RhodeIslandBuck said:

Bugs me that OSU's best teams seem to come up short more often than not.

Every natty in my lifetime faced some ridiculous amount of adversity. No one expected 02, 14, or 24 (at least after the Michigan game), the irony.

Cause honestly, gun to my head, id probably pick 2019 and 1998 over any of those teams in a vacuum.

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Yup. It’s why if 2025 wins it all I’d probably pick them. They’d be the first juggernaut OSU squad to win it all in years.

Jaxbuck said:

Poor monkeys.

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Told ya

pnuts34 said:

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That Florida team being used an example is classic.

They lost to USF...at home.

Guess I don't know ball but that seems like maybe they aren't really that good to me.

System_id said:

That's the thing though, the path to victory against 2019 was so insanely narrow. Think about what needed to happen for Clemson to eke out that win. Fields came into that game injured, OSU had a collective off day in terms of execution, Dobbins gets injured, OSU lost the turnover battle 2-0, AND there was blatant ref fuckery that took what would've been the game winning score off the board. This is against a loaded Clemson squad mind you. It basically took an act of God to hand 2019 their only loss.

The path to victory against 2025 isn't nearly as narrow. Sayin having an off day, special teams fuckery or multiple awful turnovers would probably enough to cost the team.

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I never thought of the now-fired replay dude in Birmingham as a deity, he was more like the devil to me.

Jaxbuck said:

and I always forget to add the 2015 team to the conversation

Coaching let that team down, not talent

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Yep that team is on my list. Lost 1 game on a last second field goal, in a game where Zeke only got 12 touches. I can still see JT running in sand....

AuTX Buckeye said:

Great call... Williams got me 37 ... Dart wasn't bad either 27.... RE: Murray .... I dont wanna carry 3 QBs.... is he safe to drop?

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What BN said. Williams was going against CIN so.... payday all around.

Dart would have had a bigger game if wasn't for a couple drops.

Captain Buckeye said:

I get some of us (myself included) bitching when we lost the 2019 Clemson game because of the refs. It was a one score game.

But when you lose by 24 points? Yeah I don’t get that.

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I’m not a gambler, except in the BP Sportsbook. But IF I had bet cash on a game the thought of an extra TD might impact how I felt about the zebra decisions!

RhodeIslandBuck said:

Bugs me that OSU's best teams seem to come up short more often than not.

Every natty in my lifetime faced some ridiculous amount of adversity. No one expected 02, 14, or 24 (at least after the Michigan game), the irony.

Cause honestly, gun to my head, id probably pick 2019 and 1998 over any of those teams in a vacuum.

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and I always forget to add the 2015 team to the conversation

Coaching let that team down, not talent

Bugs me that OSU's best teams seem to come up short more often than not.

Every natty in my lifetime faced some ridiculous amount of adversity. No one expected 02, 14, or 24 (at least after the Michigan game), the irony.

Cause honestly, gun to my head, id probably pick 2019 and 1998 over any of those teams in a vacuum.

What 1998 could have been if not for one bizarre punt.

Jaxbuck said:

They have made Michael Irvin the face of the program.

That pretty much tells you what you need to know about Da U

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UGA has to be thankful Beck went away

System_id said:

That's the thing though, the path to victory against 2019 was so insanely narrow. Think about what needed to happen for Clemson to eke out that win. Fields came into that game injured, OSU had a collective off day in terms of execution, Dobbins gets injured, OSU lost the turnover battle 2-0, AND there was blatant ref fuckery that took what would've been the game winning score off the board. This is against a loaded Clemson squad mind you. It basically took an act of God to hand 2019 their only loss.

The path to victory against 2025 isn't nearly as narrow. Sayin having an off day, special teams fuckery or multiple awful turnovers would probably enough to cost the team.

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I disagree. With a defense this good they have some wiggle room. 2019 is a great comp, but I do think this defense is more loaded top to bottom.

Running game I agree with. Fields could get 100 any game he wanted and Dobins was a Junior. By his junior year Jackson will be as good as Dobins, but not this year.

I made this thread to try to appreciate what we are watching here. The seasons seem to be flying by faster and faster for me. We already played 8 games!! I still don't know how to comprehend that our qb has a 80+ completion % through 8 games. Its not possible. Throwaways should take you that low. Just tring to appreciate it. This is a special year and these kids are still hungry.

FUCK MICHIGAN

I think at this point it's been apparent that Hunter made them relevant.

Well, as relevant as they could get.

Jaxbuck said:

I remember a couple of interviews of the family at the time and they were very vocal about not wanting to sue the school/church so I have never seen an NDA where a pissed off participant actually goes out of their way to speak on the counter parties behalf. You 100% want people to not speak/do interviews/say anything at all just because you never know what they might say by accident or how it could come out.

I'll just say they struck me as believers

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All true..at that time, and as far I’ve seen nobody has heard from them since. Lots of folks initially don’t want to file claims. Smart insurance adjusters circle back around after the dust settles and try to make a quiet, reasonable (to the insurance company) deal. Did that happen here? I have no hard facts to say it did. But it certainly shouldn’t surprise anyone if it did. Also, if a quiet deal was reached I would be happy for the family. They deserved something for their loss and what they went through. It won’t bring their son back, but it’s all they can be offered.

4th and 17…..really Buffalo….get a defense that’s not a wet paper bag and you might win a SB

OregonBuckeye said:

They all act like children. Embarrassing program culture

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They have made Michael Irvin the face of the program.

That pretty much tells you what you need to know about Da U

Yeah I can’t pretend to rank them before The Game. Period. The only teams or players in my G.O.A.T. conversation win The Game. National Championship is important too but not a deal breaker. I will say they are if they whoop tsun. So far there is a different feeling about this team, to me. They are methodical. This group goes to work on opponents. Puch clock, whoop ass, punch out. I love it.

2019 didn’t quite get it done. 2024 lost to tcun, but ripped through four top ten teams to take it. None of our other teams have done that. Some maybe could’ve, but didn’t have the opportunity. 2024 did and took it.