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Originally Posted by Gatorubet
Think this is bad: if you have a bad off-day against USC for any reason, y'all will never hear the end of it. You'll have several years of negative polling feedback ahead. I hate to say it, but if you lose to USC they will pass you over in the one loss team derby this year because they really do buy into that crap. Ghosts of the last two years I guess. Unfair as hell, but there it is.
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Coming off of this draft and all of the positive comments from Jets GM Mike Tannebaum regarding tOSU players combined with next years ridiculous draft class out of tOSU I think my main concern will be the lashing Tressel will take(if they lose to USC or lose in the National Title game).
Thus far, the negative commentary has been limited in regards to Tressel, but I can see the second guessers and "what have you done for me lately" crowd come out of the woodwork. The people who fail to see the 3 National Title appearances in 5 years, but instead back-to-back Title game losses.
It won't be fair, but I think the criticism will begin to mount. The "company" line out of ESPN will be that tOSU has the most players in the NFL but can't win big games and Coach won his Title with Cooper's players and Dantonio at DC. It's impossible to continually knock tOSU when they will easily have the most players in the NFL after the upcoming season. I can just see the typical ESPN idiot changing his "slow Ohio State player" to Tressel can't win the big games.