SuperBuckFan08

I think you may be in denial. Rally the troops and somehow go undefeated. I don't think that is in the cards this year. See Texas from last year. Star QB gone!!! Lost 7 games and 6 in conference. You are better off hoping you are bowl eligible with wins and no probation. Texas still had their "star head coach", if you can call him that and lost 7 games with a wealth of talent. Chances are even if you were undefeated, your star QB and great head coach set this team back 5 years. It is already on the news that your top prospect is running away from OSU and heading to UM. He is on record saying that many more Ohio players will be following him to UM. That is very troubling. I think you should start a thread that says "how long is OSU screwed"? It is very troubling how corrupt Tressel and tOSU has been with the cars, Clarett, tats, etc. I feel sorry for all the kids that got beat by kids that should of never been on the field last year. Even with vacated wins, the schools you beat don't get credit for the wins. So it is like both schools take the loss but in reality only tOSU should have the loss in those games. So sad. So, my answer is NO, you don't have my support until you stop cheating and admit you have cheated the game for many years. I don't think Buckeye fans think any rules were broken and that is obvious by this thread. They honestly think Tressel misled some people and got into troubling for looking the other way. The stuff that tOSU has been doing under tressel is very SMU like. Wow.....just wow. One he said supposedly....this thread was about conference loyalty in the postseason against the team that beat you. That was it. So you go and attack a hypothetical situation as if he posted it as fact. Two, SMU really? 2 Violations for Ohio State, 10 for USC, 9 for UNC, 12 for Tennessee, 22 for Boise St. ESPN only reported constantly about Ohio State's. And you wonder why we think ESPN has it out for Ohio State? Other than USC's, all others have happened this year. All of them violated 10.1 which was Ohio State's worst violation. Only USC received a post season ban and scholarship reduction. And there other violations not only were far worse, but encompassed three different sports. So if USC doesn't get the death penalty, and Georgia Tech doesn't get a post season ban for far worse transgressions than Ohio State, how the hell can you even compare Ohio State to SMU? What Coqui said. It was a completely hypothetical situation. I know perfectly well that we won't go undefeated and it doesn't hurt to dream, I'm just curious as to how well backed we would be by our conference mates or if we would be totally shunned. Also not to sound arrogant but we pretty have been the flagship program of the B1G since for the past near decade. Personally I feel Wisconsin, Nebraska, and for a stretch maybe even Sparty have a better chance at getting to the title game than we do but that's not going to stop us from trying or better yet (if we actually do get a postseason ban), play spoiler to everyone else's season as best as we can. He also brought a great point about ESPiN constantly reporting our transgressions while conveniently leaving out UNC, GT, Oregon, and the lax reporting on Auburn along with sweeping the constant arrests by Florida/Bama/Georgia players under the rug. I posted this elsewhere on the board but I thought it would be a good supplement as to why we get the front page news everyday about our mistakes and everyone else gets ignored. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-spt-0701-big-ten-nebraska--20110701,0,5568175.story

say you rally the troops and play US in the CCG and we win and go on the the NC game... do we have YOUR support? Nebraska would have more support than they could handle. ESPECIALLY if you get there against an SEC team. Expect the whole nine yards.

Let's suppose that by some miracle the Ohio State team manages to rally the troops due to the program "turmoil" that's been going on and we somehow make it through the season undefeated, do the Buckeyes have the support of the rest of the Huskers and the Big Ten behind them to bring a NC home to the B1G?

You're part of the Big Ten now. Expect random groin shots for ESPiN from here on out. This should explain everything http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-07-01/sports/ct-spt-0701-big-ten-nebraska--20110701_1_commissioner-jim-delany-john-wildhack-espn-officials Juuust a teaser of what's in the article and of course Nebraska is mentioned

Penn State - loud.....really loud. Wisconsin - loud.....really loud. Ohio State - If you're good, loud.....really loud. Everyone else. I wouldn't worry too much. Yes, the roar from the stadium against USC and Miami was probably the loudest the stadium has ever been. It's unfortunately that you never get a full grasp of that on tv with how poorly done the sound is picked up from the stadium

Just as an FYI, those are NOT Doug Worthington's gold pants. He apparently was livid when he heard of this and has come out with pictures showing all of his pairs.

If this is a night game, set your DVR's, Tivo's, VHS cassette tapes, we'll be in for one hell of a night and personally I plan on massively enjoying what may be a huge defensive battle if this is really a night game.

Erm, I may be a bit off base here and I hope I don't offend anyone here but this is the dumbest excuse I've heard in awhile. The spring game is more or less a glorified scrimmage. I highly doubt most teams are going to run their "secret plays" on tv and may just be focusing on the execution of their more basic plays and coaching up the younger guys. I get what Osbourne is saying but he's pretty much passing up an opportunity for more program exposure for not only the fans but the rest of the new conference members as well. I for sure was going to tune in to see you guys in action for the first time but unfortunately looks like that won't happen. Not to mention I'm pretty sure Husker Nation is large enough that the 70k potential tickets sold will have little to NO impact on the tv draw from Husker fans all over the nation. Even moreso the attention from the rest of the B1G would have been on this game too. But this is solely my opinion and I hope you guys see where I'm coming from. No disrespect though.

What game are you Huskers looking forward to most next year (regular season-wise)?

Do any teams in the Big10 use any hybrid type linebackers/Peso backs? That is one area where Nebraska might have an advantage in terms of speed. It's not that Big10 teams do not have their share of speed at the skill positions. They do. We just do not use the 250 pound linebacker anymore. Ohio State has the "Star" Position which is basically a safety/linebacker hybrid. Brings incredible ballhawking skills and powerful hits to separate the ball from the intended receiver or bring down the big back. They will play all over the field so they have to be the most versatile and fearless player.

How's everyone's final four looking? I'm down to two now.

I believe this is what you are looking for

This guy at the head coach spot on VCU seems like a pretty up and coming kind of guy, what about your chances with him?

Pearl is that awkward STD that the pretty girl across the room has. You think you want to hook up with her but you realize that you may need to get treatment afterwards so it's not worth the embarrasment