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Losing Early, Now What Needs to Happen - 2010 Chaos Theory

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SloopyHangOn;1812368; said:
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I have to admit that the way that some teams in the SEC do their nonconf games is interesting.

they take an early bye week to get ready for Confrence play. Then play a cupcake late in the year for essentially a second bye week. Not a bad strategy.

Should OSU try this strategy? This season would have worked out something like this:

Bye week in week 4: rest up for Big 10 play
Play EMU in week 10: get some reps in and stay sharp to avoid the stinker in the first half of PSU
 
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Tlangs;1812404; said:
I have to admit that the way that some teams in the SEC do their nonconf games is interesting.

they take an early bye week to get ready for Confrence play. Then play a cupcake late in the year for essentially a second bye week. Not a bad strategy.

Should OSU try this strategy? This season would have worked out something like this:

Bye week in week 4: rest up for Big 10 play
Play EMU in week 10: get some reps in and stay sharp to avoid the stinker in the first half of PSU
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earl bruce has quoted bear bryant many times in our football coaching class on how you never schedule 3 tough games in a row.
 
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NateG;1812362; said:
Just realized we have games of interest that start on Tuesday this week so here we go.

Tuesday, November 16
8:00 PM ET Ohio at Temple- Ohio win SOS

Thursday, November 18
7:30 PM ET Georgia State at No. 11 Alabama - Georgia St win
8:00 PM ET UCLA at Washington - UCLA win (Neb drop in SOS)

Friday, November 19
9:30 PM ET Fresno State at No. 4 Boise State- Fresno St win (1 time for my BDAY!!!!)

Saturday, November 20
12:00 PM ET No. 7 Wisconsin at Michigan- Painfully scUM win
12:00 PM ET No. 10 Oklahoma State at Kansas- Kansas Win
12:00 PM ET Purdue at No. 12 Michigan State- Purdue win
12:00 PM ET Penn State vs. Indiana- State Penn win - perception and SOS
12:21 PM ET Troy at No. 17 South Carolina- Troy win (drop SEC sos)
12:30 PM ET Appalachian State at Florida- App St win (drop SEC sos)
2:00 PM ET Eastern Michigan at Buffalo- EMU win SOS
2:10 PM ET Kansas State at Colorado- Colo win (knock a b12 team drop from possible rank)
3:00 PM ET Marshall at Southern Methodist- Marshall win SOS
3:00 PM ET Weber State at Texas Tech- Weber St (b12 sos drop)
3:30 PM ET Mississippi at No. 5 LSU- Ole Miss win
3:30 PM ET No. 6 Stanford at California- Cal win
3:30 PM ET No. 9 Ohio State at No. 20 Iowa- OSU win
3:30 PM ET No. 16 Virginia Tech at No. 24 Miami (FL)- Cryami win SOS
3:30 PM ET Illinois at Northwestern- Ill win SOS
3:30 PM ET Florida Atlantic at Texas- FAU win (b12 sos drop)
4:05 PM ET New Mexico State at No. 18 Nevada- NMSU win(drop Boise Nevada matchup)
7:00 PM ET No. 13 Arkansas at No. 21 Mississippi State-MSU win drop Ark in comps
7:00 PM ET No. 15 Missouri at Iowa State- Iowa St win
7:30 PM ET Rutgers at Cincinnati- Rutgers win (Okla sos drop)
8:00 PM ET No. 8 Nebraska at No. 19 Texas A&M- A&M win
8:00 PM ET No. 14 Oklahoma at Baylor- Baylor win
8:00 PM ET No. 25 Florida State at Maryland-Maryland win
10:00 PM ET No. 23 Utah at San Diego State- SDSU win (TCU sos drop)

28 games of interest(1-0). 17(1-0) direct(SOS for OSU or team ahead of OSU) impact games. Let's go Bobcats. Start a Great Birthday weekend for me!
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Updates in green.
Was thinking, If Cryami can find a way to win the ACC(win out and have VT lose to virginia) and Ohio continues on as they have in the MAC to win that conference, the Bucks could be the only conference champ to beat 2 conference champs.
 
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Tuesday, November 16
8:00 PM ET Ohio at Temple- Ohio win SOS
Thursday, November 18
7:30 PM ET Georgia State at No. 11 Alabama - Georgia St win
8:00 PM ET UCLA at Washington - UCLA win (Neb drop in SOS)

Friday, November 19
9:30 PM ET Fresno State at No. 4 Boise State- Fresno St win (1 time for my BDAY!!!!)
Saturday, November 20
12:00 PM ET No. 7 Wisconsin at Michigan- Painfully scUM win
12:00 PM ET No. 10 Oklahoma State at Kansas- Kansas Win
12:00 PM ET Purdue at No. 12 Michigan State- Purdue win
12:00 PM ET Penn State vs. Indiana- State Penn win - perception and SOS
12:21 PM ET Troy at No. 17 South Carolina- Troy win (drop SEC sos)
12:30 PM ET Appalachian State at Florida- App St win (drop SEC sos)
2:00 PM ET Eastern Michigan at Buffalo- EMU win SOS
2:10 PM ET Kansas State at Colorado- Colo win (knock a b12 team drop from possible rank)
3:00 PM ET Marshall at Southern Methodist- Marshall win SOS
3:00 PM ET Weber State at Texas Tech- Weber St (b12 sos drop)
3:30 PM ET Mississippi at No. 5 LSU- Ole Miss win
3:30 PM ET No. 6 Stanford at California- Cal win
3:30 PM ET No. 9 Ohio State at No. 20 Iowa- OSU win
3:30 PM ET No. 16 Virginia Tech at No. 24 Miami (FL)- Cryami win SOS
3:30 PM ET Illinois at Northwestern- Ill win SOS
3:30 PM ET Florida Atlantic at Texas- FAU win (b12 sos drop)
4:05 PM ET New Mexico State at No. 18 Nevada- NMSU win(drop Boise Nevada matchup)
7:00 PM ET No. 13 Arkansas at No. 21 Mississippi State-MSU win drop Ark in comps
7:00 PM ET No. 15 Missouri at Iowa State- Iowa St win
7:30 PM ET Rutgers at Cincinnati- Rutgers win (Okla sos drop)
8:00 PM ET No. 8 Nebraska at No. 19 Texas A&M- A&M win
8:00 PM ET No. 14 Oklahoma at Baylor- Baylor win
8:00 PM ET No. 25 Florida State at Maryland-Maryland win
10:00 PM ET No. 23 Utah at San Diego State- SDSU win (TCU sos drop)

