
Ohio has nothing to be ashamed of...
#41
Posted 10 January 2008 - 12:52 AM
We could always go back to Copper and getting beat by Michigan every year.
#42
Posted 10 January 2008 - 05:54 PM
it is okay to come up with all the excuses in the world.. coaching.. players schedule.. the facts are plain as day.. the big ten is no where near an elite conference anymore.. they are probably down to #4 or 5 realistically. The style of ball they play and the kids they recruit are old fashioned.. the game has changed any many of the schools are switching to this as michigan soon will i am sure. But ohio state is only a mediocre team in a down conference. Props to playing and hanging in there with an SEC school but this is a trend for almost all big teams. At least they won the big ten this year you have to fall back on and the pretty much won the MAC with their tough out of conference line up....
#43
Posted 10 January 2008 - 07:39 PM
Unless your definition of mediocre includes every team not in the top 10% of programs.
Edited by Dman, 10 January 2008 - 07:57 PM.
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#44
Posted 11 January 2008 - 09:09 AM
it is okay to come up with all the excuses in the world.. coaching.. players schedule.. the facts are plain as day.. the big ten is no where near an elite conference anymore.. they are probably down to #4 or 5 realistically. The style of ball they play and the kids they recruit are old fashioned.. the game has changed any many of the schools are switching to this as michigan soon will i am sure. But ohio state is only a mediocre team in a down conference. Props to playing and hanging in there with an SEC school but this is a trend for almost all big teams. At least they won the big ten this year you have to fall back on and the pretty much won the MAC with their tough out of conference line up....
Pretty tough to call us mediocre and only the 4th or 5th best out of 119 schools. What do you call a team that is #50? horrible? They would still be in the top half of college football.
In regards to the schedule. I have a question.
What team in college football has USC, Oklahoma, Miami (FL), Virginia Tech and California on their schedule over the next 9 seasons?
#45
Posted 11 January 2008 - 03:54 PM
In regards to the schedule. I have a question.
What team in college football has USC, Oklahoma, Miami (FL), Virginia Tech and California on their schedule over the next 9 seasons?
He was saying the big 10 was about the 4th or 5th best conference I believe.
#46
Posted 11 January 2008 - 04:15 PM
#47
Posted 11 January 2008 - 06:21 PM
Also - Many of the "big" teams play at least one good out of conference game. It's not like that schedule is going to be an absolute grind em out kind of schedule. Instead of getting up for one game, its 2 games.
Florida plays Miami (FL) next season.
Georgia plays Arizona State.
UCLA plays Tennessee and BYU
Texas plays Arkansas
Nebraska has VT
West Virginia opens with Auburn
Cincinnatti goes to Oklahoma
My point is that you can't act like its this super packed schedule of intense games. It's good to see they have good games coming for the next 9 years, but a lot of the BCS contending schools play at least one good out of conference game.
#48
Posted 11 January 2008 - 06:28 PM
This is the one that really stuck out. The others are pretty solid games, but let's be honest, the U is not what it once was. They were beaten 48-0 at their last ever game in the Orange Bowl.....
#49
Posted 11 January 2008 - 07:13 PM
#50
Posted 12 January 2008 - 12:01 AM
This game has been scheduled for years now. Kind of like Washington. Can not fault the effort of Ohio State to schedule the best of the best though.
Edited by osu fan, 12 January 2008 - 12:01 AM.
#51
Posted 12 January 2008 - 12:05 AM
Also - Many of the "big" teams play at least one good out of conference game. It's not like that schedule is going to be an absolute grind em out kind of schedule. Instead of getting up for one game, its 2 games.
UCLA plays Tennessee and BYU
Cincinnatti goes to Oklahoma
My point is that you can't act like its this super packed schedule of intense games. It's good to see they have good games coming for the next 9 years, but a lot of the BCS contending schools play at least one good out of conference game.
Cincinnati and BYU as tough Out of conference games?
Point is Ohio State plays people and other teams are running away from us.
#52
Posted 12 January 2008 - 10:54 AM
"Well, I may be a scholar, but I most certainly am not a gentleman."
#53
Posted 12 January 2008 - 06:31 PM
For example, if someone schedules Notre Dame right now for a game 5 years from now, what will you get. You scheduled a team that won only 3 games this year and were pathetic. With their highly rated recruiting classes, maybe they will return to glory in 5 years, or maybe Charlie Cheesesburger will still be struggling to even reach .500. It is definitely not an exact science.
Edited by Tim Dweeb, 12 January 2008 - 06:32 PM.
#54
Posted 14 January 2008 - 12:58 PM
#55
Posted 15 January 2008 - 05:10 PM
#56
Posted 15 January 2008 - 08:25 PM
The pure irony of those upcoming out of conference games is that there are none from the Big East or SEC. HOWEVER, it is my understand that Ohio State wanted to have a home and home series with a quality opponent from each of the major conferences, but the SEC schools turned them down.
Maybe the SEC teams wanted a stronger out of conference schedule.
Based upon the last two years, their not going to get it from Columbus.
#57
Posted 15 January 2008 - 09:51 PM
Based upon the last two years, their not going to get it from Columbus.
So playing a team that just went to back to back NC games (even if they lost) is a bad out of conference game? A team that has lost only 3 games the past two seasons....
#58
Posted 15 January 2008 - 10:03 PM
Based upon the last two years, their not going to get it from Columbus.
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The SEC certainly isn't getting a stronger out of conference schedule by taking on the likes of "Big Pete's House of Pancakes University." But I can't blame them for not wanting to take on Ohio State. They do have a rough schedule in their conference as it is. The pure fact of the matter is that they don't want a stronger out of conference schedule. Their strength of schedule will do just fine playing SEC opponents. However, when doing such things, it basically gives all the big out of conference TV coverage to all the other conferences who are trying to set up stellar match-ups. Helps in the recruiting...which, apparently, many of those non-SEC teams can appreciate.
"Well, I may be a scholar, but I most certainly am not a gentleman."
#59
Posted 29 February 2008 - 01:59 PM
The SEC certainly isn't getting a stronger out of conference schedule by taking on the likes of "Big Pete's House of Pancakes University." But I can't blame them for not wanting to take on Ohio State. They do have a rough schedule in their conference as it is. The pure fact of the matter is that they don't want a stronger out of conference schedule. Their strength of schedule will do just fine playing SEC opponents. However, when doing such things, it basically gives all the big out of conference TV coverage to all the other conferences who are trying to set up stellar match-ups. Helps in the recruiting...which, apparently, many of those non-SEC teams can appreciate.
Lets not forget it was the likes of the Citadel that cost Auburn a shot at the National Title game! Auburn, USC and Oklahoma all ran the table and it was Auburn that was left out because of its weak out of conference games!!!!
#60
Posted 29 February 2008 - 02:08 PM
Ha...poor Auburn.

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