TWIS Big 10 East Edition
DIdn't see this posted yet.
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/11/6/16606704/ohio-state…
"The Buckeyes suffered a football disembowelment. There’s no overstating how bad this was"
November 6th, 2017 at 10:39 AM ^
November 6th, 2017 at 11:47 AM ^
anger, but honestly, who below them should be ranked higher at this point?
November 6th, 2017 at 12:27 PM ^
November 6th, 2017 at 6:15 PM ^
Good news is we don't have to go back there (Fucking, Iowa) before 2022.
November 6th, 2017 at 12:00 PM ^
Sparty has wins over two ranked teams. OSU, has one. I think order is restored in Columbus this weekend, but for now Sparty has the better resume.
November 6th, 2017 at 10:43 AM ^
I was hoping for more Penn State spleen. Last week was marvelous.
November 6th, 2017 at 10:50 AM ^
November 6th, 2017 at 10:46 AM ^
At Iowa's hands had Michigan beaten Iowa last year.
Kinnick is a cursed place.
To win out the Big 10 championship and finish undefeated, a future Michigan team will probably need both Iowa and Ohio State games at home.
November 6th, 2017 at 11:12 AM ^
They save their best for Big Ten play.
Ferentz has lost to Western twice, Central once, Northern Illinois once and North Dakota State ALL at Kinnick. He's also lost to some really bad Iowa State teams. (Yes, that's a rivalry game but a 10 loss Iowa State team won at Kinnick just a couple years ago.) That's why he's been on the hot seat about four different times. But then Big Ten play comes and they magically come to life for some reason.
Our game there last year was bizarre. I expected them to put up a fight but I did NOT expect their defense to play as well as it did. But that game also felt like a Notre Dame game during the Lou Holtz years, where every single lucky and fluke like bounce went their way, starting with that stupid ass punt that perfectly came to rest at the 1 yard line. That kind of misfortune continued through the rest of the game.
November 6th, 2017 at 11:20 AM ^
November 6th, 2017 at 11:32 AM ^
they'd finish the year 1-11 ...... with every loss an overtime loss by a score of 13-10.
November 6th, 2017 at 10:58 AM ^
Kinnick IS a cursed place. I have been to 3 games there and Michigan has lost every time.
November 6th, 2017 at 11:11 AM ^
It's called secret stuff....I put it in the Buckeye's supply to trip them up.
November 6th, 2017 at 11:15 AM ^
It's those damned pink locker rooms, I'm convinced.
November 6th, 2017 at 12:43 PM ^
November 6th, 2017 at 3:07 PM ^
You might be on to something.
November 6th, 2017 at 11:00 AM ^
Money quote:
"Why anyone want to be an Ohio State Buckeye, I can’t fathom."
November 6th, 2017 at 11:11 AM ^
TWIS is much more fun when we are not included.
November 6th, 2017 at 11:25 AM ^
>..... OSU will rebound and defeat Sparty at the horseshit pit
this will be wonderful indeed :-)
then we will smack them in the mouth at the Big House on Nov. 25th !!
November 6th, 2017 at 11:35 AM ^
the 2015 game with MSU and last week, I will believe that Michigan State is not going to improbably win on a last second field goal in shitty weather when I actually see it. Until I see otherwise, I am going to assume that is what is going to happen.
November 6th, 2017 at 11:40 AM ^
November 6th, 2017 at 11:48 AM ^
ran into Darantonio at the Quality Dairy one day
November 6th, 2017 at 4:57 PM ^
Honestly, it's comments like this that keep me coming back to this blog, even when it feels like Lord of the Flies.
Also - I dig your handle. I'm a big Dead Head...Terrapin blasts through our speakers pretty much every day!
November 6th, 2017 at 11:51 AM ^
occured to me about 10 minutes after the Penn State game ended - Michigan State is pretty good. That is how they are 7-2. I was firmly rooted in the crowd that believed they were going to curl up and die after last year. I hate Michigan State with a passion, but I am done making any proclomations about them, their days are numbers, they a fading program, etc. Once again, and for the last time, they have proven me wrong. I think they are in a bit of trouble this Saturday with OSU on a bounce back week, but what they have done this year has impressed me and it pains me to say that.
November 6th, 2017 at 11:57 AM ^
Mark Dantonio is a great coach, end of story. They are able to constantly win games against the other contenders of the B1G East Crown.
Just give them credit where credit is due and move on. We blew our chance at being smug towards them this season. They control their destiny while we pray both MSU and PSU lose games.
November 6th, 2017 at 12:09 PM ^
They hosted Iowa the week after a huge emotional loss to PSU.
They hosted IU a week after a huge emotional loss to us.
They hosted PSU a week after PSU finished up two emotional games against us and OSU.
Basically, they're hosting teams after they have already gone through a huge emotional game or stretch of games. Remember that ND had a game to get healthy after the Georgia loss.
