24 hour rule is up

[SUPERCOACH]

Well we won the SEC.  Great.  Now let's move on to the real goal.

I know very little about Ohio State.  It never occurred to me that we might see them in the playoffs until about halftime of their game yesterday when they had such a huge lead.  As luck would have it, I did NOT record any of their games this year either.  So I will be going into this game blind.  I guess I will have to go back and study the stats to get a feel for what we are up against.

My knee jerk reaction is that this game is basically a bye against a Big 10 team that hasn't played anyone and is on their 3rd QB.  But the way they dominated yesterday makes me wonder if there is more too this team than I am giving them credit for.  The team they beat, Wisconsin lost to LSU 28-24, and we beat LSU in OT.  Something does not add up here.

1)  How much did LSU get better over the course of the year after their close game with Wisconsin?
2)  Is the Ohio State defense really better than LSU's defense?
3)  Was the fact that Wisconsin was a 1 dimensional offense a big key to stopping them and shutting them out yesterday?

There are a lot questions that must be answered in the next 3 weeks, and those 3 are just a start.  Their dominating performance yesterday will hopefully be an advantage to us in getting the team to take them seriously and focus on the task at hand.

[SUPERCOACH]

Well that didn't take long.  We are going to destroy them.  98 to nothing.  HTH.

[BAMADCHAMPSHIPS]

My game face was on when the clock hit 00:00!

[2Stater]

1)  How much did LSU get better over the course of the year after their close game with Wisconsin?
2)  Is the Ohio State defense really better than LSU's defense?
3)  Was the fact that Wisconsin was a 1 dimensional offense a big key to stopping them and shutting them out yesterday?

1) A lot, until we beat them, then the gas leaked out of their tank.
2) No, no and no.
3) Emphatically yes!

[Old Tider]

At least your predictions are consistent, Super.  It always builds my confidence even though you're always wrong (so far).

Ohio State has played a bunch of weak opponents, but scored more than 50 six times.

My first thought was we own the Super Bowl, but then recalled last year.  Still, we'll blow them out like we did those Yankees from South Bend.

The 24-hour rule?  I'm still celebrating Auburn.

[N.AL-Tider]

I don't understand the committee putting OSU ahead of TCU.  Both teams only had one loss, TCU lost to Baylor (pretty good team all season) while OSU lost to Virginia Tech (barely decent all season).  IMO the TCU strength of schedule is stronger simply because they played a 9-game Big 12 schedule as opposed to a weak Big10 schedule...

Oh well, I think we'll beat them by  17-28 points...

[Bamaphile]

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Wisconsin had four turnovers, and OSU had a 220 yard rusher.  I highly doubt that they'll be able to duplicate that against us.  OSU's quarterback only threw 17 passses.  He was 12/17 for 257 yards.

[bamaphil]

This is Bama's game to win or lose.  If our guys play smart and execute they win, and win big.  If not, OSU is good enough to take advantage and win.

We have a huge advantage in that OSU has not played a team worthy of playoff consideration this year.  We've played at least three, and maybe 4-5, that would probably be in the playoff if they were in any of the other major conferences.  MSU, Ole Miss, and Auburn would almost certainly be undefeated if they played in the Big 12, ACC, or Big 10. 

[ricky023]

Ready to move on to the big games. We have to be careful here and not let somebody sneak up on us just because we belittle them. I am not sure but to beat someone that is not ranked 59-0 is big. So, here was Wisconsin ranked #15 and osu beat them 59-0. I think our coaches will be more ready here than most games because we get some huge people rested and healed. So we will see what happens now. RTR!

[SUPERCOACH]

I am recording the Wisconsin game tonight.  They are replaying it a couple of times this week.

I also found highlights of most of their games on video on demand from the Big 10 Network.  I think they are going to be worse than 2012 Notre Dame.

[SUPERCOACH]

I watched all of the season highlights.  #16 Barrett, the QB that was injured against Michigan, was a huge part of their offense.  I don't know how well they will play against an SEC defense without him.  You would think the 3rd string QB was 3rd string for a reason.

On defense, expect to hear a lot about #97 Bosa.  I wonder if he has an imaginary girlfriend. 

[Chechem]

We've done the same thing against all young or running QBs: stop the run and make them throw.

The big difference is that this season we have a stronger D-line, so hopefully we can stop the run and pressure the QB.  If we can keep him in the pocket (e.g., Denard Robinson of Michigan, 2012), we'll cruise to victory.  If the OSU QB suddenly develops an accurate arm (e.g., Nick Marshall, 2014), we'll win 55-44.

 

[Catch Prothro]

I watched all of the season highlights.  #16 Barrett, the QB that was injured against Michigan, was a huge part of their offense.  I don't know how well they will play against an SEC defense without him.  You would think the 3rd string QB was 3rd string for a reason.

From what little I saw of the game, the 3rd string QB is good.  He hit some long passes into tight windows.  Meyer played Barrett, his first QB recruit at OSU, for most of the season.  The current QB, C. Jones, is a red shirt sophomore who was already at OSU when Meyer arrived.  He is 6'5", 250 lbs. 

[Chechem]

I watched all of the season highlights.  #16 Barrett, the QB that was injured against Michigan, was a huge part of their offense.  I don't know how well they will play against an SEC defense without him.  You would think the 3rd string QB was 3rd string for a reason.

From what little I saw of the game, the 3rd string QB is good.  He hit some long passes into tight windows.  Meyer played Barrett, his first QB recruit at OSU, for most of the season.  The current QB, C. Jones, is a red shirt sophomore who was already at OSU when Meyer arrived.  He is 6'5", 250 lbs. 

Just like Dak Prescott.   

[SUPERCOACH]

OK boys, we have trouble.  I have watched the first half of the Wisconsin game.  He is the 3rd string QB because he isn't really a run threat.  As we all know, CUM utilizes a dual threat QB in his system.  This kid was already on the roster and doesn't really fit the system.  He could go elsewhere and start for most schools running a pro style offense.

Don't let the 12/17 passing fool you.  He threw the ball all over the yard right from the beginning, and has a cannon for an arm.  When I first saw 12/17, I just assumed they were running the ball and letting him dink and dunk a little just to have some semblance of a passing game.  That was not the case at all.  He only threw the ball 17 times because the game was way out of hand in the 2nd quarter.  He started out 7/9, with a couple of nice deep TD passes.

Wisconsin was, keyword was, the #2 defense in the country and #4 scoring defense.  Ohio State dominated this game in all phases, and could destroy 2012 Notre Dame.

Oh, did I mention their punter?  He is just as good as ours.  True statement.  Of course I only saw them punt 2 times.

We will have to bring our A game to win this one.  If we loaf around the next few weeks and play sloppy like we have on occasion, we will be in trouble.

Having said all of that, I am still hoping for 98 to nothing.

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