FB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[SaintsFAN]

Pryor chose OSU as I predicted.  Hopefully he is worth all of the hype that the media has presented about this kid.  He will be in a good situation getting the year to learn the offense & then take over his next.  This could be the piece to the puzzle that finally gets OSU another National Championship & not having them fall short. 
In regards to U of M, this hurts them in two ways.  1) OSU could have just become a much better team w/ Pryor 2) Mich doesn't have a qb to run Rodriguez's offense for at least another year.  I will have to say they may struggle this year & go 8-4 or even 7-5 unless someone really steps up their game at qb for U of M.  Time will tell!

The year before Rasheed Marshal took over at WVU and Rich Rod was in this same position, the Mountainqueers won 3 games with a dismal Big East schedule. 

[victorybell_57]

rich rod can run the same offense from pro personnel, he did it at tulane with great success. he'll play to his team's strengths, he is smart. he may not run option, but play action and boots will be key.

[frank uible]

My suspicion is that like most coaches Rodriquez will not sacrifice very much of the present in order to invest in the future.

[SaintsFAN]

I think Michigan will be 8-4 this year with a surprising loss to Notre Dame. 

I think he needs a year or two for his guys to get there.  They played a TOTALLY different style of ball than he wants to play.  He'll get his kids in there and they will go 10-2 almost yearly, losing to Ohio State.

[frank uible]

My crystal ball is much cloudier than yours.

[Adam Sayer]

What if he struggles and his first 2-3 years are 8-4/9-3 years with Bowl losses and losses to OSU? Will he get a chance to get his guys or will he be kept on a short leash?

[frank uible]

Historically Michigan is patient with its coaches.

[cave2bens]

Historically Michigan is patient with its coaches.

Except when drunk and disorderly in suburban Oakland County  

What if he struggles and his first 2-3 years are 8-4/9-3 years with Bowl losses and losses to OSU?  

Self-assuredness, especially when quenched with cherry kool-aid, is an admirable trait.  However, a few who are longer in tooth, personally witnessed from the stands November 1969 (Ann Arbor) and October 1974 (East Lansing), even "unbeatable" Buckeye juggernauts have been stuffed (Champ Henson, 4 successive times inside the MSU 3).  Even lowly Wisconsin, pre-Alvarez, proved a thorny obstacle on the Horseshoe pitch on occasion.  Given Coach Tressel's latest appearances in bowls, cautious optimism might be more appropriate.    

[Adam Sayer]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3307484

Ohio State finishes as the National Runner up in another sport. Only this time, it's the best finish in team history and in wrestling, there is never any shame in getting beat by Iowa and finishing ahead of Oklahoma State and Minnesota. They had 2 National Champions. Jeff Jaggers (Bedford St. Peter Chanel and was a 4x Ohio State Champ) and Mike Pucillo and a National runner up who lost in OT in JD Bergman. Wonderful year by the Buckeyes and they will be a contender next year for a National Championship...so long as Iowa doesn't go back to being the Dan Gable Iowa teams of the 70's and 80's. The midwest has the best wrestling in the country as evident by the top 3 teams being from the Big 10 and of those states, Ohio has the best overall HS wrestling of any state in the US and Coach Ryan is finally keeping Ohio wrestlers home. Look on Minnesota's, Penn State's, Michigan's, Iowa's rosters and you'll see more kids from Ohio than any other state.

[frank uible]

Pennsylvanians would dispute the claim that Ohio is the best high school wrestling state.

[Adam Sayer]

They are pretty good too, but the depth of Ohio wrestling is ubelievable. I believe over 450 high schools have wrestling programs in Ohio (approx. 150 per division). I don't know Penn's number, but when you have all that depth and places like Minnesota (Schlatter Brothers), Michigan (Guhn), Penn State (Wade), and the OSU's top heavy local roster back it up. Purdue recruits Ohio hard as well. Even the depth in small college wrestling in Ohio is impressive....I am also biased.

[M and L]

I think M U has a lot of hope and investment in old Richie just to cut him lose after a few yrs of 8-3 and 9-2 seasons with bowl appearences and loses to OSU to just **** can him.

Sayer not only are you biase, you are also gay   Happy Easter

[Adam Sayer]

Only when you're around 

When is your batchelor party?

[M and L]

I don't know, You'll have to ask Lawless, the Poweski's, and Hoss.  Their supposedly taking care of it.

[M and L]

Ah, boy do I love spring Break