His team may face long odds, but spoiling is nice.We have always felt there shouldn't be any type of college football poll until at least week four. No one really knows what is going to happen before the season starts and any pre-season poll is pretty worthless. Remember West Virginia, Clemson and Auburn were ranked in the top 10 just two months ago.
The real fun started when the BCS standings come out Sunday and there are quite a few clashes this weekend that will play factor into who climbs, who drops and who ultimately goes where.
For the remainder of the season, we will take a look at big national or conference games affecting the BCS race.
National Games
#8 Texas Tech at #21 Kansas, 12:00PM - ESPN
Before you sport your scarlet Saturday, be sure to put on your best Jayhawk Blue. Texas Tech's toughest opponent this year has been Nebraska, which took the Red Raiders to overtime in Lubbock.
Mike Leach's team is averaging 418 yards passing and 46 points per contest, while Kansas is putting up 335 yards through the air and 34 points a game. If Kansas doesn't pull off the upset, TT faces Texas, Oklahoma State and Oklahoma over the next three weeks.
#5 Oklahoma State at #1 Texas, 3:30PM - ABC
Both these teams took down Missouri in the last two weeks, OSU by 5 and Texas by 25. The Cowboys can score, averaging over 46 points a game, while only giving up 21, but this is their biggest test to date and former Buckeye coach Tim Beckman will have his hands full trying to stop the Longhorn attack.
Texas is the real deal, but after facing Oklahoma and Missouri in back to back weeks, you have to wonder if that let down performance is about to surface. Chris Ogbonnaya has emerged the last two games as the compliment running back Colt McCoy needed and they have scored 101 points over that span.
#9 Georgia at #12 LSU, 3:30PM - CBS
SEC dude, SEC. Both teams come in 5-1 overall, 3-1 in conference and are looking to keep pace in their respective divisions. This is going to be another classic SEC tilt, with the loser getting knocked out of the BCS race.
Georgia's offense has topped 27 points once in the last five games, getting 30 in the loss to Alabama, while LSU has averaged just over 25 points in their last 4. This game could be a low scoring affair, with turnovers and field position playing key roles.
#2 Alabama at Tennessee, 7:45PM - ESPN
This is the game that could save Phil Flumer's job and lifetime supply of sausage gravy. This is the last game against a ranked opponent for the Volunteers and a loss would send them to 3-5. Alabama has to guard against looking ahead to Arkansas St. next week.
Big Ten Games
#25 Northwestern at Indiana, 12:00PM - BTN
The Wildcats look to avoid the upset before next week's battle with Minnesota and Indiana will be trying to end their 5 game losing streak. A Northwestern win will have them a half game out of second.
#24 Minnesota at Purdue, 12:00PM - ESPN Classic
Purdue is just 2-5 in Tiller's last season and quite frankly, Minnesota has shocked the conference. The Gophers can ensure a winning record with the victory and can keep pace with Northwestern for second. Purdue is in complete turmoil and will be trying to end their 5 game skid.
Michigan State at Michigan, 3:30PM - ABC
This game likely won't factor into the BCS race, but we'll all be rooting for "Little Brother" to lay an epic beatdown on the Wolverines.
Comments
Sparty is gonna put up 40 on the Wolvereenies...... they are in a bad mood after the Buckeyes laid the smack down on their candy asses and they are gonna take it out on Miiiiiiiiiichigan. Ringer goes for a buck fifty and Miiiiiiichigan is held under 250 total offense... 41-16 Sparty
Haha your fans are to funny. I'm guessing last weekend you all were rooting for Penn State over Michigan as well
Can it be Saturday already?!
Texas is the real deal. I would like to see them win it all, unless in the horrible, heart-breaking event that we drop one to the lions, I'd like to see Texas v. PSU. I was thinking about it the other day, and even if we do drop the game, which we wont, we're still basically slated for a trip to the Rose Bowl.
On a more important note, what does Ski have to do to get some 11W stickers shipped to New York so his car can represent?
