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27 weeks 4 days ago All of this discussion of

All of this discussion of Miles ethical short comings is all hind sight as of the second coaching search (The Process).  When the 2007 search was on going, no one had discussed oversigning or payments to recruit handlers.  

I'm glad he didn't get hired this time around, but let's keep our facts straight.  
28 weeks 4 days ago Patience??

Why do we need to demonstrate patience when the problem isn't personnel, rather coaching?  Outside of hiring a DC for $750k vs $250k for GERG this team is significantly worse than last year.  

The B1G is far worse than last year when there were three legitimate BCS bowl calier teams in OSU, Wisco, and MSU.  This year, there isn't a BCS caliber team in the conference.  The middle of the pack teams in the conference are far worse.  And if not for a minor miracle against ND, this team has yet to be a decent opponent. Yet, outside of maybe ND and and MSU, Mich has held a significant talent advantage over every opponent.

Hoke/Borges are putting a round peg in a square hole on offense.  Its painful to watch.  And it is all on the coaching staff.  No one else is to blame for this mess on offense this season.

7-5 with this roster versus this level of competition is underachieving.  Hoke needs to beat OSU and either Illinois or Neb to have the season not deemed a disappointment.
34 weeks 6 days ago 1997 OSU

1997 OSU without a question.

I was at both the 1997 OSU game and the Rose Bowl that year, and the OSU was much better.  I had a chance in 2005 to ask Lloyd at a speaking engagement what his most memorable game was and he said it was 1997 OSU as well.

 
48 weeks 4 days ago The only thing Michigan

The only thing Michigan should do with a mascot is what always used to happen to visiting mascot.  Getting posted.  Cheerleaders carrying the fuzzy nut spread-eagled into the north goalposts and leaving him to reconsider the decisions of his life that lead to that point.
48 weeks 6 days ago Why doesn't Dave Brandon stop

Why doesn't Dave Brandon stop messing with the tradition.  When the team starts winning again, all of this crap about revenue streams, expanding demographics will all get flushed down the crapper.  winning sells jerseys.  Winning sells tickets at higher prices.  Winning sends the team to bowl games outside of the state of Florida.  
49 weeks 8 hours ago I'm just speculating, but I

I'm just speculating, but I would believe that this is the waiting list being decimated by the ticket price hike and four years of poor performance.  If there was enough demand, why would the AD go through the hassle of selling anything but full season ticket packages.
49 weeks 2 days ago I don't think that moving the

I don't think that moving the scoreboards is a major undertaking.  And relative to the cost of expanding the Stadium, this is the likely solution.
49 weeks 2 days ago I predict that the english

I predict that the english language will be set back a few years on account of TP's presser.
49 weeks 2 days ago There is no conceivable way

There is no conceivable way tht Fickell turns down the OSU job.  He's from Columbus, played at OSU, DC'd at OSU.  This is his only shot at the job.  He can't walk away and hope to get the job three years later.  

Did he know something, of course he did unless he orchestrated his surroundings to never know what was going on.  either scenario is straight from the Tressel playbook, and should be firable offenses to an athletic department and university that places its reputation and ethics above simple W-L record.  OSU has demonstrated that it values W-L more than anything else.

The sensible thing for OSU to do is leave Fickell in place until the NCAA is done administering the lashes.  At that point, they could make a play for a big name coach who can assess the new competitive dynamics of the OSU job with certainty.  But Fickell and the rest of the coaching staff can't be the long term answer as they are as complicit in the violations as Tressel.
49 weeks 3 days ago There is zero chance that he

There is zero chance that he keeps the job after the sanctions are delivered.  His role is to keep the seat warm until the smoke clears and the coaching candidates can fully review the implications of the NCAA's punishment.  It is inconceivable that any coach from the Tressel staff could be retained after the laundry list of violations that have surfaced.  

Not only was Tressel dirty, the staff was at least as bad.  The position coaches know the players even better than the head coach.  Of course, OSU has demonstrated that the university is far less important than winning football games, so just disregard what any logical university would do.
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