The
Suckeyes Just Got “Penn Stated”
I went and reviewed my post from last season after
“Selection Sunday” and was surprised to see that I commented that I didn’t
watch the show. Yesterday I DID watch the show
and I was tickled to see that the suckeyes were left out.
Now EVERYONE IN COLUMBUS KNOWS HOW HAPPY VALLEY FELT LAST
SEASON!
Karma’s
a Bitch...
In Short: You
can’t go on the road and get pantsed by 31 points regardless of how many good
wins you have…
And if Wiscy would have just taken care of business…But
we did get 10 minutes of this:
Lucas Oil Stadium should be embarrassed…
So I guess this means that everyone should play fewer
conference games and everyone needs to schedule Mercer late in the season to
keep your perfect record unblemished.
The SEC has been rewarded with two teams making the CFP and only playing
8 conference games…BS. The
committee should have held its nose and taken the suckeyes…even
though I’m not sure they are one of the 4 best teams in the country!
But I will still say that CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS NEED TO
MEAN SOMETHING! Which is consistent with
what I said last year. And what
Dan Wetzel at Yahoo Sports is saying this year (I’d read the whole article as
it’s a good one that soap boxes post season reform for College Football):
Excerpts:
For the
second consecutive year the Big Ten staged a championship game where the winner
didn’t win much. Neither Penn State last year nor Ohio State this season advanced to the
College Football Playoff. It was
the same with USC in the Pac-12. A year ago, Alabama could have lost the SEC
title game and still made the playoff. This year the Tide didn’t even have to
play and they got in
MMQ:
This season, TWO CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Pac 12, B1G)
meant nothing. Either Michigan
or PSU should have been the B1G’s representative last season (Michigan
was the best Stats team that was NOT in the CFP and of course, PSU won the B1G,
but was lousy on the stats line). The
suckeyes were not a good team last season and yet somehow made it in. But if you’re going to ignore the Conference
Championships, abandon them for player safety and other reasons.
Back to Wetzel:
While at first consideration it may sound like an eight-team playoff
devalues the season compared to a four-team playoff, but if you’re eliminating
the conference title game round, that isn’t the case.
Here’s the simple frame work.
First weekend of
December is no longer reserved for conference championship games. They are the
first round of an eight-team playoff, where the higher-seeded team gets to
host. The champions of the five major conferences would be granted automatic
bids. If you win your league, you are in
Again,
I don’t want to cut and paste the entire article, but the whole post season
needs to be re-thought.
Does
Bama getting in piss me off? It didn’t seem to piss off Urban Legend that
much.
he knows
the suckeyes had a bad loss…
The fact that Bama is in and will have a decent shot at
beating Clemson in 4 weeks as they will be healthy at Linebacker confirms
for me, anyway, that the committee is paying attention to those sorts of things
now. So to answer the question, no. I think Bama is one of the 4 best teams.
Also, the B1G’s last 2 season’s dismal performances (sparty
38-0 against Bama and suckeyes 31-0 against Clemson) is another strike
against the committee taking a team from the B1G, but I think the committee
screwed up twice in 2015 and 2016 by not taking the Best B1G team from either Season
(Suckeyes in 2015 – Michigan in 2016).
Wiscy
winning would have changed the outcome as they would have been in and Bama
would be out and that would have been sweet, also. Bama getting in is just a world we’re living
in and everyone should get used to that.
Read Thamel, too.
Good opinion stuff here…
Will the play in games be more compelling? I guess we’ll see. Early picks:
I like Clemson in a squeaker over Bama and Oklahoma over Georgia. I think it’s Baker Mayfield’s year with a
Heisman and National Championship.
The MMQ’s
The
MMQ Game of the Year: This
one is always tough because you have to take all of them into
consideration. Four, for me anyway, that
were in the running were Oklahoma – suckeyes, Auburn – Georgia, Auburn – Bama and Domers –
Canes. I guess I’ll go with Domers
– Canes because someone I really hated was gonna lose, but to see someone get
pantsed in a big game is even better!!!
MMQ
for the Game we THOUGHT was the Best Game of the Season (at the time it was
played): This is
for that game between two teams that everyone thought would have some sort of
CFP Impact later in the season.
There’s only two: Gatorland vs.
Michigan and FSU vs. Bama. Gatorland and Michigan both had “Down” seasons
and FSU-Bama turned out to be a nothing burger with FSU stumbling. I’m giving this one to FSU-Bama, but
it’s close.
MMQ
Upset of the Year:
Hands down – Iowa over the suckeyes.
I know it wasn’t the largest point spread upset, but it was the biggest
surprise that only a few people saw coming.
Wash State over USC considered here, also. But Iowa
singlehandedly kept the suckeyes out of the CFP.
MMQ
Best Comeback of the Year: Hands down UCLA coming back in the 4th
quarter against Texas A&M.
Both coaches in that game fired…
MMQ
Coach of the Year: This
one is tricky. But I think you have to
give it to First Year at Purdue Coach Brohm for getting the Boilers
back to a bowl, first time since 2012.
(Relax Sparty, Antionianus was considered. But I felt that last season was more of a fluke
than anything).