I was actually hoping that a bomb dropped into the stadium for that game, GO PSU. That would've been win-win.
OSU vs Penn St. is an interesting matchup... almost mirror images of each other. Mobile QB's, good LB's, fair receivers. Penn State has the superior return game and the deciding factor is probably going to be Beanie. This could be old school at its finest as yardage may be hard to come by with 2 good defenses ..... Beanie will eek out a 110 yd game and add 2 TD's... Pryor will play efficient and won't lose the game with stupid mistakes......
Bucks 20 Penn St 13
LOL @ Flip
GO PSU, we never want anything good to happen to that team up North....hating them is a lifestyle, I dont take shits, I take Michigans
Beanie is gonna come to play for sure. The weather will keep this game on the ground. Let's see if that other RB is all hype. Dude has the numbers, but then again, so did Ringer.
@GoPSU
Of course we were rooting for PSU. were just pissed you let them score double digits
Ladies and gentlebucks,
Brent Musberger, Kirk Herbstreit to call the game.
EXCELLENT!
we will be looking liiiiiiive (musberger)
'down on the banks of the OOOOlentangy'
"at OHIO STADIUM in CoLUMBus, Ohio..."
Wow, I'm really impressed with Pryor, this kid is a pure athletic SPECIMEN! (Herbstreit failing horribly in trying to remain unbiased) LOL
"He's going to take it to the house folks....." (As "Player name here" is gang tackled at the 50)
Wow, I’m really impressed with Pryor, this kid is a pure athletic SPECIMEN! (Herbstreit failing horribly in trying to remain unbiased) LOL
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Can't imagine how this comment would differ from a supposed "unbiased" reporter. Probably would go something like this..."Wow, I’m really impressed with Pryor, this kid is a pure athletic SPECIMEN!"
I love Buckeyes fans you really think you have chance, you better pray for bad weather period. I hear this team is peaking with that coaching staff you can't peak Tressel gives you no chance just with your game plan alone. I imagine 1130pm spotrscenter will be talking about the Buckeyes not being very good and its not the the truth you just got a high school coach. I want a stat from somebody what is Tressel's record against teams ranked outside the Big Ten because the B10 is the second worst BCS conference all this being said Buckeye fans will justify Tressel but he is aboustely the most overrated coach in country and your games are hard to even watch espically since you have talent. To a person with no preference your team is ranked on its name you have the players just your coaching sucks and keep hoping you can live on the Michigan game and watch your university turn into Nebraska. LB Univeristy is Penn State I think OSU is punter U maybe you can have the Ray Guy winner every year since your staff thinks that it is the most important play. I guess the storyline is you have great talen just a horrible and i mean horrible coach try to justify him and keep believing he is good coach but deep inside you know your coaching sucks and will be your problem till aleast 2011 thats when i imagine Tressel gets fired.
Did you guys see who we are honoring at half-time?
Hall of Fame Inductee Coach John Cooper.
And Buckeye nation shudders at the bad omen.
Hey, Glen - Learn how to spell your name then spout your knowledge.
Sincerely,
Woodie Hayz
Hey Glen(n),
It is hard to take someone seriously who writes no better than a 4th grader. I don't mean to insult your intelligence, but for future references if you want to be taken seirously the next time you're talking shit in various blogs, please make sure to get someone else to type for you.
Hey Glen - not to insult your intelligence...but you are dumb.
Glenn: Wouldn't it make more sense to look at Tressels record against "Ranked B10 teams" due to Penn State being a member of the Big 10.
Tressel is actually 5-4 against ranked teams outside the B10 (Not including the '01 season - I don't have rankings going back that far.)
Wins include:
7th Ranked Washington State
1st Ranked Miami (FL)
10th Ranked Kansas State
9th Ranked Notre Dame
2nd Ranked Texas
3 of the 4 losses came against number 1 ranked teams, while the other was number 2 Texas.
Tressel is 19-3 (Again going back to the start of '02) against ranked B10 teams.
J.B.:
Good info, but you just wasted your time. It's going to be nonsensically "discounted" by some idiot in:
3...2...1...
