Mulva;838123 wrote:Who really cares? Vacating means approximately dick.
Sure it would, but it's not and that's the point. Everyone in the world thought OSU was gonna bend over and take it from the NCAA, and that's not what happened. The fact that it's our rival is even sweeter. Now that recruits have a general idea what to expect, Brady won't be able to play the "they're-gonna-get-hit-hard" card. I wouldn't be surprised to see a few of the guys who were swayed by this bull shite are going to think twice before signing day rolls around. Even with a worse case scenario, OSU would've been heavily favorited in "The Game" this year. In other words, Bichigan still sucks monkey balls.Hb31187;838422 wrote:You act as if the tables were turned the SAME thing wouldnt be happening. Probably right on this board lol
OhioStatePride2003;838621 wrote:\Even with a worse case scenario, OSU would've been heavily favorited in "The Game" this year. In other words, Bichigan still sucks monkey balls.
Hb31187;838638 wrote:And this is why I cant stand many OSU fans.
Thats not to say all of you are this bad, or that all teams dont have fans like this btw
-Society-;838640 wrote:Hahaha...**** off.
Hb31187;838642 wrote:Nahhh
Hb31187;838654 wrote:Am I disappointed that they didnt get the shaft? Sure. But its not the end of the world. And at least TP and Tress are gone as a result of it, so its not all bad from my point of view lol
Hb31187;838654 wrote:Am I disappointed that they didnt get the shaft? Sure. But its not the end of the world. And at least TP and Tress are gone as a result of it, so its not all bad from my point of view lol
j_crazy;838684 wrote:to be fair, i'm an OSU fan and was kind of hoping TP would be gone anyway. With all this drama, I'm really glad he's gone. It'd been way worse for me for him to be a 4 year starter and have beaten UM 4 times and gotten all the praise that comes with being that guy, then this comes out later and OSU fans would have been way more ridiculed.
If the SI article is even partly true, this whole ordeal may serve to make the new Buckeyes aware of how fucked up the seemingly smallest things can get. Maybe (if this was part of the OSU culture) this will change the way some of the players behave.
OhioStatePride2003;838652 wrote:Ah hell, don't get your panties in a bunch. I got the "Bichigan" from a T-Shirt I have. One that says - "Once Again..." (On the front) "Michigan, is our Bitchigan" (On the back). Then the years that we've beaten them, and a big ol' X on the '03 that says who cares? I'm sure the guy that designed the shirt was clearly an OSU fan. Meh.
I wonder if Michigan fans feel as sick and angry as us OSU fans did when all this came about. For the last 4-5 years, our third string could've tapped that arse.
j_crazy;838684 wrote:to be fair, i'm an OSU fan and was kind of hoping TP would be gone anyway. With all this drama, I'm really glad he's gone. It'd been way worse for me for him to be a 4 year starter and have beaten UM 4 times and gotten all the praise that comes with being that guy, then this comes out later and OSU fans would have been way more ridiculed.
If the SI article is even partly true, this whole ordeal may serve to make the new Buckeyes aware of how ****ed up the seemingly smallest things can get. Maybe (if this was part of the OSU culture) this will change the way some of the players behave.
WebFire;838699 wrote:I think TP leaving made things easier. Once he left, he didn't have to talk. And Sarniak doesn't have to talk at all. So that trail got shut down.
j_crazy;838684 wrote:to be fair, i'm an OSU fan and was kind of hoping TP would be gone anyway. With all this drama, I'm really glad he's gone. It'd been way worse for me for him to be a 4 year starter and have beaten UM 4 times and gotten all the praise that comes with being that guy, then this comes out later and OSU fans would have been way more ridiculed.
If the SI article is even partly true, this whole ordeal may serve to make the new Buckeyes aware of how ****ed up the seemingly smallest things can get. Maybe (if this was part of the OSU culture) this will change the way some of the players behave.
Writerbuckeye;838773 wrote:While TP's behavior drove me crazy, you take the bad with the good -- he has been a bowl MVP two years in a row, and led OSU to conference championships.
Don't think for one second his talent won't be missed.
Losing Tressel is huge and completely changes OSU. It's a far worse penalty than a bowl ban or losing scholarships -- except the idiots in the media don't see it that way because they're so focused on hating him for what he believes in, and thinking he's a hypocrite.
Losing Pryor is another big loss, for the reasons stated above.
OSU won't be able to just put Braxton Miller on the field and suddenly get Pryor-like performances out of him, or Pryor-like results right away. There may be a year or two learning curve here.
I hope not. I hope he steps in and OSU doesn't miss a beat -- but that's very, very unlikely to happen.
thedynasty1998;838678 wrote:First off it's hard to say this is good in terms of recruiting because no one knows who the coach will be next year. I do think the decision by the NCAA favors Fickell though.
Secondly, I won't ever believe a word Tressel says. He claims to have went to Sarniak because he was worried about Pryor's safety. Yet he didn't reach out to Posey's parents? Then he said he didn't know if they were involved criminally, yet never discussed it with anyone else? Doesn't make sense to me.
With that said, this was great news for OSU.