The Ohio State Chickens Out?
It has been brought to our attention that Ohio State may have backed out of the home and home series with Cal in football. Ohio State had been slated on the schedule for a game at the big Horseshoe in 2012 and also a game at Memorial in 2013.
TwistNHook just covered a bit of the Ohio St. vs. Cal history which can be seen here. It pains me to say that Ohio State is currently winning the series with a 5-1 record over us. So the fact that they apparently canceled the series is somewhat of a surprise. Actually, it probably has to do with Cal becoming a National Title contender, last year’s ten win season, and our 2002 acquisition of God himself. Yes, if I were a head coach and had to go head to head against God himself, I would have canceled too.
Anyways, California Scout is showing that the game has been canceled. But Ohio State Scout is showing that the game is still on or they just haven’t updated their website.
If it’s true that Ohio State has bailed out, then that’s a shame. I was really looking forward to that game. And I’m not just saying that now as if I just learned that we were actually playing Ohio State. Back in 2002 or 2003, I checked Cal Football’s future schedule, saw the Ohio St. game, and circled it. I’ve been anticipating this game for 10 years. I imagined myself going to the Horseshoe. I imagined the 110,000 fans and the incredible college football atmosphere. And I imagined Cal thoroughly mopping the floor with Ohio State in their own house. My dream was only 5 years away from coming true! And now… it’s apparently gone.
With that disappointment, I’m going to start with my Ohio State bashing. Or at least attempt to bash them, just a little bit.
In case you haven’t noticed, Ohio State’s 2007 OOC schedule is one of the toughest in the nation. Their out of conference games include the fear inspiring Youngstown State Penguins, the Akron Zips, the Washington Puppies, and the Kent State Golden Flashes. It is highly unlikely that Ohio State will win even a single OOC game.
Oh, and proof that Ohio State doesn’t stand a chance against its four OOC opponents in 2007: Youngstown State, Akron, Washington, and Kent State won a combined 16 games last year. How many of those wins were against BCS conference opponents? You don’t want to know. Okay, I can’t help myself. The answer is four. And you can thank Washington for three of those.
If you haven’t read this post yet, then you may not know that Cal owned Ohio State in the very first meeting between these two teams. It took place in the Rose Bowl, and Cal won 28-0. Take that Buckeyes!
And if you’ve been locked in a basement without internet or TV until now. Ohio State got eaten alive last year in the BCS National Championship game at the hands of the Florida Gators. The score was 41-14 and the game was even uglier than the score indicates.
Ted Ginn Jr. is the poor man’s Desean "THA1" Jackson. (Note that THA1 has never been injured by another teammate during a touchdown celebration, which resulted in him missing the rest of the game and his team losing the game. Further proof that Desean Jackson > Ted Ginn Junior.)
Troy Smith may have won the Heisman last year - and with the highest percentage of 1st place votes in Heisman history - but only because Heisman voters aren’t allowed to consider players who wear number ten, have dreads, bling their grills, rep Oakland, have "FAM1LY F1RST" wristband scribbles, or have a "Momma’s Boy" tatoo on their back. Otherwise, our beloved Marshawn Lynch would have won.
Finally, Ohio State has only beat Stanfurd twice. Cal has beat Stanfurd too many times to remember!
For an update on the Cal/Ohio State series, please see this post.
“Note that THA1 has never been injured by another teammate during a touchdown celebration, which resulted in him missing the rest of the game and his team losing the game. ”
Funniest line I’ve read this morning.
Comment by Rishi — June 25, 2007 @ 7:20 am
Man, now you know what it feels like to get stood up by a really hot girl after bragging to your friends all week about how you were going to bang her (even though you never had a prayer). Cal sucks, go Bucks!
P.S. Try scheduling us again when you’re relevant.
Comment by Victor Spoils — July 9, 2007 @ 11:23 pm
Seriously? Nah, really, you kidding me? Cal gonna mop the floor with the Buckeyes in the Horseshoe? Be glad you get to just talk about it, rather than actually see the end result if the game had taken place. You have no place to rip on Ted Ginn JUNIOR, or any Buckeye for that matter. I imagine it was an alumni-based idea in the first place. Get a clue fellas!
Comment by Schwab — July 9, 2007 @ 11:35 pm
What happened the last time Cal played a legit team out of conference? How’d that work out for ya? I don’t see a single top-tier OOC opponents on Cal’s future schedule. Nothing but middle-of-the-road Big Ten, ACC, and Big 12 teams. Meanwhile Ohio State plays USC, Miami, VT, and Oklahoma.
Comment by Steven Snell — July 10, 2007 @ 3:37 am
You gotta be joking right??? LYNCH for Heisman..hahaha thats not as bad as Jackson>Ginn??? Maybe “THA1 has never been injured by another teammate during a touchdown celebration” but THA1 has no where near the speed, talent, or anything. Check your stats first. You’re right it does suck if this game is taken off the schedule but complain/cry whatever but grow some balls and chedule someone else to get your ss kicked by….
Comment by kevin — July 10, 2007 @ 7:57 am
Thanks for the comments, guys. Now I know how Stewart Mandel feels when reading his mail bag. I guess next time I’ll leave out the sarcasm and purposeful over the top homerism so nobody gets confused.
Comment by HydroTech — July 10, 2007 @ 2:00 pm
Ummm, yeah, Ohio State would not have “chickened out” as you put it. Our past two season openers have been Texas. The University is not intimidated by rankings, hype, or perhaps, even God himself… There is obviously a more logical explaination.
Comment by Ben Galzen — September 14, 2007 @ 12:07 pm
Hey thanks, Ben. Way to show up late to the party. Maybe you should have read the comment right before yours, too.
Comment by yellow fever — September 14, 2007 @ 12:28 pm
I think you need to educate yourself on how teams schedule before you knock peoples out of conference schedules…first off schedules are mad 8 years or more in advance…when OSU scheduled Washington they were actually contending for and one of the top 2 teams in the Pac 10. No at that time had any idea the Huskies would go through the tough times they did…Ohio State has never been afraid of scheduling tough opponents…proof be told…home and home with Texas last year and the year before, home and home with USC the next two years,Home and Home with VaTech, Home and Home with Oklahoma coming up, Home and Home with Miami coming up Home and Home with Georgia curretnly being negotiated…as for the MAC schools, the Big Ten ahs an agreement with all MAC Schools to schedule two games year with the local in state schools to support local kids and their programs…as for Youngstown State its Tressel giving back to where he had so many antional champioships and his roots are…dont talk about the pack 10 not scheduling cupcakes…Cal schedules one tough OOC school every year like Tennessee then a few cupcakes as do all top programs…I do know the the louded SEC scheules NCAA 1AA schools routinely with multi-directional names as SW this and NE that and they dont get abused for it…the big point is Ohio State and Michigan have never shyed away from scheduling tough non-conference games…the one thing that is not controllable is when you schedule a top program today eight years down the road, you never know what their program may be like in eight years…that is unctrollable…I agree many schools avoid these tough OOC games, but you picked on nthe wrong school to calim they dont schedule tough OOC games every year.
Comment by Dean — October 9, 2007 @ 6:26 pm
Dean, you bring up good points which I believe are addressed in a following post seen here:
http://goldenblogs.blogsome.com/2007/08/23/the-ohio-st-chickens-out/
Comment by HydroTech — October 9, 2007 @ 6:42 pm