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Topic: RE: Official Game 3 Thread: Tennessee

Topic: RE: Official Game 3 Thread: Tennessee

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allen
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RE: Official Game 3 Thread: Tennessee

Posted: 9/17/2016 9:44:58 PM

Mark Lembright '85 wrote:

allen wrote:

We have to expect to win. The players expect to win. I am proud that they showed they could play, but we already knew that. Let's think higher of our guys in the future. Go Cats

After Texas State, I had my doubts-TSU isn't that good and Ohio should have killed them, so I had big doubts Ohio "could play", I really did.

I doubt no more.

And I disagree. Given the disparity between the P5 and the G5, especially the MAC East, given that Tennessee figures to be a major player in the SEC, Ohio shouldn't expect to compete with the likes of Tennessee. Let's be real-absolutely everything about Tennessee's program is better and better than Ohio's, from the facilities to the coaching staff. We debate the merits and funding of a dinky little Athletics Academic center, meanwhile the P5 schools like Tennessee spend that kind of coin just on one year's salary for their head coach. Ohio plays in a little stadium nearly 100 years old and Tennessee's stadium seats nearly 5 times more people. And we should "expect" to win this game? Please. Like I think Ohio should have beaten Texas State, by all rights Tennessee should have easily covered the spread today-the 2 programs are on totally different levels and Ohio's is nowhere near Tennessee's.

When you are building a BCS buster, you have to beat these teams. Solich has recruited big offensive and defensive line for the purpose of playing physical football. So schools such as Penn State and Tennessee who like to run should be prime candidates for a butt whooping. I understand after Texas State, I was down, but when I seen us win the line of scrimmage easily against Kansas, I knew we had a chance. We did not have to play perfect football to win. Power 5 doesn't equal Goliath to me. I am sure the players feel the same. It is not where your program is, it is how you play.

Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man of mediocre ability into a pretty good coach. Woody Hayes

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