People can say what they want about Ohio State, but one thing they never do is put FCS schools on their schedule. It's a pretty common practice in the SEC. Just this year, Alabama played Mercer, Georgia played Samford, Auburn played Georgia Southern AND Mercer, and LSU played Chattanooga.
How would you pull that off logistically?
No idea, I also realized after doing the math after I posted that gives you at most a 7 week season with the 130 teams currently in FBS. Like I said it wouldnt really work it is just more fun to think about.
Have they spray painted their disappoval on the side of a rock yet?
Give it time.
There you go again, Andy, talking through your tin foil hat again, making stuff up and posting it without any supporting facts. Virginia Tech, my alma mater just for the record, has a very long track record of scheduling non-conference games against major football powers, including this year. VT is ranked #22 because they are 9-3, with 2 of those losses coming versus top-10 ranked teams (#1 Clemson and #10 Miami). Who do you think deserves that #22 slot more than Virginia Tech?
Didn't they just recently beat OSU when OSU won the natty?
I think they beat North Carolina when they were top 20 last year. Didn't they beat Notre Dame last year? I thought they beat Arkansas in the bowl last year. I'm not a VT expert, but I remember them almost beating Clemson too last year.
Don't make me laugh. Certainly, all conference games are meaningful. Conference competition is the heart and soul of college football. Virginia Tech won five of them this year, and ranked 3rd in the ACC. Also won a close battle in a neutral site against West Virginia... two teams ranked 21 and 22 at the time with a giant Monday night audience. Won last year's bowl game against Arkansas from the big bad SEC.
Yep, and that game almost kept OSU out of the playoff in 2014. Had Ohio State not beaten Wisconsin 59-0 in the Big Ten Championship Game that year, Baylor or TCU likely would have gone in their place.
ESPN has an app you can download. It's called "Watch ESPN" I think.
USC must think it's still Christmas though, with all these gift turnovers they're giving us.
It's sticking in my throat something awful, but I'm actually rooting for Michigan today. It'd be great to see the Big Ten go undefeated in their bowls.
And they take the lead!
I think it comes down to Alabama themselves.
As long as whoever wins that is going against Georgia I'm happy! Cause I think my Bulldogs can surely win it all.
Well sir I hope you're wrong.
True. One of the reasons Ohio State got so much flak last year is because most people thought Penn State should have gone instead, then OSU proceeded to get curbstomped by Clemson while PSU had a hard fought loss to USC. Alabama will face the same criticism this year if Clemson beats them the same way they beat Ohio State last year.
