The Official OSU vs. USC thread...

[mshifko]

here in columbus, hype is building...after last weeks subpar performance against OU, i believe the bucks will come out and play their best football...USC is so talented and i know it isn't going to be easy, but this is why lauranitis, jenkins, robiskie, and a few others came back...

the odds are stacked against OSU, having to go into a hostile environment, having a partially healthy heisman hopeful RB, and facing a well rested trojan team, ohio state is going to have to play their A game...GO BUCKS

kickoff saturday 8:00pm ET...the countdown is on

[NKySteeler]

Visit the college forum, shif.... Plenty of discussion about it...

The countdown to the death of OSUs' season has begun!...... :twisted: In the meantime, this is a pretty cool vid commemorating both schools:

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Enjoy the game (I will), but get a fresh box of tissues first! They may come in handy when you're crying... :wink:
SoCal has an all-american at almost every defensive position, it seems. And here's an interesting stat: USC has lost only one home game under Pete Carroll... Personally, I'm looking for a very good game...


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[Ozey74]

I hope the game is good and OSU can keep it close. I have my doubts.

I wish the game was in Columbus.

[NKySteeler]

I hope the game is good and OSU can keep it close. I have my doubts.

I wish the game was in Columbus.

Next year it will be... Then they can try to get revenge for the results from this coming Saturday!... :stirpot

[mshifko]

i didn't even realize this forum had a college section... :oops:

mark sanchez is going to be the best QB this team has faced in a few years...i'm looking forward to the challenge

[AkronSteel]

Being a Buckeyes fan I am trying to stay positive, but it is growing increasingly hard. I wanna believe that they have a chance on Saturday night, but from what I have seen from that team this year it is not looking good. The biggest problem with last weeks game was the lack of seperation from the DB's.

I wanna see a win but I will go on record saying.

USC 31
Buckeyes 24

Geez, I hope that I am wrong!!!

[Shawn]

Beanie is doubtful. If we don't have Beanie...I will just be hoping that we don't get waxed.

[birtikidis]

damn the game isn't for a few more days and there is already an official game thread! DAMN! we don't even have that for the STEELERS game!

[Iron Shiek]

So Tressel is doing his best Belicheat impression I think with wordplay and all. Mussberger was on Sportscenter last night saying that when the team got to LA, Tressel clarified his "Doubtful" comment regarding Beanie meaning that if the game was being played that day. He came off the plane feeling better and that now the diagnosis is game time decision. So he has went from Starting, to questionable, to doubtful to game time decision. Way to go Tressel. And I still think he is masking his planned use of Pryor. That guy will get some plays for sure, and he keeps saying that this is not the type of game you bring a freshman like that in. Phooey. I remember Vince Young as a freshman running all over Big 12 opponents. Pryor will be a nice change of pace. I am not worried about the Buckeyes Defense what so ever. It will be an even matchup on that side of the ball (Bucks D vs USC O). Bucks just gotta put some points on the board and get some good special teams play and it will be a close one.

[Shawn]

I hope you are right IS.

[NKySteeler]

Bwahahaha.....! ... :twisted:

Funny stuff goin' on out here....

...I'm out in L.A. on a layover during a trip (working the all-nighter back to Cincy tonight...), and you wouldn't believe the amount of mis-guided souls staying at the hotel... Apparently it is the team hotel as well, and the OSU cheerleaders are in the lobby trying to drum-up some attitude/support with very little luck!

...My only regret is that I can't spend more time here taunting the poor folks!... :twisted:
At least I'll get home in time to grab some shut-eye and be rested for the festivities! ...Went by the Coliseum earlier today and they have the place decked-out and ready to go!

[Iron Shiek]

Yeah the hype machine is in full effect.

