QB Terrelle Pryor after Ohio State’s the 2008 home loss to Penn State

I saw a story on ESPN last night about Ohio State’s QB Terrelle Pryor being the key to the OSU/USC game, and how the last time USC played against a QB like Pryor, Vince Young in a National Title game, USC was unable to stop Young, and lost the game.  In the comments on that page was a guy, an OSU fan, calling the other OSU fans “pussies” for saying OSU would most likely lose, or if they did win, that it would be close, and not an out right ass-kicking of USC.  Basically saying these people aren’t true Ohio State fans, or something to that nature, because they apparently don’t think OSU will always win, every game, ever.  Someone did call the guy out, telling him something along the lines of “it’s called being realistic.”  It kind of reminded me of a friend of mine, and his die hard approach to saying OSU is going to easily beat USC.  As much as I’d love to believe that, it’s just not that realistic.

Dear God, if they get blown out again, can you imagine how bad that will be?  Not just for Ohio State, but the entire BigTen.  Not only will any national respect for OSU be completely gone; for the team and the program, but for the BigTen as well.  Do you realize Ohio State has lost three straight bowl games?  Christ.  That’s simply not acceptable.  Couple all that with Iowa’s by the teeth “win”* over Northern Iowa, whom they should have destroyed, and Illinois’ embarrassing loss to Missouri (again), when their QB, Isiah John ‘Juice’ Williams, is supposed to be one of the best quarterbacks in the nation, not just the BigTen.  People are going to start looking at the BigTen like they do the MAC or Mountain West Conference (except the MWC actually has a few teams on the rise!).  No one will think the BigTen is worth their time.
* I put win in quotes because I think that even in losing, that game was more of a victory for Northern Iowa, than Iowa.

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