We've missed you in the Tebow threadsSpeedofsand;1035965 wrote:
Not sure about this season, but it is right around 26 false starts the last 3 years. Absolutely unheard of for an offensive lineman.holdingout;1035745 wrote:Wonder if there is a stat on how many times Shugarts jumped offsides this season. At least once a game.
Our special teams has been pretty good the last 10 years or so. Yesterday was a huge indicator of how important that can be.vball10set;1035576 wrote:OSU offense 17 Florida offense 10....WE WIN!!! :laugh:
Actually 14-7.vball10set;1035576 wrote:OSU offense 17 Florida offense 10....WE WIN!!! :laugh:
That's a deceiving stat IMHO. They only played 8 games up until 1942. They only played 9 games until 1954.Tiernan;1036637 wrote:First 7 game loss season since 1897.
FatHobbit;1037000 wrote:That's a deceiving stat IMHO. They only played 8 games up until 1942. They only played 9 games until 1954.
My point is that 6-7 this year sucks, but we were 3-5-1 in 1959. The only reason it's been 100 years since we lost 7 games is because we only played 8 or 9 games for the first 60 years.FatHobbit;1037000 wrote:That's a deceiving stat IMHO. They only played 8 games up until 1942. They only played 9 games until 1954.
6.5 game turnaround(Playing 13 this season, 12 next)? Been done more than a few times.Tiernan;1036637 wrote:First 7 game loss season since 1897. Its over and done with now thank god. 2012 Team has an opportunity to make the biggest turnaround in CFB history.
Trash talking is as old as football itself. A player baiting another player with a taunt or threat is usually par for the course during any game, especially a game between rivals or with championship significance.
So, it was no surprise that Monday's Gator Bowl between Florida and Ohio State — two teams that have loved Urban Meyer — had a little more vitriol than usual. What was surprising was the type of caustic comments being said.
Ohio State linebacker Tyler Moeller said Florida players hurled racial slurs at him throughout the game and that that sparked some of the chippiness during the 24-17 Florida win.
"They're classless. That's the way I'd put it," Moeller said, according to Marcus Hartman from Buckeye Sports Bulletin. "I've never seen more people swing at our players and call us racial slurs. I've never been called a 'cracker' more in my life than I have today. So I don't really have much respect for them in terms of that but they're a good team. They came out and outplayed us today."
I'll be the first to admit I've never heard a player complain about this in terms of reverse racism (which is still just racism) and really, you rarely hear about this type of thing at all on the collegiate level, though it probably exists. I'm sure there was a slew of unsavory things said on that football field, but who knew the "C-word" was still a racial slur that anyone used?
I'm not trying to make light of the situation, but I thought it went out of style after comedian Chris Rock ran the slur into the ground during his HBO special in 1999. The word is probably as relevant now as some of the words used in the infamous 1975 "Saturday Night Live" skit "Racist Word Association Interview" with Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor.
I do wonder what other things he and other players were called and what they might have yelled back? I'm sure there was some profanity dropped that probably drew more anger — and some colorful rebuttal — than the "C-word."
Ohio State defensive back Travis Howard, who is from Miami, told Hartman that that kind of trash talk is common in the state of Florida.
It's interesting that in other leagues, especially soccer leagues where there are many different ethnicities on one field, this kind of stuff is severely punished. Unfortunately, this will probably go relatively unnoticed.
Moeller actually doesn't have the best luck in the state of Florida. In 2009 while vacationing with his family, Moeller was punched in a Florida bar and suffered a skull fracture and a serious brain injury. Doctors told him he'd never play football again, but he returned to the field a year later.
Fab1b;1039057 wrote:Anyone see this?
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Buckeye-linebacker-calls-foul-on-race-baiting-Ga?urn=ncaaf-wp12427
I agree to an extent. But, there just isn't a single word a black dude can call a white dude that is going to reach the magnitude of that one particular word we've got in our pocket. Whining about being called a "cracker"? Just makes him seem like a sore loser.Midstate01;1039066 wrote:Saw it but he's white so it'll get no attention. If it was the other way around, it def would.
He should have made them shut up with his play. Beating them would have made them shut up. This just seems like he was whiningenigmaax;1039093 wrote:I agree to an extent. But, there just isn't a single word a black dude can call a white dude that is going to reach the magnitude of that one particular word we've got in our pocket. Whining about being called a "cracker"? Just makes him seem like a sore loser.
Looks to me that someone is just pussyhurt about being burnt toast all fucking gameFab1b;1039099 wrote:I was more thinking he should have not come out with this, with the loss it does make it look like whining.
Was used in return for what? Be specific, and please back it up--thank you.WebFire;1039121 wrote:I heard that certain word was used in return. Also, when Michigan complained about MSU's physical dirtiness, they were labeled whiners. So I guess this makes OSU whiners?
Fab1b;1039134 wrote:I agree I didn't like seeing this article LJ. The season is over lets move on and lick our wounds out of the public eye!
On another board this was discussed, and they were saying Florida called them crackers, and in return OSU players were calling them ******s. The discussion was whether OSU was justified in using that word even being called crackers first.vball10set;1039142 wrote:Was used in return for what? Be specific, and please back it up--thank you.
ccrunner609;1039192 wrote:I call BS................a white guy from OSU isnt going to drop the N word on the field where he is playing alongside blacks on his team. Not gonna happen.
