Ohio State @ NU (11/5): 11:00 AM CT, ABC
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Good. Get it over with before people notice
This is going to be a true Dark Ages type blowout esp if we continue to turn over the ball and make stupid penalties. Expectations are so low for us in this game. I last saw us play OSU at home in-person in 2008 and that was a total blowout for the Bucks. I expect more of the same this time.
So ABC wants to show the country a 1-7 / 2-6 team playing OSU? Is the head of ABS sports an Illinois alum??
Remember, remember the 5th of… October 2002.
Nobody gave that downtrodden squad of Cats a fart’s chance in a tornado of beating the eventual national champion Buckeyes. Yet they battled valiantly to get in position to at least believe an upset was possible.
And then two years later we finally beat them.
That being said, I will be very busy that day at a family event that I’m really looking forward to. You all are on your own.
Nobody gave that downtrodden squad of Cats a fart’s chance in a tornado of beating the eventual national champion Buckeyes. Yet they battled valiantly to get in position to at least believe an upset was possible.
And then two years later we finally beat them.
That being said, I will be very busy that day at a family event that I’m really looking forward to. You all are on your own.
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Remember in 2002 was the emergence of Tresselball. The Buckeyes were the "Luckeyes" with a series nailbiter wins on the backs of a staunch defense and neglible offense including fighting off a Hail Mary attempt against Michigan, their own Holy Buckeye play against Purdue, eking out a narrow victory over Cincinnati by intercepting them on 4th and goal in the final minutes, an OT win at Illinois, a referee-assisted OT win in the national title game again Miami (FL). They had some mild blow outs against a couple of teams but not this blowing out multiple teams like by 30 to 50 points.
I think I have that Saturday scheduled for basement cleaning and junk removal, but I'll be monitoring the score on my phone.
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ABC wants to show the country Ohio State, the identity of the team they're likely to slaughter is an afterthought.
Ohio State and Michigan will draw 3 million viewers even playing against a tin can like us right now.
So yeah we're a sacrificial lamb on national TV for ABC to show Ohio State.
You nailed it. OSU also has - along with bringing in the most TV eyeballs - the largest fan base - by far.
New study reveals biggest fan bases in college football
Your look at which college football teams have the biggest fan bases.
Oh man, I just realized that tomorrow is the early game, national audience. (During the WS, I saw an ad for TCU-TTU on BIG NOON, so I figured, hopefully, that NU was relegated to cable.)
Good thing I don’t intend to watch. The giggles after the eighth-straight scoring possession for the Bucks figure to be infuriating.
Good thing I don’t intend to watch. The giggles after the eighth-straight scoring possession for the Bucks figure to be infuriating.
Likely those in the know are preparing for multiple overtimes that will take the game well past afternoon shadow time.
Well, actually until we got to garbage time it did look like overtime was a real possibility.
Overhead cam was shelved due to the wind! It was like the announcers were consoling you directly.
