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Buckeyes can add misery to Wolverines, keep UM from bowl
With a trip to the Rose Bowl wrapped up, what motivation could be paramount when Ohio State travels to Michigan on Saturday?
Adding extreme misery to the Wolverines’ already collapsing season, perhaps.
Mark Snyder of the Detroit Free Press wrapped it up nicely with his lead-in sentence to this “Extra Points” column on Michigan:
Michigan fans can’t imagine a lower bottom, but each week brings unimaginable pain.
Michigan enters the game 5-6 (not to mention 1-6 in the conference), but after Ohio State’s loss to Purdue, some Buckeyes fans might have been distracted enough by the team’s own prospects that they might not have taken the usual time to keep an eye on Michigan.
In the past few weeks, the season has turned arguably into one worse than last year’s effort. With the promising start to this season, Wolverines fans were given hope. Now, that hope is gone.
So, with a win on Saturday, Ohio State could keep Michigan from a bowl game for a second straight season as well as win an outright Big Ten championship.
How likely is that? Here are Snyder’s “Two Cents” on the matter:
The only amazing thing about this team is that there’s not more public sniping between the players. The offense has shown first-half success recently but seems to get so deflated by the defensive atrocities, there’s no room for error. Throw in the off-field drama with the starting quarterback and a win next week, earning a bowl game would be miraculous.
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By nothingbutlimericks.blogspot.com
November 15, 2009 8:53 PM | Link to this
There is now a team from Michigan, To beat OSU is their wish again, But losing six straight, Seems likely their fate, That vict’ry, those boys, they will miss again. nothingbutlimericks.blogspot.com
By Mike Ditmer
November 16, 2009 6:51 AM | Link to this
For those who believe Coach Tressell is too conservative in his Ohio State football play calling, check the stories on New England Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick’s radical play calling and poor time mangement during the fourth quarter of last nights New England Patriot vs.Indianapolis Colts game. Belichicks decisions late in the fourth quarter squandered a 13 point New England advantage and allowed Peyton Manning and the Colts to Score 14 points in the last 5 minutes and post a 35-34 come from behind victory last night in Indiana.
By matt
November 16, 2009 8:53 AM | Link to this
Mike- There are always extremes and Belichick is one and Tressel is the other. That game I saw saturday looked like a coach calling plays because he was afraid of something. With an offensive coordinator the bucks could be great, but for now we will have to settle for Jim “Sally” Tressel.
By Capt Oblivious
November 16, 2009 9:59 AM | Link to this
Actually talk of Tressel being over conservative is a bit overblown (for once). I really saw only one call that was over-conservative. When the Bucks were up 24-17 and where at 3&8 from the Iowa 30-35, he went I-Form and ran up the middle for a one yard gain, then kicked (and missed) a FG attempt. Aside from that he played to his teams strengths, running the football and good defense. Iowa’s tying drive was pretty lucky. That offsides on the Pick six and the collision on the sure-fire Rolle pick. The calls in overtime were correct, the last thing you want to do is have a QB that can’t really throw turning it over when you can boot a short one for the win. You can’t fault Tressel for sticking to his teams strong points…he knows what he has…a good D, a solid running game, and absolutely 0 QBs on the roster that can reliably throw.
By kontender
November 16, 2009 11:28 AM | Link to this
tressell play calling is way to conservative we let teams stay in the game that shouldn’t be there college and pros are way to differnt ball games everybody in the pros were the man at they college. osu shoulld be doing way better on offense come on pryor only had 90something yards passing that is a high school stat.
By Jim
November 16, 2009 1:16 PM | Link to this
As an ex-football coach I find it funny how many people pick at Tressell. Lets see in 9 years he has won 92 games, beat um 7 times, 4 and 4 in bowl games, 6 conference titles, and one national title. We should fire him! Get real !
By DocK
November 16, 2009 2:03 PM | Link to this
Jim’s got it right. The record speaks for itself. Tressel has been far and away the most successful Big 10 coach during his tenure. Sure, he might have won an additional game here or there. But fans who want to see him gone from Ohio State are simply delusional in thinking that OSU would be likely to get much better with another coach. Given Tressel’s substantial record of achievement the odds are that OSU would fare no better and would most likely achieve less with a different coach. One look at the record of achievement and I have to say… if it ain’t broke don’t mess with it.
By matt
November 16, 2009 3:21 PM | Link to this
I am not saying he needs to go, OSU needs to hire an offensive coordinator because Tressel is way to conservative. Iowa should not have been allowed to stay with OSU but conservative play calling kept giving them the ball back. Tressel is a great head football coach but the weapons we have on offense are being under utilized..
By Bob
November 16, 2009 4:19 PM | Link to this
Tressel should invite Kirk Ferentz to dinner. Topic of conversation: “How’s about we trade schoolarshiips… . . Prior for Vandenberg?”
By Jon
November 16, 2009 7:14 PM | Link to this
Go Coach Tressel and QB Terrelle Pryor who is 17 - 3 as a starter . The Buckeyes are headed to the Grand Daddy of all Bowls on Jan 1st ..The Rose Bowl . You gotta love it . Tressel is 93-21 + has taken his seniors to every BCS Bowl + The Rose Bowl . Beat the Wolverines and head to Pasadena ,California with a 10-2 record - Go Bucks !