Johnny G speaking some truth.
Im hopeful. I’m also a realist. Unless the coaching staff has learned from, and attacked the obvious issues everyone sees, I’m not sure this talented team will win.
I believe they can win. Talent is everywhere. Now put them in a place to achieve victory.
Fitzbuck | Toledo - Ohio's right armpit | "A troll by any other name is still a troll".
sadly, we did not see changes all year long after the Iowa game, I just don't see them making changes in a few weeks.
Defense will make stops when it needs to, Day will call vanilla anti-aggressive play calls, stick to HIS game plan, and the offense will stall out like a 92 civic in michigan during Jan.
Go bucks,
The only way the bucks pull this off, is if the hole team is all in for each other, Ryan Day and staff included. If they truly FIGHT THE TEAM ACROSS THE FIELD with heart, they can do it. That is the only way. Miles and miles of heart. Paging Shane Falco………
"Life is not about how hard you can hit, it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. THATS HOW WINNING IS DONE!!" - Rocky Ballboa
Little perspective on that score, HW. LSU had an incredibly stupid blocked FG go against them for a TD. half their team was walking off the field when it happened.
Would love to see Ryan Day lose his mind, toss his headset to the ground and foam a little at the mouth when something goes against him. I think his team needs to see that in him and carry it over on to the field.
I’m a realist and for this game I keep thinking of Joe Germaine at FSU years ago. No time to pass and pressured throughout the game. I hope not and I hope we have a competitive game. Would love to win it all in an underdog role. I think we’ll need to see Stroud run to be another threat and I just don’t see that happening. Go Bucks and win it all.
not sure why all the down votes. cult must be riled up this morning. this seems like a reasonable observation. hope to win (or at least have a competitive game) but my gut and my eyes are not sure this team has what it takes to put it all together when it counts against top level competition. if we cannot run for at least 100 yards in this game, we are in trouble and from what I have seen so far this year, I dont see that happening against this defense and Kirby knows it. we should have a good idea pretty quick how this team will do. if they come out and throw a couple of WR screens and go three and out, we will be blown out.
not sure why all the down votes. cult must be riled up this morning.
if we cannot run for at least 100 yards in this game, we are in trouble and from what I have seen so far this yea
1st point: Because people are like lemmings.
2nd point: I don’t give a shit how good Jalen Carter and their run defense is, if we totally give up on the run game, as Coach Day did vs. TTUN, our drives stall in the red zone. At that point, he’s learned nothing and it’s game over.
As you get older, three things happen: The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.
It’s the National Championship Semifinal “on the road” against the undefeated number one team and defending National champion. Of course the threat level is extreme.
Go Bucks! Ohio against an upside down world!
Time and change will surely show how firm thy friendship, O HI O.
The universe will always balance itself when some force impacts the equilibrium of things. OSU losing two in a row against the rodents is definitely an imbalance. It's already written. Bucks win it all.
"You ever hear of the saying "you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole; you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole." - Raylan Givens
I'll add: we need coach Ryan Day to lose his sh*t in a big way and stay peed off and show his players how to fight. This team has been criticized as soft... that's because RD is too mild most of the time.. He changes... the team changes.
Feel like everyone is discounting the idea that the OSU D holds Georgia in check for large portions of this game.
16 against UK, 27 against a meh UT D, 26 against Missouri.
They can score but there is no guarantee they put up 30+.
Don't think this will be a defensive struggle, but OSU D's one big weakness (CB) isn't an area of strength for them. So as long as we keep their TEs in check keeping them under 30 may be pretty realistic.
I hate to say this but I think the column next year needs to be threat level Ohio State--i.e. the threat we pose to TTUN. Once we get the rivalry back on track, we can flip it back to TTUN's threat to us. I just don't see how next year the TTUN threat to the Buckeyes is not extreme every week--even if TTUN loses every week by 100!
Without a running game C.J. will get pressure right in his lap all night and we have seen that C. J. is afraid of being hurt and gun shy under pressure. Georgia is fast, big, and physical.
Can we at least celebrate that this season produced an SEC West in shambles? Jimbo's team lost to App St. at home. Arkansas was a quality loss that wasn't. LSU lost opening weekend then played clown music and clowned Saban (, who pathetically showed up on SECCG weekend only at halftime to pander to the committee, and who people have begun to utter "end" and "dynasty" about... yes also who nearly went undefeated but also who equally nearly went 7-5, and who would have lost UGa, without question). That's pretty fun. Also Dabo's team stinks so bad DJU hit the portal.
