Barkley Panic Hits LA
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!!!Not everyone in LA is enamored with Pete Carroll’s decision to hand his golden boy the starting job:
USC Coach Pete Carroll’s decision Thursday to name (too-good-to-be-true?) freshman Matt Barkley the team’s starting quarterback may have just clinched a spot in the Bowl Championship Series title game . . . for Ohio State.
They’re probably pouring beers and doing knuckle-bumps at Betty’s Fine Food and Spirits on High Street in Columbus — with good reason.
I’m listening…
Making Barkley’s first-ever road trip a nationally televised game at Ohio Stadium is like sending a first violinist to Carnegie Hall before he has learned to play the entire concerto.
You talk about risky business. We know Barkley is getting the nod over Aaron Corp for Columbus because Carroll said in his announcement that the move wasn’t “a one-game deal.”
It apparently doesn’t matter whether Barkley tosses five interceptions in Saturday’s scrimmage or lines up behind guard instead of center against San Jose State.
This is newsworthy because you just don’t hear Petey’s way questioned that often. When you win a decade’s worth of conference titles, some accompanying crystal and generally beat the living hell out of all of your big game opponents, you get a certain amount of latitude.
But Chris Dufresne may be on to something. USC is still a very talented and dangerous team and the Buckeyes have plenty of their own problems to iron out, but the quick ascension of Barkley can only be seen as a win if you’re a Buckeye fan. We’ll gladly take the true frosh coming of a miserable night outing over the third-year soph that threw all of one interception in spring practice.
The Bollman Ease?
It was widely publicized last season when Jim Tressel had to take it upon himself to try and motivate Jim Bollman’s offensive line. I don’t know about you, but if my boss had to come in and light a fire under my reports, I would not categorize that as a win in my development plan.
Now word has come out of camp indicating that Bollman no longer even works with the tackles, instead focusing his effort son coaching the interior of the offensive line. Recruiting coordinator John Peterson is now handling the tackles along with his regular group of tight ends.
On the surface, this move might pay off. Peterson spent nearly a decade coaching Miami’s offensive line and his experience with the tight ends, which are really just agile tackles at Ohio State, should perhaps help form a more cohesive edge blocking strategy.
The big question is what this means long term for Bollman. To me, this looks like a pretty strong sign that his career may soon be coming to an end. This should please a Buckeye fan or three.
UPDATE: Quick clarification on verbiage above. When I said “the quick ascension of Barkley can only be seen as a win if you’re a Buckeye fan” I wasn’t implying Barkley getting the start would mean a win in the sense of a game victory, but rather a positive development for the Buckeyes. Poor choice of words on my end.
I loved the tweet of “5 of 18 after a really rough start”. If Barkley finished 5/18, I can’t imagine what his start was like..
Interesting move with Bollman-Peterson. I believe the light that Bollman sees at the end of the tunnel says ‘Exit’.
It’s either an exit or a train!
Barkley, Corp, Im not sure it really matters. Its gonna be a tough game either way. I think if we can move the ball well enough, we win. (duh)
The caption for Pete is priceless.
+1
LMAO @ Surfer Pete being “too cool for earth”
Sadly, one of the highlights of my day is seeing what the caption is going to say when I hover over pictures at the top of articles. My god, is the season here yet?
lol, i do the exact same thing. I’m always disappointed when it’s just a regular caption, but i understand they need to get hits too
I was watching the buckeye practice on BTN on demand last night, and I had never had the.. treat of seeing bollman speak. He is even duller than his play calling. I’d like to see an O-coord with a little fire in his belly, you know?
Other than that, seing Rolle catch pryor in the option drill was pleasing, seeing pryor move up into a seam between tackle and guard and fire a laser over the middle was super pleasing.
Seeing Gibson repeatedly make a bitch out of the left tackle.. not so much.
Gibson is going to be making a bitch out of all the tackles he faces. We are in great shape with a ton of speed and quickness on the d-line.
I’m not worried about the o-line being able to pass block. Pass plays are going to be a quick release most of the time anyway.
Its not like we have todd back there this year tp can run away from every d. end ive seen.
