Is this the year they finally break through and win the BCS championship? Is this the year Terrelle Pryor fulfills his hype and wins the Heisman? The biggest hurdles will likely be Alabama and Mark Ingram for both of those honors. The team that beat Oregon in the Rose Bowl is returning 15 starters. Got a tough game against Miami early on, but after that it should be smooth sailing for the majority of the season

2010 schedule:
Date--------------Opponent------Location
Thu, Sep 02-------Marshall-------Columbus
Sat, Sep 11 -------Miami (FL) ----Columbus
Sat, Sep 18 -------Ohio----------Columbus
Sat, Sep 25 -------E. Michigan----Columbus
Sat, Oct 02-------Illinois---------Champaign, Ill.
Sat, Oct 09 -------Indiana-------Columbus
Sat, Oct 16-------Wisconsin-----Madison, Wis.
Sat, Oct 23-------Purdue--------Columbus
Sat, Oct 30-------Minnesota-----Minneapolis
Sat, Nov 13 -------Penn State----Columbus
Sat, Nov 20 -------Iowa----------Iowa City
Sat, Nov 27-------Michigan-------Columbus









Pryor for Heisman videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjaTv85ZFVs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNuu7I9jr3g

so pumped, I'm going to TRY and get up there for a game, maybe the Penn State or Michigan games if I get lucky with tickets.

[Edited on July 26, 2010 at 5:00 PM. Reason : sdf]

7/26/2010 4:57:32 PM

you're gonna be the #1 team in the nation with a 9-0 record...then you're gonna get Roystered

7/26/2010 5:02:40 PM

7/26/2010 5:04:18 PM

when i see the buckeyes on the field thats when i know FOOTBALL has arrived

7/26/2010 5:12:17 PM

for the love of god, find a more recent picture if you wanna post something like that^^

I've been seeing that same picture for 5+ years now, I dont even know what game its from

7/26/2010 5:13:52 PM

lucky they don't have to play Northwestern this year

and

7/26/2010 5:14:27 PM

RIP Jack Tatum

3-time 1st team all-big ten
2-time 1st team all-america

1970 national defensive player of the year

passed away today from a heart attack. one of the most feared defensive players of his era (for OSU and the Oakland Raiders)

7/27/2010 3:55:23 PM

i thought you were bumping the thread to post this

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/07/former-buckeyes-star-maurice-clarett-returns-to-class-at-ohio-state.html

7/27/2010 3:59:07 PM

Today we are all [random Big Ten bandwagon school]

7/27/2010 4:00:48 PM

you can join too ernie, you are good with bandwagons

7/27/2010 4:18:51 PM

why is this a thread

7/27/2010 5:28:44 PM

Do they EVER play more than 3-4 away games a season, as good as that team consistently is it would be nice to not see them play at home for 7-8 games a season EVERY season!

7/28/2010 10:49:21 AM

[Edited on July 28, 2010 at 10:53 AM. Reason : ]

7/28/2010 10:52:39 AM

It's b/c they won't travel to any non-con games unless it is another "big" school. i.e. Texas and eventually Miami. They played us in Raleigh since the agreement was made after our Gator Bowl victory.

7/28/2010 10:52:51 AM

id love to see Ohio State travel "TO" East Carolina, Boise State, Houston, UConn/Rutgers, Stanford,
@ NCSU(again), UTAH, BYU, TCU.....I mean what joy can beating akron and
central michigan by 50 pts consistently be for fans in the stands and on tv.


for those of us who really hate the buckeyes(as i do), ofcourse your going to have a great record when you are scared to play descent competition away from your own facility.


* its ok b/c their not making it to the championship game this way any way, so all is well!

7/28/2010 11:01:43 AM

youre a fucking idiot, so I'll make this easy for you

there is a lot of money involved when you go to other schools to play, ECU and the other schools that would get blown out of the water by OSU on your list would have to pay ridiculous sums of money just to get embarrassed.

