Eleven Warriors

OSU fans are generally always a unsatisfied, hence the impossible expectations that our coaches have always been up against. If we do finish 10-2, and step back and look at the season objectively, there's no way that you could call the season a disappointment. A four win improvement over 2011, and we'd still be in fine shape for a monster 2013. The taste of losing to scUM would suck, but it wouldn't dampen anyone's excitement for 2013.

I consider any year we lose to scUM a disappointment, we could go 0-11 and beat scUM and I would be happy at 1-11 and I think many on this board agree.  I could stomach going 11-1 this year (losing to Wisky, even though I despise Bret Bellyma)...

I think overall if we look at the past year and go 10-2 with loses to Wisc and TTUN the year will be considered a success with big asterisk in our collective Buckeye brain. Yes, 10-2 is an awesome season that any program would love to have accomplished. But losing those last two will be tough to swallow.

edit: cause i can't count to 12.

Without any chance of going to a bowl game or winning the Big Ten, I went into the season thinking "As long as we beat Michigan". I would be disappointed with the season if we lost to them. But optimistic for next year because we were 10-2 or 11-1.

They have made it this far so yes I think losing even one game would be a dissapointment.  I wouldn't be on a ledge or spouting crazyness on here the next day if they did lose. At the same time though, having made it this far in the season to let one slip past us now would be tough to stomach. 

If you asked me two weeks before the season started if 10-2 would be a dissapointment I would have laughed and said "Are you serious?"  Sitting at 9-0 now though with a crappy ILLINI team next and two winnable games after that, 10-2 doesn't have the same ring to it. 

my $.02

Yes, but first off, OSU will not lose a game this year.  I believe this team has bought in to going undefeated after that come back win in the Purdue game.  I won't lie, I thought that was it and then they came back to win it.  I can't even see why people would even be concerned with a lose in any of these last three games to be honest (besides 7-11 at home against Illinois).  They were the toughest games to start the season if you looked at OSU's schedule.  Now, it's not that hard to see OSU beating Wisky and TTUN...  It will be a tough environment in Camp Randall but they're not the same team as last year without Russell Wilson.  TTUN...common man (Nerdwestern and even Minnesota could beat them).   Both TTUN or Wisky will be at best 8-3 or 7-3 when we play...that's if they don't lose another game.  I'm saying OSU may have played the best team last week and that's not really saying much...but it's not what we thought at the start of the season. 

I say no to this season being a disappointment...they've already surpassed many expectations most fans had.  If they did have a loss to Wisky then fine...however...they will NOT lose to tTUN...that you can take to the bank.

I personnally think there is a lot riding on these final three games. One great thing about Tressel was we were usually playing our best ball in November. That is important to see out of Meyer as well. There is going to be alot of pressure on Meyer to set the tone in "The Game" as well. If he were to lose this game at home it sets the wrong tone for future Buckeyes and his staff. (ie Cooper) Win that first game and the Monkey is off your back so to speak and it can snowball in your favor (ie Tressel)  So dropping our last two games would be very devastating. I hope we dont have to visit this question! Not sure what's the answer.

12-0 and nothing less.

11-1 with win over scUM would be ok but still would not be very happy.  If the Buckeyes lose both then the season is a major bust!

Yes a loss to tTUN no matter what the record is, is a disappointment.

10-2 is not going to happen.  11-1 is more likely than 10-2.  With the loss being at Wisky.  That game is going to be a blood bath.  Wisky, and their fans, will be super pumped for that tilt.  I don't see us losing to AACC.  I really don't.  Even with a perfectly health Detard I don't see it.  Urban understands this rivalry, just like Tress did.  He has been pointing this team toward November 24th since he took over.  This is our bowl game, this is our season.  We will be so pumped and jacked for this game it won't matter what.  Plus the fact I think Urban will out coach Flounder.

Cmon now dont tell me you would be okay finishing 11-1 or going 1-11 and beating Michigan. Every time I come on this site after a close win the site is going crazy that we suck and fire fickle and what was meyer thinking. Lets be honest now. Are you really okay with losing to Wisconsin? 

Yes. Anything but 12-0 will be a failure at this point.

not going to happen just not going to happen.

Losing to AACC is not an option : we will have some of the biggest name recruits visiting for this game and the shoe has to resemble the Super Bowl to these kids. Also, we will have the 2002 Championship team there and the hype will be palpable in the stadium that day....wish i could be there for that !!!! 

I refuse to contemplate the ramifications of this team failing to vanquish the scUM on November 24th.

I see people saying things like "people can stomach losing to Wisconsin but not Michigan".  I do not expect us to go undefeated, as long as that loss is not to Michigan I will be thrilled.  I expected an 8-4 to 9-3 season so we have to beat Michigan still.

Back to back losses to end the year, to two of my most hated teams in the Big Ten, certainly cannot be considered a success. For other teams to go 10-2 but lose to your biggest conference rivals might be alright, but not at tOSU. Meyer knows that and hopefully can get the message across to the players.

TSUN is the 2012 bowl game, they have to win that.

Illini suck bad, they have to win that.

For some reason I dont care for Wisky, they have to win that one for me

If the Buckeyes were to lose any one of those games it would be a disappointment at first but then I would still remember all the great wins this season and look forward to the next season....

Go Bucks  12-0

I predicted 9-3 or 8-4 so my expectations have already been met. Then again, who wants to lose to Michigan . . . .

Well, if it isn't my old friend Mike Honcho....

Yes, 10-2 would be a disappointment, based on what we know now/where we are now.  In the pre-season talk, 10-2 sounded pretty sweet, and almost overly confident.   But now that we are on the doorstep of 10-0, 10-2 loses some luster, at least in the short term.  

That being said, I would rather lose to Illinois this Saturday than to those shitbags from up north on 11/24. 

Yes. With the way the Buckeyes are pulling off scrappy wins and playing as a team and as bad (yes bad) as Wisconsin and Michigan are doing this year, I would consider this season a disappointment if we dropped one of those games. However, my expectations have risen with every win this year and I see no reason that we should lose any of our remaining games.

I would not have been disappointed with 10-2 or 11-1 if looking at it at the beginning of the season, but still would have hated to lose to either of those teams.

Based on what this team had at the beginning and the way it has played in too many games 10-2 is fine. But I'm with those who would take 1-11 as long as the 1 is against AACC. No year is good enough if it includes a loss to scum. Whiskey are just punks, I could envision a coach for them I would not mind. But nothing can make TSUN enything other than pure poison.

There you go with the negative waves.

To be terribly honest, I was coming into the season secretly hoping for a loss or two.  I, of course, always want the Buckeyes to win (obviously).  But part of me also made peace with at least a loss or two, only because the thought of going undefeated and being shut out of a chance at a BCS bowl made me ill.  But the way the season has been, I say to hell with it, let's go 12-0 and just keep the streak alive next year.

And we definitely won't talk about what Mike Honcho had to do in his photo shoot...

While this season has certainly gone far better thus far than I think most of us had initially thought and especially due to early defensive, shall we say deficiencies that are finally getting better. ANY year with a loss to Scum is dissappointing, it is our nature as Buckeyes to hate them that much. that and should the apocalyptic happen and we lose to them, I will be socially unapproachable for at least a week.  so we could lose to whisky and we could really choke and lose to illini but to scum..... just hell no. so here's to the Seniors who have soldiered on this season and led by example to our younger players, we say thank you.