Nice to see from someone else other than the OP who has 99% of his own posts on this string. You can see he has NO team to even root for. Than must be sad. I don't have any "skin" either. I guess I see it as a "win" either way since I am an Ohio St. alumn, and you know the only poll we are allowed to be ranked in is the AP. (thanks to super Tress-how idiotic of him----why would we have hired a coach from a D2 school anyway??? Tress to Urban-i would say a major step up needless to say!)
I say no skin cause if alabama wins then osu would be the only undefeated team in the nation which is cool. However, if ND wins, osu leapfrogs bama and ends up 2nd in the nation from #3 where they currently are. I just find it so amazing how I have followed college fb so long and so avidly, but had severely underestimated the "power" of coaching. At the start, I predicted an 8-4 season and would have been impressed/happy. How in the heck can a new staff take the EXACT same players with NO new recruits playing at all and go from 6-7 to 12-0. Just read this morning about Boren going to see Meyer as a captain telling him the team was "worn" from grinding as Meyer calls coaching & practice. Boren said they all had tired legs. (after the 3rd win.) Meyer said "get back to the grind because I have done this b4 and trust me, I know what I am doing." wow. Players were climbing stairs backwards on their butts. could not walk up a flight. I also LOVE Urban's strategy of being very honest with players and telling them about their realistic future. eg-Verlon Reed who started at wideout in 2011 for our "interim" losing 36 yr old failure of a coach----did not play at all for Urban. They had a "sit down" and came to a "mutual agreement." verlon left. Opens up another schollie. Tress would never have done that. I love it. It is a very fair thing for the athlete! some kid at FL complained about it and Urban. loved the reply. Urban said "who??!! never heard of the kid. i know he didnt play for me, or if he was on the team he wasnt important enough to remember." kid should have kept his mouth shut. all urban was doing was being honest with him. he wasnt kicking him off, just telling him he could enjoy the 4:45 am workouts, vomiting in huge 55 gall. drums and never see the field. I would want to know!! I would move on too!
Enjoy the games my friend. They will be interesting. I am particularly interested to see how GA (2nd in the sec as you know) sizes up vs Nebraska. OSU laid 63 on em and GA is supposed to be 2nd in this super power conference. They should be able to pop 70+ on em. we will see. NB has nothing and Pelini (as much as i liked him when he played safety at osu) he is way over his skiis. He would be a nice secondary coach for osu but wanted the job Urban got. No way. OSU had that plan lined up one month after Urban lft FL. One yr in the ESPN booth and he was moving to Upper Arlington. Home of speilman, ex home of woody, herbstreit et al. herbie got death threats and had to move to nashville. there is some real trash in south columbus. nutzoids. death threats on a commentator. come on. he was a captain at osu and so was his dad. that is sad. they are everywhere. every school has the super nuts who cannot control themselves. I would not mind seeing ND take it to em with those new gold extra shiny helmets. very cool. cyclical football. trad powerhouses are coming back. watch for TX, USC and others. new ones too. Oregon is sweet. sort up tempo huh???