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Originally Posted by bdubbers
florida ainec
i really went into the 2006 game thinking that osu team was unbeatable. huge reality check there.
2010 wisconsin(the team) is exactly what I expected them to be, and OSU hasn't exactly shown themselves to be worldbeaters at this point. any game @wisconsin is losable.
nothing tops '97(98?) MSU though...nothing.
i also went to the 06 game thinking it was a lock. i think i had the bigger reality check tho - i had basically written a year long blog in a fantasy football league w/ a bunch of my buddies (mostly osu alum) and i had pretty much crowned them the greatest college fb team ever. oh and the game, jan 8th, was on my birthday
since i was yet to go to osu when bill burke (from my high school in ohio no less) and michigan state ruined osu's dreams and natl title hopes, i still put 2006 florida as my #1 disappointment.
for a moment last night vs wisc i felt it, but rehashing fla makes me realize how much worse 06 was. i booked 2 hotels rooms in the glendale/tempe area before the season started only to leave that game in the 3rd quarter.
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Originally Posted by TomCollins
There is silver lining. This team is not good enough to win a MNC. Not even close. Same basic mistakes that keep us from reaching that next level. I'd prefer we didn't play like ass, but it wasn't mistakes, it was just being worked. And being worked by a team that at best is good, not elite.
The good news is, the season has one thing left to care about, and that will be redeeming. If we ever want to take things to the next level, we need to improve our lines, and our coordinators for that suck. It might take an epic meltdown for anything to change. Either that or wait out the next 4 years until Tressel moves to AD and we bring in a bunch of new coaches.
Also, pretty much all fans are deluded.
yes. fan is short for "fanatic"
although i'd agree your avg osu fan has unreasonable expectations.
TC you are wrong - there are 2 things to care about imo 1) beating michigan 2) rooting against whoever plays msu
i do not think msu will go undefeated. they certainly can, but i think its 65/35 that they will not.
here's their remaining games:
@ northwestern
@ iowa
vs minnesota
vs purdue
@ penn state
i think they can lose any of the away games (yes, even NW who is 5-1) and i think they will lose @ iowa (and if this happens, it makes osu @ iowa that much tougher)
i also think msu can lose at home against purdue, esp if they are looking ahead to penn state/undefeated season.
TC - what's up w/ this 4 more years of tressel talk? did i miss something? why wouldn't he continue to coach in 4 years? he's still very young. i know he's said he has no plans to be coaching jopa style, but heck he's only 57 years old. will he retire @ 61? i always figured 65??
4 years isn't that far away ----- who tf is going to replace this guy?