…. on Bollman— the end of his Buckeye career can not happen soon enough. He has proved to be a dinosaur in the industrial age and clueless about how to correct mistakes with weeks to prepare. Goodbye Jim, we will all take up a collection to buy you that gold Brutus watch and an OSU hat……. I can point you in the direction of some nice retirement property in South Florida.
we are in six of the twenty-four new BTN greatest games, and we lose four of them. awesome.
we are everyone else’s upset
I thought the same thing, but then i noticed that this is the third iteration of this serious of greatest games; BTN might have already used up a lot of the great Buckeye games, where we won, in the previous versions.
of the 28 currently on hulu (first season i think) we’re in 6, and lost at least 3 and won 2, i’m not sure about the 1990 iowa game, but i think we lost that as well. But like James said, we’re everyone else’s upset
i was wrong, 1990 was a win, so 3 wins, 3 losses on hulu right now
If you haven’t watched that one, you should. It’s a great win and a real edge-of-your seat thriller. Not only that, but we pulled off the “Big Ben” play at the end of the first half. Classic.
If they would just show the entire 2002 season at least once a year, I’d be happy.
i think everyone is a little too hard on bollman. I’m not going to defend him and say he’s a good O-coordinator, but i will say that imagine how bad our line would be (granted he’d be coaching it) if he wasn ‘t such a good recruiter. I do think it’s time for him to go, but people have to admit that he did do some good (now if he would just tie a rope around adams’ balls and pull ala rodeo bulls, maybe he’d stop being such a little girl).
Maybe….
…sorry, I can’t agree at all with that comment.
I have read a few articles where none of the recruits coming to OSU even remember who Bollman was.
Bollman is a disaster. Great recruiter? Does it matter if, when the recruits get there,
he coaches them down? Why did they not let him go after the LSU loss? They should
But Brewster says that he would never have come to OSU without Bollman, and without Brewster you don’t get Adams or Shugarts.
I think the argument that we just don’t recruit enough linemen overall has a lot more merit. When we’ve had a few big busts or some injuries we just haven’t had anyone to step into the gap.
Charlie Weis is an excellent recruiter too.
“focusing his effort son” sounds like a Wu-Tang line. Out of Hound.
Anyway, You know how Beanie, who was our best offensive player, was hurt last year and no one outside of Columbus cared? I bet everyone from ESPN to SEC fans to USC fans will be crying (if we win) that the only reason we won is because they where missing their most important piece…
You mean when we win.
I do not think that Pete would start this kid if he wasn’t any good. Really, how good do you have to be to hand the ball off to that stable of running backs? Maybe this is a short-term sacrifice for long-term gain for Peter, but I do not think USC is ever really going to have to be in that situation. No, Pete is probably starting hime because he is the best (or maybe the healthiest of the pair.) That being said the last thing I want from this game is to give the rest of the country an out when we beat these guys. Give them an excuse to down play our win. Because you know that is exactly what is coming.
If Barkley is gonna be his guy, might as well go to him early. Texas did it with McCoy and he looked lost against OSU in his second game. The rest of the season he played really, really well for a freshman and I think Texas benefited for it. PC is probably thinking along the same lines.
Hell, SC can still win the Pac-10 after losing to OSU and get a rematch at a 1-loss Bucks team in the Rose Bowl.
It’s worth noting McCoy was a REDSHIRT freshman, who have a much higher success rate out of the gates than true freshmen.
I thought everyone at USC wore red shirts.
Denny, I think you’ve nailed it. If we read between the lines going all the way back to the Spring, Cheatin’ Pete begged Sanchez to stay one more year. Then, when Sanchez decided to bolt, Pete made a public denouncement of the move. Why would he do something like that?
Now, you might think, “Well, that’s just Pete being greedy.” If that were the case, why is he so free-wheeling and cocky whenever there’s a loss of personnel at any other position? He has been quoted as saying the new LB’s are faster than the old ones and that they’re going to be great on defense again. Even when they lose QB’s after their final year of eligibility, he’s always started saying “Booty is the man,” or “Sanchez is our guy.”
It’s because if you have the option for experience, you go with that. This decade, USC has pretty much written the book on how to groom QBs…none start earlier than their redshirt junior year! That’s 4 years in the program, learning things and watching the guy before you work magic with their talent.
