Big 10 Championship Game Open Thread
No meteors seem in the forecast in the greater Indiana area per NASA, so we'll be forced to watch our top 2 competitors in the East face off. Short of a 25+ pt blowout MSU is destined for the Rose, OSU is playing for the right to give up 60 pts to Florida State.
Have at it....
December 7th, 2013 at 9:06 PM ^
Even if OSU wins, I'd put Auburn in the title game
December 7th, 2013 at 9:08 PM ^
So is Ohio going to actually give Hyde some carries? Why are they throwing to him instead of handing off?
December 7th, 2013 at 9:06 PM ^
I have to root for Sparty - a beatdown of tOSU knocks them out of the NC game and probably keeps Braxton from making a trip to NY next weekend. But damn does it feel dirty...
December 7th, 2013 at 9:08 PM ^
That trainer for MSU is one man of a lady.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:09 PM ^
She's the Pam Ward of athletic trainers.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:08 PM ^
Be nice if Michigan had a decent defense
December 7th, 2013 at 9:08 PM ^
Just reminds me how bad our coaching is..
December 7th, 2013 at 9:10 PM ^
Our D looked okay against them until it dawned on Meyer to start force-feeding Hyde the ball up the gut.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:09 PM ^
If OSU hasnt figured it out yet they better. They are not going to be able run horizontally against State - their D is just too fast to the ball. The deep ball is there (we had available too but zero time to throw) and Miller's going to have to hit it.
But I agree....OSU is in trouble.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:09 PM ^
How'd Sparty score?
December 7th, 2013 at 9:11 PM ^
A medium pass. Ohio defender tried to cut the WR and missed it. The WR had no one in front of him
December 7th, 2013 at 9:12 PM ^
Appreciate it.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:09 PM ^
An MSU win gets the B1G 2 teams in the BCS, no? Especially with Ok. St. losing, I would think. More money for the conference.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:10 PM ^
I have no problem rooting for Sparty over Ohio. I thought they would beat them by two scores and right now it's looking good.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:10 PM ^
Can someone please hire Narduzzi? Anyone?
December 7th, 2013 at 9:11 PM ^
Us I hope..
December 7th, 2013 at 9:10 PM ^
You cannot deny that Michigan SHOULD be exactly what msu is. They're extremely well coached.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:16 PM ^
But I was thinking the same thing. Elite defense with an offense that uses a lot of dinky misdirection, power, frustrating three yard runs, with the occasional connected long ball.
We don't have to necessarily emulate Stanford when the paradigm is right in our own conference...
December 7th, 2013 at 9:10 PM ^
At this rate Auburn will earn the necessary votes needed to pass Ohio State sometime this quarter.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:10 PM ^
I'd vote that way.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:11 PM ^
I love watching the buckeyes suffer. A lot more than I like watching sparty suffer... But this game is a long ways from being over.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:11 PM ^
Marcus Hall should be giving the finger to Urban pretty soon.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:12 PM ^
Wow, 7 + 2 in the box, daring Braxton to beat them throwing?! Who'd have thought that would work?
December 7th, 2013 at 9:13 PM ^
I hope Calhoun is ok.
/mancard is docked points for showing concern for a Sparty
December 7th, 2013 at 9:13 PM ^
MSU is already in OSU heads.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:13 PM ^
And Narduzzi blitzes. Who woulda thought?
December 7th, 2013 at 9:14 PM ^
God damn I want msu's defense so bad :(
December 7th, 2013 at 9:14 PM ^
be close to that next year.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:16 PM ^
Are you high
December 7th, 2013 at 9:15 PM ^
Look at MSU's first three seasons. Not impressive. This is what patience gets you.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:21 PM ^
Hope you're right. Their offense was putrid earlier this year...
December 7th, 2013 at 9:24 PM ^
Problem is, they gave beat us 5 of those 7 years. So how much more patient should we be forced to be?
December 7th, 2013 at 9:14 PM ^
MSU's D is legit it seems... so far...
December 7th, 2013 at 9:22 PM ^
Shouldn't be surprising.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:14 PM ^
Uh, oh, Ohio.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:14 PM ^
So they say defense wins championships and stuff.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:15 PM ^
wins by 40, do they make a case for the NC?
December 7th, 2013 at 9:25 PM ^
Shut your filthy whore mouth.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:14 PM ^
Would anybody here hesitate for a second about swapping coaching staffs with state? Their coaches do so much more with so much less.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:17 PM ^
Year Three of the Dantonio was this: 6-7, 26 pts per game allowed, and 380 yards allowed per game.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:19 PM ^
I appreciate your consistency. Of course HOke has to win 11 times in 3 of the next 4 years to match Dantonio. ;) With far more resources, and much higher recruits.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:23 PM ^
yup and yup
December 7th, 2013 at 9:23 PM ^
necessary. :)
Hoke has a challenge ahead of him. MSU is pushing Michigan and that's good. Michigan needs to be pushed.
I'm not going to say that UM will match what MSU is doing, only to preach patience. MSU shows it is possible to go from mediocity to excellence rather quickly.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:46 PM ^
I would ship hoke and company out of here in a heartbeat to get msu coaches here. This is how you coach. Plus they have beat us 5 of 7 years. So yes I would swap. We could probably get all their coaches for what we are paying Hoke.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:15 PM ^
Stop with all the comercials
December 7th, 2013 at 9:15 PM ^
This game shows how far behind Michigan is against Sparty.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:15 PM ^
Herman has gone full {redacted} in this game. I have no clue what OSU wants to do on offense.
December 7th, 2013 at 9:15 PM ^
i love it when Urban start rubbing his head and neck. the dude can't handle losing
December 7th, 2013 at 9:15 PM ^
Omg. Sparty hasn't played anyone ever. how can someone say they are the best defense and so dominant when they haven't played an offense with a pulse at all!
/s