When this game is over, we will look back at it and wonder what we were worried about all the time. We are literally the first serious test Georgia has faced all season. The TTUN loss could not have come at a better time. We will steam roll them in the championship or TCU. Calling this in from the heavens.
I appreciate the "ThreatCon", Mr. Ginter. Now, here's the SITREP (Situation Report):
-You have a weary Georgia team, whose head coach doesn't know which team he is going to face. Is he going to prep for the longball, pocket passer? Or is he going to face a dynamic explosive offense, where pass and run is about evenly distributed, to include a running QB? Stroud has shown unwillingness to run in the past, but I also think there are NFL scouts who want to see more than bubble screens, and lateral/backward runs for hurries. Stroud likely has THAT on the back of his mind -- He knows that many want to see it, to include future bosses.
-Jaylen Carter now has a bullseye on his forehead. Good. Now the rest of Georgia's defense will have to step up. Will they? At the same time, our secondary will need to show up, as Stetson Bennett is expected to take advantage of a sleeping secondary. He's going to test to see if our secondary can wake up, track and attack the ball, without timidness. He also knows that our linebackers will be pulling heavy duty, so he's going to shovel in the paint, as well.
-Georgia's defense are expecting "Zone 6" to run route, but aren't expecting any blocking worth noting, so they are going to try to bully them. That's going to have to stop, as offensive weapons also need to commit to blocking and helping setup plays selflesslessly. If CJ manages to run? The offensive weapons who aren't the O Line need to block for their field general. The Sugar Bowl game I. CFP Playoff 1 remains the standard on this, as EVERYONE, INCLUDING CARDALE, blocked as needed, to make gains.
-Ohio State coaching must be adaptive and explosive. You can't take the amount of time it takes to look at milk carton dates and the best eggs in the dairy aisle to call the plays. Give no one a chance to read your signals. And above all, "march across the field", one progressive run and pass at a time, so you can set up that deep ball that you so love to commit to. Defense? Keep shuffling the deck, and keep Smart over-guessing.
- The "Buckeye Battering Ram" needs to be brought back and utilized. This was something that was started by Jim Tressel in the Terrelle Pryor years, and perfected by Urban Meyer: The Rotational Chamber of cannonball, after cannonball runner, breaking and breaching their defensive walls and vanguards, is some of the most effective Buckeye football ever played. With Chip now in arsenal? I expect that this will return. GOOD.
When you breakdown the SITREP, fundamentals and the attitude to get the jobs done are the difference maker, be it player or coach.
We all know what needs to be done to win. The team has had a long rest and better be prepared. It's their game, their pride, their title to win. We're about to see how bad they want to win.
Johhny; "This loss to michigan broke me". We're you around in the 90's?
I'm not trying to win a popularity contest. I'm trying to win football games-- Woody Hayes
Like dogs eventually start to look like their owners, football teams begin to take on the persona of their coach. Bama can tend to play dirty and mean. Clemson plays dirty in a whole “different” way. Iowa plays D like a grumpy old man. Etc
This phenomenon is not necessarily a good thing in our case.
Day appears to be a really nice guy, a “gentleman” even. Gentlemen do not great coaches make.
like Day, our guys seem polite. Nice. Almost gentle in how they interact with the media.
Unfortunately, those words, at times throughout the season, could also describe our play.
Meyer was a lot of things, but gentleman is probably not used to describe him very often. Same for Woody.
Cooper? Gentleman. Day? Gentleman.
Is there still hope? I don’t know. I need to see him lose his __it a few times this game. Show some fire. Get an unsportsmanlike occasionally. Throw things! Get in the face of players! Impune their manhood! Hell, I’d even take a swing (and miss this time) at an opposing player!
Did Boeckman fuck up? or did his Oline? if Oline either it's talent, technique, scheme, recruiting, coaching. Couldn't bench entire line, couldn't fire coaches, no one new walking on to help, just work technique and scheme. in the meantime OSU needed TP2's wheels cuz oline couldn't keep defense off QB.
In Boeckman's case, he did reach his ceiling. And I do remember the controversy of the call to change the depth chart.
I guess, the point I was trying to make, is that Tressel was willing to bench people for reasons, past what the fans may or may not have wanted. The benching happened during the USC game, which I recall was a "big game". Rather abruptly, I add.
I wonder if HC Day has what it takes to do the same, of the same scenario should happen this weekend?
