Ohio State will kickoff 2010 on a Thursday Night Game

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Little Danny
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Jan 18, 2010 12:01am
vball10set wrote: ^^^+1...he's still pissed because of the ass-kicking they took in the Sugar Bowl :p
CinciX12 is a Xavier fan vball. He'll be quite pissed to hear you confuse him with the degenerate UC people like myself.

His comments were stupid though. Everyone is playing on Thursdays now-- even Texas and Notre Dame. Thursdays night games are the new big thing. ESPN obviously values it because you have Tirico, Fowler and Jesse Palmer in the booth. It's only when you get Rod Gilmore and Joe Testatore when you have to start worrying.
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LJ
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Jan 18, 2010 12:18am
Little Danny wrote:
vball10set wrote: ^^^+1...he's still pissed because of the ass-kicking they took in the Sugar Bowl :p
CinciX12 is a Xavier fan vball. He'll be quite pissed to hear you confuse him with the degenerate UC people like myself.

His comments were stupid though. Everyone is playing on Thursdays now-- even Texas and Notre Dame. Thursdays night games are the new big thing. ESPN obviously values it because you have Tirico, Fowler and Jesse Palmer in the booth. It's only when you get Rod Gilmore and Joe Testatore when you have to start worrying.
I hate Jesse Palmer. "Hey I played backup and was the Bachelor, listen to what I have to say"
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Big Gain
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Jan 18, 2010 1:33am
This place is full of a bunch off cry babies. They have to have something to complain about.
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Tiger2003
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Jan 18, 2010 1:40am
I am just saying but the 2007 National Champion LSU Tigers opened there season on the road vs Mississippi State on a THURSDAY NIGHT.....
LSU is definitely a needed that Thursday game to help there stock and for people to watch them huh...

Everyone should be excited about a Thursday night game in The Shoe...everyone in American will be watching....

ESPN or Big Ten Network? I'll take ESPN...
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vball10set
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Jan 18, 2010 8:04am
LOL--sorry Little Danny-I didn't mean to disrespect you either--you're one of the GOOD Bearcat fans!!!
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darbypitcher22
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Jan 18, 2010 10:30am
writer,

still have no reason why OSU scheduled them in the first place...
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Tiger2003
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Jan 18, 2010 10:50am
I am just saying but the 2007 National Champion LSU Tigers opened there season on the road vs Mississippi State on a THURSDAY NIGHT.....
LSU is definitely a needed that Thursday game to help there stock and for people to watch them huh...

Everyone should be excited about a Thursday night game in The Shoe...everyone in American will be watching....

ESPN or Big Ten Network? I'll take ESPN...
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ytownfootball
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Jan 18, 2010 10:58am
Thursday night game to start the season is a little different than the 6th week of the season...

spotlight vs. the only way you'll watch
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Leonardo
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Jan 18, 2010 11:36am
Big name Thursday night games this past season with their ranking at the time:

Week 1:
South Carolina vs. N.C. State
(14) Boise State vs. (16) Oregon
Utah State at (19) Utah

Week 2:
Clemson at (15) Georgia Tech

Week 3:
(14) Georgia Tech at (20) Miami (FL)

Week 4:
(4) Mississippi at South Carolina

Week 5:
Colorado at West Virginia

Week 6:
(21) Nebraska at (24) Missouri

Week 7:
(8) Cincinnati at (21) South Florida

Week 8:
Florida State at North Carolina

Week 9:
North Carolina at (14) Virginia Tech

Week 10:
(22) Virginia Tech at East Carolina

Week 11:
(23) Rutgers at South Florida

Week 12:
Colorado at (12) Oklahoma State

Week 13:
(3) Texas at Texas A&M

Week 14:
(13) Oregon State at (7) Oregon
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darbypitcher22
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Jan 18, 2010 11:53am
^^^^

this slate actually brought about a pretty good slate of games for the most part too in terms of competitiveness
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Tiger2003
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Jan 18, 2010 12:04pm
From the slate of games this past year...the Big 10 is the only BCS conference that did not play on a Thursday Night....
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just_a_swimmer
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Jan 18, 2010 12:28pm
Tiger2003 wrote: I am just saying but the 2007 National Champion LSU Tigers opened there season on the road vs Mississippi State on a THURSDAY NIGHT.....
LSU is definitely a needed that Thursday game to help there stock and for people to watch them huh...

