BT....that's cool you have an 11 year old. So do I....a sixth grader and it was back-to-school night last night. In some ways it does keep you thinking young when you look around the room and see many parents 20 years younger. Good luck on Saturday....with the party that is. ....ok....and the game too!
BT, you make a convincing argument for why you think your Bucks will win and if the game was in Ohio, I think you may have persuaded me. However, like King Agrippa, I'm only almost persuaded. I'll say USC by 10. Haha. No, in all seriousness, I really wish Beanie Wells was healthy. You make a tremendous point about OSU's Dline though. I've seen the still frames of the game against michigan last year and they were unbelievable. I hope the game is one for the ages and I really don't care who wins. I'm certainly not a fan of either school. In fact, I dislike them almost equally. That's what happens when you have a long history of success. However, since you have professed your support for the Vols next weekend against those Swamplizards, I'll say GO BUCKS!
Aquila, you're a good man. I don't know if we'll have enough to win without a healthy Beanie, but I do know the Buckeye Nation will be out in force and we will smack them in the mouth at some point.....rumors as to our demise have been greatly exaggerated. I expect our defense to be ready but it's clear that our offense has to exceed expectations for us to have a realistic shot. We'll see what happens....
Looks like Beanie will not play... I think we will show up for the game... Everyone is fixated on Beanie but we have some other guys that can carry the freight... Everyone is fixated on our back-to-back title game disasters but not the fact that we are 11-2 against ranked opponents...last year we defeated three ranked opponents on the road...two years ago we defeated two #2 teams (one on the road). Everyone is fixated on our game with a scrappy Ohio University team but forgetting that we did the same thing last year against Akron. We may lose by 11 points, but that is an incredibly large spread for a couple of top five teams.
This is one of the most anticipated games of the season. To bad that Wells cannot play and be at full strength. Sometimes though adversity makes others come up big. Let's hope that's true tonight.
As I said earlier and not to be mean but without Beanie OSU can lose the game and still go to Miami and play for the NC as long as the defense plays well vs. USC. I think the voters will give some extra points to Ohio St for not having Beanie. With Beanie a loss was....well no need to say it again....but without Beanie the jury will still be out and it affords the Buckeyes a second chance. Of course win the game and destiny is theirs anyway...