Skull Session: Official Peach Bowl Trailers Are Here, C.J. Stroud Shows Off His Artistry Skills and Paris Johnson Jr. Writes a Letter to Buckeye Nation
Hype videos are great, as long as we walk out with a W..I'm still sour from our final regular season game unfortunately..
I saw a mock draft this morning that showed Paris Johnson going 9th overall to the raiders, and it didn't even have CJ anywhere on that board in round 1..this game will define who he is, and potentially his future..he has to get it done, no hiding behind your line waiting for someone to get open, if you see that opportunity, take it and run!
Welcome, WezBuck & Buckeye Nation, to Beat Georgia Friday, with, well you know what is right around the corner. THAT'S RIGHT, BEAT THE GEORGIA DAWGS TOMORROW NIGHT, Saturday, December 31st, 2022!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you want a thing bad enough
To go out and fight for it,
Work day and night for it,
Give up your time and your peace and your sleep for it
If only desire of it
Makes you quite mad enough
Never to tire of it,
Makes you hold all other things tawdry and cheap for it
If life seems all empty and useless without it
And all that you scheme and you dream is about it,
If gladly you'll sweat for it,
Fret for it,
Plan for it,
Lose all your terror of God or man for it,
If you'll simply go after that thing that you want,
With all your capacity,
Strength and sagacity,
Faith, hope and confidence, stern pertinacity,
If neither cold poverty, famished and gaunt,
Nor sickness nor pain
Of body or brain
Can turn you away from the thing that you want,
If dogged and grim you besiege and beset it, YOU'LL GET IT!
FORGE YOUR DESTINY.
IT IS TIME TO RISE ABOVE CRITICISM
AND SHOW US WHO YOU REALLY ARE.
WHO AMONG THIS TEAM WILL RISE TO THE OCCASION?
THE WORLD IS WATCHING. DO IT.
FOR THE BROTHERHOOD.
I KNOW, I CAN, BucksHave7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I KNOW, I CAN, BUCKSHAVE7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! says the Little (BIG) Engine Buckeye Football Team that Could
Hall of Fame coach LaVell Edwards said most at this level have the will to win. The winners have the will to prepare.
The the greatest living coach, not named Saban, said before the Michigan game, if you're looking at the rankings, you're looking at the wrong thing. The most preparedteam will win.
For psychologist Urban "Friggin" Meyer that included preparing mentally and emotionally.
This poem is really about long hours of work and preparation.
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka 'Aina I ka Pono. The life of the land is preserved in righteousness. (Hawai'i state motto) Aloha nui kakou.
This team worked really hard, from what I understand, for quite a while, upon hearing of their seed, from coaching to players.
I thought about Marvin Harrison Jr., In particular, who was hitting the weights And JUGS machine really hard, and relentlessly, when he was pissed off that he didn't win the Biletnikoff Award.
...and then others joined him. And became intense. I've heard of others also becoming pissed off, at the criticism, and trained hard, and watched tape longer.
I was not blessed with the God given physical abilities and attributes that Paris and the Buckeyes possess but I do have an overwhelming love and passion (some have said obsession) for the Buckeyes. Win or lose, I am severely emotionally impacted by their games. I cannot take the field with them Saturday night (obviously) but my heart and soul will be with them. I know they can beat Georgia.
Well said BNGLBCK, most of Buckeye Nation feel the same. Each game, especially the biggest ones exact an emotional (sometimes physical) toll on us fans win or lose but we're still there in the stands or in a middle linebacker stance 3 feet from the T.V. (max volume), ready to make a tackle.
I imagine that'll be my scene tomorrow night at 8pm.
Will they or will they not SHIT the bed like they did against YOU KNOW WHO ....OSU played 12 games ...they are who they are ...unless you believe in fairy tales and magic ....
I’m no Harbaugh fan by any stretch, but your comment loses all merit when you compare any coach’s success at Stanford to one at Ohio State. There are significant inherent advantages when taking over an OSU program coming off of 7 years under Urban Meyer as compared to a Stanford program suffering thru 3 seasons of Buddy Teevens (who?) and 2 with Walt Harris, whose final season was 1-11.
You’re also completely ignoring the fact that Harbaugh is 2-1 (games played, should be 2-2) head to head versus Day, and has been HC for a CFP team twice.
Not for nothing, but in 2010, Harbaugh’s final season coaching Stanford, the Cardinal went 12-1 and were ranked #4 in the final BCS rankings. Had there been a CFP, they would’ve been in it.
Not for nothing, but in 2010, Harbaugh’s final season coaching Stanford, the Cardinal went 12-1 and were ranked #4 in the final BCS rankings. Had there been a CFP, they would’ve been in it.
LOL Sorry Navy.
Playoff expansion back in 2010?
2010 Stanford entered the Orange Bowl ranked #5 vs #12 Va Tech and won that game finishing #4.
Day is 45-5 with a 90% winning % and has already played for an NC.
We know Harbaugh winning % nowhere near Day AND Harbaugh has not played to date for an NC. Nice try on changing it a what it or coulda been, but let’s stick to the facts.
Wow. You seem like a good dude, but I pretty much disagree with most of your posts.
So the level of competition doesn’t factor in at all for you? I am happy we pummeled Rutgers. We played exactly one playoff team this year. At home. And they lost by more than 3 td’s. Hope springs eternal and all, but you really are ignoring an important data point. And below I see you are back at it quoting Vegas odds in fictitious games against teams we aren’t even playing to make God knows what point. Ignoring the fact that we were heavy favorites against TTUN last two time we played them, why not talk about the spread in the UGA game, you know, the team\ we are actually playing? I too hope like hell OSU wins, and they might, but dude, stop making ridiculous arguments.
