"Ohio State will be Great, Next Year!"

LSUfreak wrote:

Wow, so soon after the azz raping they took two years in a row, OSU should focus on moving down to Div 2A and leave the BCS and bowl games to the teams that actually play hard nose football, and yes of course OSU will be good next year, they play NOBODY, its been proven two years running and they will get their azz ripped wide open again.......OSU sucks, plain and simple, good luck in the weedeater bowl cause thats about where they deserve!

Matt from Columbus wrote:

We play USC which is tougher than any team in the SEC! Nice try though.
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not worried wrote:

silverdawg brings up a point that is over looked in the scheduling process, OSU's schedule this year does have USC, but even with the now falling giant on that schedule it is worse then last year, w/ the teams that they scheduled out side of USC and the mediocre Big 10 teams that play them this year, it would seem they would attempt to balance it some, but no, you instead counter the over all weakness of your schedule by scheduling troy, youngstown state, and ohio. Thats great, the reason that SEC dont schedule a USC type team for an outta confrence game is simple and logical, we dont have to, with a confrence that annually boasts at least 6-7 bowl eligable teams(this past season that number was 10, w/ Vandy and ole miss being the two that were not) there is no reason to make the road much harder for an SEC team then it already is, alabama has a D2 school, and Tulane on there schedule but still have a top 20 SOS, why might you ask? look at in confrence, Kentucky, florida, lsu, tenn., georgia.... that right there is better than any strech a Big10 team has to do, yet when OSU has one lose, against USC, and runs the table against there "big time" teams in the big 10, they will get a nod over an SEC team that say runs the table, is 11-0 and loses by 3 in the SEC championship game, teams like OSU are why i say a playoff is needed, there's a reason that the great Tressel in winless against the SEC, he knows that reason, and everybody else does to.

Truebuckeyefan wrote:

<quoted text>Ok man, enjoy your nc while you can...you may end up like the gators did this year. Not that it matters to you, but it does to us,we have a 5-2 BCS bowl record in the past 7 years. Three nc appearance with a 1-2 record. I'll put an * on this years game, cause EVERYBODY that was supposed to be ALL THAT wasn't. The Buckeye's weren't even supposed to win the Big 10, but thanks again to all you SUPER teams losing 2 or more regular season games, we rose. It was a rebuilding year for us, we have all but one junior coming back this year along with a top 3 recruiting class...so talk trash while you can my friend, your fall will be hard! GO BUCKS!!!

Silverdawg wrote:

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First, USC being better than any team in the SEC is highly debatable; LSU, Georgia, and maybe Florida or Tennessee could take 'em.
Second, that's one team; what about the other 11? OSU has seven home games next year, while Georgia has six.
As for road games, apart from USC, OSU's road schedule consists of Wisconsin, Michigan State, Northwestern, and Illinois. Georgia plays S. Carolina, Arizona State, LSU, Kentucky, and Auburn on the road and Florida in Jacksonville.
After OSU plays #3 USC, they play two more ranked opponents. While they're both on the road, they're also near the bottom of the Top 25. I see five ranked teams on Georgia's schedule - all 16 or higher - including the reigning National Champion, who is 451-166-21 (.723) at home.

OSUMOM wrote:

...It wasn't our fault all of the top teams unravelled at the end of the season. That not only pushed us up it let the #7 team into the game...

Silverdawg wrote:

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Do you count Ohio State in that unravalling? The Buckeyes lost their second to last game of the season at home, but still managed to jump from #3 to #1.
Given that pre-BCS selection week, if #7 LSU beat you, imagine what #4 Georgia could have done.

Silverdawg wrote:

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Do you count Ohio State in that unravalling? The Buckeyes lost their second to last game of the season at home, but still managed to jump from #3 to #1.
Given that pre-BCS selection week, if #7 LSU beat you, imagine what #4 Georgia could have done.

OSUMOM wrote:

Yes we did lose our second to the last game at home. Just like LSU lost on the 23rd to Arkie, at home. And if I recall, it was their last game. But I am sure that it dosn't count because it only counts when OSU loses. It isn't a fair system, and a lot of very good teams got left out. I wish Georgia the best of luck for a great season next year.

