The Blue Board

1.) The team rallies around the controversy surrounding the program and goes 5-0 during the suspensions. The Tat 5 comeback sharp as ever for the trip to Lincoln and play like they never missed a beat. The team goes undefeated during the season and wins the inagural conference championship game in Indy. Pryor goes out with his third straight BCS bowl MVP and a national championship.

2.) The distractions surrounding the team coupled with the absence of the Tat 5 and Tressel for the first five games is just too much. Luke Fickell is a poor in game coach / manager and the team suffers because of lack of leadership on gameday. They drop games agains Miami and MSU to start off 3-2. The Tat 5 game back for the game in Lincoln out of sync and rusty dropping OSU 3-3. Ohio State fails to make it to the B1G championship game and misses out on a BCS game for the first time in 7 years.

3.) Wide receivers. OSU's receivers looked pretty bad in spring ball. Getting Posey back in game 6 will help but unless someone else steps up it could really cost Ohio State next year.

1. Bama goes 14-0 and Trent Richardson wins the Heisman. Our defense is going to be sick

2. 10-3, injuries and bad QB play

3. QB- We have two young QB's fighting for the starting job. One is a redshirt freshman and the other is a redshirt sophomore. They are both talented, but young and don't have a lot of experience. If they have a really bad season, we could lose a game or two we are not supposed to. But that is the case with pretty much every team.

1) MSU parlays an experienced QB/RB/WR/TE combination combined with an improved defensive front 4, led by Kiper's #12 overall pick for 2012, DT Jerel Worthy to a true dream season. The O and D, both good last year, step it up to "great", and with one of the best special teams units in the country (#14 nationally according to Phil Steele last year), doesn't need Little Giants to handle Notre Dame on the road. A trip to Ohio State is tough, but having a 3rd year starter at QB carries the day. A bye allows the team to gear up for a dominating 3 game stretch vs. Michigan, Wisconsin and @ Nebraska. After escaping Lincoln with a 2 point win, MSU crushes Indiana before getting revenge for Iowa's 37-6 win in 2010. 2 snoozers vs. Minnesota and Northwestern places MSU in the conference championship game, where MSU takes out the 3rd "power team" from the Leaders division, PSU. Traveling to the BCS championship game, MSU finally breaks the SEC stranglehold and carries the crystal football to EL.

2) The OL never gels, meaning all the skill position talent goes to waste. Notre Dame, seeking revenge, goes for it on 4th down every single time and fakes every punt and kick. Unprepared for the onslaught of shenanigans, MSU loses 42-21. A quick W over Central Michigan dulls the pain before MSU realizes that not one starter on D for tOSU was part of the tatooed 5. The OL crumbles under the pressure, and Ohio State's "Tressel-ball approach" ends in a close W for the Buckeyes. A bye week and a win over Michigan restores some confidence, before Wisconsin comes in and just rolls along to a 28-7 W, with a 38 - 22 TOP advantage. A trip to Lincoln proves disasterous and MSU is held to just 3 FG in an ugly 24-9 L. An easy W over IU breaks the losing streak, but once again, MSU gets beat @ Iowa, dropping their record to 5-5. A home win over Minnesota makes MSU bowl eligible, but going to Evanston on SR day gives MSU it's 2nd 6-6 record in 3 years.

3) O-line. We have 2 former DTs projected to start for the 2nd straight year, and these are 2 different former DTs! 5 possible starting candidates for the OL vacancies (LT, RT and C) were out injured this spring and one, Former Rivals100 OT David Barrent, retired from football due to injuries. There's hope that JUCO -AA Fou Fonoti can solidify one of the OT spots when he arrives this summer, thus knocking us down to 1 former DT starting, and allow stud RS Frosh Skylar Schofner (6'7 308, OT) to ease his transition to the starting line-up. Every other area on the team is good to excellent, but poor OL play could end up making MSU an 8-4/7-5 team instead of a 10-2 conference contender. A glimmer of hope is that 1 of the former DTs, Blake Treadwell, was actually a 4-star C on TOS and was only moved to DT once he got to MSU. I'd much rather have the C be a fomer DT, given the training for low-pad level, etc. that's essentialy for a DT, rather than a former DT playing OT.

I couldnt care less about this years win total. I want development. Our defense will be disgusting next year especially in the secondary.

You guys have the worst luck ever with QB's. After Dorsey, it was pretty much over. It's not like you did not recruit QB's well, because most of the guys you signed were highly rated. It just never worked out- Berlin, Guillon, Wright, Freeman, Marve, and Harris.

1.) Denard Robinson and the entire offense really surprises everyone with how well they has adapte to the pro style system. Denard isn't going to run as much and doesn't get hurt in every game he plays. The defense learns how to tackle better, cover better, and react better under the coaching of Saint Mattison. Best case scanerio they win 10 games with a shot at the B1G CG. There will be games where the offense can't move the ball or the defense will go back to old ways, bad angle running etc.
2.) The offense just struggles and can't move the ball. Poor execution, poor throws by Robinson, to many turnovers. The defense was aweful last year and can only get better under Mattison, even if its just a little bit. Worst case I see 6-6 7-5
3.) Stupid penalties, poor decisions, injuries, transition year. This year could possibly be a long year for the Wolverines

1) 14-0, LMJ wins the Heisman.
2) Not make the CCG
3)Nothing glaring, but, OL or WR.

WTD!

12-2 best case scenario

9-5 worst case scenario

Really I just want a nice 9-0 run through the gayCC

If we lose 3 games in this conference again Im gonna lose my god damned mind

Yeah if FSU doesn't get it done with Jimbo Im pretty much cashing it in and just giving up on following sports altogether

These last 10 years have been brutal and it just isn't worth it, Im a fan of some of the worst teams and organizations ever and most have a curse on top of them.

I've dealt with the untimely murder of a favorite player who was in the middle of his best season and just starting to come into his prime ( Sean Taylor )

I've dealt with a owner who does everything he can to rip off his fans while consistently putting a large pile of chit on the field year after year ( Dan Synder )

We fired Michael Jordan and ran him out of town

Gilbert Arenas went from a promising star to injured badly and completely retarded in a few short hours it seemed, signed this guy for 100 million

I could go on for days but I need to take a break, hell I didn't even bring up the Caps and Nationals and only touched on the Skins and Wiz ( Strasburg getting Tommy John surgery after a few appearances in his first year, standard ) Bryce Harper is screwed if he sticks around here.

FSU is the only thing I follow anymore and for good reason.

I still like the Nationals and will give them time but deep down I have no hope cause Strasburg proved the Washington area sports curse is all over them too.

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Well, we are not completely sure that Dabo will be gone if we underachieve again this year. Our AD has no intentions of Dabo moving on anytime soon. He has stated on multiple occasions that if his Dabo experiment doesn't work, he will pack up his office along with Dabo.

I think even if our AD wanted to hire RichRod, it would be hard to convince our president/board to do so. I fully expect the next coach we hire to be just as bad as the last 5 we have made, save Tommy Bowden.

If Dabo can right the ship, and I applaud him for making coaching changes, I will eat a healthy serving of crow, but I just don't see it happening. Sorry for the rant.

The nationals have fans?