Yeah ... last year is eons from today ... gassed shouldn't be in the equation anymore ... that is funny about the Michigan punter because all I read about is his "big leg".
Anyways ... it usually takes me a good couple weeks to get over a loss to OSU.
And I don't want BO to be a reason for a win or an excuse for a loss.
We went into ND and played well, this will be tougher, but at least we have an idea.
I keep hearing about ND's "spread" though, and no offense to ND...but their "spread" offense is nothing like OSU's for a few reasons...
1. Troy is much better at avoiding sacks...
2. OSU's offensive line is better...
3. OSU's receivers across the board are far superior to Zugimonga (or whatever the fuck his name is) and co....
Notre Dame...isn't a deep ball team...OSU is...
the question on O for OSU is simple...can they get Troy enough time to go intermediate to deep...
and...
can OSU get some screens going between the line and the linebackers...if they can...the COULD open up the run a bit...
and I still think OSU can gas that line...it's not like they have had to worry about it all year...yet...
"Van Halen was one of the most hallelujah, tailgate, backyard, BBQ, arrive four hours early to the gig just for the parking lot bands. And still to this day is. It's an attitude. I think it's a spirit more than anything else is."
I don't know a damn thing about Michigan's punter...
God...Dan Dierdorff...talking about Michigan...
it makes me sick...
Bo Schembechler on right now...
"Damn you Bo...you will never win a bigger game than that..."
when talking about the 1969 game...
1970...Woody had a mat placed in the locker room that was Maize and Blue...and said 24-12...
so the OSU players had to walk over it onto the field the entire season...
lmfao...it's pissed ME off...and I wasn't even born yet...
I'm praying for lots of this...
notice the lineman falling...and who they are...
God...it's good watching Hayes and Schembechler talking about this series...
I still think Michigan has played the tougher slate, which I hope helps them here.
All of that Hayes-BO stuff is way classic. And all these old dudes too .. Beano ... Frank Beckman (radio voice) , Dierdorf (yeah, only a little of him).
Well...Michigan at Notre Dame and Wisconsin
and OSU played at Texas...
IMO...Texas and Notre Dame are about equivalent (even though Texas lost to KState last week...a blip more than anything else)...
and Wisconsin...as good as they are made out to be...the only team they played that was any good was Michigan...and they got smoked...at Michigan...
their schedules aren't much different...
Good story about Spielman...who was from Ohio football hotbed Massilon...
"I went to Michigan, and Bo showed me around. When I left that visit, I was going to be a Wolverine. I walked in the door at my house, and told my Dad. He looked me straight in the eyes, pointed to the door and said, 'Get Out.' I chuckled as Dad walked out of the room. I stopped chuckling when he brought a suitcase into the room. I signed with the Buckeyes the next day."
Interesting. Everything I have read and heard this week was how Michigan's sked was tougher. Colt McCoy was still very green when OSU played them, and he only improved as the season progressed.Originally posted by POJO_Risin
Well...Michigan at Notre Dame and Wisconsin
and OSU played at Texas...
IMO...Texas and Notre Dame are about equivalent (even though Texas lost to KState last week...a blip more than anything else)...
and Wisconsin...as good as they are made out to be...the only team they played that was any good was Michigan...and they got smoked...at Michigan...
their schedules aren't much different...
I still think ND is a much better team than UT.
None of it matters today though anyway, never did.
Just look at the schedules yourself bro...I've read the same thing you have...
as far as Notre Dame...almost losing two games to crap teams...having to come back and win...
I don't think Notre Dame is anywhere near as good as people are making them out to be...
but the game was at Notre Dame...and that's a big win...no matter how good they are...
as for Texas...he absolutely was Green...but it was AT Texas...which makes it a big game...against a team that still will end up in the top ten...
both big wins for both teams...but MUCH better? Than we must have been watching 2 different teams this year...
My point is...these schedules are a lot closer than everyone is making them out to be...
as are the teams...
make sure you watch ABC Al...they are rolling a boatload of Michigan vs. OSU stuff right now...
Now...The 10 Year War...You should be getting the rivalry deal though...
I don't know about you Al...but I've got the butterflies rolling right now...
This 10 year rivalry is freakin' great...all Bo and Woody talking about the game...
this must have been in the early 80's...and Woody and Bo both know every damn play from every damn game...
Yo Al...when did Michigan stop putting stickers on their helmets for good plays...I know it's been awhile...
Thanks man ... have had it on fucking ESPN and ESPN News.
And yeah theyre close in schedules ... but UT didn't play a tough one really either.
The vinatge game footage is awesome.
Did Notre Dame play a tough schedule that I forgot about?
I wish they'd just keep it on Schembechler and Hayes...
It has been ... I'm pretty sure it was before the 97 co-champ year ...Originally posted by POJO_Risin
Yo Al...when did Michigan stop putting stickers on their helmets for good plays...I know it's been awhile...
