OHIO STATE PATHETIC

[UcantBSme]

I'M BACK! ;D ;D ;D

Ok, am I the ONLY one that can see what is going on here or what? Yes, Ohio State has a "glittery" 17-1 record, but is anyone looking at how PATHETIC their schedule is? My gosh!!! They have like 4 matches against D3 teams. They only have like 8 matches scheduled against any teams in the top 15 and 2 of those 8 matches are against Ball State that wasn't even ranked in the top 15 for the 1st half of the season, so that means realistically like 6 matches against top 15 teams. They are playing NO MPSF teams!!! NONE!!! ZERO!!! ZILCH!!! They have a weaker schedule than any D1 team in the country.

There is no way they should be ranked #7 based on their schedule. They don't have to go out every night and put their butts on the line against top 10 teams night after night after night and deal with that kind of pressure and competition and physical and mental stress. So when they do play a HALF DECENT TEAM like IPFW or Loyola, they are totally rested, and fresh.

It is very obvious what the coaching staff's philosophy is at Ohio State. WE JUST HAVE TO BE GOOD ENOUGH TO GET TO THE FINAL FOUR, which means we just have to win the MIVA. That's fine if getting to the Final Four is your only goal, but you would think that any HALF DECENT coach would want to give his team a chance to win it all and I'm here to tell you that with Ohio State's lack of tough playing experience this season, IF THEY DO GET OUT OF THE MIVA, THEY WILL BE BEAT IN 3 GAMES ON THEIR HOME COURT IN COLUMBUS.

Talk about sand bagging! If i were a player at Ohio State, I would be mad as hell at my coaches for putting together such a wimpy schedule where all we are doing is beating up on a bunch of D3 and weak EIVA teams. What a JOKE this is, and giving them a #7 ranking based on their record and a few wins over some average MIVA teams is a JOKE ALSO. They have played ONE GOOD TEAM outside the MIVA and what happened??? They LOST TO PENN STATE!

Basically, Hanson knew he was going to be hosting the Final Four, he knew it was going to be a WEAK YEAR in the MIVA and decided, lets just "get by", play our little conference matches, stay healthy, stay fresh, don't give anyone a look at us, and play it safe to make sure we get in our own tournament in May. HE ISN'T DOING HIS TEAM ANY FAVORS WITH THIS PHILOSOPHY!!

Bottom line, they MAY get upset in the MIVA tourny just because they may mess their pants when faced with some real pressure for the first time ALL SEASON, but if they do win the MIVA......it's 0-3 loss in the NCAA semis.

Anyone wanna bet me???

[vballfan4ever]

I only read who wrote that post and about first sentence and all I have to say is: "The only thing that is pathetic is you and your post and you alleged "I want to piss off people attitude!!!"

[UcantBSme]

I speak the truth. Sue me!!!

[itsokitsnotthatbad]

u also rip on ball state when theyve beaten ipfw and shoulda beat loyola. ipfw is the 4th best team in the MIVA

[vballfan4ever]

MPSF should be by it self so baby's like you would stop crying and complaining!!!

Let the kids play, it all evens out at the end anyways!!!

And no thanks to I play for a different team!!!

[UcantBSme]

Don't get me started on Ball State. They lost to St. Francis 2 TIMES. They lost to George Mason. Don't give me "they shoulda beat Loyola". Shoulda, woulda, coulda, THEY DIDN'T BEAT THEM!!! If we go by your "they shoulda beat Loyola" based on the fact that is was close....THEN QUINCY CAN SAY...."WE SHOULDA BEAT BALL STATE" cuz BSU barely squeaked out a 5 game win over QUINCY!!! Give me a break. Don't even get me started on Ball State.

I agree with "vballfan4ever".... The MPSF should be by itself and should totally supply the 4 teams to the Final Four. The other 2 conferences should have their own end of the season tournament, kind of like Basketball's NIT and then they can crown their own weak champion and they can feel really good about themselves!

Bottom line, Ohio State's coaches should be ASHAMED of themselves!!!

Oh, by the way... bye vballfan4ever, Love ya!!!

[vballfan4ever]

Hehe, no I meant MPSF should be by it self and not part of the NCAA because of cry babies like you. You don't hear anybody else complaining about rankings and such. JUST YOUUUUUUUUUUU.

Is there petition we can start to get this joker off this thread.

And, by the way, when i said i don't play for the same team I mean, I am not overzealous, narcissistic, biased person whose only happiness in life is brought by making other people mad and putting other people down!!!

I'll be a bigger person and stop responding to you ridiculous posts!!!

Ciao

[UcantBSme]

I notice that you haven't disputed what I have said AT ALL in my thread. You are critical of me for being the one to break the bad news and for telling it like it is, or as you say "putting people down", but you CAN'T DISPUTE MY POINT. You know why? Because there is no defense and no denying how weak Ohio State's schedule is and how PATHETIC it is, and how obviously it was designed that way by the coaching staff. Come out here and play in the MPSF for 1 week and see if you are still ranked #7.

Awful, just awful!!

[Deleted]

Not much dispute since you keep discussing the seemingly same issue repeatedly and most of us have already replied our thoughts about it in previous threads.

[UcantBSme]

This is my first post of any kind in over 6 months! So how can you say I "KEEP DISCUSSING THE SAME ISSUE REPEATEDLY"? Their schedule is AWFUL, JUST AWFUL!!

[vballnutt]

First things first... UcantBSme.... You are out of control. I love how you get on here just to start a fight with the MIVA people. Second, Have you seen Ohio State play this year? Their schedule might not be aginst MPSF teams, but they have absolutly dominated the MIVA. So im not sure if your saying that only their Schedule is bad or if they are a bad team for playing a bad schedule??? if your saying that their schedule is bad, then i would agree, not many good teams on it. If your saying that they are a bad team, then i think your misinformed.

[sexy]

can someone post the pictures of their roster so i can determine if that team is pathetic or not?? thanks in advance!!

[volleyballer4life]

The thing to remember is that the poll means absolutely nothing in the big picture... how does the coaches ranks of the teams affect the tournament play that determines the final four? It's more of a bragging-rights thing if you think about it. Furthermore, what makes a random forum troll more knowledgeable about who should be ranked where than the country's top coaches, who actually see the majority of the teams play either in person or on game film?

I'm assuming the purpose of this post is strictly to start a flame war, and judging by the 10 posts today, I'd say it was successful. But as for actual depth and meaning, I think it's a pretty weak argument. Ohio State might not be in the same pantheon as the Pepperdine/UCI/BYU, but just because a team's schedule is weaker doesn't mean they're a "pathetic" team. I suppose we'll see if their lack of tough games this season will cost them come the MIVA tournament.

[Deleted]

It was a peaceful six months.

Is there really anyone who is uptalking Ohio State right now? I would say that most posters here probably would agree that they are this year's top miva team and that stems from a combination of actually being somewhat good and a weak conference this year. I do agree that they face a potential upset in the tournament since they actually haven't had any pressure from the conference this season so far. Are they pathetic? Absolutely not.

[MIVAMIVA]

Guy posted the same garbage 6 months ago. Just reading the topic and seeing the screename I knew there would be no value in reading the post. I'd suggest people start doing the same.