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Post by DrSchadenfreude on Dec 17, 2020 16:05:30 GMT -5
So, lessee now. .. USC and Ohio State are both 5-0 in 2020, and they are both playing in their Power Five Conference COVID Season Championship games this week. Yee haw! One of them is ranked #4 by the "national" sports media voters. The other is ranked #13. Let me guess... Because Western (non-Southern) football teams are routinely under-ranked by voters from the get-go in NCAA football seasons, the circular logic is that Western teams should also be under-ranked at the end of the season because they haven't played highly "ranked" teams-- e.g., like those traditional power houses; Iowa State, Northwestern, Indiana, etc. Not to dis Ohio State. Realistically, I would rank Ohio State higher than USC this year. Kedon Slovis is an excellent QB who pulled some rabbits out of USC's hat this fall, but the Trojans didn't dominate anyone except Wazzu in their 5 game season. Conversely, Ohio State clobbered the teams they played, other than the Hoosiers, as I recall. But my point is that we don't really have any meaningful inter-conference data to go on in 2020 with these mythical national rankings. What we have is a lot of geographic bias masquerading as reality.
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Post by beuycek on Dec 17, 2020 16:23:12 GMT -5
So, lessee now. .. USC and Ohio State are both 5-0 in 2020, and they are both playing in their Power Five Conference COVID Season Championship games this week. Yee haw! One of them is ranked #4 by the "national" sports media voters. The other is ranked #13. Let me guess... Because Western (non-Southern) football teams are routinely under-ranked by voters from the get-go in NCAA football seasons, the circular logic is that Western teams should also be under-ranked at the end of the season because they haven't played highly "ranked" teams-- e.g., like those traditional power houses; Iowa State, Northwestern, Indiana, etc. Not to dis Ohio State. Realistically, I would rank Ohio State higher than USC this year. Kedon Slovis is an excellent QB who pulled some rabbits out of USC's hat this fall, but the Trojans didn't dominate anyone except Wazzu in their 5 game season. Conversely, Ohio State clobbered the teams they played, other than the Hoosiers, as I recall. But my point is that we don't really have any meaningful inter-conference data to go on in 2020 with these mythical national rankings. What we have is a lot of geographic bias masquerading as reality. So, lessee now... USC is ranked 4 spots higher now than where they were in the preseason poll. Ohio State is ranked two spots LOWER than where they were in the preseason poll.
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Post by AlaCowboy on Dec 17, 2020 19:17:54 GMT -5
So, lessee now. .. USC and Ohio State are both 5-0 in 2020, and they are both playing in their Power Five Conference COVID Season Championship games this week. Yee haw! One of them is ranked #4 by the "national" sports media voters. The other is ranked #13. Let me guess... Because Western (non-Southern) football teams are routinely under-ranked by voters from the get-go in NCAA football seasons, the circular logic is that Western teams should also be under-ranked at the end of the season because they haven't played highly "ranked" teams-- e.g., like those traditional power houses; Iowa State, Northwestern, Indiana, etc. Not to dis Ohio State. Realistically, I would rank Ohio State higher than USC this year. Kedon Slovis is an excellent QB who pulled some rabbits out of USC's hat this fall, but the Trojans didn't dominate anyone except Wazzu in their 5 game season. Conversely, Ohio State clobbered the teams they played, other than the Hoosiers, as I recall. But my point is that we don't really have any meaningful inter-conference data to go on in 2020 with these mythical national rankings. What we have is a lot of geographic bias masquerading as reality. So, lessee now... USC is ranked 4 spots higher now than where they were in the preseason poll. Ohio State is ranked two spots LOWER than where they were in the preseason poll. USC has a better resume than ohio state. The only reason ohio state is in the B10 title game is because the commissioner changed the rules to get them in. Money Money Money.
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Post by beuycek on Dec 17, 2020 19:25:51 GMT -5
So, lessee now... USC is ranked 4 spots higher now than where they were in the preseason poll. Ohio State is ranked two spots LOWER than where they were in the preseason poll. USC has a better resume than ohio state. The only reason ohio state is in the B10 title game is because the commissioner changed the rules to get them in. Money Money Money.LOL, USC has played zero ranked teams but go ahead and keep up the petulant crying. Your tears are delicious.