They've bene benching Defensive players in game all year. Not so much offense, they just don't play them for health reasons while others play on one leg with heathy backups not getting a lot of run.
Bench CJ for Kyle or Devin? Doubt that. Anyway your point is well taken.
The threat level is always high because it's Georgia. If these guys go in and play their best game on both sides of the ball and give it their all, though, they have a great chance to beat this Georgia team. Time to show what we've really got in terms of players and coaches.
UGA fan here. Not here to troll or argue, I don't like it when fans of opponents do so on UGA boards; I just like to read what our opponent's fans are thinking & saying (hell, this is the first time I've ever posted on another team's site). But I just had to register so I could post my appreciation for this article by Mr. Ginter. This is absolutely magnificent & has me thinking living in an abandoned lead mine in the lower Andes with an army of trained moles sounds like a cool retirement plan. I'm going to be checking out the archives for more of his writing.
Looking forward to meeting you guys Saturday night. Hoping for a great game & no injuries. Go Dawgs!
Thanks for commenting, we welcome polite visitors. If it ever happens that Georgia comes to Columbus one day, perhaps you could post if you're visiting. I'm sure someone here would be willing to be a gracious host and show you around The 'Shoe and surrounding area near the tailgate.
Hope it's a good clean game, and BTW, thank you for taking an NC from Satan...errrrrr...Saban last year.
Go BUCKS!
"The minute I think I'm getting mellow, I'm retiring. Who ever heard of a mellow winner?" - WWH
Thanks for the welcome. We are home & home with you guys in 2030 & 2031; I'm 64 so assuming I'm still around then I would love to come experience Gameday in Columbus in 2031, Kirby is working to strengthen the out of conference schedule. We were supposed to open with Oklahoma in 2023 but since they are coming into the SEC the conference "asked" us to find another opponent so we're now playing Ball State. You guys come to Athens in 2030 & I think you'll enjoy the experience. It's a much smaller city ( app. 130,000) than Columbus but it's totally centered around the school. You can walk to downtown from the stadium & enjoy the restaurants & bars post game. A lot of rankings consider it one of the best college towns in the country & the people are pretty friendly as well. If you can make the trip, I think it will be well worth your time & you'll enjoy it. In the South, college football has more in common with religion than a sporting event.
Welcome, Captain. We (generally) welcome fans of our opponents & enjoy their perspectives. Would enjoy hearing your thoughts on how the game will play out. Btw, I’m also 64. If you make it to Columbus in 2030 I’ll volunteer to be your host & tour guide
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."-Groucho Marx
Goals: Beat Michigan. Win the B1G East. Beat Michigan. Win the B1G CG. Beat Michigan. Win a Natty. Beat Michigan.
I look forward to taking you up on the offer, BuckeyeVet. My thoughts on how the game will play out? I haven't seen anybody run the ball effectively on UGA other than in spurts for a couple of years; the defensive line is too disruptive & the linebackers are too fast & tackle too well for anybody we've played so far to move the ball consistently on the ground. Where we are susceptible is where the Buckeyes are best: a really good QB throwing to really good receivers. We've been beaten for big plays in the secondary, often given up by Kelee Ringo. He also makes a lot of big plays for us. For all his size & speed at CB, his body control seems to be a challenge. He often struggles to change direction smoothly & ends up getting beaten or called for PI more often than you expect. Kamari Lassiter seems to have better instincts & has been our best CB this year.
If we can pressure Stroud & make him uncomfortable (whether we get him on the ground or not), I think we win the game by 10 or so points. If we don't get pressure on him consistently, it's a tossup. And if either team has a couple of turnovers, it will make a huge difference because both teams have offenses that will take advantage of turnovers.
Ohio State has talent all over the field too. The offense has to be great. No turnovers. TDs instead of FGs. QB run when the opportunity to get 7-8 cheap yards presents. The defense has to be better than good. Get a couple turnovers. Get a couple sacks.
It won’t be easy winning a de facto road game, but there’s enough talent to get it done.
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Threat level: eleventy
These go to eleven.
Urban Cowbuck
Johnny G speaking some truth.
Im hopeful. I’m also a realist. Unless the coaching staff has learned from, and attacked the obvious issues everyone sees, I’m not sure this talented team will win.
I believe they can win. Talent is everywhere. Now put them in a place to achieve victory.