SSSEEEECCCC SPEEDDDDD KILLZ!!!!11!!!1!!1
Haha thats why you are dumb fans. Irrational and just plain stupid. You all have a two track mind OSU win Michigan lose. Take this scenario michigan pulls out the upset and PSU goes on to beat Ohio State then you have virtually no chance of winning the big ten. I guess big ten championships are not that important to you. Youd rather see Michigan lose who is of no importance in the big ten this year at all. Thats just plain redneck idiocracy
Love Buckeye fans worried about spelling when you can't be honest, stay on the Tressel bandwagon and keep worrying about spelling since i am sure you all are teachers. I guess enough said you are the laughing stock of the country East, West, South and North of Ohio and you worry about spelling glenn with two n's thats shit funny i guess its like watching your offense then, because your program is being made fun of across the country!!!! and to all you teachers that is a fact and too bad because you keep on rolling with your coach who got you here. Pray for rain because if not then i can come back to this blog and listen to the bitching about your players when its not the players its the scheme. Also need another stat when is the last elite porgram to hire a Division 1AA coach as its head coach but i guess you get what you hire 19-3 against B10 ranked teams not bad if your conference had any merit. So hate all you want, the truth is B10 sucks and your team is the hardest ranked team to watch ever surf internet to other Blogs and you will see what kind of respect you get.
I want to edit the last post kind of got ahead of myself if Michigan wouldve pulled out the upset and PSU wins aaginst OSU you would be tied and the title would go to PSU. If they lost that game and beat OSU you'd both be one and one looking for PSU to lose another. Instead you root for michigan to lose keeping PSU undefeated. If you all somehow pull out the upset this weekend youd both be at one and one and if OSU would happen to take an upset later in the season PSU would be big ten champs. Just morons some of you are and im disappointed in you rational buckeye fan cause that was an irrational comment. Im guessing many of those buckeyes who are going to take the field this saturday was hoping for a michigan upset cause they play the game and you just watch and cringe.
PSU - you would understand our dislike of Michigan if you had such a thing as a rivalry. But, because you guys have always ducked Pitt, you wouldn't have any idea of what a rivalry is.
You are not our rival, you are not Michigan's rival, well, because we both have owned you since you joined the Big ten. You have exactly 1 outright and 1 shared Big ten title in 15 year ... woo hoo ...
but at least you own temple, huh
Musberger.............."Holy Buckeye" "Touchdown, Tochdown"!!!!!!!!!!!
Is it me or is "Glenn Mason" a PSU (or PUS-y)?
Go PSU: We control our own destiny thats all that matters! If we lose to PSU, then we don't deserve to win the B10 -IMO.
Anyone who wants respect in the Big 10, wanted PSU to win the game on Saturday.
Number one im not even a penn state fan I just love sitting in the bars on saturday and watching all you osu fans put your whole weekend on some game you have no control over. You work hard all week (probably in some factory) just to go root and cheer like an idiot and when the outcome of that game isn't what you wanted the whole weekend is shot. Probably the whole next week until you can get some revenge on a MAC school or other low rate big ten team. Its pretty pathetic how youll let a game govern your lives especially when you dont play. You cringe and say we suck boeckman sucks tressel doesnt know what hes doing. When a season ago half of you wouldve been on your knees for boeckman. Youre all totally irrational and cant get out of this cage called ohio state football. haha its just so damn comical.
heres proof of your stupidity and how you are nothing more than programmed robots.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
and i love the term we like youre a part of the team. they play you watch.
go psu, how is that such a winner as yourself has the time to post repeatedly in the middle of the day on a blog? go fuck yourself troll.
PSU-
And your a tough guy on the internet....dont know which is worse. But tell your mom to bring you a bologna sandwich down to the basement before you start your Anime marathon later.
Why wasn't I invited to the Anime marathon?