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Post by Buckeye Dale on Dec 17, 2020 20:45:00 GMT -5
So, lessee now... USC is ranked 4 spots higher now than where they were in the preseason poll. Ohio State is ranked two spots LOWER than where they were in the preseason poll. USC has a better resume than ohio state. The only reason ohio state is in the B10 title game is because the commissioner changed the rules to get them in. Money Money Money.would be because they beat the only team in their division that would be a reasonable participant...in fact, BEAT was the final word, after the first half slaughter made the coach pull in on the reins...
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Post by Mickey34jb on Dec 17, 2020 22:31:49 GMT -5
So, lessee now... USC is ranked 4 spots higher now than where they were in the preseason poll. Ohio State is ranked two spots LOWER than where they were in the preseason poll. USC has a better resume than ohio state. The only reason ohio state is in the B10 title game is because the commissioner changed the rules to get them in. Money Money Money. Ohio State did beat the team they replaced in the B10 Final_____People been crying about money being the reason. Money is the reason there is a college football season in Covid 2020. What else you got?
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Post by AlaCowboy on Dec 18, 2020 0:28:47 GMT -5
USC has a better resume than ohio state. The only reason ohio state is in the B10 title game is because the commissioner changed the rules to get them in. Money Money Money. Ohio State did beat the team they replaced in the B10 Final_____People been crying about money being the reason. Money is the reason there is a college football season in Covid 2020. What else you got? The B10 started their mini-season with the stipulation that it required six games played for a team to qualify for the championship game. Once they saw that only ohio state could get the B10 Playoff money, they hastily met and changed the rules. Money Money Money. Like a back alley whore.
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Post by Mickey34jb on Dec 18, 2020 6:51:05 GMT -5
Ohio State did beat the team they replaced in the B10 Final_____People been crying about money being the reason. Money is the reason there is a college football season in Covid 2020. What else you got? The B10 started their mini-season with the stipulation that it required six games played for a team to qualify for the championship game. Once they saw that only ohio state could get the B10 Playoff money, they hastily met and changed the rules. Money Money Money. Like a back alley whore. A back alley whore wont bring in $6 million___The rule they changed was a rule they made in August, not a 100 year old conference rule. Nobody has seen the language in these rules made in August___they could've been subject to change and why wouldn't anyone want a rule changed that didnt make sense money or not?
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Post by Buckeye Dale on Dec 18, 2020 7:04:50 GMT -5
The B10 started their mini-season with the stipulation that it required six games played for a team to qualify for the championship game. Once they saw that only ohio state could get the B10 Playoff money, they hastily met and changed the rules. Money Money Money. Like a back alley whore. A back alley whore wont bring in $6 million___The rule they changed was a rule they made in August, not a 100 year old conference rule. Nobody has seen the language in these rules made in August___they could've been subject to change and why wouldn't anyone want a rule changed that didnt make sense money or not?
Well, coming from someone whose team couldn't make it to 5-0, I guess we should expect some whining...
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Post by beuycek on Dec 18, 2020 8:07:53 GMT -5
Ohio State did beat the team they replaced in the B10 Final_____People been crying about money being the reason. Money is the reason there is a college football season in Covid 2020. What else you got? The B10 started their mini-season with the stipulation that it required six games played for a team to qualify for the championship game. Once they saw that only ohio state could get the B10 Playoff money, they hastily met and changed the rules. Money Money Money. Like a back alley whore.![](//storage.proboards.com/3398815/thumbnailer/vzMWxyisfSbF0huSMiMv.png)
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Post by ETGator1 on Dec 18, 2020 9:49:18 GMT -5
Ohio State shouldn't be #4. The bucknuts haven't been tested by a full schedule in a difficult season to know how good they are. Given the number of players down for games and the larger number of games played, other teams, say Texas A&M, should be occupying that spot right now. I wouldn't have the bucknuts in the top 10 at 5-0 at this stage of the season. Williegirl is right, Ohio State doesn't deserve any more attention than Southern California. If it weren't for being butt buddies with the B1G, the PAC 12 would be screaming about the injustice.
