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More: #10 is the default ball carrier. However, he can't get to the outside fast enough, and can't escape tackles. How about we give #25 (that's Torrence for those without a roster) more than two carries per game? He had the only long run of the game, and led Akron in rushing despite carrying the ball only his allocated two times.Rodgers threw to #1 more often than anyone, and I suspect he was the primary receiver on every pass beyond the line of scrimmage. Unfortunately, Matt overthrew him two or three times (maybe more), and a couple of those were picked. He was wide open on the ball that tipped off his finger and was INT'ed.I DO agree, after watching on TV that Indiana was stronger and quicker across the field. However, the Hoos were also able to adjust to most everything Akron did, while Akron was unable to change at all. IU defeated Akron on the field, and on the sideline and in the booth.Good post. If your players are stronger and faster, it sure can make a coach look like a genious. IU did defeat UofA on the field and on the sideline AND in the recruiting arena. Good talent wins games most of the time. Period.

The most important statistic of the day, besides Rodgers 4 ints, is IU had the ball for 11 minutes in the first quarter. Football is played with humans and not robots. The defense was exhaused after the first quarter.

The stadium is going to sit half full in a couple of years regardless. Just like Canal Park.

Interesting post. Let's see.Terrible punting...the coach doesn't kick the ball. The players do.Turnovers....the coach doesn't fumble. The players do.Halftime adjustments....check. The more things change, the more they stay the same.Terrible run defense....check. The more things change, the more they stay the same.Small db's....check. Any DB with size and speed is not playing in the MAC.Trick plays..... As much as I hate them, he did call it around mid field which is where you should try them.Kickoffs.... The coach doesn't kick the ball.Injuries... I'm not certain how that is the fault of the coach.Mediocrity..... Is this your first year watching UofA football.

How was the new stadium going to beat them? Make a tackle? Don't throw an interception? Our players were going to be bigger, stronger and faster because of the new stadium?I'm more concerned about being the best team in a bad conference. I actually think UofA needs to stop scheduling more than one BCS team per year. It isn't helping.I think everyone needs to brace themselves for a loss at Syracuse later in the year.The new stadium helps with momentum. I don't beleive Indiana is bigger stronger and faster. I think, as usual, Akron wasn't prepared. Do ou think N. Illinois is bigger faster and stonger than Purdue is? I don't. Other MAC teams seemto find a way. Akron never does.How does it help with momentum?Take out the program and compare the size of players. You will see a difference. It was obvious on TV today. The difference isn't overwhelming, but there is a difference.I think you are right. UofA wasn't prepared. They weren't prepared for their starting QB getting the boot the night before the game.So UofA is just as big, fast and strong as IU, but NIU isn't as big, fast and strong as PU. I'm confused...which is it?How does the stadium help with momentum??? Did you really just ask that question??You got my point exactly. You are confused that is my point....Akron should have won today. But as usual, we lost...I did ask the question and I'm still waiting the answer. I'd love to hear you back up some of the comments you make on this board periodically.I saw on TV today that IU has improved their facilities as well. Maybe you are saying IU's stadium beat UofA's stadium today?For those of you who think IU is the bottom of the Big Ten, I would reserve judgement until the end of the year. They are 3-0 now with winable games against Northwestern and Purdue. Squeeze in one other win this year and they go bowling.

How was the new stadium going to beat them? Make a tackle? Don't throw an interception? Our players were going to be bigger, stronger and faster because of the new stadium?I'm more concerned about being the best team in a bad conference. I actually think UofA needs to stop scheduling more than one BCS team per year. It isn't helping.I think everyone needs to brace themselves for a loss at Syracuse later in the year.The new stadium helps with momentum. I don't beleive Indiana is bigger stronger and faster. I think, as usual, Akron wasn't prepared. Do ou think N. Illinois is bigger faster and stonger than Purdue is? I don't. Other MAC teams seemto find a way. Akron never does.How does it help with momentum?Take out the program and compare the size of players. You will see a difference. It was obvious on TV today. The difference isn't overwhelming, but there is a difference.I think you are right. UofA wasn't prepared. They weren't prepared for their starting QB getting the boot the night before the game.So UofA is just as big, fast and strong as IU, but NIU isn't as big, fast and strong as PU. I'm confused...which is it?

The problem is they practice all week with one qb and then have to use another with different talents. I am not as concerned as much about the play calling (althought I am concerned about the play calling) as I am not having the best running back on the field as much as possible.They need to do more things to get #1 the ball. Put him in motion or something to get him free. We are seeing the play calling that earned Shane Montgomery the name Shame Montgomery at Miami. Let's get the right people in the game so we can succeed.

Are you saying a building can't change 20+ years of losing? I've been saying that for a long time now.

