...right up to the point where we send out OSU as a sacrificial lamb to the pagan gods of football (although to say, with that schedule, that OSU is the only thing respectable about the Big 10 shows just how far the conference has fallen).  I'd like to see the SEC go down as much as the next self-respecting Big 10 fan, but we stand a far better chance of that happening with Oklahoma or whoever wins the Pac-10 (except for UCLA; that's silly talk) than with Ohio State.  

I don't think anyone, no matter how myopic an OSU fan they may be, can look at this team and, with a straight face, say it's the best team in the country.  This isn't the sweater vests circa 2006.  This isn't the sweater vests circa 2002 (who some might want to compare this team with, but took it to a good Texas Tech squad and Top 10 Wazzu before rolling through the conference).  In fact, I think anyone who took a blind look at the undefeateds and the best of the 1-loss teams would see that Rock Chalk Jayhawk (do they use that in football?) has been better overall, as has 1-loss LSU, Oklahoma, and Oregon.  So, while coasting to #1 on brand name alone isn't necessarily a bad thing, can't we all agree it's a charade?

...but I don't acknowledge the contributions of people who don't know the proper use of the word "dominant."   OSU has the most dominant defense in the country, you idiot.  Dominate is a verb, as in, "Florida would once again totally dominate Ohio State."  Kentucky has played three times the schedule of Ohio State (then again, any team from the MAC has played a better schedule than OSU).  Believe it or not, K State lost pretty bad to KU and is probably a better team than either Purdue or MSU (and that's coming from someone still licking the wounds from a Purdue asskicking).  And as for being a "defeatist coward," well, I'm sorry to say the truth hurts, but you can't win.  You're not as good as before, and they are better, and they beat you by 27 last time (thanks to OSU for not showing up for that Florida game, by the way, and making this whole thing necessary; you looked like Iowa, and that's not a positive).  

But thanks for comparing me to Brian.  That was very nice of you.  Now get back to making fries, Mr. Katzenmoyer.

1. Implying that EDSBS is "shitty" is dumb beyond imagination.

2. We root for nearly every Big Ten team. tOSU fans make rooting for all of them totally impossible. They have no sense of irony, humor, or humility. Please refer to the hyper-sensitive, room temperature-IQ comments in this thread.

3. Re-read the post, numb-nuts. OSU losing and missing the BCS title game would be for the team's, and the conference's, own good. We're team players here.

You guys all stopped jackin' it long enough to stop by our little corner of cyberspace.  Thanks!

(And, yes, I just made a Carl Monday reference.  If you want to use that as a reason to tell me I'm like Leitch, only not as good, I'll happily accept that.  So far, you've said I'm not as good as Brian and Orson.  We've all heard of the backhanded compliment, but I'd never actually seen the forehanded insult until the last 12 hours.  It's like telling the president he's like Abraham Lincoln, only shittier.  And as for Team Redacted, yeah, nobody else uses that.)

You Buckeye fans are incredible.  Really, where else in the world can you find such a congregation of mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging batshit insanity.  I'll ask the question:  Who has a better schedule so far, OSU or Kansas?  (Hint:  it's not OSU)  Who has better qualifications, an undefeated team who struggled with Akron and MSU and has beaten exactly one team in the top 25 (and #23 Purdue, at that), or a one-loss team who has beaten 4 teams in the top 20 and whose only loss was against a top 15 team on the road in triple fucking overtime?  Without the Ohio State brand name, you're below Arizona State.  But, please, allow me to genuflect before the majesty of your sweater vests.

You know what?  You're right, I'm wrong.  I want Ohio State to win out, go to the BCS Championship, get the shit kicked out of them - again - by LSU or Oklahoma, then convene all of the other teams in the conference and agree to disavow your actions and excommunicate you from the Big 10.  Maybe you can join Conference USA.  At least that would boost the literacy rates of both conferences.

I agree.  I want to beat the SEC as much as the next guy.  And if OSU runs the table, I'll ignore the idiots who show up and write about "double-wides" (seriously, does your next "insult" reference Billy Ray Cyrus?) and hope for a win.  But to expect all of us to join in your Charge of the Light Brigade is foolish, especially when everyone who watches this team with an objective eye knows it's simply not good enough.  You want to beat the SEC?  We have plenty of opportunities, and Penn State and Wisconsin took full advantage last year.  We could have been singing the praises of Big 10 football all offseason had your boys not dropped a massive turd on the American public.  So, again, thanks.

Pull your head out of your ass or buy some gasoline and start a riot.