Pusy nice Chaos just like when ignorant fans live off the past and your program is looked at as a laughing stock. Also like the Buckeye fans that think Tressel is a great coach and watch the games, great is not a word that would come out of my mouth when watching one of your games, the first thing that comes to me is what the hell kind of coaching is that, seriously lie to yourself if you want i watch some of your games that shit is a discredit to great athletes there, forward pass thats your problem why would a NFL QB come to OSU and have Tressel ruin there chances, your offense is the worst i have seen over Tressel's tenure of any respectable program ever. B10 sucks and OSU is evidence number one you are lucky to be in B10 because Tressel would never even be a coach in SEC, B12 or any other big program because x's and o's are not Tressel strong suit. Bottom Line you are made fun of everywhere and credit Tressel for that
Don't feed the trolls guys.
Go Buckeyes.
and jc what are you doing right now posting on the internet. hahaahah good one guys. bologna sandwiches and anime marathons youd think with that ohio education you would be able to come up with something better than your mom jokes and attacking my presence on a blog that you just posted on
Ghostface wrote this killer song dedicted to PSU and Mr. Mason called Jealosy.......check it out
oops, looks like everyone knows I went to Mr. Mason's school of spelling now.....
LOUD NOISES
J.B.,
In response to your not having the rankings for OSU's non-conference games against ranked opponents in 2001, OSU went 0-2, falling 13-6 to then 14th-ranked UCLA and falling 31-28 to then 14th-ranked South Carolina in the OUtback Bowl.
So, his record is now 5-6 against non-Big Ten ranked teams.
PSU and Mr. Mason = PUS-y
Did I tell you I was lesbian.... I love you both :)
Hate, hate, hate, hate, hate......
I hate Michigan with a passion, but I'm not so much of a loser that I go to their blog sites and talk shit, at least not until the Monday before the game that is LOL
So aparently we're all losers because we are passionate fans that love ohio state football and take time out of our day to follow the buckeyes... I didn't know that having interests in a persons life makes them a loser.
But how much of a loser do you have to be to spend your day writing on a teams blog that you DONT EVEN LIKE??? Yes, we post on here because we love OSU football, but you, GO PSU, just post on here to piss people off... I smell a real loser.
You sir, are the one that needs to get a life and stop being Billy Blogger Badass hiding behind your keyboard. No one cares for your distorted opinions, facts are facts buddy.
The abortion survivor that keeps coming in and posting here has to be the biggest douche on the interweb. In case you haven't figured it out, Les Miles, Todd Blackledge, and now Glen(n) Mason are all the same person.
Without making you go through the agony of having to read his posts, here is what he believes:
- Tressel is a terrible coach who shouldn't have a job outside of highschool football.
- We are oblivious and ignorant fans for not knowing what ALL of the nation knows (that Tressel is a terrible coach)
- We have the worst offense ever and the only reason we win is because the Big Ten sucks.
- Commas and periods are optional when posting on 11W and it is best to make readers decipher when one comment ends and the other begins.
- We, as fans of the Buckeyes, are ignorant and are as terrible as our coach.
- Did I mention Tressel sucks?
Come to think about it, the guy is starting to sound a lot like Mark May......but anyway, now you can avoid the pain of bleeding out of your eyes and ears when he posts the exact same thing next week.
Thats a world class response BG
PSU/Mr.Mason
How very hypocritical of you to use a word like 'irrational' relevant to Buckeye fans. You and your kind are the definition of the word. Let us say FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT that you are 100% correct: our coach stinks, our schemes stink, our offense is overrated, and we are the laughing stock of college football lovers everywhere. What should we do about that, I mean, rationally speaking of course? Should we be barred from future title games? Should we forfeit our place in the Big Ten and join the MAC? I know, we should just drop out of Div.1 altogether, dissolve the entire athletic department and ban football throughout the state. I mean, doesnt that sound logical? It seems to be the only 'rational' solution after all.
See, you cant mistake our passion for idiocy when you (and those like you) call for future teams to somehow atone for what you didnt like about the teams before them. You cant call a coach with an overall win percentage in the 80th percentile, terrible. You cant ignore conference titles, championship crystal, and statuesque trophies.
