Michigan at NOTRE DAME

[Buckin Crazy]

ND is going to more then likly beat them by a good 10+ points. Michigan has lost there swagger. I don't see them being a good team. ND will escape all the way up until USC, where they will get their ass's kicked.

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Originally Posted by MrMan0202

I don't know if I'm as ready to rip into Biakabatuka and Perry as Bruce Feldman. Biakabatuka did put up 300 yards against us on the ground. I'm still trying to forget that game. Biakabatuka's NFL career was cut short by various injuries. He never really had a fair-clean shot to prove himself on the next level. Perry is an NFL bust? Really? He did real good against us in college as well and I think it's too early to call him a bust. Anthony Thomas had some good games against us as well and for a 2nd round pick he's had a decent career. The only back on his list who he named that was a bust was Wheatley.

Chris Perry has A good game against OSU, A single good game... the rest of the time he wasn't "Real good" against OSU, although he was better than I was going to give him credit for going on "gut" instinct.

2003 - 154
2002 - 76
2001 - 53
2000 - 15
Total: 298
74.5 yards a game

Anthony Thomas was even worse.

2000 - 72
1999 - 111
1998 - 12 (Michigan as a team had 4 yards)
1997 - 29
Total: 224
56 yards per game

I wouldn't call that "Good" At least not in the sense I took you to mean it.

And even Biatchabatuka wasn't "great" save for his one outstanding game in 95
1993 15
1994 3
1995 313

Wheatley was the best, and most consistent of this bunch:
1991 - 79
1992 - 100
1993 - 105
1994 - 92

[HabaneroBuck]

They all did good against Ohio State. You are skewing the data, BKB. Hundred yard games for each back, with some extra yardage here and there in other games.

And I don't think of any of them as NFL-busts, either. They did ok in the League (other than Perry), but none of them were projected as all-Pros either. The NFL is a different animal, and the tiniest setback with an injury can change everything.

[scooter1369]

A few times a year, a game comes along where winning and losing just doesn't seem important to me. The teams are storied, with long, successful histories. Icons among their sport

Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
Dallas Cowboys vs San Francisco 49ers
FSU Seminoles vs Miami Hurricanes
scUM Weasels vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

I would just prefer someone drop a daisy cutter on the field during team introductions.

[NFBuck]

Originally Posted by HabaneroBuck

And I don't think of any of them as NFL-busts, either.

----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| Year TM | G | Att Yards Y/A TD | Rec Yards Y/R TD |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| 1996 car | 4 | 71 229 3.2 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 |
| 1997 car | 8 | 75 299 4.0 2 | 0 0 0.0 0 |
| 1998 car | 9 | 101 427 4.2 3 | 8 138 17.2 1 |
| 1999 car | 11 | 138 718 5.2 6 | 23 189 8.2 0 |
| 2000 car | 12 | 173 627 3.6 2 | 34 341 10.0 2 |
| 2001 car | 5 | 53 230 4.3 1 | 12 121 10.1 0 |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| TOTAL | 49 | 611 2530 4.1 14 | 77 789 10.2 3 |

Those are Tslnjkbjkhb Biatchabatuka's career stats. He was the 8th overall pick in the 1996 draft. That, my friend, is a bust.

[HabaneroBuck]

2500 career yards and a 4.1 ypc average is a bust? Again, he showed that he could play in the NFL, but obtaining an injury in that league can make a huge difference in one's production.

Every game in which I saw him play had demonstrations of the burst that plagued the unbeaten Buckeyes that sorrowful day. He just didn't play as much as his team hoped.

Could be semantics. I think of Curtis Enis, Akili Smith, David Klingler, and Tim Couch as busts. Guys who keep getting injured, not so much.