Kneejerk: The Rose Bowl
January 2, 2010
I haven’t been near my computer to make my usual kneejerk post. Too busy celebrating, know what I mean? I will share my thoughts later.
The below picture is how I feel about this win:
No, it’s not the BCS Championship, but this win kind of felt like it after the past few years as College Football’s whipping boy. It was simply huge for the Buckeyes!
TP’s message to his Twitter followers reads as follows:
Thanks for the support for the bucks we played a hell of a game. Go bucks god bless you all
Love it. Go Bucks!
Postgame Stuff: Michigan 2009 Edition
November 22, 2009
There are a number of postgame videos circulating and they’re all fantastic! This is what we fans want to see after games. Makes us feel like we’re right there on the field celebrating with our Buckeyes!
Rivals has a shorter version of the postgame celebration/Carmen Ohio, as does the Plain Dealer.
And how awesome was it that TBDBITL was so loud throughout the game? Loved hearing our Buckeye favorites while watching the broadcast! The loud O-H-I-O during “Hang On Sloopy” postgame was great to hear as well! Should the Big House be renamed The Horseshoe North?
Here’s TP’s postgame presser:
Kneejerk: Week 12, The Game
November 21, 2009
Another 10 win season. Another outright Big Ten Championship. A 6th straight win over TTUN. Ho Hum. A day in the life of Jim Tressel. I didn’t care how they did it, I just wanted a win. Thanks to the staff and team for giving that to me; beating Michigan 21-10 in their house.
As is always the case in Buckeye Nation, many are grumbling about the offense. They do this whether we win or lose. Doesn’t matter. They can never be happy. They want a “sexy” offense here at Ohio State and are the exact “miserable fans” Tress referenced earlier this season. FWIW, he shouldn’t have apologized for that comment. He was absolutely right and it’s sad. This team just won an outright Big Ten Championship with a road win over their hated rivals and people are bitching. It’s embarrassing. These are the fans that give OSU fans a bad name. No one’s saying everything is perfect (it is not), but damn. Calm down and enjoy the win already! Read the rest of this entry »
Postgame Stuff: Iowa 2009 Edition
November 15, 2009
Even though it’s now officially “Michigan Week”, I’ll make just one more Iowa-related post. Gotta do the link roundup from all the postgame goodies, right?
Postgame presser, via Bucknuts
Carmen Ohio amongst the fans who rushed the field
And be sure to check out pictures from the usual suspects such as Josh Winslow, The Ozone, Rivals.com, and Bucknuts. Additionally, there is more postgame video from Rivals.
Behold the Ohio State Tribute Uniform!
November 14, 2009
AKA the throwbacks AKA the “inspired by” jerseys the team will wear next weekend in Ann Arbor as they take on the Michigan Wolverines.
Check out the press release and see some pictures on the official site.
I love the shoes and the gloves!
TPO Original: Vindication
November 10, 2009
Much has been made of the shot of TP from the end of last year’s Penn State game. The Nittany Lion fans have been mocking him ever since. That’s their right. But since they took it upon themselves to make homemade “Failure” t-shirts, I thought I’d whip a little somepin’ somepin’ for Buckeye fans everywhere.
Click for full-sized goodness
Postgame Stuff (PSU Edition)
November 8, 2009
Postgame Presser (Bucknuts)
Awesome video of the team celebrating their win w/ the fans (Plain Dealer)
| Buckeyes celebrate Penn State win |
Kneejerk: Week 9, NMSU
November 1, 2009
All right, all right, all right. Nice win today. Gave the team some confidence going into their big matchup in State College, which is all I really wanted. All that extra stuff I mentioned would just have been icing on the cake.
Had no clue that the reason TP didn’t play in the 2nd half was partially due to injury until after I got back home; not that that mattered to me. Heard Glen Mason unleashed his full fury on TP after that, and I will reserve my comments on that until later. But don’t be surprised if I need to go to OSU hospital because I’ve rolled my eyes so far back in my head that they get stuck…
The Bucks put together their 3rd shutout of the season with a 45-0 win. What do ya know? They covered that massive 44 point spread!