You are entitled to you own opinion, not your own facts.
I see what you did there, Lear45pilot, relating NOBLUE (will they not do something in the bed.) I think you meant to type "one of the best posts" NOT pots. LOL
Please stop posting those. You’re using Saban’s weak-ass argument as to why Bama should be in the CFP. OSU isn’t playing neither of those teams this weekend. Those betting spreads don’t matter.
Moreover, OSU was a 9-point favorite over TTUN on Nov 26 - it didn’t mean shit.
I am still severely Traumatized by the thrashing from TTUN.I have a VERY hard time believing in this team and believing we can out physical UGA and beat them.I want Stroud and Day to prove me wrong because I just dont see it in this team.
Ohio State Football isnt a matter of life or death,its much more serious than that.
I understand your doubts. Due to the last 2 TTUN games and the seemingly lack of toughness by Stroud, it’s basically I have to see it to believe it game. We have the talent to win, but do we have the coaching, mental toughness, and discipline to win? Bottom line, will they capitalize on a shot at redemption or waste it? Cardale, went from the school tweet guy to a Buckeye legend in 6 weeks. Day and Stroud can go from “soft” bums to Buckeye legends in the next 10 days. I hope they prove the doubters like you and I wrong! But, I have to see it to believe it. Go Bucks!!
This lack of toughness for Stroud narrative needs to stop. He was trained to be a pocket passer, so after years of not running, he is now doing what he was taught. Quarterbacks take vicious hits in this brutal sport, and it is beyond ridiculous for some internet troll to question Stroud’s toughness. You’d shit your pants the first time a DE came within 3 feet of you.
You are entitled to you own opinion, not your own facts.
Yeah like JK said, take a break dude; maybe watch rerun of the Godfather or Dick Clark tomorrow night.
Without winners there wouldn't be any gosh darn civilization. We make no apologies for winning or for aiming our entire program toward that goal. - Woody Hayes
We play and root for sports b/c it's fun. If you're so emotionally immature/labile that you believe you're 'traumatized' from the result of a football game, you need to get out more and/or grow up.
Every time a thread starts off positively, you can count on one of the handful of negative nellies to try to put an end to it. They never say anything new. Anything that’s thought provoking. Just reheated up crap. Just know that PJJ’s letter wasn’t to those fans. It’s for the loyal ones. The sunshine pumpers.
They had the missing ingredient the other ones don’t. They show both teams. That’s what I’ve been asking for every time. TBH, PJJ’s letter was the best hype video, just in word form tho.
All I ask is that they play to the best of their abilities and the coaches let them instead of going into a shell. If their best is not good enough then it is what it is. This is on the coaches to put them in the best position to win and to not be afraid to trust the players.
I don't buy one goddam drop of gas in the state of Michigan!
I still have my scarlet Ohio State t-shirt from 2014 that has the CFB playoff logo and the words, in large print, “WE BELIEVE,” on it. I think I got it for $18 at Kroger and I still wear it, even though it’s a bit tattered. I cut the sleeves off and now it’s a workout shirt for the gym, where I’ll be wearing it today when I go. Believe. That’s where it starts.
Great Ohioan Neil Armstrong, from Wapakoneta, Ohio, and the first person to walk on the moon, had to believe what most thought impossible, was possible. And then he, along with his “team,” set about to make it happen.
Let’s make this happen! C’mon CJ! You and your team can do this! Go Buckeyes!
As you get older, three things happen: The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.
My wife (a Columbus native) has an Ohio State shirt I bought for her on Christmas 2002. She wore it watching the 2003 fiesta Bowl and we beat Miami. She also wore it during the 2014 title run. That shirt is threadbare, but she won't throw it away. She forgot to wear it last November and I was upset with her. She will wear it tomorrow for sure I'll make sure of that. Who knows,right? Win Buckeyes!
I'm not trying to win a popularity contest. I'm trying to win football games-- Woody Hayes
We are all wasting our time. According to everything I've heard on the major sports networks, the Buckeyes are done before they start. On CBS, the SEC network and even the Big Ten network, Georgia is too much to beat. But I don't watch ESPN so maybe they pick Ohio State to win, right? I don't know. IMO, the B1G network seems to want Michigan to win it all. But they ARE the Big Ten network, not the Ohio State network.
But then I experienced a Deja Vu moment and seemed to remember a time 20 years ago when the Buckeyes were written off before they strapped on their helmets. I can't exactly nail it down, but I will rely on this board to help me out. Does anyone else remember this happening? Oh, well maybe I'm just imagining the whole thing. After all, my mind does wander sometimes.
I'm not trying to win a popularity contest. I'm trying to win football games-- Woody Hayes
Here’s why it’s ok to be the underdog in this game. Even if we had beaten ttun, we would still be the underdog to Georgia. It’s meant to be. We’d probably be playing another team but no matter what, once we faced Georgia we’d be the underdogs.
I've mentioned this on 11W before, Sunny, but your post triggered the memory again. Deja Vu indeed.
I was watching ESPN the day before the game in 2002 in Arizona. I can't remember the reporter's name (it might as well have been Mark May-the dude that wears women's underwear, but probably wasn't) but I do remember him asking Larry Coker the day before the game:
Reporter: "Ok, coach...how much are you going to beat Ohio State by?"