I think you are right about 6-6, but that gets him fired because that will only be 5 D-1A wins. I used to think they could beat Syracuse, but I'm pretty certain they will not after watching the game today. Good MAC teams have good QB play. We don't have good qb play.

It wasn't just missed tackles. I said before, IU was bigger, faster and stronger. Even when we hit them in the backfield, they were able to gain a yard or two.If anyone knows, I would like to know what the IU yards per play was on first down. We rarely held them to three and out.

How was the new stadium going to beat them? Make a tackle? Don't throw an interception? Our players were going to be bigger, stronger and faster because of the new stadium?I'm more concerned about being the best team in a bad conference. I actually think UofA needs to stop scheduling more than one BCS team per year. It isn't helping.I think everyone needs to brace themselves for a loss at Syracuse later in the year.

I've seen enough. Start of the fourth quarter and it is over. I'd rather type this post than watch any more. I'll gladly eat my words if the Zips come back, but I'm going to an earlier dinner than expected.Where to start?1. The defensive coaches have everyone right where they need to be and they miss tackle after tackle. #11 is a liability tackling. IU had too many yards after contact.2. The defense has been on the field too long.3. Indiana is bigger, faster and stronger than the Zips at almost every position.4. #17 is on the field too much. He isn't a strong enough runner and he falls down too much. #10 needs to play more.5. #1 needs to have the ball thrown to him more.6. For those who say Rodgers just needs to get into a rythm, I say he is in one. The rythm of throwing to the other team. Thanks quarterbackers...7. More strange things happen to the Zips than any other team. Two enforced penalties on the same play. Strange.8. Statistically speaking, there was no way a Big Ten team was going to lose to a MAC school two times in one year. Correction, IU beat WMU.9. We have a solid defensive front. It will do well against MAC schools. Keep the faith.10. Coaching, JD has nine more games to win six.Keep the faith. The team is good enough to win in the MAC.

If IU had any type of a QB, they would have 50 right now.

Listen and listen good. You guys are about to learn something. In a big boys and girls world, the broadcast team is set up in a tent near the stadium where they broadcast the pregame show. The University would sell a sponsorship of the pregame show and call it the Company X Pregame Show. That's how big time programs do it and that is how UofA should do it.

Here is what I want to know. What did CJ actually do?

Here is what I think it means. If Rodgers plays well today and the Zips win, CJ will not be back. If Rodgers plays well today and the Zips lose, Rodgers will start next week and CJ will be "working out with the team". If Rodgers lays an egg to day, Rodgers will start next week and CJ will be the back-up.I think the Zips can start out the season 1-3 and still go 7-5 and win the MAC East. They can't do that though if Rodgers can't come through when he actually gets into a game.Keep in mind the logic of "coachers" and "quarterbackers" today...."Put in another quarterback/coach and everything will be better." Coachers and quarterbackers live in a twisted world of intellectual superiority until what they want to happen actually happens. Well, the quarterbackers are about to get their chance today. If Rodgers fails, they can always fall back on another quarterback as the solution to the problem. They will fall back on quarterback after quarterback until there is nobody left to put in. At that point, quarterbackers usually turn into coachers or even worse....growers/builders.Good luck today quarterbackers. I hope you have your theory proven. My only concern is I watched a lot of quarterbackers and coachers as Browns fans when I lived in NE Ohio and I know how that turns out for them year after year.

Actually, never sweat burning redshirts if you need a player. Recruiting is about bringing more players. Over the long haul, one player for one season rarely makes a difference. If the kid is ready to play, play him.

Then he went on to win only 19 D-1A games in four years. Let's hope we don't have to live through that again or they can tear down The Big Phone Booth.

I don't like losing a senior QB the day before a big game.This just in though, Mike Rasor will miss tomorrow's game due to being stuck to his bed sheets.....

