A FEW THOUGHTS
WHERE DO I BEGIN
THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO DO FOR A LONG TIME. WRITE A BLOG ON MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BUCKEYES AND ALL THINGS RELATED TO THEM. I GUESS FOR THIS FIRST ENTRY I'LL DISCUSS THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND A FEW THOUGHTS ON HOW THE MICHIGAN COACHING JOB AFFECTS US.
FIRST, I WANT TO START OFF BY CONGRATULATING JIM TRESSEL AND THE TEAM FOR ANOTHER OUTSTANDING SEASON. I MYSELF WAS ABLE TO ATTEND 3 GAMES THIS YEAR YOUNGSTOWN, WISCONSIN, AND ILLINOIS (THAT WAS A BUMMER). I THOUGHT GOING INTO THE SEASON WE WOULD HAVE A GOOD SOLID TEAM, BUT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE I FELT IT WOULD BE A REBUILD YEAR WHATEVER THAT MEANS. ANYMORE, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT TERM FROM REBUILD TO RELOAD. WHEN I WAS AT THE YOUNGSTOWN GAME IT WAS HARD TO SEE HOW WE ENDED UP THE WAY WE DID. BEANIE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS HAVING SOME TROUBLES AND THE ONE BRIGHT SPOT WAS BRANDON SAINE. BY THE TIME THE WISCONSIN GAME ROLLED AROUND SOME TEAMS HAD LOST AND WE WERE #1 AND THINGS WERE LOOKING REALLY GOOD. THE TEAM SEEMED TO FIGURE OUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT ENABLES YOU TO BE A WINNER "TEAMWORK". IT IS A GOOD THING TO SEE AFTER LAST YEARS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP DEBACLE. I HATE TO SAY IT BUT THAT GAME SET US BACK AND THE ONLY WAY TO RIGHT THE SHIP IS WITH A WIN AGAINST LSU. THINK ABOUT IT, ALL YEAR LONG WE'VE HEARD HOW BAD THE BIG 10 IS AND HOW OHIO STATE CAN'T COMPETE WITH THE SEC. ALL OF THIS BECAUSE OF ONE GAME IN WHICH IN MY OPINION THE GUYS WERE OUT OF SHAPE AND JUST GENUINELY DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE. I HAVE HEARD THE RUMORS ABOUT HOW SOME OF THEM WERE MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE NFL THAN THE GAME. YOU CAN COME UP WITH WHATEVER EXCUSE YOU WANT BUT THE FACT REMAINS THAT WE GOT SMOKED AND MADE TO LOOK FAT AND SLOW. ANYONE WHO EVER WATCHES COLLEGE FOOTBALL KNOWS THAT OUR SPEED IS EQUAL TO THAT OF ANY SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PREPARATION AND WE WERE NOT PREPARED. I AM CERTAIN THAT THIS WILL NOT BE THE CASE IN THIS GAME. THE AMOUNT OF DISRESPECT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THIS YEAR SHOULD LIGHT A FIRE UNDER OUR TEAM LIKE NO OTHER. I KNOW THEY HAVE TO BE AS SICK OF HEARING ABOUT LSU AND THE SEC AS WE ARE. MY PREDICTION IS THAT IT WILL BE A CLOSE GAME BUT I BELIEVE OHIO STATE WILL COME OUT WITH A VICTORY AND A SECOND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN 5 YEARS.