Larry Coker: "No. I'm not going there. Ohio State is a very good team and we have to be ready."
Reporter: "C'mon coach. You know they have no chance. How much are you going to win by?"
Larry Coker: "As I said, they are a very good team, or we wouldn't be playing them."
Reporter: "Really, Larry? Nobody is giving Ohio State any chance at all at winning this game."
Larry Coker: "Well, we'll need to play our best."
And I think he asked Larry this a few more times. Unreal. We CAN beat Georgia. They are not invincible and have looked very average at times this season.
As you get older, three things happen: The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.
There quite a few parallels between now and the 2002 game with Miami. Some mention 2014 but there were some that thought the Buckeyes had a chance, especially with Urban Meyer coaching. Nobody but nobody with any influence thought OSU had a chance in that Fiesta Bowl game as I recall. I consumed every bit of media I could before that game, and it was depressing.
The Canes were about to be crowned the greatest team in CFB history. Ohio State was a speed bump on the road to a title. Well, that didn't happen. Alabama was not revered in 2014 as much as Miami was in 2002.
Either way, tomorrow we are the underdog. History often repeats itself. Let's hope it repeats itself in the Peach Bowl. Win Buckeyes!
I'm not trying to win a popularity contest. I'm trying to win football games-- Woody Hayes
The Canes were about to be crowned the greatest team in CFB history. Ohio State was a speed bump on the road to a title... Alabama was not revered in 2014 as much as Miami was in 2002.
100% correct, Sunny. I think that interview stuck with me so much because it pissed me off so much. I felt like, at the time, if I was watching that interview live, I would have gone Mike Tyson on that dude and punched him in the face.
As you get older, three things happen: The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.
Ya know Sunny, I was so into the euphoria and walking on sunshine, I never thought to find out. I'll bet I could do some research and find out the reporter and any post-game interviews.
As you get older, three things happen: The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.
There quite a few parallels between now and the 2002 game with Miami.
Not really parallels other than we were an underdog. ZERO people had us winning in 02. This year MANY think we can. Miami had one of the most talented teams in CFB history. This years Georgia team is VERY good but not close to that Miami team.
Yeah, all those Buckeye fans traveled out to the Fiesta Bowl including myself, but, ZERO of us expected to win. We just wanted to waste money, root in vain and watch them lose.
Football can be an odd game. If JT Barrett the B1G Offensive Player of the Year does not go down with an injury against TTUN, we do not win against Bama and defeat Oregon for the National Championship at the end of the 2014 season. The offense was defective and would not correct until a different QB was put in place and forced the change. Not JT's fault. I think a similar conceptual change will be made offensively and defensively Saturday. I have no intel, just a hunch. I am going to cheer for my team regardless of the outcome. Enjoy the game. If the outcome was fixed what would be the point of playing?
Fanboy error # 12, trying to make a point with rank speculation. You may believe that is true, but we have no idea what happens with the winningest QB in OSU history starting those games. Tired of this argument, but Cardale made some key plays but hardly carried this team. The o line and Zeke and a resurgent\ defense were the primary reasons OSU won the title that year.
You are entitled to you own opinion, not your own facts.
Buckeyes will stun the college football world on Sat. UGA and their fan base are looking past the Buckeyes, think they will beat Ohio St easily.....Bucks will accomplish a new, unexpected goal of winning the Peach Bowl. I do believe this team will not take their new opportunity for granted.
I have friends and neighbors that all say the same thing, that we are gonna get beat badly and cant win blah blah. I think we took our lumps and are gonna shock the world again! We are gonna take it to them over the top and Miyan will get his too! We just need to hang together on d and avoid the stupid penalties we have been plagued with. I really believe we will see a different team tomorrow night! Then on to the ncg! Cant wait !!
"You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy"
BOTTOM LINE: In the biggest game of the year under perfect conditions and at home we shit the bed.Stroud doesnt appear to be a warrior,Days game planning is in question and the defense has lapses when it gives up easy TD's.This Program has 10 or 11 wins built into it Coachs are hired to win The Big Games.Hairball and The Scum up North called us soft right to our faces and we couldnt do a damn thing about it.Could all this change ?? Perhaps but until they show it ON THE FIELD this team is considered soft.Before you down vote this show me where I am wrong.
Ohio State Football isnt a matter of life or death,its much more serious than that.
You must be someone who wasn't alive during the Cooper because if you were, I am sure you would have harmed yourself in some manner. Thank God the Buckeye's are stronger than you and your softness doesn't rub off on them. You sir are the biggest sissy on this this board.
I really, really wish that we were doing a better job of keeping this "we're having fun/human interest" stuff off the social media and out of the media. I want Georgia to FEAR the Buckeyes, not think they're "nice guys." I mean, c'mon. Having CJ draw up a silly Brutus picture? It's demeaning. It's embarrassing. These are YOUNG MEN, and future professional football players, not kids at a Pop Warner youth football camp. I want them to be looking at the cameras like Clubber Lang in Rocky III. PAIN. Have all the laughs and the jokes and the fun OFF the camera. Even the "Peach Bowl Challenge Belt" or whatever, screw that crap. Family Feud?? Sigh. I don't care if it's "tradition" or "just for fun." Georgia is THE ENEMY. We can be friends AFTER the game. Do some joint press events like a boxing match. Fine. But FOCUS. Win the psychological battle. Make them FEAR you before you hit the field. Win the mental battle. Make them think we're mad and that we've been disrespected, not that we're "nice guys." They're calling us the "second chance Buckeyes" on the EPSN promo commercials, FFS. Literally NOBODY will care about anything that happens OFF the field after the game is over tomorrow. I really wish they'd have stayed in Columbus and got ready at the WHAC and flown in tonight or something. If this was the Charmin Toilet Bowl then fine, but this ain't that. This is the biggest game of the season so far with ALL the chips in the middle of the table. We're about to stuff the Bulldogs in a body bag. Act like it. *old man noises*
This is the kind of stuff bowl games have been doing for decades. In this era it seems a little stupid to do, especially for a CFP game. Outside of some community service, you would not see professionals doing this stuff. They would be focused on their opponent.
