This is why you don't call timeouts when the other team is kneeling

[Shayn•Da•Pain]

This might have been the only time the prevent defense should have been called.

[Rayman]

I'll be honest. I had to stay at work late because of that game. The least they could have done is have a good old-fashioned rumble.

Pussies. Making UCLA go back to the lockerroom first...

[Mogriffjr]

UCLMAO

Hey ass, you call a timeout to STOP them from kneeling out the clock and your down 21-7, you deserve a TD down your throat. UCLA got owned.

[1ke]

Can you imagine playing NCAA online, smashing your opponent, pausing it to grant him mercy, he declines, calls TO, you score, he bitches.

Rooster says....Makes no sense at all!

[kbpsu]

I'm pretty sure no one stated that the Big Ten was better than the Pac-10.

And I'm pretty sure that if you check the rankings right now, the top 3 teams in the Big Ten are ranked in the top 10 (Ohio State at #8, Iowa at #9, and Penn State at #10).

Ohio State went into Happy Valley, which is one of the nation's most intimidating enviroments, against a team ranked #11 in the country at the time and systematically dominated them.

I know no one stated the B10 was better than the Pac10, but it certainly needs to be commented on. If you are comparing how teams did this year, you have to take into account the conference they play in. Just because they are ranked 8-10 doesnt mean they are the 8th, 9th, and 10th best team in the nation... cmon now, you know how these rankings work. The schedules that teams in the B10 play dont compare to any other conferences schedules (not including the shitty ones). Put a mid-level Pac 10 team, or any other mid-level SEC/Big XII team for that matter, in the Big 10 and see what their record comes out to be. The B10 is awful.

And thank you for proving my point, I said PSU was garbage this year. The two toughest games we had this year were at home, in the valley, and we got whooped up on both times. I was at both games and it was like watching a JV team play a Varsity team. You would think the HFA would help us, but we were/are so bad it didnt even matter. PSU is severely overrated, I have no clue why we were ranked so high this year.

For those of you who can't read. Try again. Just for your sake, I hope OSU wins by 50 in the Rose Bowl.

1. I can read, thanks. Try again.
2. You can stop hoping, because thats not going to happen. I dont care who they play.

[Senser81]

Can you imagine playing NCAA online, smashing your opponent, pausing it to grant him mercy, he declines, calls TO, you score, he bitches.

Rooster says....Makes no sense at all!

Calling timeout really doesn't do anything...it just prolongs the inevitable. What UCLA should have done was jump offsides 1000 times in a row until Pete Carroll turned his Playstation off.


On a side note, Tailback U...what's your deal??

[Blade]

Rick Neuheisel is an idiot and brought it upon himself by calling that moronic TO.

[godspeed]

The situation has already been overblown.

I agree with this.

The media outlets really have run with this because it's a very opionionated topic that gets people fired up on either side so of course they want to keep talking about it.

Slick Rick said he didn't want to show quit in his team, and was going to use all three timeouts. Moronic or not, that was his angle.

He said he had no issues with Carroll's decision.

And that was about it.

[Hasselbeck]

Oh.. and for the second part of this witty comment: in their last two big games, Ohio State is 2-0 with wins in back to back weeks over #11 Penn State and #10 Iowa. USC is 0-2 with blowout losses to Stanford and Oregon.

You're comparing beating -Iowa- a team that was skating on thin ice all season... at home... with a QB that was making his first career start.. to a loss AT Oregon, and against an upstart Stanford team?

I'll agree.. blowouts no matter who they come against are always worse than barely beating an inferior opponent.. but.. Iowa wouldn't have beaten many teams in the conference with the bum at QB they were trotting out there.

That said - Ohio State ALWAYS dominates the vastly overrated Big Ten.. what happens when they play someone outside of it?

[Sportsbuck]

You're comparing beating -Iowa- a team that was skating on thin ice all season... at home... with a QB that was making his first career start.. to a loss AT Oregon, and against an upstart Stanford team?

I'll agree.. blowouts no matter who they come against are always worse than barely beating an inferior opponent.. but.. Iowa wouldn't have beaten many teams in the conference with the bum at QB they were trotting out there.

That said - Ohio State ALWAYS dominates the vastly overrated Big Ten.. what happens when they play someone outside of it?

Tailback wanted to talk about how we play in big games... the Iowa game was an inso-facto conference championship against a top 10 team.

