There's nothing quite like pandering for cheap hits (no I didn't say what you think I said...)
Even with the Buckeyes off, there's still more than enough reasons to fire up the frying pan, throw some bacon on, whip up some eggs, and make some mean breakfast tacos while you chase Friday night off with a bloody mary or a strong cup of black coffee.
The noon slate is actually a bit more intriguing than ordinary (and certainly ripe with Big Ten-liciousness). When the headache and existential anxiety is finally gone, grab a Great Lakes Christmas Ale/Bud Light/Pibber (you dirty Short Northers) and join us as we delight in Wolverine schadenfreude and root for Vanderbilt to end their streak against Florida.
| TIME | MATCHUP | NETWORK |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00PM ET | Air Force at Army | CBS College Sports (HD) |
| 12:00PM ET | Illinois at Michigan | ESPN (HD) |
| 12:00PM ET | Iowa at Indiana | Big Ten Network (HD) (Regional) |
| 12:00PM ET | Maryland at Miami | ESPNU (HD) |
| 12:00PM ET | Minnesota at #15 Michigan State | Big Ten Network (HD) (Regional) |
| 12:00PM ET | #7 Wisconsin at Purdue | Big Ten Network (HD) (Regional) |
| 12:00PM ET | #24 North Carolina State at Clemson | ESPN GamePlan/ACC Network (where avail.) |
| 12:21PM ET | Florida at Vanderbilt | SEC Network/ESPN GamePlan |
| 12:30PM ET | #21 Baylor at #17 Oklahoma State | FSN (HD) |
| 2:00PM ET | UNLV at BYU | MTN (HD) |
Comments
Michigan looks like their normal self thus far and Purdue is going to hang with Whisky.
Richrod loves the predator style
Way off. I mean Wisky scores a FG to make it 7-3.
Impressive play by Illinois.
Purdue up 10-3 approaching the end of the 1st half.
WUT
Erin Andrews is the f-ing bomb.
BOILER UP!!!!!! LETS GO!
October 20th: National Kenneth Guiton Day
No, Brian Griese, this is not the new Big Ten. This is two coaches who will be fired in a matter of years trying to get a win.
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Wiscky picks prudont off.....sad
Bigger moron for in game decisions: Zook or Miles?
-TomCollins
http://www.smartfootballrankin...
This might turn out to be a day from hell. Wisconsin escaping Purdue and Indiana beating our potential signature win Iowa. Crap.
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Going into the 4th, Indiana up 13-9 on Iowa. Wow.
HAHAHAHAH OMG OMG OMG Rich Rodriguez pulls Robinson and puts Forcier in. Forcier throws an interception, first play! This is just too great.
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Haha Forcier
"Don't put syrup on shit, and tell me it's pancakes"
No matter how sh*tty the tour is, it's always tough to leave.
I guess it was a fumble that slipped out of his hand while trying to pass. Still hilarious.
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The D in this game is awful!
"Don't put syrup on shit, and tell me it's pancakes"
No matter how sh*tty the tour is, it's always tough to leave.
For RichRod's sake, Denard better be hurt. Otherwise, between the FG call and putting Tate in, he must WANT to get fired.
there is no way denard is not hurt, tater has looked far far better this year than he did last year but you would have to literally be a child with no understanding of football to take out denard for no reason
I wouldn't put ANYTHING past RichRod.
i would put that past him, come on dude
Michigan behind again
Taint is back in
Have ya'll heard from Jason in India? How is he?
"Don't put syrup on shit, and tell me it's pancakes"
No matter how sh*tty the tour is, it's always tough to leave.
last we heard he was trying to find the sankara stones and bring the favor of the gods back to a small town in the mountains
No way our QB could do what Stanzi just did.
HAHAHAHAHAAHAH. My God, if our quarterback was in a game playing against Indiana having to come back down 9-13 I can't even imagine what people like you would say.
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I would say put him at TE, WR or DE..........as I have said all along.
ahahah yes. (TP is having the best QB passer rating year of any OSU QB, ever, btw)
And when needed the most he was awful.
And when was this? Rose Bowl? No. Wisconsin? That loss is on the defense and special teams.
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Hard to win when your defense and ST give up 31 points to a team running about six different plays.
no i totally agree, obviously we shoulda kept troy smith at RB, i mean yeah he beat michigan or whatever but way to lay an egg against florida. he really sucked
oh yeah, and he totally blew it against PSU.
Yeah, when he was needed most in 2005, where was Troy Smith? Justin Zwick had national champion written all over him
troy smith = BAD QUARTERBACK
you know who never ever failed to meet expectations? steve bellisari. hell yeah. loved that guy.
Never liked Zwick, even coming out of high school he had too much of a tendancy to overthrow his guys.
And Bellisari.....ugh. I hated him because his brother couldn't tackle anyone in Biakabutuka.
Then we could have Joe Bauserman come in! Yes, the white quarterback must automatically be a better passer right?
I would not be surprised if you were a racist bigot. Anybody who thinks Joe Bauserman is a better passer than Terrelle is truly what I call a racist and/or an idiot.edit: don't do this.