Everyone should be excited about a Thursday night game in The Shoe...everyone in American will be watching....

ESPN or Big Ten Network? I'll take ESPN...
exaclty. I can't believe there are so many freehuddlers that don't like playing on Thursday. Heck if I had my way we would kick off at 12:00 every Saturday. That is when I like them to play but whenever they play I will watch. Makes no difference to me.
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Tiger2003
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Jan 18, 2010 9:28pm
just_a_swimmer wrote:
Tiger2003 wrote: I am just saying but the 2007 National Champion LSU Tigers opened there season on the road vs Mississippi State on a THURSDAY NIGHT.....
LSU is definitely a needed that Thursday game to help there stock and for people to watch them huh...

Everyone should be excited about a Thursday night game in The Shoe...everyone in American will be watching....

ESPN or Big Ten Network? I'll take ESPN...
exaclty. I can't believe there are so many freehuddlers that don't like playing on Thursday. Heck if I had my way we would kick off at 12:00 every Saturday. That is when I like them to play but whenever they play I will watch. Makes no difference to me.
I just don't get it....Thursday Night is a great thing...
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goosebumps
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Jan 18, 2010 9:32pm
Kind of funny, I remember a few OSU fans laughing at the Big East and other conferences for playing some of their games on thursdays and fridays.
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Tiger2003
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Jan 18, 2010 9:38pm
I am not one of them...I think it is awesome that we are playing on Thursday Night....I love when Cincy gets to play on Thursday and Friday because then I get to watch my Brother and The Buckeyes on Saturday
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goosebumps
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Jan 18, 2010 9:49pm
Your Brother plays for Cincinnati? Thats pretty cool.

I like thursday games too, Hell I wish College football was on every day of the week. Doesn't really matter who's playing, much better to watch than the NFL.
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vball10set
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Jan 19, 2010 12:16pm
goosebumps wrote: Kind of funny, I remember a few OSU fans laughing at the Big East and other conferences for playing some of their games on thursdays and fridays.
that's funy--I've been on this site since day one,and on the other one since 2001,and I don't EVER remember anyone laughing at any conference for playing a game on a Thursday or Friday :huh:
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LJ
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Jan 19, 2010 12:29pm
I like it for a few reasons.

It's the home opener against a Conf USA team on Labor Day Weekend.
It's a season with 8 home games instead of 7
It's a cool way to kick off the season
It gives OSU 9 days for Miami

It's not like OSU is playing their biggest game of the season on Thurs October 21st or anything like that. I wouldn't be a fan of a Thursday night game mid-season, but creative ways to open the season are always fun.
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Little Danny
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Jan 19, 2010 12:38pm
vball10set wrote:
goosebumps wrote: Kind of funny, I remember a few OSU fans laughing at the Big East and other conferences for playing some of their games on thursdays and fridays.
that's funy--I've been on this site since day one,and on the other one since 2001,and I don't EVER remember anyone laughing at any conference for playing a game on a Thursday or Friday :huh:
Please refer to other posters in this very thread who opine Thursday nights are reserved for MAC schools and OSU is lowering itself.
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vball10set
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Jan 19, 2010 3:41pm
^^^I realize some morons will say this about a particular game,but I don't see anyone laughing about teams playing on a day/night other than Saturday--EVERY conference does it!!!
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Writerbuckeye
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Jan 20, 2010 8:25pm
darbypitcher22 wrote: writer,

still have no reason why OSU scheduled them in the first place...
What are you asking here?
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darbypitcher22
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Jan 21, 2010 9:17am
why Wyoming was scheduled in '97 lol
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CinciX12
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Jan 21, 2010 1:43pm
I forgot I provoked everyone on this thread haha.

You guys didn't disappoint. Good work.

And Little Danny kinda maybe sort of stood up for me? I think it may have been he just didn't want me called a UC fan though. Which is certainly understandable. I would raise the average IQ over 5.
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Dean157799
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Jan 26, 2010 1:14pm
It doesn't matter what day it is, rain or shine, night or day I will be there supporting my team because I bleed Scarlet and Gray!!!!! O-H
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tbdbitl_osu
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Jan 26, 2010 7:54pm
I-O......