Good question, I wish they still did it.
Wow...
holy shit dude...
Schembechler...
"We went through a stretch where we were 30-2-1, and didn't play in a bowl game, because of the Big 10 and our Athletic Department. And if they think I'm ever going to forget that, they have another thing coming..."
that's when the Big 10 only sent one team to a bowl game...
I wonder if Bo brought that tradition...
Holy Shit dude...Bo and Woody at a mutual friends house...
sitting in a living room...talking about the rivalry...
Bo
"that game took a lot out of you, and it IS more important than the Rose Bowl..."
Woody
"it's the most important game in college football."
Bo
"it's the team that did the fundamentals the best."
Woody
"if you try to score a lot of point, and play a loose game, you are going to lose 40-0."
Bo
"I've played for you, I've coached with you, and I've coached against you...when it's all said and done, the relationships that you have are the most important."
and Woody and Bo shaking hands...
wow...
Jesus...Bo had bought a 50 inch TV to watch the game...
doesn't that say it all about freakin' Schembechler...
77 years old...
probably put away a 40 year old TV set to get a 50 incher for a great game...
and he is so damn excited about a game....
and I do believe it...
that his heart probably couldn't take it...
wow...
WOW...
Oh hell yeah ... Bo used to say that winning the Big 10 and winning the Rose Bowl was what is was about, not the National Championship.
"I had a heart attack on the Eve of my first Rose Bowl, and went home to recuperate...and the first person at my door...was Woody Hayes..."
Man, it doesn't GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS!!!!!
Lloyd Carr fits the ole' Hayes/Schembechler mold...fire...
Tressel does in the way he coaches x's and o's...
not demeanor though...
Oh hell yeah, you know Bo probably had that same set since who knows when ... lol
And they did not speak during the 10 year war.
And remained best friends.
"Three yards and a cloud of...
DIRT??????"
WTF?
I thought it was dust...
Craig James is a moron...
I think Flutie AND James will both pick Michigan...
It's funny though...Bo said they never spoke during the ten years in the one interview...
but in the other...said Woody was the first to visit him after the first heart attack in 1970...
Corso just did ... great ... Desmond is not an analyst either.
And whether he would pick Michigan or not (he didn't), Mark May can shut the HELL up any fucking day.
Okay...Corso and Desmon Howard both pick Michigan...go figure...
Holtz picked OSU...
the other guy picked OSU too...didn't see who it was though...it couldn't have been Mark May...
Yo Al...good luck...still got some time...
but seriously...good luck...
That was a great piece on Shembechler...by Album...
"That was his time to go...but not his time...that happens this afternoon..."
"...there isn't a place you'll look at today, that wasn't touched by Bo Schembechler..."
Amen
You to man ... about the whole season right here, as is every year ... damn near time for the shit to hit the fan.Originally posted by POJO_Risin
Yo Al...good luck...still got some time...
but seriously...good luck...
I have a feeling I know how it'll go, its just the excitement and the chance that it may go the other that has me immersed.
it's funny...I think we both feel the same way about these games...
in our hearts...we KNOW our team is going to win...
our brains tell us the other team is going to win...
so we go with the latter...so we don't burn down our house at some point during the game...
just punch a few holes in it...
My friend is having a party...super bowlish...and I'm the only OSU OR Michigan fan that he asked to go...
I said no...
when he asked why...I just said...dude...you will all have me committed...
I wasn't kidding...
Oh shit...Flutie and James both picked OSU...
that's not good...
but better than Corso picking Michigan...lmfao...
Script Ohio...
Man...oh Man...oh Man...
here we go...
Jesus Christ...I've never been this nervous in my life...
The great part about this game...wait...
HERE COME THE BUCKS...
Pojo ..no shit ... friend of mine is having the large screen projection in his garage and invited me over to be amongst all ...Originally posted by POJO_Risin
it's funny...I think we both feel the same way about these games...
in our hearts...we KNOW our team is going to win...
our brains tell us the other team is going to win...
so we go with the latter...so we don't burn down our house at some point during the game...
just punch a few holes in it...
My friend is having a party...super bowlish...and I'm the only OSU OR Michigan fan that he asked to go...
I said no...
when he asked why...I just said...dude...you will all have me committed...
I wasn't kidding...
I told him no for the exact same reason ... I told him simply no ... because my own family won't even speak to me during this game, winning or losing.
I hear ya man ... I sure as fuck know what you're saying.
The great part about this game will be watching all the other conferences hammering the Big 10 before, during and after this game...
about anything you can think of...
bottom line...
end of season for both at 1 or 2...
and the only reason why they won't play back to back...is because one is going to lose this late...
cream
of
the
crop
This is the game in which if WE were sitting together...
we would KILL each other...
lmfao...
and everyone would be like...
yeah...
I saw it coming...
or...one would kill the other...
and the other wouldn't even realize until the end of the game...lmfao...
then...
"Oh Shit..."
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