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I'd imagine Bama feels the same.
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I'd imagine Bama feels the same.
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So 1st Big Ten Bowl game, and Illinois has 8 penalties to LaTech's 1 at half. They've missed about 3 or 4 blatant penalties on LaTech and gotten Illinois for 3 or 4 ticky tack ones, including a hilariously bad PI call on 3rd and long.
This crew is doing the Sugar Bowl....awesome.
This crew is doing the Sugar Bowl....awesome.
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Joey Bosa's Bama recruiting trip
Dan Rogers, Rivals
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Rewind a few years, change one or two things and this season could have gone very differently for the Ohio State football team.
If Alabama head coach Nick Saban had had his way, then this would have been a reality; Ohio State's superstar defensive lineman Joey Bosa would have been a member of the Crimson Tide.
The former-four star prospect out of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has had an outstand season for the Buckeyes, that saw him take home the Big Ten defensive player of the year award and was a finalist for the Bednarik Award.
But back when Bosa wasn't even a junior in high school, the consensus All-American took a visit to Alabama, and he wasn't far away from committing there either.
"They were my first offer, actually, before my junior season," Bosa said. "I was 15 and it was crazy to me, so obviously I just fell in love with them automatically. I almost committed there, sitting in Buffalo Wild Wings (in Tuscaloosa) with my dad. I almost went back and committed that day. But we flew home, thought about it, and now I'm here."
Bosa remembers the environment being a little intimidating, especially to a player as young as he was at the time.
He said the mood came from the seriousness someone like Saban brings to recruiting.
"They're pretty serious, intimidating guys, especially when you're 15 years old sitting in Saban's office and he pushes this button that automatically closes his door," Bosa said.
That's right. Nick Saban apparently has a button he can push to automatically close his door.
"I was there for a camp and he called me up and I had no idea what it was going to be about," Bosa said. "I had no shirt on. He's like, 'Get the kid a towel,' so I had a little towel over my shoulders. I heard about the (door). He just clicked it. I was pretty scared.
"It's a nice door. Super nice door."
With Ohio State set to take on Alabama in the Sugar Bowl Jan. 1, there have been a lot of comparisons drawn between the two programs, not to mention their coaches, Saban and Ohio State's Urban Meyer.
As a player who was recruited by both programs and both coaches, Bosa has seen first hand the difference between the two coaches.
"Coach Saban's a little more intimidating. He doesn't joke around much," Bosa said. "Urban laughs. Urban, coach Meyer, will joke around a little bit."
Bosa added that the two historically successful programs have very similar cultures, created from the history of the school and the coaches at the programs.
"I would guess the culture is pretty similar," Bosa said. "Obviously there is success here, there's a reason we have success and there's a reason they have success. I would guess it's pretty similar."
Bosa will get a shot at the program that first recruited him when Ohio State takes on Alabama Jan. 1 at 8:30 p.m. in the college football playoff semifinal.
Dan Rogers, Rivals
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Rewind a few years, change one or two things and this season could have gone very differently for the Ohio State football team.
If Alabama head coach Nick Saban had had his way, then this would have been a reality; Ohio State's superstar defensive lineman Joey Bosa would have been a member of the Crimson Tide.
The former-four star prospect out of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has had an outstand season for the Buckeyes, that saw him take home the Big Ten defensive player of the year award and was a finalist for the Bednarik Award.
But back when Bosa wasn't even a junior in high school, the consensus All-American took a visit to Alabama, and he wasn't far away from committing there either.
"They were my first offer, actually, before my junior season," Bosa said. "I was 15 and it was crazy to me, so obviously I just fell in love with them automatically. I almost committed there, sitting in Buffalo Wild Wings (in Tuscaloosa) with my dad. I almost went back and committed that day. But we flew home, thought about it, and now I'm here."
Bosa remembers the environment being a little intimidating, especially to a player as young as he was at the time.
He said the mood came from the seriousness someone like Saban brings to recruiting.
"They're pretty serious, intimidating guys, especially when you're 15 years old sitting in Saban's office and he pushes this button that automatically closes his door," Bosa said.
That's right. Nick Saban apparently has a button he can push to automatically close his door.
"I was there for a camp and he called me up and I had no idea what it was going to be about," Bosa said. "I had no shirt on. He's like, 'Get the kid a towel,' so I had a little towel over my shoulders. I heard about the (door). He just clicked it. I was pretty scared.
"It's a nice door. Super nice door."
With Ohio State set to take on Alabama in the Sugar Bowl Jan. 1, there have been a lot of comparisons drawn between the two programs, not to mention their coaches, Saban and Ohio State's Urban Meyer.
As a player who was recruited by both programs and both coaches, Bosa has seen first hand the difference between the two coaches.
"Coach Saban's a little more intimidating. He doesn't joke around much," Bosa said. "Urban laughs. Urban, coach Meyer, will joke around a little bit."
Bosa added that the two historically successful programs have very similar cultures, created from the history of the school and the coaches at the programs.
"I would guess the culture is pretty similar," Bosa said. "Obviously there is success here, there's a reason we have success and there's a reason they have success. I would guess it's pretty similar."
Bosa will get a shot at the program that first recruited him when Ohio State takes on Alabama Jan. 1 at 8:30 p.m. in the college football playoff semifinal.
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Biggest takeaway: in Alabama, to impress somebody, you take them to BW3
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It would be nice. But, I think OSU needs to get a whole lot better on D before they can beat teams like Alabama. I like the speed on O that Meyer is recruiting. It will serve them well. But, the D needs to catch up to the O in terms of speed and talent.
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Uh Joey Bosa is unquestionably the best player on the team and a top-10 pick next year... the defensive line alone has another two future NFL players in Adolphus Washington and Michael Bennett as well. Darron Lee and Raekwon McMillan are two of the fastest linebackers we've lined up in years, and Vonn Bell might be the best safety in the entire country next season.
They need to play great to beat Alabama, but the defense has more than enough talent to do so.
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The hypocrisy of Michigan fans can be alarming.
They, like Penn St, like to pretend every college program is beneath them, that they are the only program that excels academically, that Ohioans are are bunch of dumb hicks who glorify football. Only "Michigan Men" can do it the right way.
Except that they then hired a hick from Dayton who they first loved because he called OSU "Ohio". After he was fired, they throw $8million at a guy who basically dismissed the notion of Michigan players excelling on the academic side and was called "not a Michigan Man" by their all time leading rusher.
Will Michigan fans still continue their charade now that they've shown they are as win at all costs as everyone else?
They, like Penn St, like to pretend every college program is beneath them, that they are the only program that excels academically, that Ohioans are are bunch of dumb hicks who glorify football. Only "Michigan Men" can do it the right way.
Except that they then hired a hick from Dayton who they first loved because he called OSU "Ohio". After he was fired, they throw $8million at a guy who basically dismissed the notion of Michigan players excelling on the academic side and was called "not a Michigan Man" by their all time leading rusher.
Will Michigan fans still continue their charade now that they've shown they are as win at all costs as everyone else?
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It is good for the image of the BT, so it's a good thing.
Doesn't change the fact that UM fans are douche canoes.
Little Bosa is only a Jr. in HS, so he can't sign anywhere until January 2015.