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Title: Was it God or Was it Ditka: Week 6 Thread
Post by: MaximumSam on October 09, 2026, 04:01:37 PM
Still in the high of fall weather in Ohio. Warm days, cool nights, and the leaves are ever so slowly turning color. It's another high school football game tonight for me, as Westerville North has homecoming. For some reason, they scheduled Big Walnut for homecoming. They are 7-0 and ranked 8th in the state, so I predict a running clock in the second half. 

Hopefully the college football is more entertaining than this game promises to be.

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Title: Re: Was it God or Was it Ditka: Week 6 Thread
Post by: MrNubbz on October 09, 2026, 07:06:55 PM
Quote from: MaximumSam on Today at 04:01:37 PM
 For some reason, they scheduled Big Walnut for homecoming. 
You serious,Clark ?
Wasn't Big Walnut Tech a fictitious School in the old Funky Winkerbean comic strip?
Title: Re: Was it God or Was it Ditka: Week 6 Thread
Post by: MaximumSam on October 09, 2026, 07:10:34 PM
Quote from: MrNubbz on Today at 07:06:55 PM
You serious,Clark ?
Wasn't Big Walnut Tech a fictitious School in the old Funky Winkerbean comic strip?
Well maybe, but they are very much real now. Their QB is pledged to MSU... I'll scout for ELA.
Title: Re: Was it God or Was it Ditka: Week 6 Thread
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on October 09, 2026, 07:18:06 PM
Is it me, or is Warshingon just a big purple blob of whatever-the-hell?  Not a knock exactly, but they're never super good or terrible.  I know they had a 1-10 like 15 years ago and made a 4-team playoff appearance, but maybe since then, they're just basically college football purgatory, right?
And even more so in the B1G.  
Title: Re: Was it God or Was it Ditka: Week 6 Thread
Post by: MaximumSam on October 09, 2026, 07:24:50 PM
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on Today at 07:18:06 PM
Is it me, or is Warshingon just a big purple blob of whatever-the-hell?  Not a knock exactly, but they're never super good or terrible.  I know they had a 1-10 like 15 years ago and made a 4-team playoff appearance, but maybe since then, they're just basically college football purgatory, right?
And even more so in the B1G. 
I mean they played for the national championship like three years ago. Lot of programs would like that.
Title: Re: Was it God or Was it Ditka: Week 6 Thread
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on October 09, 2026, 07:29:24 PM
Quote from: MrNubbz on Today at 07:06:55 PM
Wasn't Big Walnut Tech a fictitious School in the old Funky Winkerbean comic strip?
The creator of Funky Winkerbean, Tom Baituk, lives in Medina. 

The title character of one of his other strips, Crankshaft was a bus driver as was my dad so we always joked that Crankshaft was based on my dad.

In my office I have a cartoon that Tom Baituk did of me for our local paper back in 2001.
Title: Re: Was it God or Was it Ditka: Week 6 Thread
Post by: iahawk15 on October 09, 2026, 07:30:18 PM
To my knowledge, Ferentz has never won a regular season game West of Lincoln. So we got that going for us...
Title: Re: Was it God or Was it Ditka: Week 6 Thread
Post by: MaximumSam on October 09, 2026, 08:06:41 PM
Big Walnut also has a running back pledged to Northwestern, who already has three touchdowns.
Title: Re: Was it God or Was it Ditka: Week 6 Thread
Post by: ELA on October 09, 2026, 08:55:19 PM
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on Today at 07:18:06 PM
Is it me, or is Warshingon just a big purple blob of whatever-the-hell?  Not a knock exactly, but they're never super good or terrible.  I know they had a 1-10 like 15 years ago and made a 4-team playoff appearance, but maybe since then, they're just basically college football purgatory, right?
And even more so in the B1G. 