All things considered, should you really be throwing around words like 'irrational?'
Just remember, your perceived notion of how 'irrational' we are as fans is directly proportionate to, and has a perfectly positive relationdship with your vitreal.
.....oh, I forgot, working with double digit IQ's here. That means: The more you hate, the more we appreciate.
GO BUCKS!!!!
Very nice logical writing AngelHearts, one big problem though... The crowd you're directing this to (i.e. PSU/Mr. Mason) are likely to be intellectually challenged (i.e. morons) and will either:
A: Be unable to read so many words in time to be able to write a response to your comment by Saturday.
or
B: Attempt to try to understand your logic and faint at their computer.
No your reponses say it all, calling people idiots just watch utube you guys burn cars, talk about one championship like it was a great coaching job, just giving you reality Buckeye fans are made fun of more then any other fan. As for all these post above and you believe your team is good this year. Keep posting, its funny shit because if you think your smart by typing and proof reading then more power to you because i am sure you take your time but judging by your comments, got a bunch of people who think they are witty so go ahead feel smart i am sure you need to feel it
Dear Glenn Mason:
I'm Sorry that I am not an idiot.
Glenn(da)... do you suffer and take Prozac... you need a hug???
All the hate, just get jacked about Saturday's game always going to be shit talkers. I just want to play great in two days and get some respect back. I am ready to see Pryor explode and for all the world to see what we got here at OSU. I am ready for Saturday can't wait
I believe Glenn Mason was posting as Les Miles. You can tell because he makes the same weak points under both Names.
Look douche bag we know the coaching hasn't been great here. We all watch the games and I guess you do too.
If you watched the Michigan State game you can clearly see the offense will move the ball if they call the right plays. Tressel is the king of calling tight games against weak teams. Why? Maybe he wants to test his team in a tight game. Maybe he took the points. Maybe he is just holding back plays so Penn State won't know what we will do with Pryor.
You had better believe Ohio State comes out passing if they see 8 in the box. Pryor can beat you with his arm if you don't respect it. I have no reason to fear Penn St. we own Penn St.
Buckeyes 31-17 only because with a lead Tressel shuts it down and hands to Beanie 30 times. 31-17 BUCKEYES!
Need some of the brains here at 11W, when is the last true freshmen Quaterback to start for a top ten ranked team. I also would like to know what everybody thinks the keys are to the game? I think the first down passes for us could help Pryor get rolling early and gives you a good situation on reads when the LOS will be crowed. I am excitied i hope the weather makes for a fun game. GO BUCKS
P.S. Mr. Mason don't be mad we mad the right choice
Colt McCoy was a frosh when we beat them in '06. Texas was #2 at the time.
I think he wasa redshirt though Tyler i am not sure just hoping Pryor is the first in the last thrity yeras.
The only thing im saying that youre irrational about is how much this game affects you. Its a game and even my posts have enticed a string of negative backlashes and stirred up fury within you. its football, just a game. you are nothing but fans, yet you perceive this fandom as a direct relationship to being on the team (wow i can talk about direct relationships and correlations as well). you bought your jersey you didnt earn it. so why do you let this little game ruin your days? i know a lot of osu fans and they are all the same. osu loses the suicide hot lines light up. maybe not to that extreme, but it ruins your weekend, which is so damn comical. thats irrational. oh, and bg buckeye where do you live at in bg? you live off of wooster? maybe the enclave or sterling as they call it? cause you seem like you want to meet up. give me your address then if you are so willing to take matters beyond the keyboard. im not hiding behind anything. its a computer. what do you want to do? both of us connect usb cables to our computers hooked up to a joystick that gages pressure and have an arm wrestling contest? haha you are a moron. hiding behind my keyboard. thats laughable my friend laughable. p.s. apparently is spelled with two p's stephen hawking
JB, you're right, he was a redshirt freshman, and apparently they finished 13th in the polls. Regardless, that's pretty good for a freshman. Hopefully TP can one up that though
GO BUCKS!!!