They won't be as lucky this weekend because they are playing at OSU and I have a feeling the Buckeyes will be focused and have the emotional advantage after being embarrassed on national television.
November 6th, 2017 at 1:32 PM ^
Unless MSU wins and a Ohio St. commenter will complain that they had to play MSU after a huge emotional loss to Iowa. I mean at some point you can look at the results and realize MSU has the best run defense (statistically) in the B1G, they do a good job shortening the game, and have above avg (for the conference) QB play.
Remember when MSU lost to Northwestern in an emotionally draining OT game that would mean the beginning of the 3 game losing streak because they have no shot vs. PSU/OSU? Emotion is on both sides every week and the effects it has on the game isn't clear until after that game.
November 6th, 2017 at 5:57 PM ^
OSU is playing MSU at home. It's easier to bounce back from a tough loss in front the home crowd. Also, there's no way OSU loses on Saturday. They're at home against a team that match up well against. Plus, they're somehow sitting at #11, so they're only a few upsets away from being in the Top 4 if they win out (which I doubt they will do). They will play a good game.
November 6th, 2017 at 6:49 PM ^
November 6th, 2017 at 1:52 PM ^
MSU will get ahead 7-0 when the OSU punter gets turned around on a bad snap and inadvertently scores on himself. Then the skies will open into a monsoon and an earthquake tilts the field surface so that Ohio State has to play the rest of the game uphill. They will get the "let the kids play ball" officiating crew that will ignore the multiple spearing, targeting, and chop block penalties as Mork Dantonio gets two more points just for scowling. MSU wins 9-5.
November 6th, 2017 at 3:01 PM ^
November 6th, 2017 at 11:33 AM ^
So curious to see how well we play against Wiscy. Ohio State is still a scary team in my opinion. I watched how Minnesota, at times, looked like they were going to gash us with that mobile QB. Ohio State is going to try and do exactly what Penn Sate did to us, except they don't have near the defense Penn State has. If we beat Wisconsin, and throw the ball well, We have a chance to beat OSU and enter a great bowl game this year.
November 6th, 2017 at 11:45 AM ^
I refuse to acknowledge any OSU fan who thinks he/she has a right to be angry. They have no idea what true football horror is.
Easily the most spoiled fanbase in the entire country. They lose one of their alltime great coaches and then one of THE all-time great coaches falls into their lap as he just happens to be on a one-year sabbatical. Not once have they ever had a string of true down years. Of mediocrity. Of irrelevance. 2011 was an anomaly among decades of otherwise great to elite football for them. Every other blueblood program has endured several years, or even a decade, of mediocrity. Everyone except them. Their down years are 10-2 or 11-1.
If they ever went through one year of what Michigan went through during RichRod's whole tenure, or during the latter half of Hoke's time here, Columbus would be engulfed in riots and burned to the ground, General Sherman style.
November 6th, 2017 at 1:53 PM ^
So you're telling me there's a chance.
November 6th, 2017 at 12:00 PM ^
Ohio State and Urban Meyer had no business losing this football game.
I think a lot of people are underestimating just how loaded the Buckeyes are compared to Iowa and other mid-level BIG10 programs.
Since Meyer's arrival, here are the 247 Recruiting Class Rankings for Ohio State:
2012 - 5th
2013 - 2nd
2014 - 3rd
2015 - 7th
2016 - 4th
2017 - thus far, class is already at 21 players, ranked 2nd behind Alabama
So no, in no normal universe will you observe Urban Meyer losing to a Kirk Ferentz-coached and unranked Iowa team by 31 points.
Ohio State fans are correct. The Buckeyes have the best college football coach and the best recruiting classes, so there are no excuses. Especially after getting beaten by Oklahoma earlier in the year at home.
November 6th, 2017 at 12:04 PM ^
That's why they play the games.
November 6th, 2017 at 12:16 PM ^
Saban is the best college football coach period. Alabama has never been blown out with Saban as the coach. Since taking over, A Saban led Alabama biggest lost was by 14 against Oklahoma in 2013 and Utah in 2009. Meyer's Buckeyes haven been blownout twice by 31 in less than a year.
November 6th, 2017 at 12:11 PM ^
TWIS has fallen off a cliff. It feels like an in-house safety newsletter cribbed together by an intern from the accounting department. Just painful.
Spencer Hall's column was prettydarn good, though.
"Playing an underdog Iowa and losing is supposed to be like being crushed to death by a refrigerator. It’s your fault for trying to move it alone."
November 6th, 2017 at 1:38 PM ^
The guy make 8-9 mistakes a game. This has gone on all year. Mistaken names and incorrect numbers are the most common gaffes. I think he should be replaced before next year.
TWIS itself has been up and down or late, but I have to laugh at Texas A&M fans who have gotten to the point where they want to get rid of the PA announcer as well as Kevin Sumlin. There's some saltiness indeed.
November 6th, 2017 at 6:53 PM ^