Fitzbuck | Toledo - Ohio's right armpit | "A troll by any other name is still a troll".
sadly, we did not see changes all year long after the Iowa game, I just don't see them making changes in a few weeks.
Defense will make stops when it needs to, Day will call vanilla anti-aggressive play calls, stick to HIS game plan, and the offense will stall out like a 92 civic in michigan during Jan.
Go bucks,
But UGA 34-OSU 17
Bronson Lillemon
5 bad plays on defense and a few bad play calls doesn't mean they suck. You wouldn't know it reading these comments.
The only way the bucks pull this off, is if the hole team is all in for each other, Ryan Day and staff included. If they truly FIGHT THE TEAM ACROSS THE FIELD with heart, they can do it. That is the only way. Miles and miles of heart. Paging Shane Falco………
"Life is not about how hard you can hit, it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. THATS HOW WINNING IS DONE!!" - Rocky Ballboa
Gotta keep up with Georgia, don't want to get in a huge whole early.
See what I did there?
Yeah...
Then you remember, LSU threw for 500 yards, scored 30 and lost by 20, in the SEC CG.
TBDSNITL: The best damn screen name in the land!
Little perspective on that score, HW. LSU had an incredibly stupid blocked FG go against them for a TD. half their team was walking off the field when it happened.
Take 7 away and add 3... 43-33. Not that bad.
No matter what, I think the Bucks will bring the fight. This will be a four-quarter game.
Would love to see Ryan Day lose his mind, toss his headset to the ground and foam a little at the mouth when something goes against him. I think his team needs to see that in him and carry it over on to the field.
I’m a realist and for this game I keep thinking of Joe Germaine at FSU years ago. No time to pass and pressured throughout the game. I hope not and I hope we have a competitive game. Would love to win it all in an underdog role. I think we’ll need to see Stroud run to be another threat and I just don’t see that happening. Go Bucks and win it all.
Stroud did say in the presser he would do whatever it takes to win. Now what that means to him versus you and me is yet to be seen.
not sure why all the down votes. cult must be riled up this morning. this seems like a reasonable observation. hope to win (or at least have a competitive game) but my gut and my eyes are not sure this team has what it takes to put it all together when it counts against top level competition. if we cannot run for at least 100 yards in this game, we are in trouble and from what I have seen so far this year, I dont see that happening against this defense and Kirby knows it. we should have a good idea pretty quick how this team will do. if they come out and throw a couple of WR screens and go three and out, we will be blown out.
Big B
1st point: Because people are like lemmings.
2nd point: I don’t give a shit how good Jalen Carter and their run defense is, if we totally give up on the run game, as Coach Day did vs. TTUN, our drives stall in the red zone. At that point, he’s learned nothing and it’s game over.
As you get older, three things happen: The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.
It’s the National Championship Semifinal “on the road” against the undefeated number one team and defending National champion. Of course the threat level is extreme.
Go Bucks! Ohio against an upside down world!
Time and change will surely show how firm thy friendship, O HI O.
The universe will always balance itself when some force impacts the equilibrium of things. OSU losing two in a row against the rodents is definitely an imbalance. It's already written. Bucks win it all.
"You ever hear of the saying "you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole; you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole." - Raylan Givens
Totally agree, but when I say stuff like that, I get weird looks & people think I'm nuts.
Beat dawgs!
Go Bucks!!!
David Peck
Be different
Play fast
Avoid tendencies
Call plays to setup plays
Get back to chess and throw out the checker playbook
Here's what we need
Improved play calling when we have the ball
Cornerback play needs to improve from what we saw during the season
Every Buckeye needs to block well (looking at you, Cade)
Stop the "Unicorn" tight ends that the Saturday Evening SEC homers praise without end
Take the ball away
I'll add: we need coach Ryan Day to lose his sh*t in a big way and stay peed off and show his players how to fight. This team has been criticized as soft... that's because RD is too mild most of the time.. He changes... the team changes.
I was mostly just making a joke from NBC’s the office in that the first letter of my points spells INCEST
In a perfect world, OSU beats Georgia and then Michigan for the NC. That would return us to normalcy.
"The minute I think I'm getting mellow, I'm retiring. Who ever heard of a mellow winner?" - WWH
Does the team get gold pants if it plays out that way?
I'll buy them gold pants myself if it plays out that way.
Richie Rich here
What's this "if" stuff? !
Yes, we getting gold pants. Berg. ;)
When they beat TTUN in the playoffs they will get a shiny gold ring to go with those pants.
