The Game is making my head asplode

Submitted by Blue_Bull_Run on
This game is making my head explode. I realize our chances of winning are not very good at all, perhaps around 25%. Yet somehow I can't shake the feeling of trying to "will" our way to victory. As if we can beat the odds just by trying really hard. As if OSU won't be trying very hard. As if we haven't been trying hard all year. As if my desire to win can somehow overcome the fact that we're completely overmatched. I'm feeling like a gambler who's trying to convince himself that this spin of the routlette wheel will be a winner. Things have gone terribly for us all year, particularly on defense. Yet somehow I'm trying to convince myself that we can stop the Buckeyes - not for one or two plays, but for an entire four quarters. Generally I'm very analytical, and I'd say I'm very probability oriented, so this week is really causing a lot of contradiction and tension in my head. Really, it's bringing down my entire paradigm of probability + expected outcomes etc...
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maizenblue92

November 18th, 2009 at 8:49 PM ^

I get this feeling every year. That this is going to be the year we beat OSU. And I've disappointed 5 years in a row. But I will sit there on Saturday and cheer like we still have a chance to go to the Rose Bowl. Go Blue.

Joined: 01/01/2009

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Bryan

November 18th, 2009 at 8:53 PM ^

There is no better week of the year than right now. I cannot wait to get to the stadium on Saturday. Also, I feel that anytime someone uses a head asplode picture it should be the one with the four boxes comic style of Denard (I am pretty sure it was a Shredder original) running and the old alums heads asploding. I tried to search it, but no luck, so I cannot imbed the photo.

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bennis

November 18th, 2009 at 8:55 PM ^

Graham will sack Pryor 5 times. Tate will throw for 2 tds, run for 1. Minor will run in a pair, and Denard will run for 1. Behold the most advanced movie special effects of all time: WARNING: Contains head asplosion.

Joined: 12/12/2008

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UMAmaizinBlue

November 18th, 2009 at 9:08 PM ^

I'm not sure if it's blind, religious-like hope, or the fact that my body and mind are searching for some solace in this season, but I'm getting the same feeling about his Saturday. Every time I think that we have no choice, my stomach does a backflip, I start sweating, and my min does a double-take and immediately gets amnesia as to what it just thought it thought.... Anyway, I guess what I'm trying to say is, we're all fans, and no matter what kind of statistics and doubt out throw at us, we know that there's always a chance. We can point to any number of huge upsets over the years and say, "that's gonna be us on Saturday." I think that we've all experience such pain over the last two years from the games themselves that to create that pain within ourselves would be adding insult to injury at this point. Also, I believe there are things in this world that are beyond our comprehension, and perhaps this feeling is a sign of things to come. Maybe we're meant to feel this way so that we come down on the Buckeyes with Hammer-of-Thor like yells and screams that is the physical incarnation of the uplifting hope that we have been given preference to experience. I, personally, am building it all up until Saturday, so that after a graveyard walk, an exam, and a looooong week of crack-pot speculation from "experts" I'm going to let it explode like a G.I. Joe with a bottle rocket up its ass. So use your gift, and use it recklessly on Saturday, and let's cheer Big Blue on the Victory!

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Wolverine In Exile

November 18th, 2009 at 9:14 PM ^

Even if you don't agree with his politics, I think Rush Limbaugh said it best, "Sports is the one thing in life you can invest total emotional attachment to, and if your team loses, you can still live your life, except for that next 8 min to 80 years, if you're a Cubs fan" I am an engineer, with two advanced degrees. I work in a field that demands you analyze and make conclusions based on historical data, trend analysis, and current information-- fusing into a coherent, rational thought. And the overwhelming volume of data suggests we are going to lose this Saturday. But you know what? I think we're going to win. Paraphrasing the great Dr Peter Venkman: Venkman: "Ray, call it fate, call it luck, call it Karma... everything happens for a reason... I think we were destined to get beat by Purdue and Illinois." Ray: "For what purpose?" Venkman: "To beat Ohio State ourselves"

Joined: 11/08/2008

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Slinginsam

November 18th, 2009 at 10:05 PM ^

Had bad feeling about '06 game in Columbus: Bucks were at home, gunning for the NC game. While we were both undefeated, I never figured we'd win. The '07 matchup was a goner, things didn't feel right with Lloyd checking out. Last year with Sheridan, well, it wasn't worth even thinking about upset. But this year...Bucks have no incentive to go over the top. They'd be happy just to win. Pryor has been playing with a bum ankle. They might just be overconfident after sneaking by Iowa. Purdue beat 'em. And USC. And Navy nearly did. Things are quiet in Columbus...no trash talk from Herbie. Even Chris Spielman had kind words for RR this week. We have all seen Michigan show flashes(and false glimpes)when they can play with anybody. They just have to find a way to stop those little mistakes that become gamechangers. If we can stay close going into the fourth quarter, I say Michigan pulls it out.

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