-johnny
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Thats right, someone disagrees with you so you resort to name calling. Nice.
Sorry, have you seen Joe Bauserman play? Have you? Really?
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I dont recall asking for Bauserman. All I am saying is that Stanzi is a better QB than ours.
As is Tolzein
and Kirk Cousin
and maybe Sheelhouse
Maybe we should have recruited a backup
And judging by that last pass, Forcier is not.
i find it hard to take this comment seriously when you spelled those last 3 QB's names incorrectly. some good trolling here though, nice job
haha. but they are better.
You're right, if we cut off Terrelle's legs then all of those other than the Illinois dude and Scott Tolzien are better quarterbacks than Pryor. Its just too bad it would be frowned upon to cut off someone's legs.
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Might miss his legs. His arms, not so much.
I dont know how much you follow recruiting, but they have tried pretty damn hard to recruit a back up.
Anyway, TP is fine. Criticizing play is one thing, but im giddy as a lark that he is our QB.
Taj Boyd seems to be working out really well for Clemson.
"Don't put syrup on shit, and tell me it's pancakes"
No matter how sh*tty the tour is, it's always tough to leave.
uhhh, thats a bit of a leap into calling someone a racist. it would make them an idiot though
Racist is probably bad judgement, but there's just no reason for any buckeye fan that has watched this season to believe that Bauserman is the better option at quarterback other then, well I won't go there again.
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Sorry Johnny. You probably don't want some of my crap on this already fine and great blog. I say things I probably shouldn't say to the negative part of our fanbase, and I usually end up using bad judgement when trying to counter them.
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it's fine, i mean, the dude is saying some pretty goofy stuff here, but bringing racism into this is silly when he hasn't said anything of the sort. plus his arguments aren't exactly what i would call rock solid you can knock em down in plenty of other ways
holy shit! i think he dropped that!
That ball was right in his dick-skinners
damn, he did. good for OSU, I Guess.
Hard to believe this IU team could even hang with Iowa
I cant believe the TCU-Utah game is on CBS College Sports channel
a lot of providers are offering it as a free preview this weekend. I dont know if I normally get it, but I checked and today I do
Here is your order for tonight, head out and box em
Lookin at Lucky
Zenyatta
Blame
Paddy O'Prado
Musket Man
tell you what, TLB. make an actual argument based on stats and/or record that the QBs you listed are better than TP or any further posts by you on the subject are getting deleted
Someone disagrees with you so you silence them?
no man, i'm giving you an opportunity to make your case instead of just trolling with "X QB IS BETTER THAN PRYOR ALSO HE SHOULD BE A DE"
No, he's giving you a chance at an actual legit argument, as opposed to you just trolling.
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what Jonny said
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WTF THIS MICHIGAN/ILLINOIS GAME IS BANANAS
BA-NA-NA-S
Cuttin into my nap before the Hockey Bucks game.
2010
PASSING AVG/GAME Team Cl G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Avg/G
-------------------------------------------------------------
1. Chappell, Ben.. IND SR 8 332 214 7 64.5 2445 18 305.6
2. Persa, Dan..... NU JR 8 234 174 3 74.4 2062 12 257.8
3. Stanzi, Ricky.. IOWA SR 8 197 135 2 68.5 1922 19 240.2
4. Cousins, Kirk.. MSU JR 9 241 162 7 67.2 2146 15 238.4
5. Weber, Adam.... MINN SR 9 285 157 8 55.1 2123 17 235.9
6. Pryor, Terrelle OSU JR 9 225 152 7 67.6 1997 20 221.9
7. Tolzien, Scott. WIS SR 8 174 125 4 71.8 1558 8 194.8
8. Robinson, D.... MICH SO 8 166 108 5 65.1 1509 10 188.6
9. Bolden, Rob.... PSU FR 7 184 107 7 58.2 1307 5 186.7
10.Scheelhaasse, N ILL FR 8 166 102 7 61.4 1099 10 137.4
2009 Stats
PASSING AVG/GAME Team Cl G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Avg/G
------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Kafka, Mike......... NU SR 13 492 319 12 64.8 3430 16 263.8
2. Elliott, Joey....... PUR SR 12 433 267 13 61.7 3026 22 252.2
3. Chappell, Ben....... IND JR 12 428 268 15 62.6 2941 17 245.1
4. Clark, Daryll....... PSU SR 13 381 232 10 60.9 3003 24 231.0
5. Stanzi, Ricky....... IOWA JR 11 304 171 15 56.2 2417 17 219.7
6. Tolzien,Scott....... WIS JR 13 328 211 11 64.3 2705 16 208.1
7. Cousins, Kirk....... MSU SO 13 328 198 9 60.4 2680 19 206.2
8. Weber, Adam......... MINN JR 13 367 191 15 52.0 2582 13 198.6
9. Forcier, Tate....... MICH FR 12 281 165 10 58.7 2050 13 170.8
10.Pryor, Terrelle..... OSU SO 13 295 167 11 56.6 2094 18 161.1
and? what is this supposed to mean, other than some offenses pass more than other offenses? that TP has the best TD/INT ratio in the Big Ten? that his completion % is 3rd best in the Big Ten?
what are you trying to say here duder
Pick the stats you want. Just pointing out that he is not all that.
