"I've had it with Ohio State!"

Here's my question, will playing Southern Cal eliminate this bullshit "plug and play" aspect of the anti-Ohio State mantra?

Evan from the ATL (that's Atlanta) writes:

I'm really tired of seeing Ohio State in the top 5. They haven't proved anything except that they can win in a weak conference. Every time they have played a decent team, the score has proved to be brutal, AKA Florida, LSU. So can we please put them where they belong, out of the top 5 or even 10?


Lifted that one from the espn.com Big Ten college football blog too by the way.

Evan unfortunately seems to have some issues with the verb, "to prove."

This is what is so damned annoying about the inter-web. Respond to idiots without a grasp of the King's English or take the high road and assume the 'Evans' of the world are struggling to attain their GED?

It's a tough call.

My guess is even if the Buckeyes beat USC (and that's a big if folks), it won't take long for morons to fall back on this tired argument. Somehow the Big Ten has become dogshit mainly over two games, both of which involved Ohio State.

You want to look at 2007? You'll get no argument from me. The Buckeyes did almost nothing to distinguish themselves from the pack. Of course, neither did anyone else, including eventual national champ LSU.

Go back to 2006 however, and you'll find (AMAZINGLY!) that the Buckeyes dropped #2 Texas and #2 Michigan on their way to Glendale. You're right though Evan from the 'ATL', we haven't "proved" anything. Nor do we need to "proved" anything.

Fucking idiot. I am tired of this BS and I thank Woody Hayes every day that it's not much longer until we straighten all this bullshit out.