Chair45

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so that gives the American taxpayer (i.e. me), the right to ask questions


You have the right to question your political overlords about giving them the money.
After it's already sent, you have no right to question how they use it

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is this in the US constitution? because I don't remember agreeing to this "contract" that's been forced down my throat?

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I've seen no actual question. Just a conspiracy theory seeking to further an Anti Israeli agenda.

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how is it possible that a country (i.e. Israel) has intel on the whereabouts of leaders and is able to kill them with precision missiles/strikes in other countries, but can't locate israeli hostages that border an area that they've surveilled for the past 15+ years?

not sure if anyone else has had this perplexing thought, but i've been thinking for a while now... if Israel can kill hamas/hezbollah leaders with intel and kill them with precision missiles/bombs, how are they not able to locate hostages in an area that they have complete surveillance over?

they've controlled the Gaza strip in terms of all supplies that enter/exit as well as all people that cross into Israeli territory for many years, so how are they not able to find their hostages?

is Israel using the hostages as a pre-text to expand their war efforts and grab more land?

something is very off

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I mean what are we calling regularity?

Against the Top 10 he is 8-6 over his career.

Against all of Top 25 he is 17-7. He is 61-9 overall.

His biggest problem is the Michigan losses which are about to disappear. If he somehow losses to Michigan this year yeah move on.

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in this context, i define "regularity" as once/twice every year. like i said, go back the past 4 or 5 years. no one on the 12 game schedule (including UM and PSU) has the same talent as OSU, not even in the same ballpark

including a win vs top 25 games is kinda irrelevant. i mean, should we give OSU credit for beating an occasional #22 Iowa, or a Wisconsin that's ranked #19?

when they lose, it's either to UM or someone who has an equal amount of talent as OSU. again, i don't know if they should fire Day, nor do I care, but the fact remains that OSU fans expect to beat UM every year. they think it's their birthright. and when you lose that game, and/or lose an ADDITIONAL game to an evenly matched team talent wise, people get angry

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I don't like the guy, but Ohio State is in the hunt pretty much every season. One year, he's gonna break through.

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your post isn't wrong, but it's incomplete. =the fact that UM won the natty 9 months ago with only 3 guys who were 5* on the roster really chaps their a**. OSU has had WAY more talented rosters than UM (and every other big 10 team) for the past couple decades.

they had SEVERAL guys come back this year, who were projected to go relatively high in the draft, in addition to a few high level incoming transfers and the rumored $20M salary has made this year in particular a pressure cooker

they won't have a team that's as talented and deep as this. also, urban meyer himself said that this roster might be the best roster in CFB in a decade. lotta pressure on Day to perform well this season



Columbus Dispatch

serious question, are any of the flags blatant mistakes by the refs? i haven't heard anyone saying that "the OL did NOT commit a hold" or " the DB did NOT commit a PI"

i know too many flags suck. but are they justified or not?

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All this shite we give the kids now for getting paid and bargain8ng for the most they can get, how about we talk about these coaches, agents and ADs. They're in collusion taking people's money. Usually with being paid to do nothing after being fired. The schools have to get these contracts under control. Use the option route after 3-5 years. Nothing more than that should be guaranteed. They're getting paid what half the roster is projected to be paid going forward. Makes zero sense.

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you're not gonna like my thoughts on this, but it's primarily the fault of the fans. you, me, all the fans that pack stadiums and watch on TV week in and week out

these large buyouts don't exist for smaller sports like Lacrosse, tennis and golf. the reason they're so huge is that there's so much fan interest and craze behind CFB. if no one watched the sport, the money would dry up, and the demand to hire the best coaches in an attempt to get the best results

not blaming you, but it's human nature to point the finger at everyone else and deflect accountability. it starts and ends with us, the fans

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He'll get a 4th year, but if things don't improve by then, it might be time to pull the plug.

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what's your definition of improvement, and more importantly, what's USC's? i mean, he was 11-3 and 8-5 in his first 2 years there. the rest of their schedule is nowhere near as difficult as the first half.

in essence, it becomes the age old conundrum of, "can we fire a guy who goes 9-3 most year, a la Bo Pellini?" USC hasn't been relevant since Carroll left, and in this new age of CFB, if they fire Riley, it may be even worse

not sure what the answer is, but I gotta believe Riley is safe for a while, unless he just COMPLETELY tanks (i.e. multiple 3-9 season), which probably won't happen

12 guys on the field, after a TO?

HOWWW????

oregon up by 1

ducks needs to "allow" OSU to quickly score (preferably a FG), so they can get the ball back and score themselves

gonna be interesting