Ohio State Buckeyes: Still Having Problems Winning The Big One

Back-to-back drubbings in the BCS Championship Game, and now this.

Over the past few days you've probably heard about "Joe the Plumber". Well, it appears that Joe is a Buckeyes fan, and that he's supporting John McCain in the presidential election. If the polls finish the way they stand today, then that means that 'ole Joe will have seen the "team" that he backed in the "big game" go 0-3.

Though, if the BCS has taught us anything it's that the polls can look a lot different week to week.

These Pictures Have To Be Worth More Than A Thousand Words

Just some shots off of the TV from last night's LSU beatdown of Ohio State. You get to relive Todd Boeckman getting clotheslined off of his feet, and you can pinpoint the exact moment when an OSU fan's heart breaks. All in all, good stuff!

Yeah, when your team gets stomped in the championship game for the second year in a row there's not much else to do but plug your nose, close your mouth, breathe really hard and hope that your head explodes.


The school band is supposed to be eternally optimistic. You know, doing things like playing the fight song when the team gets a late touchdown, and makes the loss a respectable 70-7. When they've seemingly given up hope you know things are bad.

This picture really doesn't offer much outside of it looks sort of like Kumar is at the game wearing gaudy Paris Hilton glasses.

Just another OSU fan looking despondent. I was surprised they didn't have more shots of the crowd, but after last year they must have decided to tone it down a bit. Like that lamp reflection? I told you we were dealing high quality stuff here!


I watch this loop with the following commentary accompanying it: "Hey, look at that! Ohio State did something gre...uh...wait a minute...ah damn it." I love how he just disappears in the last frame.

And finally, Todd Boeckman took some shots last night, but this one was probably the worst. Ali Highsmith is obviously working on his form for Summer Slam.

Urban Meyer Gets "SEC'ed"

Lots more breakdown tomorrow, but for now just sleep tight knowing that the SEC is still the elite conference and Cheaty McSweatervest can't beat them.

Oh yeah, Urban Meyer is capable of smiling, even if he does look like he wants to snap Jai Eugene's arm off at the elbow.



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All Your Big Tenleven Belongs To Urban Meyer

First, there was the BCS title game against Ohio State where Urban Meyer's team put on a display of asswhoopery of great proportions. His team showed what speed and quickness could accomplish against an opponent not used to seeing a squad loaded with fast personnel at every position. Some thought it was a fluke, that the longer layoff really hurt Ohio State, or that Ted Ginn would have saved them from their humiliation(maybe if he could block Earl Everett or Ray McDonald or Jarvis Moss or, well you get the idea).

Then came the Michigan loss to Appalachian State.

But before we get into that, let's have a little background info about coaches "sharing" ideas and philosophies. Due to his success in implementing the spread option offense, Meyer has had other coaching staffs visit him in Gainesville to learn how he does it. Over the past two years, that list has included Texas A&M, Virginia Tech and more recently Appalachian State. Now do you see where this is headed?

Appalachian State head coach Jerry Moore headed down to Gainesville to check out Meyer's system, and against Michigan it was a Meyer-esque style attack that provided one of the biggest upsets ever in college sports.

Meyer said early in the week that he had gotten to know Appalachian State Coach Jerry Moore. Moore visited the UF coaching staff to learn more about the Gators' spread option offense.

The Mountaineers' version of that scheme helped them shock then-No. 5 Michigan 34-32 Saturday afternoon at Michigan Stadium. Meyer saluted Moore again Thursday and said he may call him for a favor.

"I want to see that game film," Meyer said.

In comparing film from both the Florida/Ohio State and Appalachian St./Michigan matchups you can see similar wrinkles, and how Meyer and Moore used their faster players to help spread the field and keep the defense on its heels.

So, as you watch these App. St./Michigan highlights remember that Urban Meyer had a hand in this, and that it was payback for anyone who still believed that Michigan should have played OSU in the BCS title game last year.