Silverdawg wrote:

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Actually, LSU lost their final regular season game, before beating Tennessee in the SEC Championship game.
Basically I was pointing out that after then #1 Missouri and #2 West Virginia lost, then #3 Ohio State and #4 Georgia - who had both finished their regular seasons and did not play on that weekend - were in position to move up to #1 and #2 respectively. Unfortunately it didn't pan out that way; Ohio State moved up to #1 and Georgia dropped down to #5 after LSU, Oklahoma, and Virginia Tech had all won their conference championships.
Woulda, shoulda, coulda... it's all over with, LSU won the BCS Championship, and Ohio State finished off another great season with another conference championship.
You're right though; the system isn't fair, which is why so many college football fans want a playoff, so these types of arguments can be settled on the field.

OSUMOM wrote:

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I don't remember a season any crazier than this past season. By the end of the season usually there had been a pretty clear #1 &2. You're right lots of coulda, shoulda, woulda's this year. I don't know what the future will hold but hopefully a better outcome will happen. I have no clue as to how this can be fixed. Just an old gal who loves her Bucks and college football in general. I'll leave that to those who know much more about footbal than I.

Truebuckeyefan wrote:

<quoted text>Actually when you think about it, you can't rank a schedule until that season is done with. Just because a team on a schedule has a sub-par record for the last season doesn't mean that the season that has yet to be played is weak. Coach Tressel is 0-2, not 0-9 against SEC teams. Wow, you guys, the season is over, put an * on the WHOLE SEASON, EVERYONE that was supposed to be ALL THAT, lost 2 to 3 games, the Buckeyes weren't supposed to win the BIG 10, so whatever you guys have to say is really on you, you SUPER TEAMS win, at best the Buckeyes would be in the Rose Bowl....turn the page, get a life....GO BUCKS, we'll be back....don't care if you don't like it or not.......GO BUCKS!!!!

T-Town Clown wrote:

<quoted text>if this is true about USC being better than the SEC I pick USC 55- OSU-3

not worried wrote:

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Tressel has never beat the SEC in a bowl game, not just the past 2 years, ever....as far as schedule strength goes, i promise that OSU will have a substantially weaker schedule after the season then does Georgia, LSU, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky....some things are a given. I am at a loss for why people keep giving OSU the top 5 ranking every year when 1. There schedule strength does not show them deserving, and 2. They collapse or barely get by when they play proven top tier teams. The SEC is the best in the country, hands down, you cant deny it, and im glad that some people are finally coming around to this realization. The PAC-10 is good, ACC is good, Big 12 is good, then, and only after discussion of the previously mentioned confrences can you begin to discuss the Big10. The Big10 has historically good teams, but recent past is not showing them to be quite what everyone wants them to be, and next year, IF the Bulldogs can make it through the SEC they will also demolish OSU, who should lose to USC, but past that, if they're a team thats anywhere near a top tier program that should be there only lose until the national championship, then we'll be right back here talking about how great they'll be next year

Silverdawg wrote:

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If you're a college football fan, who wants to see the champion be the team who wanted it most, played hardest, and was the last team standing after an 8 or 16-team playoff, then you know all you need to know.
Think of all the national championships that have been won in over 100 years of college football; the number of times a championship was split between two teams; the years like this one where there were a good group of teams who could have won a championship or previous years. Think about all of that and imagine how much more a championship would mean if your team kept winning and winning... then there were four, then there were two, and then there was only one.
I hate to sound cliche here, but as the Highlander once put it, "There can be only one!" If LSU had won the title this year after an 8 or 16-team playoff, there would be no one (or a very bitter few) saying after the fact that some other team deserved it: not taking anything away from their win, by the way - they did deserve it, but a playoff would make any championship rock-solid.

Silverdawg wrote:

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Do you count Ohio State in that unravalling? The Buckeyes lost their second to last game of the season at home, but still managed to jump from #3 to #1.
Given that pre-BCS selection week, if #7 LSU beat you, imagine what #4 Georgia could have done.

OSUMOM wrote:

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You are so right. It wasn't our fault all of the top teams unravelled at the end of the season. That not only pushed us up it let the #7 team into the game. So we both got into the NC game by default. That being said, LSU was able to adjust and we weren't. We made way to many mistakes and that did us in. Congrats to them.
On to next season!!! I just hope the Bucks take advantage of the talent coming back. Looking forward to another great season of Buckeye football. The Bucks sure seem to always lock and load don't they? Go Bucks!!!!