It does have to do with talent, but not in the areas where people look. The skill players at tOSU are for the most part just as fast and big as the players in the three major conferences. Where they have no athletic talent is on the offensive and defensive lines and LB positions. USC beat OSU because they created a match-up on 3rd & 17 late in the game where a far superior athlete was covered by a slow "suburban" LB from tOSU. Game over. With the addition of Pryor, they will see increasingly less skill players. Any kid with pro aspirations would not attend tOSU with him there. He can't throw the ball and the skill player would not be able to showcase his talents. Tressel is "all in" with Pryor. I'm not certain what he was trying to accomplish with him.tOSU is the best team in an increasingly bad conference. The do have to go to PSU and UofM is getting better. The Big Ten needs UofM to be good in orded for the country to take the league seriously.I've been reading the Columbus Dispatch a little this week. The coachers down there want Tressel fired for not winning big games. The truth is, he was not brought to tOSU to win big games. He was brought there to do two things: First, beat Michigan. He does that. Second, run a clean program. With a few exceptions, he runs a clean program. They did not hire him to win national championships. If they fire him, and they won't, they deserve their next John Cooper.I don't want to get into this with you, but you are very wrong. Both OSU DE will be in the NFL. They have recruited the top linebacking class the last 2 years in a row. There problem isn't defense. On offense they recruited 2 5*OT 2 years ago and one of the top o-line classes last year. The problem is Tressel and his archaic high school offense. If he doesn't get him self a real o coordinator soon, he will be gone.USC beat OSU because OSU has no offense. OSU beat USC up and down the field all night. Pete Caroll even admiited to that.USC had no answer to the OSU defense...Sow suburban linebacker. You mean like first round picks, Hawk, Carpenter and Laurainitis...Keep that crap to yourself.Sorry to discuss this guys, I am only responding to someone else.I have to respectfully disagree. Perhaps it is your obsession with recruiting and what people on Scouts, etc. say about players, but when the Big Ten (tOSU) players get on the field with guys like USC's, they are not as athletic. That tells me either sites like Scouts are wrong (and they frequently are) or there is an evaluation problem at tOSU.Like I said, tOSU has players that are just as athletic as their superiors. The problem is they don't have enough.Hawk, Carpenter and Laranitis are second tier NFL player to guys like Troy P. in Pittsburgh and the Bengals first round pick. I don't even know whey the Cowboys keep Carpenter around....he is a nothing. Hawk starts because they don't have anyone else. Laranitis, we'll see....I think he is another Carpenter. Just because a player is drafted in the first round doesn't make them a great player. Ever hear the words "draft bust". It defines a lot of tOSU players.The point I was making had nothing to do with how well these guys do in the NFL. They were selected as first round picks which obviously means they were great college players..Have you seen Thad Gibson or Nathan Williams play DE? They are faster than most USC and SEC DE.Sabino and Bell are both 4.4 guys playing lb. Athleticism has nothing to do with it. Like I said earlier, OSU ran USC over last week. The OSU offense was non existent. Not because of athletes, but because of coaching.Interesting points."obviously means they were great college players..." To whom? It kind of reminds me of when someone says, "I'm sure you will agree that..." There are more stupid owners in the NFL than smart. There are more stupid general managers in the NFL than smart. There are more stupid coaches in the NFL than smart. The problem in the NFL is scouts and GMs can not see what the great GP1 has seen for a few years now. Schools like tOSU are second tier college football teams in a second tier league. I don't think NFL scouts take that into consideration. I think a lot of tOSU players can look like world beaters against MAC schools and the junk tOSU plays in the Big Ten.Was that tOSU running over USC on the last drive when after USC picked up the key first down they ran the ball down their throat for a large part of the field. tOSU had everything it could ask for Saturday and still couldn't get the job done against a team that I think will lose two games this year in their conference (they will lose to Cal and then some piece of junk like the tend to do).If coaching lost the game for tOSU, what could they have done differently? Here are the circumstances they play under. They have a good defense that chokes on last drives of big games when the game is close. They have a QB that throws the ball side-armed. They have a running back that a strong wind could knock over. I would argue that Tressel's coaching kept tOSU in the game with a chance to win late against a national power. Tressel kept the field long for USC, they put the freshman QB in difficult situations, they did move the ball, their special teams played well, etc. With the talent level on tOSU, it was a miracle they were in the game late. Tressel should get a bonus.The other agrument is tOSU needs a new offensive coordinator. Do they? That's as stupid as when people say, "they need to hire a special teams coach to fix why the kicker can't make fieldgoals." What Tressel should be blamed for is bringing in a player with Pryor's skills and expect the entire team to conform to his talents. Pryor is what he is and will not get any better. He is a run first QB with limited throwing skills and even less intellect. tOSU will regret the day that Pryor signed his letter of intent. I know what you are thinking...."Pryor put up good passing yards against USC". He sure did, but not when it mattered. He got worse as the game went on. Close games are won in the fourth quarter. Blow outs are won in quarters 1-3.Another thing Tressel should be blamed for is the tight nature of his team. He needs to drop the 1950s sweater-vest, the tie and the Senator speak. The USC coach doesn't talk like that and his players play relaxed and respond in key situations. tOSU's players choke in big games and I think a lot of that has to do with them being nervous in addition to not having enough athletic talent. I imagine USC's coach telling his players late in the game, "Go out there and have fun." (this is exactly what he told them). I imagine Tressel telling his players late in the game, "Pull up your socks, we don't do that here at tOSU."Like in said though, Tressel was brought to tOSU to beat Michigan and run a clean program. I remember sitting in the basketball arena the day Tressel was hired (I was in Columbus for work and bought a ticket on the street) and Tressel said something like, "We will make you proud on the field. We will make you proud in the classroom. And in in X number of days, we will make you proud against Michigan." Tressel does all of those things. I don't know why tOSU fans are so upset. He is doing exactly what he was hired to do. Enjoy...you guys got what you wanted. Congratulations.

