I think Urban shows off and will have his team ready for a near perfect game....after watching that offense I'm not sure how but I think OSU wins by 15+

We need Penn State to win as our prayer for the top 4 but Mich St has had the great breaks all year and can't see them flubbing up their wonderful opportunity.

If Nebraska can beat them, PSU can as well

Urban better show us an offense that we should have already seen. All playmakers on the field at all times. No more 3rd and 2 with Zeke on the sideline.

And not zone read plays 8-10 times in a row. So predictable.

I am more pessimistic. After seeing that Zeke and Jones announced already they are not returning, it leads me to believe the coaches have lost the respect of the players. Those two made it public, but how many are privately thinking the same? I hope I am proven wrong though. There is a chance PSU upsets MSU and we can still have a chance at CFP if we win out and get a few in front of us to lose. Not likely, but it is still possible. OSU was 6th in the playoff polls last year before BTCG, so the players need to realize they can still win it all and at the very least beat Michigan again and get a big bowl game and finish 12-1.

dwccrew;1765118 wrote:I am more pessimistic. After seeing that Zeke and Jones announced already they are not returning, it leads me to believe the coaches have lost the respect of the players. Those two made it public, but how many are privately thinking the same? I hope I am proven wrong though. There is a chance PSU upsets MSU and we can still have a chance at CFP if we win out and get a few in front of us to lose. Not likely, but it is still possible. OSU was 6th in the playoff polls last year before BTCG, so the players need to realize they can still win it all and at the very least beat Michigan again and get a big bowl game and finish 12-1.

It's not like we, and every other player in that locker room, didn't already know they were going pro after this year.

Zeke saying that shit was dumb but I don't buy that urban has lost the locker room. These guys haven't really lost that many games, they were pissed off, and didn't really know how to respond. The bucks will be fine, they'll be right back in the playoff picture next year.

you arent losing the locker room the week of UM. THese guys will want to win

Just throw the ball downfield!

Spock;1765126 wrote:you arent losing the locker room the week of UM. These guys will want to win

This

I have seen nothing from this team this year that leads me to believe they give a fuck about anything. They should care about beating Michigan, but they should've also cared about beating MSU at home, in the first real game they've had all year. Especially when you consider that a win last week would have shut everyone up. Everyone that said "barely beating NIU is not good enough" or "they're only ranked so highly because of what they did last year" could have been silenced last week, and OSU gave them all the I told you so's they're ever going to need to talk about this year's team. This group has no chip on their shoulder this year, and UM wants to beat OSU by 100 points. I'll say OSU keeps it close but loses. I wouldn't be shocked if UM housed OSU, I also wouldn't be shocked if OSU took UM to the woodshed (because they have such a huge talent advantage).

Classyposter58;1765179 wrote:Just throw the ball downfield!

I honestly can't believe you're not on OSU's staff. This is big league analyzation right here.

Has the line come out from Vegas yet? If it has not, it will not surprise me one bit to see *ichigan the favorite.

I have a terrible feeling about this weekend too. This team especially offensively is a mess! The offensive coordinator should be relieved of his duties (should have happened long ago). That game plan was the worst I have ever seen. The coaches better look at themselves this week and get stuff fixed.

Go Buck!
Go Lions!

Spock;1765126 wrote:you arent losing the locker room the week of UM. THese guys will want to win

The fans want to win. Some of the actions of certain players make me wonder if they are already looking ahead to finding an agent and getting ready for the combine. I hope I am wrong, but I have a bad feeling about this.

I see this as the biggest ass kicking in Urbie's career...Hardballs will not call the dogs off and this could be a 30+ pt win for scUM.

Tiernan;1765217 wrote:I see this as the biggest ass kicking in Urbie's career...Hardballs will not call the dogs off and this could be a 30+ pt win for scUM.

And then someone will call you on this and ask to bet, and you'll back pedal all the way to the opening 2.5 point spread.

Automatik;1765304 wrote:And then someone will call you on this and ask to bet, and you'll back pedal all the way to the opening 2.5 point spread.

#truth

Tiernan;1765217 wrote:I see this as the biggest ass kicking in Urbie's career...Hardballs will not call the dogs off and this could be a 30+ pt win for scUM.

I'll take the Bucks +14. What are your terms?

The worse thing that happened for ttun was OSU losing Saturday...also, the team (and Urban) seem to really be rallying around Zeke, so look out.

OSU big (~28)

Penn State will lose a close game to MSU and osu will finish 5th.

Urbie is now 4 & 4 over 3 yrs against legit competitive teams that had a chance to win. The Natty Ship was nice...but was it lightning in a bottle...smoke & mirrors...magic act? The under performing record of the 2015 team (remember the preseason "unanimous No. 1"? 3 maybe 4 Heisman candidates?) may well go down as the worst non-achieving team in CFB history.

ernest_t_bass;1765204 wrote:Has the line come out from Vegas yet? If it has not, it will not surprise me one bit to see *ichigan the favorite.

It opened with OSU by 2.5, then moved to UM by 1.5.

Tiernan;1765217 wrote:I see this as the biggest ass kicking in Urbie's career...Hardballs will not call the dogs off and this could be a 30+ pt win for scUM.

Michigan's dog shit offense isn't capable of scoring 30 pts. I do agree that the game is a toss up because you don't know if Ohio State will still be feeling sorry for it's self or show up and take out a years frustration on the Wolverines.

ernest_t_bass;1765203 wrote:I honestly can't believe you're not on OSU's staff. This is big league analyzation right here.

Haha I mean let them call the actual plays but the overall scheme needs to go more vertical. It's like the Maurice Hall offense, just dance around in the backfield and do nothing the whole time

Classyposter58;1765574 wrote:Haha I mean let them call the actual plays but the overall scheme needs to go more vertical. It's like the Maurice Hall offense, just dance around in the backfield and do nothing the whole time

JT can't/won't go vertical, he's essentially Alex Smith. I recall from the ESPN Draft Days special with Devin Smith, that he considered quitting football during the year last year because he wasn't being utilized correctly.

Which is why Jones will be throwing footballs on Sundays and JT won't.