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.
I LOVE it! I'm sending it right off to my own Eric (see tagline).
Thanks for posting it, other Eric! :)
This is all meaningless.
Everyone knows that Rutgers is the real national championship team.
Any wonder why VaTech, Miami an BC ran out of the Big East? Not to have to confront the looming juggernaut.
Now this is rich, a John Keating Five McCain supporter ragging on Richard Nixon.
Nixon was a choir boy compared to John McCain.
Home-field advantage aside, it's just too bad the game's not in Ann Arbor this year... a matchup like this deserves to be played out in front of 105,000 screaming fans.
My daughter has to altar serve at five o'clock Mass on Saturday. She's either going to have to find a ride or leave really early and walk there cause I'm not leaving the house. Hahahaha
Er, EXCUSE me, but wasn't former OHIO Senator, Marine fighter pilot and NASA hero John Glenn also in on the Keating episode?
Yes.
And John Glenn sold his appearence of integrity to Clinton for a space trip in 1998.
Sometimes warheros are also crooks, just like Randy Duke Cunningham.
Oh, that's right, anyone who doesn't agree with you, the president or his policies is no longer a patriot. Thanks for the reminder, guess I forgot about Bushbot democracy < /sarc >
We're recording it and sending it to all of three who have to miss OSU defeat Michigan........once again...............hehehe........
-Eric
I'm getting the dreaded red x on that one. Can anyone else see it?
Ah.......now I see it....... Sweet!!!
Screw The Blue!!!!!
Well that's why God invented the VCR. LOL!
Just a question.......................
Where do you think lloyd carr will be coaching next year after being fired at the u of em?
Just a question.......................
Where do you think lloyd carr will be coaching next year after being fired at the u of em?
ESPN Classics has been showing some great OSU-UM games this week. Today they had 1969 & 1987. Tomorrow they have 1974.
On the morning sportstalk radio show I listen to they played a bit of Lloyd Carr and one guy tried to imply to Lloyd Carr sounds alot like John Kerry. LOL!
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