Originally published at: Eric Morris Has Cowboys on Cutting Edge of New College Football Trend Which Powered Indiana’s Playoff Runs
Morris: ‘I think there’s definitely a formula to success now.’
“It’s well documented that Indiana coach Curt Cignetti brought 13 James Madison players over when he made the jump. That group formed a core that sparked Indiana’s shocking rise from the college football basement all the way to the penthouse.”
Do yourselves a favor. Go back to our forums from over a year ago and see who started talking about this first. Many said OSU wouldn’t be able to do this, and that we don’t have “the money” to build a nice core group of players with good coaching. It was excuse after excuse on this website.
There was a certain someone on this forum that kept telling these naysayers that the school and its alumni has more money than what they think. There was a certain someone that said they weren’t going to waste resources on a coach who’s already proven he could waste a billionaires resources. Not on a coach that’s prideful, arrogant, and fights his supervisors every step of the way. Not on a coach can’t win a conference game in the weakest P4 conference in the country, and would rather lose than deal with NIL and the portal.
I believe this certain individual said all he has to do is “wait to be proven correct”. Time and time again his thought process was doubted by others while coming to fruition. He said this would be the future model OSU would go. Looks like he was right 
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The solid Cowboy teams under HCMG played mentally tough ball: they were in their proper positions, they did not commit silly penalties, and they did not miss tackles. The coaches hammered in attention to DETAIL and it showed, especially on the road where less disciplined teams often make those game changing mistakes. Remember all those highly talented texas, aTm, even some KSU teams that folded under pressure with procedure penalties, etc. in BPS while oSu went into their house and won? IMHO this is another area where Glass’ weight (mental toughness) training paid dividends [tired teams are more likely to make mistakes].
New HCEM was the perfect coach for oSu to hire! That said, this is an area where IU Coach Cignetti thrives and where HCEM teams appear to be lacking. HCMG changed the course of this program after the loss to Oregon in that bowl game. Hopefully Morris is ready to field teams that play mistake free ball and can meet the physicality of any opponent (oSu cannot be whipped in the B12 the way NT was whipped by Golesh (USF) and Sumrall (Tulane) - coaches he will most likely face again!
If oSu wants an IU type of turnaround, you can bet that success will be in the details.
GoPokes!!!
oSu
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Hey champ,
There was a certain someone on this forum that kept griping about getting G5 recruits and guys from “Piss State” and we needed to get SEC bench guys who is now crowing about importing 30 G5 guys and guys from Piss State… sorry, Tarleton State… and is saying the SEC bench guys that are departing and the guys departing to play for SEC and Big 10 teams aren’t good enough. This person is delusional.
Since you’ve been wrong a number of times on this forum already. I’ll just go ahead and let you know why you’re wrong (again).
I never complained about getting G6 recruits. My only complaint was getting G6 recruits who barely seen the field at their previous school. OSU is a school that’s had three biletnikoff winners in the last 15 years. Now you’re telling me the best we can do at receiver now is a guy from Marshall and a dude from UCO? Also, we were the worst P4 team in the country this season. That should give you an idea of the caliber coaching and recruiting we had.
Go and compare D2 players (Piss State) from this past season’s roster to now so far, and tell me what difference you see. I see a guy from Tarleton State as the third option on this team. Not a starter as some ended up being. I see you didn’t have anything to say about the money and coaching portions of my post. Which I’m assuming you agree with me on. Even though, you disagreed with me on this a year ago 
. Maybe be right for once before commenting to me again .
Dude.
Nobody cares.
I often hesitate to comment because you get enough grief and I don’t like to pile on.
But if you’re a grown ass man behaving this way, then you have a severe case of arrested development. You need these folks, who you’ve never met, to validate you so badly and tell you “good job! You sure were right!”. You don’t care about having a legit conversation or discussion about OSU sports. A well adjusted adult would just comment on the article at hand. But you have to take it in a different direction to spark drama and start fights.
And now you’re speaking in the third person?! You’re ridiculous and exhausting.
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Hey champ,
Nothing has changed. We probably have a middle-of-the-pack amount of money. Tech has more money than we do. BYU, I think, has more money than we do. We’re probably comparable with the rest of the “players” in the Big XII and more than people like Iowa State. I’m sure you don’t know what I said in this post, let alone a year ago, because you’re delusional and don’t actually understand what anyone else says to you. You can’t comprehend, make something up, bring up Mike Gundy, then claim some kind of insight you didn’t have. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. You aren’t a serious person.
From your mouth to God’s ears.
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Sorry, don’t want in this dance, but that cracked me up… "George is getting angry ".
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It’s not me needing validation. It’s me wondering if the cowards will ever admit they were wrong. Looks to me like they’re fine with doubling down .
We had middle of the pack money, and went 1-11 (0-9) in conference play again. You keep forgetting that coaching matters as well .
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Hey champ,
Wrong about what specifically? Looks like we’re doing the same thing we’ve done for twenty years, looking for under recruited, overlooked guys and elevating them. If you want to say Gundy couldn’t/didn’t do this in the portal era, and Morris is the guy to continue this in the new landscape, ok. We’ll see how it works out. I hope he’s as successful or even moreso than Gundy was.
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We are already getting guys in the transfer portal that have proven their worth. Is it all of them? No, but we aren’t doing what we did last season. Which is trying our luck and hoping for the best. That’s what lazy coaches that have made 100 mil do. Eric Morris doesn’t have the luxury of doing that at OSU right now. Well…at least not currently.
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Hey champ,
Yeah because he’s just importing his old team… he also grabbed a running back from UCO which you just said was anathema…
Is he starting like the receiver from UCO did this year? I doubt it, he’s probably the fourth option on the rotation. That’s the difference. He’s filling a roster with some D2 guys. Not throwing them in the starting rotation or second rotation like our previous HC.
So what if he’s importing some good players from his previous team? Worked for Cignetti. At least Morris’ players proved they could win multiple games in the American. I highly doubt this past OSU team would’ve even came close to making a bowl game playing in the American.
You’re getting really desperate to find any excuse, aren’t you? Just can’t help yourself that someone knows more about what’s going on than you do. If validation is what you seek you can go elsewhere 
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Hey champ,
I like how someone just said this to you so you have to immediately project it onto someone else.
No, it’s obvious with your multiple replies to others (Ketchup included) that you guys crave attention. You’re both worse than a pair of 50 year old women in a salon. Try your luck there instead of here, and see what happens .