Is the gold pants game:
A) The regular season game
B) The Big Ten Championship rematch
C) The Playoff re-re-match
D) All of the above
The kind you put on a chain *and* the kind to be worn.
"The minute I think I'm getting mellow, I'm retiring. Who ever heard of a mellow winner?" - WWH
yep going to be a scoring game , who can get the tds in the red zone WINS
It’ll be TCU and UGA in the Natty. UGA by 20 NYE. DV away all you big shoots who implode the moment someone shares an opinion contrary to your own.
Well we know you're not a buckeye
Bbc11
Thanks for proving my point.
Still better than Michigan winning.
If the O line can keep the rush off Stroud for a bit Georgia’s secondary can be had.
By all accounts, both our tackles were chosen as all Americans mainly for their pass blocking.
Beat dawgs!
Go Bucks!!!
David Peck
Feel like everyone is discounting the idea that the OSU D holds Georgia in check for large portions of this game.
16 against UK, 27 against a meh UT D, 26 against Missouri.
They can score but there is no guarantee they put up 30+.
Don't think this will be a defensive struggle, but OSU D's one big weakness (CB) isn't an area of strength for them. So as long as we keep their TEs in check keeping them under 30 may be pretty realistic.
Kibbey
I like you.
The essence of Must Win must be redefined, by the Ohio State Buckeyes Football TEAM...beginning on the night of January 31, 2022.
TBDSNITL: The best damn screen name in the land!
Is that a league bowling night?
January 31st, 2022 was a huge night indeed.
Oof! I jinxed'em...Georgia, I mean.
TBDSNITL: The best damn screen name in the land!
lol.... guy who hurls childish insults at those standing with Ryan Day can't even get a simple date correct...
And YOU are not childish?
TBDSNITL: The best damn screen name in the land!
I hate to say this but I think the column next year needs to be threat level Ohio State--i.e. the threat we pose to TTUN. Once we get the rivalry back on track, we can flip it back to TTUN's threat to us. I just don't see how next year the TTUN threat to the Buckeyes is not extreme every week--even if TTUN loses every week by 100!
I'll be wasted no matter what
Behold the chunky whoop ass.
Threat level infinity. I've accepted we probably aren't going to win. I'll be very happy if we do
Successful people do what they have to, whether they feel like it or not
ROFL. I'll have a heart attack if Day calls 45 runs.
Ain’t going to happen. Not in this universe.
As you get older, three things happen: The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.
Without a running game C.J. will get pressure right in his lap all night and we have seen that C. J. is afraid of being hurt and gun shy under pressure. Georgia is fast, big, and physical.
Try not to suck
I laugh when I see comments like this DV. People really dont like the truth. LOL
Bronson Lillemon
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Muck Fichigan
Can we at least celebrate that this season produced an SEC West in shambles? Jimbo's team lost to App St. at home. Arkansas was a quality loss that wasn't. LSU lost opening weekend then played clown music and clowned Saban (, who pathetically showed up on SECCG weekend only at halftime to pander to the committee, and who people have begun to utter "end" and "dynasty" about... yes also who nearly went undefeated but also who equally nearly went 7-5, and who would have lost UGa, without question). That's pretty fun. Also Dabo's team stinks so bad DJU hit the portal.
When this game is over, we will look back at it and wonder what we were worried about all the time. We are literally the first serious test Georgia has faced all season. The TTUN loss could not have come at a better time. We will steam roll them in the championship or TCU. Calling this in from the heavens.
Round on the ends and "HI" in the middle. O-HI-O.
What if I were to tell you that the last 20 years was the fever dream and we've only just woken up...
Class of 2001 - classless since then.
I appreciate the "ThreatCon", Mr. Ginter. Now, here's the SITREP (Situation Report):
-You have a weary Georgia team, whose head coach doesn't know which team he is going to face. Is he going to prep for the longball, pocket passer? Or is he going to face a dynamic explosive offense, where pass and run is about evenly distributed, to include a running QB? Stroud has shown unwillingness to run in the past, but I also think there are NFL scouts who want to see more than bubble screens, and lateral/backward runs for hurries. Stroud likely has THAT on the back of his mind -- He knows that many want to see it, to include future bosses.
-Jaylen Carter now has a bullseye on his forehead. Good. Now the rest of Georgia's defense will have to step up. Will they? At the same time, our secondary will need to show up, as Stetson Bennett is expected to take advantage of a sleeping secondary. He's going to test to see if our secondary can wake up, track and attack the ball, without timidness. He also knows that our linebackers will be pulling heavy duty, so he's going to shovel in the paint, as well.