I ALSO WANTED TO DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HIRE THAT MICHIGAN IS MORE THAN LIKELY GOING TO MAKE. RICH RODRIGUEZ COULD BE AN IMPORTANT PIECE TO BUILDING THE REPUTATION OF THE BIG 10. I KNOW IT'S NOT WHAT ANYONE WANTS TO HEAR MOST PEOPLE WANT MICHIGAN TO HIRE MILES OR SOMEONE WHO WE KNOW IS A HORRIBLE MANAGER OF THE GAME. WHILE RODRIGUEZ HAS NOT PROVEN HE CAN WIN THE BIG GAME I AM LESS CONCERNED WITH THAT THAN THE FACT THAT HE IS ONE OF THE PURVEYORS OF THE SPREAD OFFENSE AND THAT BODES VERY WELL FOR OHIO STATE. YOU HEAR ALL YEAR LONG ABOUT SEC AND HOW THE BIG 10 CANNOT DEFEND THE SPREAD. WELL, WITH TWO BIG 10 TEAMS RUNNING THIS OFFENSE (ILLINOIS, MICHIGAN) WE HAVE A CHANCE TO TURN PUBLIC OPINION AROUND. IT'S NOT THAT I CARE SO MUCH BUT IT DOES GET TIRING HAVING TO DEFEND YOURSELF EVERYWHERE YOU TURN. I THINK RODRIGUEZ WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE OHIO STATE LOOK EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN IT ALREADY DOES. IMAGINE BEATING MICHIGAN EVERY YEAR WITH THAT SPREAD OFFENSE AND NOT HAVING TO HEAR ANYMORE ABOUT HOW WE CAN'T PLAY WITH THE SEC. OUR PATH TO REDEMPTION STARTS IN THE SUPERDOME ON JANUARY 7TH. I'LL BE THERE TO CHEER ON THE BUCKEYES AND MAKING 2008 ANOTHER BUCKEYE CHAMPIONSHIP YEAR. THE BEST PART IS JUST WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
MY NEXT ENTRY WILL DISCUSS TERRELLE PRYOR AND SOME OF WHAT HE BRING TO THE BUCKEYES. ALSO, WITH TERRELLE NARROWING HIS TWO FAVES TO OHIO STATE AND WEST VIRGINIA, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WHEN RODRIGUEZ TAKES THE MICHIGAN JOB WILL HIS RECRUITING OF PRYOR LEAD THE #1 PROSPECT ACCORDING TO www.rivals.com. WHO KNOWS THERE IS MORE TO FOLLOW. GO BUCKS!!
THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO DO FOR A LONG TIME. WRITE A BLOG ON MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BUCKEYES AND ALL THINGS RELATED TO THEM. I GUESS FOR THIS FIRST ENTRY I'LL DISCUSS THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND A FEW THOUGHTS ON HOW THE MICHIGAN COACHING JOB AFFECTS US.
FIRST, I WANT TO START OFF BY CONGRATULATING JIM TRESSEL AND THE TEAM FOR ANOTHER OUTSTANDING SEASON. I MYSELF WAS ABLE TO ATTEND 3 GAMES THIS YEAR YOUNGSTOWN, WISCONSIN, AND ILLINOIS (THAT WAS A BUMMER). I THOUGHT GOING INTO THE SEASON WE WOULD HAVE A GOOD SOLID TEAM, BUT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE I FELT IT WOULD BE A REBUILD YEAR WHATEVER THAT MEANS. ANYMORE, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT TERM FROM REBUILD TO RELOAD. WHEN I WAS AT THE YOUNGSTOWN GAME IT WAS HARD TO SEE HOW WE ENDED UP THE WAY WE DID. BEANIE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS HAVING SOME TROUBLES AND THE ONE BRIGHT SPOT WAS BRANDON SAINE. BY THE TIME THE WISCONSIN GAME ROLLED AROUND SOME TEAMS HAD LOST AND WE WERE #1 AND THINGS WERE LOOKING REALLY GOOD. THE TEAM SEEMED TO FIGURE OUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT ENABLES YOU TO BE A WINNER "TEAMWORK". IT IS A GOOD THING TO SEE AFTER LAST YEARS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP