Three tOSU Players Suspended for NU game...

[jeffcat]

I don't think anybody really appreciated the job the Coach Tress did in holding his team together.

It's obvious that the Buckeye offense is completely and utterly horrible.

The defense might be able to lock down and make it into an entertaining game, but I don't look for the game to be that close.

I never thought I'd resign myself to a 10+ point loss to anybody, but I believe you guys probably will enjoy this night more than those of us in Ohio.

Good luck folks.. Here's to a good game and no serious injuries.

Tressel was a mediocre and very overrated coach in himself. I was glad to see him gone and the offense was mediocre while he was there. The only thing keeping his offense afloat with Bollman and Tressel's playcalling was superior athletes to bail him out. After watching his idiotic coaching against elite competition, he proved he was a fraud of a coach. tOSU just needs to get a legit coach in there for once.

I am not a TOSU expert because in the past I am a Husker/big12/8 fan. That said TOSU has had a good run and I think coaches do matter ..... Even the hated Notre Dame had good talent yet they sucked ........... and Billy C produced less than the talent that he had on the field. ....... I think at times talent eclipses coaches but to set up a program like like TOSU takes a very good coach. To bad about the suspensions I'd rather beat a team at full strenghth than one with players out.

You take away the pseudo-NC game in 2002, and it's not as impressive. They beat up a K-State team that was lucky to make it into that Fiesta Bowl. Smashed ND, but ND sucked anyways and was just as overrated as they always are. They got crushed by Florida almost exclusively because of how horrible the coaching was. Went on to choke away the 2007 season against Illinois and LSU also because of poor coaching. The Texas loss in 08 was alright....they actually coached that game decently well, but lost. Got blasted by a weak USC team both years they played due to HORRIFIC coaching. Beating Oregon in the Rose Bowl was nice, but after seeing Oregon against elite teams, it's pretty obvious they are just a gimmick team and overrated.

Tressel was a very mediocre and below average coach and for all of his "success" against weaker and vastly undertalented opponents in conference, he would size it up with getting massively exposed against teams that had similar talent. I don't think he ever beat a single team with similar talent outside of 02 Miami and maybe 06 Bichigan.

I agree in part, but they did beat a decent Texas team too.

Edit: I had to rethink this, 4 and 3 in BCS bowls and 81% winning certainly isn't "mediocre." He may not have won some of the games he should have, but he was not mediocre. And they actually destroyed that Texas team in Austin. I still agree in part, but the word "mediocre" needs to be changed.

That Texas team was terrible early on with a true frosh QB and they lost to K State and A&M. On the other hand, that 06 team, was arguably the most talented team ever. The 05 game was a joke against Texas too. They blew that game by playing musical QBs with Smith and Zwick and their horrific playcalling otherwise that game is a W. The next week after that game, that 05 team was struggling against a poor San Diego State team and was being booed by the fans. Let's not forget the awesome collapse against Purdue.

Jeff-

Neither of your last two posts substantiates a "mediocre" moniker for Tressel. Losing some games here and there does not make one mediocre. I am not saying he was Woody Hayes, but Tressel's record is counter to mediocrity.

It's pretty mediocre when he is losing games that he should win and the losses are almost exclusively due to coaching. There are some losses that weren't due to coaching, but the majority of them are because of piss poor coaching.

 

[BOJ]

I'm not sure you know what the word "mediocre" means.

 

[Paul in WI]

I don't think anybody really appreciated the job the Coach Tress did in holding his team together.It's obvious that the Buckeye offense is completely and utterly horrible.

The defense might be able to lock down and make it into an entertaining game, but I don't look for the game to be that close.

I never thought I'd resign myself to a 10+ point loss to anybody, but I believe you guys probably will enjoy this night more than those of us in Ohio.

Good luck folks.. Here's to a good game and no serious injuries.

Don't resign yourself to a loss just yet. We don't know if Jekyll or Hyde is going to show up today. If we can find creative ways to keep overmatched opponents in games, we surely can find ways to lose to OSU. I'm just hoping for an injury-free game and a solid Husker performance.

 

[jeffcat]

I don't think anybody really appreciated the job the Coach Tress did in holding his team together.It's obvious that the Buckeye offense is completely and utterly horrible.

The defense might be able to lock down and make it into an entertaining game, but I don't look for the game to be that close.

I never thought I'd resign myself to a 10+ point loss to anybody, but I believe you guys probably will enjoy this night more than those of us in Ohio.

Good luck folks.. Here's to a good game and no serious injuries.

Don't resign yourself to a loss just yet. We don't know if Jekyll or Hyde is going to show up today. If we can find creative ways to keep overmatched opponents in games, we surely can find ways to lose to OSU. I'm just hoping for an injury-free game and a solid Husker performance.

It doesn't matter if you roll in as Bethune Cookman. tOSU won't win with this staff. Trust me.....you will laugh at how bad it is.

 

[BuckeyePaul]

Hate to say it but I think OSU will be LOL bad tonight... can't think of what the game would have been if we had our starting QB, RB, WR, and head coach. But what it is, it is...

 

[VectorVictor]

BuckeyePaul--don't forget that Ohio State still has their defense to hang their hat on--their defense is what we expected our defense to be this season.

 

[BuckeyePaul]

BuckeyePaul--don't forget that Ohio State still has their defense to hang their hat on--their defense is what we expected our defense to be this season.

True... problem is that the offense is so inept that the defense ends up on the field for 80% of the game and tires out towards the end... appreciate the comments and we'll see... I think it'll take a miracle for our offense to generate any sort of rhythm, but we'll see...

Will be totally pumped up to see tOSU take the field and to take in your atmosphere there though!!

 

[Nate]

stop it with the "tOSU" please

 

[jeffcat]

I don't think anybody really appreciated the job the Coach Tress did in holding his team together.It's obvious that the Buckeye offense is completely and utterly horrible.

The defense might be able to lock down and make it into an entertaining game, but I don't look for the game to be that close.

I never thought I'd resign myself to a 10+ point loss to anybody, but I believe you guys probably will enjoy this night more than those of us in Ohio.

Good luck folks.. Here's to a good game and no serious injuries.

Don't resign yourself to a loss just yet. We don't know if Jekyll or Hyde is going to show up today. If we can find creative ways to keep overmatched opponents in games, we surely can find ways to lose to OSU. I'm just hoping for an injury-free game and a solid Husker performance.

It doesn't matter if you roll in as Bethune Cookman. tOSU won't win with this staff. Trust me.....you will laugh at how bad it is.

Like I said..... :hmmph