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Congrats to O.S.U. for a great season. Good luck next year.
Posted on 01/03/2007 3:06:17 PM PST by MikefromOhio
Although it can be said BSU had a weak schedule the 4 teams playing in bowls that lost to BSU went 3-1 in those bowl games.
--Although it can be said BSU had a weak schedule the 4 teams playing in bowls that lost to BSU went 3-1 in those bowl games.--
I don't think BSU would have been undefeated if they had to play Arkansas, LSU, Auburn, OSU in the same season.
"I'm eating my heart out that USC blew their shot...."
I feel the same way, but it's a battle to do this year in and year out, given the competition. Seems like there are a good 7-10 teams that each year, if things go their way, could be playing for a title. Pretty amazing we were in the mix three years in a row (and right there for the last five, really). And with who we have coming back next year, wow, we're right back in it again. Gonna be fun.
Congratulations to Florida for this year. They played a tough schedule and were battle-hardened and ready to win the championship. They deserved it.
Yeah, I remember he was there during the Selmon years. I met him a few times.
Were any of those TX teams Odessa or Midland?
Congrats to both the Florida Gators and their fans. You were not that deer caught looking at the car headlights after all.
If you can get past North Carolina or UCLA baskeball teams in April, Florida will have a lot on their hands then.
I'll sum up tonight's game like so:
SHOCK and AWE!!!!!!!!!
Now for the rant:
Ted Ginn, we're still big fans and all, but short of your ankle or foot bring broken maybe you could have given it a chance. My God the offense looked about as good as the Browns do.I guess I'll give SOME props to the Gators scheming system. And by the way just how many times tonight was a block missed??????
And the Heisman jinx goes on and on. Troy Smith, you are heading to the NFL but not before the 2nd or 3rd round, buddy!!!!! Talk about being not ready. I guess once 7 was on the sidelines, you, or anyone else for that matter couldn't bother to step up!!!!
The bulletproof vest worn under Jim Tressel's sweater vest came off tonight. This is a threefolded issue.
-----Why not try an onside kick after the Ginn TD? What other way could you have imagined being up 10 or 14-0 right off the bat. Then you could have thanked Urban for deferring the kickoff.
-----Why not step up the tempo at the start, just like UF did???? Even without Ginn in there, we still have much quality there. And maybe then Troy isn't running for his life all night.
-----I DO NOT have a problem with the 4th down call on our 29, but couldn't you have tried something that would
have gained at least 2-3 yards. And you should have called a T.O. and maybe the refs woud have looked at it. I know you used the challenge before and lost. So that was not available at the time.
-----Why not go 2 minute offense right off the bat in the 2nd half. At that point, down 20, there's nothing to lose.
Coach Tressel, you've got some explaining to do!!!!!!!
Necessary tagline change time.
Well, when USC lost to UCLA I was relieved because I thought Ohio State would have embarrassed us anyway. I guess you never know! Who would have thunk the game would have turned out this way?
"Pretty amazing we were in the mix three years in a row (and right there for the last five, really)." YUP! I don't think any team recently has been as consistently dominant as USC.
Dark horse prediction:
The guy that recruited most of the Gators is now at Illinois and has already gotten a commitment from this year's #1 high school player. Look for Illinois -- yes Illinois-- to be a contender in 3 or 4 years!
Zook is a players coach, kids like him, that's why he's a good recruiter.
But the knock on him at UF was that he was not willing to be enough of disciplinarian. He simply was too nice, and his game management skills were not the best. But nobody here denied his abilities as a recruiter.
Oh, yeah, WF. Also, the OU QB who is my age was from Abilene Cooper (Mildren). Bet you remember the Oil Bowl games? JC was around your time.
Oh my, I just saw a friend's name on one of the OK teams from back then and I never knew he had played FB! He was a QB for an OK team in the Oil Bowl. How neat.
Well, you were certainly in the trenches and I know that any one of those N TX HS teams could've played OU and scored on them. Like our Red-White game in the spring when the old-timers play!
KEWL! I'm booking my Mississippi Riverboat cruise now!
Congrats to you for being the first one all night to question why Ted Ginn didn't return to that game. The guy ran back out on the field and I saw no limp whatsoever. Then all of a sudden, he's wearing some walking cast type thing? What was that, in a national title game. Seems like he ran his kick back, got a little banged up and decided to protect his NFL draft status!! Geez, national title game.
Tonight's' game was a corker...loved to see the SEC/Florida come out on top. Next to the SEC I love to see the old members of the SWC do well as well as Oklahoma. When it comes to Texas versus Oklahoma...well I am with Oklahoma. I went on to Tennessee and after a ten year stint in the USAF & graduated from U of Tenn.
Good Luck Next Year!! Congratulations Florida!!Goodnight...
There are two games I never predict: USC vs. UCLA and USC vs. ND.
If I go in thinking that "anything can happen", then I am never too disappointed in the outcome, when it does not favor my team.
After seeing (live) probably 25 USC vs. UCLA games, believe me............... anything can happen!!
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