Official Ohio State vs Michigan Big Ten Football Championship Poll

[ohiosmith]

In order to ensure the reliability of this instrument, write in ballots will not be accepted.

[plcdude]

1. nice try

but if only Ohio State shows up then they have a chance of winning, otherwise solly chalie

[1gobluedem]

2. No hackers needed for this vote

We'll take care of it on the field.

Go Blue!

[Pithlet]

3. Ahem....

[Giant Robot]

4. Just for the record

Go Blue!

And if you are really really nice, we may let you play us again in the championship.

[LadyoftheRabbits]

5. ...

[lizziegrace]

6. Go Bucks!!!

[LadyoftheRabbits]

12. Jinx

:P :hug:

[lizziegrace]

13. Heh!

:hug:

[sasquatch]

63. Lelapin's is bigger

:D

[lizziegrace]

70. She's an over-achiever

;)

[yellowdogmi]

7. As a spartan fan I have no problem with this poll. eom

[_Wayne_]

8. Such is the real poll that will determine the BCS Champion

On Saturday, both Ohio State and Michigan will win. ESPN will overexaggerate the importance of each team, just like they did with USC (most overrated team in history of NCAA). I'll be surprised if Saturday's loser drops out of the top three, which is pathetic considering the pansy schedule enjoyed by BOTH the Buckeyes and Wolverines.

I watch games like Ohio State vs. Michigan every week; they're called SEC rivalries, like Florida vs Auburn, or LSU vs Tennessee, or LSU vs Arkansas, or Florida vs. Georgia, or Florida vs Tennessee, LSU vs Auburn, or Alabama vs. Tennessee, or Auburn vs. Georgia, I could go on. These games contain both the players and coaches that will enjoy future success in the NFL. So do games like Ohio State vs Michigan, or Notre Dame vs. USC, but on a much smaller scale, and in much smaller doses.

I hope for an awesome game Saturday; I hope to see the Buckeyes anhiliate the Wolverines, and then Florida can play Ohio State for the title, and, I guarantee you, Florida would SPANK the Bucs.

But this will never happen. The BCS gods live in the West (USC) and in the North (Ohio State, Michigan). They vacation, on occasion, in the South, but, I assure you, the South is not their home, and will NEVER be.

The only loser on Saturday is the SEC, who will once again be ignored by the BCS.

[ohiosmith]

9. With all due respect Wayne:

:rofl:

[1gobluedem]

14. SEC -- bah!

Big Ten football is REAL smashmouth, serious football played in the cold north. That's how football should be played. Would so love to see a team from Florida try to play in 30 degree temps with howling winds and driven snow and rain like we had on October 28.

It's time the Big Ten got its national due instead of the media drooling over the PAC Ten and SEC.

Go Blue!

[ohiosmith]

15. agree will all except the "go blue" stuff

[1gobluedem]

20. Don't worry, you will.

On November 19.

Go Blue!

[ohiosmith]

80. :

:rofl:

[BOSSHOG]

38. I guess that would be a home and home then

So the big ten team could play in Miami in August. National due for the Big Ten. That's funny! Auburn got drooled right out of the national title game a few years ago.

[1gobluedem]

51. Michigan in September is often extremely hot and humid

Temps in the high 80s and 90% humidity. Temps on the field over 100. We get all types of weather.

[L A Woman]

21. Ummm you mean the Florida that squeaked by unranked South Carolina?

versus the Ohio State that spanked Texas IN Austin? Bwah-ha ha!

The SEC has historically had great teams, but it's not so every year and it's not so this year. I've seen Florida play and Chris Leak is a very average QB on a very average team. Florida will not play in the national championship, I don't believe. If OSU/Michigan isn't close, the winner of that game will go and the winner of the USC/Notre Dame game will go.

...my prediction...OSU vs. Michigan...twice. :-)

[BOSSHOG]

43. Wooooo Pig Soooooie

I'm with ya Wayne, except I think Notre Dame nudges out USC as the most overrated school ever. And I'm not sure Florida is going to win the SEC championship game, but this year has gone par. The SEC teams have beaten each other up all season (every season) and now we have to listen to how great a buckeye and a wolverine are and watch as Notre Dame leap frogs four teams in one weekend for no apparent reason. I'll take a Saturday afternoon in Fayetteville or Athens or Baton Rouge or Knoxville or Auburn or Jackson on any given week.

