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Post by Birdman on Nov 7, 2020 22:05:21 GMT -5
the problem isn't the coach, the problem is UM is what it is, a school that has tough admissions and half a National Title over the last what...75 years? they were never on OSU's level, even when they were jack-booting Coop all over the place Bo Schembechler never won a National Title. UM has (1) 12-win season in it's history, we have a 12-win season i think every year since 2012 except one. The problem is UM is not Alabama, or Clemson, or OSU, and it has never been OSU. NEV-UH. The problem is UM needs to realize a 10-3 11-3 record for them is a GOOD YEAR. Love it and it’s true!
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Nov 7, 2020 22:41:35 GMT -5
As much as i love to see Michigan fan’s misery isn’t it time they get a football coach up there??? Penn State and U of M should swap head coaches.
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Post by sportsjock on Nov 8, 2020 0:04:31 GMT -5
Ohio State is the only good team in the Big Ten. Wisconsin and Indiana. No one can discount what Indiana has been able to accomplish. This is a very good football team, both sides of the ball. Penix had another great game today.
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Post by sportsjock on Nov 8, 2020 6:36:37 GMT -5
The double O.T., Clemson/ND thriller, was perhaps the best game of 2020. My general feelings on Notre Dame till this point, was they were over-rated. With the Louisville game sticking in my mind, where they eked out a 12-7 win against an average Cardinal team. The quality of play and general poise and confidence of this team impresses me and will probably impress the playoff committee.
It is most likely, these two teams will battle for the ACC Conference Championship at Bank of America Stadium, in Charlotte, N.C. The only other one loss team besides Clemson, is Miami and Clemson already blew them out.
Clemson will find themselves in an unusual position, where a second loss vs. Notre Dame keeps them out of the playoff picture and perhaps opens the opportunity for Cincinnati, or a host of one loss teams to creep back into the picture.
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Post by DrTorch on Nov 8, 2020 9:11:29 GMT -5
loss will be forgiven because Lawrence sat
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Post by ronburgandy on Nov 8, 2020 9:14:18 GMT -5
loss will be forgiven because Lawrence sat Agreed. The main thing that loss will do is change the seeding. Depending on how the season shakes out, that loss could end up making a Alabama/Clemson matchup in the semis.
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Post by gibby23 on Nov 8, 2020 9:14:32 GMT -5
This is the weakest I have ever seen the Big Ten. It actually helps Ohio St. when Michigan has a good team and Ohio St. beats them.
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Post by ronburgandy on Nov 8, 2020 9:31:20 GMT -5
This is the weakest I have ever seen the Big Ten. It actually helps Ohio St. when Michigan has a good team and Ohio St. beats them. Not necessarily. With the playoff committee, as long as Ohio State takes care of their business every year, they’ll be in the playoffs each year.
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Post by sportsjock on Nov 8, 2020 9:43:25 GMT -5
This is the weakest I have ever seen the Big Ten. It actually helps Ohio St. when Michigan has a good team and Ohio St. beats them. Indiana looks pretty darn impressive and we know Wisconsin is going to be among the countries top teams. Also, keep an eye on Northwestern. It's a matter of us, sorting this transformation out in our mind and forgetting the past. Traditional powers of the past, are on the decline (except OSU) and former doormats are enjoying new found respectibility. I don't think Indiana is a flash in the pan. For some reason, always enjoyed watching Indiana football, much like I enjoyed watching the Hoosiers in basketball.
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Post by ronburgandy on Nov 14, 2020 22:49:46 GMT -5
Ummm how bad is Michigan?
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Nov 14, 2020 23:51:30 GMT -5
I don't think Indiana is a flash in the pan. For some reason, always enjoyed watching Indiana football, much like I enjoyed watching the Hoosiers in basketball. It will be more difficult for Ohio State to get the best players out of Indiana every year.
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Post by sportsjock on Nov 15, 2020 6:09:48 GMT -5
It will be more difficult for Ohio State to get the best players out of Indiana every year. With the new found excitement around the Hoosiers, I agree. Add to that, much like Ryan Day, Tom Allen is truly a players coach, that most any player would enjoy playing under. The Indiana effect will easily, be countered by our recently established, recruiting influence and prowess in the state of Michigan and Pennsylvania. The 5* safety, Derrick Davis from Pennsylvania that we lost the battle to LSU, is a head scratcher. LSU, like Mich. & PSU, are garbage.
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Post by maplecityjake on Nov 15, 2020 7:45:17 GMT -5
Ummm how bad is Michigan? So bad you can call them __chigan.
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Post by fanofthegame on Nov 15, 2020 8:37:33 GMT -5
I wonder if most of the Big 10 thought they weren’t going to have a season and lightened up on practice and training while Day knew he was going to fight until his team got something resembling a season so he kept working them out. Hard to explain why PSU looks so bad just one year after being respectable.
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Post by sportsjock on Nov 15, 2020 9:08:38 GMT -5
I wonder if most of the Big 10 thought they weren’t going to have a season and lightened up on practice and training while Day knew he was going to fight until his team got something resembling a season so he kept working them out. Hard to explain why PSU looks so bad just one year after being respectable. Did anyone, ever expect a James Franklin team to look this bad? What's as enjoyable as the folly on the field, is the Harbaugh post game press conferences....very entertaining. Michigan's regression will greatly effect their less than stellar, recruiting efforts. As recruiting declines, so do future performances on the field. The reverse, should be the case for Indiana. I've become a Tom Allen fan, except next week when the Buckeyes burst their bubble.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2020 10:22:46 GMT -5
I'd be surprised if Indiana doesn't claim they conveniently have the Chinese Virus, To get out of playing Ohio State, To save they're historic season, And to get a better seeded bowl game. I expect other teams on the Buckeyes schedule, And around the country to keep pulling this crap, Especially Harbaugh giving their bad season. Anything is possible, Now that there are no moral values in this country anymore, Considering how crooked this years election was.
