M-Borg vs. THE Flavortown U Thread, Orig. by Buckeye Paul, absconded w/by talent.

[Pasadena Blue]

in a perfect world their performance would be like Sisyphus ... get tantalizing close to winning it all, only to be thwarted again and again... exacting maximum pain on the Cesspool fanbase .... of course Ohio football has been there before with Coop ('96, '98 to name a few).

At least us M fans can hope

Anyways enjoy yourself in your coaching paradise. Carry on.

[Jeff Buchanan]

This reminds me a lot of the euphoria of M fans when Rodriguez showed up in AA.

I'm going to enjoy watching this show more.

[lineygoblue]

Meyer is nobody to be afraid of. He's a good coach who has some hardware, but he's also got some baggage. Our Wolverines will find a way to beat him. We did so with a team that had a gimpy QB and RB, .. a retiring HC, and a record that included a loss to App State, which according to many of our OlieO friends, was the "worst loss ever" in CFB by a D1 team. This team, defeated a Meyer coached team, who was the defending national champion, in their own back yard, with the just recently anointed Heisman Trophy winner. I don't know how Meyer will be able to face us in better circumstances than that. You can't get much better than coaching a defending national champion.

I look forward to some epic battles as well. We'll win our share.

And ... we're coming for their basketball team too. Maybe not this year, but 2013 and beyond? Look out.

[iam416]

I could see a 1 year resurgence in hoops, akin to football. But Matta and Ohio State ain't going anywhere. I think he's shoved Izzo aside for top program in the B10.

[The Oracle]

You have to win in March to be able to say that. Other than the Oden year, he hasn't done shit.

[Jamie H]

The proper way to refer to the new Olieo coach is "Urban Liar".

With his ability to lie about anything and everything, he will fit right in with the "rules are made to be broken" culture at Ohio.

[Hannibal]

We'll see. There hasn't been any evidence of pay-for-play at Florida and there was never any at Bowling Green or Utah. Florida was always in the running for the Fulmer Cup while he was there but -- whatever -- that's not cheating.

[Jamie H]

No, no evidence of pay for play. Just the massive number of arrests of his players with almost no penalties at all.

Most of the cheating at OSU seemed to be going on "outside" of Tressel's view, i.e. he stayed willfully ignorant of what was going on. I kind of doubt Meyer is going to crack down and prevent that stuff from continuing. Either way, we will never know because, as I have said before, the #1 thing he will be told is to make sure there is never a paper trail.

[iam416]

You have to win in March to be able to say that. Other than the Oden year, he hasn't done shit.

I had no idea that B10 titles and tourney titles were "shit." Fair enough. Last year's loss to UK definitely sucked, but that's tourney hoops. One bad night and the best team in the land goes down.

But I figure the key is to keep plugging away. Sooner or later all those high seeds in March will hit. I mean, Coach K "didn't do shit" for a long time. Neither did Coach Dean Smith. Neither did Roy.

I'm quite happy with OSU's hoops program.

[iam416]

Florida was always in the running for the Fulmer Cup while he was there but -- whatever -- that's not cheating.

Now you've got it, Hanni. It's better to have 5 serial murders on your team than guys who sell their own things for tattoos.

Man, I can't wait for the hell-raising thugs UFN brings in. This is going to be fun. And it's even more delicious how some M fans are already making excuses for the inevitable. This is great!

[Hannibal]

I don't remember saying anything about it being allright or there being any murders.

Running a thug program vs cheating = an apples vs oranges comparison. Different ethical issues there.

[iam416]

Yeah, I'll say. For one of them, the NCAA doesn't give a shit. For the other, you lose scholarships and possibly get bowl bans.

So, yeah, good on Tressel for having less thugs or whatever. And good on Tressel for his great APR. Thanks for the NCAA mess.

I'll take Thugs and a barely passing APR every day of the week and thrice on Sunday, thank you.

[drok]

Actually, proven time and again, in both cases the NCAA doesn't give a shit.

[Optimus Prime]

Although the Urban Cowboy is now officially on the OP Shit List, clearly he is no longer the coach OSU is hoping for, especially sans Tebow, the greatest modern-day college football player......and yes he had significant snaps while sharing duty with Leak.

http://bcove.me/5s4x6tmt

http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2011-11-21/urban-meyer-says-no-ohio-state-interview-or-offer

http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2011-11-28/urban-meyer-ohio-state-investing-in-a-coach-whos-no-longer-iron-clad

[iam416]

Good to see ya, OP. Hope you're doing ok. Pressure week for you in the picks contest.