Ohio State is truly the best in the nation

[MUCSteelers5xSuperChamp]

Ok......I swear for the sake of you Buckeye radicals, I'm going to get this done and over with.

Truly Ohio State had the tougher football team in the end. And they were tougher than everyone they faced against all season. The 103rd Michigan-Ohio State game was a classic that rightfully put #2 against #1. Ohio State showed me something I hadn't seen out of them all season: they could take numerous amounts of punishment but give punishment back in return.

Ohio State made the plays when it counted the most. It wasn't a case of Michigan giving up too many big plays (2004), or them getting worn down in the fourth quarter (2005)...it was a case of Ohio State just simply being better and having the tougher football team in the end. No excuses on that.

Unfortunately, someone had to lose this game. And for the last two out of three years, Michigan was undefeated in conference play going into the rivalry game only to have their loss coming at the hands of seven-time national champion Ohio State.

Jim Tressel is truly a legend in the making at Ohio State. Aside from breaking a streak that John Cooper started in 1995 (OSU #1 in the nation and losing to Michigan), Tressel broke that string and he in my eyes is deserving of the national coach of the year honor. Under his leadership, they excel in all three phases of the game, offense, defense, and special teams.

I'll never have a bad word to say about Ohio State as long as he is their commander or for that matter. Michigan at best would be suited for the Rose Bowl as I don't think a rematch is necessary as that was their national championship opportunity...OSU proved they were the tougher team and #1 in the nation and Big Ten champions and are deserving of their second national championship (Tressel already has the same amount of titles as the entire Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers, and Dallas Cowboys franchises have Super Bowl titles :laughing: ).

They are a very good team and I wish them nothing but the best of luck regardless of whoever it is they play against in the national championship............what more can I say...they are just a fundamentally sound football team. I'll be cheering for them as they have finally done something that John Harold Cooper could never do: win over my respect.

I had my fun back in early February. Now it's time to have yours. Now go start shopping for a national championship tailgate party............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sogKUx_q7ig

[MTown]

Keno....thank you for the kind words.

It was a great game. Thank you for coming in here and standing up.

[MUCSteelers5xSuperChamp]

MTown,

Ohio State just has a championship will that can't be broken. They imposed it on Michigan and Michigan, like 12 others failed to match it. I didn't really care for Mike Hart's words for a rematch (as much as I respect him), Ohio State was tougher in the end and I felt he should have acknowledged that as such.

I'll be mad if Troy Smith doesn't win the Heisman as he deserves every last vote (not taking away from the others but he has come a long way not just in football but in life too).

I think one of the defensive awards also should go to vaunted linebacker James Laurinaitis...he really hit Hart the hardest out of anyone who played against him all year as I don't think no one hit Hart hard up to that point.

I'll be in the Buckeyes corner regardless of who they play in the national title game (unless the Bowl Championship Series comes out and has Michigan at a freakish #2 at the end...which I don't want because it would be unfair to four other teams in the hunt but with the politics going on nowadays......who knows what will happen).

OSU is just fundamentally sound. Case proven.

Now get ready rock for the national title game......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iikKzQwgBJc

[TigerswillbeTigers]

Now that's a classy and obviously sincere congratulatory post!

Kudos to you Keno!

Good luck to your guys in the Rose Bowl!

[TigerLoverFromAfar]

yeah keno I take all the bad crap I talked about you back-
thanks for owning up to your bet
:thumbsup:

[MUCSteelers5xSuperChamp]

TigerLoverFromAfar,

Losing is never a good thing but you have to give credit where it is due.

A good case in point was last year's Pittsburgh-New England classic in 2005. The game ended when Tom Brady led the Patriots down the field the last 1:21 and Adam Vinatieri finished off a fading Steelers defense with a 43-yard field goal as time expired (I still can't believe the Pats pulled it out with five of their best players knocked out of the game). I was so unhappy how that game ended, I nearly didn't post on here the whole week until CarlE brought up how much I gloated wildly about how I felt Pittsburgh would stop the Patriots and then was held speechless after that 23-20 debacle.