-Georgia's defense are expecting "Zone 6" to run route, but aren't expecting any blocking worth noting, so they are going to try to bully them. That's going to have to stop, as offensive weapons also need to commit to blocking and helping setup plays selflesslessly. If CJ manages to run? The offensive weapons who aren't the O Line need to block for their field general. The Sugar Bowl game I. CFP Playoff 1 remains the standard on this, as EVERYONE, INCLUDING CARDALE, blocked as needed, to make gains.
-Ohio State coaching must be adaptive and explosive. You can't take the amount of time it takes to look at milk carton dates and the best eggs in the dairy aisle to call the plays. Give no one a chance to read your signals. And above all, "march across the field", one progressive run and pass at a time, so you can set up that deep ball that you so love to commit to. Defense? Keep shuffling the deck, and keep Smart over-guessing.
- The "Buckeye Battering Ram" needs to be brought back and utilized. This was something that was started by Jim Tressel in the Terrelle Pryor years, and perfected by Urban Meyer: The Rotational Chamber of cannonball, after cannonball runner, breaking and breaching their defensive walls and vanguards, is some of the most effective Buckeye football ever played. With Chip now in arsenal? I expect that this will return. GOOD.
When you breakdown the SITREP, fundamentals and the attitude to get the jobs done are the difference maker, be it player or coach.
We all know what needs to be done to win. The team has had a long rest and better be prepared. It's their game, their pride, their title to win. We're about to see how bad they want to win.
Johhny; "This loss to michigan broke me". We're you around in the 90's?
I'm not trying to win a popularity contest. I'm trying to win football games-- Woody Hayes
I think ol' Porkpie must've gotten into those Andean shrooms found up in the "higher" altitudes.
Fuck all this noise.
Buckeyes by 14 in a 60-minute battle. Where are you, true believers?
#GoBucks #OhioAgainstTheWorld
"Y'all got a real purty mouth" - Dabo Swinny • BuckeyeJuggernaut.com
AND, in case ANYONE HAS FORGOTTEN:
Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory lasts forever.
"Y'all got a real purty mouth" - Dabo Swinny • BuckeyeJuggernaut.com
Shane "Foot Steps" Falco: One of the greatest underrated Buckeye QBs ever. They should have had him holding a clipboard that first year...
Like dogs eventually start to look like their owners, football teams begin to take on the persona of their coach. Bama can tend to play dirty and mean. Clemson plays dirty in a whole “different” way. Iowa plays D like a grumpy old man. Etc
This phenomenon is not necessarily a good thing in our case.
Day appears to be a really nice guy, a “gentleman” even. Gentlemen do not great coaches make.
like Day, our guys seem polite. Nice. Almost gentle in how they interact with the media.
Unfortunately, those words, at times throughout the season, could also describe our play.
Meyer was a lot of things, but gentleman is probably not used to describe him very often. Same for Woody.
Cooper? Gentleman. Day? Gentleman.
Is there still hope? I don’t know. I need to see him lose his __it a few times this game. Show some fire. Get an unsportsmanlike occasionally. Throw things! Get in the face of players! Impune their manhood! Hell, I’d even take a swing (and miss this time) at an opposing player!
gfounds
What about Tressel? Was he a gentleman?
Jim was a gentleman, that was like Gordon Gecko.
Calm, cool, methodical. But if you fucked up? He had ways to letting you know the cutting edge of the chopping block.
Ask Todd Boeckman and Ray Smalls.
Did Boeckman fuck up? or did his Oline? if Oline either it's talent, technique, scheme, recruiting, coaching. Couldn't bench entire line, couldn't fire coaches, no one new walking on to help, just work technique and scheme. in the meantime OSU needed TP2's wheels cuz oline couldn't keep defense off QB.
Muck Fichigan
That's a good point, Creek.
In Boeckman's case, he did reach his ceiling. And I do remember the controversy of the call to change the depth chart.
I guess, the point I was trying to make, is that Tressel was willing to bench people for reasons, past what the fans may or may not have wanted. The benching happened during the USC game, which I recall was a "big game". Rather abruptly, I add.
I wonder if HC Day has what it takes to do the same, of the same scenario should happen this weekend?
all fair points.
