Ohio State... Bowl Eligible...UhOh...

• holdingout

  at Illinois
  Wisconsin
  Indiana
  at Purdue
  Penn State
  at Michigan
  
  
  6 wins to be bowl eligible. I ask you, is there 3 wins in the last 6 games?
• stroups

  

  I could really give a fuck about watching this team playing in a bowl game this year. I know I am spoiled by the success they have had recently but this shit is pathetic.
• dwccrew

  

  I refuse to watch any more Ohio State football games until Luke Fickell, Heacock and Bollman are all fired. There is no point in subjecting myself to watching this horrendous scheme and gameplan that they force the players to execute. I really feel sorry for the team. I have to believe that they are very disheartened by playing for a staff that clearly has no clue what they are doing and doesn't care about the players.
  
  The coaching has killed this team and until the powers that be at OSU smarten up, I can't watch my boys get martyred out there every week.
• Paladin

  they should be bowl eligible.
  
  Toilet Bowl.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  holdingout;927958 wrote:at Illinois
  Wisconsin
  Indiana
  at Purdue
  Penn State
  at Michigan

  I think they win the bolded ones. All of those games are winnable except Wisconsin. I simply don't trust Ron Zook, Indiana sucks and Purdue does too. The Penn State game could seriously be a 3-0 game. Michigan is insanely overrated.
  
  I could care less if they go 1-5, I just want to beat Michigan.
• ts1227

  

  Agree with basically everything you marked, Tobias. I figure Indiana and Purdue easily, and then PSU and/or Michigan (probably PSU, I'm not sold on them at all).
• Writerbuckeye

  

  stroups;927976 wrote:I could really give a **** about watching this team playing in a bowl game this year. I know I am spoiled by the success they have had recently but this **** is pathetic.

  The only thing about a bowl game that would be very good for this team is extra practices. Remember how young this group is, and those extra few weeks of practice can make a big difference going into the next season.
  
  As for whether OSU gets itself eligible or not...I'm on record as saying they'll be 5-7. No bowl game; no win over scUM.
• GoPens

  

  I'm hoping the NCAA thinks it's really punishing OSU by giving them a bowl ban this year, because it's doubtful they'd make it to one anyway.
• vball10set

  Tobias Fünke;928014 wrote:I could care less if they go 1-5, I just want to beat Michigan.

  damn Toby, I've gotta' rep you again :thumbup:
• dokken

  Besides Wisconsin, it's not too bad.
• thedynasty1998

  

  If the current staff is in place who cares about a bowl. BUT if they make a bowl and can hire a coach between the Michigan game and the bowl game, that can be huge.
• thedynasty1998

  

  ccrunner609;928282 wrote:we saw a great team for 1/2 last night. I think we see that team for the next few games and they end up 7-5

  Great team? You are giving them way too much credit.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  thedynasty1998;928330 wrote:Great team? You are giving them way too much credit.

  +1 but they did play well. The Buckeye starting OL is among the most talented in the country, and the RB corp is deep.
  
  There are guys on this staff that played Tressel Ball from 2001-2004, they will win some games with a better rushing attack, solid defense (young guys, they will improve week-by-week), and an athletic quarterback who will make plays with his feet.
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  holdingout;927958 wrote:at Illinois
  Wisconsin
  Indiana
  at Purdue
  Penn State
  at Michigan
  
  
  6 wins to be bowl eligible. I ask you, is there 3 wins in the last 6 games?

  Assuming Braxton Miller can play, and assuming offensive play calling is similar to the way it was the first half of last Saturday, I see no reason why the Buckeyes cannot win Indian, @ Purdue, and Penn State. @ Illinois is very questionable, although I do tend to believe they will pull thru. Again... assuming Miller is able to play and has no lingering injuries from last week's game against the Cornhuskers.
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  GoPens;928085 wrote:I'm hoping the NCAA thinks it's really punishing OSU by giving them a bowl ban this year, because it's doubtful they'd make it to one anyway.

  If the NCAA were to sanction Ohio State with a bowl ban, it wouldn't take effect until next season at the earliest.
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  Tobias Fünke;928014 wrote:I could care less if they go 1-5, I just want to beat Michigan.

  Hear, hear. Man... if Ohio State can somehow pull of a 'W' @ Michigan, that would just be glorious! Hopefully Fickell has a couple tricks in the bag.
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  dokken;928179 wrote:Besides Wisconsin, it's not too bad.

  Michigan looks pretty darn good this season, but they don't look untouchable ala LSU and Alabama.
• dat dude

  Scarlet_Buckeye;928660 wrote:If the NCAA were to sanction Ohio State with a bowl ban, it wouldn't take effect until next season at the earliest.

  Why is that?
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  dat dude;928695 wrote:Why is that?

  Forgive me, but I cannot recall where I read this [otherwise I would link it]. But basically... it boils down to any punishments/sanctions that would be levied, would not take effect until the following year. I know that doesn't provide much "support," but take it for what it's worth.
• dat dude

  Scarlet_Buckeye;928727 wrote:Forgive me, but I cannot recall where I read this [otherwise I would link it]. But basically... it boils down to any punishments/sanctions that would be levied, would not take effect until the following year. I know that doesn't provide much "support," but take it for what it's worth.

  I'm not sure that's true. Dan Wetzel tweeted that the worst part of the recent OSU violations is that "this may push NCAA ruling to Dec., make bowl ban (if there's one) for 2012, hurt recruiting."
  
  I'm fairly certain the NCAA can give OSU a bowl ban for this season, if necessary. It would be pushed back to 2012 if OSU would appeal the bowl ban and lose.
• krambman

  

  Beating Michigan is the most important goal left for this team this year as far as I'm concerned.
  
  Even though watching OSU play in a bowl game before New Year's will be painful, these young players could certainly use the extra practice.
• WebFire

  Wow. This sounds like the Cooper years all over again!
  

  I could care less if they go 1-5, I just want to beat Michigan.

  Beating Michigan is the most important goal left for this team this year as far as I'm concerned.

  Music to my ears.
• vball10set

  WebFire;928900 wrote:Music to my ears.

  Sounds like tsun the last ten years, doesn't it?
• WebFire

  vball10set;928910 wrote:Sounds like tsun the last ten years, doesn't it?

  Yep. I tried telling the young OSU fans that it doesn't stay the same forever.
• vball10set

  WebFire;928912 wrote:Yep. I tried telling the young OSU fans that it doesn't stay the same forever.

  And I agreed with you...what goes around, comes around--and it appears it's coming around