Kyle said:
well well well, look what we have here, a very interesting and shaping up to be a very controversial BCS... didn't see that coming ... anyone?
I totally agree now, what with the brand spanking new BCS rankings coming out tonight. of course Ohio State is #1 and Michigan is #2 but what surprised me is that USC is #3. with three of the top six teams in last week's BCS rankings losing, Southern California moved to #3 from #7 after beating then-ranked Oregon 35-10 last night. not that I am meaning to take anything away from the splendid football program that is USC, but it always is a surprise when a team holds down a #2 or 3 ranking all year, to have it fall to #7 via an upset, and then to regain #3 back. I suppose then #5 Texas getting upset by Kansas State 45-42 and Auburn dropping to #14 from #6 after losing to Georgia 37-15. good on USC, they still have a chance after all.
who in the world saw Texas getting edged by Kansas State? most def. not me. Rutgers also upset Lousville which I called out earlier in the week. don't ask me how I came up with that before the game, but I just had a feeling at the time of the WVU VS L-ville game that the winner would fall to Rutgers because they were on too high of a horse. despite if Rutgers finishes the season undefeated; I do not think they have a chance of playing in the BCS National Championship. not by a long shot. mostly because of the ranking they started the season with. still, their current record remains a pleasant surprise in college football.
now on OSU...
huntmich said:
You guys are fantastically over-confident, its really mind-blowing. There is no way that anyone can know the outcome of this game. Both teams are powerhouses, both have offenses that are simultaneously smash-mouth and explosive. Both have defenses that are stifling. It is going to be a very good game, but I'm not calling it. I'm just hoping that you are both eating crow a week from today.
although I don't think this comment was directed entirely towards me (I'm thinking more in the direction of BA

) I still can defend your allegations of hubris. it is easy to become over-confident when your team has held down the #1 ranking all year, specially when you are an Ohio State Buckeyes fan - a team that has been a powerhouse every year since more or less the early-to-mid 90s. what can be seen as arrogance is mostly such a die-hard desire and love for OSU's football program. I don't think you have an idea of the extent of the football mania Columbus has for their football Buckeyes. it is borderline INSANE. it used to be much worst a half-dozen years ago when every year for the Michigan game (regardless of it being home or away) the campus area of Columbus was locked down because of violent rioting, upturning of cars, and couches lit on fire every block.
if you show me a Buckeye football fan who thinks that the Michigan game will be a blow out, and they are not worried at all in the slightest bit - and I will tell you that he is a dumbass. as both OSU and UM fans we know at what level that game is held. it is above anything and everything else and ANYTHING can happen. any team can win, regardless of record or ranking. remember a couple years ago when UM was ranked like #2 or #3 and were supossed to dismantle OSU but OSU blew them out?
yeah, anything can happen for the OSU VS Michigan game. I think it should be considered the uncontested best rivalry in ALL OF SPORTS. I'd like for some of you to throw out other rivalries in college football, pro-football, pro baseball, etc that you think compares to that rivalry. and I will shoot it down. I think the only other rivalry having a chance might be the Boston Red Sox VS the New York Yankees.
that being said:
we don't give a damn 'bout the whole state of Michigan,
the whole state of Michigan,
the whole state of Michigan,
we don't give a damn 'bout the whole state of Michigan -
cuz we're from O HI O!
OH!