They've bene benching Defensive players in game all year. Not so much offense, they just don't play them for health reasons while others play on one leg with heathy backups not getting a lot of run.
Bench CJ for Kyle or Devin? Doubt that. Anyway your point is well taken.
Muck Fichigan
I echo the sentiments of Second Coming.
He was unique. A cutthroat gentleman. Soft spoken in the same way that Harry Callahan was soft spoken.
gfounds
If we can somehow not let their TE Travis Kelce us to death ... we have a chance!
MW
threat level:
Muck Fichigan
The threat level is always high because it's Georgia. If these guys go in and play their best game on both sides of the ball and give it their all, though, they have a great chance to beat this Georgia team. Time to show what we've really got in terms of players and coaches.
Regarding being named after a hat, I think Kromer Ginther has a certain ring to it: https://wisconsinlife.org/story/stormy-kromer-an-iconic-wisconsin-born-cap/
UGA fan here. Not here to troll or argue, I don't like it when fans of opponents do so on UGA boards; I just like to read what our opponent's fans are thinking & saying (hell, this is the first time I've ever posted on another team's site). But I just had to register so I could post my appreciation for this article by Mr. Ginter. This is absolutely magnificent & has me thinking living in an abandoned lead mine in the lower Andes with an army of trained moles sounds like a cool retirement plan. I'm going to be checking out the archives for more of his writing.
Looking forward to meeting you guys Saturday night. Hoping for a great game & no injuries. Go Dawgs!
Thanks for commenting, we welcome polite visitors. If it ever happens that Georgia comes to Columbus one day, perhaps you could post if you're visiting. I'm sure someone here would be willing to be a gracious host and show you around The 'Shoe and surrounding area near the tailgate.
Hope it's a good clean game, and BTW, thank you for taking an NC from Satan...errrrrr...Saban last year.
Go BUCKS!
"The minute I think I'm getting mellow, I'm retiring. Who ever heard of a mellow winner?" - WWH
Welcome to 11W, Cap'n Jack!
Thanks for the welcome. We are home & home with you guys in 2030 & 2031; I'm 64 so assuming I'm still around then I would love to come experience Gameday in Columbus in 2031, Kirby is working to strengthen the out of conference schedule. We were supposed to open with Oklahoma in 2023 but since they are coming into the SEC the conference "asked" us to find another opponent so we're now playing Ball State. You guys come to Athens in 2030 & I think you'll enjoy the experience. It's a much smaller city ( app. 130,000) than Columbus but it's totally centered around the school. You can walk to downtown from the stadium & enjoy the restaurants & bars post game. A lot of rankings consider it one of the best college towns in the country & the people are pretty friendly as well. If you can make the trip, I think it will be well worth your time & you'll enjoy it. In the South, college football has more in common with religion than a sporting event.
Welcome, Captain. We (generally) welcome fans of our opponents & enjoy their perspectives. Would enjoy hearing your thoughts on how the game will play out. Btw, I’m also 64. If you make it to Columbus in 2030 I’ll volunteer to be your host & tour guide
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Goals: Beat Michigan. Win the B1G East. Beat Michigan. Win the B1G CG. Beat Michigan. Win a Natty. Beat Michigan.
I look forward to taking you up on the offer, BuckeyeVet. My thoughts on how the game will play out? I haven't seen anybody run the ball effectively on UGA other than in spurts for a couple of years; the defensive line is too disruptive & the linebackers are too fast & tackle too well for anybody we've played so far to move the ball consistently on the ground. Where we are susceptible is where the Buckeyes are best: a really good QB throwing to really good receivers. We've been beaten for big plays in the secondary, often given up by Kelee Ringo. He also makes a lot of big plays for us. For all his size & speed at CB, his body control seems to be a challenge. He often struggles to change direction smoothly & ends up getting beaten or called for PI more often than you expect. Kamari Lassiter seems to have better instincts & has been our best CB this year.
If we can pressure Stroud & make him uncomfortable (whether we get him on the ground or not), I think we win the game by 10 or so points. If we don't get pressure on him consistently, it's a tossup. And if either team has a couple of turnovers, it will make a huge difference because both teams have offenses that will take advantage of turnovers.
Ohio State has talent all over the field too. The offense has to be great. No turnovers. TDs instead of FGs. QB run when the opportunity to get 7-8 cheap yards presents. The defense has to be better than good. Get a couple turnovers. Get a couple sacks.
It won’t be easy winning a de facto road game, but there’s enough talent to get it done.