Speedofsand;1035965 wrote:

holdingout;1035745 wrote:Wonder if there is a stat on how many times Shugarts jumped offsides this season. At least once a game.

vball10set;1035576 wrote:OSU offense 17 Florida offense 10....WE WIN!!! :laugh:

vball10set;1035576 wrote:OSU offense 17 Florida offense 10....WE WIN!!! :laugh:

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.

FatHobbit;1037000 wrote: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. 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

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.

enigmaax;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.

Fab1b;1039099 wrote:I was more thinking he should have not come out with this, with the loss it does make it look like whining.

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!

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.