Now, I agree that of the two teams last two big games, Oregon is definately the best opponent. But Stanford is a team that is starting a first year quarterback and a defense ranked 85th (Pass defense was 104th, run 63rd) in the country. Gerhart is a monster, yes. But USC should've been able to keep up with Stanford on the scoreboard... or at least contain Gerhart better. Frankly I was stunned when I saw USC got beat 55-21...

Ohio State has lost their last two OOC games versus top 5 opponents, to USC and Texas, this is true (and we all know how they fared in 2008 USC and the 2 previous national championship games), but those two games were also played with a QB that is night and day right now from where he was at the beginning of the season. If Ohio State has solid quarterback play, they likely win both of those games which they lost by 3 points each. Now, I know the old saying "If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle", but you know what I'm getting at, right Hass?

[kbpsu]

Yeah, cause that's possible. The only way to gauge big 11 vs pac 10 would be in bowl wins/losses. The Big Ten is awful, but it's not like USC blew out OSU by 30. Why don't you wait until after the bowl games to say I told you so.




1. YOu can't because most of us weren't stating what you said we said.
2. I really don't expect them to, but just for your faggot ass's sake, I want them to. I'm not going to do a quote search, but I'm willing to bet you had high expectations for your shitty Nittany Lions team. So sorry that didn't work out for you.

I was commenting on the comparisons of OSU to USC. I know no one had brought it up before, but if you are comparing the two, the strength of the conferences need to be taken into account. That is all. At this point the 4th/5th best P10 team beat the #1 B10 team... what does that tell you?

And secondly, I hope you do a quote search because you wont find anything. I never once talked up PSU this year because I knew we were going to be shit. Clark is overrated, he was only good last year because we had 3 stud receivers. This year we lost them all.

Your lucky because for your faggot ass's sake you would have lost money if you had made that bet. No need to be sorry though, but thanks anyway for the condolences.

[godspeed]

Oregon is definately the best opponent.

And Stanford beat Oregon.

[Tailback U]

Tailback wanted to talk about how we play in big games... the Iowa game was an inso-facto conference championship against a top 10 team.

Now, I agree that of the two teams last two big games, Oregon is definately the best opponent. But Stanford is a team that is starting a first year quarterback and a defense ranked 85th (Pass defense was 104th, run 63rd) in the country. Gerhart is a monster, yes. But USC should've been able to keep up with Stanford on the scoreboard... or at least contain Gerhart better. Frankly I was stunned when I saw USC got beat 55-21...

Ohio State has lost their last two OOC games versus top 5 opponents, to USC and Texas, this is true (and we all know how they fared in 2008 USC and the 2 previous national championship games), but those two games were also played with a QB that is night and day right now from where he was at the beginning of the season. If Ohio State has solid quarterback play, they likely win both of those games which they lost by 3 points each. Now, I know the old saying "If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle", but you know what I'm getting at, right Hass?

Dude, this is getting old. Every single year Ohio State fans start spewing this bullshit right before they lose the most important game of the season.

Just stop it. I am not even going to analyze/breakdown the Rose Bowl matchups because there is no reason for me to believe that Ohio State will win.

None whatsoever. If they do then congrats and I will eat my crow, but until then there's no point in even talking about the game.

[Sportsbuck]

Dude, this is getting old. Every single year Ohio State fans start spewing this bullshit right before they lose the most important game of the season.

Just stop it. I am not even going to analyze/breakdown the Rose Bowl matchups because there is no reason for me to believe that Ohio State will win.

None whatsoever. If they do then congrats and I will eat my crow, but until then there's no point in even talking about the game.

First off, when did I break down the Rose Bowl in that post? Last time I checked, I was comparing how USC and Ohio State have faired in their latest big games.

Second off, what makes you think I give a shit about your opinion? Frankly, your opinion of how Ohio State will fair in the Rose Bowl matters as much to me as what Kle really thinks about Terrelle Pryor. Zip.

When have we spewed fucking bullshit before every important game? Most tOSU fans expected to get blown out in the Fiesta Bowl last year, and those that had any confidence (like myself) predicted a very close loss. The 08 USC game we expected to get blown out. This year against USC most of us expected to lose a close one... I mean the week before we had barely held off freaking Navy. 07 National Championship Game? We didn't even belong there, and a lot of us here were calling for a loss, I called for a close loss.

