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Across The Field said:
As far as that goes, nothing has changed from a week ago other than Chip desperately needs to pull his head all the way out of his ass. The defense is still the best in the nation, and we still have offensive firepower when we actually use it.
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The defense is good because of the conference you play in. We got to see what happened when you played a top offense. They put up 500 yards.
 
ericd7633 said:
It was just a flat out choke against Michigan from the offense and ST. I still give OSU a great chance to win it. Getting 3 weeks off will help them too.
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I'm hoping the time off will help. The offense, I still have plenty of hope in. The ST? Not so sure. Fielding is just dreadfully bad. There's a reason he hasn't even attempted a FG of 50+, and he's only 70% from 30-49.
 
osubuckeye89 said:
IF and that's a big IF Day comes out coaching like he did against Georgia in that playoff game we might have a chance.

But in the end we will need some breaks to go our way, seems like we only have negative breaks in the big ones recently.

MHjr getting KOed and targeting reversed against Georgia

The fucking targeting that bailed Clemson out in 2019 along with the missed what shoulda been a fumble for a TD

Bama was likely going to win in 2020 anyway but Sermon going down for the game on the first drive killed us.

Settling for too many FGs also cost us vs Clemson and UGA in those games, play for fucking TDs please. Especially with this kicking unit.
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Guessing you'll be the #8 or #9 seed, so the path will be difficult, but that'll mean playing Oregon (most likely) in the Rose Bow in the QF's. I think the familiarity of that will bode well.
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
The defense is good because of the conference you play in. We got to see what happened when you played a top offense. They put up 500 yards.
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That was bad but it was earlier in the season before they pulled their head of their ass and started getting more creative with defensive pressures and looks.
 
ericd7633 said:
It was just a flat out choke against Michigan from the offense and ST. I still give OSU a great chance to win it. Getting 3 weeks off will help them too.
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This year -- it wouldn't be surprise to see anyone win the title. I wasn't a fan of the NIL stuff, but it has brought some parity to CFB.
Ohio, Texas, Oregon, Georgia, Penn State, ND and whoever else ends up in from the SEC (Tennessee or Bama or both) -- wouldn't be shocked to see any of them win it.

I think the only teams who don't have a chance are the teams outside the B1G or SEC. I do think Boise could pull off an upset though with their running attack.
 
ericd7633 said:
Guessing you'll be the #8 or #9 seed, so the path will be difficult, but that'll mean playing Oregon (most likely) in the Rose Bow in the QF's. I think the familiarity of that will bode well.
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We should be #8 but i'm expecting seed manipulation and them putting Tennessee #8 & us #9 to keep their precious SEC teams from having to go play in real winter environments. There's ZERO reason resume wise for us to be behind them.
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
This year -- it wouldn't be surprise to see anyone win the title. I wasn't a fan of the NIL stuff, but it has brought some parity to CFB.
Ohio, Texas, Oregon, Georgia, Penn State, ND and whoever else ends up in from the SEC (Tennessee or Bama or both) -- wouldn't be shocked to see any of them win it.

I think the only teams who don't have a chance are the teams outside the B1G or SEC. I do think Boise could pull off an upset though with their running attack.
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I would not be shocked at all if a team like SMU or Arizona State is in the final 4 and possibly the final as well with how this season has gone.
 
Across The Field said:
Ok man, you got it!
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Total Offense on the year:

Northwestern 130th
Michigan 128th
Purdue 127th
Iowa 113th
Akron 112th
Michigan State 110th
Marshall 82nd
Western Michigan 75th
Nebraska 95th
Penn State 19th
Oregon 15th
Indiana 24th

Ohio has a solid defense, but it's ranking is grossly helped by the pathetic offenses in the B1G, including Michigan.
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
Total Offense on the year:

Northwestern 130th
Michigan 128th
Purdue 127th
Iowa 113th
Akron 112th
Michigan State 110th
Marshall 82nd
Western Michigan 75th
Nebraska 95th
Penn State 19th
Oregon 15th
Indiana 24th

Ohio has a solid defense, but it's ranking is grossly helped by the pathetic offenses in the B1G, including Michigan.
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Nothing is as gross as using total offense when determining who's good offensively. What an archaic stat.
 
ericd7633 said:
IU and PSU are both in the top 10 in offensive efficiency, and combined they scored 21 points.
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IU had 12 yards in the 2nd half against Michigan. Whoever draws them in the CFP is going to walk all over them.

I can't say anything about Penn State -- we didn't play them this year and I haven't got to watch them. I can say -- I'm not a fan of their QB, but maybe he has improved this year.
 
ericd7633 said:
Nothing is as gross as using total offense when determining who's good offensively. What an archaic stat.
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You can use any stat you'd like -- the B1G is atrocious on offense this year and that is saying something, because we are never known as a conference with big time offenses.
 
osubuckeye89 said:
I would not be shocked at all if a team like SMU or Arizona State is in the final 4 and possibly the final as well with how this season has gone.
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I don't see anything crazy like that happening, but I think you could throw the teams from the B1G and SEC, plus ND in a bowl and draw a winner (outside of Indiana) and I wouldn't be surprised who is picked and if they won the title.
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
I don't see anything crazy like that happening, but I think you could throw the teams from the B1G and SEC, plus ND in a bowl and draw a winner (outside of Indiana) and I wouldn't be surprised who is picked and if they won the title.
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I mean it probably wont actually happen but this would be the year if it is ever going to be happen. Nobody is that great, Oregon is the best team and they have shown they are quite beatable too. If there was a field Day could win against it's this one but like i've already said a bunch of times our horrendous special teams is gonna end up losing us another game.
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
I don't see anything crazy like that happening, but I think you could throw the teams from the B1G and SEC, plus ND in a bowl and draw a winner (outside of Indiana) and I wouldn't be surprised who is picked and if they won the title.
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Texas losing to UGA in the SEC title game would give us the master course in seed manipulation. Guessing they'd put Texas #5 and drop Indiana to #12 so that Texas gets the layup 1st rounder.
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
You can use any stat you'd like -- the B1G is atrocious on offense this year and that is saying something, because we are never known as a conference with big time offenses.
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What conference has better defenses then? GT had 27 against UGA at the end of regulation which was more than what Duke, VT, FSU (LOL), and Louisville allowed them to score.

michigan fared no better against OSU than they did against Texas, and they only scored more against us because of a TD we gifted them at our 2 yard line.

Alabama? LOL 40 points and over 400 yards allowed against Vandy a team that couldn't even beat Georgia State.

Do we wanna talk about the Big 12? Any stud defenses in the ACC?
 
osubuckeye89 said:
I'm still waiting for Michigan's money cannon to flip all these 5* guys, they've flipped a couple but nobody close to earth shattering outside of Underwood.
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Michigan has 6 spots open in their recruiting class. Ty Haywood is coming to town this week for a visit. I think he will be the guy they try to get. He is a 5 star OL.

The other guys they are looking at are:
Derek Meadows
Bradley Gompers
Nathaniel Owusu-Boatang

Then a few hail mary's:
Isaiah Gibson
Jahkeem Stewart

I don't think there is a ton we will be able to do this late into recruiting this year. I will really be excited to see what they do next year.

They did just flip a top 125 guy from Clemson this weekend. We have the 7th ranked class with 6 spots left to fill. So we could legit have a top 5 class this year.
 
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