Big time OSU fan here, feel they should easily be number 2 this year. Pisses me off with the sanctions..Notre Dame might be the worst number 1 team in the history of college football.
About the block, I didn't see it and for some reason on here its not letting me, but I bet its a fantastic one that should be celebrated, not one that is gonna make coach chew you out for. The NFL and college football are just this way nowadays. You hit somebody too hard and they stay down, theres a 99 percent chance of a flag and its just ridicilous. Football is a tough game to play. If your Wes Welker and you go over the middle of the field, be prepared to be lit up by Ryan Clark. But no, the NFL protects him and all the midget receivers they have so anybody can do it now.
You want to watch football, go to a high school game here in Western PA. FANTASTIC. It's my favorite sport. They let stuff go. They can hit the qb, they can make big blocks, big hits.. its football at it's truest form.
It will be in a Year in Review montage on SC. Very big block coming back on the play. Shoulder lowered to the chest explosion. Beautiful.
I played DE and OLB in High School football and I was lit up once on a block like that (obviously not as massive, but still) and I got up and knew that it was my fault for not keeping my eyes open but at the same time there are moments where a great block is a great block and you just are not going to see it coming in time. I wouldn't be looking for a penalty flag and I doubt the guy that got jack'd up in the video would either.
There's no way Ohio State would be ranked 1 or 2. They played a much easier schedule than both Notre Dame and Alabama. Their best win would the 3rd best team (maybe) on ND's schedule and 4th (maybe) on Alabama's.
Notre Dame's schedule isn't close to being as weak as people think it is. They beat two top ten teams in Stanford and Okalahoma (road) plus beating a bunch of common opponents with Ohio State.
There's no way Ohio State would be ranked ahead of them. The Big 10 has been down for years and this year was probably the worst year for the league that I can remember. There's literally no argument to place them above either ND or Alabama.
There's also no use for any Ohio State fan to complain about NCAA rules considering the NCAA let a number of suspensions wait until the next season a couple of years ago so some guys could play in a BCS bowl they would of lost without them.
I know nobody likes OSU here but a select few, but I'm dying to know what you guys think about the AP ratings? Any other year, OSU would be #1 or #2. Any other year. This really bothers me, and not just because I'm a fan, but because this game is rigged out of it's mind and they get away with it. I was pissed off for years that Boise State didn't get a chance and now this is just to make sure the game doesn't have any question marks.
It's almost as if all these people who make huge money off CFB deliberately go out and steal money out of the pockets of fans and get away with it. They even advertise it and yet nobody will say a thing.
What are your thoughts on this?
Despite going UNDEFEATED, OSU is essentially being disrespected from the media around the country. Braxton being snubbed from going to NYC, Shazier being snubbed LB of the year (Big Ten), and just plain disrespect. They are the #1 team in the country over Notre Dame. We went to OT with Purdue ok, but ND went to three OT's with PITT and should have lost that game if it wasn't for the refs along with the Stanford game, it wasn't over Taylor scored a TD. All I got to say is, Urban wants a pissed of Football Team, he's going to get pissed off team come spring ball that's for sure.
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If they sign Routt, they're halfway to reassembling the 2011 Raiders secondary (along with Van Dyke)....which was really bad, bad to the point that the Raiders cut every one of them before the season.
Ohio State got what they deserved. Stop scheduling pansy OoCs and cheating and things will work out more nicely. Also shutting the program down would do a lot to get me to stop loathing their guts so much.
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Ohio State got what they deserved. Stop scheduling pansy OoCs and cheating and things will work out more nicely. Also shutting the program down would do a lot to get me to stop loathing their guts so much.
Well, the Pirates certainly aren't undervaluing Garret Jones. According to Rob Biertempfel they asked the Mariners for Taijuan Walker. Walker, who turned 20 in August, was B-A's #20 prospect entering this year (for comparison's sake, Taillon was #15).
Brett Bielma is taking the head job at Arkansas, leaving an opening at Wisconsin.
Wonder who Wisconsin's first choice would be?
Ugh. You just know Pitt's going to end up getting screwed here. Program just can't catch a break. Yeah, Youngstown State, etc, etc... but I think Chryst is going to become a solid head coach.
Purdue
It’s a Great Opportunity Because … Penn State and Wisconsin aren’t as scary as in the past out of the Leaders Division, which could create an opening behind Ohio State. Purdue is a program with a lot of tradition and rich history, which can be recruiting tools when leveraged properly.
It’s a Career-Killer Because … the Boilermakers have been a quintessential middling Big Ten program for far too long. The program hasn’t won more than seven games since 2007, and last appeared in the Rose Bowl 12 years ago. It’s never going to compete with the likes of Ohio State and Michigan for the Midwest’s best athletes.
The Key Decision-Maker: AD Morgan Burke
His Wish List Might Include … Darrell Hazell (Kent State head coach), Pete Lembo (Ball State head coach), Randy Fichtner (Pittsburgh Steelers quarterbacks coach), Butch Jones (Cincinnati head coach). Notoriously tight with their salary budget for this opening, the Boilermakers might finally be willing to loosen the purse strings in order to make a splash. Jones is the front-runner.
Would you turn down Tyler Kennedy for Morgan Reilly just because of their positions?
Crap that is a good comparison. But it's a little different, because the Pirates don't really have a replacement for Jones, while the Pens have people to take TK's spot (like Tangradi or Jeffery). Pens also don't have any prospect at the level of Rielly, sorry Pouliot and Morrow.
Crap that is a good comparison. But it's a little different, because the Pirates don't really have a replacement for Jones, while the Pens have people to take TK's spot (like Tangradi or Jeffery). Pens also don't have any prospect at the level of Rielly, sorry Pouliot and Morrow.
In baseball, you can never enough pitching prospects. You just keep stockpiling them.
Pitching prospects are far more valuable in baseball than defenders in hockey.
I wouldn't exactly say we should be looking for pitching prospects, but hey, if someone will overpay he'll yes. Seattle is sorta like us in the sense that they're drowning in young pitching, but can't score runs. If they're interested in Jones then you ask for the most value you can get...and Walker is one of the best prospects in baseball.
Which is precisely why thwy won't trade him for Garrett bleeping Jones.
Routt signed with Texans. Not sure if the Steelers will continue looking for a UFA or just go with their young CB's at this point.
It is really amazing how bad Pitt's luck is. I never thought Wisconsin's coach would leave there or at least not for a really long time so I figured Chryst would be safe for a good while.
It will be interesting to see who Wisconsin will go after. I think they will kick the tires of bigger name coaches first but those guys could be hard for them to pry away so I can definitely see Chryst becoming their prime target.
The biggest thing I want to know is...in what world is Arkansas a better job than Wisconsin?
Wisconsin is a Big Ten power...Arksansas is an SEC mediocrity that has largely been irrelevant since joining the SEC two bleeping decades ago.
I don't get it, especially considering Bielema is from Big Ten country (from Illinois, went to Iowa, and outside of two seasons as a Co-DC at Kansas State his almost two decades of coaching has been in the Big Ten). I can get why guys go from smaller schools to lousy programs in bigger conferences, because the pay is a million times better, but that isn't the case here. It's a definitely raise, but to jump from a perennial winner to a mediocrity when you make what Bielema already was at Wisconsin...it's hard to respect the guy right now.
If I were a Badgers fan/alumni, I'd be livid. He even got a sizable pay raise when he signed his new five year deal last February.
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