[NU Sports] Buckeyes-Trojans

[Jim Leonard]

I'm with Paul. I know that a Buckeye win would have been good for the conference, but I don't care. I hate Buckeye fans (collectively). I think we got the best of both worlds, a close game that earns the Big Ten some respect and a Buckeye loss. 

Add in a Cats victory and an ND loss and this has been a pretty good day.

Go Cats!
Jim



--- On Sat, 9/12/09, neonrye at aol.com <neonrye at aol.com> wrote:

> From: neonrye at aol.com <neonrye at aol.com>
> Subject: [NU Sports] Buckeyes-Trojans
> To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009, 10:42 PM
> Well, a game I couldn't root for
> either side.? But you have to hand it to USC.? An absolutely
> amazing final drive, with clutch plays by the kid QB and
> McKnight, and fantastic blocking.? Jim Tressel proved that
> he is just NOT a big-game coach.? He is tooooooo
> conservative, and plays not to lose, while Pete Carroll
> (whom my beloved, idiot Jets fired after one season many
> years ago) always plays to win.? He takes risks because he
> believes in his players and his system.? It is inconceivable
> to me that with the field position that they enjoyed
> throughout, the Bucks only scored 15, of which 2 were on the
> gift safety.? tOSU is just as risk-aversive and just as
> prone to choke as it was back in the day when I was at NU
> and Woody was their HC.? The only thing that has changed is
> that the SHOE holds many more people than it used to.? Is it
> just me, or Terrell Pryor regressing?? He looked more and
> more tentative as the night went on.?? I think part of the
> reason is that in Tressel's syst
>  em, Pryor is scared to make a mistake, while Matt Barkley
> was unleashed as the game got into the final stages.? I know
> that SJT wanted a Big Ten win here, but forgive me for a
> huge dose of Schadenfrude; I hate the Bucks that much.
> 
> Paul Levinson
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