playing buffalo plus the points. im just not buying a gary pinkel team as a 30+ point favorite. tigers are the flavor of the month in college football because of their nintendo offense but this is a crazy number to lay against much improved buffalo. missouri doesnt play defense well enough to justify the spread. buffalo should be able to have some success running the football and working their short dink-dunk passing game. willy has been very efficient this year and he's played in some tougher non-conf venues than missouri. a few years ago, you couldnt have convinced me buffalo (+50) was worth a play. now, i really think missouri should only be laying about 21 or 24 on saturday. pinkel took some heat last week for running that fake field in the 3rd quarter of their rout against nevada. it will be interesting to see how the tigers play with the big lead if the game happens to get stretched out toward the spread. turner gill should make a respectable return back to big12 country.
ive always liked tressel, despite the fact that i generally abhor ohio state. i dont know what in the hell the state of ohio was smoking in thinking that boeckman was/is a good quarterback. he's basically a poor man's craig krenzel ... and that's not saying much. struggling early is probably the best thing for their season. making the switch to pryor now at least allows them to salvage something before its too late. tressel has some rebuilding to do on a lot of levels. he could do no wrong for the early part of the 2000s. while it doesnt bother me to see them struggle, i think they will be fine because he is a good coach. they just thought the transition from the smith-pittman-holmes-hawk era would be seamless and its not.
I will admit, I was a Boeckman backer at one point, but the SC game was the last straw. Pryor worked out with the one's all week.
The Buckeyes will never even sniff another BCS title as long as Tressel is coaching. (Unless perhaps he swallows his pride a little and overhauls his staff.)
It's damn near impossible to beat a team that has equal/better talent, when the other team knows 70% of your offensive and defensive plays just by your formation. In any event, a few buddies and myself are starting a "fire tressel" campaign here in C-bus. Want to hop on board?
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Luckeyes
The Luckeyes were lucky to get their one BCS title in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl over the Canes. :nono5:
Truth be told, every Luckeye alum and fan should have Terry "On the Take" Porter (back judge in the game) on their Christmas card list for life. :finger:
And yes, I am a UM alum. :tongue2:
The Luckeyes were lucky to get their one BCS title in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl over the Canes. :nono5:
Truth be told, every Luckeye alum and fan should have Terry "On the Take" Porter (back judge in the game) on their Christmas card list for life. :finger:
And yes, I am a UM alum. :tongue2:
There is definitely a stubbornness and lack of creativity that rubs me the wrong way. I keep saying Tress is smart enough to make adjustments, but I don't know if I believe that anymore. His pride may have to go, or he will be gone. No one will want to play for a tight ass offense and a team that is mocked non-stop.
Tress was definitely a great coach early on b/c he was different, but coaches now know what to expect, and I don't know if there is the know how to switch it up. Otherwise he would have done it already.
