Plain Dealer: Our coach is a "one trick pony"
In yet another feat of epic hack homerism, the Cleveland Plain Dealer's resident sports opinion douchenozzle, Bill Livingston, finds it impossible to write an article about OSU without taking an unecessary and factually inaccurate swipe at UM. The latest:
"It is true that Ohio State has huge advantages over the rest of the Big Ten (except for Michigan) in national visibility, quality of facilities and alumni base. Michigan, of course, cast its lot with a one-trick pony of a coach who runs the spread, an offense more suited to schools on the make than elite schools with a big recruiting net."
http://www.cleveland.com/livingston/index.ssf/2010/08/when_it_comes_to_college_footb.html
Clearly, no elite, national championship quality team has run the spread in the past few years...I plan on giving Mr. Livingston a little education. His e-mail is listed at the end of the article for all others who feel compelled to do the same.
August 15th, 2010 at 12:12 PM ^
Of course this is true. Why else would OSU have gone out and gotten themselves two running QBs. Wait, what?
August 15th, 2010 at 12:13 PM ^
Let us not cast our pearls before swine. You would be wasting your time since he still resides in the arm pit of the USA.
August 15th, 2010 at 12:27 PM ^
-- Mistake on the lake. The PeeDee (plane dealer) proves that everyday with what they refer to as journalism.
August 15th, 2010 at 12:22 PM ^
You do need to ignore this person and anything related to Cleveland.
August 15th, 2010 at 4:49 PM ^
Not so fast my friend.
Elvis Grbac and Desmond Howard are from Cleveland
John Kolesar is from suburban Cleveland (Westlake)
and Charles Woodson and Dennis Franklin are from Northern Ohio (Fremont and Massilon)
plus a few hundred more...
And more future Wolverines will undoubtedly be from Cleveland.
So ignore ALMOST everything related to Cleveland.
August 15th, 2010 at 8:29 PM ^
Don't ever forget Gordie Bell and Rob Lytle
August 16th, 2010 at 11:43 AM ^
True but they're just smarter for getting the hell out of that landfill.
August 15th, 2010 at 12:23 PM ^
LeBron James.
'nuff said
August 15th, 2010 at 12:24 PM ^
Yes, friends, I rely on the Cleveland Plain Dealer's sports columnists for insights into all things in the world of college sports.
Yea, it's trenchant insights like this that make us all profoundly not worthy. I, as we all, have been intellectually humbled.
To call this guy a dumb ass is an insult to stupidity in all its forms.
August 15th, 2010 at 12:26 PM ^
It's Ohio. What do you expect?
August 15th, 2010 at 12:27 PM ^
...he's certainly goading us a wee bit, isn't he?
This is the year RR must prove the naysayers wrong by winning at least eight. Fewer wins will expose the program to increased skepticism.
I think we'll make the eight and perhaps even nine. We're a stronger, more experienced team this year and we could have won seven last year save for a few miscues.
This year, more than a few B10 teams will realize:
August 15th, 2010 at 12:31 PM ^
that logo on a t-shirt and ill take 3
August 16th, 2010 at 10:45 AM ^
That image made my nipples hard. Where did you get it, so I know who to thank when I swipe it and repost it everywhere this fall?
August 15th, 2010 at 12:39 PM ^
What exactly is writing the Plain Dealer going to accomplish? Is Livingston going to have a come-to-Jesus moment as the scales fall from his eyes and go kick Tressel in the shins? Just let it go.
August 15th, 2010 at 12:41 PM ^
but it creates a perfect opportunity to post this:
(Can't have one without the other, but the embed is disabled on this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM)
August 15th, 2010 at 1:05 PM ^
through the laughter! Or do I laugh through my weepter?
That beats the Mackinaw Island recruiting vid, my previous all time favorite.
August 15th, 2010 at 1:22 PM ^
August 15th, 2010 at 1:36 PM ^
This video reminded me of Joakim Noah's comments about Cleveland from last year's NBA playoffs. I'm a Bulls fan, so I like Noah anyways, but his comments ensured that he'll always have a soft spot in my heart:
EDIT: Okay for some reason I'm having trouble embedding it. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCXjXkbCF9Y
August 15th, 2010 at 1:22 PM ^
main export is cripling depression, priceless.
August 15th, 2010 at 1:25 PM ^
1. It's Cleveland and he needs clicks. He's playing to the crowd.
2. That "one trick" has revolutionized college football, and even allowed NW to beat a lot of BT teams with more talent than them when they installed RR's offense and didn't even bother to change the terminology.
August 15th, 2010 at 1:37 PM ^
I could have sworn that some school down in the SEC beat the pants off of Ohio State in a recent National Championship game using that gimmicky spread offense that serious schools avoid.
August 15th, 2010 at 1:43 PM ^
How quickly they forget they had thier ass handed to them in the NC game by Florida's spread offense, unless they think Florida is a school on the make.
August 15th, 2010 at 2:14 PM ^
what the state of Michigan's papers have to say on the subject. As for Ohio's, whatever.
August 15th, 2010 at 2:57 PM ^
Knowing what we do about OSU fans, I'd think that writing in to this guy (and thus showing that he got under your skin) is about the worst thing you can do.
August 15th, 2010 at 3:42 PM ^
That guy's an ignorant moron, just leave him alone. That spread offense sure as hell isn't working at Florida, it's only for programs on the make.
Sorry Cleveland Wolverines.
August 15th, 2010 at 8:22 PM ^
aren't exactly "on the make" either.... I can't wait until we shut some folks up this year. Redemption is gonna taste real good....
August 15th, 2010 at 10:45 PM ^
No, I won't. How about you check your own "vid." Go away.
August 15th, 2010 at 10:48 PM ^
Is there some way that anyone with under whatever elite threshold Brian comes up with can't embed hyperlinks? I am also sick of this crap.
As for Livingston...he's a laughingstock *in* Cleveland. I have to be subjected to their sports radio every day and even *those* idiots think he's a hack.
August 15th, 2010 at 8:42 PM ^
Do you really need to post this in every single thread?
I'm glad you posted your email address in that other thread because I'm going to sign it up for 500 spam email lists!
EDIT: I thought I was replying directly to tateforcier4heisman
August 16th, 2010 at 11:16 AM ^
This is inappropriate across the line homerism, but it also serves to reinforce how out-of-the-mainstream the Freep jihad agains the home team is
And the Cleveland videos are the two best things in the history of the internet.
August 16th, 2010 at 11:54 AM ^
A one-trick pony will never work against OSU. Obviously, we need to go back to multi-trick pony like Lloyd if we want to beat Tressel on a consistent basis. Right?