2017 OHIO STATE Football Schedule, how far do they go?
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Yeah new scheduling protocols with the early generally weak 1 D-1AA matchups virtually gone because you get penalized in the all important rankings.....which impact your end of season bowl and mini-playoff matchups.Opening the season with a Big Ten game is highly unusual....especially a game on the road.
Plus the D-1AA teams took a major payday hit from the loss of big school payouts which was often a huge part of their yearly athletic budget, they now are scrambling just to fill a schedule.
I remember YSU at OSU in front of ~100,000 rabid Buckeye fans and a huge check, a now YSU president Jim Tressel influence, but it was done all over the USA with the coaches networking.
Yeah new scheduling protocols with the early generally week 1 D-1AA matchups virtually gone because you get penalized in the all important rankings.....which impact your end of season bowl and nomini-playoff matchups.
Plus the D-1AA teams took a major payday hit from the loss of big school payouts which was often a huge part of their yearly athletic budget, they now are scrambling just to fill a schedule.
I remember YSU at OSU in front of ~100,000 rabid Buckeye fans and a huge check, a now YSU president Jim Tressel influence, but it was done all over the USA with the coaches networking.
It isn't the D-AA schools issue.....they have Army on their schedule which is on par with D-1AA....its just the scheduling.
Also....The Big Ten now has a rule that Big Ten teams may not schedule D-1AA. And FYI, the SEC has no such rule. They will still be pleased to schedule a full round of cupcakes. Though, with Army and UNLV that is a bit cupcakish of a non-conf. schedule for OSU.
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Yeah new scheduling protocols with the early generally week 1 D-1AA matchups virtually gone because you get penalized in the all important rankings.....which impact your end of season bowl and nomini-playoff matchups.
Plus the D-1AA teams took a major payday hit from the loss of big school payouts which was often a huge part of their yearly athletic budget, they now are scrambling just to fill a schedule.
I remember YSU at OSU in front of ~100,000 rabid Buckeye fans and a huge check, a now YSU president Jim Tressel influence, but it was done all over the USA with the coaches networking.
It isn't the D-AA schools issue.....they have Army on their schedule which is on par with D-1AA....its just the scheduling.
Also....The Big Ten now has a rule that Big Ten teams may not schedule D-1AA. And FYI, the SEC has no such rule. They will still be pleased to schedule a full round of cupcakes. Though, with Army and UNLV that is a bit cupcakish of a non-conf. schedule for OSU.
It isn't the D-AA schools issue.....they have Army on their schedule which is on par with D-1AA....its just the scheduling.
Also....The Big Ten now has a rule that Big Ten teams may not schedule D-1AA. And FYI, the SEC has no such rule. They will still be pleased to schedule a full round of cupcakes. Though, with Army and UNLV that is a bit cupcakish of a non-conf. schedule for OSU.
Army is D-1A a poor one but still D-1A and yes there's not a uniform set of rules among all conferences but scheduling an AA team can really hurt you in the T25 polls, with all the parity now a few points can drop you down out of a top 4, top 10 or whatever ranking.
I have listened to various D-1AA ADs and coaches talk about their scheduling and financial problems related to these matters. It even trickles down to DII levels in some cases.
But when was the NCAA ever really consistent on everything (never?). Plus the P5 conferences and their now mega 16 teams have changed things including breaking up good old rivalries.
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Easily 11-0 going into the game
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Easily 11-0 going into the game
Maybe the most anticipated The Game in many years, we'll see what "m" has left from last year. Plus we'll also see the accumulated value of having Coach Harbaugh in Ann Arbor.
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I already have my ticket
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Composite Top 25 college football rankings from The Sporting News
TEAM POINTS
1. Alabama 147
2. Ohio State 142
3. Florida State 137
4. USC 134
5. Penn State 120
6. Clemson 119
7. Washington 111
8. Oklahoma 110
9. Oklahoma State 95
10. Auburn 92
11. Michigan 88
12. Wisconsin 80
13. LSU 76
14. Georgia 76
15. Stanford 67
16. Louisville 65
17. Kansas State 47
18. Florida 44
19. South Florida 43
20. Miami, Fla. 36
21. West Virginia 34
22. Texas 21
23. Tennessee 16
24. Oregon 14
25. Boise State 11
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Preseason FPI Rankings - Version 1.0 for top 130 see link. http://www.espn.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/129505/ohio-state-is-no-1-in-preseason-fpi-1-0
