I was in the stands for this one.
Without Garcia, the Iowa D collapsed on Christie and Hawkins and our offense had no flow. Christine is an amazing #2, but isn't #1 material yet. He couldn't create his own shot or get out of the double-teams. Hawkins was handsy and frustrated all day. He...
Best scenario is that we win out, sans OSU, Nebraska loses to Maryland and beats Iowa and Wisconsin, OSU beats Wisconsin. Then...we are allowed to be demolished again by Michigan in Indy...which I would love BTW!!! Ski-U-Mah
A counter-point on which age group of fans matters more. Yes, you absolutely need young fans to create the energy in the stadium and (hopefully!, they become future donors), but for the here and now, you need the older fans and their money. In the NIL era, the wealthy fans are critical. The...
Indiana went 6-1 in the B1G and ended the season ranked #12. I doubt many Hoosier fans consider that a real season, even though they enjoyed the heck out of it. Northwestern was similar at 7-1 in B1G and ending at #10.
QB is an upgrade (and yes, Morgan deserves all our thanks!), WR is a massive upgrade, RB is a slight downgrade, but more depth, TE is a upgrade, OL is a slight downgrade but will not have to run block as much (still more than the ave team), D is a downgrade, but a more explosive O helps balance...
I wish I would have enjoyed those Rose Bowls after the 03 and 04 seasons more. Guess I just got fixated on our disappointing 4th place Big Ten finish in 03 and only going 3-5 in conference play in 04. It was an incredible gesture by the Big Ten, though, to send us to the Rose Bowl in each of...
Fickell's one year as the interim HC at Ohio State (2011) resulted in a 6-7 season. It followed a 12-1 campaign (2010) after which Jim Tressel resigned due to the "scandal" of players selling their memorabilia. In 2012, OSU went 12-0 under Urban Meyer. Pretty sure I could have coached that...