[mtnester]

57. BCS will NEVER allow Ohio State and that team up north to play for champs

because it fucks the bowl coalition out of tons of money...they will split them up no matter how it turns out, thus losing any last shred of credibility the BCS may have left.

Bring on a true playoff system.

That said...I am from just outside Columbus, Ohio...so, I guess you can figure who I am rooting for...it is a by birth kinda thing here.

On edit -

[ohiosmith]

59. agreed

[L A Woman]

76. You are probably right...

No matter. It's embarrassing to beat Michigan twice is such a short period of time, anyway.

[mtnester]

77. I HEAR ya!

[Marie26]

10. What other choice is there? nt

[noonwitch]

11. OSU's overconfidence could cost them badly on Saturday

Go Wolverines!

[L A Woman]

16. i don't think the players are overconfident

Just the fans!:headbang:

[LisaM]

17. Who crafted the poll, Kenneth Blackwell?

Michigan has played two teams with only one loss each (Wisconsin and Notre Dame). Yes, they played a couple of MAC teams, but I should remind you that the MAC has sent a lot of quality players to the pros.

I briefly considered moving to Ohio simply so I could pay taxes, then call OSU and complain about Tressel engaging in prayer on the field while he is in the pay of the state, but it wouldn't be worth it.

[ohiosmith]

18. this is the official poll, that is all you need to know

[LisaM]

19. Ha! So I was right!

It's great. To be. A Michigan. Wolverine.

[ohiosmith]

22. My advice. Immediately seek the help of a professional.

[LisaM]

23. Your advise? Your advise?

I advise you to seek a degree from a school with an English department.

[ohiosmith]

24. Good catch. I went to MSU.

[1gobluedem]

25. MSU?

And then you transferred your allegiance to OSU? Talk about being in serious need of professional help....:rofl:

Go Blue!

[LisaM]

34. Well, you certainly seem delightful.

If only we could watch the game together. It would such an exercise in mutual respect! How wonderful it would be.

[ohiosmith]

41. Why thank you. Yes, it would be peachy.

[BOSSHOG]

64. Mississippi State? you really shouldn't publicize

[ohiosmith]

69. Moose jaw School of Upholstery

[SharonRB]

68. Hey, hey

Exactly!

[jakefrep]

55. Well, he does have a lot of free time now...

....that we rejected him from the Governor's Mansion.

[johnnie]

26. Mich?

Do they really have a football team?

[1gobluedem]

27. Michigan INVENTED football

The real kind.

Go Blue!

[hfojvt]

32. they should have invented the Heimlich maneuver

to keep them from choking all the national championship games they lost.

[ohiosmith]

48. :

:rofl:

[LisaM]

28. No, they don't, so OSU shouldn't even practice this week.

Nothing will be happening on Saturday. My advice (or advise, as Ohiosmith would say), is for the team to relax and party all week. Get loose! Enjoy yourselves! Bask in the memory of my favorite Terry Glenn quote, from 1995: Michigan is NOBODY. Remember that!

[Giant Robot]

30. And drink plenty of beer!

Especially Friday night well into Saturday morning. Remember sleep is for wimps!

[ohiosmith]

37. As much as I hate to admit it. You may be on to something.

[ohiosmith]

35. HEY! I corrected my error. Hopefully you will correct yours after the game and admit your judgment

is impaired.

[LisaM]

40. No one's ever accused me of having good judgement.

I operate by sheer instinct!

Besides, I already said Michigan is nobody, we have no team, OSU shouldn't even practice, and that you were delightful. Isn't that enough?

[ohiosmith]

42. Is that some kind of reverse psychology or something?

[LisaM]

45. Why no! Certainly not.

I should add, though, no one's ever accused me of being serious, either.

[ohiosmith]

47. OK. Just checking.

[johnnie]

50. Sound a bit worried

Might you be? Hmmm? :hi:

Don't worry, The Bucks will probably not embarrass them too much.

[Giant Robot]

29. Soon to be the best in the land

Go Blue!