Colin Cowherd radio show was live in LA. Went to a few commercial breaks with "O-H" "I-O" going loud and clear. That was good to hear seeing as its in LA and all and USC's fans had to have the band there to get any hype going. Our fans were still louder over the radio. :Beer :Beer

A Woody Hayes look a like won a best dressed fan contest on the show as well. He won tickets to USC-ND game even though he lives in C-bus. I would've wiped my a$$ with those tickets and threw em on the ground and pi$$ed on them after he gave them to me. :twisted:

[stlrz d]

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[AngryAsian]

To help with the hype scenario.... two of our heavy hitters will be matched up as well.... NKySteeler and ShawnMedGuy. And for their "friendly" rivalry.... as promised, I produced items that the loser of the contest should place in their sigs.

For NKy.... if you USC should lose, you must place the following in your sig line for a week.

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For SMG.... if you OSU should lose, you must place the following in your sig line for a week.

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"So it was written, so shall it be done!"

[Shawn]

:lol:

And it begins. Wow do I hope Beanie can play. :?

[Iron Shiek]

I just saw the crawl on ESPN2 with Breaking News that Tressel states Beanie is OUT for the game. What a shame. Lets go BOOM Herron!!!! Step up!!

[Shawn]

Wow. Just wow. It will take more than Boom. I have a feeling that if tOSU wins this game it will be because lights out play from our D and surprise play by Pryor.

[Iron Shiek]

stlrz d -- eat it! :lol:


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[Iron Shiek]

Wow. Just wow. It will take more than Boom. I have a feeling that if tOSU wins this game it will be because lights out play from our D and surprise play by Pryor.


We are in deep $hit. But no excuses. Boom and "other" Wells gotta step up. Anything Pryor provides will just be extra because I am not expecting much honestly. Not that I don't think he has the talent, just Tressel's reluctance to use him and it being his first true test...we'll see though.

NO EXCUSES!

[stlrz d]

stlrz d -- eat it! :lol:


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Are they 1AA?

:moon

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[Iron Shiek]

[quote="Iron Shiek":2e2veock]stlrz d -- eat it! :lol:


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Are they 1AA?

:moon

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That is THE BEST DAM BAND IN THE LAND or TBDBITL as they are know around these parts.

Honestly...you were supposed to use that comeback from me and turn it around by tossing out hot USC womens and Song Girls....

I would have no come back after that...I would concede victory immediately.

[Shawn]

I know the bucknuts board still thinks he is playing. Are you positive IS?

[stlrz d]

[quote="stlrz d":i86s41ts][quote="Iron Shiek":i86s41ts]stlrz d -- eat it! :lol:


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Are they 1AA?

:moon

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That is THE BEST DAM BAND IN THE LAND or TBDBITL as they are know around these parts.

Honestly...you were supposed to use that comeback from me and turn it around by tossing out hot USC womens and Song Girls....

I would have no come back after that...I would concede victory immediately.[/quote:i86s41ts]

I don't need to throw them back at you...you're well aware of them. :Beer

Btw, your 1AA band may be the best in the land known as Ohio but in the rest of the US, the band of Troy is widely recognized as THE benchmark when it comes to NCAA college bands! :Bow

And Fight On is the best college fight song E_V_E_R! :Bow :Bow :Bow

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[Iron Shiek]

I know the bucknuts board still thinks he is playing. Are you positive IS?

Its all over Sportscenter, apparently from Tressel himself.

[Iron Shiek]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3584806


Shawn, what kind of treatment is he getting on his foot 15 times a day?! Is that exaggerated or for real?

[NKySteeler]

Thanx AS, they look good!.... But I thought the wager with Shawn was until the persons' team wins thier next game?..... :twisted:

Gotta get some sleep now but will be back later, man those OSU wannabes were screaming up and down the hallway all afternoon, so I didn't get too much rest before working last night.... But that's alright... I set the alarm clock for 2am before checking out... The walls at the Wilshire are paper thin, so that poor sap that was chanting O-H-I-O all day will get a wake-up in the middle of the night for an hour or until the blaring radio shuts off.... :twisted:

Gonna be a fun game! (for some of us)..... GAME ON!.....

[NKySteeler]

Wow. Just wow. It will take more than Boom. I have a feeling that if tOSU wins this game it will be because lights out play from our D and surprise play by Pryor.

