Closing the Door on tOSU

This should be a Channel Flipper, but for SOME reason, nobody decided to broadcast the UW/Idaho game, so I wasn't able to watch it, let alone not watch it while watching other games. Instead, some final thoughts.
It seems like just the other day that USC beat Ohio State at the Horseshoe. Time really flies when you're having football fun! We've seen how people on the USC side are feeling, namely that Islamabad is happy, Plaschke needs to change his pants, and everyone else is like lol wut. But let's wrap up the whole Tostitos Presents the Ohio State Experience in 3D with a look at how the three most important tOSU contingents are dealing:

• The Buckpeople Faithful: Over at....Bucknuts....the investigatory journalists have, unfortunately, uncovered our big secret. The game was all thrown. His knee was down, Pete just handed a big wad of cash to the refs to make it all go away.

• Jim Tressel: Tressel is in the proverbial seat of heat. There's a lot of talk about his play calling, his Terelle Pryoring, and his vesting, in re: whether or not it should be at Ohio State for much longer. Tressel, though, could care less because he realizes these people are from Ohio. This gem:

  Tressel said he has received critical e-mails, but said the fans' poison makes him feel sorry for them."When I read some of them I feel terrible for them because there's no way they're happy," he said. "They've got to be some of the most unhappy people in the world, and I feel bad because we just made them less happy, and I hate to be a part of making someone less happy. I mean, they're already miserable."

• Greg Oden: My biggest regret regarding this game is that, in the end, it made Greg Oden sad. Look, I could care less about the Big 10, the Midwest, the state of Ohio, Ohio State, Terelle Pryor, etc. etc. But, I am sure that in some alternate reality Greg Oden and I are best friends, and am still holding out for the day when he shows up at my apartment and we make McFlurries and play blackjack. Greg was at the game, but took so long to post about it because he's "still hurt about what went down this past saturday." Although, if it's any consolation, at least he "had a good time eating." Greg I am sorry and you will be in my heart. Ronald McDonald says high five!

One non-USC related aside: A couple of guys, who you can sort of say are the intellectual grandfathers of Islamabad (although we have never met them and probably would be reduced to incoherent stutters if we did) are taking over Deadspin tomorrow. Wine shall flow from the streets and there will be great bacchanalia.