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Post by beuycek on Dec 18, 2020 10:55:45 GMT -5
Ohio State shouldn't be #4. The bucknuts haven't been tested by a full schedule in a difficult season to know how good they are. Given the number of players down for games and the larger number of games played, other teams, say Texas A&M, should be occupying that spot right now. I wouldn't have the bucknuts in the top 10 at 5-0 at this stage of the season. Williegirl is right, Ohio State doesn't deserve any more attention than Southern California. If it weren't for being butt buddies with the B1G, the PAC 12 would be screaming about the injustice. ![](//storage.proboards.com/3398815/thumbnailer/AieEiAAacILfHRvGXNGj.png)
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Post by Walter on Dec 18, 2020 12:53:00 GMT -5
Ohio State shouldn't be #4. The bucknuts haven't been tested by a full schedule in a difficult season to know how good they are. Given the number of players down for games and the larger number of games played, other teams, say Texas A&M, should be occupying that spot right now. I wouldn't have the bucknuts in the top 10 at 5-0 at this stage of the season. Williegirl is right, Ohio State doesn't deserve any more attention than Southern California. If it weren't for being butt buddies with the B1G, the PAC 12 would be screaming about the injustice. Here's my problem with Tamu. They lost to BAMA by 4 TDs. Other than UF, the record of the all the teams they have beaten (or will likely beat tomorrow) is 17-43. Only Auburn is at or above .500 and AU looks awful...a lot. That's some REALLY BAD opponents. So the 'larger number of games' argument rings pretty hollow to me. BUT...that leaves us with the 3 point, last second USC-style win against UF, which is a nice addition to the resume and bumps them ahead of USC, but not by much.
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Post by ETGator1 on Dec 18, 2020 13:45:44 GMT -5
Ohio State shouldn't be #4. The bucknuts haven't been tested by a full schedule in a difficult season to know how good they are. Given the number of players down for games and the larger number of games played, other teams, say Texas A&M, should be occupying that spot right now. I wouldn't have the bucknuts in the top 10 at 5-0 at this stage of the season. Williegirl is right, Ohio State doesn't deserve any more attention than Southern California. If it weren't for being butt buddies with the B1G, the PAC 12 would be screaming about the injustice. Here's my problem with Tamu. They lost to BAMA by 4 TDs. Other than UF, the record of the all the teams they have beaten (or will likely beat tomorrow) is 17-43. Only Auburn is at or above .500 and AU looks awful...a lot. That's some REALLY BAD opponents. So the 'larger number of games' argument rings pretty hollow to me. BUT...that leaves us with the 3 point, last second USC-style win against UF, which is a nice addition to the resume and bumps them ahead of USC, but not by much. Still, 5-0 playing for 6-0. C'mon man, you can't believe that it is right that Ohio State deserves that much more consideration than USC. Texas A&M has played 8 games, 7-1. That's 3 more games than Ohio State. Their record against the CFP current top 10 ranked teams is 1-1. Texas A&M at -14 will likely move to 8-1 after playing at Tennessee tomorrow. Ohio State has played zero games against the current CFP top 10 ranked teams. USC is in the same boat, zero wins against the current CFP top 10. There is no reason why Ohio State is getting more consideration than USC. I say move the bucknuts out of the top 4 and down to the area where USC is ranked.
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Post by oujour76 on Dec 18, 2020 13:49:01 GMT -5
Ohio State shouldn't be #4. The bucknuts haven't been tested by a full schedule in a difficult season to know how good they are. Given the number of players down for games and the larger number of games played, other teams, say Texas A&M, should be occupying that spot right now. I wouldn't have the bucknuts in the top 10 at 5-0 at this stage of the season. Williegirl is right, Ohio State doesn't deserve any more attention than Southern California. If it weren't for being butt buddies with the B1G, the PAC 12 would be screaming about the injustice. Here's my problem with Tamu. They lost to BAMA by 4 TDs. Other than UF, the record of the all the teams they have beaten (or will likely beat tomorrow) is 17-43. Only Auburn is at or above .500 and AU looks awful...a lot. That's some REALLY BAD opponents. So the 'larger number of games' argument rings pretty hollow to me. BUT...that leaves us with the 3 point, last second USC-style win against UF, which is a nice addition to the resume and bumps them ahead of USC, but not by much. I hope aTm gets denied for no other reason than they're a bunch of Aggies. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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