In all honesty, I think Pryor will get more PT tonight simply because he is the best hope of a "big play"... But it will be all for naught. :twisted:

...Mark my words... USC will start slow thru the first half. That is what they have done for the last three years... But in the second half, they will squash the 'nuts, put the children to bed, and go lookin' for dinner!

[NKySteeler]

...First, a funny article for all you mis-guided 'Nut fans that you should enjoy........ :lol:
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September 13, 2008
Sweater vests vs. flip-flops
OSU-USC a matchup of both lifestyle, football
By Paul Daugherty
pdaugherty@enquirer.com

The matchup between the Buckeyes and the Trojans tonight promises to be drenched in bad blood and bad vibes, grass stains and blown-out flip-flops. Venom will flow all over BCS-ville.

The game will be good, too.

No, check that. It'll be, like, awesome, dude.

The best rivalries have less to do with the athletic competitions and more to do with the identity clashes they provoke. Michigan: Snooty, self-righteous School Up North. Ohio State: Gallant defender of all that is pure. Like that.

So to some of us, tonight's epic showdown between No. 5 Ohio State and No. 1 Southern Cal isn't about football. It's about all that's good and all that's not. It's simple:

Here: Red-blooded, God-fearing backbone of America.

There: Narcissistic, hedonistic, self-worshipping pagans who like traffic.

What can I say? Shoveling snow builds character.

I ran this by Tracy Jones, my laid-back, native SoCal (or is it Cali?) friend who calls me Bitterman and sees in me everything not to like about O-Hi-O. He suggests I loosen my sweater vest and smell the organic guava juice.

"Do you think there's a sweater vest store in Venice Beach?" I ask Jones.

"No need, dude," he says. "Why would you have a sweater there? It's 80 degrees. Only the cheerleaders wear sweaters. If you wore a sweater at USC, you'd be laughed off campus."

Me: "Do you think Jim Tressel ever has called anyone 'dude?' "

Jones: "He's probably never even dropped a 'what up.' "

Me: "Shoveling snow makes you a better man."

Jones: "No, it makes you Bitterman. Shoveling snow does not impress me."

A backup Buckeyes wideout named Ray Small, a knowing and selfless son of the heartland, had this to say to reporters about football at the University of Southern California:

"I took my visit to USC and I'm like, how are they successful? They're not even serious about the game. And then I come on the (Ohio State) visit and before the game it's all quiet."

Damned right it is. Football is serious as heart palpitations. This isn't some pastime for SoCal surfers between killer waves. It's not entertainment. It's life. It's religion.

Me: "Tell me the difference between rock-solid, dependable, salt-of-the-earth Ohio and self-indulgent Tan Town."

Jones: "Let's start with the cheerleaders and work our way back."

Jones grew up in the L.A. suburb of Hawthorne, best known for producing Mike Love, Al Jardine and the Wilson brothers, better known as the Beach Boys. Jones says his dad coached head Beach Boy Brian Wilson in baseball and his aunt dated Brian Wilson.

That figures. I love Brian Wilson. But he's a Froot Loop. Empty B. Wilson's head onto the floor, the contents would come to rest in the shape of the Golden State.

Me: "If you love Cali so much, dude, why do you live here?"

Jones: "People here are better. I don't like people who love themselves."

Oh.

I'd love to see Bengals quarterback and major dude USC alum Carson Palmer in a Jim Tressel-model scarlet-and-gray XXL sweater vest at his weekly press picnic Wednesday. I have my doubts.

USC is better. The Trojans go about 12-deep at every position. They have future NFL draftees backing up the backups. Chris Wells would start at SC. (And it is Chris Wells. Not Beanie. If you want to be Beanie, go to Cali. This is Ohio, son.) But at Southern Cal, Wells' OSU backup would be handing out water bottles. We exaggerate, a little. But you get the point.

Of course, somewhere down the road, the Trojans will lose to some Stanford or another, because they are soft and because no coach who calls his players "dude" deserves to go anywhere except 1967. But that's unlikely to happen tonight.

