Sky wrote:Hey Van, do you think it would matter if tOSU played '07s schedule this year?
Nope. They were the preseason #1 and they ran the table. No way in hell Ohio St doesn't get in if they run the table. Their schedule next year is only slightly worse than this year's schedule. It wouldn't matter.
No, because they ran the table.
Exactly. Same will hold true next year. OSU runs the table, they're in. The problem for them will be if they end up in a BCS debate among one loss teams. Their S.O.S. will likely hurt them, just as it's hurting Michigan right now vis a vis USC and a one loss Florida.
Even your famed USC couldn't do that.
Not this year, nope, they couldn't. This was supposed to be a rebuilding year, not another run at the national title year. By USC Fan's estimate this USC team greatly overachieved, provided they go on and beat UCLA too. None of us had USC in the title game this year. Most of us had 'em down for at least two losses, if not three.
And the only reason you are even running this shit right now is because ND is "good" or at least the pollsters love them.
Bullshit. It's not just ND, it's Nebraska and Arkansas. It's the fact that every year USC has the most aggressive OOC scheduling of ANY of the elite teams. It's the fact that despite Tressel's local ties Ohio has
no business loading up on Kent St, Akron and Youngstown St.
Obviously, it isn't just Ohio St doing this crap so I'm not just picking on them. Texas, Nebraska, Auburn, LSU, FSU, Michigan, Wisconsin, hey, most everybody does it. Ohio St's definitely not alone in this nonsense. I simply
hate that crap and I bet you do too, if you were to be honest with yourself. What, are you really going to look forward to watching controlled scrimmages against the likes of Kent St and D-1AA Youngstown St?
Total farce. Total waste of time.
When ND returns to their late 90's early 00's form you will again have a weak OOC schedule outside of tOSU.
No, we won't. First of all there is no "outside of OSU". We scheduled them. If we beat them we'll get credit for it in our S.O.S. Moreover, we'll have Ohio St, ND
and our other OOC opponent, who most assuredly
won't be a Youngstown St. (I don't know yet who our third OOC opponent will be for that season.)
Also, by the time we play Ohio St Weis will be finally playing with all his own recruits and so I doubt ND will be in the toilet that year.
No problems with USC's S.O.S. With at least two games against OSU and ND it'll likely be ranked #1 again.
They'll be in Ohio St's position next year. They'll go into the season ranked #1, of that there can be little doubt. They only graduate four starters! They're still young as hell. So, they'll come in #1 and with roadies already scheduled for South Bend and Lincoln the title will be their's to lose. As you well know the preseason #1 in recent years has gone on to play in the title game every time.
And no way in hell can you claim ND is better than Texas. Army, Navy, Air Force, Purdue, Stanford, UCLA, and NC are not up to par w/ any other conference schedule.
Yes, I can, easily. ND has only two losses, to the nation's #2 and #3 teams. (Remember Michigan Fan argument!) They've beaten a potential BCS conference champ. They're ranked much higher than a three loss Texas team who lost to K State and who also lost their in state rivalry game at home. ND ain't great but they have to be considered better than a three loss Texas, absolutely.
And I'm sorry our schedule is so weak,
So am I. It needn't be.
I know you have Idaho, SJS and Hawaii coming up in the next few years.
Thank god. Gotta say though, while it's a picnic to go to Honolulu it's no picnic for your defense to have to play Hawaii in Honolulu.
Don't take on too much. Plus, with the Stanford game and the rest of the Pac10 you might be putting your NC hopes on the line each week. If tOSU wants to play Youngstown St to repay Tressels old school, so be it. Yeah we have a down year next year but it looks great since we will be replacing Smith and Ginn. If we run the table and you don't, I am sure you will still be bitching. In case you didn't notice, this isn't the NFL and every game matters. You slip up next year and tOSU runs their schedule, too bad.
Oh no, if you run the table and we don't you'll hear no bitching from me, not about #1, anyway. We might still get into the title game if we don't run the table though and you definitely won't, and that's what we're talking about here. The Big 10 is too down right now to run Conference Smack and no Big 10 team can afford to do anything less than run the table with the way they're scheduling OOC...
