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2025 College Football Playoffs Discussion (12 Team Format)

yep, I knew keeping us at 2 was probably the worst outcome. 3 would have us playing Ole Miss with their interim coach, and didn't expect to go to 4 to set up back to back B1G matchups, potentially.
The committee wanted a Miami-OSU rematch to maximize interest. Would have enabled that regardless of OSU's seed.
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2025 College Football Playoffs Discussion (12 Team Format)

All other football divisions play the following week after the conclusion of the regular season. D1 needs to do the same. It’s stupid to have long layoffs. Hell, look how rusty NFL players get when they don’t play the last couple games before the playoffs(once they win their division). I hope to hell Indiana beats Bama. I sure as hell don’t want an all SEC championship game. I’m not sold on Oregon. As shitty as we played at times last night, we kill tech by 28. Almost wish the committee would’ve dropped us to 4th when we lost to Indiana. Miami doesn’t look like the 10th best team. More like 5th or 6th (even though they beat us).
The long layoff further bastardizes every natty in college football history, one could argue.
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2026 tOSU Offense Discussion

Bottom line is Ryan Day has to go get someone who can customize the offense to fit what we are best suited to do.

If that means introducing different formations etc then so be it. We shouldn’t be saying “you have to run the Ohio State offense” because what if we aren’t equipped to run the offense from 2019?

I think the offense is sort of stale too. Doesn’t need a total overhaul but certainly we should be introducing different formations.
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2025 College Football Playoffs Discussion (12 Team Format)

All other football divisions play the following week after the conclusion of the regular season. D1 needs to do the same. It’s stupid to have long layoffs. Hell, look how rusty NFL players get when they don’t play the last couple games before the playoffs(once they win their division). I hope to hell Indiana beats Bama. I sure as hell don’t want an all SEC championship game. I’m not sold on Oregon. As shitty as we played at times last night, we kill tech by 28. Almost wish the committee would’ve dropped us to 4th when we lost to Indiana. Miami doesn’t look like the 10th best team. More like 5th or 6th (even though they beat us).
yep, I knew keeping us at 2 was probably the worst outcome. 3 would have us playing Ole Miss with their interim coach, and didn't expect to go to 4 to set up back to back B1G matchups, potentially.
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2025 College Football Playoffs Discussion (12 Team Format)

I prefer that than some 7th place SEC team. Ideally we'd cut back to 8 teams with no bye, but they're never going to downgrade. So I'd rather invite all the conference champs and runners up than some team that was 5-4 in a "better" conference.
This year my playoff teams would look like:
OSU, IU, Oregon
Bama, Georgia, TAMU
Duke, Miami, Virginia
Texas Tech, BYU, Utah
JMU
Tulane
ND
North Texas or Navy


Really not that much different than what we got, but your top 8 teams get to play that game instead of a bye, and that game is more of a warm-up game since you're playing a G5 type team. So you're actually prepared for the quarterfinals.

I want to reward teams for success, not for name on jersey and hypotheticals.
I agree that any system that limits ESPN's corrupt system is preferable. The rankings system is a joke so you can't just put teams in by just they rankings. You have convinced me.
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2025 Cotton Bowl: #2 tOSU vs #10 Miami-FL, Wed 12/31 7:30 ET at JerryWorld

Seems to me he did a really good job first year.

One thing about it that is interesting is the fact opposing QB's seemed to get a lot of time in the pocket to scan the field, and throw the ball. Even with that Matt's crew held opps to a low scoring affair. Defense only gave up 17 points yesterday. That said, his D kept this game winnable, but the offense was out of whack, and the OL really isn't very good, nor is ST, which is why they lost the game.

I'm no DC, but I would like to see what he does (if he's still here) about more QB pressures, but even without a lot of this the D was successful. Anyhow, I'm interested to see what he does with that aspect of the game, and who he brings in via recruits/transfers over-all. All in all, I don't see him as the issue. IMHO, it's OL, ST, and some growing pains, including Sayin.

This team can learn from this and become dominate if handled correctly, but I truly have my doubts that the OL will become more assertive and dominate. I hope I'm wrong about that. Day needs to take the OL woes seriously, that's been the weak link all along IMO.

Someone implied they weren't concerned about the OL moving forward after the Indy game because allegedly no other team we would play would bring that kind of pressure.

Wrong. Weakness got found out, and exploited.
I thought he would be weak but he was fine a good leader and teacher. I thought ou
Defender wasn't unblocked. Jeremiah just didn't secure his responsibility.
Fuck that. Beating scUM is always #1. Get your priorities in check
Only if your. Over 70 years old.
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2025 Cotton Bowl: #2 tOSU vs #10 Miami-FL, Wed 12/31 7:30 ET at JerryWorld

Defender wasn't unblocked. Jeremiah just didn't secure his responsibility.
Not really he was clearly coached to curl and seal as he curled the guy shot it. The Miami player gambled hard and won. But if he missed that int he would have put his team in a bad position cause they would have been down a man.
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2025 Cotton Bowl: #2 tOSU vs #10 Miami-FL, Wed 12/31 7:30 ET at JerryWorld

Defender wasn't unblocked. Jeremiah just didn't secure his responsibility.
Agreed. It seemed like he phoned that play in and it bit his teammates in the ass. That said, it wasn’t just him. It was a bad play call and Sayin needs to have better awareness in that situation.
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2025 College Football Playoffs Discussion (12 Team Format)

All other football divisions play the following week after the conclusion of the regular season. D1 needs to do the same. It’s stupid to have long layoffs. Hell, look how rusty NFL players get when they don’t play the last couple games before the playoffs(once they win their division). I hope to hell Indiana beats Bama. I sure as hell don’t want an all SEC championship game. I’m not sold on Oregon. As shitty as we played at times last night, we kill tech by 28. Almost wish the committee would’ve dropped us to 4th when we lost to Indiana. Miami doesn’t look like the 10th best team. More like 5th or 6th (even though they beat us).
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