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SEC (It just means more.. even its losses are wins)

jwinslow
buckeyemania11 said:
The conference does matter especially when you get below the B1G & SEC, that's pretty obvious.

At SOME POINT losses should matter though. But I get the feeling that SMU flopping on their face will make the committee think twice before ever giving a ACC type team like them the bid over a meh 3 loss Bama type team ever again.

The SEC is basically playing the "losses in the SEC should count less" card with their "LOOK AT HOW TOUGH OUR CONFERENCE SCHEDULE IS!" manifesto they sent out to the media. They are pretty much straight up ignoring that Bama and Ole Miss both lost 2/3 of their games to meh average at best teams.
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Bama should try having a QB that can throw beyond an SMU level

or one that remembers that he's among the most dominant weapons at QB that the school has ever seen.

or they could throw for Harbaugh like qb numbers and then complain when people notice.
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Bye Margaret….

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Wow, didn't know she was that old. I'm getting old.
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SEC (It just means more.. even its losses are wins)

Zurp
cincibuck said:
Let me just say that it’s time for a NATIONAL tournament where teams from the South have to play in the north and teams from the west have to travel to the east and the NCG rotates through all four regions. Let the bowls fall down go boom and get the fuck out of the way.
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A buddy of mine had an idea that I like: move the bowl games to the beginning of the next season. Every team qualifies for a bowl, but many or most are at home fields for one team. You still have the Sugar Bowl, Rose Bowl, Poop Bucket Bowl... but that's Week 1 of the next year. The only post-season games are the playoffs.
I'd add that all rounds should be home games for the better seeds until the championship. Like you said, southern teams will have to travel north sometimes (Welcome, Tennessee fans!).
I like your idea of moving the championship game through the 4 regions, but if I only get one, I'd choose to have more of the playoff games at home stadiums.
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CB Davison Igbinosun (National Champion)

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Tim Walton Working with Davison Igbinosun to Master Fundamentals As Ohio State Cornerback Looks to Reduce Penalties in Senior Season​

“I want to improve on the penalties,” Igbinosun told ESPN when explaining his decision to stay at Ohio State for another year. “I had too many, I want to clean that up.”

Fortunately for Igbinosun, he has the benefit of another year to learn from one of college football’s top secondary coaches, Tim Walton – who knows what it takes to succeed at the highest level as a former NFL secondary coach. And even though it’s been a lingering issue for two years, Walton believes Igbinosun’s penalty issues remain entirely correctable.

“Anything in life is correctable if you put the work in,” Walton said this spring. “You work on it, it’ll improve, and it’ll keep getting better. Football has a lot going on – you got splits, you got body size, you got field position, so you got different calls that puts you in those different positions, so you got to be able to plow all of that and know how it works so when you're at the top of the route, you're not in a bad position that makes you have to reach around.”

While refraining from grabbing opposing receivers is the obvious answer to how Igbinosun can reduce penalties, Walton believes it all starts with having proper footwork.

“Just moving his feet. Just feet drills, just moving his feet so you don't reach at the top,” Walton said when asked what he’s working on with Igbinosun to cut down on penalties. “Your eyes, feet, hands slide at the top so if you get your feet in the right position early in the down, that puts you in a better position at the top of the route so you don't have to reach as much.”
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SEC (It just means more.. even its losses are wins)

cincibuck
buckeyemania11 said:
The conference does matter especially when you get below the B1G & SEC, that's pretty obvious.

At SOME POINT losses should matter though. But I get the feeling that SMU flopping on their face will make the committee think twice before ever giving a ACC type team like them the bid over a meh 3 loss Bama type team ever again.

The SEC is basically playing the "losses in the SEC should count less" card with their "LOOK AT HOW TOUGH OUR CONFERENCE SCHEDULE IS!" manifesto they sent out to the media. They are pretty much straight up ignoring that Bama and Ole Miss both lost 2/3 of their games to meh average at best teams.
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TenneCheat VolunTears (official thread)

cincibuck
If conference doesn't matter, then why do we have a thread, "It Just Means More?" Why are you on this thread worrying about yahoos from Nashville and Knoxville?

The strength of any conference does matter. It's why there are threads pissing and moaning about the chance that the ACC champion with 1 loss might get a better playoff slot than a 1 loss Buckeye team.

I don't root for other Big Ten teams before I root for the Buckeyes, but I want to see the conference as being better than the others. I don't want to be the guy who chants "Big Ten!" while Illinois beats Wake Forest (I also don't want to be Big Nut or the other doofuss in the cape and cowboy hat). But I do want to see conference strength helping the Buckeyes in the polls and in playoff seeding.
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SEC (It just means more.. even its losses are wins)

buckeyemania11
cincibuck said:
Not aimed at "mania," but this is why I think the conference matters. Win the ACC or Big Eight, you'd better have only one loss, or you better have some impressive outings in OOC games with SEC/Big 10 teams.

That's also why I want to see other Big 10 teams start earning their BTN dollars.
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The conference does matter especially when you get below the B1G & SEC, that's pretty obvious.

At SOME POINT losses should matter though. But I get the feeling that SMU flopping on their face will make the committee think twice before ever giving a ACC type team like them the bid over a meh 3 loss Bama type team ever again.

The SEC is basically playing the "losses in the SEC should count less" card with their "LOOK AT HOW TOUGH OUR CONFERENCE SCHEDULE IS!" manifesto they sent out to the media. They are pretty much straight up ignoring that Bama and Ole Miss both lost 2/3 of their games to meh average at best teams.
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SEC (It just means more.. even its losses are wins)

cincibuck
buckeyemania11 said:
If Ohio State had went 9-3 in 2024 with losses to Oregon, scUM and say Nebraska, would any of these media clowns be advocating and crying that we shoulda gotten into the playoff? The answer is hell no.

But we are all supposed to pretend its a travesty that Bama and Ole Miss didn't get in because they both lost 3 games and had multiple losses to meh teams :lol:
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Not aimed at "mania," but this is why I think the conference matters. Win the ACC or Big Eight, you'd better have only one loss, or you better have some impressive outings in OOC games with SEC/Big 10 teams.

That's also why I want to see other Big 10 teams start earning their BTN dollars.
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Spelling Test

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Buckeye Spelling Bee: Test Your Spelling Skills On Ohio State’s Famous and Most Difficult Names​

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Put on your thinking caps and grab your favorite drink, it’s time for a special edition of Ohio State trivia.

Last night, Faizan Zaki won the 2025 Scripps Howard Spelling Bee by correctly spelling “éclaircissement.” You know, the word of French origin you use daily that means to clear up something obscure. In honor of the kids who will never need to use their computer's spell checker, it's time to test your ability to spell the names of former Ohio State players.

There are two simple rules: Please use your brain (not a search engine) and only play once. If you need more éclaircissement, don't cheat.

Here's the first one:

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The Buckeye pictured above is the only player in college football history to win the Heisman Trophy twice. How do you spell his name?
  • Archie Griffon
  • Archie Griffith
  • Archie Griffin
  • Archie Griffen
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Just sayin': 60%, I can't spell worth shit, how did you do?
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