Official BCS-CG Bulletin Board Thread

[buckeyesin07]

But I'm racking my brain here and I can't remember a time when there was ever a poll on whose "fault" it was that some team or other made it into an NC game.

I agree. I am surprised that ESPN would take such a jab at any school, the supposed anti-OSU bias notwithstanding.

 

[Zurp]

Plus you can argue a point like "Big East is weak" and use some actual data to backup what you say. Most never seem to do that though. They just say things off the cuff to fire people up and when they get called on it they look like the idiots they are.

Unfortunately, most don't actually look like idiots in the eyes of the majority of their audience. Let's take Colin Cowherd, as an example. Maybe he's not a great example, because I haven't heard much of what he's had to say, and that which I have heard, he's only stated facts that are true - weak out-of-conference opponents Ohio State has had, Ohio State couldn't even stop Illinois, etc. But when he makes statements like, "Ohio State would get crushed by West Virginia," I would guess that 90% of his audience agrees. And when an Ohio State fan calls his show, he, being the host, drives the conversation to where he can make the caller look like a turd.

You can't win an argument with a radio show host on the air. You can't win an argument against a writer when he's the one reporting the argument.

 

[Jaxbuck]

One thing I've noticed lately is that if you go to the boards of other teams and its not just pure trash(BP equivilants if they exist). People there are by and large of the same opinion on these guys as we are.

They aren't dumb, they realize that shock jock x is bashing school y to get ratings. The best part is they usually start the conversation by calling shock jock x something to the effect of "that little fuckhead who was trashing our beloved school for no good reason a while back....".

My point is that I was relieved to find out, in a very unscientific and flawed way, that most people of average intelligence don't fall for this bullshit anyway regardless of school affiliation.

It seems to me they hit the 13-18 year old market and sub 85 IQ market(read SEC ) very effectivly. The rest of us know wrestling is fake.

 

[Lockup]

It seems to me they hit the 13-18 year old market and sub 85 IQ market(read SEC ) very effectivly. The rest of us know wrestling is fake.

I was just going to agree now we know why they are so popular with the SEC nation

Unfortuanly like most things in this country people are either to lazy or stupid to find out anything that even is close to the truth.

Either way I don't care. Like others let them hate all they want. As long as OSU is holding a crystal football at the end of the season I will take that any year.

 

[OregonBuckeye]

Is it January yet?

 

[GrizzlyBuck]

I saw Holtz's pep talk to Pittsburgh last night and he hit the nail on the head talking about sports reporters. He said something along the lines of; the ones who can't play coach, those who can't play or coach, report about it.

I'm sure that I notice the times that these "reporters" single out tOSU more than others, but it seems to happen a lot. The good thing about this is we are far from insignificant, and we are not the hot story for anything nefarious or criminal.

Maybe we just need a few hoods to hang around our sidelines, or a group like the Song Girls to cheer for us to get more love. Well I'll pass on the former, but I'm all for the latter

 

[pianobuck46]

I'm getting kind of sick of this argument. Who the hell cares what Mark May or Colin Cowherd has to say? If the crystal football is in the trophy case the talking heads can talk all they want.

To tell you the truth, the more they talk, the better I like it. Remember 2002?

:gobucks3::osu2::gobucks4:

 

[smith403]

To tell you the truth, the more they talk, the better I like it. Remember 2002?

:gobucks3::osu2::gobucks4:

Boy to I remember '02!...they would have liked to place an asterik on that NC as well...get real tired of the "talkin' heads", but they take there orders from Bristol, thats why they call it ESPiN...

 

[Zem]

Ivan Maisel was the one sports journalist I can remember, besides Herb, that actually picked, or gave the Buckeyes a chance, against the U.

 

[Buckeyedynasty]

Boy to I remember '02!...they would have liked to place an asterik on that NC as well...get real tired of the "talkin' heads", but they take there orders from Bristol, thats why they call it ESPiN...

Never leave a fellow Buckeye hanging.....EVER!

 

[OregonBuckeye]

This was posted in the "BCS: Knock 'em off/It aint over thread" but it's just as fitting here.

toledoblade.com -- Ohio State fans should be wary

Ohio State fans should be wary

Ohio State football fans hope one of two things happens this weekend - either Oklahoma beats Missouri or Pitt upsets West Virginia. (Actually, they'd better hope the Oklahoma thing comes true because I have a better chance of waking up skinny and good-looking than Pitt has of beating the Mountaineers.) Anyway, if Missouri loses then the Buckeyes figure to be back in the BCS national championship game.

...

Then those same experts vote OSU No. 3. Are they paying attention? The Buckeyes, ranked No. 1 at the time, lose at home to Illinois, then win an uninspired game against a so-so, banged-up Michigan team, and then sit on the couch and somehow work their way back to No. 3 because of a confluence of events?

...

Missouri, West Virginia and Ohio State are all one-loss teams. And they're ranked 1-2-3. Who is better?
Well, Georgia, Southern Cal and Oklahoma, to name three. Sure, they all have two losses and all have one inexplicable loss - Georgia to South Carolina at home, Southern Cal to Stanford at home, and Oklahoma to Colorado on the road.

But they're all better. You know it, I know it, everybody but the BCS knows it. The system is flawed, which brings us to talk of a playoff, talk of which is a waste of breath or, in our case, ink. It isn't happening. OSU's lone loss to the Illini is not inexplicable, not considering the Buckeyes' recent track record against spread offenses with talented run-pass quarterbacks. Think Florida.

And that's why OSU fans might think twice about wishing for that national title showdown against West Virginia. With QB Pat White and tailback Steve Slaton, the Mountaineers are probably 10 points better than Illinois. Even the BCS has figured that out.

 

[notfadeaway]

Personally I feel deeply sad for all the Buckeye haters out there...too me it boils down to one thing they are jealous...they hate our success and will do n e thing to stir us up...and we fall for it...TOSU is the best in the country regardless of what happens today or in Jan....AND we will be in the hunt again next year...and the year after that...and the year after that...and the year after that and so on and so onSO as far as im concerned keep the bashing coming

 

[Best Buckeye]

Don't include me in that we. IMO we have tried to get one and one's with a lot of these schools and they declined. So this happens to be a down year in scheduling , so what, we beat ours and took care of our business. They weren't whining for us when we played Teaxs two years nor will they the next two when we play USC. If they would have taken care of their business they wouldn't be crying in their beer right now. They lost either more than once or to a lesser team so eat dirt scumbag teams.
We will get what we deserve by winning and being tOSU.

 

[muffler dragon]

Then those same experts vote OSU No. 3. Are they paying attention? The Buckeyes, ranked No. 1 at the time, lose at home to Illinois, then win an uninspired game against a so-so, banged-up Michigan team, and then sit on the couch and somehow work their way back to No. 3 because of a confluence of events?

*emphasis mine.

I can understand thinking that the game didn't amount to much because of the score, but uninspired? Shit, I would have hated to see how tOSU defense would have performed IF they could only have been inspired.

What a tool.

 

[KreagerBuckeye]

I found more fuel for the fire:

You know those SBNations blogs? Here's something I found on Corn Nation, the Nebraska blog.

The following words are not my thoughts. They are directly from Corn Nation :: An SBNation blog for Nebraska Cornhuskers fans:

"I really don't want Ohio State in another national title game. Whomever plays them will destroy them. You don't want that either, do you?
For the sake of college football as a whole, the state of the nation, and all that is holy, root for Mizzou!"