IN A NUTSHELL:
- Stat of the game for TP? 0 turnovers. Yes, he only played one half, and yes “it was only New Mexico State”, but that matters to me. This team has rolled quite a few teams this season and TP still had at least 1 TO.
- Not gonna lie, that horsecollar tackle (which unsurprisingly wasn’t called) scared me. TP could have been seriously hurt! He said he had a slight injury to his leg, but it’s not serious. So everyone calm down!
- Speaking of missed calls…Big Ten refs continue to be garbage this season. Worse than usual IMO.
- The team did not go 3-and-out on the first drive! Hallelujah! It really is the little things in life…
- There were a couple of TP’s passes that were u-g-l-y and should have been picked, but weren’t. There were also a couple of passes that were simply beautiful. TP’s putting it all together. It’s a process, but he is progressing. He gets a big test next week.
- Loved what TP did with his legs. 83 yards in one half of play is impressive to me, no matter who the opponent is.
- THERE WERE PASSES THROWN TO THE TE!!
- Trick plays? Most pleasant surprise of the day! Posey looked great throwing that TD. Didn’t know he was a lefty.
- I continue to be disgusted with analysts and media members who are just waiting for TP to do something stupid so they can jump all over him. He not coming out of the locker room with pads was such a nonissue. Do you really think it was his idea anyway? Stop trying to drag this talent down and just do your jobs!
- How many different RBs got carries today? 7? Out of all of them, I was most impressed with Mr. Jordan Hall. Just love what he can do with a small window. It’s like an automatic 3-4 yards each carry. Would love to see him get more looks, but realize that will be hard with Boom and Zoom back in the rotation.
- There’s nothing cooler than hearing the ‘Shoe erupt in a chorus of “Boooooooommm” after he carries the ball. Missed that while he was out.
- LOL @ Duron getting return man reps. Say what you want, you’re not going to have to worry about him muffing punts/kicks like Ray-Ray does…
- My heart goes out to Aaron Pettrey after he took that cheap shot in the game. Having said that, our kicking game is on life support. For those not at the game, the wind was crazy at times at field level, but that’s no excuse. Going 1-5 in FGs is simply unacceptable. Barclay gets a pass because it was his first action and he wasn’t expecting it. But we can’t leave 12 points on the field like that going down the stretch.
- This defense continues to be so fun to watch. I always seem to key in on Nathan Williams and Kurt Coleman. They are always in the thick of things. Can’t wait to see what they do next week against PSU.
- TBDBITL put on the best halftime show I’ve ever seen! The Halloween theme was complete with “Ghoulverwines”, Ghostbusters props and participation from Brutus and some cheerleaders, choreography from Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and more. If anyone knows if there is a video recording of that available somewhere, I’d like to be notified because I will gladly purchase it. That’s how much I enjoyed it!
- I loved how Tress cleared the bench. We all knew he would. And it was nice to see the offense/defense still be productive no matter who was out on the field.
Not really much to talk about given the level of competition, and I’ve got no problem with that whatsoever. Bring on Penn State!
Read on for more postgame goodies. Read the rest of this entry »
Kneejerk: Week 8, Minnesota *UPDATED*
October 25, 2009
Took me a while with this, but better late than never, right? I was pleasantly surprised with what transpired on the field this week. I had hoped the Buckeyes would bounce back against Minnesota, but I wasn’t expecting the “offensive explosion” that we got. The team and staff have been talking about this offense breaking out for a month now, and it finally seems to have click as Ohio State rolled the Golden Gophers 38-7.
IN A NUTSHELL (late additions denoted with *)
- I welcomed the return of play action. It was wrong to move to a shotgun only offense and TP looked great taking the snap under center.
- TP looked very comfortable today. Was very decisive, made great decisions, and stepped into his throws. Well done!
- Although it’s not good that Mike Adams is injured, the Oline was much improved this week. It’s hard to ask you QB to make plays when the defense is in the backfield right away. Not the case today, thankfully.