This year it was a QB battle, then one got hurt and probably cannot play…a cracked bone might be more serious if he wants any mileage out of this kid in the future. He doesn’t make a decision until 1 week before the opener, and that decision is a kid with zero college experience, going up against the nation’s deepest defensive line, just as talented LB’s, and a secondary that boasts a team captain.
Pete knows you don’t start a true freshman against the Buckeyes, unless you have to. I might have to slit my wrists if a true freshman walks into our house and beats us at night. Even Darryl Clark took his lumps in last year’s nightime battle royale.
Doesn’t he still have two other 5-star quarterback recruits on hand, or did they transfer out?
They have 10 (TEN!) starters back on offense. I think I could probably go 11-1 as the QB with that offense back. We can’t take a breath here and think it just got easier.
Just like OSU played down last years game without Beanie?
It is too hard to tell where my confidence level is with this Buckeye team. They could score 100 in a shut out against Navy and I’d still have doubts with all the recent losses in big games. The thing that I believe gives USC the edge every year (other than the large salaries they pay their kids) is the way Pete has practice with 1’s against 1’s. This hard nosed, full out play gets these kids ready fast. They come out and hit other teams right in the mouth, except once a year when they play against an inferior weak Pac 10 team and lose. I’m excited that the Bucks went through “hell week” and that it got very physical during the spring. I think this will lend itself to helping us prepare for the U of Spoiled Children.
Under the heading “Be careful what you wish for” this freshman may light up the Horseshoe. Agree with James..Sanchez was hurt & played with a brace & destroyed us. They still have a great stable of runningbacks & until we stop the run, he won’t feel the pressure we can create. We are the team that must prove something, not USC.
Anyone know where I can get cheap tickets to this game. I mean I work and all but I am not paying 800 for two tickets in C deck lol. Leave a response if anyone has a beat on some reasonable tickets.
thats the best deal your going to get
Hate to tell you this, but if we know where there are cheap tickets, we’re buying them ourselves.
And then we’re selling them for lots more.
Wow. Guess Ill Just keeping looking. Such a steep price, probably watch it in HD and just pretend im there.
Buy some chips and sit on your couch. Or fork over the big bucks. I saw some “cheap” C deck tix on StubHub for around $350. Still more than I am willing to pay. Im thinking about coming in from Indy to tailgate/get wasted but Im not paying that mush to get in.
LOL, get wasted or are already wasted…slurring your ’speech’ already! l
“…tailgate/get wasted but Im not paying that mush to get in”.
….you are kidding, right???
The one thing that scares me the most about USC is McNight. If Pete had kept running the sweep all game last year I dont think OSU would have ever stopped it and the score would have been much worse. Not to mention he returns punts. I’ll be holding my breathe every time JM touches the ball…
maybe we can Willis McGahee him?
there is always hope
Seriously? That’s a little harsh man. Granted, when I saw him go down in that game I cheered along with everyone else in the room. But then everyone had an “Oh sh!t” moment when they showed the replay and you saw how badly he was hurt. That’s just not something you wish upon another person, not even a player for TTUN.
agreed, that’s just not cool
but his replacement sucked and we won the game, right???? They had 4 cracks at the end zone from inside the 5—- anyone think that McGahee couldn’t have made those yards??
Things got high and mighty quickly. I don’t think he was serioius about that, maybe he’ll just go down with a bum toe, that seems to keep people out for a long time in Columbus anyway.
I can’t speak for BuckeyeWillard, but I wasn’t expecting people to take those comments seriously, and I’m sure he wasn’t either. ’twas a joke
Lol I didn’t interpret you as being serious.
Will Allen is not around to do that.
No but KC is available…have a sense of humor people
Does USC care that Tyler Moeller is injured? Or that Boren,Spitler, and Cam Heyword are dinged up. Did anyone care that Beanie was hurt last year? Hell no! I don’t care how great this kid is. Spring practice will never I repeat NEVER simulate the action of a REAL game in REAL time. This kid is going to get his jock handed to him and I love it. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY ADVANTAGE. Seize the opportunity and bring it home. Who care what the idiots from any Network have to say? at the end of the season 12-0 is 12-0 PERIOD THE END. It won’t say 12-0*Matt Barkley was inexperienced.