28 games of interest(8-20). 17 direct(6-9)(SOS for OSU or team ahead of OSU) impact games.


Pretty bad overall week for us in games of interest, but we did have 2 very important games go our way. Our victory over Iowa and Nebraska's loss to T A&M. That loss created a friend out of Neb and bumped up our comp ranking. Too bad that Cryami sucked today.
 
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Tlangs;1812404; said:
I have to admit that the way that some teams in the SEC do their nonconf games is interesting.

they take an early bye week to get ready for Confrence play. Then play a cupcake late in the year for essentially a second bye week. Not a bad strategy.

Should OSU try this strategy? This season would have worked out something like this:

Bye week in week 4: rest up for Big 10 play
Play EMU in week 10: get some reps in and stay sharp to avoid the stinker in the first half of PSU
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I wouldn't mind seeing a cupcake in between the 2nd to last Big Ten regular season game and the Michigan game

Give yourself a week of rest for possibly a 2 game stretch with Michigan (assuming they get to be good enough at some point to give us a fight again) and a potential Big Ten Championship game.
 
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dragurd said:
Not sure why we want Sparty to lose. Sparty wining or losing doesn't really effect us and will likely only hurt us if they lose.
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if both sparty and wisconsin lose then obv we're #1 by ourselves. but i was a big sparty fan today, because i don't see wisconsin losing until they play boise and lay an egg like every BCS opponent finds a way to do against them.
 
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1. BCS NC game is Oregon v. Auburn

2. Buckeyes clinch a spot in the Sugar Bowl, getting LSU as its opponent.

3. Wisconsin plays in the Rose Bowl against Stanford.

4. Boise and TCU play in other two BCS games, TCU against Nebraska and Boise against Pitt.

5. Auburn puts a serious beat-down on Oregon, winning 48-10 on a transcendent performance by Cam Newton.

6. Stanford beats Wisconsin 7-6 in a game in which both teams look like dogmeat.

7. Boise and TCU both lose in games that embarrassingly are not even close.

8. Buckeyes stomp LSU 38-14.

9. January 15 (or later) Cam Newton is declared ineligible by the NCAA for the 2010 season. Auburn's victory, and its NC, are vacated.

10. There is no BCS champion; vacated losses are not accompanied by awarded victories to the other team.

11. Only meaningful NCs are AP and ESPN - tOSU, ranked #2 to Auburn in final polls, is acknowledged by both entities following Auburn's disqualification as NC team as a consequence.
 
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MaxBuck;1817199; said:
1. BCS NC game is Oregon v. Auburn

2. Buckeyes clinch a spot in the Sugar Bowl, getting LSU as its opponent.

3. Wisconsin plays in the Rose Bowl against Stanford.

4. Boise and TCU play in other two BCS games, TCU against Nebraska and Boise against Pitt.

5. Auburn puts a serious beat-down on Oregon, winning 48-10 on a transcendent performance by Cam Newton.

6. Stanford beats Wisconsin 7-6 in a game in which both teams look like dogmeat.

7. Boise and TCU both lose in games that embarrassingly are not even close.

8. Buckeyes stomp LSU 38-14.

9. January 15 (or later) Cam Newton is declared ineligible by the NCAA for the 2010 season. Auburn's victory, and its NC, are vacated.

10. There is no BCS champion; vacated losses are not accompanied by awarded victories to the other team.

11. Only meaningful NCs are AP and ESPN - tOSU, ranked #2 to Auburn in final polls, is acknowledged by both entities following Auburn's disqualification as NC team as a consequence.
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I like this, except Boise or TCU would play in the Rose
 
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So the new BCS is out and we're .054 behind Wisconsin. Here's what is true as of now:

Human Component
-Stanford & LSU are ahead of us but below Wisconsin in the Harris Poll. If both of those teams lose, we gain on Wisconsin without Wisconsin moving up.
-LSU is also ahead of us but below Wisconsin in the Coaches Poll. Again, them losing helps us and does nothing for Wisconsin. Thanks alot, Ol Miss.

Computer Component
-We are ahead of Wisconsin in the following Computer Polls: A&H, CM, PW. We are behind Wisconsin in the following Computer Polls: RB, KM, JS. The highest and lowest polls are thrown out, so A&H and KM are out. We need to gain on RB and JS.
-RB has Stanford and Oklahoma St between us and Wisconsin. These teams losing would help us and do nothing for Wisconsin.
-JS has Oklahoma St between us and Wisconsin.

Cliff's Notes
- Root against LSU, Stanford, and Oklahoma State (root for Arkansas, Oregon St, Oklahoma).

somebody feel free to correct any errors
 
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