I don't buy it for a second.  

New York Giants next?   3.......2.......1.......

I can see Urbs coaching in college again.  Not the NFL. 

I am with you to a point, bright.   Yes, same goosebumps here too -- and I am not even an OSU alum.

Yes, high 5's with strangers = fun.    I agree. 

But I can't apologize for admitting that the slow pace of the games due to commercial time outs is a drag and a serious one.  Clearly, while there is some difference of opinion in this thread, many agree.  And based on what is seen now on a national basis, we have a trend and one that I believe includes cost as a component, but not the only one. 

I was at the "blackout" game at night vs. Sparty.   This wine-drinking older adult who breathes through his nostrils was yelling his lungs out and so were the people around me.  I thought the place was loud.  Maybe not AC- DC or Pearl Jam front row loud .....but it was loud. 

I agree with you and flash.  Fifty years of nasty surprises and heartache will do that to you -- and for the younger crowd, I hate to disappoint you, but this is not the first dominant Ohio State Buckeye football team to ever take the field. I will say, though.....this team could be historic on many levels.  But I will feel better at midnight with a win Saturday night, no matter how close and no injuries. 

Based on some of the scoring predictions I have read this week, you would think this was a rematch with Miami of Ohio, not Wisconsin. 

Here's why:   

You are sitting in the stadium....either sweating or freezing your ass off and the person you see more than any other that day or night is the official in the red cap and jacket that signals to the Head Referee to start the game after the commercials are over.  

Noon games stick to a pretty strict schedule.  3:30 -- and especially night games, will last 3 1/2 hours, I don't care if the score is tied at 0-0 and there hasn't been a single incomplete pass to stop the clock for the entire game.  The networks control the pace of the game and have now slowed it to a crawl much like major league baseball so that Capital One, All State and Dr. Pepper get their licks in.  

I went to the MSU game in the Shoe and the Rutgers game near my home.  And at both, I thought to myself, this is crazy.   The in-game experience now totally sucks except for celebrating big plays  (I will acknowledge the Shoe during the black out vs. Sparty was rocking).  And after you do that, you are in for nearly 3-5 minutes of commercials that drag on and ruin the experience.   

Yes, cost is a big issue, no doubt about and regardless of age group.  But the in game experience has deteriorated to a point where people have said....enough.   You want to sit in a hot stadium in September and watch OSU, Alabama or Clemson beat an opponent by 60 points, or would you rather be at home watching 3 games at one time and shooting the shit with your friends? 

Me too.   I checked StubHub and Vivid Seats.   Neither had seats for less than $ 1 K.  

And.....shame on us!  Let's have the horse lead the cart, please!!!

34-17    Good Guys

Mine:

Buckeyes by 17

Utah by 3

LSU by 7

Baylor by 3. 

UC by 3

Miami of OH and FAU lose 

I have no doubt that we should and will win this game.  Not convinced that we cover, yet based on some of these scoring predictions, you might be tricked into thinking we were playing Rutgers or Miami of OH for the second time this season.  

I guess you think we are playing Eastern Michigan?   Just checking......

I watch them all.  Cuz January 13 comes quickly enough, then it’s a long 8 months before cf fall camp.  So yes, I get your sentiment.  Most folks share it.  I love cf and watch it to the bitter end even if Louisiana Monroe is playing Western Michigan in the Who Farted Bowl. 

Georgia ridiculously stupid?   Yes, I agree Fields has outperformed Fromm this year, but that doesn’t mean Fromm is a a bad QB. He’s had them in the cf playoff picture 2-3 years in a row.  Should  LSU fans think OSU is pretty stupid too? 

The 2016 playoff bowl game shattered the myth that if you give Urban Meyer six weeks to prepare, he can’t be beaten.   That beat down, albeit to a great Clemson team, exposed how dysfunctional his program was behind the scenes, and how the team still won in spite of it during  the season. It also introduced some whispers of people wondering, but rarely saying out loud, if Meyer’s best days as a coach were behind him. 

I went to my daughter’s pre graduation baccalaureate in the Dean Dome.  It was pretty cool,  I’ve got to say.  Don’t ask me who I’m rooting for tonight.   Just don’t.    Okay.  Both teams.  

Penn State had a waive of kids use the portal early this year. It was a mass exodus that had us saying they were almost a dumpster fire....and they turned out ok.  I wouldn’t read too much into this stuff.

Completely agree with that, left coast. 

We are going to crush Clemson ? I love your spirit, dude. But no.  Let’s just beat them. By 1 or by 30.  Just win.  But nobody in college football is crushing them. 

They didn’t play anyone good last year either. And they still curbstomped a good (but not great) Alabama team.  

I agree that no one else in their conference better than IU.  But Clemson sure as heck is.  
I want them badly, but am much more wary of them than you are. They still have NFL talent, sleepwalking or not this year. 

No surprise.  Most cf fans in the south just laugh at us.   We haven’t beaten Clemson since the Roman Empire.  LSU fans remember what they thought was a curb stomp in 2007-08 for the natty. 

Both fan bases consider us.......   “Tiger bait”.   Smug fu*ks.    Would love to stick it to them. 

I agree, Kmp.   We are kindred spirits here and have had our hearts broken more times than we can count,,,,,,,therefore the caution.  But I agree.  If Fields, Dobbins, Young, and Myers (yes, Myers) stay healthy, I think this team can run the table.   The only team I worry about is the one we both want to beat the most:  Clemson.  

We all love Chugs, but all due respect, we r getting a bit carried away. He isn’t and wasn’t expected to be Kenny G or Cardale.  You can think what you wish, but I can’t see a win left on the slate without  Fields under center for the majority — or at least half of the snaps in a game, including Saturday night. 

Fair enough. Now go back and watch the first half of the Penn State game and tell me what you think.  Yes, I may be guilty of overstating his wheels in this offense.  But to me, they are much more important than a trump card.  

I was there for the 2017 game on “ their side. “.    Plenty of fellow Buckeyes around me.   Great venue. Get the best seat for the value that you can.  

WI will blitz all night long.  They’ve got nothing to lose and are tired of losing this game as they have the past 3 to 5 years.  We need to burn them with a screen pass to JK that he takes to the house once or twice.