I think Cignetti is a pompous ass I know he’s become a BP folk hero but anybody but IU. I hope we are the ones to wipe that smirk off his face.

buckeyemania11 said:

The biggest joke is Bama getting nuked in the SEC title game and not even moving at all.

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The committee has ALOT to answer for this season. I’m all for bringing back the computers to determine our Top 12.

But the fact that Bama didn’t move at all after losing by 21 and Georgia didn’t move it all after winning by 21 is pretty indicative of a “let’s just get through this bullshit so we don’t have to answer any more questions” mindset from the committee.

OHSportsFan said:

Their AD is doing the press junket today already. About the 3rd or 4th show I’ve seen quotes from this morning.

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Fuck ND. Their arrogance really led them to believe that the ACC would lobby for them over Miami. It's beyond delusional and has crossed over into psychotic. As for the ACC, you knew they were snakes when you invited them in.

A degenerate gambler who is on Cowherd show said our D was not formidable enough. wtf I about threw my remote at the tv.

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Their AD is doing the press junket today already. About the 3rd or 4th show I’ve seen quotes from this morning.

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Did I miss something??? what did the ACC do to them? not let them play in the title game or something?

RugbyBuck said:

I think the IU game showed that he's not a finished product as an OC. Maybe he'll be a CEO-type of HC.

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Oh I think we've all known that. I'm pretty sure Day has had a hand in calling plays alongside him all year.
USF is hiring him to make a splash with a young, up and coming coordinator who can recruit, and they can brag that they landed him for big ol OSU.

Jaxbuck said:

I know one thing they will see when they self scout this month, CJ Donaldson is a damn near 100% tell.

When he's in, he's in for pass pro.

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Let Matt scout our offense tape and give his two cents on our Offense.

Jaxbuck said:

Some perspective after last night using a mix of BCFtoys (what you have done on the field) CFB graphs data (how you have done it):

SUMMARY TABLE — DEFENSIVE QUALITY (OSU SIDE ONLY)​

Team	DFEI Rank	DSR Rank	DAY Rank	Overall Danger to OSU
Indiana	#3	#3	#5	Very High
Miami	#7	#10	#7	Moderate
Georgia	#13	#12	#17	Moderate–Low
Texas A&M	#14	#15	#17	Low
Ole Miss	#22	#15–20	#15	Low
Tulane	#30+	#25+	#35+	Negligible

IU is far and away the best defense we will face before a possible rematch with it.

None of:
-Georgia
-Miami
-A&M
-Ole Miss
are even close.

Indiana:
best early-down efficiency
top-tier drive denial
elite finishing drives allowed
elite available-yards suppression
elite FEI stability
best red-zone constraints
best suited for OSU’s style (this is the killer)

Georgia/Miami/A&M simply cannot replicate the same "structural discomfort" IU can create.

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Great data. I bet Georgia is trending upwards though over last 4-5 games. Not a shock but I think Indiana (#1 seed) and Georgia (#3 seed) are the biggest threats to OSU.

CincyInterloper said:

I think the answer is that the committee started with the result they wanted, then rationalized their selections by adjusting the evaluation criteria until it provided that result. In their defense, we all do this to some extent. Sometimes without even realizing it.

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And we could see it coming the week before, when they moved Bama ahead of ND after they barely survived at Auburn while ND obliterated Stanford. The only justification was that an ND loss got a little less forgivable once aTm was no longer undefeated. But losing to a #7 team as compared to a #3 team (aTm before they lost) isn’t much of a difference. They just wanted Bama ahead of ND to protect them prior to their upcoming loss to UGA.

One thing I would like them to consider in the red zone.

Have 3 or 4 WRs and let Sayin audible (verbal or hand signals, ones not used before). There were a handful of occasions where it looked like a slant to JJ was easy pickings in the red zone on Saturday.

Study the hell out of what the opposing defenses do against each formation, shift to that formation after the 15-second mark (so there’s no electronic communication available to the defenses green-dot LB), and then go quickly after getting into the new formation and sending the signal to the WRs. They shouldn’t need more than 2 seconds of pass pro on these plays, and don’t try to go past the second read if the first one looks too well-covered after the snap, just throw it through the end zone.

I think Julian would be able to handle this, especially with the extra prep time before games now.

BB73 said:

The incocsistency of the committee is better questioned by pointing out that:

Bama lost to #3 by 21 in a CCG and didn’t drop below ND

BYU lost to #4 by 22 in a CCG and dropped below Miami

That combination allowed ND and Miami to get next to each other and have the head-to-head result come into play.

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I think the committee decided to throw the ACC a bone and not leave them completely out. Think if UVA had won ND would be in

BB73 said:

The incocsistency of the committee is better questioned by pointing out that:

Bama lost to #3 by 21 in a CCG and didn’t drop below ND

BYU lost to #4 by 22 in a CCG and dropped below Miami

That combination allowed ND and Miami to get next to each other and have the head-to-head result come into play.

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I think the answer is that the committee started with the result they wanted, then rationalized their selections by adjusting the evaluation criteria until it provided that result. In their defense, we all do this to some extent. Sometimes without even realizing it.

zbuck said:

What ? You don't want the smallest QB we've had in the last couple decades responsible for crashing into a line of huge lineman ?

We're already telegraphing it's a run play with the four TE on the field.

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They definitely need to do a better job of calling running plays from what look like passing formations and calling pass plays from what look like run formations.

desert_buckeye said:

Did the Bucks even try one screen pass to slow down that pass rush? I don't remember one except for that bullshit one across the field and back

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Yes. It went for a big gain, but it was called back