RANK TEAM FPI PRED
1 Ohio State 28.9 2 12.1 2 14.8 <---- lots of B10
2 Alabama 25.9 9 8.3 1 15.7
3 Oklahoma 24.5 1 17.4 20 6.2
4 Florida State 24.3 3 11.8 4 11.6
5 Auburn 21.5 5 10.4 10 9.4
6 LSU 19.6 10 8.0 6 10.4
7 Clemson 19.6 16 7.0 3 11.9
8 Penn State 18.9 6 9.9 17 7.7
9 Washington 18.7 8 8.6 12 8.7
10 Wisconsin 17.4 15 7.0 9 9.4
11 Stanford 16.7 30 4.7 8 9.7
12 USC 16.3 18 6.7 15 8.1
13 Georgia 15.6 36 3.5 5 11.1
14 Louisville 14.9 21 6.3 14 8.4
15 Florida 14.5 46 2.6 7 10.0
16 Miami (FL) 14.4 40 3.3 11 9.3
17 Notre Dame 14.2 14 7.2 22 6.0
18 Michigan 13.7 26 5.2 19 7.3
19 TCU 13.5 11 7.6 27 5.2
20 Tennessee 13.4 22 6.2 25 5.4
21 Oregon 12.3 4 11.6 61 -0.1
22 North Carolina State 12.2 19 6.5 23 5.7
23 UCLA 12.1 34 3.8 18 7.4
24 Texas 11.8 41 3.3 16 7.9
25 Washington State 11.7 13 7.3 29 4.3
26 Oklahoma State 10.6 12 7.3 46 2.2
27 Texas A&M 10.6 43 2.9 21 6.1
28 Baylor 8.7 27 5.0 32 3.6
29 Northwestern 8.6 48 2.5 26 5.
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Everyone is hating on us because we have the least returning starters in college football. I think.
Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody! -
Everyone is hating on us because we have the least returning starters in college football. I think.
Everyone is hating on us because we have the least returning starters in college football. I think.
Not hating just an observation.
GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND! -
Everyone is hating on us because we have the least returning starters in college football. I think.
Everyone is hating on us because we have the least returning starters in college football. I think.
That is not why "you" are hated.
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Everyone is hating on us because we have the least returning starters in college football. I think.
Not hating just an observation.
Not hating just an observation.
Well an observation resulting in lower rankings. I think it is an overreaction. We'll see.
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Well an observation resulting in lower rankings. I think it is an overreaction. We'll see.
Well 18 isn't so bad.
And almost two months until my favorite sport NCAA football!
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At first on the FPI 130 I thought the B10 was well represented but on closer inspection:
1 OSU
8 PSU
10 WIS
18 M
29 NW
39 IOW
57 NEB (miss Bo now?)
58 MST (really?)
60 IND
61 MIN
69 MAR (was MAR & RUT a total bust?)
83 ILL (ILLINI fans ill)
88 RUT
98 PUR (gave up football for engineering? )
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MST?
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OSU wins it all this year. UM won't even be invited to a bowl game.
"You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970. -
Composite Top 25 college football rankings from The Sporting News
TEAM POINTS
1. Alabama 147
2. Ohio State 142
3. Florida State 137
4. USC 134
5. Penn State 120
6. Clemson 119
7. Washington 111
8. Oklahoma 110
9. Oklahoma State 95
10. Auburn 92
11. Michigan 88
12. Wisconsin 80
13. LSU 76
14. Georgia 76
15. Stanford 67
16. Louisville 65
17. Kansas State 47
18. Florida 44
19. South Florida 43
20. Miami, Fla. 36
21. West Virginia 34
22. Texas 21
23. Tennessee 16
24. Oregon 14
25. Boise State 11
Composite Top 25 college football rankings from The Sporting News
TEAM POINTS
1. Alabama 147
2. Ohio State 142
3. Florida State 137
4. USC 134
5. Penn State 120
6. Clemson 119
7. Washington 111
8. Oklahoma 110
9. Oklahoma State 95
10. Auburn 92
11. Michigan 88
12. Wisconsin 80
13. LSU 76
14. Georgia 76
15. Stanford 67
16. Louisville 65
17. Kansas State 47
18. Florida 44
19. South Florida 43
20. Miami, Fla. 36
21. West Virginia 34
22. Texas 21
23. Tennessee 16
24. Oregon 14
25. Boise State 11
Lol. No matter what, Texas must be in every preseason football top 25. It is written in stone somewhere.
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Returning starters is traditionally a pretty good indicator...
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Traditionally, sure. There are a handful of exceptions in this case I'd argue
Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody! -
Composite Top 25 college football rankings from The Sporting News
TEAM POINTS
1. Alabama 147
2. Ohio State 142
3. Florida State 137
4. USC 134
5. Penn State 120
6. Clemson 119
7. Washington 111
8. Oklahoma 110
9. Oklahoma State 95
10. Auburn 92
11. Michigan 88
12. Wisconsin 80
13. LSU 76
14. Georgia 76
15. Stanford 67
16. Louisville 65
17. Kansas State 47
18. Florida 44
19. South Florida 43
20. Miami, Fla. 36
21. West Virginia 34
22. Texas 21
23. Tennessee 16
24. Oregon 14
25. Boise State 11
Lol. No matter what, Texas must be in every preseason football top 25. It is written in stone somewhere.
Lol. No matter what, Texas must be in every preseason football top 25. It is written in stone somewhere.
But, apparently the same does not hold true for A&M. In fact, I note that UT or is it TU...is the only Texas school on the entire list.
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Traditionally, sure. There are a handful of exceptions in this case I'd argue
Some schools just reload. According to some, Alabama just lost an entire NFL defense to the pros...yet, they have the top ranking. Ohio State just lost 3 DBs to the first round....every one of which could have returned if they wanted to...and they still come in second place in this ranking.
Some other schools cannot do as well with a whole pile of losses to the pros or graduation. (Remains to be seen if Michigan is one of them. Of course, just in their division they have Penn St. and OSU rated ahead...and you have to ask yourself: can Michigan St. rebound after a bad year?)
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