aOSU names 8(?) captains
August 27th, 2013 at 9:26 PM ^
They just wanted to double us up.
August 27th, 2013 at 9:26 PM ^
never makes any sense to me - what good is being a captain after your opportunity to lead is over with?
August 27th, 2013 at 9:59 PM ^
August 27th, 2013 at 10:29 PM ^
Which is why I never really got upset over the Rich Rod thing. The guys in the locker room know who the captains are...who the leaders are. Everything else is for media guides and record books. Look at us...99% of this board KNEW Devin, Lewan and T. Gordon were the 3 captains. The locker room felt differently. I don't really worry about that crap. Hell, the QB or PG is always a captain on some teams, that's bullshit...your position doesn't make you a leader of a team. Your actions do.
August 27th, 2013 at 9:27 PM ^
August 27th, 2013 at 9:40 PM ^
So, 8 = disaster. Maybe Urban needs a Seal Leadership course, but then again, not.
August 27th, 2013 at 9:28 PM ^
Isn't this basically what RR tried to do initially?
August 27th, 2013 at 9:48 PM ^
but since it is, Rich Rod did the Pop Warner honorary captains for each game thing, and then I think they named permanent ones at the end of the season in 2008 and 2009. In 2010 the Senoir class decided to name full season captains.
Not eveything he did was bad. I liked some things he did: the Victors Walk, more open CTK videos, etc.
Revolving leadership is a bad idea.
August 27th, 2013 at 9:29 PM ^
August 27th, 2013 at 9:29 PM ^
August 27th, 2013 at 10:49 PM ^
August 27th, 2013 at 9:34 PM ^
aOSU? Is that a thing now?
August 27th, 2013 at 10:32 PM ^
I thought I was out of the loop for not knowing...now I feel better. Thank you.
August 27th, 2013 at 10:37 PM ^
i really hope that's a typo.
August 27th, 2013 at 11:34 PM ^
I seriously want someone to explain this.
August 28th, 2013 at 12:16 AM ^
August 28th, 2013 at 8:45 AM ^
I enjoyed it. Don't feel bad that some of your audience didn't get it.
August 28th, 2013 at 12:46 PM ^
A state university of ohio. Fixed.
August 28th, 2013 at 10:59 PM ^
By all means please continue to do so. Please don't take my post as being mean to you. I actually think this is brilliantly subtle and I LOVE IT!
August 29th, 2013 at 8:40 AM ^
Ditto. I figured it out and loved it.
August 27th, 2013 at 9:34 PM ^
That post and especially the comments encapsulates one of the key differences between our fan bases.Michigan names 4 captains and some fans are for it, some questioning why there are so many. There's a difference of opinion, there's debate. Here there is virtually unanimous gushing over what a great idea this is. It's almost as though an Ohio State coach could lie through his teeth to the NCAA, reporters, and the president of the university and they would bring him back to a hero's welcome with nary a soul daring to object.
August 27th, 2013 at 9:46 PM ^
While there is definitely a bit of a groupthink mentality hear, there is some discussion and dissention. I check 11W occasionally because I like to know what's going on in opponent land and they seem to all gush over whatever Meyer does. Every choice he makes must be the best because he is UFM. They recently found out that their future game at VT is going to be on a Monday and everyone loved the idea for the exposure and being the only game on. I expected to read a bunch of dissent over the shame of playing Monday and such but there was none of it.
August 27th, 2013 at 10:38 PM ^
i dont really agree with this. with the stupid upvoting/downvoting obsession on this board, i feel that people with other opinions are cast to a corner.
with the upvoting/downvoting gone, it has improved
August 27th, 2013 at 10:52 PM ^
we can't get voting back fast enough.
August 28th, 2013 at 12:37 PM ^
He's absolutely right, I just don't think he articulated it well. Most of the time, a dissenting opinion is simply negged around here. Hitting -1 has turned into a vehicle for expressing a disagreement with a concept. Instead of offering a counterpoint, people would just -1 the post, which does not lend to a meaningful discussion.
Perfect world? I would say something similar to SBNation. Only upvotes count. The lack of upvotes would serve the same purpose as a downvote. However, if you disagree with the point, it doesn't allow the mechanism to anonymously neg the person. If you want to further the dialogue, you need to reply with a rebuttal. It still allows for post moderation, but does not cheapen the discussion by allowing a cop out style disagreement.
August 28th, 2013 at 12:51 PM ^
comment to hell . . . if we could.
I am an Internet tough guy and ALL dissent will be silenced with crowd-think-negbomb shock and awe .
August 28th, 2013 at 1:51 PM ^
to punish people for flaming/trolling without punishing people for disagreeing. Ideally, this system wouldn't call for a mod each and every time, as would be the case without any self-moderation (the status quo, or the SBNation system). The previous system of simply collapsing trolling posts failed because legitimate, unpopular viewpoints were too easy to collapse, forcing people to read all collapsed posts for the chance to moderate them above that threshold. This defeats the purpose of collapsing them in the first place.
With the points system, you do get unfair punishment of unpopular viewpoints, but everyone can judge for themselves whether the post is legitimate or trolling. So the points system is still preferred, but self-moderation needs to be something all users are willing to honestly enforce or else we allow Groupthink to take over. Ideally, negs would be flagged with an adjective similar to the previous system, but without including "overrated" since that is too generic.
August 28th, 2013 at 12:15 AM ^
August 28th, 2013 at 12:24 AM ^
Ohio State Football
Sacrificing Integrity for Victory since 1890
August 27th, 2013 at 9:40 PM ^
August 27th, 2013 at 10:00 PM ^
Anybody not voted captain spends a night in the box.
August 27th, 2013 at 10:06 PM ^
August 27th, 2013 at 10:25 PM ^
I don't know, but rumor has it Maurice Clarett can eat fifty eggs.
August 27th, 2013 at 10:30 PM ^
Gordon Gee is the goof ball with no shirt on dancing on the stoop.
August 28th, 2013 at 11:23 AM ^
August 27th, 2013 at 10:13 PM ^
Or I thought they may need 8 for some who legally "drop off" during the year. Like having reserves! good idea!
August 27th, 2013 at 10:16 PM ^
In fact, each player not arrested was named captain. It's the stock reward for an off-season of good behavior.
August 27th, 2013 at 9:55 PM ^
August 27th, 2013 at 10:00 PM ^
Yep. Total since.
August 27th, 2013 at 10:10 PM ^
Then Ocean's 11,12 and 13; now the crazy 8. This should be titled Name That Cap-tune or Eight is Enough, Maybe.
August 27th, 2013 at 10:12 PM ^
One for each word:
Decisions
Honesty
Treat
women
with
respect
No
drugs
stealing
weapons
Like Air Force and BYU, the captains will have nouns or verbs on their jerseys instead of their names. Which Buckeye is "Decisions?" Which is "stealing?"
August 27th, 2013 at 10:17 PM ^
8 is right. You need to realize that honesty and respect don't apply here.
August 27th, 2013 at 10:30 PM ^
Dangit, you're right. How could I have not seen that?
August 27th, 2013 at 10:20 PM ^
Instead of having a "C" stitched to his jersey, each captain will have a "C" tattooed on each arm.
August 27th, 2013 at 10:55 PM ^
"The Scarlet Letter." Yikes.
August 27th, 2013 at 10:23 PM ^
August 27th, 2013 at 10:25 PM ^
urb just started on the twitters @osucoachmeyer. We should all just ask him about his captians ourselves
August 27th, 2013 at 10:50 PM ^
that he doesn't have any captians.
August 27th, 2013 at 10:55 PM ^
we will find out that their captaincy was not a committable offer.