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.
Wrong state. That would be more likely at a Miami-Florida State or Florida-Florida State game.
Too bad they both can't lose!
No chance - they won't be playing them after the Fighting Irish earn their revenge for last year.
God-Country-Notre Dame. Go Irish!
Is that why they lost to unranked Oregon St???
Just means one more team will drop below #6 Rutgers in the BCS standings.
Don't you mean full of holes? I think lots of people would panic if Trojans are full of holes.
Hey, they would have won that game, but they lost.
Trojans are not 100% effective against Beavers.
A football fan walks into a small shop in Troy. He spots a bottle labeled “Notre Dame Football Player Brains” , $5 an ounce. He asks the clerk if there are any other bottles.
The clerk replies, “Well, we’ve got Cal brains for $10 an ounce, and Trojan brains for $1,000,000 an ounce.”
The man says, “Why the big difference in price?”
The clerk answers,”Do you know how many Trojan football players we have to kill to get an ounce of brains!”
Hopefully they have turned things around after the loss at Oregon St. But, Cal was to too cocky against the Wildcats, as they admitted, well one of their linebackers did at least, that they were looking to the future when they went to Tucson. I don't think Cal will stop them this time around. But ND is due.
Good thing both games are in LA.
No 3 Florida Gators game on Sat will only be available for viewing on PPV for 29.95
ARGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Winner.
Come Saturday night, you will be sucking some serious hind tit...GO BUCKS
I know this will date me, but here goes:
GOODY GOODY BO BEAT WOODY
and
OHOWIHATEOHIOSTATE
M GO BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes I meant full of holes. Did you see what the Beavers did to them?
In all honesty, it will be a tough game as always, but the Buckeyes ain't losing it.
(Did you check out the OSU-Northwestern score, pup?? 54-10 baby! And that was with a fourth quarter of second string).
The state up north that shall not be named will be humbled once again..... :)
Your comment + your User ID = LOL.
How old am I anyway? 12? :O)
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