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Federer and Del Potro

Bionic Poster
Guess beating Michigan isn't as important as some think.

Incorrect . Only those who have resided in Ohio and or Michigan get it. I still have Ohio State friends/ fans that are salty about it.

But you are missing the forest for the trees here. Michigan fans are the saltier ones, because they won and then had to watch Ohio State win it all.
 

Lleytonstation

Talk Tennis Guru
Incorrect . Only those who have resided in Ohio and or Michigan get it. I still have Ohio State friends/ fans that are salty about it.
Sure, be salty about it, but the program would rather win the NC and lose to Michigan then to beat Michigan and lose the NC.

No one would rather be Michigan lol, I don't care where you are from.
 

Federer and Del Potro

Bionic Poster
Sure, be salty about it, but the program would rather win the NC and lose to Michigan then to beat Michigan and lose the NC.

No one would rather be Michigan lol, I don't care where you are from.

Michigan just won last year, so that's hyperbolic. Being a fan of either is better than 99.9 percent any other team.
 
It's so lame Ohio State can lost the last game of the season to Michigan to fall to 10-2 and still win a national title. This system is not an improvement at all.
 

Federer and Del Potro

Bionic Poster
I have got no dog in Ohio State/Michigan and tell you there are a fair amount of negative nellies that would still be mad they lost "The Game" even with winning the Natty. Having lived both places the only difference between the fans is the team they support. It's a BIG deal to them.

Lleyton thinks me going to U of M makes me a fan of their football team. Not at all. If anything my disdain for them grew while I was there.
 

marc45

G.O.A.T.
Ohio native...happy the Bucks won, especially after the Michigan game but have to admit my interest in college sports has really waned over the years...would be much more stoked about a Cleveland professional sports team championship...have the Cavs finals win over GS way over this
 
Ohio native...happy the Bucks won, especially after the Michigan game but have to admit my interest in college sports has really waned over the years...would be much more stoked about a Cleveland professional sports team championship...have the Cavs finals win over GS way over this
The format changes killed the joy of CFB.
 
I've lost the love long before that, and admittedly more with men's basketball, the one and done...but something about football too, I think more all the conference realignments
Yeah the conference realignments already killed it for me, they just hit the same year as the 12 team playoff and were driven by the same people so I don't distinguish them.
 

Kevin T

Hall of Fame
I've lost the love long before that, and admittedly more with men's basketball, the one and done...but something about football too, I think more all the conference realignments
Me too. I've wondered if it's me getting old or the sports/changes. Likely a bit of both but conference realignment really killed it for me. I stopped watching mid 3rd quarter last night...I'm approaching 50 yo and have been glued to these games my entire life. The one and done is horrible for college sports. I can't keep up with players of the schools I attended, much less the top 25. I used to watch 2-3 college basketball games per week but I'm lucky to watch a couple per month at this point. I do still love March Madness but find myself pulling for the smaller schools that maybe have squads that have been together 2-3 years.

Along with realignment, the season length is also too much. I'm getting into NFL playoff mode at this point. Stretching the season to the first week of January was bad enough but January 20? Probably too much for me.
 

Fabresque

Legend
I have got no dog in Ohio State/Michigan and tell you there are a fair amount of negative nellies that would still be mad they lost "The Game" even with winning the Natty. Having lived both places the only difference between the fans is the team they support. It's a BIG deal to them.

Lleyton thinks me going to U of M makes me a fan of their football team. Not at all. If anything my disdain for them grew while I was there.
I live in Columbus, the fans are what they are. But what I will say is many important OSU sponsors and donors/boosters definitely care more about The Game than winning the Natty.

Day is prob off the hot seat for now but I call BS for people saying he’s got job security for life. If he loses The Game again next year those boosters will be gunning for him to be replaced.
 

Fabresque

Legend
Only reason Day wasn’t fired after The Game this year was because Boosters didn’t wanna come up with the ridiculous $37m buyout it would cost. + season wasn’t completely over. If Day lost any game past Michigan everyone knew he was losing his job.

That said, I am really happy for the guy. He proved it to everyone he could do it in the biggest games of the season. All the stuff about him being a soft coach and not being up to it, he proved wrong. Those speeches he gave in the locker room, chills. Like a general leading his soldiers into battle. All this under the most pressure he’s been under as OSU coach. Hats off.
 
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