Has it occured to anyone that this is the bait and switch? In that case I’d blitz Corp on every single play and make sure he hits the ground every time. Either way Buckeyes win this game.
Man up Buckeye fans. If you’re gonna act like a bunch of cry baby wimps, then don’t ask our warriors to go out there and play with grit.
Have faith and enjoy the ride. This is a golden age in Buckeye Football. These next two season are going to be very special for us. GO BUCKEYES
Okay, PAUL the angry one…nobody said it would have an asterik, and no one is going down with a defeatist attitude, however, we have not won a big game since 06, therefore the lack of faith is justified. I want them to win, will fly my flag and wear my Buckeye necklace, but I won’t bet my house on them winning.
I agree (although maybe a bit less angrily.) People need to have a little faith. This isn’t the Cooper era.
Having faith is one thing, being irrational is another. I think the Bucks have a chance, but I wouldn’t bank on it. I will cheer my @$$ off for the Bucks in this game. I can’t believe anyone that uses reason and logic could be super confident the Bucks win this game. They are probably the same people who were confident we were going to beat Florida, LSU, and USC last year. You don’t have to be unreasonable to be a fan.
Well what reason would we have to think Florida would wax the bucks? LSU I thought we had a shot, USC I was worried about, and Texas I thought we had a shot. I caution you though, that no one thought we could be Miami either. I thought that I used logic and said, we have a good shot and everyone called me crazy. I’m not saying it’s going to be an easy game, but the fact of the matter is, there does seem to be a lot of negativity on the blog lately. In my opinion, USC has a lot of questions to answer, just as much as the Bucks do. In fact, looking at the top 10, I’d say about 7 teams have a lot of questions to answer. I am more on the side of relax, this team will be fine.
I liked our chances against Florida that year, but didn’t think it would be the walk in the park everyone was making it out to be. I am, by no means, in panic mode for this year’s team. I am really excited to see what this team can do. The receivers look fantastic, talent all over the place on the defensive line, not to mention we have LiC! Coming out and saying there is no doubt we will beat USC is a little too much too soon. Great points about there being a lot of questions in the top 10.
Fan is short for fanatic. No real use for logic here. This is Buckeye football and all. This the greatest era in Buckeye football in my lifeitme. In Tressel I trust! I have no patience for the Buckeye NaySayers of this world, and I have ZERO time for those Tressel doubters who have krept into the Buckeye Fandom. Be gone with you I say!
In the Tressel era I am always condident we will win a big game. You forgot to mention my confidence that we would beat Texas in the Fiesta Bowl last year . You didn’t mention that one becuase it wasn’t a blowout. Had they won would you still be whining about the losses? Probably. Cheer your @ss off and hope for a Buckeye loss so you have a forum to whine.
I will reiterate once again. Get over it!!!!Stop living in the past.
Just do me one favour-DON”T TALK SMACK WHEN THEY WIN. If there’s one thing I have more then a cry baby whiner, it’s a front runner! Please use “reason” and “logic” when cheering you @ss off ole Jamesy boy…..
1st off – I’m not whining about the losses. Just making points about some OSU fans being over confident
2nd – some OSU fans are delusional (ahem) and when they talk smack they make us reasonable fans look stupid
3rd – I think it is just as delusional to think we will walk all over USC after they beat us last year by, um, what was the score again? How many touchdowns did we score on them again? If we win by 32 points you can come back and tell me “told you so”
4th – how can you always be confident in Tress in big games??? Really? When was the last time we won a big game? You say “stop living in the past” and yet you refer to the 2003 title? hypocrite
5th – I will cheer my @$$ off and I won’t talk sh*t or smack as you called it, because that doesn’t equate to being a good fan. I will however point out flaws and give our team credit when they earn it.
6th – I’m not knocking that we have talent and opportunity, and I’m not saying we can’t beat USC, I’m just saying it isn’t as easy as some of us are making it out to be.
Fan – an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc (doesn’t say anything about being delusional)
how am I being negative? because I don’t think we can walk over USC?