DEBACLE. I HATE TO SAY IT BUT THAT GAME SET US BACK AND THE ONLY WAY TO RIGHT THE SHIP IS WITH A WIN AGAINST LSU. THINK ABOUT IT, ALL YEAR LONG WE'VE HEARD HOW BAD THE BIG 10 IS AND HOW OHIO STATE CAN'T COMPETE WITH THE SEC. ALL OF THIS BECAUSE OF ONE GAME IN WHICH IN MY OPINION THE GUYS WERE OUT OF SHAPE AND JUST GENUINELY DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE. I HAVE HEARD THE RUMORS ABOUT HOW SOME OF THEM WERE MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE NFL THAN THE GAME. YOU CAN COME UP WITH WHATEVER EXCUSE YOU WANT BUT THE FACT REMAINS THAT WE GOT SMOKED AND MADE TO LOOK FAT AND SLOW. ANYONE WHO EVER WATCHES COLLEGE FOOTBALL KNOWS THAT OUR SPEED IS EQUAL TO THAT OF ANY SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PREPARATION AND WE WERE NOT PREPARED. I AM CERTAIN THAT THIS WILL NOT BE THE CASE IN THIS GAME. THE AMOUNT OF DISRESPECT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THIS YEAR SHOULD LIGHT A FIRE UNDER OUR TEAM LIKE NO OTHER. I KNOW THEY HAVE TO BE AS SICK OF HEARING ABOUT LSU AND THE SEC AS WE ARE. MY PREDICTION IS THAT IT WILL BE A CLOSE GAME BUT I BELIEVE OHIO STATE WILL COME OUT WITH A VICTORY AND A SECOND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN 5 YEARS.
I ALSO WANTED TO DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HIRE THAT MICHIGAN IS MORE THAN LIKELY GOING TO MAKE. RICH RODRIGUEZ COULD BE AN IMPORTANT PIECE TO BUILDING THE REPUTATION OF THE BIG 10. I KNOW IT'S NOT WHAT ANYONE WANTS TO HEAR MOST PEOPLE WANT MICHIGAN TO HIRE MILES OR SOMEONE WHO WE KNOW IS A HORRIBLE MANAGER OF THE GAME. WHILE RODRIGUEZ HAS NOT PROVEN HE CAN WIN THE BIG GAME I AM LESS CONCERNED WITH THAT THAN THE FACT THAT HE IS ONE OF THE PURVEYORS OF THE SPREAD OFFENSE AND THAT BODES VERY WELL FOR OHIO STATE. YOU HEAR ALL YEAR LONG ABOUT SEC AND HOW THE BIG 10 CANNOT DEFEND THE SPREAD. WELL, WITH TWO BIG 10 TEAMS RUNNING THIS OFFENSE (ILLINOIS, MICHIGAN) WE HAVE A CHANCE TO TURN PUBLIC OPINION AROUND. IT'S NOT THAT I CARE SO MUCH BUT IT DOES GET TIRING HAVING TO DEFEND YOURSELF EVERYWHERE YOU TURN. I THINK RODRIGUEZ WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE OHIO STATE LOOK EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN IT ALREADY DOES. IMAGINE BEATING MICHIGAN EVERY YEAR WITH THAT SPREAD OFFENSE AND NOT HAVING TO HEAR ANYMORE ABOUT HOW WE CAN'T PLAY WITH THE SEC. OUR PATH TO REDEMPTION STARTS IN THE SUPERDOME ON JANUARY 7TH. I'LL BE THERE TO CHEER ON THE BUCKEYES AND MAKING 2008 ANOTHER BUCKEYE CHAMPIONSHIP YEAR. THE BEST PART IS JUST WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
MY NEXT ENTRY WILL DISCUSS TERRELLE PRYOR AND SOME OF WHAT HE BRING TO THE BUCKEYES. ALSO, WITH TERRELLE NARROWING HIS TWO FAVES TO OHIO STATE AND WEST VIRGINIA, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WHEN RODRIGUEZ TAKES THE MICHIGAN JOB WILL HIS RECRUITING OF PRYOR LEAD THE #1 PROSPECT ACCORDING TO www.rivals.com. WHO KNOWS THERE IS MORE TO FOLLOW. GO BUCKS!!
Go Bucks, beat LSU!!
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