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If you're trying to compete with OSUFORLIFE for most worthless posts...Keep it up.
aaaand now downvotes for me for being too mean.
I upvote you because I think you're right. This is getting kinda foolish with all of these non sense post! Let's salivate on 2012!
Ohio State's band SLAUGHTERED Michigan's band. If this were a football game, it would have been Florida State vs. Savannah State. - SB Nation following OSU vs. UM 2012
Honestly, there is no need to ridicule someone for making a footbal forum post on a football forum...... If you do not like it, do not post, respond, or acknowledge it... not that hard to resist posting if it does not suit your interest. I downvoted you because that was and is uncalled for. No reason for negativity in that manner....
I know, and usually I have better self control. But lately with the same person making 7 or 8 topics a day...and i saw he had made 2 in like 10 minutes, it just happened.
ps...I upvoted you for calling me out..sometimes we all need it.
Yes this one was very informative, a great read!
pet peeve of mine i guess. Having a sh*t day because work sucks.... all good in my book man, sorry, heh
Let's just think "one game at a time" for now...
There are plenty of young men in need of further development for next season.
After what I said above, it is still intriguing to think about next season's schedule. It's obvious our out-of-conference schedule is average at best, and we play Nerdwestern and Iowa instead of MSU and Nebraska. I'd like to think our schedule is setup well for a conference championship game.
13-0 then a trip to the NC game. The rest of the B1G can suck it. ;-p
Two bye weeks next year. Not enjoyable for the fans, but breaks up the schedule nicely. 6 games-bye-3 games-bye-3 games. Kids should be healthy and rested for Big 10 stretch.
I just can't believe you linked to an exterior website when the 2013 football schedule is posted right here on 11W. The nerve!
Also, I will not resist the temptation to think 12-0, thank you very much. It's what gets me through the months from now until spring ball. That and recruiting over-analysis.
When told OSU set school record for 50+ games this year, UFM said "That's good. We're gonna break that next year."
Hopefully the weak schedule doesn't allow a 1 loss team jump us in the BCS if we do go undefeated.
Not sure this matters since the world ends next month!
However, if we are still here next month don't think that the competition will improve. That Northwestern game could be a trap game along with Cal. I'll be excited to go to both though!
Ohio State's band SLAUGHTERED Michigan's band. If this were a football game, it would have been Florida State vs. Savannah State. - SB Nation following OSU vs. UM 2012
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Plain and simple: The 2013 schedule blows goats.
If you think people thought our 2012 schedule was weak, how bout our non-conference with Buffalo (MAC team that finished 4-8 this year), Florida A&M (FCS/Div 1AA, 4-7 record this year), San Diego State (9-3 this year, good record, but best win was against Boise St.), and Cal (3-9 this year). Then in the B1G we swap out Nebraska and Michigan State for Northwestern (a formidable opponent) and Iowa (crappy).
I tend to agree...can't remember having a weaker schedule.
I miss the scheduling of yesteryear with 3 non-conference opponents from a major BCS "AQ" conference, i.e.: 1987: Oregon, WVU, LSU. The era of my non-conference opponent scheduling preferences match the same time frame of my musical preferences. I will now be going to my local mall in attempts to pick up a lady friend with crimped hair, while shopping for a stonewashed jeansjacket.
Rad.
"You win with people." - Woody Hayes
2014 will be better. Navy in Baltimore, home against Kent State, home against Cincinnati, home against Virginia Tech.
"Attack the Strong, Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead!"
-Former OSU S&C Coach Lichter
definitely miss those schedules. Id love to see us go back to playing 2-3 BCS conf teams and no more than one MAC. No FCS.
Here is what we used to do (starting with '74, when we started playing at least 3 non-conf teams (generally) until 1999).
I assume that Michigan fans are confused by our 1999 non-conf schedule!
1974 Oregon St, SMU, Wash St. --- 1975 Penn St, North Carolina, UCLA
1976 Penn St, Missouri, UCLA - 1977 - Miami (fl), Oklahoma, SMU
1978 - Penn St, Baylor, SMU - 1979 -Syracuse, Wash St, UCLA
1980 -Syracuse, Ariz St, UCLA - 1981 -Duke, Stanford, FSU
1982 - Baylor, Stanford, FSU - 1983 - Oregon, Oklahoma (only two that year)
1984 - Oregon St, Washington St. 1985 - Pitt, Colorado, Wash St
1986 - Alabama (kick off classic), Washington, Colorado, Utah
1987 - W. VA, Oregon, LSU -- 1988 - Syracuse, Pitt, LSU
1989 - Oklahoma St, USC, BC -- 1990 - Texas Tech, BC, USC
1991 - Arizona, Louisville, Wash St; 1992 - Louisville, Bowling Gr, Syracuse
1993 - Rice, Wash, Pitt; 1994 -Fresno St, Wash, Pitt, Houston
1995 - BC (kick-off classic), Wash, Pitt, ND; 1996: Rice, Pitt, ND
1997 - Wyoming, BGSU, Arizona, Missouri; 1998 - W. VA, Toledo, Missouri
1999- Miami Fl (kick off classic), UCLA, Ohio, Cinn.