Vick was also a RS freshman when he got his first start. Good question as to who the last true freshman to lead a top 10 team was.
GO PSU-y: You need a hug or a lick??? You seem to be very upset while everything is laughable??? Can we say Bi-polar???
GO PSU, you act like OSU fans are the only ones that are diehard fans of their team. Do you know sports at all? Also, do you go on car forums and bother everyone about how they take so much interest in cars? Or religious forums? Or other public interest websites, just to say "LOL y u liek dat stufz loozer"...
Congrats. You are much better than the rest of the world.
Holy Crap....Mel Kiper and Todd McShay actually agreed on something---and they actually both picked the Buckeyes to win against PSU. In other news, Hell freezes over.
Not quite, Mark May picked us to lose.
I think I'm going to get after typing this...But, wasn't Henne a true Freshman? I don't know if they finished inside the top 10 or not, but they were close if not...
We should win the game! Penn State stats are against no one and we have Stiff Arm Wells which without question is the best player in the country.
JB i think you are right unfortunately, but Pryor might take us to the the top five. I really think Pryor has a chance to be a legend in Columbus and across the country. I guess i have a man crush on him, but you can see his talent imagine if we had a O- Line that could block. He will be throwing to Posey next year, can't wait for that combo I think it might be better then the Double Cheese from Wendy's.
GO PSU, you have me shivering in my shoes. Im glad you're able to name streets and residence halls in Bowling Green. It is also not surprising to me that a low life like you is so eagerly ready to "meet up" and "throw down". While I wouldn't go down to your level unless I felt like you deserved a smashing, I also do not go on other websites and start "internet fights".
You are right when you say that we are only connected by wires, which I believe IS the reason why you talk so much shit on the interweb. If you weren't such a little bitch, and wanted to tell the whole world how much you HATE ohio state (which seems like you are on a mission to do) then you wouldn't waste your time being a jerk-off to people who are already Ohio State fans, because you're not gonna change our minds... you're just gonna fuel our support for the Buckeyes even more.
Go to a bar on game day and convince someone who is not an Ohio State fan how much you think Ohio State sucks... make some friends, it sounds like you need them.
And if you're still in BG let me know... maybe we can meet up for a cup of coffee. I'm not there anymore, but a road trip would be fun.
I see weatherchannel.com has lowered the chance of rain to 20%.
Look I found a picture of GO PSU on the net!
http://robotpirateninja.files....
I'm glad the chance of rain is going down, who wants to stand in the rain? Seriously? I do not see any real advantage, either.
And if we need rain to play with Penn St, the status of our program is in worse shape than any of us thought
haha i wouldnt throw down. youre saying im hiding behind my computer so i asked for your address buddy cause to me it looks like youre ready to throw down telling me im a billy bad ass behind my computer keyboard. so whos hiding now bud? looks like you. haha and you dont get into any internet fights is a joke as well cause youve responded to everything ive said. a little hypocritical dont you think. i never called you out once. you responded to me. only jerk-offs have sit downs in a coffee shop. so lets meet at junction for a beer unless youre just a little bitch. (ouch doesnt curse words hurt. i didnt think so cause you havent made one statement that i would even consider degrading, but keep on trying with little bitch and jerk-off)
The reason i've been responding to you is bc you posted 10 different comments about how we're shitty people for liking Ohio State. I'm pretty sure that's picking an internet fight. And you're the one asking for my address... knowing damn well that any fool wouldn't even give out their address on here.. and that's also picking an internet fight.
Im being degrading to you because thats essentially what you were doing to all of us here.
And if you weren't the internet tough guy you say you're not, you would give me your address also.
Another thing, sorry you didn't pick up on the "cup of coffee" sarcasm... but I definitely do not want to sit down and have a cup of coffee with you.
Let's go Buckeyes. Trojans are on your side. Give 'em hell.
Fight On!
lol Trojans have to be on the one non-OSU fanbase in the country that wants to see a Buckeye victory on Saturday. And I think we'll give them what they want.
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