MU at OSU on ESPN2 part of Tip Off Marathon

[ChicosBailBonds]

Sorry if already mentioned

[swoopem]

It sucks that this game is on a Tuesday. I really want to make the drive to Columbus, but don't think I'll be able to swing it.

[Tums Festival]

The good news is the game is on in prime time instead of the middle of the night. The bad news is we're on against Duke vs. Michigan St.

[The Lens]

We could lose by 50 and it still won't be as much of a debacle as last year's game.

[Nukem2]

We could lose by 50 and it still won't be as much of a debacle as last year's game.

You mean the second half of that game.  Score was tied at 19 at halftime with some of the worst shooting I've ever seen by two teams.  And, MU managed to score even less in the second half with 16 points.

[Atticus]

Any game on espn is a win for me. I haven't tuned into FS1 since the end of the cbb season. Gun to my head and I couldn't tell you the directv channel for fs1.

[GGGG]

Any game on espn is a win for me. I haven't tuned into FS1 since the end of the cbb season. Gun to my head and I couldn't tell you the directv channel for fs1.

219.

[brandx]

Any game on espn is a win for me. I haven't tuned into FS1 since the end of the cbb season. Gun to my head and I couldn't tell you the directv channel for fs1.

Same here. If I want sports news I'll take Sportscenter over FS1's show any day.

[wadesworld]

The good news is the game is on in prime time instead of the middle of the night. The bad news is we're on against Duke vs. Michigan St.

Then again, that could be a good thing.

[bradley center bat]

Same here. If I want sports news I'll take Sportscenter over FS1's show any day.

No thanks. I'll take Fox Sports Live or Sportcenter.

[Mr. Nielsen]

Any game on espn is a win for me. I haven't tuned into FS1 since the end of the cbb season. Gun to my head and I couldn't tell you the directv channel for fs1.

I take it your not a fan of baseball. Better learn where the channel is if your a fan of college football.

[Atticus]

I take it your not a fan of baseball. Better learn where the channel is if your a fan of college football.

Nope. I don't watch baseball until the World Series elimination games....just like the NBA. The only exceptIon to that rule is if the series is 3-0. Then, I don't even bother.

I like college football...more than cbb non-conference. However, since every football game actually means something, I usually go to a bar to watch whatever the big game is socially. And since I go to a sports bar to watch cfball, I still don't need to actually know the channel.

[dgies9156]

We could lose by 50 and it still won't be as much of a debacle as last year's game.

Lambs to the slaughter, if last year's game is any indication.

Based on last year, I think I'll clean my gutters out or help my son with his homework!

[bilsu]

Lambs to the slaughter, if last year's game is any indication.

Based on last year, I think I'll clean my gutters out or help my son with his homework!

One coach's half-time speech worked and the other coach's half-time speech put his team to sleep.

[barfolomew]

We could lose by 50 and it still won't be as much of a debacle as last year's game.

Don't jinx us!
65-15 would be the fewest points scored by a college bball team ever (pre- or post-shot clock).
It surely would as us to this list:

http://www.bloggersodear.com/2009/11/6/1119435/the-10-most-embarrassing-college
 

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Don't jinx us!
65-15 would be the fewest points scored by a college bball team ever (pre- or post-shot clock).
It surely would as us to this list:

http://www.bloggersodear.com/2009/11/6/1119435/the-10-most-embarrassing-college
 

We are sadly already on that list....

[barfolomew]

We are sadly already on that list....

Yes, but
1) That loss will be expiring at the end of this season to be on the 10-year list
2) The 2011 Louisville Meltdown would supplant it anyway

So at least we wouldn't be on the list THREE times.

[muwarrior69]

Nope. I don't watch baseball until the World Series elimination games....just like the NBA. The only exceptIon to that rule is if the series is 3-0. Then, I don't even bother.

I like college football...more than cbb non-conference. However, since every football game actually means something, I usually go to a bar to watch whatever the big game is socially. And since I go to a sports bar to watch cfball, I still don't need to actually know the channel.

Tell that to all the non-BCS schools who play football. At least every D1 Basketball team has a shot at the National Championship.

[wadesworld]

Tell that to all the non-BCS schools who play football. At least every D1 Basketball team has a shot at the National Championship.

Or to LSU, who can beat Alabama in the regular season and still lose to them in the National Championship game.  Seems like the biggest game of the regular season (Alabama vs. LSU) meant absolutely, completely nothing.

[bradley center bat]

Alabama-LSU, was huge because it got LSU the SEC title. Other teams losing push the Bamers back to the title game.

[wadesworld]

Alabama-LSU, was huge because it got LSU the SEC title. Other teams losing push the Bamers back to the title game.

I guarantee you LSU fans, players, and coaches will tell you that the game proved to mean nothing. If you're going to market the fact that "every game is important," and that every regular season game is like a tourney game, then the biggest game of the regular season should probably knock the loser out of National Title contention. Not many college tourneys are double elimination. Instead, the undefeated team goes to lose to a team they had already beaten. It meant nothing the first time around.

[Lennys Tap]

I guarantee you LSU fans, players, and coaches will tell you that the game proved to mean nothing. If you're going to market the fact that "every game is important," and that every regular season game is like a tourney game, then the biggest game of the regular season should probably knock the loser out of National Title contention. Not many college tourneys are double elimination. Instead, the undefeated team goes to lose to a team they had already beaten. It meant nothing the first time around.

Sour grapes. The regular season game meant everything to LSU, put them in the title game. Would have knocked 'Bama out had not other teams faltered. If there's only one undefeated team in the regular season should they just cancel the BCS championship game? Having to beat a team twice is tough, but that's how things fell that year. In 1976, undefeated Indiana had to beat Michigan for the THIRD time that season to win the National Championship. LSU didn't show up that night and that's nobody's fault but their own.

[rocky_warrior]

One coach's half-time speech worked and the other coach's half-time speech put his team to sleep.

...for the rest of the season.

[wadesworld]

Sour grapes. The regular season game meant everything to LSU, put them in the title game. Would have knocked 'Bama out had not other teams faltered. If there's only one undefeated team in the regular season should they just cancel the BCS championship game? Having to beat a team twice is tough, but that's how things fell that year. In 1976, undefeated Indiana had to beat Michigan for the THIRD time that season to win the National Championship. LSU didn't show up that night and that's nobody's fault but their own.

Basketball doesn't market it's regular season as a tournament, every game as do or die, like college football does.  Clearly, that is not the case.  If it was the case, LSU's regular season victory over Alabama would've guaranteed Alabama would not win the national title, especially given the fact that LSU went undefeated in the regular season.  If every game means something, you would assume that a team would have to at least play in its conference title game to make the national championship game, let alone win it.  Alabama didn't have to play in its own conference title game but won the national title, and we're supposed to believe that every game matters and every regular season game is a tournament game?  Yeah, makes sense.

No sour grapes at all.  To be honest, if there is a team I root for in college football (which I really don't), it would probably be Alabama.

[raul]

Any kind of national exposure is good for MU. Who knows maybe MU wins? Even if they lose they are playing with the big boys on national TV.