OSU fans totally convinced last two years was from cheating.
FWIW looking at OSU boards is like an alternative universe. They are convinced last 2 years is from cheating .They are also convinced that the cheating is going to motivate OSU. I view it totally opposite. It would be nice if somehow in the next week the narrative would change. NCAA done and found nothing. JH contract extension. Anything to stop the OSU driven media drum.
November 19th, 2023 at 3:46 PM ^
Good, let them keep Ryan Day for another couple years
November 19th, 2023 at 3:48 PM ^
Exactly. And as long as they think they somehow deserve to win, they will continue to pucker when the slightest thing goes against them.
November 19th, 2023 at 3:54 PM ^
"If only John Cooper had gone the PI & PR campaign routes, maybe he'd still be here losing to Michigan every single year too. No way I let myself make that same mistake!"
- Ryan Day to himself (probably)
November 19th, 2023 at 4:05 PM ^
We have them right where we want them.
Meanwhile, Hutch just destroyed another buckeye to win the game for the Lions! Beating Ohio state is extremely rewarding. Let’s do it again on Saturday. 2019 was a long time ago - let’s keep it that way.
November 19th, 2023 at 4:28 PM ^
I'm a Chicagoan so was hoping the Bears might pull out a win but the fact that it was a Wolverine taking down a Buckeye made it all worthwhile.
November 19th, 2023 at 7:53 PM ^
Your heart is rightly aligned Wendy
November 19th, 2023 at 8:01 PM ^
Yes. Charmin soft
November 19th, 2023 at 8:12 PM ^
They are trying to convince everyone else.
if these were 50/50 games id say let this game be the one to decide. They werent and signs didnt matter at all. If they think Ryan Day ignores signs in a stadium of 100k and a national telecast and just says “nah we good” they are bigger fucking idiots than i thought.
November 19th, 2023 at 3:47 PM ^
Who cares what they think? The shit in coolers!!!
November 19th, 2023 at 4:48 PM ^
Really, do you have any proof....
Oh, I guess they do. Fuck ohio!
November 19th, 2023 at 6:07 PM ^
It’s legitimately hilarious that they are so delusional to think that the only way they can possibly lose to Michigan is by cheating. They are only looking at things that validate what they want to be true and dismissing evidence to the contrary.
In a way, it’s another example of how our world is these days with social media algorithms. Sad state of humanity.
November 19th, 2023 at 3:47 PM ^
Well, they've always been idiots.
November 19th, 2023 at 3:47 PM ^
Who cares
November 19th, 2023 at 3:48 PM ^
Yes…because Urban Meyer never cheated at football or on his wife.
November 19th, 2023 at 4:57 PM ^
Hey be fair, the Cayman Nebraska bar scene was a ventriloquest act.
November 19th, 2023 at 6:38 PM ^
It has been amusing to watch OSU fans act morally outrage by signgate…like their last 2 head coaches didnt resign in scandal. Theyve been cheating for years. Spare me buckeyes
November 19th, 2023 at 3:48 PM ^
If the NCAA finds nothing, does Santa unleash the law dogs on the B1G?
Asking for a friend.
November 19th, 2023 at 4:44 PM ^
They're gonna find something. How much they find and how high it goes has yet to be determined.
November 19th, 2023 at 4:44 PM ^
Doubtful
November 19th, 2023 at 3:50 PM ^
Fans rationalize their losses. Water is wet.
We literally know that they had our signs last year, and then gave them to Purdue!
November 19th, 2023 at 3:51 PM ^
Didn't their 3rd base coach literally say they changed their signs? Then what cheating are they mad about? That they couldn't stop Donovan Edwards - twice - on long TD runs. That Stroud couldn't connect with Stover in the end zone bc Sainristil knocked the ball away?
The only thing some of those losers have going on for them in their lives is trying to beat Michigan. I'll enjoy Michigan beating their stupid OSU asses again bc their fans are just the absolute worst.
November 19th, 2023 at 3:55 PM ^
Yeah, they skip right over the part where during last year's game they actually had the advantage with regards to signs because they knew that Michigan had them, they had Michigan's signs...and they still lost by 22 points, proving how little it all matters.
November 19th, 2023 at 4:33 PM ^
You have to be an absolute dumbfuck to TRULY believe that sign "stealing" is to blame the last two years. They knew what was coming on every play in 21' and still couldn't stop it. Then in 22' they sold out to stop what was coming so hard that we repeatedly torched them for it. It's that simple. Even if you know what play is coming, you still need to execute. Not to mention the countless other variables that determines the outcome of a game that doesn't include knowing the other team's signals. That's a pathetically low level of critical thought on their part.
November 19th, 2023 at 8:29 PM ^
Correct . . .
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/ohio-state-football-staff-member-says-osu-changed-signs-ahead-of-2022-michigan-game/ar-AA1iAcwo
November 20th, 2023 at 2:27 PM ^
He did initially but then went silent about it when the story started getting traction that Michigan "cheated" to beat tOSU. You don't hear him or any Buckeye fans talking about changing their signs for The Game anymore.
