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It's the Journey... · Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:47 am

Ok, so I really don't care about the game. That is decided on the field and you can "would have, could have, should have" for days after and it does not change the fact that you didn't.

But attacking the band goes a little far. We would be up in arms if that ever happened to the Falcon Marching Band so I would think we would not want that to happen to ANY marching band in the country. It really takes balls to attack a group that spends countless hours putting together a show for your enjoyment, thats class. My roommate was in the FMB when we last played at Penn State and he said he would never go back. According to him several members were hit with batteries and rocks, and there were some instruments damaged. Of the three apologies issued this season; OSU to Texas fans, LSU to Tennessee fans, and PSU to the OSU Marching Band; the latter was the only one that should have happened. The only control a Univrsity has over its non-student fans at an athletic event is to toss them out. But that is done after an incident has occured. If anything, those fans should be made to issue a formal apology not the school. What is going to happen at the Toledo game? Will we see Dr. Ribeau have to say how sorry the University is that Toledo fans were not greeted with a smile and cup of hot coco at every gate! Bad fans are every where, even at BGSU. Punish the fans, not the school they support.

kdog27 · Post by **kdog27** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:14 pm

I wasn't really being serious. Just trying to mess with our "guest". OSU fans and many of the other Big Ten schools are not any better

I highly doubt that it is Tekini, he at least has the balls to show his OSU support behind his own screenname.

tekekini · Post by **tekekini** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:37 pm

it wasnt me. i wasnt even around this weekend..i was in cleveland for a wedding..

anyways none of this really matters anymore it happened. its over, and the OSU band has said it is never going back to PSU. atleast under the current director.

atleast some of you have some brains and understand that was a classless act.

Tricky_Falcon · Post by **Tricky_Falcon** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:37 pm

will never happen. check response to above paragraph. Its the way it is. The home games they play against Big ten opponents are set years in advance. Those home games are like 1 of 2 or three big ten away games those teams have..get over it. BG would have to schedule 2 div 1-AA teams to get a schedule with more home games than away games.

PLUS next year BG ha 2 home OOC games. they may have 6 and 6

Of course it will never happen because osu wants to play every game at home and charge $60 a ticket. Everyone thinks osu is great but once they play on the road they fall on their faces...

PLUS next year for BG atleast one "home" game isn't even going to be at our home. But I guess that's just the way it is

tekekini · Post by **tekekini** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 3:44 pm

you obviously didnt read or understand my entire reply..

EVERY BCS POWERHOUSE HAS FAVORABLE SCHEDULES AS FAR AS # OF HOME GAMES V. # OF AWAY GAMES.

Go check the schedules of Michigan, Va. Tech. FSU UF Miami, OU, Texas, USC, Tennesee, LSU on a normal year, go check them..they will all have about 4 away games and 7 home games..unless they had a 12 game season then they may ave 7-5. OSU has 4 this year, PSU, Minnesota, indiana, michigan

Michigan's away schedule 4 teams wisky, MSU, northwestern and iowa

do you want me to look up more? i bet they all have more home than away games.

OSU is not the only one

you reported OSU paid $1 million so SDSU would play in Columbus

someone proved you wrong..your whole argument is illegit..stop ball babying get over it. BG will never have more home than away games on normal years i learned to deal with it when i was there...now its your turn to grow up and be a big man.

no crying

Tricky_Falcon · Post by **Tricky_Falcon** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 3:55 pm

It's easy playing all home games but once you hit the road then you see how good your team really is.

I'll stand by my original statement.

And you asked if I was describing our own football team. I explained why I am not describing our team since we play more road games than home games. Obviously we must be decent on the road if we made it to two bowl games when playing most of our games on the road.

As to SDSU thing I'll also be man enough to admit that I was wrong on that.

kdog27 · Post by **kdog27** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 4:00 pm

tekekini wrote:you obviously didnt read or understand my entire reply..

EVERY BCS POWERHOUSE HAS FAVORABLE SCHEDULES AS FAR AS # OF HOME GAMES V. # OF AWAY GAMES.

Go check the schedules of Michigan, Va. Tech. FSU UF Miami, OU, Texas, USC, Tennesee, LSU on a normal year, go check them..they will all have about 4 away games and 7 home games..unless they had a 12 game season then they may ave 7-5. OSU has 4 this year, PSU, Minnesota, indiana, michigan

Michigan's away schedule 4 teams wisky, MSU, northwestern and iowa

do you want me to look up more? i bet they all have more home than away games.

OSU is not the only one

you reported OSU paid $1 million so SDSU would play in Columbus someone proved you wrong..your whole argument is illegit..stop ball babying get over it. BG will never have more home than away games on normal years i learned to deal with it when i was there...now its your turn to grow up and be a big man.

no crying

Teke, you are right, it is common for the BCS schools to schedule more home games than away games. I cannot blame them for doing it because they make so much more money that way but I wish there was something they would do to make scheduling fair.

Especially next year when they go back to a 12 game schedule. Every team should have 6 games at home and 6 games on the road. It is so difficult to figure out which team is any good at the beginning of the season because 80% of the top 25 plays nothing but home games. At least they could put some major weight in the computer polls are something. Give bonuses for road OOC victories. Being the home team in college football is a huge advantage.