- Even though our top 2 backs are ailing, Jordan Hall and Jermil Martin filled in admirably! So exciting to see both of them get their 1st Buckeye TDs today. Expect to see more next week!
- DeVier Posey is going to be craaaaazzzzzy good for this team before he moves on to the NFL. He’s well on his way! But for now, I’d love to see him pull in a few more passes after he’s hit. Should have had at least 1, possibly 2, more TD grabs today.
- The first quarter was incredibly boring and seemed to last forever. Second quarter wasn’t much better.
- LOL @ the Minny RB trying to get in Doug Worthington’s face. Seriously, dude? You don’t want none of that!
- Gopher WR Eric Decker getting injured was huge for us. I saw it the second it happened. He pulled up almost immediately after the ball was snapped. He was really their only weapon coming into this game.
- Once the defense started attacking, they looked really great. Was frustrating at times to see them give up all those passing yards early on.
- Ok, I’m no defensive coordinator, but I watched enough Minny games to know that when #5 MarQueis Gray comes into the game, 9 times out of 10, he’s going to be running. Why did it take our defense so long to catch on?
- Remember the Minny safety that was talking trash about TP last year? Probably not, but it doesn’t matter because he’s no longer with the team. Couldn’t cut it academically.
- Speaking of last year’s game. This was the game TP put his shoulder down and trucked a Minny LB. I noticed he was taking on contact by lowering his shoulder often today. Is there just something about Minnesota? In any case, I want to continue to see Terrelle be physical.
- Teams still haven’t figured out that it takes a little more effort to bring down TP. You’ve really got to wrap him up, and that’s if you can get close enough to him after he stiff-arms you…
- I’m so glad that New Mexico State is the opponent next week. It’s effectively a bye-week that gives some of our players another week to get healthy. We’ll need them for the November stretch of PSU/Iowa/Michigan.
- How clutch does Kurt Coleman continue to be for this team? MVP…
- I am more and more impressed with Nathan Williams with each passing week. Beast!
- Was it just me or were the refs terrible? All I could do was SMH.
- It was great for the backups to get some game reps, Joe Bauserman included. The 2nd team defense may have been unable to preserve the shut-out, but we’re going to need them next year, so those reps are invaluable.
- I was really, really, really worried that if the team didn’t get off to a fast start (which they didn’t) that the boo birds would come out. Glad the fans kept themselves in check on that.
- Wait…I don’t recall any false start penalties against us today. Huge!
- Loved the music piped into the stadium in the second half. Great stuff!
- I decided to bring my poncho today. Good thinking FTW!
- I used my iPhone to try and find free wireless in the stadium — so I could live tweet — but I wasn’t in range for any of them. Looks like the signal situation will continue to prevent me from any and all live updates from the ‘Shoe. This wasn’t a problem when I sat on the East side of the stadium last year…
- *Forgot to mention Pettrey. It was kind of funny the first couple of games, but it’s not anymore. We’re probably going to be in some games, down the stretch, where a field goal could mean the difference between a W or an L. We need someone who, when they kick short field goals, is automatic. We have 2 other kickers. There needs to be a competition or another “kick scrimmage” this week because Pettrey missing short FGs is absolutely unacceptable.
I’m going to bed one extremely happy and encouraged Buckeye fan. Read on for some postgame video and pictures. Read the rest of this entry »
Postgame Press: Week 6, Wisconsin
October 12, 2009
The Bucks were actually rewarded for their bizarre win; jumping over an idle Cincinnati to the #7 spot in all the major polls. The pollsters/coaches really must have only looked at the boxscore and seen that we pounded a previously undefeated team. We’ll take it for now, but in the grand scheme of things, all this team has to do is keep winning! Up next: Purdue.
Watch a video of TP’s postgame presser:
MORE VIDEO:
Rivals.com and The Ozone also have TP’s postgame comments
PICTURES:
The Ozone
Bucknuts
Rivals.com