November 19th, 2023 at 3:52 PM ^
Meh. We believe we got a bad spot and refs favor them. When you lose, it’s easy to justify it in many ways. For example, it we lose, we will blame the sign gate scandal. If OSU loses… they will blame the weather… rain or shine.
November 19th, 2023 at 3:57 PM ^
I am pretty sure not having Harbaugh on the sidelines will impact the team a little bit.
November 19th, 2023 at 6:13 PM ^
Yeah, if not having our coach is no big deal, why do head coaches make so many millions of dollars?
November 19th, 2023 at 7:29 PM ^
I’m not saying it won’t make an impact. It’s just going to be the reason UM fans will give no matter what if we lose.
November 19th, 2023 at 5:16 PM ^
I blamed the side judge in 2016 who professed eternal love for OSU in a 2006 interview and then was, uh, “inconsistent”in his PI calls during the game.
But yeah, point taken
November 19th, 2023 at 7:12 PM ^
I remember the osu corner straight up tackled the receiver in front of that ref and there was no call.
November 19th, 2023 at 8:04 PM ^
Half of that officiating crew were osu fanboys...
November 19th, 2023 at 3:52 PM ^
These are people who forego lot rent to buy the most recent Marvin Harrison alt jersey
November 19th, 2023 at 3:53 PM ^
Tribalism at its finest. As always, we can't care what they think. Win or lose next week, we know we won those last two years because we were the better team.
November 19th, 2023 at 3:54 PM ^
Who gives a shit what they think? They already proved their shortcomings in judgement by being OSU fans.
November 19th, 2023 at 3:58 PM ^
You cannot fix stupid.
Add that to the list of other things they are totally convinced is true:
1. The world is flat.
2. Busch Light is both "beer" and "good."
3. Cleveland is a world class city.
4. Coolers are for pooping.
5. It is OK that their band apparently cannot spell the word "State."
November 19th, 2023 at 3:59 PM ^
Well, they should thank their coach to take swift action by hiring a PI firm. And should sign him for another 10 years.
November 19th, 2023 at 3:59 PM ^
This is always hilarious to me. Ohio State's entire program is built on cheating due to pay to play at a level not comparable to anyone else in the Big Ten.
Any Ohio State fan who has mentioned this to me just gets a "Cool, I'm erasing the entire Tressel era from the record book". Michigan fans will give up those 2 wins the second Ohio State fans give up those 9.
November 19th, 2023 at 7:37 PM ^
Something else hilarious: Why not release the dossier that we apparently have, or are we just taking that to the grave? We talk a huge game about having shit on OSU and haven't seen anything. NOTHING. As of now, they've done everything to prove that sign stealing is a death penalty and we've done nothing to prove their "pay-for-play" ever existed. Bottom fucking line: either drop the bomb or shut the fuck up. We're playing a kids game.
November 19th, 2023 at 8:18 PM ^
Couldn't agree more.
I don't understand Michigan's strategy at all in dealing with this. From the beginning the Athletic Department should have went with the grey area strategy as loudly as possible. Instead, they went with the rogue staffer defense, giving every critic fuel that the team "cheated" the last three years. And then when you tie any other name to Stalions, suddenly every dummy on social media gets to scream how it wasn't just a lone staffer, even if Chris Partridge wasn't accused of having knowledge of the scouting plan or why if a booster gave money to Stalions it even matters.
November 19th, 2023 at 4:02 PM ^
Fine. Stalions is gone, Partridge is fired, Harbaugh is suspended -- now go out and beat the living shit out of those assholes.
November 19th, 2023 at 4:28 PM ^
Kind of would prove a point, wouldn't it?
November 19th, 2023 at 4:02 PM ^
Good for them, because the last 20 years are directly attributed to OSU cheating...pay for play.
November 19th, 2023 at 4:04 PM ^
Then their tears this year will taste all the sweeter
November 19th, 2023 at 4:07 PM ^
they blamed Clemson of cheating, they also blamed a non targeting ( same hit roman took yesterday ) call on losing to UGA, they blamed snow , the flu ah hell you get the point
November 19th, 2023 at 4:07 PM ^
They don’t know ball.
November 19th, 2023 at 4:08 PM ^
Well, I’m convinced they eat shit and lick doorknobs. Fuck them.
November 19th, 2023 at 4:10 PM ^
Their last 12 years have been from cheating. I know they are no math majors, but 12>2.
November 19th, 2023 at 4:11 PM ^
I kind of like the OSU media drum. Reminds me of the last two years.
November 19th, 2023 at 4:12 PM ^
OSU fan logic: "Hey, there is NO WAY Xichigan could have beaten us two years in a row unless Stalions cheating was a HUGE advantage and the one and only reason. I know this because we have soooo many more 5-stars than they do that we paid for fair and square. What's that? We had Michigan's signs too (and sent them to Purdue)? Oh, but we got those signs 100% correct the legal way."