First Test for Ohio State

[Flugel]

I'm finally intrigued by an Ohio State matchup. I hope they're ready tonight. Joe Thomas calls this the best oline Wisconsin has ever had. Pretty high praise but one of those pukes is injured.

I'm looking forward to seeing what they can do against a team just below national elite barometer if you will. Time to see if Pryor is ready to be Vince Young against the better teams on the schedule. He's putting up the numbers but I want to see that against the meat of the schedule.

- Grimmreaper (Flugel, don't forget to tell everyone my Wolverines are gonna shred those Hawkeyes into Smithereens. I gotta huge Rich Rod stinger that likes to play slipsies and slidesies)

[Riffer X]

I'm hearing Wisconsin's oline is a little overrated from what they were supposed to be. This will be huge in determining this game, as I fully expect OSU's front seven to really handle the Badgers.

Pretty confident about this, but there is always the risk of turnovers etc in a hostile environment.

[Shep]

OSU is like Westlake. It's just one route after the next. Finally, Westlake got Oaks Christian and will get St. Bonnie later... and finally OSU gets Wisconsin.

I'm skipping movie night to watch it. Wife is not thrilled.

[Jax Dawg]

Pryor went into Camp Randall and won 2 years when nobody expected him to including me. This year stopping Clay and the Wisconsin run game is the key. Buckeyes win pulling away 34-20.

[BrownieBornAndRaised]

not too good of a start for OSU, i know its still early, but thats not a stadium that you want to fall behind early in...

[King of Kings]

Pryors gearing up to be the next Akili Smith but that's about it.

Go Badgers!

[TheBestPlayersPlay]

I just knew OSU was going to get man-handled today when I heard they were playing for some kid who just beat cancer. You just can't do anything about that shit.

Our O-Line is terrible. Shugarts is a joke, I'm sure he'll get better ...but wooooooooooooooooooow.

[grimmreaper3]

Your cynicism was thoroughly merited. Good call.

- Tom F. (I was spot on. Go Blue.)

[Flugel]

Originally Posted by grimmreaper3

Your cynicism was thoroughly merited. Good call.

- Tom F. (I was spot on. Go Blue.)

Grimm,
Your sense of humor is a breath of fresh air! Seriously, I'm actually with you on game day hoping they finally prove to all the naysayers they can beat elite. What makes them better is competition challenging them for 60 minutes. I'm of the opinion if they played in the SEC - they'd be one of the elites in that conference too. Why? Because you adapt to the level of competition you play just like a thermostat. Competition is what makles you stronger and teams get used to the levels demanded of them. Ohio State was used to competing for less than 15 minutes (except for the Illinois game and the sloppy Miami game).

I'm bummed they lost. I haven't seen an oline in college football that could make holes as wide as the length of an 18 wheel truck quite like I saw on some of those inside runs yesterday. I saw one replay where the BIG back didn't see humanity in the other color jersey until he had a 15 yard sprint behind him. He could have walked for a 15 yard gain.

They didn't resort to anything fancy. They just did it between the tackles and said you aren't stopping us. When OSU finally was able to challenge that a little better later - it was too late. PART of that was 1 team feeling they had something to prove and the other thinking they've already proven prominence. The other part of that is blue collar running games aren't as glamorous to the highlight shows as your spread offense QBs running wild on formation generated seams at the line of scrimmage. It's not looking like Denard Robinson's body can survive the toll of wear and tear it's getting. Meanwhile, Wisonsin can just shuffle in any back they want behind that line and it gets the job done. They never show highlights of Wisconsin when you think about it. The only replays the networks like showing from yesterday are the kickoff return and the playaction pass they connected on. Those weren't what won that game though.

I'm sincerely rethinking that need for a Big 10 Championship. That Conference Championship thing is how an LSU makes a National Championship game with 2 losses. They redeem themselves against strong opponents with rankings that can tally those BCS points. Ohio State's only impressive opponent left is Iowa so it won't be enough to overturn the devastation of just 1 loss. This won't be popular but I really miss Troy Smith in the passing game.
- Tom F.

[Vegasdogg]

My company is based out of Wisconsin. You have no idea how many emails I have gotten today.

[DirtyDawg]

Once again the impossibility of turning a black, run first QB into a real pass first QB is proving impossible.

These guys depend on their natural athletic ability for their whole lives and then when the adversity hits against real competition in college or the NFL and they need to use their mind to be successful they don't know how.

Seriously, if it can't be done with a superhuman like Pryor... I don't think it will ever be done.

[Alo]

Um, wow.