But back to Ohio State......I have to admit that this team is the second best championship team I have seen this decade (2004 USC Trojans). They are so close to each other on and off the field and it shows on game days.

I'll never have another bad word to say about OSU and sixth-year veteran Jim Tressel. He has finally won my respect as a Division I coach. And in saying that, I apologize for making fun of Alex Boone earlier in the season over his DUI and I take back whatever mean things I said about the Bucks in the past. I hope they walk out of Glendale with a national title.

They are just a fundamentally sound football team.

[Bambo]

Good man Keno

[longtimefirsttime]

You have done what others have failed to do. You owned up and fulfilled the terms of your bet. Thumbs up to you. :thumbsup:

[longtimefirsttime]

I'll never have another bad word to say about OSU and sixth-year veteran Jim Tressel.


I'll remember that at the tailgates next season. :wink:

[TigerNick]

Thanks Keno for those kind words for the Buckeyes. You show alot of class. It was a great game that I believe lived up to its hype. Perhaps one of the best Ohio State Michigan games in the 103 yr history. I feel that both Ohio State and Michigan showed the nation that they are the two best teams in the Country this year. If a rematch would happen to happen, I feel it would be unfair to the Buckeyes, because that's telling the Buckeyes that they have to beat Michigan twice in like 50 days or so to be crowned National Champions and telling Michigan that they get two games with the Buckeyes and if you can just split with them 1 and 1, then Michigan is National Champs. I just feel that would be unfair to Ohio State. Although I am excited. I always wanted sometime in my life to see a Ohio State Bowl game, and My wife is giving me a Christmas Present. We booked a Buckeye National Championship Bowl Package and will be going to Glendale,Ar. Three nights stay, air hotel, tranfers, A tailgate Party, A Buckeye Bash pep Rally, and two tickets ofcourse to the game. Unbelievable, I'm so Excited about going. Go Bucks

[MTown]

You will have a great time. I went to the Sugar Bowl after the '98 season and it was AWESOME! Traveling Buckeye fans are a rowdy group and if you are into it, they will party big time with you.

[MUCSteelers5xSuperChamp]

MTown,

You're a lucky person. Too bad the BCS has everything in control. I'll be honest with you on this: If the BCS wasn't in place, Ohio State goes to the Rose Bowl to play USC and Michigan would be in the Capital One Bowl (formerly the Citrus Bowl to play the SEC runner up).

[MTown]

I hate the BCS...but I also don't want a playoff either. College football is based on tradition. As a Big Ten fan, I want to win the conference and go to the Rose Bowl...period.

[TigerswillbeTigers]

Not as bitter as those cup cakes Tressel keeps scheduling!


GO BLUE!:no1: :thumbsup:

[austinsm11]

Looks like somebody got bit by the sarcastic bug.

[SuperBran]

so let's look at the one-loss teams out there....

michigan beat two teams in the current top 10 and lost to that overrated osu team.
usc has played one top ten team (but that team really won't be a top ten team after this week)....so really they've played no top ten teams yet. they'll have one when they play notre dame.
lsu has beaten one current top ten team....same as osu.
notre dame has faced one top ten team so far and got smacked....oh, and osu beat that team.
louisville beat one top ten team...and that top ten team just go beat by south florida.


...but osu beat just as many top ten teams, with their win coming over the #2 team in the land....and they're overrated.

[longtimefirsttime]

Keno, others are also slowly coming around.

http://hosted.ap.org/photos/F/fd7170bd-3c56-4dfd-8391-6c10f3e5739c-big.jpg
(Photo by AP)

[MUCSteelers5xSuperChamp]

longtimefirsttime,

Thomas E. Brady in an OSU uniform? I just got sick.........

[Al.]

longtimefirsttime,
Thomas E. Brady in an OSU uniform? I just got sick.........

Looks like someone else lost a bet. :poke:

[MUCSteelers5xSuperChamp]

Al.

Then again...I can take a little solace in that...after what he did to my Steelers in the 2004 AFC championship game.........