buckeyemania11 said:

Auburn and Cal who are both right at the brink as well both losing at home to bad teams yesterday gave us a big boost along with us winning this game today. Avoiding a loss to Penn State is really the crucial thing at this point as that would knock us back down to that level.

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Kentucky should have ended Auburn but the refs got involved at the end helping Auburn to the win. I am still ticked off over that one.

That said Auburn just needs to lose 1 of their final 2 with that 2nd game being at Bama and they are finished as no 16 loss team has ever got a NCAA at large bid.

Cal took that same horrific loss Ohio State did against a terrible Pitt team the only difference is they did it at home and they got smoked and it was when it mattered more in timing.

DubCoffman62 said:

They got to Kelly too

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Would think a clone would actually look like her.

Bestbuck36 said:

Seems we switch places after today. We go last 4 in they go first 4 out.

Still have to finish

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Auburn and Cal who are both right at the brink as well both losing at home to bad teams yesterday gave us a big boost along with us winning this game today. Avoiding a loss to Penn State is really the crucial thing at this point as that would knock us back down to that level.

How much longer will Minnesota deal with this cheating bust?

buckeyemania11 said:

I think Indiana is cooked at this point. They are out of gas running on fumes after that failed effort against Sparty at home today, they really needed a top notch effort today and the game down the stretch wasn't ever really realistically in reach for them. Id be shocked if we lost at home to them at this point. It's just getting past that death trap in slappy valley on Wednesday

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Seems we switch places after today. We go last 4 in they go first 4 out.

Still have to finish

I think Indiana is cooked at this point. They are out of gas running on fumes after that failed effort against Sparty at home today, they really needed a top notch effort today and the game down the stretch wasn't ever really realistically in reach for them. Id be shocked if we lost at home to them at this point. It's just getting past that death trap in slappy valley on Wednesday

Jagdaddy said:

Now comes a big coaching test. Can’t have a letdown at PSU.

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We will.

Got the sweep yesterday 4-1. All of the scoring was by our trio of Swedish Olympians.

We get Minnesota in the knockout round this coming weekend. Wiscy gets an easier path since Minny State upset UM-Duluth this weekend.

Ended up getting the tie in the second game. Let's beat the shit out of the domers next week and roll into the B1G tournament on a high. Hopefully, we can ruin some weekends.

calibuck said:

Did I see Diebs in a suit for the UCLA game? Believe I did, rather than his pull-over. Is he going classy? Or am I missing something here?

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Well, considering he is wearing a suit every game now, I guess he decided to stay classy.

Three consecutive upset wins against Purdue to start his head coaching career.
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You want to say a game at PSU is an "easy" game because they've lost a lot of games this season, it's really not, but the bracketologists hammer you for losing. That's why it's harder for a high major team, as even the teams like PSU that aren't very good can on one day decide to play like they are very good. The teams that Miami Ohio has been playing would lose to OSU by 40 points, and that's not an exaggeration.

henry_muto said:

Going into today Ohio State had a WAB at 44. This is the new hot metric that was used last year that got North Carolina in the field despite having a 1-12 quad 1 record.

That win today vs Purdue should shoot that WAB up hopefully into the top 40 which is around where North Carolina was last year.

Going to be such a huge game at Penn State as losing there would undo almost all the good this Purdue win has done and that game won't be easy at all.

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I already think WAB is BS to help mid-majors get more bids because they don't play many (or ANY in the case of Miami OH) Quad 1 games. Just a totally unnecessary metric to help teams get in with more wins against weaker teams.

OHSportsFan said:

IU with a hapless effort at home. Lose 77-64 to MSU.

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You say that like it's a bad thing

Fungo Squiggly said:

Just snagged a couple tickets for next Sunday's game. A chance to see Bruce's last home game and maybe break Hop's scoring record? Just can't pass that up. Work can fuck off for those 4 hours

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Yeah, it's probably shaping up to be the best home game to attend this season. But gotta find a way to keep the momentum going and can't stumble at PSU. Hopefully the team will continue to get healthier down the stretch.

That Pitt loss still haunts especially since they suck this year. They can overcome it but they would have more breathing room with a win that day.

Barnes joined Mississippi State in 2024 after previously serving as the defensive coordinator at Memphis and in roles at Ohio State and Maryland.

Former Ohio State DC gets a coaching job at Maryland​

Barnes has left the Bulldogs in order to take a job at Maryland. He is back in the Big Ten, as is now the new special teams coordinator for the Terps. He is back in the Big Ten after five years away.

They keep finding ways to fuck up games at the end, even if they pull this one out

Just snagged a couple tickets for next Sunday's game. A chance to see Bruce's last home game and maybe break Hop's scoring record? Just can't pass that up. Work can fuck off for those 4 hours