Exactly. They’re treating them like they’re 6-6 Directional State in their first bowl game. The old “here’s your swag bag” reward is meaningless. They’re future millionaires playing for draft status and to defend the honor of OSU and the B1G. Sorry, they need to be more aware of themselves and how they’re being talked about. ESPN is treating this playoff like a documentary of the changing of the guard in the SEC and the new dynasty. And we’re the “second chance Buckeyes.” Fuck that. Get pissed off you sons of bitches!!! WIN!
You make very good points, OTBN. However, I like seeing the Buckeye players loosen up a bit after what happened in The Game. They played tight vs. TTUN and played "not to lose," which they proceeded to do.
I want to see these guys have fun and play LOOSE, not terrified to make a mistake. From my POV, I think it's good they are relaxing a bit. Too much intensity too soon and they won't be able to go four quarters. Focused intensity. Confidence. Not false bravado. That's what I liked about Urban Meyer in most big games. Hopefully coach Day has the formula, like he did in the Rose Bowl.
As you get older, three things happen: The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.
I have absolutely, positively no problem with them "playing loose" and having fun. My problem is all the publicity from the media showing them doing it and parading them around. Screw that. There's a mental side to these games and we're being clowned. I don't know, perhaps its a thing I'm sensitive to when I see people making fun of people that don't know they're being made fun of. It's not funny, and they're making us look like clowns. We should be "playing loose" because we're confident and prepared, not because we won "family feud." JMHO.
Having CJ draw up a silly Brutus picture? It's demeaning. It's embarrassing. These are YOUNG MEN, and future professional football players, not kids at a Pop Warner youth football camp.
Stroud had open space to draw right in front of him. he needs to take that space and add to Brutus’ head or check down and add to his legs. instead, he goes for the dramatic flourishes.
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Hype videos are great, as long as we walk out with a W..I'm still sour from our final regular season game unfortunately..
I saw a mock draft this morning that showed Paris Johnson going 9th overall to the raiders, and it didn't even have CJ anywhere on that board in round 1..this game will define who he is, and potentially his future..he has to get it done, no hiding behind your line waiting for someone to get open, if you see that opportunity, take it and run!
Welcome, WezBuck & Buckeye Nation, to Beat Georgia Friday, with, well you know what is right around the corner. THAT'S RIGHT, BEAT THE GEORGIA DAWGS TOMORROW NIGHT, Saturday, December 31st, 2022!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Run, Forrest (*I mean CJ), Run!
O-H- T-minus 37 hours and counting!
JI row end 78
Crickets
If you want a thing bad enough
To go out and fight for it,
Work day and night for it,
Give up your time and your peace and your sleep for it
If only desire of it
Makes you quite mad enough
Never to tire of it,
Makes you hold all other things tawdry and cheap for it
If life seems all empty and useless without it
And all that you scheme and you dream is about it,
If gladly you'll sweat for it,
Fret for it,
Plan for it,
Lose all your terror of God or man for it,
If you'll simply go after that thing that you want,
With all your capacity,
Strength and sagacity,
Faith, hope and confidence, stern pertinacity,
If neither cold poverty, famished and gaunt,
Nor sickness nor pain
Of body or brain
Can turn you away from the thing that you want,
If dogged and grim you besiege and beset it,
YOU'LL GET IT!
FORGE YOUR DESTINY.
IT IS TIME TO RISE ABOVE CRITICISM
AND SHOW US WHO YOU REALLY ARE.
WHO AMONG THIS TEAM WILL RISE TO THE OCCASION?
THE WORLD IS WATCHING. DO IT.
FOR THE BROTHERHOOD.
GO BUCKS!
I believe that we will win!
I believe that we will win!
I believe that we will win!
I think I can, BucksHave7?
I think I can, BucksHave7.
I think I can, BucksHave7!
I think I can, BucksHave7!!!!!!!!!
I know I can, BucksHave7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I KNOW, I CAN, BucksHave7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I KNOW, I CAN, BUCKSHAVE7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! says the Little (BIG) Engine Buckeye Football Team that Could
JI row end 78
Hall of Fame coach LaVell Edwards said most at this level have the will to win. The winners have the will to prepare.
The the greatest living coach, not named Saban, said before the Michigan game, if you're looking at the rankings, you're looking at the wrong thing. The most prepared team will win.
For psychologist Urban "Friggin" Meyer that included preparing mentally and emotionally.
This poem is really about long hours of work and preparation.
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka 'Aina I ka Pono. The life of the land is preserved in righteousness. (Hawai'i state motto) Aloha nui kakou.
Which is apropos, IMO.
This team worked really hard, from what I understand, for quite a while, upon hearing of their seed, from coaching to players.
