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Did Cignetti's Words Fire Up OSU?

exactly,

guaranteed it was bulletin board material but cigs bravado has served us well this yr. who'd thought we would even be in games like this with all the national attention?

if you dish it you have to be able to take it. they won...credit to them

that doesn't mean it still wasn't a pussy move to end the game like that. o$u and fans are way too obnoxious/classless to ever take the high road.

that's not the last time we'll meet, we will play again and I'll also guarantee cc reminded day when they shook hands that he won't forget it....

on to the next game AT HOME where we have the opportunity to make statement of our own. I hope we take advantage.....

and finally, that last td didn't mean sh!t as far as playoffs/ranking are concerned. everybody and their grandmother could see it for what it was

Generally speaking, I agree with the post.

The post-game handshake seemed anti-climactic. I’m not a great lip reader, but Cignetti seemed to take the high road and offer congratulations.

Ryan Day’s pre-game admonition to his team “to leave no doubt” was arrogantly par for the course not to mention the various end of game antics. Seems like an insecure bunch given the $20 million payroll.

Nevertheless, OSU was the better team, yesterday.

We are in.

And this is where the CFP committee, the NCAA and all of these mental midgets running things don’t proactively think these things through. It’s like they just try to figure things out as they go along.
The CFP is the top tier now. You absolutely want to make the playoff over any bowl game (not a part of the CFP) obviously.

But to host these first round games in stadiums OF THE PARTICIPATING TEAMS? That is asinine. You mean to tell me they cannot find 4 neutral site locations and give 50% of each of the tickets to each fanbase?

We seed teams in the NCAA basketball tournament but they don’t play those in a home arena. Why not do it for football?

It cheapens the whole thing to me. Now, it just looks like another tacked on regular season game at another stadium. Make it a neutral location where fans can travel and enjoy an actual “trip” with some fanfare around it.

I did not think that the NCAA has anything to do with the CFP?

Did Cignetti's Words Fire Up OSU?

Are you an IU undergrad but OSU post-grad?
I think you indicated that before?

Anyway, yesterday was my first trip over there in decades. The stadium itself….hasn’t changed a bit. The concourses under the stands are absolutely disgusting. I was shocked. I thought there would be some kind of amenities and overhaul but they looked like they haven’t invested a dime since 1940. Dirty. Pipes running overhead. Terrible lighting. The people at the concessions were ver, vety nice but the concession “stands” if you want to call them that, were tiny. Essentially cutouts in the side of the walls. The interior guts underneath the stands were absolutely archaic and not what I expected from a top shelf football school. I have been overly critical of Memorial Stadium and things like the t.v.’s but The Shoe and it amenities, or lack thereof, make IU’s stadium look like the Ritz-Carlton. I mean, it was mind boggling how bad it is there. Seating is fine but the aesthetics need a ton of work.
Yes, I am. I agree about Ohio Stadium. The suites and club seating are very nice though and they are adding a private lounge for members next year. The WiFi works great but the stadium itself is just that. I like it though. You can feel the history in it. People used to say the same thing about St. John arena and then they built the Schott and it now they complain that it’s too corporate and professional feel, not college. Remember, Ohio Stadium is over 100 years old. Remodeling the inside and bathrooms though would be a good idea though. There’s a few really good food options in the stadium. For instance near our seats yesterday they have a stand that makes very good burgers. You just have to look. I also like that they have beer and food vendors that come around too.

I sat with my brother and family. He has 4 season tickets and his father in law has 4 together in 26 A. He (my brother’s father in law) sold his Michigan tickets for $3400.

We are in.

IU had best not take this upcoming game with Purdue too lightly. Looking ahead to the playoff and nighttime temperatures at game time hovering around the freezing mark could create an opening for our arch-rival to become the “Spoilermakers”.
We should have a team built for the cold. Our run defense is top tier. And we can run the ball. Our team is pretty physical. We’ve been the more physical team in all but maybe 2 being UM and OSU. I would be very disappointed if Purdue played more physical than us in Bloomington.
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We are in.

It's a tiered system of rewards. Four byes, four hosts, and four visitors. People complained that watered down schedules prevent awesome matchups with sexy opponents or locations and that the playoff cheapens the regular season. This corrects both. Think how sick it would be to host Alabama at Memorial Stadium! Neutral site college football, outside of Pasadena, sucks and saps the traditions that make it better than the sterile NFL.
Agree. Outside of the Rose Bowl and the regular season Cotton Bowl Red River game, all the neutral sites I don’t like — NFL stadiums stink for atmosphere.
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We are in.

It's a tiered system of rewards. Four byes, four hosts, and four visitors. People complained that watered down schedules prevent awesome matchups with sexy opponents or locations and that the playoff cheapens the regular season. This corrects both. Think how sick it would be to host Alabama at Memorial Stadium! Neutral site college football, outside of Pasadena, sucks and saps the traditions that make it better than the sterile NFL.
Well, at least give the deserving visiting team a large chunk of tickets as their reward. 3k tickets or whatever it is is wrong. Based on a committee decision as to who's the seed.
Not half the tickets but a quarter or so. It's POST season, not regular season.
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