Eleven Warriors

Hodge, I must say, I'm very disappointed to see you in agreement with that twaddle.  I get that it's a Buckeye site and all, but another perfect example of why 11W is the only OSU site I can stomach.  It's not the 12-0 prediction that is the problem, but the overloaded homerism produces little more than C+ entertainment value.

Nebraska: "They will never contend for a National Title again."

Wisconsin: "I will be putting my entire life savings on Ohio State on this week. Urban Meyer may hang 65 on Bret Bielema's shit talking ass. There may be crunken riots with flares by the 3rd quarter as Jordan Hall scoots in for his 3rd touchdown which puts Ohio State up 24."

Michigan: "Once I win my winnings from betting on whatever Ohio State is (+/-) against Wisconsin, I will instantly be doubling down on whatever the line is for the last banger of the year. Ohio State might win by 30, and when they do, last year's troubles will seem to belong to the last century."

I do agree that everything tainted is gone, save Gene Smith.

@HAIL - I don't necessarily agree with everything DJ writes, but I do enjoy his style--I'm an absolute sucker for conversational tone--and the passion and fervency with which he brings forth his opinions.

As Evelyn Beatrice Hall's oft-misattributed quote tells us:

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

I really think this season at the shoe will have a level of electricity not seen in a long time.  If we go into the scum game unbeaten - and win........it might blow the stadium apart.

Not exactly. I've been employee of Vox Media (SB Nation's parent company) for about a year now and was sort of wearing a variety of hats all simultaneously. Besides doing my day job and contributing to the brain trust at EDSBS, I was still moonlighting here making the Dubcast run on time and pinch hitting on articles when folks were sick/had conflicts/etc.

After about 7 or 8 months, it became pretty clear it wasn't fair to 11W or my employers for me to be splitting my attention. I hung up my 11W cleats but wanted to stay with a foot in the Ohio State scene and around the same time SBN's existing Ohio State blog decided to call it quits. I launched Land-Grant Holy Land the weekend of the spring game and we've been sort of fleshing it out since. Independently, DJ decided to depart this site and reached out to me to see if I had a place for him and we brought him on board.

@FLIP - My sentiments exactly.

Honestly, I think we lose one or two games this year, but an undefeated season isn't out of the question. Michigan State will be a VERY hard game. So will Wisconsin. Michigan will be our hardest test, but that's at home and I think we match up well against them.

So, yes, homerism at work here, but it's not that far-fetched. Other than Jordan Hall winning the Heisman.

Do you think Noah Spence is going to be starting by the MSU game? I sure don't. He may be a 5-star, but he's still a freshman.

It is really difficult to predict the combined impact of:

• A great defense - with violent hands : )
• An attacking offense that spreads the field and then unpredictably mixes pass/run/option;
• An offense that prefers touchdowns to field goals in the red zone;
• A relentless desire to score points in the final minutes of both the 1st and 2nd halves;
• Attacking special teams that try to block kicks and include our best players;
• An overall mentality that takes on Urban's RUTHLESS COMPETITIVENESS!

Barring injuries to our thin spots (OL, MLB, QB), I would take us straight-up against any team on our schedule, with MSU being the biggest challenge.

PS - Spence, Washington, Pittman, Schutt will not need to start, they will rotate in and astonish us with their incredible athleticism in small doses...for now.

Bucksfan -  shouldn't you be off rooting for Cincinnati basketball and booing the football team while simultaneously bashing Tress?

Or

Bucksfan coming to sling negativity wherever DJ is?  Shocker.

Couldn't decide on which

I'm sure DJ would appreciate you noticing his work tho.

Yeah...I'm not sure we're guaranteed 15 years with Urban.  I thought the consensus was maybe 7-10 years, anything past that is icing.  Or am I wrong there?

Not sure why he's talking crap to the Indiana teams...Purdue beat us last year and an awful IU team gave us all we could handle. At home.

The hyperbole is a bit much on the Wisconsin and Michigan games.  6 games into the schedule we get that he's confident.  At least offer up some realistic predictions to balance out a Jordan Hall heisman run.

is it saturday yet, i don't even have you on my radar to know the character of your posts.  But thanks for noticing me to such an extent.  Glad to know I have fans.

I especially like how I wasn't talking to you, Brewster.  Or the fact that I don't answer to people who think they're blog police.

Be sure to tip your waitress.

This is more entertaining than the OP.

When I saw this thread, all I could think of was this. 

The only two things in that article I strongly don't think happen are Urban being here for 15 years and J. Hall being involved in the Heisman race. Other than that, I think a 12-0 record is definitely within the realm of possibility just given the weakness of schedule and the strength of the talent that OSU has on the roster. @MSU will be the toughest game.  Hesitant to get into predicting any scores at this point because how explosive the offense and how dominant the defense will be are unknown quantities. Nonetheless, I'm optimistic :)

I would endorse anyone betting their life savings on that Wisconsin game, though. The bye week + Bert Bielema's comments to the media re: Urban = A Mortal Kombat "Finsih Him" scene in Madison. 

I would get out of here if I were you, Bucksfan. "By the book", you damn well should have been banned for the war you got into with DJ, but by the grace of both Jason and DJ, DJ took all the blame and you got away free. Quit playing with fire. I have no clue why you would even continue to talk about DJ unless you want trouble.

I noticed that too, Jake. Some people just can't help themselves.

It'd be nice if 11W could add an "Ignore User" feature, no?

It was pretty funny - got a few laughs out of me.  Take out the following exaggerations - hanging 65 on Wisc in Camp Randall, beating Mich by 30 (though that would be great and there would maybe be a Hoke sighting at one of the concession stands at that point), and Jordan Hall being a Heisman candidate, and what DJ says isn't much of a stretch.  I still think we'll find a loss out of one of the 3 tough road games, and maybe another loss on some off day.  We were within a score in all but one loss last year, and that one loss was with a QB who has exhausted his eligibility.  Certainly, 10 wins is very possible and won't take as much improvement from last year as this new coaching staff is going to bring.  Going undefeated is a very tall task, even for teams that are fully loaded and should go undefeated.  

i think nebraska, michigan, wisconsin, michigan state, and penn state will all be toss-up games. i think we win 2-3 out of those 5

M Man was totally right re: Purdue :(