I thought about Marvin Harrison Jr., In particular, who was hitting the weights And JUGS machine really hard, and relentlessly, when he was pissed off that he didn't win the Biletnikoff Award.
...and then others joined him. And became intense. I've heard of others also becoming pissed off, at the criticism, and trained hard, and watched tape longer.
Paris Johnson may be my favorite Buckeye of all time
Go Bucks, neuter the dogs
Tom
Wow Paris Johnson Jr, forever a great Buckeye!
“…for you
onetwo more times.”Beat Georgia - by 1 or 100
Just win
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Any win for these Buckeyes is a BIG win.
I was not blessed with the God given physical abilities and attributes that Paris and the Buckeyes possess but I do have an overwhelming love and passion (some have said obsession) for the Buckeyes. Win or lose, I am severely emotionally impacted by their games. I cannot take the field with them Saturday night (obviously) but my heart and soul will be with them. I know they can beat Georgia.
Fight like Buckeyes
Victory loves preparation
Hey I’d put you in! All heart!!!
Especially on 4th down when we need 1 yard!
Because I couldn't go for three
Well said BNGLBCK, most of Buckeye Nation feel the same. Each game, especially the biggest ones exact an emotional (sometimes physical) toll on us fans win or lose but we're still there in the stands or in a middle linebacker stance 3 feet from the T.V. (max volume), ready to make a tackle.
I imagine that'll be my scene tomorrow night at 8pm.
"Put ya' weight on it"
Will they or will they not SHIT the bed like they did against YOU KNOW WHO ....OSU played 12 games ...they are who they are ...unless you believe in fairy tales and magic ....
Yeah winning the most games by 20+ points this season meant nothing.
BTW: Harbaugh was 0-5 vs tOSU.
Hairball had previous successful coaching experience
Ohio State Football isnt a matter of life or death,its much more serious than that.
Right, because at Stanford, Harbaugh was 29-21, 58% winning % and never played for an NC.
Day is 45-5 with a 90% winning % and has already played for an NC.
Let's not forget he took a team to the Super Bowl the guy knows how to coach.(I will now excuse myself to go throw up for defending Hairball).
Seo
I’m no Harbaugh fan by any stretch, but your comment loses all merit when you compare any coach’s success at Stanford to one at Ohio State. There are significant inherent advantages when taking over an OSU program coming off of 7 years under Urban Meyer as compared to a Stanford program suffering thru 3 seasons of Buddy Teevens (who?) and 2 with Walt Harris, whose final season was 1-11.
You’re also completely ignoring the fact that Harbaugh is 2-1 (games played, should be 2-2) head to head versus Day, and has been HC for a CFP team twice.
Not for nothing, but in 2010, Harbaugh’s final season coaching Stanford, the Cardinal went 12-1 and were ranked #4 in the final BCS rankings. Had there been a CFP, they would’ve been in it.
LOL Sorry Navy.
Playoff expansion back in 2010?
2010 Stanford entered the Orange Bowl ranked #5 vs #12 Va Tech and won that game finishing #4.
You’re looking at the AP rankings. In the BCS rankings on Dec 5, Stanford was 11-1 and ranked #4, ahead of Wisconsin and OSU.
You’re the one who decided to compare coaches in different eras.
No way was Harbaugh playing for an NC that year.
No use in arguing with her.
Stay in your lane Little Lion.
Navy, let’s be clear what I said.
We know Harbaugh winning % nowhere near Day AND Harbaugh has not played to date for an NC. Nice try on changing it a what it or coulda been, but let’s stick to the facts.
One of the best pots I have seen here !! THEY ARE WHO THEY ARE !! Please prove me wrong
Ohio State Football isnt a matter of life or death,its much more serious than that.
Right, I look at a 3 month body of work where we beat the most teams by 20+ pts in the country, not a bad 30 min of play in 1 game.
Wow. You seem like a good dude, but I pretty much disagree with most of your posts.
So the level of competition doesn’t factor in at all for you? I am happy we pummeled Rutgers. We played exactly one playoff team this year. At home. And they lost by more than 3 td’s. Hope springs eternal and all, but you really are ignoring an important data point. And below I see you are back at it quoting Vegas odds in fictitious games against teams we aren’t even playing to make God knows what point. Ignoring the fact that we were heavy favorites against TTUN last two time we played them, why not talk about the spread in the UGA game, you know, the team\ we are actually playing? I too hope like hell OSU wins, and they might, but dude, stop making ridiculous arguments.
You are entitled to you own opinion, not your own facts.
I see what you did there, Lear45pilot, relating NOBLUE (will they not do something in the bed.) I think you meant to type "one of the best posts" NOT pots. LOL
JI row end 78
Here is the Facts:
We are a 2.5 fav over TTUN today and a 10.5 fav over TCU today.
Just beat GA baby!!!!
Please stop posting those. You’re using Saban’s weak-ass argument as to why Bama should be in the CFP. OSU isn’t playing neither of those teams this weekend. Those betting spreads don’t matter.
Moreover, OSU was a 9-point favorite over TTUN on Nov 26 - it didn’t mean shit.
Navy. The betting spreads do matter.
Oddsmakers overlook what is a bad 30 minutes vs TTUN for tOSU and look at the entire 3 month body of work.
Of course in a snapshot nothing is definite and anything is possible, but overtime it will resort to the mean.
Have you analyzed our offensive performance when wind speed is < 5mph? I have and cant wait til tomorrow nt!
