THE WEEKEND PLUS: NOLA OLA AY
The Sporting News just read that homicide rates went up by thirty percent in 2007 there, so they’re sending us to New Orleans to cover the crowd and buildup to the national title game. So for the weekend you’ll find us over at the Sporting Blog, where we’ll be posting updates, photos, and hopefully pictures of drunk people fightin’ round the world on Bourbon Street.
If you are going to the game please send us an email at harumphharumph of the gmail variety. We’re looking to hang out with tailgaters from LSU, OSU, and anyone else who shows up to the Superdome. Not that you’ll need any, but we’ll buy you beer. Or you’ll buy us beer. Or we’ll just forget the whole thing and go straight to the ether and absinthe.
And now, Professor Longhair singing and playing “She Ain’t Got No Hair.” Enjoy your weekend
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tOSUdude:
regarding #49
“I have a lot of friends down here in the south and…”
Am I the only one who finds that hard to believe? How can someone so obsessively narrow minded and unpleasant have a lot of friends?
I think OSU wins the game, as down is the new up this year.
Comment by Mo Claretts' cellmate — January 5, 2008 @ 11:19 pm
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RD Baker: Don’t get yer panties in a bunch needlessly. OK you are trying to bait the artist into something. But there is no hypocrasy in the statements he made and what he said is true.
tOSU lost to Illinois but it was a close game. True statement. tOSU beat a damn good Miami team in 2002. Also the truith. Deal with it.
Comment by oc phil — January 5, 2008 @ 11:13 pm
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When Ohio State loses TAFKATOSUB says…
“Illinois did not beat Ohio State down, they 21-14 in a game in a game with some highly controversial officiating.”
Yet when Ohio State wins because of a phantom pass interference call TAFKATOSUB says
“Miami was the defending NC and riding a 34 game win streak, no asterisk, they had the ball first and goal from the 2 and couldn’t make 2 yards to win the game. That Miami team was probably the most talented team in terms of future NFL talent ever assembled.”
You can’t have it both ways… and don’t pull any of this “two different situations” B.S. like people caught in their own hypocrisy usually pull.
“…not taking anything away from USC…”
But TAFKATOSUB is going to take everything away from USC. Why? I have no clue, the diploma on my wall says “Texas Tech”
“K-State crushed OU 35-7 before OU lost to LSU 21-14.”
Kansas State’s nonconference schedule that year was worse than Ohio State’s was this year (although you could say that about a lot of Snyder-era Wildcat teams) . Wayyy overrated.
Speaking of overrated… OU’s 2 losses that year were to KSU, equally overrated, and LSU, the only decent opponent they played that year. Yes, it was a down year for the Big 12.
“ND was a blow out, 600+ yards of offense and TGII went nuts.”
Considering you were playing a Charlie Weis-coached Notre Dame team… that’s not hard. Notre Dame was also overrated,
“…never mind that all of them were Conference champions…”
and what conference does Notre Dame play in again?
Also, I noticed you didn’t even try to defend the ‘99 Sugar Bowl against the Aggies who beat yet another overrated Kansas State team to get there.
Comment by R.D. Baker - Retired Blogger — January 5, 2008 @ 8:58 pm
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#36 Pelican: Matt Leinart did pretty well in his post-Heisman bowl game.
Trying to expalain away tOSU’s 4-1 BCS bowl record is dumb. Any win in a BCS game is a “quality win” (Even Georgia over Hawaii).
I see tOSU beating LSU by 4 with coaching being the determining factor. Les will have his luck run out.
I think a healthy USC would beat tOSU at this point. There was a whole lot of luck in addition to Booty’s broken finger that went into the Stanford loss. But the best team I saw all year was Oregon before Dixon got hurt.
Comment by oc phil — January 5, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
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#58
Sorry but I have no idea what the final score will be and if I were to guess it right it wouldn’t mean I’m a genius or if I were to guess it wrong it wouldn’t mean I’m an idiot. It think it’s a closer than what the experts think and Beanie Wells could have a good day running the ball. 24-20 Ohio State.
#59
I thought Illinois played well until they started to turn the ball over in the red zone, they are still not good enough to beat USC had they scored instead.
That said, USC looked great, especially on defense, but I also think that Juice Williams had a career day against Ohio State — and he should get the credit for it more than Ohio State getting the blame for losing the game. Juice had a Chad Henne/Michigan vs. Florida type performance against us.
Ohio State vs. USC in the rose bowl would have been a great game, but let’s see how the Buckeyes play against LSU before we compare notes…USC gets the advantage of having looked good in the Bowl game…prior to the Rose Bowl I would have said that it would be extremely evenly matched and Ohio State, with the running game, had a decent shot at beat USC at home in the Rose Bowl.
We’ll get to see these two lock horns in September next year…should be a classic. I have a ton of respect for USC, they will go anywhere and play anyone and they have dominated the SEC in their last 4 games.
#61
They certainly look that way right now, but Mizzu, WVU, and Georgia all looked pretty good too.
Comment by The Artist Formerly Known as tOSUBuckeyes — January 5, 2008 @ 6:06 pm
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This thing is still pissing me off….no way VT beats LSU and no way Hawaii gets past 1st round
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls07/bracket
Comment by Mr Pelican Pants — January 5, 2008 @ 6:04 pm
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PW: That is why this bowl thing sucks, let the top teams settle the thing on the field, instead of a bunch of us yapping at each other.
Comment by Stacy Keibler Luvs Me — January 5, 2008 @ 6:04 pm
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Cheesecake Dept:
Jake: I think Swindle is whipped because he has stopped the Friday cheescake thing. Stranko used to do a good job on cheescake duty, but he has been missing in action, much like any excitement in this bowl season. He is probably whipped too, by his attractive Hispanic wife, if she is still around.
Comment by Stacy Keibler Luvs Me — January 5, 2008 @ 6:03 pm
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Is it too late to have a jamboree? Have tOSU play Georgia in the first half, then have LSU vs USCw in the second half, then the have USCw play Georgia in OT…..hell we could have settled this in the Rose Bowl
Comment by Mr Pelican Pants — January 5, 2008 @ 5:57 pm
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I think USCw at full strength is clearly a better team than tOSU and I doubt anyone on here, including TAFKAtOSUB, would disagree.
However, the same could’ve probably been said about the 2002 Miami team as well.
Comment by PW — January 5, 2008 @ 5:48 pm