I know you cant put together sentences or rational thoughts, so it might be hard for you to understand, but Ohio State is going to be good this year

7/28/2010 11:06:57 AM

Ohio State is the exact opposite of Southern Miss' slogan "Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime"

7/28/2010 11:07:39 AM

woah woah woah, I thought that was your moms slogan? Kinda neat she loaned it to Southern Miss like that.

now get out of my thread

7/28/2010 11:08:28 AM

ouch, someone doesn't like people bad mouthing Ohio State, which ironically is easier to get into than your mom

7/28/2010 11:11:05 AM

ba-dum-chish

7/28/2010 11:13:59 AM

haha at Wolf Food posting in a football thread

haha, indeed

7/28/2010 11:30:33 AM

here's a picture that describes ohio state's schedule.



no wonder they're always ranked high. they are like the VT (historically) of the big 10

7/28/2010 11:34:57 AM

or the UVa basketball of football

7/28/2010 11:36:44 AM

I love shitting on Ohio State, almost as much as I love shitting on DROD. But I have to come to both of their defenses here. Ohio State, for the past several years and for most of the next decade, plays at least one marquee team in a home and home series nearly every year. Miami, Texas, USC, California, VT, Oklahoma, Tennesee, etc. Florida can't say that, nor can most of the other SEC or Big 10 schools.

Sure, they have a couple of games vs East Buttfuck State to get easy wins, but who doesn't? Look at any major national power and they have a few creampuffs on there as well. At least the Buckeyes go out of their way to play at least one big time school home and away, which is more than most other top schools can say.

7/28/2010 11:39:35 AM

sounds like fans are angry that we are the tomato cans other teams book to beat at home and away

7/28/2010 12:34:33 PM

Quote :

"or the UVa basketball of football"

What?

7/28/2010 12:43:16 PM

And every time they play said Good competition they lose. I am sick of them beating the mighty Big Ten up every year then getting their shit handed to them come bowl season.

7/28/2010 12:45:46 PM

just referring to the fact that UVa NEVER, and I mean never, schedules well out of conference

period


(and if they do accidentally sneak in a decent team i.e. Xavier or Stanford, they lose miserably)

7/28/2010 12:47:33 PM

As long as they don't meet an SEC team in the BCS bowl game, you guys will be OK.

7/28/2010 1:09:08 PM

^nope false. The only team they can meet and have a chance at beating is a PAC-10 team who are generously overrated year in and year out as well

7/28/2010 1:11:28 PM

dont forget Ohio State is actually coming off of a bowl win this year as they beat a very hyped up Oregon team in the Rose Bowl. Im not saying that Oregon was the best team in the world, but it kinda kills the whole "they cant beat anyone outside of the big ten" theory thrown around

^why are you posting in this thread? its obvious you arent a fan, we dont need another troll roaming around sports talk

[Edited on July 28, 2010 at 1:16 PM. Reason : adsf]

7/28/2010 1:14:21 PM

thats exactly what he said, read closer

7/28/2010 1:14:32 PM

I'm a little surprised I had to tell a superfan like DROD900 that OSU and Miami are playing this year. He was unaware of this when I saw him earlier in the month.

7/28/2010 1:14:39 PM

just because i disagree with your point of view doesn't make me a troll. Calling you an epic douche because your an OSU fan would make me a troll but I didn't say that. Also, thanks for elaborating on what I previously stated. Oh and I am posting here just like I would post in any other thread but I do appreciate the specific recognition.

7/28/2010 1:23:29 PM

our points were the same, but I didnt mean to copy what you said, I was in the middle of making a post and got a phonecall.

and Tom, I knew about the game just forgot it was this coming up season. Just like I know NCSU is/was supposed to play Tennessee, I just cant remember when the game is scheduled

7/28/2010 1:30:47 PM

^the year after next first game in Atlanta----cause im a real fan

[Edited on July 28, 2010 at 1:46 PM. Reason : BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE HAHAHHA]

7/28/2010 1:32:17 PM

except its not next year, it's two years from now, the start of the 2012 season, big shot.

http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-12/sec/2012-tennessee-volunteers-football-schedule.php
http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-11/sec/2011-tennessee-volunteers-football-schedule.php


[Edited on July 28, 2010 at 1:46 PM. Reason : links]

7/28/2010 1:46:07 PM

as soon as read your thing i realized you were right. I don't know why but I wasthinking this was the 11 season for what reasons i don't know. you win this round

7/28/2010 1:48:20 PM

DROD is one of those fans who claims to be the ultimate follower but general fans of the sports like Jaybee and myself know more about his own team than he does

That's not necessarily a knock...me knowing the entire 2 deep for Fresno State has little real world value

7/28/2010 1:48:49 PM

^
So you're like an even less cooler version of this guy?

7/28/2010 2:02:09 PM

I only wish I could pull ass like him

7/28/2010 2:08:23 PM

^well played

7/28/2010 2:13:09 PM

Quote :

"And every time they play said Good competition they lose."

yeah, good call on that one, genius.