Betting spreads of hypothetical games are about as useful as tits on a bull.
So now betting odds don’t matter?
Not in hypothetical games. Nobody gives a rats a$$ about futures
He doesn't get it Navy and never will.
What is that supposed to mean? We play NEITHER today OR tomorrow
I am still severely Traumatized by the thrashing from TTUN.I have a VERY hard time believing in this team and believing we can out physical UGA and beat them.I want Stroud and Day to prove me wrong because I just dont see it in this team.
Ohio State Football isnt a matter of life or death,its much more serious than that.
Good Lord, please take a breath and hug your loved ones Find peace Bro, it’s only sport.
I'm sorry you dont get it !! it just a figure of speech !! BRO
Ohio State Football isnt a matter of life or death,its much more serious than that.
Is it?
I understand your doubts. Due to the last 2 TTUN games and the seemingly lack of toughness by Stroud, it’s basically I have to see it to believe it game. We have the talent to win, but do we have the coaching, mental toughness, and discipline to win? Bottom line, will they capitalize on a shot at redemption or waste it? Cardale, went from the school tweet guy to a Buckeye legend in 6 weeks. Day and Stroud can go from “soft” bums to Buckeye legends in the next 10 days. I hope they prove the doubters like you and I wrong! But, I have to see it to believe it. Go Bucks!!
Nailed It !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ohio State Football isnt a matter of life or death,its much more serious than that.
This lack of toughness for Stroud narrative needs to stop. He was trained to be a pocket passer, so after years of not running, he is now doing what he was taught. Quarterbacks take vicious hits in this brutal sport, and it is beyond ridiculous for some internet troll to question Stroud’s toughness. You’d shit your pants the first time a DE came within 3 feet of you.
You are entitled to you own opinion, not your own facts.
It Is !!!
Ohio State Football isnt a matter of life or death,its much more serious than that.
Yeah like JK said, take a break dude; maybe watch rerun of the Godfather or Dick Clark tomorrow night.
Without winners there wouldn't be any gosh darn civilization. We make no apologies for winning or for aiming our entire program toward that goal. - Woody Hayes
Maybe take a break from the site then if it’s that bad. Can’t be good to keep rehashing those feelings.
You're too stupid to have a good time. -Dalton
No kidding. It is nauseating reading this negativity from the same commentators over and over
Same ichigan fans. FIFY
Beat dawgs!
Go Bucks!!!
David Peck
You could’ve also fifm when I said commentators instead of commenters.
Take a break from OSU football. If he’s that traumatized by a loss, this sport/team isn’t for him. He never would’ve survived the 80’s and 90’s
We play and root for sports b/c it's fun. If you're so emotionally immature/labile that you believe you're 'traumatized' from the result of a football game, you need to get out more and/or grow up.
Every time a thread starts off positively, you can count on one of the handful of negative nellies to try to put an end to it. They never say anything new. Anything that’s thought provoking. Just reheated up crap. Just know that PJJ’s letter wasn’t to those fans. It’s for the loyal ones. The sunshine pumpers.
FIFY.
As you get older, three things happen: The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.
I liked the Chick-Fil-A hype video most. Its a great set-up for callossal matchup between two of the best in the sport.
"Put ya' weight on it"
They had the missing ingredient the other ones don’t. They show both teams. That’s what I’ve been asking for every time. TBH, PJJ’s letter was the best hype video, just in word form tho.
All I ask is that they play to the best of their abilities and the coaches let them instead of going into a shell. If their best is not good enough then it is what it is. This is on the coaches to put them in the best position to win and to not be afraid to trust the players.
I don't buy one goddam drop of gas in the state of Michigan!
I still have my scarlet Ohio State t-shirt from 2014 that has the CFB playoff logo and the words, in large print, “WE BELIEVE,” on it. I think I got it for $18 at Kroger and I still wear it, even though it’s a bit tattered. I cut the sleeves off and now it’s a workout shirt for the gym, where I’ll be wearing it today when I go. Believe. That’s where it starts.
Great Ohioan Neil Armstrong, from Wapakoneta, Ohio, and the first person to walk on the moon, had to believe what most thought impossible, was possible. And then he, along with his “team,” set about to make it happen.
Let’s make this happen! C’mon CJ! You and your team can do this! Go Buckeyes!
As you get older, three things happen: The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.
My wife (a Columbus native) has an Ohio State shirt I bought for her on Christmas 2002. She wore it watching the 2003 fiesta Bowl and we beat Miami. She also wore it during the 2014 title run. That shirt is threadbare, but she won't throw it away. She forgot to wear it last November and I was upset with her. She will wear it tomorrow for sure I'll make sure of that. Who knows,right? Win Buckeyes!
I'm not trying to win a popularity contest. I'm trying to win football games-- Woody Hayes
CJ's art certainly trumps mine. His passing does too, I don't know if any body knows that.
#walkaway
But can you run?
Am I doing this right?
Seems right. And not anymore.
#walkaway
We are all wasting our time. According to everything I've heard on the major sports networks, the Buckeyes are done before they start. On CBS, the SEC network and even the Big Ten network, Georgia is too much to beat. But I don't watch ESPN so maybe they pick Ohio State to win, right? I don't know. IMO, the B1G network seems to want Michigan to win it all. But they ARE the Big Ten network, not the Ohio State network.
