re: tOSU/Iowa early predictions

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1) After they scored 2 goals in like 3 minutes I turned the game off and watched like HGTV - I knew it was over.

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I didn't give up hope til the 5th goal. I actually thought we still had a shot once Nash made it 4-1. Then they scored right after and I knew it was done. Watched the whole game, though.

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2) Join Yappi.com if you really care. I discovered it during this whole fiasco and its like the old school huddle - it was founded by two old school huddlers like 5 years ago I guess.

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I already read Yappi, a little. The whole thing isn't a huge deal to me, I just read JJ, anyway, not post. But I'm not going to pay just to read, especially with our season ending (and my career) in a maximum of four weeks. I don't like how they lied to the old Huddlers, though, saying they only had to pay a 1-time fee, then went back against their word.

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About Iowa's reality check - "almost losing" and losing are NOT the same thing. When you "almost lose" you can move on to the next week without much afterthought a hell of a lot easier than when you actually lose.

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To an extent, I agree.

If you keep on winning, I'd imagine you'd get this sense of "the NC is our destiny", but at the same time, when you need two blocked FGs to beat a 1-AA team, and you're losing at the end of 3 to the worst team in the Big 10 (even with help from the officials), the entire country is basically making fun of you (see this board last week, after Indiana), and your own coach doesn't believe you're a true top 10 team at that point, when you're ranked #4, I'd imagine you'd come out pretty fired up the next game to play, but they didn't. Now, losing to Northwestern, missing your starting QB, seeing what the Bucks did to PSU, having to go on the road... I don't think they'll exactly be the most ready/fired up they've ever been for a game.

My prediction is: OSU 23 - Iowa 13.

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I think we have about a 5% chance of beating OSU with our backup QB.

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I feel a trap coming; Ohio State don't take the bait. We are in no position to be over-convident; ie, the last 9 losses.

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Buckeye hoops tonight.

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You know this is their second game, right? (I'm sure you do, just making sure, cause you make it sound like it's their first, and they've already won one.)

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I really found it crazy he recorded only the second triple double in school history though.

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Yeah, seems really odd only two people in Buckeye basketball history have done it. We've had some pretty good players come through.

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BIG game next tuesday against UNC at Madison Square.

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Call me crazy, I think we have a good shot to win that game.

Jonny D

His 3-point shot is looking great so far.

He's very streaky - he just hasn't really shown up in the big games, or at least enough to be a difference maker. Outside of Bufford I feel like you can say that about a lot of the Buckeyes, including turner at times.

Wow, this thread has went from college football to college hockey (?) to college basketball.

Iowa is gonna get destroyed

Shows how much hockey I keep up with or care about.