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2002 NC Team vs. 2014 NC Team

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Gotta go with 2014 squad. We've seen what Urban/Herman can do do a Dantonio defense. Although 2002 OSU was more talented on D than any Sparty team we've seen, I still think there's too many weapons on this offense. Imagine if Miami was running a no huddle spread offense with that talent?
 
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buchtelgrad04 said:
Gotta go with 2014 squad. We've seen what Urban/Herman can do do a Dantonio defense. Although 2002 OSU was more talented on D than any Sparty team we've seen, I still think there's too many weapons on this offense. Imagine if Miami was running a no huddle spread offense with that talent?
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Then they would have been fucked because Dorsey was their QB and the Dline still ravaged their offense.
 
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That Miami team was better than either Alabama or Oregon in terms of talent... so I would have to go with '02 Buckeyes for that reason alone. So hard to make the call though... 2002 was eons ago in football years.
 
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The computers disagree with most everyone here:

http://53eig.ht/1xplhjr

This year's team has the second-highest ELO (behind crazy-dominant 1995 Nebraska).

The 2002 team had several impressive wins against top teams. Except Washington State, they were all nail-biters. The 2014 team had several impressive wins against top teams, and they were all dominant performances. That 2002 team did choose to play a certain style, but that was because it had limitations on offense, especially since Clarett was a bit fragile. I think the 2014 team could play Tresselball and still be very successful. I think there's no way that 2002 team could play the way the 2014 team did.

Three significant advantages that the 2014 team has:
  1. 2014 has a massive advantage at the QB position. I love Craig Krenzel, but it's not even close.
  2. The 2014 team would exploit the edges of the 2002 defense. That defense was an all-timer and strong as hell up the middle, but 2014 could do damage against it with outside runs and receivers in the slot. Chris Gamble was great, but there's a reason he had to become a two-way player in the middle of the season. Who's gonna cover Michael Thomas and Jalin Marshall on that team? Dustin Fox? EJ Underwood? Cie Grant?
  3. Yeah, I'm gonna go there... It's no longer painful for me to admit: 2014's team has a significant coaching advantage. We know all too well what an Urban Meyer-coached team is capable of doing to a Jim Tressel-coached team.
Here's a hypothetical that we probably don't want to think about too much: If Urban Meyer were coaching Miami in 2002 instead of Larry Coker, how do you think that game turns out?
 
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jlb1705 said:
The computers disagree with most everyone here:

http://53eig.ht/1xplhjr

This year's team has the second-highest ELO (behind crazy-dominant 1995 Nebraska).

The 2002 team had several impressive wins against top teams. Except Washington State, they were all nail-biters. The 2014 team had several impressive wins against top teams, and they were all dominant performances. That 2002 team did choose to play a certain style, but that was because it had limitations on offense, especially since Clarett was a bit fragile. I think the 2014 team could play Tresselball and still be very successful. I think there's no way that 2002 team could play the way the 2014 team did.

Three significant advantages that the 2014 team has:
  1. 2014 has a massive advantage at the QB position. I love Craig Krenzel, but it's not even close.
  2. The 2014 team would exploit the edges of the 2002 defense. That defense was an all-timer and strong as hell up the middle, but 2014 could do damage against it with outside runs and receivers in the slot. Chris Gamble was great, but there's a reason he had to become a two-way player in the middle of the season. Who's gonna cover Michael Thomas and Jalin Marshall on that team? Dustin Fox? EJ Underwood? Cie Grant?
  3. Yeah, I'm gonna go there... It's no longer painful for me to admit: 2014's team has a significant coaching advantage. We know all too well what an Urban Meyer-coached team is capable of doing to a Jim Tressel-coached team.
Here's a hypothetical that we probably don't want to think about too much: If Urban Meyer were coaching Miami in 2002 instead of Larry Coker, how do you think that game turns out?
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And Miami was 14 point favorites. Doesn't matter till they play the game. That being said of course the current version would be the favorite and probably by a lot.

Also Larry Coker coached?
 
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Silly comparison really, both teams are pretty loaded. Say what you want about Cooper, but he left Tressel with a fully stocked cabinet.

One amazing similiarity is that people said neither Quarterback had any business being there. Everyone outside of Ohio said Krenzel wasn't a good quarterback, and everyone outside of Ohio said that Jones is going to be too inexperienced to win.
 
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jlb1705 said:
The computers disagree with most everyone here:

http://53eig.ht/1xplhjr

This year's team has the second-highest ELO (behind crazy-dominant 1995 Nebraska).

The 2002 team had several impressive wins against top teams. Except Washington State, they were all nail-biters. The 2014 team had several impressive wins against top teams, and they were all dominant performances. That 2002 team did choose to play a certain style, but that was because it had limitations on offense, especially since Clarett was a bit fragile. I think the 2014 team could play Tresselball and still be very successful. I think there's no way that 2002 team could play the way the 2014 team did.

Three significant advantages that the 2014 team has:
  1. 2014 has a massive advantage at the QB position. I love Craig Krenzel, but it's not even close.
  2. The 2014 team would exploit the edges of the 2002 defense. That defense was an all-timer and strong as hell up the middle, but 2014 could do damage against it with outside runs and receivers in the slot. Chris Gamble was great, but there's a reason he had to become a two-way player in the middle of the season. Who's gonna cover Michael Thomas and Jalin Marshall on that team? Dustin Fox? EJ Underwood? Cie Grant?
  3. Yeah, I'm gonna go there... It's no longer painful for me to admit: 2014's team has a significant coaching advantage. We know all too well what an Urban Meyer-coached team is capable of doing to a Jim Tressel-coached team.
Here's a hypothetical that we probably don't want to think about too much: If Urban Meyer were coaching Miami in 2002 instead of Larry Coker, how do you think that game turns out?
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I'd say the 2002 team was adequate to the task at the time (and version of college football) and everything has developed/migrated/evolved in the interceding 12 years to where the 2014 team was adequate (more than adequate) to the task in 2014.
 
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I'd take this years team to be honest. You have to like our teams ability this year to stop a one dimensional offense and that's what we were in 02'. I think the secondary would've locked Jenkins and Hartsock down then committed extra bodies into the box to stop MoC.

On the flip side the 02 defense was sick and always will be one of the most talented units ever at OSU... However the secondary was a far cry from lock down and you have to cringe at Dustin Fox trying to cover Devin Smith (that'd be a pass interference every time) and while I like the 02' defense more than this past years I just think the 14' offense would have ultimately more success than the 02's offense would... not much more, but more.
 
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