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If We Find Ohio State In A Superdome Locker Room Curled In A Fetal Position, This Is Why
By Jay Busbee | January 4, 2008
“Respect.” It’s such a curious component of the college game. Much like Chris Rock’s thoughts on ladies and compliments, college football players never ever ever get enough respect. And man, do they whine about it. Easy motivational hook, easy shelter to hide under should you get your ass kicked. Only now, Ohio State may have taken this nobody-loves-us garbage to a new level for the upcoming BCS championship game:
One present the Ohio State staff gave to its players before Christmas break was a 10-minute DVD full of insults, slights and putdowns taken from TV and radio clips. Haven’t you heard? The Buckeyes don’t belong in Monday’s Bowl Championship Series title game after the schedule they played. They have no chance against speedy LSU. At least according to this lowlight film, which motivated the players as intended.
You suck! Merry Christmas! Really, though, should you need a DVD telling you how much you stink to get you motivated for the national championship game?
Other storylines we’ll likely get rammed down our throat nonstop during the championship game telecast, according to USA Today:
•SEC speedsters vs. Big Ten plodders (See last year’s game).
•LSU’s hometown advantage (LSU is 80 miles away).
•No-name QBs (The guy from LSU who looks like Matt Damon vs. the guy from OSU who replaced Troy Smith).
•The Hat vs. the Vest (Les Miles’ bag of tricks vs. Jim Tressel’s conservative nature).
•Ohio State’s lessons learned (Last year the Buckeyes arrived 10 days before the game, making the trip seem more like a vacation. This year it’s business. The Buckeyes landed in New Orleans five days before the big game).
Hey, as long as they don’t show a hundred and freaking ten shots of the damn bands, we’re cool with that. You can always turn off the sound.
Link: Ohio State using putdowns to get fired up [USA Today]
(Yes, we know that’s Syracuse, not Ohio State. Love that photo, though.)
January 4th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Yes, that photo is awesome — if only because you know that whatever Greg Robinson is screaming at the player for, it’s just going in one ear and out the other, because…well, he’s Greg Robinson.