Tracking scUM's record all year

[BB73]

There are a couple threads that are discussing scUM, but I wanted to have one to track their record over the rest of the season, with the hope that they'll actually end up with a losing record.

I know many fans want to see scUM come into The Game undefeated, both to maintain the legacy of the rivalry, and to give tOSU the satisfaction of ruining what could have been a perfect season for them.

But this year, since scUM is already unranked, I want them to have a losing season, just for 1 year. That will hurt them historically, by ending some long streaks they currently have.

They haven't had a losing season since 1967. I believe that's the longest such streak in the country, since Nebraksa went 5-6 last year. Note that scUM was 6-6 after losing to NC-winning BYU in the 1984 Holiday Bowl, so they have 20 straight winning seasons.

They have gone to a bowl game 30 straight years. I'm pretty sure that's the longest streak in the country, and I'd like to see that broken. It would be good for it to be broken before it reaches the Nebraska record of 35, which obviously ended last year.

scUM has 9 straight years with a January bowl game. It looks like that will end this year, even if they don't have a losing season.

Assuming they win at home against Indiana, but lose to JT in the season finale, that means they'll be 3-3, plus their record for 5 games in October. If they lose 3 of these next 5 games, we can give them their 6th loss, which for me would be just as much fun as spoiling a perfect season for them. Ending those streaks is something to look forward to.


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[BuckBackHome]

As much as I love to see michigan fans miserable, I just cannot imagine they will be as bad as I hope they will be this year, or every year. The local michigan fans/grads were awfully quiet today at Rotary. They had nothing to say when I commented about OSU's dominating win.

[Dryden]

@ Michigan State followed by a road trip to Minnesota with that defense! UM might be 2-4 in two more weeks.

I have been thinking the same thing though. All things considered, if we can't beat them to ruin a 10-0 season, we might as well pile on and help them end the season 4-7 or 5-6 and be the team that deals them the final loss to keep them out of a bowl game.

I don't want to see UM flounder too long though ... I wouldn't want to see Lloyd get fired. I've grown to really like Lloyd over these last four years.

[Oh8ch]

How soon we forget.

Last year OSU went through an 0-3 slide and everyone was fighting for room on the ledge. A couple of adjustments/player changes and we were world beaters - the foundation of the team that came into this season with NC hopes.

I hate scUM (in the sense that all OSU fans are required to hate scUM), but they are no different. They have the talent and their coaches are not as bad as their own fans are saying any more than the things we said about JT last year were true. They have also had a ton of injuries.

Come November we will be in a dog fight in their house and the last thing I would want to do is go into that game giving the slimey bastards anything less than the respect they deserve.

[Zurp]

It's not looking good for Michigan. The last 6 games, they have 2 wins - both over MAC teams.

I'd like to see them lose a lot of games, and lose them BIG. 34-14 loss to Penn State, 37-7 to Northwestern - stuff like that.

Even if Michigan is 2-8 before The Game, I think that Ohio State should not and will not look at them as a 2-8 team. Not to compare Jim Tressel to John Cooper, but too many times have I seen a superior OSU team lose to Michigan.

[BB73]

Originally Posted by Oh8ch

How soon we forget.

Last year OSU went through an 0-3 slide and everyone was fighting for room on the ledge. A couple of adjustments/player changes and we were world beaters - the foundation of the team that came into this season with NC hopes.

I hate scUM (in the sense that all OSU fans are required to hate scUM), but they are no different. They have the talent and their coaches are not as bad as their own fans are saying any more than the things we said about JT last year were true. They have also had a ton of injuries.

Come November we will be in a dog fight in their house and the last thing I would want to do is go into that game giving the slimey bastards anything less than the respect they deserve.

I was really assuming the results of their last 2 games for purposes of this thread only. I didn't want to discuss our match-up with scUM in this thread, there are plenty of other places where that will occur. We always have to be ready for that game; but at this point I'm hoping they come in with a 5-5 record so we can do them some historical damage.