Have you read Run Up the Score this morning?  They wrote basically the same thing (OSU is good, as in 2005 OSU good, not 2002/06 OSU good), and it's remarkably quiet on that front.  Jesus, you're even playing them this week.

I think, if you go back and read, at no point did I say OSU were "a bunch of pretending, shit-eating losers."  Iowa sucks this season, and we all know that.  OSU is pretty good.  They just haven't played anyone (unlike LSU and OU), and they haven't killed the cupcakes (like OU, Oregon, and the Fighting Manginos), and they're loading up on the weakest Big Ten conference in 25 years (a la Big East Miami in the early 2000s).  In other words, their qualifications are not on par with the other teams in contention.  Combine that with what I've seen to date (and I've watched quite a bit of OSU this season, probably more than any year other than 2002), and I don't think they have it.

I don't discount OSU's chances in a BCS bowl game.  I think they would give anyone out of the Pac-10, even mighty USC, a good game (though I don't think they would win against USC or Oregon).  They simply aren't one of the top 5 teams in the country.  If you feel otherwise, I have a pretty good idea of just who is drinking the Kool-Aid.

You say last season is over, then trot out last season's Texas game as a sign of your scheduling prowess.  That's what we call an error in logic, nimrod.  Yes, you can only play who is on your schedule, but you can stomp Akron like the red-headed stepchild they are, and you can finish off Michigan State by halftime.

And you all make this about Iowa, as if it's relevant in the least to the conversation.  Did you read the first paragraph?  I'm conceding we aren't any good.  It doesn't make you any better.

"We are good and that is all there is to it."  That, right there, is really all there is to say.  No reasoning.  No logic.  Just a simple statement from simple person.  Tell me how this team is better than 2006.  Tell me how it's better than LSU or Oklahoma.  Until then, you're just blowing smoke up your own ass.  While we may be impressed with your ability as a contortionist, it doesn't help your cause in the least.

If OSU wins out, they'll have earned a spot in the title game.

That would mean, as you mentioned, that they've got road wins against PSU and UM. Those would be, far and away, the best two wins on their slate. As it stands right now, there are probably 10-15 teams that would go undefeated against their schedule thus far.

1. Myopic: CHECK

2. Immature: CHECK

3. Humorless: CHECK

4. Logic-deficient: CHECK

5. Hypersensitive: HOLY LORD CHECK

You are bona fide Buckeye, sir, and don't ever let anybody take that away from you.

the IQ points back that I lost back after reading Anonymous's "arguments".

I'm pretty sure my head just exploded by the belligerent use of run-on sentences, and misplaced, commas.

I have bookmarked this site for those days when I am feeling down.  The more I read from you, the better I feel about where I am in life...and in the rankings.

This comment? This comment right here? This is why you fucking went to Ohio State, and we actually went to a good school. I have no problem reading constructive criticism from fans of other schools, but your comments are just proof of the blatant inbreeding that goes on amongst Buckeye fans. There is no other way to explain this. Was that comment meant to insult me? Cause I didn't understand half of it.

If you had any fucking clue what you were talking about, you would realize this site is extremely well written, hilarious, and self (by self I mean the Hawkeyes) critical--a concept you, HAL3, don't seem to understand.

If you want a Buckeye circle jerk, get off this fucking site.

Sorry to the blog administrators for the cussin'.

Did you confuse this with an episode of "Yo Momma"? Judging by the wit and creativity of your "insults", I'd say your level of intelligence might be on par with that show. And I don't mean that as a compliment.

I actually hope you do play in the championship game this year, not because I'm loyal to my conference, which I am, but rather because I will thoroughly enjoy when a much better team bends you over and makes you their bitch. I will then sit there and smirk to myself knowing how at that very moment, Buckeye fans like you will collectively shut...the...fuck....up (again).

Oh, and OPS-
you forgot # 6. Delusional: CHECK. At least Iowa fans are cognizant of the fact we suck this year.

I'll just go home now.  That is all.

And stop taking pictures of your johnson, Mr. Salisbury.

I can't believe I'm getting computer nerd insults from a guy who signs off with the name "HAL3."  What, R2D2 wasn't available, you ass?

They are most certainly good, but they aren't one of the best two, or three, or five teams in the nation."

Yeah, I criticized OSU like they are terrible.  Also, please point out where I said I hate Tressel (we could all be so lucky to have a coach like him).  Read before you write, dipshit.  I'm not one for making overly broad comments, but you and the rest of your fanbase are a bunch of mouth-breathing reactionary rioting jackasses.  How's that for Iowa spin, fucker?