Teams (and their ranking at the time) OSU has beaten since Tressel's been there, not including ranked BigTen teams since people want to bitch about that conference:
'02: #10 Washington State, #1 Miami
'03: #17 Washington State, #24 NCSU, #7 K-State
'04: no ranked non-conference games
'05: #6 Notre Dame
'06: #2 Texas
'09: #7 Oregon

So, there were 2 years where OSU didn't beat a non-conference, top-25 school. OH NO, THEY SUCK! And while I agree that the BigTen hasn't been as strong of a conference in the last 3-4 years as they were in the previous 10, they, as a league, still have a better non-conference record in that span than every conference NOT named the SEC.

Here's the all-time record of the Big Ten vs. other conferences:
http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/bigten/vs_conf.php

To the people criticizing OSU's scheduling, they do a better job of playing marquee non-conference games than nearly every other elite program. Also, the crappy schools that are scheduled are added as much for recruiting/keeping $$ w/Ohio schools as they are for an easy win.

Even though I get tired of posting essentially this EXACT SAME argument every season, I realize that haters gon' hate, and OSU is going to be a national title contender nearly every season.

GO BUCKS!

7/28/2010 2:23:38 PM

^He's probably talking about "SEC teams in bowl games" when he talks about "Good competition"

Whats Ohio State, like 0-7 in bowl games versus SEC teams in the last decade?

The majority of fans have only watched a few Ohio State games in their entirety over the last half a dozen seasons...and those were the BCS title games where they got completely embarassed by SEC teams

7/28/2010 2:29:00 PM

they only got "completely embarrassed" by Florida. The LSU game wasn't exactly a nail-biter like the Fiesta Bowl against Texas, but it wasn't anywhere near as bad as the beating UF administered.

7/28/2010 2:33:13 PM

Teams that were ranked...no i wont guy find their rankings cause i have shit to do today...

09- usc,
08- USC (crushed), and an overrated Penn St. team
07-illinois, lsu
06- FLorida- RAPED
'05- texas, penn st
'04- wisconsin, iowa- though they also had two losses to unranked teams
03-wisonsin, michign

so congrats out of the 3 MAYBE four yall play that are ranked you lose 2 consistently. Not to mention your loved Big Ten is a JOKE

^DOMINANCE

7/28/2010 2:34:14 PM

Quote :

"Teams that were ranked...no i wont guy find their rankings cause i have shit to do today... 09- usc, 08- USC (crushed), and an overrated Penn St. team 07-illinois, lsu 06- FLorida- RAPED '05- texas, penn st '04- wisconsin, iowa- though they also had two losses to unranked teams 03-wisonsin, michign so congrats out of the 3 MAYBE four yall play that are ranked you lose 2 consistently. Not to mention your loved Big Ten is a JOKE ^DOMINANCE"

so, let's bring up conference wins against ranked teams if you wanna pull that shit.

'02: PSU, Minn, Mich
'03: Iowa, Mich St., Purdue
'04: Mich
'05: Iowa, Mich St., Minn, Mich
'06: Iowa, Mich
'07: Purdue, PSU, Wisconsin, Mich
'08: Wisconsin, Mich. St
'09: PSU, Iowa

and how is the big ten a joke? have you ever looked at their record against other BCS conferences? or do you just chug the SEC's cock like ESPN tells you to do?

7/28/2010 2:39:58 PM

Quote :

"and how is the big ten a joke?"

whens the last time they won a title? Ohio State over Miami? now compare that with the SEC...6 of the 12 BCS championships were won by SEC schools

Tennessee
Alabama
Florida (twice)
LSU (twice)

that means ONE THIRD OF THE SEC has won a BCS football championship...in the last 12 years

The Big Ten is far from the worst conference, but the SEC is definitely the best

7/28/2010 2:41:35 PM

I'd have a little more respect for the Big Ten if they had an actual conference championship game - not their fault I know. Since they don't they aren't risking anything before bowl selection like some of the other high ranking teams.

I guess it's a double edged sword. On one hand they don't have a conference game to propel them ahead in the rankings. On the other hand (and it seems like it's been the case here of late) they just sit back and let all the people that are ranked ahead of them beat each other up in their respective conference title games and then start talking about a National Championship appearance with their 2 loss season.

[Edited on July 28, 2010 at 2:43 PM. Reason : -]

7/28/2010 2:42:35 PM

^^not to mention they should not have won the one they did. Pass Interference was a joke.

But its ok I hate USC too. What kind of team is awarded a half a national championship just because. And then they were after three in a row. No they weren't they were going for 2.5 the half being a ridiculous technicality.

[Edited on July 28, 2010 at 2:44 PM. Reason : ;]

7/28/2010 2:42:51 PM