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Preseason and Regular Season Polls (2015)

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kujirakira said:
I think it's fair, MSU has the biggest win of the season so far -- out of anyone. They deserve some love, more than they're getting. And we'll get a chance to settle it on the field.

Don't be surprised if Playoff Committee has MSU ahead of us in their first rankings... we'll have played Indiana, Maryland, PSU, Rutgers by that point.
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I see your point, but don't agree. If they barely squeak by VT and Hawaii, I could see an argument for msu #1. But they beat both with ease. Add that to the fact that they are the returning champ and obviously good enough to be unanimous preseason #1. This isn't the same case where FSU was the returning champ, preseason #1 but we're jumped due to sacking hard and getting lucky. I could see an argument for MSU being #2 eight now, but I wouldn't go as far as #1.

Then regarding them being #1 and osu #2 in the playoff rankings when they meet, I would use the same logic but extrapolated through 10 weeks. If osu is crushing everyone msu won't jump them. But if they somehow pull an fsu and barely best several teams, I could buy that argument.
 
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UpNorth_Buckeye said:
I see your point, but don't agree. If they barely squeak by VT and Hawaii, I could see an argument for msu #1. But they beat both with ease. Add that to the fact that they are the returning champ and obviously good enough to be unanimous preseason #1. This isn't the same case where FSU was the returning champ, preseason #1 but we're jumped due to sacking hard and getting lucky. I could see an argument for MSU being #2 eight now, but I wouldn't go as far as #1.

Then regarding them being #1 and osu #2 in the playoff rankings when they meet, I would use the same logic but extrapolated through 10 weeks. If osu is crushing everyone msu won't jump them. But if they somehow pull an fsu and barely best several teams, I could buy that argument.
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I don't know, I much prefer playoff committee's more fluid changes.
And besides it was... what? 2 or 3 #1 votes? We're really bitching cuz MSU got a handful of #1 votes in a poll that means nothing?
I'll be surprised if, assuming we're both still undefeated, Playoff Committee doesn't have MSU ahead of us on Nov 3rd... don't see an issue there either. We get to settle it on the field and put to rest whose #1. I'll be pissed if we're not both top-5 prior to playing though. Whoever wins that game deserves a stamped ticket to the playoffs pending CCG.
 
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kujirakira said:
I don't know, I much prefer playoff committee's more fluid changes.
And besides it was... what? 2 or 3 #1 votes? We're really bitching cuz MSU got a handful of #1 votes in a poll that means nothing?
I'll be surprised if, assuming we're both still undefeated, Playoff Committee doesn't have MSU ahead of us on Nov 3rd... don't see an issue there either. We get to settle it on the field and put to rest whose #1. I'll be pissed if we're not both top-5 prior to playing though. Whoever wins that game deserves a stamped ticket to the playoffs pending CCG.
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Agreed, it doesn't matter. But I would be surprised if msu was over osu. Unless they dominate down the stretch and osu struggles, osu will be over them.

Edit: this also assumes Oregon is good this year as well. I think they will be, but if they lose more games down the stretch then it weakens that game as well.
 
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Buckeyes may drop from #1 tomorrow and guess what? It doesn't matter. It's September and OSU is still undefeated. Maintain that record and it's playoff time and there's no question about it.

Frankly, maybe dropping from the top spot would be a good thing? Starting with the suspensions this summer and the yapping on Twitter some of our boys may be a bit TOO confident. After all, everyone picked them to be the top team again this year. Of course, the coaches have work to do as well. We need to settle on a QB and get back to basics on offense.
 
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Jake said:
Buckeyes may drop from #1 tomorrow and guess what? It doesn't matter. It's September and OSU is still undefeated. Maintain that record and it's playoff time and there's no question about it.

Frankly, maybe dropping from the top spot would be a good thing? Starting with the suspensions this summer and the yapping on Twitter some of our boys may be a bit TOO confident. After all, everyone picked them to be the top team again this year. Of course, the coaches have work to do as well. We need to settle on a QB and get back to basics on offense.
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Right now I wouldnt vote us 1. I miss Tom Herman.
 
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BuckeyeSoldier said:
Right now I wouldnt vote us 1. I miss Tom Herman.
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Herman isn't coming back and being voted #1 tomorrow really means next to nothing. There shouldn't even be a poll in September. Ohio State is still undefeated, which is really all that matters at this point. Screw the AP.
 
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Osu will be #1. I know most of the commentary was earlier in the day, but you putting an msu team who only had 4 offensive touchdowns vs air force, less than 100 yards rushing, were out gained on the day, and only won by 14 while having a 60 yard fumble return for a td? They won by 14 against air force and the game was closer than the score indicated. Think about that. Niu is waaaay better than air force.

Or a tcu team who gave up 37 points to smu at home? Lulzzzzz. Osu sucked. One could argue the other 3 top 4 teams were worse. At the very least, the other 3 teams sucked hard enough to not jump osu.
 
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