[hfojvt]

31. is that the national championship game?

My prediction is that whoever wins that game will lose the national championship game to a California or Florida team. They almost always do - especially if it's Michigan. I remember when I was a kid seeing Michigan in the Rose Bowl almost every year, and the announcers would say - 'if Michigan wins, they will be #1 in the country'. Invariably Michigan lost.

Go Buckeyes!!!!

[1gobluedem]

33. Because they spent all their energy pounding the Buckeyes into the ground

To get to the Rose Bowl.

Go Blue!

[hfojvt]

53. nah, they usually played in the middle of the season

not always at the end.

Sometimes even the Gophers got them. :evilgrin:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4121448

[1gobluedem]

79. The Michigan-Ohio State game has been the last game of the season since 1935

Called the greatest rivalry in college sports.

Yes, they've both lost to other teams but getting to the Rose Bowl used to mean that you were the Big Ten champs. And, more often that not, especially in the 1970s and 1980s that was the Michigan-Ohio State winner.

[PVnRT]

36. Your overconfidence is your weakness

n/t

[underpants]

39. 96 HOURS!!!! My wife all ready has plans to NOT BE AT HOME

I become something other than myself on that day.

It is the only day that I allow myself to become a mouthbreathing foaming football lunatic. It is quite fun.

Go Buckeyes!!!

Xenia native. Yellow Springs resident at one point.

[Giant Robot]

44. Anybody remember John Ritter's last sitcom?

8 Simple Rules or something like that? I caught one episode of it. His character was apparently a Michigan football fan and he said this:

"TO a Michigan fan, football is religion. And the Ohio State game is Easter."

Happy Easter! And Go Blue!

:hi:

[ohiosmith]

46. And he was struck down for his blasphemy.

[Giant Robot]

52. I know this thread is mainly in good fun

But that was edging close to tasteless. Just my thoughts, but don't worry, I know you are too preoccupied with figuring out how to admit you were wrong about the game on November 19.

[ohiosmith]

54. I actually thought that I went over the edge.

[kwassa]

49. GO BLUE !!!!!!!!!!!

I remember years ago a photo in the U of M paper of Michigan fans holding up large letter cards, one person to a very large letter.

It spelled out "FUCK OHIO STATE".

Remember, the Buckeye is a useless nut ....

[ohiosmith]

56. Is not. Buckeyes make lovely fashion accessories.

[kwassa]

58. Like I said, a useless nut!

[ohiosmith]

60. Ahhhhh! Buckeye cake. You disproved your point.

[mtnester]

61. Four college alumni were climbing a mountain one day...

an Ohio State grad, a Michigan grad, a Penn State grad, and a Notre Dame grad. Each proclaimed to be the most loyal of all fans at their alma mater. As they climbed higher, they argued as to which one of them was the most loyal of all. They continued to argue all the way up the mountain, and finally as they reached the top, the Notre Dame grad hurled himself off the mountain, shouting "This is for the Fighting Irish!" as he fell to his doom. Not wanting to be out done, the Penn State grad threw himself off the mountain proclaiming, "This is for the Nittany Lions!" Seeing this the OSU grad walked over and shouted "This is for the Buckeyes!" and pushed the Wolverine off the side of the mountain

[ohiosmith]

62. :

:rofl:

[sasquatch]

65. .

:rofl:

[lizziegrace]

71. LOL!!!

:rofl:

[nykiera]

75. LOL

:rofl:

[SharonRB]

66. Nice try

Being the only one on the ballot is about the only way you could win this poll!

GO BLUE!!!!!!!!

[ohiosmith]

67. You poll your way and I'll poll mine.

[SteppingRazor]

72. Doesn't matter ... either way the GATORS will win the championship!

GO GATORS!


(Yeah, yeah. I know it's a long shot. Gotta stand by your team, though :thumbsup: )

[Botany]

73. I got tickets!

The best game in sports bar none.

Slober Knockers, Speed Burners, and de-cleating Blocks.


Bring it on! Time to get busy and get after it.

[ohiosmith]

74. Where should we meet so you can give me mine?

[bigwillq]

78. Let's go OSU!

:bounce: