SEC (It just means more.. even its losses are wins)

[LovelandBuckeye]

Do they offer that online? I would be willing to put some money toward a couple of us taking that class just to wreck their online participation message board.

 

[Oh8ch]

SEC!!!
SEC!!!
SEC!!!

Arkansas over La Tech by a point
LSU loses to Wisky
Miss St loses to S Alabama
UT needs OT to beat Appy St
WVU over Mizzou by 15
Kentucky falls to Southern Miss
Florida has struggles against U Mass

As of this writing Georgia and Bama have the only impressive wins.

All while the BIG rolls to 12-2

 

[NFBuck]

6-6 with Ole Miss waiting to get horseplayed by fsu.

 

[kinch]

I am worried about the dominance of the SEC.

They have not had this many quality losses in week one since 1995.

 

[Buckeyebred97]

Don't worry, it'll work itself out when the SEC plays each other and gets inflated rankings based on 'quality wins' because LSU beats a Miss. St. team that just lost to South Alabama.

 

[NFBuck]

6-6 with Ole Miss waiting to get horseplayed by fsu.

Correction, the SEC went 5-6 OOC this week...south carolina-vandy was a league game, so strike that win. They're staring at a 5-7 opening weekend unless ole miss pulls off a miracle.

 

[kinch]

Side note: I watched the LSU/Wisconsin game on a side screen and Wisconsin dominated that game. I am a firm believer in if you win, you win, and if you lose, you lose, probably due to 2002 Ohio State, but LSU was absolutely manhandled in the fundamentals.

Les Miles is apparently really not the man there. He had the talent. I bet he is gone after this season.

 

[BigWoof31]

JT Barrett vs. Nick Chubb for Heismann?

 

[BigWoof31]

Side note: I watched the LSU/Wisconsin game on a side screen and Wisconsin dominated that game. I am a firm believer in if you win, you win, and if you lose, you lose, probably due to 2002 Ohio State, but LSU was absolutely manhandled in the fundamentals.

Les Miles is apparently really not the man there. He had the talent. I bet he is gone after this season.

They are going to hire Tom Hermann

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

I didn't read the thread, but we can eliminate the SEC from the playoffs, right? Isn't that how this works?

 

[MaxBuck]

JT Barrett vs. Nick Chubb for Heismann?

I like the Buckeye in this matchup.

Sorry, Woofie.

 

[kinch]

They are going to hire Tom Hermann

That's not a destination I have heard. Interesting and it makes some sense.

 

[sparcboxbuck]

That's not a destination I have heard. Interesting and it makes some sense.

Well, suffice it to say, good old Charlie is safe for another year after taking down the Domers and managing to hire an OC who put a fairly fun to watch O on the field.

 

[Jaxbuck]

They are going to hire Tom Hermann

Off topic a bit but regarding Hermann jumping ship;

If UH becomes P5 through the Big 12, you could make the case he's better off staying. It's the easiest path to a consistent playoff push that you could ask for over the next few years.

• he's in a recruiting hotbed
• there is no colossus entrenched like Meyer in the B1G or Saban in the SEC
• the two traditional powers have Stoops on the downside of his career and Strong who we can be kind and just say TBD how good he is going to be (or not)
• he's not running into the headwind of stupid expectations/booster/alumni issues
• similar to the time IU was going to hire Thad Matta away from OSU in basketball. As long as the $ is roughly the same and you have the tools to compete, why go to the place where they will expect a NC every year?

Obviously a school like LSU can say "duly noted" to all that and write a check that will remind him of the difference between Houston and the big time schools but it makes you wonder anymore if it's as simple a decision as we fans of big time schools think it is.

 

[jwinslow]

Off topic a bit but regarding Hermann jumping ship;

If UH becomes P5 through the Big 12, you could make the case he's better off staying. It's the easiest path to a consistent playoff push that you could ask for over the next few years.

• he's in a recruiting hotbed
• there is no colossus entrenched like Meyer in the B1G or Saban in the SEC
• the two traditional powers have Stoops on the downside of his career and Strong who we can be kind and just say TBD how good he is going to be (or not)
• he's not running into the headwind of stupid expectations/booster/alumni issues
• similar to the time IU was going to hire Thad Matta away from OSU in basketball. As long as the $ is roughly the same and you have the tools to compete, why go to the place where they will expect a NC every year?

Obviously a school like LSU can say "duly noted" to all that and write a check that will remind him of the difference between Houston and the big time schools but it makes you wonder anymore if it's as simple a decision as we fans of big time schools think it is.

I think it would be worth considering whether to stay there instead of jumping into a tougher situation like LSU, A&M, USC, etc.

I think you have to switch to Austin if you can. They're also insulated from the fallout when Texas finally succeeds in destroying another conference (instead of simply crippling it like they have currently).

Remember those rosters in the mid 00s under Mack? Imagine what Herman would do with Vince Young, Jamaal Charles, Selvin Young, etc followed by McCoy, followed by a 5-star dual threat every year. He's dominating with a receiver at QB and AAC talent. We all saw how he dominated in the playoffs with a brand new QB (who was 98% out the door) who stepped in for a freshman, heisman finalist QB.