Amen to you canukeye! You are right on the money!You GET IT! I grew up in the Bruce,Cooper era where expectations were that we lost 2-3 games a year and were happy to beat “That team up North” occasionally. That all changed in 2000 when Tressel walked into St John’s arena and gauranteed we’d be proud of OUR Team when we played Michigan. I get choked up now thinking about it! Did I use “logic” and “reason” when he said that knowing we were going up north to play a better team on their field?No I used EMOTION and FAITH. You get it and I wish Buckeye fans would do the same. Tressel instills this same passion in his players- Year in and Year out.
A big O.H…. to you Canukeye:)- That’s angy Paul smiling:):)
Tress also teaches his kids to be humble……
Hey Paul, I wouldn’t call it anger, maybe a pumped up bucknut. We have a young but very talented group and I am really excited. Boren and Heyward are definitley going to play a roll in the teams success, but Spitler a fifth year senior who played behind James will probably be playing behind Sabino, Sweat or one of the incoming freshman after a couple of games. I personally don’t care which QB they throw at us, our defense is hungry (lion), there offense is the fast (gazelle) but according to Coleman this is the fastest team in the four years that he’s been here and the lion will prevail. I’m kind of curious who er will be the leader on the defense, maybe Rolle.
Just remember “2061 days” since the last time that team from up north last victory over The Ohio State University in FOOTBALL,
and I’m looking forward to 2146 in 85 days PERIOD.
Given that he was the number 1 recruit last year, he’s been with the USC coaching staff for 6 months… Barkley isn’t the normal Freshman. The mechanics are there and I’m sure see some success that other True Freshman wouldn’t.
That said, playing your 2nd game at this level (first on the road) in the environment we will provide is going to be rough. I think Barkley just allowed the matchup of or D-Line vs. USCs O-Line during passing situations a favorable one for us. The kids mechanics might be beyond his years, but you can’t tell me the kid didn’t give our D-Line an extra second or two to get to him simply because he’s going to be slower to make a read, go through his progressions and get the ball out of his hand. Physical game, he has…Mental game he’s going to struggle with (The kid was known for throwing INTs in High School).
I still don’t think this means an automatic W for Ohio State, but if we can simply rush 4 (which I think now we can), put 8 in the box to stop the run and dare Barkley to win the game with his arm… I like our chances A LOT more!
So was Jimmy Claussen
Jimmy Clausen is an ostrich.
The reason Barkley is starting is because he already has the mental game to handle the playbook and make all the proper reads. That is why Carroll constantly raves about him. He played Booty over the more physically gifted Sanchez because Booty was the better player for the team. Barkley is not starting simply because he is physically gifted.
I was listening to Petros and Money last night and Petros was ragging on Barkley saying he looked terrible and Joe McKnight couldn’t hold on to the ball at all during Spring drills. He basically said Corp was far and away the best of the three QB’s and that Barkley was on a fairly even plane with Mitch Mustain. I don’t know what to think about it other than we basically need to play fundemental pass coverage so we don’t get beat by the PA (yeah sure always the case but especially in this scenario). I think Pete runs that HB sweep about 100 more times that basically raped us last year. We stop that and guard our bung hole on the PA, we should be good. Oh, scoring 30+ would be nice.
Isn’t 5-18 what Bellisari went against UCLA in 2001?
Bellisari = bad memories
WE HAVEN’T WON A BIG SAME SINCE 06? GET OVER IT! BOO HOO!!!We are one of 5 programs to have won 800 games in our storied history. We have won before, we will win again. I’m not angry, I’m sick of reading all this weak @#it about not winning big games since 06. In 04 Mark “buckeye hater May” said the Ohio State program was in a shambles and Our glory days were behind us. By 06 we beat #2 Michigan and everyone was falling all over us and debating whether we belong in the coversation with the greatest teams of all time. In 02 some clown(probably May) said we should forfeit our invitation to play in the BCS Championship game. Do you get my point? We WON that game!!!!!! Every great program has it’s challenging times. Ask Michigan fan, Notre Dame fan, Ask Nebraska fan and even USC fan!(I’m sure they’re not pining for the 80’s and 90’s) We have a tradition of winning. WE WILL WIN AGAIN!!!