That's OK. We in Ohio (so square even the state nearly has four equal sides) will reign as superior moral beings who spend Saturday afternoons in one church and Sundays in another.

Jones: "You need some board shorts, flip-flops, a couple T-shirts and your hat backward."

Me: "I'm too old to wear my hat backward.''

Jones: "Pete Carroll does it."

Why am I not surprised?

Arise, Sweater Vest Nation, for all that is good in the world. And tuck in that shirt tail.

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Now.... Some meat for the game tonight................. :twisted:

WHY THE TROJANS WILL WIN

SUPERIOR SPEED
The Trojans' athleticism again will raise questions of Ohio State's team speed. The Big Ten has been stigmatized as a conference full of plodding athletes. "We're fast, too," Ohio State defensive lineman Lawrence Wilson said. "We're not too concerned about their speed." But if the Bucks are run off the field again, their critics will re-emerge at record speed.

RUSH DEFENSE TOPS
The Trojans have finished in the top 10 in five of the last six seasons in stopping the run. And if the Buckeyes can't run the ball, USC will sack the immobile Todd Boeckman, who was sacked five times and threw two interceptions against LSU in the BCS title game. Plus, according to ESPN analyst and former Buckeyes quarterback Kirk Herbstreit, the OSU veteran offensive line has played "soft" in the first two games against outmanned Youngstown State and Ohio.

STREAKING
USC is riding a string of six straight top-4 finishes in the Associated Press Top 25, six straight Bowl Championship Series bowls, six straight Pac-10 championships and six straight 11-win seasons. Oh, and the Trojans are 66-5-2 in games when ranked No. 1.

DYNAMIC QB-COACH DUO
Mark Sanchez is regarded by many as the most physically gifted of all Pete Carroll's quarterbacks at USC, and that's saying plenty. He has it all: big arm, accuracy, mobility. The Trojans have had two weeks to prepare for this "Game of the Century" at the L.A. Coliseum, where they rarely lose - unless it's a fluke like last year to Stanford.

NO BEANIE
Ohio State running back Chris "Beanie" Wells is a game-changer. He can break away for a touchdown on every touch. Without him, the Trojans defense can play even more aggressive against redshirt freshman tailback Dan Herron and company.


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[NKySteeler]

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OK, I don't want you 'Nuts to feel left out!............... :lol:

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[Shawn]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3584806


Shawn, what kind of treatment is he getting on his foot 15 times a day?! Is that exaggerated or for real?

I have no idea...because I don't even know the diagnosis. It's certainly not invasive like cortisone...they might have tried that once before and if he can play one before the game. I would imagine it revolves around physical therapy and some "tub therapy". That would be my best guess.

[mshifko]

the bucks can still compete without beanie, it'll be tough but it can be done...

look for OSU to try to get boeckman going early with some short passes, use pryor in spurts for a change of pace...keep that USC defense on the field, keep sanchez on the sidelines...hopefully OSU's defense can try to make USC one dimensional...

should be a tough game...

i'm going with my boys to pull the upset and win 28-24

[NKySteeler]

hopefully OSU's defense can try to make USC one dimensional...

... Now THAT'S funny!.......... Seriously, I don't see ANYONE IN THE COUNTRY making them one dimensional. But that's why they play the game!... :wink:

Whoever you root for (I think me and stlrz are the only ones rooting for USC), I hope everyone enjoys the game, it's hard-fought and clean, and no serious injuries...

... Remember. It's just "pure entertainment"....

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[NKySteeler]

Interesting comparison between Tressel and Carroll:

Carroll: 77-14

Tressel: 75-16

Both were hired during the same season.

Carroll has two more conference championships, and one more national title tan Tressel...

NKys' opinion of the coaching: Since it's not an SEC team going against OSU, the coaching is pretty even, and a toss-up.

[stlrz d]

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[NKySteeler]

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:Clap ..... Love it!.....
(But man, that sure sounds like Jon Luc Picard (don't know his real name..... ) :lol: