Picture day in Ohio.
Posted on 11/13/2006 1:31:13 PM PST by meandog
THIS WEEK Top-ranked and unbeaten Ohio State returns home this week to conclude the regular season against second-ranked and unbeaten Michigan.
This will be the second time this year that Buckeyes have been involved in a No. 1 vs. No. 2 clash. Ohio State was No. 1 and Texas No. 2 when the two teams met in Austin Sept. 9 in a game won 24-7 by coach Jim Tressel's Buckeyes.
On the line this week are both undisputed possession of the Big Ten title and a spot in the Bowl Championship Series title game on Jan. 8, 2007.
This week's game will be televised by ABC and will kickoff at 3:45 p.m., EST, in sold-out Ohio Stadium. A record crowd of more than 106,000 is expected to be on hand for the 103rd meeting between the two traditional powerhouses.
In addition to ABC, College GameDay will be on campus for the second time this year and the list of national media includes representatives from Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix San Diego, St. Louis, St. Petersburg and Manchester, N.H., just to name a few who are on hand to witness what has come to be regarded as the greatest rivalry in sports.
Bowl representatives in town include the BCS Title Game, the Fiesta Bowl, the Orange Bowl, the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl.
WBNS Radio, the flagship station for the Ohio State radio network will carry the game on the 73-station Ohio State Radio Network. The game can be heard, too on the USA Radio Network and Sirius Satellite Radio.
Both teams are 11-0 on the year and own spotless 7-0 records in the Big Ten. Ohio State is coming off a 54-10 drubbing of Northwestern and owns the nation's longest winning streak with 18 consecutive victories. The Buckeyes have won 13 consecutive Big Ten games and are unbeaten in their last 11 home games.
Michigan, a 34-3 winner over Indiana on Saturday is 4-0 on the road this year.
SENIOR DAY Ohio State's 19 seniors, 16 of whom are in their fifth year, will be introduced to the Ohio Stadium crowd Saturday and will meet with their families at midfield prior to the game. During the past four year, this class has a combined record of 40-8, will have played in four bowl games, including three BCS games, and has shared one Big Ten title.
TUNNEL OF PRIDE As has become the tradition in recent years for the Michigan game, former Ohio State football players will form a tunnel of pride for the Buckeyes to run through when they enter the field before the game. The list of returnees includes 94-year-old William H. "Tippy" Dye (1934-36). Tippy, who later served as the Buckeyes head basketball coach and was athletics director at Northwestern, currently lives in Los Angeles.
When I was going to OSU the only word anyone knew was the last word. LOL!
Picture day in Ohio.
What'd I do?? I don't think I've posted on this thread before now.
Sorry.
I'm an idiot, I saw 1rudeboy and for whatever reason typed Dog Gone....
Sorry about that.
You know I love 'ya, man . . . but somewhere upstream on this thread someone was gloating about a win over Northwestern . . . and it sure wasn't a Wolverine. ;)
Oh well, he and I agree about the lack of danger of the "NAFTA SUPERFREAKING SCARY HIGHWAY", so that might explain it.
This is definitely a must see game. I'll bet it doesn't live up to its hype, but I'm hoping it does.
And then my personal bias is that I hope whoever loses drops below USC in the BCS standings.
That's just kinda my take on the whole thing.
Well I agree about the loser dropping below USC.
I want that old-time Rose Bowl matchup in the NC game. Just to make people mad if nothing else :)
The Wolverines shouldn't, because they struggled pretty badly against NOrthwestern.
:)
Well, cripes . . . we roughed 'em up for you, what's the problem?
Wolverines don't like to win by more than 40 points, it's low class. [chuckle]
Now THAT would have been classy. :)
Can others see it?
heh...
And anyone who watched the game...
:-P
No...it's my fault. Not showing up for me now either. Sorry 'bout that.
(Now my curiosity is piqued).
An interesting fact I read this week was that the last time this game DID NOT sell out was in 1967. That game was played in Michigan.
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