Game Six: #1 Ohio State 35, Bowling Green 7 (10/07/06) - Page 2

zom · #16 (**permalink**) 10-01-2006, 08:35 PM

Most likely. Not sure if he's completely over a shoulder injury, but he played at Ohio this week and should be back up to speed for Sat.

OnionBag · #17 (**permalink**) 10-01-2006, 10:03 PM

BGSUCKS handled my Bobcats this weekend. Bucks will walk all over them. Turner will be their starting QB but he probably won't last past the 2nd quarter.

osugrad21 · #18 (**permalink**) 10-01-2006, 10:06 PM

Link

What's yours is mine

What's most impressive about Ohio State's performance this season? Two things:

The Buckeyes have 13 takeaways?one more than all of last season?for a plus-9 turnover margin. Linebacker James Laurinaitis has intercepted a pass in each of the last four games.

A passing game that features quick slants, long flies and everything in between. Ted Ginn Jr. caught a season-high seven passes Saturday, but he was overshadowed by Anthony Gonzalez's two TD grabs.

Gonzalez is regularly used as a slot receiver, and teams often counter by trying to defend him with a linebacker. Big mistake. The 6-foot, 195-pounder can motor.

"A lot of guys look at him and think [guarding him] is a cakewalk," Buckeyes quarterback Troy Smith said. "But once he gets going, Gonzo is one of the premier athletes in the nation."

Dublin Buckeyes · #19 (**permalink**) 10-01-2006, 10:25 PM

I'm so excited this sticky is on the mainpage. That means only 5 days until I'm in Columbus and 6 until I'm at The Shoe for the first time in over a year!!!!!!!!

SanAntonioBuck · #20 (**permalink**) 10-01-2006, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by buckeye247

I wonder what the spread on this one is going to be.

It just moved up to -34.5. Wow!

Oh8ch · #21 (**permalink**) 10-01-2006, 10:47 PM

For the next six weeks it is all about keeping your eyes on the prize. But Saturday that will be very difficult.

OSU will likely play flat. They have it coming. This was a hell of a September and it is time to take a breather. They may well make a lot of silly mistakes and may try to introduce some new schemes and new names in new rotations.

But it wont matter. This team has several characteristics that make it upset-proof against the likes of a BG or an Indiana.

For one they are just too deep at almost every position. If there is somebody who simply can't get up for the game, they can sit while they guy who has been pushing them all fall gets his shot.

Another is Troy. He is just too competitive to let the O take a game off.

Beating the spread is another matter. When you start talking about a five TD differential this could easily be the week that sreak ends. But it will take a reasonably flat OSU and a very spirited BG to make that happen.

This is the first time all season I wont spend much time researching the other time. If I need to know something about a player from BG I will check in Sunday's obits.

Dryden · #22 (**permalink**) 10-02-2006, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Oh8ch

Beating the spread is another matter. When you start talking about a five TD differential this could easily be the week that sreak ends. But it will take a reasonably flat OSU and a very spirited BG to make that happen.

I mentioned before the season began, maybe it was in the NIU thread, that the hallmark of any NC caliber team is one that goes out and hangs 50+ on an opponent or two (or three if you play a Big-XII or SEC OOC schedule). Even the 2002 OSU squad, with their pedestrian offense, dropped half-a-hundred on Kent State and San Jose State. 35 is not asking a whole lot of a legit #1 team to cover in CFB.