Not sure what GA was thinking there. Got a little too conservative. That was a Tressel-esque move. You don't just settle for a FG over 40 yards, especially with a kicker who missed 12 of them this year.
Not sure what GA was thinking there. Got a little too conservative. That was a Tressel-esque move. You don't just settle for a FG over 40 yards, especially with a kicker who missed 12 of them this year.
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
Ugly series by MSU there. The knee down really hurt, but after that a couple of really bad play calls.
That's 2 straight bad snaps on FG attempts, the first on the tying TD, and now in OT. Got lucky on both of them. Hope it doesn't come back to bite them.
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
Amazing game. You've got to give MSU credit for overcoming a 16-0 deficit and GA credit for stopping the bleeding and retaking the lead.
This was a great exhibition of what's great about college football. Both teams playing their hearts out. It's too bad one team had to walk away with a loss.
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
Every false start from now until I pass on from this earth by an OSU lineman will be referred to as a Shugarts by me. The game was so awful to watch that myself and some friends were actually rooting that he would get at least one more in before the game ended. Sad I know, butOriginally Posted by LoganBuck
Congrats to Mark Dantonio. No tears lost for Thug Nation.
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This just in, Montee Ball is REALLY good.
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
Ohio State went away from its power game earlier than that. Tried to get too cute with the playcalling (end around for Posey?) when between the tackle running was moving the ball.
Whatever you got from your OC during the season, safe to say it wasn't going to be bettered while he's looking to sell his house and find another job.
The funny thing is, LSU and Alabama are playing offensive football that would fit in perfectly in the Big Ten. Change the uniforms and you couldn't tell them from the Ohio State of ten years ago. They're just doing it better than anyone else right now. We can draw up all the fancy Xs and Os we want, but there's still no substitute for lining up and kicking the opponent's tail around the field.
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Wisconsin can't tackle, like at all.
What I don't understand is why they keep running the same defensive coverage. They haven't changed anything they're doing and it's not working. Mix it up a little. They have nothing to lose, it's not like they're stopping anything now.
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Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
/laughing at Abbrederos. He deserved to lose that ball. He catches like a 30 yard reception, he's at the sideline with 3 defenders and decides he wants to be a tough guy and lowered his shoulder. Just a bonehead play a smart player would never make.
And Bielema calling his second timeout less than 5 minutes into the half after that kickoff touchback was just dumb. Wisconsin was outcoached and outsmarted by a really good team, but not one I think they should lose to.
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
Fumble was just bad luck. That ball goes out of bounds 99 out of 100 times.
Hate when something stupid like that ending with the spike ruins a great game.
Oh, it was definitely bad luck and they probably tie the game there. My problem is that he was running toward the sideline and looked up and at the last second thought he give the gut a bump. He wasn't trying to get more yards as he was clearly going out of bounds, it was pure bravado.
Bielema is just not a smart coach, which is weird for a place like Wisconsin. He does a lot of things that are just not smart. That timeout he wasted was so pointless. If you're going to take the timeout, just throw the challenge flag. Then the refs could have told you to him it couldn't be challenged and he doesn't lose a timeout. It would be different if they hadn't burned on already. There was still 11:30 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.
Then the spike at the end of the game was bonehead. They were at the 25 yard line, and while the odds are still against them, they could have at least had a chance.
He's just not a cerebral coach. Oregon is an excellent team, so I'm not trying to take anything away from them.
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
I wanted to bring this up because it's completely apt.
This past fall, I was studying athletic department finances for a freelance story on college revenue and expenses I was doing. As an aside to the story, I was comparing the SEC and B1G expenditures on coaching. The average salary department-wide spent by SEC schools on coaching staffs of male sports at the university was just shy of $16 million. For the Big Ten, it was about $9 million.
As a conference, the Big Ten actually earned about $1 million in revenue more per school than did the SEC. So clearly, the Big Ten has the money to compete and they're not doing so.
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That's a good analysis. On the other side of the coin, Bielema has had the Badgers down to the wire in two straight Rose Bowls against two pretty good teams. And hes done it while running a clean program at a school with high academic standards.
Oh, he does some things well. It's not like he's a bad coach. He's just not a very cerebral one. He's not the best at coaching in close games.
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
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