MMQ
for the Team of the Year: I
normally don’t go with an undefeated or highly ranked team here. However, I do have to pick an undefeated team
this season as they have beaten everyone they’ve face by double digits. Scott Frost’s UCF Knights win easily here
and drew a tough team in Auburn for their bowl game…
MMQ
Most Disappointing Team of the Year: Teams in consideration: FSU, Gatorland, Tennessee, Texas, and
USC. Tennessee NOT winning an SEC
game, firing its coach and all the other crap has to be the winner here.
MMQ
for the Most Improved Team of the Year: The Candidates:
Sparty: 3-9 to 9-3 and 3rd in the B1G
East. Not Bad
Domers: Ditto.
4-8 to 9-3 is a nice turnaround
Spoilermakers: winning 6 and getting to a Bowl for the first
time since 2012
Iowa
State: Getting Bowl
Eligible without breaking a sweat and beating The Laters in their house and also
beating TCU at home is quite an accomplishment.
The
Winner: Iowa State. We were talking about them a lot mid-season and they
are going to be a force to reckon with in the Big iiX for some time to
come.
MMQ
Best Coach’s Comment of the Year: Satan:
“Rat Poison”. Hands Down.
MMQ
for Best Coaching Hire: I
already gave Brohm Coach of the Year so I’m giving the Coaching Hire to Fleck. Herman was considered, but Texas is still a
mess.
MMQ
for The Worst Referee’d Game of the Year: Pick one of about 6 that Michigan played in
this season. With the Game at or near the top
of the list.
MMQ
Vote For Heisman: If I
had one. 1. Mayfield
2. Jackson 3.
Love
MMQ
Best Player of the Year that Won’t Be Considered for Heisman: Mo Hurst. No one else.
MMQ
For Most Overrated Conference of the Year: SEC and Pac 12 considered. Right now, I think the Pac 12 is the weaker conference,
but everyone seems to know that.
Therefore, the SEC takes the crown again as the most overated.
MMQ
For Worst Coaching Performance of the Year: The Candidates:
Harbaugh: Yes, I’m putting him on the list. If Speight was your best QB going into the
season and O’Korn was the back-up, I have concerns. Especially after observing O’Korn as a
starter. Peters should have been further
along in development after having a red-shirt under his belt. Sorry, Jimmy, that’s a fact. Also: still just 1-7 against rivals and
finished his 3rd B1G season at 5-4.
Sumlin: So much talent and so few positive
results. I’m not sure he gets a look
from anyone else at this point, even though he’s a great recruiter with high
ranked classes.
Jones: What else can be said? Great recruiter with lousy sideline in game
decisions.
Herman: Didn’t win any Big iiX “marquee” games, but
did make a bowl at 6-6.
The
Winner: 2 of the 4 nominees lost their
jobs, so piling on there seems excessive. I’m going in house and saying that Harbaugh
should have done a better job with Hoke’s last class than he did.
The
MMQ for the “Well That’s Fabulous” Moment of the Year: So MANY to choose from that I
really don’t know how to make a decision.
But when I started putting the list together in my head (including two
SEC teams in the CFP) I got to the situation in Tennessee. Without question, we’ll be talking about the
WTF week that was as the Volunteers tried to hire a new HC. Got to be the winner, with the 2 SEC teams in
the CFP a close 2nd.
MMQ
for the Most Off the Field-Football Related Issue That Occupied Our Time: This one’s close. The overall coaching
carousel vs. the debacle that is Tennessee. There were some others (Ole Miss violations,
UNC not getting slapped by the NCAA, others) but I’m going with the Coaching
Carousel this year due to the fact that winning coaches are leaving great
programs (Fisher – FSU, Frost – UCF) to take over dumpster fires and
see if they’re as good as they think they are. Malzhan wisely chose a contract extension at
Auburn vs. going home to Arkansas, who is now scrambling to fill their
vacancy. Should get interesting.
The
Bowls Are Set!
In what is slowly becoming a big issue with seniors
already announcing that they won’t be playing, the bowl match-ups have been announced. Here’s a link to Yahoo Sports Ranking of the
Bowls:
Michigan
meets South Carolina as the 13th Best Bowl Game in a rematch of the
2014 Outback Bowl, which everyone remembers for this:
Jadeveon Clowney’s draft stock shot up after that hit
on Deveon Smith.
Oh, and this is a real thing:
26.
Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl: Florida Atlantic (10-3) vs. Akron (7-6)
– Tuesday, Dec. 19 (Boca Raton, Fla.)
The Hot Seat
ZAPPED
List
We’ll keep track of who’s gone as the season progresses….
- “Holier than Thou” Hugh
Freeze
- Andersen – Oregon State
- Kugler – Texas El Paso
- Tyson Summers – Georgia
Southern
- McElwain – Florida.
- Butch Jones – Tennessee
- Mora – UCLA. Was on the ECOD at 4 last week.
- Bielema - Arkansas
- Riley - Nebraska
- Sumlin – Texas A&M
- Graham - ASU
The Hot Seat
1. Beatty – Kansas
2. Fedora
– UNC
3.
Lovie Smith – Illinois hands
Indiana first B1G Win
4.
Ruhle – Baylor
The Coach Matrix
Frost is going to Nebraska!
That’s exciting news for Husker
Nation and the B1G West should get a lot more interesting at this point.
Etc.
This Week In Schadenfreude…
Columbus is PISSED OFF! But, hey, now you know how PSU Felt last
season.
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