IZ as he was know was born May 1959 and Died June 1997 from medical complications over his weight. Great singer but sadly for him it is over.
It’s one down year and they’ll still win 9-10 games.I really not worried about whether OSU will be fine , I worry about how this old diehard fan as in me is going to be if things do not get better. Will this old heart of mine be able to take it?
I never thought that Cooper was a bad coach. He definitely lifted recruiting at Ohio State and really started bringing in players from all over the country. Cooper's biggest problem was that he just never really "fit in" with the high school coaches around the state and he always had that one game every season that he had no business losing but he did. I honestly think that Cooper understood the Ohio State/Michigan rivalry -- he just didn't coach well in that game and just wasn't as prepared as he needed to be. Overall, I thought John Cooper was a really good guy and a solid coach - he just didn't fully embrace the Ohio State culture.Earl Bruce always produced teams that went 8-2 and that was not good enough so he had to be replaced and in came Cooper and that had to be a sad replacement if there ever was one.
The Buckeye fans probably should’ve given up.Don't give up.
Earl Bruce hated the thing called recruiting, so he was really not very good at it, so in truth, he took slightly better than average players and coached them to win. The man could coach just not recruit. Cooper was the opposite he could recruit but his coaching left something to be desired and his record against a team that had both recruiting and coaching at the time showed this to be true. What was his record against that team up north?I never thought that Cooper was a bad coach. He definitely lifted recruiting at Ohio State and really started bringing in players from all over the country. Cooper's biggest problem was that he just never really "fit in" with the high school coaches around the state and he always had that one game every season that he had no business losing but he did. I honestly think that Cooper understood the Ohio State/Michigan rivalry -- he just didn't coach well in that game and just wasn't as prepared as he needed to be. Overall, I thought John Cooper was a really good guy and a solid coach - he just didn't fully embrace the Ohio State culture.
I felt doom and gloom. With a halfway decent defense I felt Ohio State offense was National Championship caliber. It was a shock to see how weak the defense was. Going in I thought the Bucks had the pieces on D to be a serviceable unit. With no apparent super team on the scene, I feel that due to the D this was a wasted year when the NC was wide open for the taking.Remember the doom and gloom when this thread popped up following the Oregon loss.