I don't even know if OSU is half as good as they thought they were going be this year. Playing four games at home to open the year does not show much. Excellent defense but the offense looks like the same ole same ole. Poor running game and a QB that runs over pass. It looked good in one game IMO and Iowa has stuggled with almost every team they have played this season. I could say the same things for PSU, they have been at home in every game but one and their offense and defense is strikingly similar.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 5:33 pm

i think the big ten as a whole is down this year..Michigan is not as good as everyone thought they would be, Purdue is definately not as good as everyone thought they would be and neither is Iowa..

Wisconsin has been suprising but showed their true colors against Northwestern...

I dont know how good PSU really is..i am having my doubts.. we'lls ee this week against Michigan.

but i know i was right about all the big BCS schools getting more home games than away games...i never said thats the way it should be all i said was that is the way it is..he singled out OSU so i was proving that it is not just them. everyone does it..

i dont see it changing much with permanent 12 game schedules..lets say OSU or FSU or someone would have an OOC schedule like WMU, SDSU, and Marshall and Texas (home game of the home and home contract) OSU would not go to any of those schools..those scholls would prolly rather go to OSU to make the money and the big ten schedule is set in advance with home and away games predetermined by where they played the year before..

tekekini · Post by **tekekini** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 5:35 pm

THAT TIME I WAS the guest. sorry my computer is supposed to keep me logged in to this site. obviously it did not

goofyeuph · Post by **goofyeuph** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:56 pm

tekekini wrote:i think the big ten as a whole is down this year..

Personally, I don't see the big ten being weak this year as that I see the conference being very equal and competitive. I love how everyone equates everyone losing to each other a the conference being weak. If you take teams that are all equally GOOD, and have them play each other, you'll have simlar results as if you were to take teams that were equally BAD and have them play each other. No one team seems to be able to rise to power, and take control of the conference. While that is bad in terms of polls, the opinions of ESPN "experts", and the masses who are too lazy/dumb to do any research into how good teams really are, it does make for some damn exciting football. Look at the PSU OSU game (am I actually referencing this???). The game wasn't decided until the last mintues of the game, which IMO makes for exciting football to watch no matter which side of the ball your on.

tekekini · Post by **tekekini** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:43 pm

you make good point...it is just weird. the conference is usually dominated by OSU, UM and Iowa.

this year you got to throw in UW, minnesota, PSU and MSU
and take out UM so far. In my opinion Michigan is done for. especially if they lose this week to PSU (god i hope not for OSU's sake)

goofyeuph · Post by **goofyeuph** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:36 pm

Michigan isn't out of the Big Ten picture...yet :ugh: At this point I think they kinda like Miami in the MAC East. It can be done, however it's not looking favorable. No matter how much of a U of M fan that I might be, I think PSU will end up winning at least a share of the Big Ten title, and in any normal year, be the team going to Pasadena.

tekekini · Post by **tekekini** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:57 pm

this week, I hope your right, I hope their players don't think they are out of it atleast. Need them to beat up PSU. need MSU to beat em up as well.

does Whisky play MSU?

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:15 pm

The Big 11 is still wide open this year. Obviously Michigan is at a big disadvantage right now having lost 2 conf games already. Nobody is going to win the conf with more than 2 losses and usually it's a one or two loss team that wins it.

Having said that, Michigan is not good enough to win out. Their defense is shaky and their offense disappears for quarters at a time. Hart is a monster but the O-line has struggled in pass protection and Henne has not played well consistently.

OSU or PSU will win the B11 this year. They are the 2 best teams. For the first time in a long time, the Mich/OSU game may not determine the conf champion.

For the record, I think BG could hang with any team in the B11 this year. There is no "juggernaut" within the conference this year. Great for fans of good football games, bad for the B11's nat'l respect level.

goofyeuph · Post by **goofyeuph** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:23 pm

Jacobs4Heisman wrote:The Big 11 is still wide open this year. Obviously Michigan is at a big disadvantage right now having lost 2 conf games already. Nobody is going to win the conf with more than 2 losses and usually it's a one or two loss team that wins it.

Having said that, Michigan is not good enough to win out. Their defense is shaky and their offense disappears for quarters at a time. Hart is a monster but the O-line has struggled in pass protection and Henne has not played well consistently.

OSU or PSU will win the B11 this year. They are the 2 best teams. For the first time in a long time, the Mich/OSU game may not determine the conf champion.

For the record, I think BG could hang with any team in the B11 this year. There is no "juggernaut" within the conference this year. Great for fans of good football games, bad for the B11's nat'l respect level.

I can still root for Michigan, can't I??

The OSU Michigan game might not directly decide the conference title, but I have a feeling it will indirectly decide it, or at least play a significant role.

I agree with you on the BG comparison. Hell, we more or less hung with Wisky, a Big Ten contender, for a large part of the game until their size and depth wore us down (yes there was other factors, I know). If the two teams were to play now, I foresee a rather different game. One where we lose by at most a Touchdown, win by 10 or more, or somewhere inbetween.