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TOTALLY agree Gadawgs1... I've LOVE to see that. Can you imagine if we had some sort or exchange-student esque program in the NCAA where a team from the Big 10 and SEC swapped schedules and conferences... I'd let them switch with anyone, even a mid-to-low tier SEC team. It'd be more fun (no offense to East Div) to see them in the West, where it's 6 teams deep... Let's swap them with tOSU with Miss St., just for kicks... I figure with their present schedules, State'd go 6-6 and tOSU would go 11-1, but I wonder....
THE Ohio State University (Playing State's schedule)
- Aug. 30 @ La Tech, W 38-31... (actually having a viable offense makes this easy win, but humidity in Ruston is pretty tough...)
- Sept. 6 vs. SE Lousiana, W 51-20 (2-0, this southern football ain't so tough!)
- Sept. 13 vs. Auburn, L 24-17 (Sen'Derrick Marks hits Boeckman so hard, he pees self mid-way thru 1st QTR, Pryor fairs little better; 2-1)
- Sept 20 @ Ga Tech, W, 31-21 (Johnson's offense can't keep up w/ tOSU, 3-1)
- Sept 27 @ LSU, L, 41-10 (Ricky Jean-Francois makes Boeckman pee self again... separates Wells' shoulder in 3rd QTR - having to play in Tiger Stadium makes last year's BCS NC game seem like the horseshoe by comparison to tOSU, 3-2)
- Oct 11 vs. Vandy, W, 17-14 (banged up tOSU barely escapes w/ W against perennial cellar-dwellar - starting to seem like you NEVER get a week off in this conference, 4-2)
- Oct 18 @ Tennessee, L, 48-24 (Boeckman gets replaced midway through 2 QTR, noise in Knoxville rattles Pryor - 3 INT's, 1 ret for TD, 4-3)
- Oct 25 vs. Mid Tenn St., W 30-13 (hard fought game until 4th... still a much needed W, 5-3)
- Nov 1 vs. Kentucky, W 27-17 (Boeckman returns to form, tOSU gaining momentum, 6-3. Bowl Eligible... Whew!!!)
- Nov 15 @ Alabama, L 38-10 (Grant runs wild, 'Bama's white-hot and too much to handle at home... Apparently the week off wasn't enough tim to get ready, 6-4)
- Nov 22 vs. Arkansas, W 28-7 (Petrino has no answer for tOSU's tough D, Casey Dick's no Ryan Mallett, 7-4)
- Nov 28 @ Ole Miss, W, 33-32 (tOSU narrowly escapes Oxford on Thursday night... Rebels, prev 5-6 fighting to become bowl eligible, but can't stop Pryor and tOSU's spread offense in OT, 8-4)
- Bowl - UGA def's 'BAMA in SEC Championship, but UGA, UF, UT, BAMA, & LSU all get selected before 8-4 gets tOSU picked 5th in SEC to play in Liberty Bowl matchup w/ C-USA Champ, Southern Miss tOSU DRILLS USM 51-13, pundits wowed by strength and depth of SEC)
MISS ST (Playing THE Ohio State's schedule)
- Aug. 30th vs. Youngstown St., W 31-7 (Dixon, Elliott, and Ducre run wild... Carroll's lone INT results in TD, 1-0)
- Sept 6th vs. Ohio, W 41-0 (State's cheerleaders play entire 4th QTR, 2-0)
- Sept 13th @ Southern Cal, L 38-20 (State's puny offense can't keep up with loaded Trojans... Don't even make it close until late in game, 2-1)
- Sept 20th vs. Troy, W 27-0 (D clamps down, Croom grinds it out for 323 yds on the ground, 3-1)
- Sept 27th vs. Minnesota, W 34-3 (much easier game than last week... Cheerleaders play entire 2nd half, 4-1... WTF is Miss St doing in top 10???)
- Oct. 4th @ Wisconsin, L 24-17 (2 running teams play fastest game of the season... In the end, PJ Hill trumps Anthony Dixon, 4-2... state drops to 20th)
- Oct 11th vs. Purdue, W 17-14 (Defense totally shuts down Purdue, 1 of whose TD's is scored by D... Pegues returns INT for TD in 4QTR for W, 5-2, 18th)
- Oct 18th @ Mich St., W 23-10 (D continues to play lights out... Dixon's 2 rush TD pace Bulldogs, 6-2, 14th)
- Oct 25th vs. Penn St, W 17-12 (State's D limits Nittany Lions to 4 FG's, offense does just enough to not beat themselves..., 7-2, 12th)
- Nov 8th @ Northwestern, W 31-3 (NW makes VANDY look like USC... State's never had a breather like this for a conference game... Cute cheerleader now leads Big Ten in Passing Efficiency 8-2, 10th)
- Nov 15th @ Illinois W, 24-10 (Defense has Juice running for his life all day... No Mendenhall means no run threat, Illinois D tough, but turnovers kill Illini, 9-2, 7th... highest ranking for State, ever!!!)
- Nov 22nd vs. Michigan L, 24-0 (Bulldogs spoiled from reading about themselves in newspapers... Lay egg in Starkville, 9-3, drop to 16th... would've dropped further, but Hey! They're the No. 3 team in the Big 10)
- Bowls - State gets selected 3rd among Big 10 teams, gets spanked by Tennessee 41-3 in Outback Bowl... Pundits continue to lament what a weak, lame conference Big Ten has become... State still finishes in top 20 since 9-4 record by Big Ten team guarantees respect. Atlanta Falcons Scouts, wowed by Big Ten Pass. Eff. Leading cheerleader at the combine, select her 45th overall... winds up being a bust!)
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