The Game - osu @ M, 11/28/15, Noon, ABC National.

[iam416]

Hey, they ALMOST didn't need to pass to win on Saturday -- as undeserved as that win would have been.

If M gifts them two short fields and has not passing game to speak of themselves, then it'll be close.

[hack]

By Thursday this game is going to be basically the Monty Python Upper Class Twit of the Year competition.

[iam416]

The last time I was surprised by an outcome in the OSU-M game was 2004. That's 10 straight games where the outcome was what I expected. And only in 2011 and 2013 was I surprised by how the game actually played out.

[Rocky Bleier]

I don't follow osu much so...I was under the impression that osu didn't throw Saturday due to the weather conditions. Did JTB suddenly lose the the ability to throw a complete pass? He was pretty damn good last year.

[Hannibal]

Hey, they ALMOST didn't need to pass to win on Saturday -- as undeserved as that win would have been.

If M gifts them two short fields and has not passing game to speak of themselves, then it'll be close.

The situation with Michigan's front 7 is substantially different than MSU's. Specifically, at defensive tackle. We have had to play Tom Strobel out there for long stretches the past couple of weeks.

[Hannibal]

The last time I was surprised by an outcome in the OSU-M game was 2004. That's 10 straight games where the outcome was what I expected. And only in 2011 and 2013 was I surprised by how the game actually played out.

The last surprising game in this series was a positive outcome for us was 1996. The only other positive surprise was that we made the 2013 game close.

Lucy is holding the football and she's promising not to pull it away again.

[iam416]

The last surprising game in this series was a positive outcome for us was 1996.

M is favored, so positive outcome on Saturday won't be a surprise.

[Hannibal]

Yeah. I'm just saying that all of the surprises have gone against us for a long, long time.

[iam416]

Eh, over the past 20 games, the team that's favored almost always wins. You got your two "surprises" in 1995 and 1996 and OSU got two in 2001 and 2004. The other 16 have gone the way of the favorite. I see no reason that will change on Saturday.

[WM Wolverine]

Ask Indiana on whether you need to pass to score points against us.

[The Oracle]

Eh, over the past 20 games, the team that's favored almost always wins. You got your two "surprises" in 1995 and 1996 and OSU got two in 2001 and 2004. The other 16 have gone the way of the favorite. I see no reason that will change on Saturday.

We'll see who's favored come gametime. Will probably be close to a PK.

[Hannibal]

This guy projects OSU to have 10 returning starters total on offense+defense.

http://ohiostate.247sports.com/Article/Is-Ohio-State-set-up-for-a-rebuilding-season--41307520

Why next year's Game is so critical for us.

[The Oracle]

By the time The Game rolls around next year, none of that matters. It'll only matter the first handful of games.

[Hannibal]

I think that it still matters, especially in the trenches, where guys often improve between seasons but not necessarily during the season. I can think of a lot of years where we lost a few studs off of the offensive or defensive line and things never really came together the next year. We've got a shit ton of seniors on next year's team and not much in the way of underclassman talent. We've got to win next year. Got to.

[Prime2]

Yeah. I'm just saying that all of the surprises have gone against us for a long, long time.

Elliott needs to keep himself healthy for the NFL draft.

Dumped on his coach and team, keep it that way.

It's all about me.