But then I experienced a Deja Vu moment and seemed to remember a time 20 years ago when the Buckeyes were written off before they strapped on their helmets. I can't exactly nail it down, but I will rely on this board to help me out. Does anyone else remember this happening? Oh, well maybe I'm just imagining the whole thing. After all, my mind does wander sometimes.
I'm not trying to win a popularity contest. I'm trying to win football games-- Woody Hayes
20 years ago? Hell, I’m pretty sure I remember that happening just 8 years ago.
Here’s why it’s ok to be the underdog in this game. Even if we had beaten ttun, we would still be the underdog to Georgia. It’s meant to be. We’d probably be playing another team but no matter what, once we faced Georgia we’d be the underdogs.
But, we’d still be soft
I've mentioned this on 11W before, Sunny, but your post triggered the memory again. Deja Vu indeed.
I was watching ESPN the day before the game in 2002 in Arizona. I can't remember the reporter's name (it might as well have been Mark May-the dude that wears women's underwear, but probably wasn't) but I do remember him asking Larry Coker the day before the game:
Reporter: "Ok, coach...how much are you going to beat Ohio State by?"
Larry Coker: "No. I'm not going there. Ohio State is a very good team and we have to be ready."
Reporter: "C'mon coach. You know they have no chance. How much are you going to win by?"
Larry Coker: "As I said, they are a very good team, or we wouldn't be playing them."
Reporter: "Really, Larry? Nobody is giving Ohio State any chance at all at winning this game."
Larry Coker: "Well, we'll need to play our best."
And I think he asked Larry this a few more times. Unreal. We CAN beat Georgia. They are not invincible and have looked very average at times this season.
As you get older, three things happen: The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.
There quite a few parallels between now and the 2002 game with Miami. Some mention 2014 but there were some that thought the Buckeyes had a chance, especially with Urban Meyer coaching. Nobody but nobody with any influence thought OSU had a chance in that Fiesta Bowl game as I recall. I consumed every bit of media I could before that game, and it was depressing.
The Canes were about to be crowned the greatest team in CFB history. Ohio State was a speed bump on the road to a title. Well, that didn't happen. Alabama was not revered in 2014 as much as Miami was in 2002.
Either way, tomorrow we are the underdog. History often repeats itself. Let's hope it repeats itself in the Peach Bowl. Win Buckeyes!
I'm not trying to win a popularity contest. I'm trying to win football games-- Woody Hayes
100% correct, Sunny. I think that interview stuck with me so much because it pissed me off so much. I felt like, at the time, if I was watching that interview live, I would have gone Mike Tyson on that dude and punched him in the face.
As you get older, three things happen: The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.
Glad I didn't see that interview. Wonder how that reporter felt after the game?
I'm not trying to win a popularity contest. I'm trying to win football games-- Woody Hayes
Ya know Sunny, I was so into the euphoria and walking on sunshine, I never thought to find out. I'll bet I could do some research and find out the reporter and any post-game interviews.
As you get older, three things happen: The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.
Not really parallels other than we were an underdog. ZERO people had us winning in 02. This year MANY think we can. Miami had one of the most talented teams in CFB history. This years Georgia team is VERY good but not close to that Miami team.
Yeah, all those Buckeye fans traveled out to the Fiesta Bowl including myself, but, ZERO of us expected to win. We just wanted to waste money, root in vain and watch them lose.
You have selective hearing. All week, we have been give a GOOD chance to win. Even on ESPN where most people think they hate us.
Football can be an odd game. If JT Barrett the B1G Offensive Player of the Year does not go down with an injury against TTUN, we do not win against Bama and defeat Oregon for the National Championship at the end of the 2014 season. The offense was defective and would not correct until a different QB was put in place and forced the change. Not JT's fault. I think a similar conceptual change will be made offensively and defensively Saturday. I have no intel, just a hunch. I am going to cheer for my team regardless of the outcome. Enjoy the game. If the outcome was fixed what would be the point of playing?
Our people are everywhere, Esto Dignus.
Fanboy error # 12, trying to make a point with rank speculation. You may believe that is true, but we have no idea what happens with the winningest QB in OSU history starting those games. Tired of this argument, but Cardale made some key plays but hardly carried this team. The o line and Zeke and a resurgent\ defense were the primary reasons OSU won the title that year.
You are entitled to you own opinion, not your own facts.
Buckeyes will stun the college football world on Sat. UGA and their fan base are looking past the Buckeyes, think they will beat Ohio St easily.....Bucks will accomplish a new, unexpected goal of winning the Peach Bowl. I do believe this team will not take their new opportunity for granted.
CBus love
I have friends and neighbors that all say the same thing, that we are gonna get beat badly and cant win blah blah. I think we took our lumps and are gonna shock the world again! We are gonna take it to them over the top and Miyan will get his too! We just need to hang together on d and avoid the stupid penalties we have been plagued with. I really believe we will see a different team tomorrow night! Then on to the ncg! Cant wait !!
"You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy"
BOTTOM LINE: In the biggest game of the year under perfect conditions and at home we shit the bed.Stroud doesnt appear to be a warrior,Days game planning is in question and the defense has lapses when it gives up easy TD's.This Program has 10 or 11 wins built into it Coachs are hired to win The Big Games.Hairball and The Scum up North called us soft right to our faces and we couldnt do a damn thing about it.Could all this change ?? Perhaps but until they show it ON THE FIELD this team is considered soft.Before you down vote this show me where I am wrong.
Ohio State Football isnt a matter of life or death,its much more serious than that.
DV you anyway. Ain't got time for your whiney shit. This game is too important.