They made two 4 team playoffs, and beat Texas to advance to the championship in one of them
Title: Re: Was it God or Was it Ditka: Week 6 Thread
Post by: FearlessF on October 09, 2026, 09:02:08 PM
FSU looked pretty good early when it looked like they might go up 21-0
Title: Re: Was it God or Was it Ditka: Week 6 Thread
Post by: MaximumSam on October 09, 2026, 09:03:06 PM
Quote from: MaximumSam on Today at 08:06:41 PM
Big Walnut also has a running back pledged to Northwestern, who already has three touchdowns.
Four touchdowns
Title: Re: Was it God or Was it Ditka: Week 6 Thread
Post by: iahawk15 on October 09, 2026, 09:45:09 PM
Washington might be turrible.
Title: Re: Was it God or Was it Ditka: Week 6 Thread
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on October 09, 2026, 09:46:24 PM
Quote from: MaximumSam on Today at 08:06:41 PM
Big Walnut also has a running back pledged to Northwestern, who already has three touchdowns.
Don't they call themselves Big Nut? 
Title: Re: Was it God or Was it Ditka: Week 6 Thread
Post by: ManHawk on October 09, 2026, 09:57:38 PM
Hecklinski got the start for Iowa at QB since Hank Brown is banged up.

Heck not looking great at QB but the Iowa running game is clicking early, helped by some bad tackling by Washington.   Iowa up 13-0 at end of 1Q.
Title: Re: Was it God or Was it Ditka: Week 6 Thread
Post by: ManHawk on October 09, 2026, 10:01:40 PM
Quote from: iahawk15 on Today at 09:45:09 PM
Washington might be turrible.
Yup
Title: Re: Was it God or Was it Ditka: Week 6 Thread
Post by: ManHawk on October 09, 2026, 10:15:01 PM
Washington's defense looks clueless.  Leaving Iowa TE's completely wide open on multiple plays.

Iowa goes uo 27-0 
Title: Re: Was it God or Was it Ditka: Week 6 Thread
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on October 09, 2026, 10:17:58 PM
Quote from: ManHawk on Today at 09:57:38 PM
Hecklinski got the start for Iowa at QB since Hank Brown is banged up.

Heck not looking great at QB but the Iowa running game is clicking early, helped by some bad tackling by Washington.  Iowa up 13-0 at end of 1Q.
27-0 now, still in the first half. Ohio State's win in Iowa City is looking really good!
Title: Re: Was it God or Was it Ditka: Week 6 Thread
Post by: iahawk15 on October 09, 2026, 10:21:18 PM
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on Today at 10:17:58 PM
27-0 now, still in the first half. Ohio State's win in Iowa City is looking really good!
I would consider this more of an indictment on Washington than props for Iowa
Title: Re: Was it God or Was it Ditka: Week 6 Thread
Post by: ELA on October 09, 2026, 10:22:04 PM
Quote from: MaximumSam on Today at 07:10:34 PM
Well maybe, but they are very much real now. Their QB is pledged to MSU... I'll scout for ELA.
Dont put it past MSU to recruit a player from a fake school.  I assume Mel Tucker had offers out to Bishop Canevins whole roster base on vibes 
Title: Re: Was it God or Was it Ditka: Week 6 Thread
Post by: MaximumSam on October 09, 2026, 10:31:36 PM
Quote from: ELA on Today at 10:22:04 PM
Dont put it past MSU to recruit a player from a fake school.  I assume Mel Tucker had offers out to Bishop Canevins whole roster base on vibes
Oh man good times. Brings me back to one of my favorite lines on Wikipedia.

"Former athletes at Bishop Sycamore also stated that Johnson's football play calls all came from Madden NFL (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madden_NFL) video games and that the team attacked a homeless man who attempted to break into Johnson's car."
Title: Re: Was it God or Was it Ditka: Week 6 Thread
Post by: iahawk15 on October 09, 2026, 10:42:20 PM
Louisville 40 rushes for 401 yards. Wow
Title: Re: Was it God or Was it Ditka: Week 6 Thread
Post by: ELA on October 09, 2026, 11:26:32 PM
The only game that might be decent will end at 2am, cool