I agree
Anonymous post is PAUL-The Angry One! I was so fired up I forgot to input my information. All I’m trying to say is have faith and don’t be so afraid. In 1942 The Buckeyes won their first National Championship. Paul Brown taught his players to lose with dignity and win with dignity.(Act like you’ve been here before)Jim Tressel instills the same values in his players. This team is loaded and built to win for years to come. Have faith-this is coming from a person who has lived in Cleveland for 38 almost 39 years.
Piling on: the absolute KEY will be stopping/containing U$C’s powerful run game. If their run game is rolling, it won’t matter how inexperienced Barkley is. On the other hand, if the Buckeyes get them in lots of 3rd & 6s or longer, the Bucks have the personel to rattle and punish the kid. Regardless of his $10 million arm, he will panic and make critical mistakes. Simple human nature. Especially if it’s a rainy night and TP is going off, in which case the ‘Shoe would be even more bezerk than usual.
One (optimistic) possibility: Carroll is not that high on his new defense, figures that U$C will end up in numerous shootouts this year, and that therefore they’ll lose 2-3 games, so why not get the true frosh as much experience as possible. If so, I won’t care about what all the haters say about Ohio State only beating U$C in a down year, blah, blah. I’d take the big W anyway they can get it.
Yea, and we assumed Sanchez would make mistakes last year because of his lack of experience. The key to winning these big games isn’t counting on the other team to make mistakes because it rarely happens enough to make a difference. The Bucks need to execute better than they ever have and loosen up. This “business trip” stuff just isn’t working.
I agree with the “business” comment. This mentality or behavior is over rated. I’m not sure I would say loosen up, but would like to see them more fired up.
That’s why I wrote that the KEY was to stop/contain U$C’s run game. Last year, U$C ran for 164 yards and over 5 yds/carry against Ohio State. Joe McKnight had 105 yds (8.8 yds/carry), while CJ Gable and Stafon Johnson kicked in another combined 45 yards. That made it even harder to get to Sanchez, who was a veteran QB. Sanchez had leanred how to make quick decisions, get rid of the ball to right guy at the right time. Our DL got manhandled by their young but very talented OL. Hence, only 1 sack and that was in garbage time.
The scenario would be completely different if Ohio State can contain U$C’s run game this time to, say, 100-120 yds, roughly 3 yds/carry. The DL has more overall quality & depth this year. At home, under the lights, in a thunderosuly loud ‘Shoe = tougher to make checks at the line, even if you wanted to entrust a frosh QB with that responsibility. Yeah, I think the Bucks can rattle the kid, but again ONLY if they stop the run.
Truthfully, in the recnt “big ” games Ohio State has simply gotten beat at the line scrimmage. Do the coaches assume some blame for that? Sure, the buck stops at the top. But if you’re waiting for perfect execution and a perfect “gameplan” then: 1). never going to happen; 2) since when did Ohio State become Boise State?
What did we do to adjust to Florida’s offense? You can’t blame the o’line for that.
We cannot win every game, I get it, that is all I was trying to say.
James, for your sake I hope they win every game they play until you leave this green earth because you are not equipped to deal with losing. In life you lose sometimes. It’s about how you adapt overcome and grow from the experience. I started this thread because I am tired of negative people like you whining about every aspect of Ohio State football. They will win again. Move on. Read some of the Responses. Tressel has won 5 National Championships. He will win at least one more with Ohio State. You commented about him teaching people to be humble. Practice what you preach and quit crying.
The other reason I hope they never lose another game aside from being a die hard fan WIN or LOSE is that if they win every game they play you will have no reason to ever make another post.
How am I being negative? By not thinking Ohio State will win every game without any hick-ups or challenges? That isn’t being negative, that is what is called realistic, dipsh*t.
How am I not humble? Do you need some help understanding what that means? Do I need to get you a dictionary?
Just because I don’t think tOSU is going to destroy every team they play doesn’t make me negative or any less of a fan than anyone else. I think you overly optimistic dipsh*ts are the reason our fan base gets such a bad rap. You run your d*mn mouths off (talk smack) every chance you get until we lose and then how quickly you are humbled. You should learn to be humble BEFORE that happens.