Beat dawgs!
Go Bucks!!!
David Peck
Seriously, whiny as shit. Disconnect from the interweb and go outside and get some fresh air dude.
You’re wrong
At least he/she is consistent
What's the hobgobblin of small minds?
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka 'Aina I ka Pono. The life of the land is preserved in righteousness. (Hawai'i state motto) Aloha nui kakou.
You must be someone who wasn't alive during the Cooper because if you were, I am sure you would have harmed yourself in some manner. Thank God the Buckeye's are stronger than you and your softness doesn't rub off on them. You sir are the biggest sissy on this this board.
Paris Johnson's letter was awesome. Beat Georgia. Go Buckeyes!
Thanks for the look into your world, Paris.
Thanks for the ride, it’s been great.
You we’re wrong, you have two games left.
Go finish strong and win the trophy for the brotherhood.
Spirit
You are a great player. A great person. A great Buckeye, Paris. It has been a special honor to cheer you on. I will continue to do so wherever you go.
"The minute we stop expecting greatness, we become Wisconsin."
Loved Paris' letter, really a love letter, to everyone who cares about Buckeye football.
I really, really wish that we were doing a better job of keeping this "we're having fun/human interest" stuff off the social media and out of the media. I want Georgia to FEAR the Buckeyes, not think they're "nice guys." I mean, c'mon. Having CJ draw up a silly Brutus picture? It's demeaning. It's embarrassing. These are YOUNG MEN, and future professional football players, not kids at a Pop Warner youth football camp. I want them to be looking at the cameras like Clubber Lang in Rocky III. PAIN. Have all the laughs and the jokes and the fun OFF the camera. Even the "Peach Bowl Challenge Belt" or whatever, screw that crap. Family Feud?? Sigh. I don't care if it's "tradition" or "just for fun." Georgia is THE ENEMY. We can be friends AFTER the game. Do some joint press events like a boxing match. Fine. But FOCUS. Win the psychological battle. Make them FEAR you before you hit the field. Win the mental battle. Make them think we're mad and that we've been disrespected, not that we're "nice guys." They're calling us the "second chance Buckeyes" on the EPSN promo commercials, FFS. Literally NOBODY will care about anything that happens OFF the field after the game is over tomorrow. I really wish they'd have stayed in Columbus and got ready at the WHAC and flown in tonight or something. If this was the Charmin Toilet Bowl then fine, but this ain't that. This is the biggest game of the season so far with ALL the chips in the middle of the table. We're about to stuff the Bulldogs in a body bag. Act like it. *old man noises*
Round on the ends and "HI" in the middle. O-HI-O.
This is the kind of stuff bowl games have been doing for decades. In this era it seems a little stupid to do, especially for a CFP game. Outside of some community service, you would not see professionals doing this stuff. They would be focused on their opponent.
Exactly. They’re treating them like they’re 6-6 Directional State in their first bowl game. The old “here’s your swag bag” reward is meaningless. They’re future millionaires playing for draft status and to defend the honor of OSU and the B1G. Sorry, they need to be more aware of themselves and how they’re being talked about. ESPN is treating this playoff like a documentary of the changing of the guard in the SEC and the new dynasty. And we’re the “second chance Buckeyes.” Fuck that. Get pissed off you sons of bitches!!! WIN!
Round on the ends and "HI" in the middle. O-HI-O.
You make very good points, OTBN. However, I like seeing the Buckeye players loosen up a bit after what happened in The Game. They played tight vs. TTUN and played "not to lose," which they proceeded to do.
I want to see these guys have fun and play LOOSE, not terrified to make a mistake. From my POV, I think it's good they are relaxing a bit. Too much intensity too soon and they won't be able to go four quarters. Focused intensity. Confidence. Not false bravado. That's what I liked about Urban Meyer in most big games. Hopefully coach Day has the formula, like he did in the Rose Bowl.
As you get older, three things happen: The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.
I have absolutely, positively no problem with them "playing loose" and having fun. My problem is all the publicity from the media showing them doing it and parading them around. Screw that. There's a mental side to these games and we're being clowned. I don't know, perhaps its a thing I'm sensitive to when I see people making fun of people that don't know they're being made fun of. It's not funny, and they're making us look like clowns. We should be "playing loose" because we're confident and prepared, not because we won "family feud." JMHO.
Round on the ends and "HI" in the middle. O-HI-O.
Perhaps, OTBN, could we produce another tough motivational video of a mother fawning over her dear son?
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka 'Aina I ka Pono. The life of the land is preserved in righteousness. (Hawai'i state motto) Aloha nui kakou.
Literally. Or better yet, another 10 minute segment on mental health.
Round on the ends and "HI" in the middle. O-HI-O.
Bah Humbug. Must have too much time on your hands
Eminem is from that cesspool up north. Great job, Peach Bowl media team! Morons.
BLAH, BLAH ,BLAH. Talk ,talk, talk, We'll see if they got any balls.
BLAH, BLAH ,BLAH. Talk ,talk, talk, We'll see if they got any balls.
Stroud had open space to draw right in front of him. he needs to take that space and add to Brutus’ head or check down and add to his legs. instead, he goes for the dramatic flourishes.
Underrated comment
Just read the full Paris letter on The Players' Tribune.
Wow. Just wow.
After we win the Natty, and Paris completes an HOF 15 year career in the NFL, he can replace Ramzy as our Writer Laureate.
Go Paris! Beat UGA!
Go Bucks!