If tOSU was in the SEC...

[Gatorubet]

Originally Posted by cincibuck

Gator; are you telling me a Big 10 team would have the home field advantage playing an SEC team in Dallas?

I'm saying the SEC would not have an advantage. There is no SEC team in Texas. The nearest SEC team is Arkansas, and they hate Arkansas. Besides, with your last game being so early, your fans always know weeks before the SEC playoff settles who our champ is who your champ is, and where you are going. This gives you weeks to buy tickets before we know where we are playing.

[Gatorubet]

Originally Posted by generaladm

The Tennessee blog Losers with Socks has this all figured out.




So the top 4 SEC teams beat OSU by 35, and 9 Big Ten teams get shut out. The glaring proof that this guy has no clue about college football (or anything, for that matter) is that he thinks Minnesota is the conference's best shot at a W. Bear in mind that this is coming from people that have been saying "The South Will Rise Again" for the last 120 years. Oops!


Big 10 vs SEC Tournament ? Loser with Socks

And I read here how we'd lose nine out of ten to tOSU in '06 if we'd played more. People say some silly [censored]. It's best not to repeat that stuff, because reasonable people don't think that way.

[shetuck]

Originally Posted by Gatorubet

And I read here how we'd lose nine out of ten to tOSU in '06 if we'd played more. People say some silly [censored]. It's best not to repeat that stuff, because reasonable people don't think that way.

[BuckeyeMike80]

Originally Posted by generaladm

The Tennessee blog Losers with Socks has this all figured out.

So the top 4 SEC teams beat OSU by 35, and 9 Big Ten teams get shut out. The glaring proof that this guy has no clue about college football (or anything, for that matter) is that he thinks Minnesota is the conference's best shot at a W. Bear in mind that this is coming from people that have been saying "The South Will Rise Again" for the last 120 years. Oops!


Big 10 vs SEC Tournament ? Loser with Socks

What do you think he's doing with the socks? Here's a hint, it's NOT using them on his FEET....

[DaytonBuck]

Originally Posted by Gatorubet

And I read here how we'd lose nine out of ten to tOSU in '06 if we'd played more. People say some silly [censored]. It's best not to repeat that stuff, because reasonable people don't think that way.

[jimotis4heisman]

Originally Posted by Gatorubet

And I read here how we'd lose nine out of ten to tOSU in '06 if we'd played more. People say some silly [censored]. It's best not to repeat that stuff, because reasonable people don't think that way.

not by the reasonable group of posters...

[Gatorubet]

Originally Posted by jimotis4heisman

not by the reasonable group of posters...

Oh, absolutely. And I was saying that because, just like the stupid Tennessee poster (no wait! oxymoron) who predicted the overwhelming SEC beatdown, saying that the healthy '06 Gators would lose 9 out of 10 was similarly silly. We played a perfect game, got some good breaks, and were not 29 or 30 points better despite the outcome. Nor were y'all capable of beating us nine straight in a rematch. That was two good teams out there.

And, no, that poster did not represent the usual reaction of this site, and no, I was not trying to infer that it was. I guess I was just saying you can find stupid posting by every program's fans on every board, so don't take it that they all feel that way.

[DaytonBuck]

Originally Posted by Gatorubet

Oh, absolutely. And I was saying that because, just like the stupid Tennessee poster (no wait! oxymoron) who predicted the overwhelming SEC beatdown, saying that the healthy '06 Gators would lose 9 out of 10 was similarly silly. We played a perfect game, got some good breaks, and were not 29 or 30 points better despite the outcome. Nor were y'all capable of beating us nine straight in a rematch. That was two good teams out there.

And, no, that poster did not represent the usual reaction of this site, and no, I was not trying to infer that it was. I guess I was just saying you can find stupid posting by every program's fans on every board, so don't take it that they all feel that way.

[generaladm]

Originally Posted by Gatorubet

Oh, absolutely. And I was saying that because, just like the stupid Tennessee poster (no wait! oxymoron) who predicted the overwhelming SEC beatdown, saying that the healthy '06 Gators would lose 9 out of 10 was similarly silly. We played a perfect game, got some good breaks, and were not 29 or 30 points better despite the outcome. Nor were y'all capable of beating us nine straight in a rematch. That was two good teams out there.

And, no, that poster did not represent the usual reaction of this site, and no, I was not trying to infer that it was. I guess I was just saying you can find stupid posting by every program's fans on every board, so don't take it that they all feel that way.

Actually, that's a redundancy. An oxymoron is a term that contradicts itself, like "Wolverine Pride".

[Gatorubet]

Originally Posted by generaladm

Actually, that's a redundancy. An oxymoron is a term that contradicts itself, like "Wolverine Pride".

Jumbo Shrimp

[lvbuckeye]

Originally Posted by Gatorubet

It's my opinion that - if you were an SEC member - there is no damn way that you'd be getting ready to win your 4th consecutive conference title.

And I must strongly protest your characterization of the Florida D as "a joke." We were a joke last year. This year our defense is at most a slight jest or a charming witticism.

you mean you HOPE your defense will be a jest or charming witticism.

Originally Posted by Gatorubet

Thing is, you'd play at least three spread type offenses. While you would be in the top tier of SEC teams (don't get me wrong, not saying you'd destroy the SEC is not saying you suck), given your recent history you are going to have to show me better success against that type of offense before I could ever jump on a "run the table" prognosis.

we play three spread offenses in the Big Ten every season. Purdue and Northwestern spreads exclusively, though differing variations. Minnesota switched to a spread last year. Penn State ran a version of the spread in '05... now TSUN will be running a spread as well. in all actuality, the Buckeyes play more spread teams in the Big Ten than they would in the SEC.

'Course, if you played SEC offenses week in and week out your be better able to tweek your D, just like if we played the Big-10 for a season - we'd get better at defensing your strengths. You going with the Pistol seems like y'all are thinking that way too.

truth.

my personal opinion is that the Buckeyes would go somewhere between 9-3 and 12-0 with that schedule.

[jimotis4heisman]

Originally Posted by Gatorubet

Jumbo Shrimp

big 10 speed

[cincibuck]

Originally Posted by Gatorubet

I'm saying the SEC would not have an advantage. There is no SEC team in Texas. The nearest SEC team is Arkansas, and they hate Arkansas. Besides, with your last game being so early, your fans always know weeks before the SEC playoff settles who our champ is who your champ is, and where you are going. This gives you weeks to buy tickets before we know where we are playing.

Don't make me laugh. At any one of those games the schools each receive something on the order of 16K tickets apiece. That leaves another 30 to 70K to be bought by the public, ie. the local movers and shakers, corporations and other locals and near locals. Some will go to travel agencies, some to scalpers, but most will go to Texas football fans. With the notable exception of Austin, Texas is a decidedly southern state. NASCAR, Moon Pie, RC Cola, boys named Bubba and the Confederate flag on everything from smokeless tobacco tins to grain silos.

If you think a Texas crowd is going to root for a team from the state that produced Sherman over satan or an SEC team you are high.

Just as there are -- I'm looking for a generous word here -- let's leave it at -- "misguided" Buckeye fans who root for Notre Dame over Michigan, I'm sure there are a handful of Texas nut jobs who would root for OSU in a game against Arkansas, but for the remaining multitudes blood is thicker than water and bourbon.

[cincibuck]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeMike80

What do you think he's doing with the socks? Here's a hint, it's NOT using them on his FEET....

In days of old
when knights were bold
and condoms not invented...

Is that what you're suggesting?

[pokey]

sock puppets?