It does have to do with talent, but not in the areas where people look. The skill players at tOSU are for the most part just as fast and big as the players in the three major conferences. Where they have no athletic talent is on the offensive and defensive lines and LB positions. USC beat OSU because they created a match-up on 3rd & 17 late in the game where a far superior athlete was covered by a slow "suburban" LB from tOSU. Game over. With the addition of Pryor, they will see increasingly less skill players. Any kid with pro aspirations would not attend tOSU with him there. He can't throw the ball and the skill player would not be able to showcase his talents. Tressel is "all in" with Pryor. I'm not certain what he was trying to accomplish with him.tOSU is the best team in an increasingly bad conference. The do have to go to PSU and UofM is getting better. The Big Ten needs UofM to be good in orded for the country to take the league seriously.I've been reading the Columbus Dispatch a little this week. The coachers down there want Tressel fired for not winning big games. The truth is, he was not brought to tOSU to win big games. He was brought there to do two things: First, beat Michigan. He does that. Second, run a clean program. With a few exceptions, he runs a clean program. They did not hire him to win national championships. If they fire him, and they won't, they deserve their next John Cooper.I don't want to get into this with you, but you are very wrong. Both OSU DE will be in the NFL. They have recruited the top linebacking class the last 2 years in a row. There problem isn't defense. On offense they recruited 2 5*OT 2 years ago and one of the top o-line classes last year. The problem is Tressel and his archaic high school offense. If he doesn't get him self a real o coordinator soon, he will be gone.USC beat OSU because OSU has no offense. OSU beat USC up and down the field all night. Pete Caroll even admiited to that.USC had no answer to the OSU defense...Sow suburban linebacker. You mean like first round picks, Hawk, Carpenter and Laurainitis...Keep that crap to yourself.Sorry to discuss this guys, I am only responding to someone else.I have to respectfully disagree. Perhaps it is your obsession with recruiting and what people on Scouts, etc. say about players, but when the Big Ten (tOSU) players get on the field with guys like USC's, they are not as athletic. That tells me either sites like Scouts are wrong (and they frequently are) or there is an evaluation problem at tOSU.Like I said, tOSU has players that are just as athletic as their superiors. The problem is they don't have enough.Hawk, Carpenter and Laranitis are second tier NFL player to guys like Troy P. in Pittsburgh and the Bengals first round pick. I don't even know whey the Cowboys keep Carpenter around....he is a nothing. Hawk starts because they don't have anyone else. Laranitis, we'll see....I think he is another Carpenter. Just because a player is drafted in the first round doesn't make them a great player. Ever hear the words "draft bust". It defines a lot of tOSU players.

It does have to do with talent, but not in the areas where people look. The skill players at tOSU are for the most part just as fast and big as the players in the three major conferences. Where they have no athletic talent is on the offensive and defensive lines and LB positions. USC beat OSU because they created a match-up on 3rd & 17 late in the game where a far superior athlete was covered by a slow "suburban" LB from tOSU. Game over. With the addition of Pryor, they will see increasingly less skill players. Any kid with pro aspirations would not attend tOSU with him there. He can't throw the ball and the skill player would not be able to showcase his talents. Tressel is "all in" with Pryor. I'm not certain what he was trying to accomplish with him.tOSU is the best team in an increasingly bad conference. The do have to go to PSU and UofM is getting better. The Big Ten needs UofM to be good in orded for the country to take the league seriously.I've been reading the Columbus Dispatch a little this week. The coachers down there want Tressel fired for not winning big games. The truth is, he was not brought to tOSU to win big games. He was brought there to do two things: First, beat Michigan. He does that. Second, run a clean program. With a few exceptions, he runs a clean program. They did not hire him to win national championships. If they fire him, and they won't, they deserve their next John Cooper.

UofA has covered in Weeks 1 & 2. I didn't pick them to win this one, but I feel confident they can.

Is it patchouli or petulie oil? Google found both.

Each time I read this quote I start to laugh.I get this strange visual of the few Can't graduates and students who can actually afford a car piling in and trying to make their way to Indianapolis. Pot smoke pouring out of the windows, break downs every few miles, begging money for gas, trying to smoke dried up corn stalks....I could go on. Five days after starting out they finally reach Indianapolis, they douse the NCAA Headquarters with petulie oil and try to set it on fire with the one last match they have left from their five days of smoking pot. Nothing catches fire.......just like Martin's career.