nice that
Its unfortunate they couldn't get a 1 year deal with a power house team at the neutral location. It just sucks you have to schedule the good teams out so far in advance
Gene Smith doesn't like neutral site games. He would rather do a home and home.
"Attack the Strong, Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead!"
-Former OSU S&C Coach Lichter
Gene Smith is an ass
I didn't even look at next years schedule because i know it's weak and we are going to run the table. I just hope we get a competitive team to pummel in the Title game.
That is all.
Do you think the schedule would at least APPEAR stronger had Vanderbilt not pulled out? I know they aren't a great team, but they're an SEC foe, and would have been the first of 2 major conference oppnents (Cal). Replacing them with San Diego State hurts the Ohio State schedule, at least perception-wise. I really would have liked us to pound Vanderbilt!
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Yes it would appear stronger.
So those are actually 2 open dates? I just assumed one was open and had yet to be filled. Oops
True, one game at a time but I feel sick about how soft next years schedule is now. I just hope we don't play to the competition level again this year. That works fine when you play a couple quality schools (like ND did this year - supposedly *bitter*) but when you're squeaking by soft teams in a soft conference, perception becomes reality and you set yourself up to be jumped by a one loss team.
I would be perfectly fine with this schedule if we can consistently hang 50+ on em ... er, while keeping them under 15 :-)
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This.
If OSU goes 13-0 next year, and looks impressive doing it, their schedule will not matter (as long as there aren't two other undefeateds from BCS conferences). 25 wins in a row will matter for something, I believe, if they are regularly pounding opponents into submission. There can't be any Purdue or Indiana performances though - all phases must show up each game and play well.
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Not only is the schedule bad, they are going to have a hard time selling out. I know many games had open seats this year and tickets for face value on ticketmaster up until the day of the game. The worst thing is, what exciting game are you going to bring recruits to? A bad PSU? A rebuilding Wisconsin? Yikes.
Was the lack of sellouts early a result of the schedule or the belief that fans had that OSU wasnt going to be as good because of the sanctions? I'm thinking OSU goes into next season as No. 2 or No. 3 they wont have problems selling out any of those games. Even more so if they move up to No. 1.
"Sherman ran an option play right through the south" - Greatest.Civil.War.Analogy.Ever
I feel utterly sorry for poor Buffalo. You just know the Buckeye players that are returning are going to be hungry going into that season opener. No bowl ban and the sky's the limit. If OSU doesnt score 60 I will be flabbergasted.
With Tedford out, Cal won't put up the same fight it did this year and who in the hell decided to schedule Florida A&M?????? (They do have interesting uniforms with the snakehead).
I wish Vanderbilt wouldnt have cancelled the contract to play our opener. Vandy has played admirably well in the SEC of late. Would have been satisfying to see OSU throttle a team from the mighty SEC to start the season.
"Sherman ran an option play right through the south" - Greatest.Civil.War.Analogy.Ever
beating vandy would have been satisfying and yet not because they are vandy and the SEC clowns would treat it as "congradulations you managed to beat our perennial doormat" personally I'd love to see us curbstomp one of their better programs and then tell em to go drown in mirror lake...
All the games of the season are just practices for that glorious saturday in November when we get to jack Shoelace's invisible cereal bowl and drink our fill of delicious skunkweasel tears ...Michigan Still Sucks!!
Gene Smith can't even get Vandy right.
Scheduled them when they were terrible and then they had the nerve to improve themselves to the point where they might have upset us. So no credit for beating a doormat and then risk being ambushed. UCF and Cal the same thing.
Beating Texas got us to our last NC game (and beating us got Texas there the year before).
Schedule close BCS teams if we want doormats (Pitt, Syracuse, Kentucky)
NOT faraway exotic crap teams like UCF and UAB --- all risk, and no reward
Did I mention that Gene Smith is an ass?
You do know that it was Vandy who backed out on us, right? Smith didn't get scared of them or anything.
"Attack the Strong, Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead!"
-Former OSU S&C Coach Lichter
This is true. They also backed out on Northwestern too.