I love Tress, I love what he has done for tOSU, I love the fact that we have owned that school up north for so long, I love the fact that we have a recent national title, I love that the reining super bowl MVP was a former Buckeye, I love how many players we have in the NFL, but that doesn’t make me think we are going to win hands down every game we play in. That is called being stupid.
…and furthermore I am not one of those fans who thinks Tressel is to blame for the losses, I think Tress is to be blamed for the good things that have happened to this school. Tress is to be blamed for us being ranked in the top 10 every single year. I have never, ever, once thought for a second that we need a different head coach to lead this team.
Carroll knows SC will lose possibly 2 or 3 this year and by starting a true frosh, it takes the pressure off him.
I’ve heard also that he doesnt care who starts because everyone else they have is better than OSU, but I dont buy it. Sabino will start that game for us, and if he’d chose SC, he would start the game for them.
The DE’s and safeties have to step up, they are the one’s who can give a freshmen the most trouble, Barkley is good, and if we dont get pressure, he will make plays.
WTF happened to Mitch Mustain anyway?
That is a good question. Either he was always going to be their back-up in case someone got hurt, or the others are just better. Where did he trasfer from?
Transferred out of Arkansas. Started 8-0 by handing the ball off to McFadden and Felix Jones then got replaced by Casey Dick.
i heard someone reference them somewhere up thread, so i shall do it again…
either petros or money said something about Oregon wanted Mustain and Surfer Pete was thought to have offered Mustain to keep him away from Belotti and Chip Kelly.
danke
I updated the post with a clarification on my poor choice of words. I’m not predicting a Buckeye win, but Barkley starting in the Shoe increases our odds of winning.
From Y-town been following Tressel teams since 1990…the man wins big games. Yea he has lost the last few but is it his fault Pryor fumbled against PSU. Is it his fault Ginn got hurt against FLA and the O-line couldn’t block? Is it his fault that LSU was just a better, and yea they were, a much better team in New Orleans.
Someone who has one 5 National Championships at any level is a big game coach. The past is what shapes a coach, so quit saying stop looking in the past. It is what it is, he is a big game coach so shut up, enjoy his era and enjoy the games. This is a OSU board so if you want to say there is no way we beat USC then go to the USC board we don’t need your kind here.
Exactly. These Tressel haters have no idea how spoiled we have been since he arrived in Columbus and how much they are going to miss him when he retires.
If any of these people had read “The Winners Manuel,” then they wouldn’t be whining about big game losses and run like little sissies everytime we play a big game.
If the have read “The Winners Manuel,” then shame on them
I have never read “The Winners Manuel”, I have read “The Winners Manual” and have a copy of it sitting on my office bookshelf. Want me to read it outloud for you?
Come on CRY BABY. I’m sure I can find typos in your posts. I said “Winners Manuel(oops I spelled it wrong again) not “Whiners” Manuel(there I go again. I guess my dipsh*t @ss can’t help myself. Obviously I touched a chord and you have issues that there actually are fans out there that don’t stick their tail between their legs and run when we lose big games and worry about playing elite teams. If you weren’t such a mental midget, I’d offer to buy you a beer and watch a Buckeye game with you. But then they would take a lead and you’d cry about how they had a lead in all the big games they blew!
Anyway, it was fun!
I’ll try to find you after the USC game. looking forward to your comments!
you know what this post tells me? its been too long since your violent streak has been vicariously indulged by a bunch of teenagers in scarlet and gray.
no worries, dude. the season is but a week away.
You kill me. Lol I am permanently dubbing you “glass is always full guy” or “Buckeyes NEVER do nothing wrong guy”. You didn’t p*ss me off, just shocked me with your ignorance. I never bashed Ohio State, I never “whined” about the losses. I simply said my confidence level in this team isn’t great because of the losses. How could it be? I’m optimistic, but I’m not blind, deaf and dumb. I didn’t stick my tail between my legs and run when I was sitting in the bleachers after we lost to LSU. But I did see stupid @$$ delusional Ohio State fans running their mouths before the game that left early. Interesting, maybe that was you. I stick by MY Bucks, as we all should, but if we see something we don’t like, we are allowed to call it out. That’s how I feel, and you can feel whatever way you want to, it is a free country. A country that I helped to protect and serve, fighting for your freedom to type on this silly little blog. I’d buy you a beer and watch the game with you anyway Mr. Always Optimistic.
