>>>Watching the Patriots embarass the Redskins 45-0 ( still 8 minutes to play )
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>>>I think people may have hurt Bill's feelings implying the spygate thing had anything to do with the Patriots winning ways.
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>>>He's leaving Brady in, going for it on 4th down etc. Brady has 30 passing touchdowns so far this season !
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>>>Why run up the score? Remember the words of immortal Denison alum and coach Woody Hayes when asked why he went for two against Michigan when he was up by 34 :
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>>>"Because I couldn't go for three."
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>>>Woody's lookin' down and smilin', Bill.
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>>>( and while I wrote this NE scored again - 51 zip. GO FOR TWO, BILL ! )
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>>Actually it was Bo Schembechler who said that about Ohio State.
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>>Speaking of whom, SOMEBODY PLEASE BEAT OHIO STATE! Nothing particularly against them, and normally I always cheer for the Big Ten (the conference that can't count). But if they win out they will be right back in the BCS championship game, with probably the same result as last season. They can't compete with the speedy teams from the SEC and Pac 10. I don't want to see a snooze of a championship game, especially one that makes the conference look bad. Which it is this year -- I just don't want everyone to know it!
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>>There is hope. Wisconsin is next up and they have a history of beating Ohio State in Columbus. And they play Michigan in Ann Arbor this year.
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>Injuries aside, I'd be surprised if OSU doens't run the table from here - at least until the bowl game. Then ... Boston College ! Bring it on <s>
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>( it was Woody, not Bo. You may be thinking of the 1946 game - pre Woody and Bo - when Michigan led 55-0 late in the game and kicked a field goal. )
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>http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=maisel_ivan&id=2665659


I stand corrected. That anecdote was in a Bo Schembechler obituary when he died last year (on the eve of the Ohio State game!) but you're right, it was Woody who said it. My bad.

The college polls are so wacky. They don't really rank the best teams, they rank the teams with the best records. There are probably a dozen or more teams better than Ohio State. But they play in tough conferences and beat each other up instead of staying unblemished against mediocre opponents.