True, though Vandy has been known from time to time to stun people. They beat Auburn a few years back when Auburn was unbeaten.
And the expanded B1G schedule caused us to cancel the Tennessee and Georgia series. I think Meyer would own them personally.
"Sherman ran an option play right through the south" - Greatest.Civil.War.Analogy.Ever
It was the Pac-12 scheduling agreement that caused the cancellation of the UGA series. It would be great if Smith would bring it back.
"Attack the Strong, Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead!"
-Former OSU S&C Coach Lichter
I think the schedule won't be a problem remember Georgia and Alabama had a similar schedule to us this year as did Notre Dame and two of those three teams will be in the MNCG. I think in year 2 we will blowout the teams we are "supposed to".
The national perception though is that since Bama and Georgia play in the SEC their non-conference doesn't need to be tough because their conference is tough. Notre Dame's schedule wasn't horrible. They played Stanford and Oklahoma, and they played UM, MSU, and USC who were all "supposed" to be good. The national perception is that the B1G is weak and so I think it's imperative that we play better non-conference games (which in the future we will be).
Perception and reality are different.
Notre Dame SOS #8
Alabama SOS #15
Oregon SOS #59
Kansas State SOS #13
Georgia SOS #27
Ohio State SOS #25
Those are the congrove computer rankings and other ranking models will have similar differential in SOS as well. So while people may say we have a weak SOS well then so does everyone else. Regardless, if OSU is undefeated again next year they won't be left out of the championship game.
N Dame's scheduling was in no way similar to ours.
N Dame scheduled Stanford and BYU** and Oklahoma and Michigan.
Gene Smith Scheduled Miami and UCF and UAB
N Dame SCHEDULED Sparty** whereas we had no say.
N Dame's cupcakes were traditional rivals (Purdue and Navy and lesser extent Pitt & BC)
All the patsies were potentially viable when N Dame scheduled them. ** As were BYU and Sparty having unexpctedly down years. Compare our scheduled game with Vandy, whom we scheduled when they were godawful. N Dame scheduling Navy or BC as their 9th best oppopnent versus Gene Smith scheduling Vandy as our 6th best. No history, no tradition, no guts, no credit given with a win.
I wish I liked N Dame because their schedule, with the sole exception of Wake Forest, gets a 10 for ambition, guts, tradition and creativity.
Now we have scheduled TCU instead of Texas?
Cal instead of UCLA or Washington?
Buffalo instead of Syracuse or Pitt, or WVA??
UAB instead of an Ohio Mac school?
UCF instead of Cinci or Louisville?
N Illinois instead of Miami
Gene Smith is an idiot
The biggest issue with our schedule is it gives us zero margin for error. We will be penalized for close games and narrow escapes. We basically have to beat every team next year without struggles, or face dropping in poles after wins. I don't like it either, but it's the reality we will face next season.
The (insert past year) football schedule for the Buckeyes. Resist the temptation to think 12-0.
Its easy to say "we're going undefeated next year because we return alot of players from a good team and the schedule looks easy"..but it's actually pretty damn hard to do it when EVERYONE IS EXPECTING YOU TO DO IT. You think Alabama though they were going to lose to Texas A&M looking at their schedule before the season started? I highly doubt it. I'm sure Oregon though Standford wouldn't be so tough without Andrew Luck there as well..Same could be said for USC.
Teams usually go undefeated when most people least expect it. A good example is OSU in 2002 and 2012. No one expected Bama in 2009 or Auburn in 2010 to do what they did. Notre Dame this season as well. Seems to be the trend in college football. Can it be done again? Sure. It will be a lot tougher because everyone will be gunning for us and they'll have film of Urbans offense as well as having to win an extra game in the BIG TEN championship. On paper this team will be a top 5 squad in 2013 but it will take alot to go our way again to reach that pinnacle.
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next year's BCS Bowl Championship Game: Ohio State 31 Texas A&M 20
Next years National Championship. Clemson vs Ohio State
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No way in hell Clemson makes the NCG. They will choke at some point in the regular season, like they always do.
"Attack the Strong, Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead!"
-Former OSU S&C Coach Lichter
I'm sorry but our schedule sucks! I want to play at least two or three big time out of conference games every year. WE OUR OHIO STATE! I understand we have to fund the in state schools, but really! The reason why we get over looked for any thing is because our schedule sucks, and we know it. Lets be really with our selves. National media said they would take a one loss SEC team over an undefeated Ohio State team. Which is crazy to me, but they are right we don't play anybody.
Jsb
National media sucks, but since we're being honest let's look who's won the last 6-7 NC games.
Did I mention that Gene Smith is an ass?
I agree, National media does suck.
Jsb