MainLineCane
No More Excuses / Time to win
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Short answer is NO...........Long answer is **** NO
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...the operative word being decent. Wisconsin looked great until they didn't. Worse thing that could have happened to OSU is the Wisky looking to the Illini the week before. Live by the cupcake, die by the cupcake.Their only decent win is against Wisconsin
**** NAW!!Are the 2019 Buckeyes as good as the 2001 Canes? Maybe ...
Through 12 weeks, Ohio State ranks up there with the best CFB teams of all time. Does that justify an 18.5-point spread over ninth-ranked Penn State?www.espn.com
Ridiculously idiotic comparison! Comparing a (for now) undefeated team that hasn’t won anything yet to the greatest team/collection of talent of all time!
Do you not believe that margin of victory matters?
-They played a very solid IU team on the road earlier this year. They won by 41.
-They played a Cincy team that is 9-0 vs. every team not named OSU. They won 42-0.
-Their "decent" win against a top 15 Wisconsin team was by 31 points.
-They haven't won a single game by less than 24 points.
They have been incredible this year, by any criteria: the eye test, advanced stats, NFL talent, etc. They have up to 5 games left, all against excellent teams (PSU, Michigan, Wisconsin/Minnesota, CFP semis, CFP finals). They'll have many opportunities to amass other "decent" wins.
But as of today, they look like a phenomenal team.
Are the 2019 Buckeyes as good as the 2001 Canes? Maybe ...
Through 12 weeks, Ohio State ranks up there with the best CFB teams of all time. Does that justify an 18.5-point spread over ninth-ranked Penn State?www.espn.com
Ridiculously idiotic comparison! Comparing a (for now) undefeated team that hasn’t won anything yet to the greatest team/collection of talent of all time!
Wow, one of your arguments is Indiana, let me say that again, INDIANA, football................
another is Cincy, an American Athletic Conference team whose brutal schedule includes the likes of Tulsa, Uconn, East Carolina, and Marshall, just to name a few.
Don't get me wrong, osu does look good, but they really haven't played much of anyone. Big10 is highly overrated, as always.
Indiana and Cincinnati are solid teams this year. They're as good as anyone in the Coastal. Per FPI, we are the best team in the Coastal at 26 overall. Indiana is at 28 and Cincinnati is at 29. Depending on how things play out, they could both finish the season ranked.
But my post is not about the quality of teams they have played. What I'm trying to communicate is that margin of victory matters. It's extremely indicative of a team's strength, and therefore highly predictive.
You shouldn't be impressed with OSU beating Indiana and Cincinnati. I fully agree with you on that. But you SHOULD be impressed that they beat them by 83 points combined.