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Chances of finishing in the Top 5

JXC;1370049; said:
I think Utah winning didn't matter as far as our ranking if we beat Texas. We will jump Alabama if we beat Texas. I think the polls are pretty obvious as far as how they will end up if Ohio State wins, at least in my mind.

1. UF/OU winner
2. Utah
3. USC
4. UF/OU loser
5. Ohio State
Utah's NOT going to jump USC or the UF/OU loser. They'll finish 4th, at best. Alabama's #4 on AP now. I'll say...
1. UF/OU winner
2. USC
3. UF/OU loser
4. Utah
5. Ohio State

That is... if, and that's a BIG if, OSU wins.
 
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Tresselbeliever;1370123; said:
With all the adversities that we had to overcome, how sweet would a top five finish be right about now?

i'd definitely be happy about it, but not estatic considering we were a top 2-3 team at the beginning of the year. Beanie getting hurt was really the only bit of adversity that wasn't self-inflicted. granted, him going down was a huge huge problem, but it didn't cause our o-line to be horrible in pass protection or our d-line to forget how to pass rush for half the year or our starting QB to start regressing to the point of looking like a redshirt freshman or our WRs to fail to get open on a regular basis. i guess you could say they're all tangentally related to Beanie getting hurt, but i think that's stretching it.

basically what i'm saying is that a win and a top five finish would be a nice bit of redemption for a team that really didn't live up to expectations this year.
 
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So, did USC get hosed by having to play in the Rose Bowl? Sure isn't going to help Penn State and therefore I can't see how you can push OSU above a team that beat them at home.

So, USC moves up to third. Pete Carrol declares a fourth NC based on the fact that the NC game is not the NC game, making this his second Virtual Crystal Football for the trophy case.

The media, needing a huge LA market agrees and everyone else can go home and pout for the winter.
 
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