say OSU snuck into the National Championship game but what about LSU with 2 losses?

[Cheatachu72]

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Top-ranked Ohio State will be without two cornerbacks -- one a starter and the other a top reserve -- who have been suspended for the Allstate BCS Championship Game against LSU, according to media reports.

Donald Washington, a sophomore who has started every game this season for the Buckeyes (11-1), and backup Eugene Clifford were suspended for violating team rules, WCMH-TV and The Columbus Dispatch reported Wednesday.

Athletic director Gene Smith declined Thursday to confirm the suspensions and said there was "work to be done" before he could confirm them.

Washington, in particular, played a key role in an Ohio State defense ranked among the best in the nation. He had 34 tackles, tied for seventh-best on the team with second-team All-American lineman Vernon Gholston, and also had two tackles for minus yardage, one sack, one interception and one fumble recovery.

Washington, 21, started at nickel back a year ago and moved into the starting spot at field corner this spring. In a 48-3 win over Kent State on Oct. 13, the Indianapolis native returned an interception 70 yards for a touchdown and recorded his first career sack.

With him out of the lineup, redshirt freshman Chimdi Chekwa will most likely move into the starting position.

Clifford was a prized recruit last spring after receiving all-state and several national honors during his days at Colerain High School.

He was listed as Malcolm Jenkins' backup at border corner on the Buckeyes' latest two-deep chart.

Clifford had played in four games, totaling eight tackles.

The Buckeyes' final workout before the holidays was on Wednesday. They will be off until returning on Dec. 26, then will practice for a week before flying to New Orleans on Jan. 2.

Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls07/news/story?id=3162942

[tbakergobuck]

Well it's not as bad as Florida State's suspensions but Ohio State has suspended two cornerbacks for violating team rules. :irked: One is a starter and the other is a top reserve. I guess the good thing is that Ohio State still has a few weeks to get things worked out. Tressel could've pushed this under the rug like most coaches but I applaud him for doing what he did. Don't worry I will not make this a excuse.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls07/news/story?id=3162942

[Cheatachu72]

I understand talking smack is part of the game but I just think some people shouldn't being talking smack. I kinda forgot about Illinois and I know they beat the Buckeyes by 7 points. However after reading this article about the The referee who oversaw a seven-man officiating team makes me wonder if he had money on the game. If he did who knows if it would have change the outcome.
http://10tv.com/?sec=wbnsosufootball&story=sites/10tv/content/pool/200712/1138490763.html

This College Football season has been very odd to say the least. This year I don't think any team has clearly looked like a National Championship caliber team. You say OSU snuck into the National Championship game but what about LSU with 2 losses?

your team only lost because of a possibly corrupt official?! :laughing: are you real? it wasnt because Illinois played a good game and on that given day in history were better than 'the' ohio state on the field, but the corrupt officials made them lose :laughing: :laughing:

LSU's two losses both came in triple overtime to other winning, bowl-bound, teams (Kentucky and Arkansas). Also, you could make arguements why USC, Oklahoma or Virginia Tech should be in the big dance...but when 'the' ohio state played their last game of the season they werent in the national championship.

and besides the Badgers, what was the other top 25 team 'the' ohio state beat ;)

[Cheatachu72]

Well it's not as bad as Florida State's suspensions but Ohio State has suspended two cornerbacks for violating team rules. :irked: One is a starter and the other is a top reserve. I guess the good thing is that Ohio State still has a few weeks to get things worked out. Tressel could've pushed this under the rug like most coaches but I applaud him for doing what he did. Don't worry I will not make this a excuse.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls07/news/story?id=3162942

take a look at the post directly before the post you made :tu:

[ccalvinn]

:good:

i was wondering if you were going to stumble in here and find out i quoted you from the predictions thread :D

Root for your rivals (OSU, USC, Notre Damn, MSU...)

typo or intentional? :D



Oh that was intentional...:devangel:


agreed....however i am extremely worried 'the' OSU will blow it, even though they beat Wisco, they didnt look like a national championship caliber team in my opinion. I give their recruiting (best money can buy) and coaching respect to be able to field a darn impressive team every, year. It is my opinion that they snuck into the Nat'l Championship this year through a back-door instead of getting there by deserving it...

We'll just have to see.... maybe OSU will win in triple overtime and then LSU fans can still brag that they are undefeated in regulation and deserve to be champion!

i will be rooting for 'the' OSU come Jan. 7, but if they get shelacked (again) i will not be surprised....aparently this makes me a 'hater' :rolleyes:

hater.:D

[ccalvinn]

I understand talking smack is part of the game but I just think some people shouldn't being talking smack.

