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Predictions for 2014 season

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LordJeffBuck said:
This year, I wasn't convinced that Ohio State was a national title contender with Braxton Miller ... and I'm also not convinced that Ohio State is out of national title contention without Braxton Miller.
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As was discussed yesterday by Axelrod and other OSU writers via social media, this season's run without Braxton pretty much fits Bill Simmons' "Ewing Theory" to a 't'.

http://proxy.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?id=1193711

  1. A star athlete receives an inordinate amount of media attention and fan interest, and yet his teams never win anything substantial with him (other than maybe some early-round playoff series).

  2. That same athlete leaves his team (either by injury, trade, graduation, free agency or retirement) -- and both the media and fans immediately write off the team for the following season.
 
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lvbuckeye said:
E!SPiN has written us off for the year.
It's gonna be fun watching them eat crow.
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Indeed! as they just covered CJ's press conference live. Who knew CJ would lead the Bucks to the promised land? Again, thank you Ted Ginn, Sr. Hey, CJ was the back-up to Braxton before JT beat him out before the season started so they were fairly even in talent.

2014 has to be the most unique season for a championship team in NCAA history.
 
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RugbyBuck said:
I'm all about JT but let's not forget about Cardale. I saw him run last year and he's too big a threat not to use him, as well. I can see Urban going with a Leak/Tebow-type of combo and, uh, that worked out pretty well for him. Fcuk espin.
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This ^^^ btw it's fun to look back after a season like this because there will never be another season like this. It's gonna be a longgg off season for all the Buckeye haters. Bless their little hearts ...
 
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shiloh said:
So nice it must be posted twice!
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I was right about something! Yay me.

In defense of my omniscience, LordJB quoted me, and the context in my mind was "if they go 12-0, it will be because (this and that happens)". One of those things was that the defense never gives up more than 23 points - because I couldn't see the OSU offense being held under 24 points on a bad day. I was absolutely disgusted by the 2013 defense's performance, and while I was hopeful of improvement, I did not actually believe that Ohio State would hold every opponent under 23 points - which they didn't.

So, my omniscience is semi-intact. :roll2:
 
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