And for all those that wanted us to pass against Wisky on the goal line, I think we saw last week why Tress didnt want to call for a pass.
cherry picking stats? how? his completion % is terrific. he's averaging over 220 yards passing a game. he's got the best TD/INT ratio in the big ten. his QB rating is currently the best of any OSU QB ever.
are there better QBs? sure. should he be a DE or a TE? no, that's dumb as hell.
The DE never entered my mind either, until I heard an NFL scout talking about it on some radio show.
that doesn't make it any less ridiculous
My last word on this, that should please you.
When you watch those other QB's, their passes are a lot more crisp and on the money that the typical TP pass. He has a hard time throwing the short pass, which is unfortunate because Saine could be rediculous in open space.
He has a hard time throwing the quck out and hitting the receiver as he comes out of his cut. So tired of watching the ball sail out of bound over the receivers head.
When he has to let a play develop he thinks too much and generally ends up throwing late...and high.
He has gotten better at the deep ball and the run threat is always there. A good defensive team will take away his running and make him beat them with the pass. We saw it at Wisky and we'll see it again at Iowa. If he can't throw on them, we won't win.
He's a Buckeye and I will argue his abilities with Buckeye fans, but defend him against all others.
Go Bucks!
Go Hockey Bucks tonight!
i really don't care about "crispness" unless i'm eating potato chips. the dude is completing his throws in the high 60% range. he does struggle on short throws at times but that's being awfully nitpicky
haha this is true if you can literally only remember the wisconsin game
yeah no, he's had tons of time all year to throw and go through his progressions, when he's forced to roll out of the pocket he usually comes up with something outstanding.
we didn't even try to pass against iowa (also that was a year ago, if we're going on last year's performance should we also continue to rag on stanzi for being an INT machine?), and wisconsin didn't "take away his running," we were playing from behind and TP was forced to pass because of that. TP did not play very well in that game, but that loss was on the defense and ST, as has been stated.
I thought Scheelhasse and Tolzien were better? Lol... I don't think you are arguing that Weber, Persa, or Chappell are better, and you saw Cousin's true colors against Iowa. Ricky Stanzi I'll probably give you, but remember that he is a senior and Pryor is a junior. Also remember Pryor's ability with his legs.
There's also sooooo many other stats that come into play other than these that you posted.
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Wow, scUM/Illinois not for the fans of defense. scUM just does not scare me at all if you can score at will on them. I have to think we can hold them to under 59 points.
Forcier should transfer to a 1-AA team next year. He's a better real QB than Robinson.
Oh my God.
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Were they trying a screen? or did everyone just not block.
STORM THE FIELD AFTER BEATING ILLINOIS 67-65!!!!!
Hahahahahaha. I was cracking up after that.
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Bowl eligible, man!
Do they still play the Motor City Bowl? scUM could play in that one and be back home for Christmas dinner.
Yeah me too. My iPod died so I stopped posting, but if we gave up 65 in a win, I'd puke.
"Don't put syrup on shit, and tell me it's pancakes"
No matter how sh*tty the tour is, it's always tough to leave.
Richie was excited!
i can't watch northwestern games without having to supress the urge to yell TRUMPY YOU CAN DO MAGICAL THINGS
TLB, you sir, are an idiot.
You have to admire him, though. His brain is impervious not only to to the effects differing opinions but also to facts. He's been spouting the "MOVE TP TO DE" line since the Purdue game last year, and has stuck to it through the Penn State game, the Oregon game, the Miami game, and his record setting pace this season. That takes some genuine
ignorance stubbornnesssticktoitivenessIt's pretty dumb. Is Terelle a Heisman Candidate QB? No. However, he's by far the best QB on our roster and gives us by far the best shot at winning. He also would probably be the best QB on at at least 3/4 of the schools out there (probably more). He's just not as awesome as we thought he might be. So he's been a bit disappointing, but for a college QB, I'll take him any season.
-TomCollins
http://www.smartfootballrankin...
I know it's dumb. Mind-bogglingly so. But I have to admire the fact that after a year-and-a-half, this guy is sticking to his guns despite the mounting evidence against him. He should consider a run for political office, if he isn't already there
Utah's getting punched in the face.
“There’s one thing I have learned through all my adventures and conquests - it’s that some people are just wired for success. I had no choice when it came to being great - I just am great.” – Kenny Powers
I knew Utah sucked, but wow TCU is good.
-TomCollins
http://www.smartfootballrankin...
Anybody else catching some HS playoffs tonight? I'll be at Middletown/Wayne
“There’s one thing I have learned through all my adventures and conquests - it’s that some people are just wired for success. I had no choice when it came to being great - I just am great.” – Kenny Powers
I think Wisconsin is very beatable. Indiana, Michigan and Northwestern all have a fighting chance to knock them off in the closing weeks.