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Post by sportsjock on Nov 15, 2020 12:29:27 GMT -5
I'd be surprised if Indiana doesn't claim they conveniently have the Chinese Virus, To get out of playing Ohio State, To save they're historic season, And to get a better seeded bowl game. I expect other teams on the Buckeyes schedule, And around the country to keep pulling this crap, Especially Harbaugh giving their bad season. Anything is possible, Now that there are no moral values in this country anymore, Considering how crooked this years election was. WF suggested that very thing in an earlier post. I agree 100% with everything you said. I'm still seething.
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Post by ronburgandy on Nov 20, 2020 9:04:49 GMT -5
James Franklin could be in some trouble. Sportscenter just tweeted a story about a former player saying that Franklin told him not to talk to the cops about an incident.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Nov 20, 2020 20:43:40 GMT -5
I'd be surprised if Indiana doesn't claim they conveniently have the Chinese Virus, To get out of playing Ohio State, To save they're historic season, And to get a better seeded bowl game. I expect other teams on the Buckeyes schedule, And around the country to keep pulling this crap, Especially Harbaugh giving their bad season. Anything is possible, Now that there are no moral values in this country anymore, Considering how crooked this years election was. WF suggested that very thing in an earlier post. I agree 100% with everything you said. I'm still seething. Maryland has no problem playing THIS week. Minnesota is playing this week with 20 confirmed cases. Maryland had all of 8 cases last week and chose not to play Ohio State. WTF?? This was actually VERY simple. If your players, coaches, support staff are not wise enough to follow protocols then FORFEIT! However, Big Ten Presidents are ever more ignorant.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2020 21:05:00 GMT -5
WF suggested that very thing in an earlier post. I agree 100% with everything you said. I'm still seething. Maryland has no problem playing THIS week. Minnesota is playing this week with 20 confirmed cases. Maryland had all of 8 cases last week and chose not to play Ohio State. WTF?? This was actually VERY simple. If your players, coaches, support staff are not wise enough to follow protocols then FORFEIT! However, Big Ten Presidents are ever more ignorant. Maryland canceled this week. Also, what exactly does a forfeit do for you? Everyone knows you didn’t play the game
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Nov 20, 2020 21:14:18 GMT -5
The obvious...not qualifying for the Big Ten Title game. There must be a different outcome for those who follow protocols and those who do not. If not, why bother.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2020 21:33:02 GMT -5
The obvious...not qualifying for the Big Ten Title game. There must be a different outcome for those who follow protocols and those who do not. If not, why bother. If Ohio St can’t go undefeated against their schedule they don’t belong in the Big 10 championship game
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Post by DrTorch on Nov 20, 2020 22:35:29 GMT -5
James Franklin could be in some trouble. Sportscenter just tweeted a story about a former player saying that Franklin told him not to talk to the cops about an incident. i saw the headline and it should read "allegedly told" it's a complicated story from what i read but let's just be glad Micah transferred because he seems like a walking douche bag
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Nov 21, 2020 18:49:01 GMT -5
The obvious...not qualifying for the Big Ten Title game. There must be a different outcome for those who follow protocols and those who do not. If not, why bother. If Ohio St can’t go undefeated against their schedule they don’t belong in the Big 10 championship game IF you only play 4 games you don't qualify for the Big Ten Title game.
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Post by buckeyekid on Nov 29, 2020 9:36:09 GMT -5
If I were to rank the Top 4 based on watching them play it's this. 1-AL 2-CLEM 3-OSU 4-ND
I think Clem beats ND in the rematch with Lawrence back. OSU is better than ND--the OSU receivers make the difference. OSU gets a rematch with CLEM, which is something this Buckeye really wants.
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Post by maplecityjake on Dec 13, 2020 8:26:44 GMT -5
USC-UCLA and LSU-FLORIDA finishes were something else.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Dec 13, 2020 14:03:10 GMT -5
If I were to rank the Top 4 based on watching them play it's this. 1-AL 2-CLEM 3-OSU 4-ND I think Clem beats ND in the rematch with Lawrence back. OSU is better than ND--the OSU receivers make the difference. OSU gets a rematch with CLEM, which is something this Buckeye really wants. Those receivers making the difference for OSU are in a large part due to OSU's QB. Who is significantly better an ND's Ian Book
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Post by ronburgandy on Dec 19, 2020 18:31:42 GMT -5
Been calling this Clemson beat down of ND all week. ND shouldn’t even be in the playoffs.
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Post by dude on Dec 19, 2020 18:48:13 GMT -5
Can Texas AM get in the top
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2020 18:48:25 GMT -5
Thanks to TouchDown Jesus (ND) looking worse to the Committee, Than the Buckeye's did. Looks like #3 Ohio State & #2 Clemson, Again. #4 Cincinnati Or Texas A&M & #1 Alabama. Unless Florida can pull off a miracle, I see Bama blowing them out by 40. An 8 team Playoff would have been the fairest scenario starting this year. There's no reason why we couldn't have done it.
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