Game Thread Game Seven: Ohio State 48, Kent State 3 (final)

[Yertle]

Don't you guys think good ole conservative Tressel will only play Beanie against the likes of Kent State if he's confident that it won't affect things for the rest of the season??? It seems to me that if Beanie is playing this weekend, we can be sure of one of two things:

1. Beanie's ankle isn't as bad as we think.
2. His ankle isn't going to heal with a week or two rest. It's going to take extended off-season.

Either way, with the limited info we get on injuries now, how could we possibly second-guess Tressel with this one?

 

[mudball1]

Our next 2 opponents, KSU and MSU, are tied for 3rd in the nation in kick-off returns.

Ohio State is 106th in the nation in kick-off returns.

We are doomed.

Due to the short-sightedness of the coaching staff, we get the fewest game reps for kick-off returns of any team in the country. The results speak for themselves.

I hope we can at least make a game out of it.

Wait 'til Brandon works his way in there....we will have the kick-off returns for score....I promise

 

[jwinslow]

 

[jlb1705]

I hope Beanie goes out there and kicks some ass!

 

[osugrad21]

DDN

Upsets get Ohio State's attention

Staying focused is the key to not fumbling away games against opponents, Tressel says.

By Kyle Nagel
Staff Writer

Wednesday, October 10, 2007
COLUMBUS ? Sure, football coaches had been telling Brian Hartline's teams for years not to overlook the weaker opponents.
"You don't always see it," said Hartline, an Ohio State sophomore receiver, "but in the past couple weeks we've definitely seen it."
Every few weeks this college football season, another upset has occurred that seems to become one of the greatest in history. First, it was Appalachian State's victory against Michigan in the season opener. Next, it was 37-point underdog Syracuse knocking off Louisville. Then last Saturday, Stanford, nearly a six-touchdown underdog, beat USC by a point in Los Angeles.



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[osugrad21]

Canton

Ohio State trying not to overlook Kent
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
By Todd Porter
REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER

COLUMBUS A week ago, Jim Tressel said his team had to take its biggest step toward improvement if Ohio State was to beat Purdue.

The Buckeyes made that steep step. On Saturday, they have a little one.

It?s the kind that?s easiest to trip over. Kent State (3-3) will try to be the first Ohio team to beat the Buckeyes since 1921.

?They?re supposed to be weaker than us, but if you think like that, you trip up,? receiver Brian Hartline said. ?It?s probably why Stanford beat USC. ... You can?t look at anyone like that anymore.?

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[osugrad21]

Blade

EVERY OPPONENT A WORTHY ONE
Kent State won't get second-class treatment from Buckeyes

By MATT MARKEY
BLADE SPORTS WRITER

COLUMBUS - Consider that Ohio State is ranked No. 3 in the nation and Kent State has not received a single vote in the poll. Consider that the Buckeyes are the two-time defending champions of the Big Ten Conference and leading the league again, and Kent State likely has played its way out of contention in the Mid-American Conference title race by the first week of October. Consider that Ohio State has not lost to an opponent from within the state since a 7-6 loss to Oberlin in 1921, and that the last time the Golden Flashes came here, the Buckeyes handed them a sound 51-17 pounding in 2002.

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[osugrad21]

Lima

OSU's strategy: Avoid upset, wait for BCS rankings
Jim Naveau | [email protected] - 10.10.2007
[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif] COLUMBUS ? The first Bowl Championship Series standings will be released Sunday, a date which has suddenly become more important for Ohio State after a string of upsets have helped the Buckeyes climb to No. 3 in The Associated Press poll and the USA Today coaches poll.
Going into a non-league home game against Kent State (3-3) on Saturday, the Buckeyes (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) are in position to possibly take another run at the national championship game.
Coach Jim Tressel said at his weekly news conference on Tuesday that he welcomed the poll, but didn?t pay a lot of attention to it at this point in the season.
?I think the time at which the BCS ratings come out is probably a good time for a first poll. It's probably better and it will be more accurate than the (preseason) poll that comes out in August. But we won?t get too involved with it because there?s nothing we can do other than progress and take care of our end of things,? he said.

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[osugrad21]

Morning Journal

Pardon the interruption, Buckeyes prepare for Kent State
JASON LLOYD, Morning Journal Writer
10/10/2007




COLUMBUS -- Ohio State's road back to the national title game takes a brief non-conference pit stop this week with Kent State.


Now it's up to the Buckeyes to ensure that stop doesn't result in a blown engine.

The Golden Flashes represent Ohio State's version of Appalachian State or Stanford. The Buckeyes are 30-point favorites, but they've witnessed plenty of history lessons this year about what happens when powerhouses take an opponent lightly.

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

Ohio State football
Expect to play, Tressels tells his starters
But Kent State might rest players for MAC run
Wednesday, October 10, 2007 3:45 AM
By Ken Gordon


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

During the Kent State-Ohio State game Saturday, one coach plans to empty his bench to keep his players fresh and healthy for the second half of the conference race.
The other coach has no plans to rest anyone, including the starting tailback who keeps limping off the field with a bad ankle.
Care to guess which coach is which?
As strange as it might sound, it was Doug Martin, coach of 30-point underdog Kent State, who was vowing to play everyone who makes the trip to Ohio Stadium for a midseason nonconference game.

Continued......

 

[osugrad21]

Link

NOT SO LOUD: Kent State QB Julian Edelman said he's not worried about how the Golden Flashes will react at Ohio Stadium.
"That doesn't affect us. We played at Kentucky when there was around 70,000. We played at Iowa State when there was about 50,000," he said. "It may not be the Horseshoe but they got pretty loud and we were able to do well with that. That probably won't be a factor."

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

I think Julian has a point.

Ames can be loud when the Cyclones are down 2 scores in the 4th quarter.

Kentucky can be loud when the score is tied at half-time.

Ohio Stadium will be pretty quiet most of the day on Saturday.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Scout.com (Free)

Crunching The Numbers: OSU-Kent State..........

 

[stowfan]

... coming off @Purdue and with Michigan State looming, is this the classic sandwich/hangover game? Certainly not predicting Kent St to win, but we've seen these bizarre games before coming off a big game, such as with San Diego St in previous years.

I dunno, I just have that feeling that this is one of those mail-it-in/sleepwalk games with a noon kick that takes OSU about 20 minutes to wake up and get pissed ...

Kent gave Kentucky a game for a half, I believe they went to the locker room tied 14-14.

 

[Jaxbuck]

I think Julian has a point.

Ames can be loud when the Cyclones are down 2 scores in the 4th quarter.

Kentucky can be loud when the score is tied at half-time.

Ohio Stadium will be pretty quiet most of the day on Saturday.

Nicely done...BTW BP does not have sufficient capability for me to properly rep you for the bet you proposed to HTM. Mrs Jax was quite pleased.

Kent gave Kentucky a game for a half, I believe they went to the locker room tied 14-14.

and only in bizzaro CFB world '07 is that considerd impressive in any way, shape or form.