But by all means, continue to be ignorant about Ohio State football.

And lastly, I'm pretty sure I speak for 95% of the Ohio State fans here in saying we've won the most important game of the year for us for the past six years in a row.

[Tailback U]

First off, when did I break down the Rose Bowl in that post? Last time I checked, I was comparing how USC and Ohio State have faired in their latest big games.

I was referring to the same old "Ohio State has gotten much better since the beginning of the season look who they have beat!!" bullshit. It's just a bunch useless bullshit. I heard it before they played Florida. I heard it before they played LSU. I heard it before they played USC. I heard it before they played Texas. I heard it before they played USC again. I mean jesus fucking christ, what do you expect me to think?

Second off, what makes you think I give a shit about your opinion? Frankly, your opinion of how Ohio State will fair in the Rose Bowl matters as much to me as what Kle really thinks about Terrelle Pryor. Zip.

Good.

But by all means, continue to be ignorant about Ohio State football.

Yeah, I'm being real "ignorant."

http://blog.pennlive.com/patriotnewssports/2009/11/string_of_big-game_losses_plag.html

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State is 40-8 over the past four seasons, a record that might have most fans of the 15th-ranked Buckeyes flush with confidence heading into Saturday’s game at No. 11 Penn State.

It shouldn’t.

The last six times the Buckeyes have played a team as good or better based on rankings, they’ve lost. No one has to tell the players, either.

“I haven’t led us to a big win yet,” said quarterback Terrelle Pryor, a central figure in the past three big-game losses. “The quarterback has to lead. And I haven’t led in a big game.”

Ohio State (7-2, 4-1 Big Ten) has lost its only game this year against a ranked opponent, then-No. 3 Southern California. A year ago, the Buckeyes lost marquee matchups with No. 1 USC, No. 3 Penn State and No. 3 Texas, losing to the Longhorns in the last minute of the Fiesta Bowl. In 2007, the only top-20 team they played was No. 2 LSU, which rolled over the No. 1-ranked Buckeyes 38-24 in the BCS national championship game in New Orleans.

The big-game drought started in a big way with the 2006 national title game. Ohio State came in unbeaten and No. 1 but was dusted by No. 2 Florida 41-14.

There has been more grumbling from Ohio State fans about the failings in high-profile games. Coach Jim Tressel, who could seemingly do no wrong in big games early when he started in Columbus, now is questioned about every facet of his preparation, philosophy and play-calling in the biggest games now.

“We try not to worry about the people who are talking on the outside,” tailback Dan “Boom” Herron said.

Despite the criticism and questions, the players say none of the previous losses has any effect. They say they are coming to Happy Valley ready to win.

“From a team standpoint, from inside the locker room, we’re confident about the offense,” wide receiver Dane Sanzenbacher. “Obviously, there’s always going to be talk about, ’Oh, you guys play in spurts’ or ’You don’t perform well in big games.’ But we are always a confident team and we know what we can do and we have the players to do it.”

It’s not as if Penn State has swept through its biggest games. In its only game against a top-tier opponent this season, then-unranked but unbeaten Iowa topped the Nittany Lions 21-10. Penn State closed out last season with a 38-24 loss to No. 5 USC in the Rose Bowl.

The stakes are high for both teams Saturday, with the loser most likely eliminated from the Big Ten race and a BCS bowl. It won’t get easier for Ohio State the following week, with No. 8 Iowa visiting.

“The consequences of winning or losing are obvious to everybody, but you can’t go at it that way,” coach Joe Paterno said. “We’ve got to concentrate on doing the best we can against Ohio State. It’s not going to be an easy situation for us because they are solid. We’ve got to just say, ’Let’s play it,’ ’Let’s go out there and have a little fun,’ and ’Let’s not beat ourselves.’”

The funny thing about this article is that Penn State and Iowa weren't even that good.

Like I said, everything you say is pointless to me because Ohio State hasn't proven anything to me. It's not your fault, it's your team's fault.

Ohio State only lost 1 game vs. the Big 10, whoopdie fucking do, that doesn't impress me. They lost to the 4th/5th best Pac-10 who flew across the entire country and beat them in their big scary stadium.

Give me one good reason why I should give Ohio State a chance against the best Pac-10 team when they couldn't even beat an average pac-10 team in their own house?