tOSU vs. USC game

The BuckNuts came into last season with a vengeance and what did that change?  I think the thing to do would be to wait till you play USC and then talk.  Plus, you contradict yourself  Cleveland...at first you placate OSU by saying

this early in the season, USC will be on their second game and with a new QB.

but then you say, "

If tOSU wins this will people believe that they deserve to go this year?

Make up your mind...

jfivesigmablue, take in mind that you have to look at it from both sides and use facts. with college football you can say that any team can beat anyother team, who would have thought stanford had a chance in hell to beat USC, even without some players on USC's side. the point is, even with USC's disadvantage of a new QB and being on their second game, USC is still USC and hasnt lost by more than a touchdown in a long time, usually doesnt lose at home. so will tOSU gain respect in the minds of the tOSU doubters, or just people that dont care and just want the best possible NCG.

I feel what you sayin, Cleveland...I'm a Razorback fan but die hard Michigan fan, so i'm not going to bash either conference...objectively speaking though, the SEC has shown it's dominance in the past, and the BuckNuts haven't really proven much to back up their claims as well as this preseason #1 ranking (besides 18 returning starters)...I can't stand Ohio State or USC (both have owned Michigan lately) but if I had to choose, I would be less irritated if the BuckNuts won so at least the Big Ten Conference would be represented...I say BuckNuts 24   Ribbed for her Pleasure  14

well j-five, the SEC has shown their dominance in the past 2 years, that doesnt mean anything in the whole scheme of things though, unless you mean over tOSU. its like saying ND will be the best every year because of their past, it is not going to happen.

you could say that they have proven that they are good at winning the vast majority of games they are supposed to win, unlike SEC, BIG 12, and the PAC 10 which beat themselves up last year. but if you watch the last NCG, tOSU was never completely down and out, and if you watch the first quarter they really shouldnt have lost. dumb mistakes by an inexperienced team in a very hostile enviroment. which is still BS when its a bowl game in a team's backyard. if the game was in ohio and ohio state won i would feel the same way, the game should be on a neutral site, or at least relativly neutral.

the team can really only get better and vernon has already been replaced by the person that he replaced last year. (wilson)

Cleveland....

Your point about playing the back yard is quite hypocritical. Haven't you claimed that the SEC fans have an invalid arguement when they say that OSU shouldn't be in the NCG because "OSU plays the hand that they are dealt"? Its not OSU fault that the Big Ten has sucked recently, but is it LSU's fault that the NCG was in New Orleans the time they got there? Where do you propose they move the BCS games? If you want neutral sites, are we looking at Montana, Idaho, Maine, and Alaska? Aren't those pretty good "neutral" sites? If you will recall, New Orleans has hosted the Sugar Bowl for years, and it was the setting for the NC Game in 2008 since the inception of the BCS system. Were the BCS guys so smart that they saw LSU there in 2008? LSU may be a major power now, but 10 years ago they were nothing, and New Orleans didn't seem like such a "hostile" site when the BCS was concieved. New Orleans, Miami, Pasadena, and Glendale are all appealling places to be in January. Would Cleveland be a popular venue for a NCG in January? I know a lot of fans (i.e. revenue for the NCAA) would be turned away because it is BITTERLY COLD in the Midwest during the winter, thus they would rather have games in COMFORTABLE CLIMATES. I think if you use the "people shouldn't hate OSU because they play the hand they are dealt every year" card, you should be able to see that teams that play in bowl games should be afforded that same "hand they were dealt" excuse....