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[rocketman]

Not really related to the discussion, but I think witnessing one of the bigger cultural overhauls in a CFB program should make for some fantastic entertainment this season. I don't know about you, but I haven't been more interested to see whatever UM games I can catch than this coming season.

Of course for us, it all boils down to how RR & Co. approach the rivalry. Maybe some predictions? Will he:

a) Pull a "Cooper" and make light of it
b) Get his team worked up into a Barwis-induced frenzy, to the point of reckless behavior/silly mistakes on the field
c) Approach the rivalry with the same focus that JT has brought to tOSU

[NFBuck]

Originally Posted by rocketman

Not really related to the discussion, but I think witnessing one of the bigger cultural overhauls in a CFB program should make for some fantastic entertainment this season. I don't know about you, but I haven't been more interested to see whatever UM games I can catch than this coming season.

Of course for us, it all boils down to how RR & Co. approach the rivalry. Maybe some predictions? Will he:

a) Pull a "Cooper" and make light of it
b) Get his team worked up into a Barwis-induced frenzy, to the point of reckless behavior/silly mistakes on the field
c) Approach the rivalry with the same focus that JT has brought to tOSU

After watching how he's handled pressure filled games the past couple years, I'd vote for "b".

[sparcboxbuck]

Originally Posted by rocketman

Not really related to the discussion, but I think witnessing one of the bigger cultural overhauls in a CFB program should make for some fantastic entertainment this season. I don't know about you, but I haven't been more interested to see whatever UM games I can catch than this coming season.

Of course for us, it all boils down to how RR & Co. approach the rivalry. Maybe some predictions? Will he:

a) Pull a "Cooper" and make light of it
b) Get his team worked up into a Barwis-induced frenzy, to the point of reckless behavior/silly mistakes on the field
c) Approach the rivalry with the same focus that JT has brought to tOSU

It's a shame that there's no current players on that team who know what it's like to win The Game. He could have learned something from them... Too bad, so sad.

[Dryden]

Originally Posted by rocketman

a) Pull a "Cooper" and make light of it
b) Get his team worked up into a Barwis-induced frenzy, to the point of reckless behavior/silly mistakes on the field
c) Approach the rivalry with the same focus that JT has brought to tOSU

Aren't 'a' and 'b' kind of the same thing?

[DaddyBigBucks]

Originally Posted by Dryden

Aren't 'a' and 'b' kind of the same thing?

Wow...

I didn't think of it that way, but now that you mention it; that is EXACTLY what Cooper and Cooper Teams did. They downplayed it; then played so uptight that it was painful to watch.

[BuckTwenty]

After the first few years, I thought Coop's teams filled the B role there too. Every year, someone on the Buckeyes would say something stupid for bulletin board material because the coaches were firing them up for the game because we hadn't beaten them in X number of years. Then we'd falter midway through the game to give scUM the lead and we just couldn't overcome those mistakes before the final whistle.

edit: haha, I guess we were all thinking the same there.

[brutus2002]

The problem with some of coopers players were that they thought/knew they were better...they forgot the part about proving it on the field. There were years we easily had the better team and lost. It is refreshing to sit back and know we have a shot no matter what. When RR loses to OSU I hope it starts to get into his head.