Buckeye Fans Bill of Rights

Terry O'Keefe · Jul 29, 2007

This is pretty funny!! But it's got a serious point to it, I know Texas fans aren't very happy with the Longhorns out of conference schedule that includes no programs that anybody even remotely cares about. Ark State, Rice, UCF...TCU is the top out of conference program...they are actually decent but not a game to fire up the fans like Ohio State the last 2 years.

The Buckeye fan's Bill of Rights
This year’s lame schedule shows the need for a new set of rules
By Erik Johns / July 26, 2007

Notre Dame will be considered for regular-season scheduling once it wins a bowl game.

We the people of Columbus, Ohio, in order to form a more perfect football season, establish a respectable schedule, provide for the common good of collegiate athletics, promote the need for quality competition, and secure the blessings of the football gods for ourselves and our team, do ordain and establish this Bill of Rights for the Buckeye Nation.

Article I The athletic department shall not allow a game against any opponent from a Division I-AA school, regardless of whether the current coach used to work there, and regardless of whether other teams are doing so. If the coach wants to pay tribute to his former team from a lesser division, he can write a check to the university and leave it at that.

Article II The team shall not schedule more than one game per season with an in-state “rival.” Games against Akron, Kent, Bowling Green, Ohio, Toledo, Cincinnati and Miami must be limited to once a year and may only occur in the month of September.

Article III With the exception of the one in-state game, all other non-conference games shall be played against teams from the SEC, Big 12, Big East, ACC or Pac-10. Notre Dame will be considered for regular-season scheduling once it wins a bowl game.

Article IV Just because schedules past and future are loaded with teams like Texas, USC, Virginia Tech and the real Miami, an “off” year—such as a season that features Akron, Kent and Youngstown State—shall not be permitted. If such an “off” season occurs, the school must accept that even an undefeated Ohio State team forfeits its right to play in a BCS bowl game.

Article V Ohio Stadium must host one meaningful game a year. If the Michigan game is in Ann Arbor, then the Buckeyes must schedule a home game against an opponent from another BCS conference with a minimum .600 winning percentage over the last five years. No exceptions.

Article VI Wisconsin does not count as a meaningful home game. Neither does Penn State, unless Joe Paterno soils himself on the sideline.

Article VII The athletics director and head coach shall do all they can to schedule as many games as possible with Louisville, West Virginia and Pittsburgh. There’s no point in playing Clemson or Missouri when you can foster good border rivalries with teams from a legitimate conference.

Article VIII After beating up on a hapless squad from the MAC or one of the service academies, the coaches and players shall not make embarrassing post-game comments such as praising the opponents’ toughness or crediting them for “playing hard for 60 full minutes.” There’s a way to be honest about the quality of your opponents without insulting them.

Article IX Every year, the Ohio State athletics director shall contact his counterparts at every SEC school until one of them accepts an offer to play a game. Furthermore, the ADs from the Big Ten and SEC shall pull out all the stops to create a Big Ten-SEC Challenge each September akin to the Big Ten-ACC Challenge in basketball.

Article X Membership in the Big Ten Conference alone is not sufficient reason for a team to earn praise from the Ohio State coaches and players. Indiana, Illinois, Northwestern and Minnesota suck. Stop talking about that noon game in Bloomington like it’s the Rose Bowl.
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BuckeyeT · Jul 30, 2007

....clever stuff.

I agree for the most part. I understand the sentiment behind the Youngstown State deal and fully comprehend the political pressure to schedule the in-state MAC schools but for whatever reason, and I don't know why, this year was overbaked on the in-state schools. Annually we schedule a home/home with other top programs...this year Washington, next year USC, we also have home/home dates upcoming with Oklahoma, Va Tech, Cal, Miami to name a few.

So long as they continue the practice of strong home/home inter-regional match-ups, I can deal with a couple solid in-state MAC opponents, but 3 or 4 is a bit much.....it's quite possible someone backed out and we needed to fill a spot. Who knows.....but I don't have to like it.

Gator Bill · Jul 30, 2007

Hey while I understand some fans being upset with easy opponets, the above Bill of Rights is a receipt for disaster. A Big 10 schedule and 3 games with teams in the conferences mention would likely keep OSU out of the BCS Championship game for some time to come.

I'll take a couple of out of conference games with good opponents and put up with the couple of easy games.

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Stu Ryckman · Jul 31, 2007

I pretty much agree with the whole thing...

Bill, I don't think he's saying load the schedule unreasonably...he's just suggesting that certain strategies be applied to make the schedule more appropriate...he allows for one of the instate "rivals" each year in his "Bill of Rights".

Two points:

1. What is everybody gonna say when it comes to happen that one of those MAC schools pulls off a "W"?

2. I'm just glad he didn't include Purdue in the "suck" schools.

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