Who shouldn't be talking smack? You get it from either informed fans who will bring all of the faults of a team into the light of day (which you can rebuff, make fun of, or ignore alltogether), or it is from someoen with nothing more intelligent to say than 'oSu SUCks anD is goIng to Loose' which deserves nothing more than blissfull silence in return.

I kinda forgot about Illinois and I know they beat the Buckeyes by 7 points. However after reading this article about the The referee who oversaw a seven-man officiating team makes me wonder if he had money on the game. If he did who knows if it would have change the outcome.
http://10tv.com/?sec=wbnsosufootball&story=sites/10tv/content/pool/200712/1138490763.html

Well with all the uproar about the bad calls and officiating during that game it must have been that ref. :rolleyes:

This College Football season has been very odd to say the least. This year I don't think any team has clearly looked like a National Championship caliber team. You say OSU snuck into the National Championship game but what about LSU with 2 losses?

It doesn't matter who was in the National Championship game, they all would have snuck or backed in:

OSU backed in because they were ranked 7th then without playing anybody got to #1.

LSU snuck in because they were ranked lower than Georgia and went over them without beating them in one game.

USC would have snuck in with a humiliating loss at home from Stanford.

Kansas would have snuck in without beating anyone of consequnce (and losing to the only team of consequnce they played)

VaTech would have snuck in with a humilitaing loss to LSU.

Similar stories for Oklahoma, Hawaii, and every other ranked team.

No one had a rightfull claim on the National Championship this year. The only way to truly find a champion this year is a playoff.

[tbakergobuck]

your team only lost because of a possibly corrupt official?! :laughing: are you real? it wasnt because Illinois played a good game and on that given day in history were better than 'the' ohio state on the field, but the corrupt officials made them lose :laughing: :laughing:

I kinda forgot about Illinois and I know they beat the Buckeyes by 7 points. However after reading this article about the The referee who oversaw a seven-man officiating team makes me wonder if he had money on the game. If he did who knows if it would have change the outcome.
http://10tv.com/?sec=wbnsosufootball&story=sites/10tv/content/pool/200712/1138490763.html
Ohio State scored a TD 23 seconds into the Illinois game. Illinois came right back only to clearly fumble the ball into the endzone which Ohio State recovered. For what ever reason there was no reply. Corrupt official or not those officials should have not been officiating that game plain and simple (prior issues with them). I never said that if the Officials made the right call Ohio State would have won but it would have definitely swung momentum back to Ohio State. Geessshhh

[tbakergobuck]

Not that it really matters but here's the video of the blown call in the Ohio State vs Illinois game. I really never said to much about it but after reading the article about the bad offical it just made me wonder that's all....I guess that makes me Mr. Excuses :rolleyes:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4vmvbgkQASk

[Cheatachu72]

Not that it really matters but here's the video of the blown call in the Ohio State vs Illinois game. I really never said to much about it but after reading the article about the bad offical it just made me wonder that's all....I guess that makes me Mr. Excuses :rolleyes:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4vmvbgkQASk

the second related video that youtube is titled:
Ohio State "****ING SORE LOSERS" Buckeyes

:laughing:

shows the classy buckeyes players shaking hands after the game

[tbakergobuck]

I figured you would say something about that. :hee:

Somewhat good news for the Buckeyes. Donald Washington the starter will not be suspended for the game but Eugene Clifford will be.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls07/news/story?id=3162942

[Cheatachu72]

I figured you would say something about that. :hee:

Somewhat good news for the Buckeyes. Donald Washington the starter will not be suspended for the game but Eugene Clifford will be.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls07/news/story?id=3162942

speaking of suspensions....good news for my team, two vols academincally ineligible for the bowl game :clap:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3164159

we need all the help we can get :D

on a serious note, how are you academically ineligible? any div 1 football program provides tutors, study guides,and if you are the University of MN basketball team you even do the homework for the students....i mean it is not like a communications major is THAT hard to get a C average...

[ccalvinn]

speaking of suspensions....good news for my team, two vols academincally ineligible for the bowl game :clap:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3164159

we need all the help we can get :D

on a serious note, how are you academically ineligible? any div 1 football program provides tutors, study guides,and if you are the University of MN basketball team you even do the homework for the students....i mean it is not like a communications major is THAT hard to get a C average...

hater. :D

[SL]

O-H-I-O! ! !

:ninja:

[wearmaize]

If Ohio State's offensive line can win the battle in the trenches, I don't think LSU will be able to win.

However, if they can't, they'll get picked apart.

[tbakergobuck]

Hopefully Boekman gets some time to throw early in the game and completes some passes. That will open up the run. Ohio State defense has to contain the LSU's QB's and not give up big plays. Arkansas and Kentucky racked up 40+ points on the LSU so hopefully Ohio State learned something from those games.