Fellas, seriously, where’s the beer at? I’d love to come and drink free beer.
If, as some people have said, USC goes loses 2 or 3 games, maybe doesn’t win their conference, I’m predicting now that they will go on probation for all the Reggie Bush Crap. The NCAA is making too much off of them right now, but they’ll wait til a year with a little chink in the armour and nail them. It’ll be like FSU or Miami.
Barkley is going to tear OSU apart, USC returns all but one WR and all TEs and those guys were running in so much open space last year that Barkley will be throwing to open recievers all day. He was the gatorade player of the year as a junior meaning he was better as a junior than pryor was as a senior
we had no d-line last year, new USC lineman, frosh QB with zero college experience, etc who cares you’re just a boring troll
USC didn’t lose any offensive linemen, all 5 are returning and 3 are all-american canidates. USC’s online is considered the best in the country so Barkley is going to have all day to throw
what? the internet can’t give barkley all day to throw….i don’t care how fast your connection is…
DERP A DERP A DER
haha very funny, you can spot a typo, congrats
God, I would rather have an SEC fan than this guy
shouldn’t this be titled Barkley Panic hits Columbus
SC will still be a challenge, but it’s our game to lose I think… and not because they have a Frosh QB steering the ship. TP gave SC some fits last season whenever he was in the game. Now with TP running the show full time, I think we have a real good chance of winning.
On the other hand, if Barkley tears it up in The Shoe that night………………. umm… yeah, let’s just not lose, PLEASE.
Ya TP gave SC “fits.” Those fits helped contribute to the 3 points OSU put up on offense. Its not your game to lose after getting it handed to you 35-3
Our offense looked more effective with Pryor under center though… e.g., we moved the ball forward. You cannot honestly say we wouldn’t have scored more points if Pryor had more snaps during that game.
Maybe I’m feeling a bit overconfident, but I rather feel that way than think we’ll get our asses handed to us again.
Well Pryor led no scoring drives, the FG came on a Boekman drive as did the TD pass that was called back. I do think Pryor is going to be more affective this year than Boekman was last year I just wouldn’t classify what he did as giving SC fits
werd life biiiiiiiitches! TP is going ain’t shizzle. Never mind we have to play a FRESHMAN QB because our real starter was hurt! Pete Carroll done did favors for Herbie behind the scenes if you know what I’m sayin’. Nevermind us losing to Oregon, or Stanford. Those Stanford kids are really talented and deep! West Coast 4 life! The ‘Shoe, we played away games at Oregon, we prepared for the “Shoe” your fans ain’t shhizzle.
Wow . . . not even sure what to say to that. I think you really should learn not to talk shit after last year Ohio State proved that they didn’t deserve to be on the same field as USC. They got utterly embarased on National Television and you seem to be taking out your frustration by taking shots at USC fans. We may underestimate a pac-10 team every once and a while but OSU has been repeatedly embarrassed on national television
And just my opinion of course… but the nickname LiC is TURRIBLE like Sir Charles would say. This has been the one thing that bugs me about this otherwise awesome site/blog haha. Seriously, guys. I know we can collectively all come up with a better name for the untamed beast that is Terrelle Pryor. A talent like him shouldn’t have to adopt someone else’s name for their nickname, even if that someone else is LeBron. So I say there should be a contest in coming up with a better nickname for Pryor :D
Thank you, We are all now more retarded for reading that.
This coming from a person who spells “faithful” with two Ls. *clap hands*
Ok, dont get too happy my dear bucks, remember, it is pete carrol and they still have a good D line and their running backs are no joke, they are a force to be reckon with…they can win a game without a quarterback in the game.
WE NEED TO BE LOUD !!!!! that is the key, we need that stadium not to be silent, not even if they are up on points…that will be the key to distract that freshman QB to throw some picks….PLEASE HORSESHOE! BE LOUD!
When is the ‘Shoe silent? I don’t think not being loud will be a problem