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09-27-2005, 12:22 AM
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Even if Tennessee jumps over us, we should be able to jump back with a win over Spartans. And anyway, I think TN will lose one more game for sure.
Florida, Georgia, Va Tech need to lose in the next few weeks and hopefully ASU can beat USC this weekend.
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09-27-2005, 01:32 AM
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If everybody's so convinced Tennessee's gonna jump over the Buckeyes, why the hell did we bother rooting for them against LSU? 
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09-27-2005, 02:00 AM
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Tennessee lost by 9 to a top 5 team on the road.
We lost by 3 to a top 5 team at home.
Tennessee beat a top 5 team in OT on the road.
We beat a top 25 team by 25 at home.
Our loss to Texas isn't that far off of Tennessee's loss to Florida. Texas is a better team than Florida, and the game was closer, but it was also at home for us and on the road for Tennessee. Tennessee barely beat #4 LSU on the road...we killed #21 Iowa at home. So if you look at scores, we are fine, but if you just look at W-L, Tennessee looks better.
Tennessee has played a much tougher schedule so far than we have, they are 2-1, and we are 3-1. If we hadn't blown out Iowa, i'd say Tennessee might even deserve to be ahead of us, but since we did blow out Iowa, I say Tennessee doesn't deserve to be ahead of us, but do deserve to be darn close, maybe even tied.
If Tennessee is ranked ahead of us, I wouldn't go nuts about it. It's going to be close, and I think later in the season we will gain votes over them. I think there are valid points to rank them ahead of us.
All that said, if you watch Tennessee play, and you watch Ohio State play, it's OBVIOUS that Ohio State would beat Tennessee...and that is why I would rank Ohio State over Tennessee...but some voters won't see it that way  .
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09-27-2005, 02:05 AM
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You guys need to calm down and let the season play out. Wasn't it just last week that you were worrying about Louisville and how they were ranked compared to you? Who knows, maybe Tennessee has a letdown against my boy Eddie O this Saturday.
Let the teams play a few more games before getting agitated over positioning.
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09-27-2005, 03:06 AM
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Originally Posted by JonathanXC
Tennessee lost by 9 to a top 5 team on the road.
We lost by 3 to a top 5 team at home.
Tennessee beat a top 5 team in OT on the road.
We beat a top 25 team by 25 at home.
Our loss to Texas isn't that far off of Tennessee's loss to Florida. Texas is a better team than Florida, and the game was closer, but it was also at home for us and on the road for Tennessee. Tennessee barely beat #4 LSU on the road...we killed #21 Iowa at home. So if you look at scores, we are fine, but if you just look at W-L, Tennessee looks better.
Tennessee has played a much tougher schedule so far than we have, they are 2-1, and we are 3-1. If we hadn't blown out Iowa, i'd say Tennessee might even deserve to be ahead of us, but since we did blow out Iowa, I say Tennessee doesn't deserve to be ahead of us, but do deserve to be darn close, maybe even tied.
If Tennessee is ranked ahead of us, I wouldn't go nuts about it. It's going to be close, and I think later in the season we will gain votes over them. I think there are valid points to rank them ahead of us.
All that said, if you watch Tennessee play, and you watch Ohio State play, it's OBVIOUS that Ohio State would beat Tennessee...and that is why I would rank Ohio State over Tennessee...but some voters won't see it that way . |
Do you really think the voters put as much thought into it as you just did? Ohio State is getting a lot of love for the way they stomped Iowa, and it will show in the polls. Tennessee has played exactly one (1) quarter of dominating football this year.
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09-27-2005, 04:21 AM
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Buckeyes still #1 with me!
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It's all in the mathematics... 
Ohio State defense + offensive production + win out= good chance of playing for NC
Don't forget the press may pick up the story that Ohio State lost to Texas because its quarterback was playing his first game after serving a suspension, if we start pasting teams in the top conference in the country this year.
Tennessee did not have a "reason" to lose to Florida, who was learning its new offense under Urban Meyer.
Ohio State had a reason to lose. If the offense starts putting up points and we bury good Big Ten teams, we will make it.
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09-27-2005, 05:54 AM
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 Alright everyone...slow down. When I began reading the posts in this thread, I thought I had mistakenly typed in Bucknuts....
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09-27-2005, 06:54 AM
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Originally Posted by methomps
You guys need to calm down and let the season play out. Wasn't it just last week that you were worrying about Louisville and how they were ranked compared to you? Who knows, maybe Tennessee has a letdown against my boy Eddie O this Saturday.
Let the teams play a few more games before getting agitated over positioning.
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Quoted just to let it sink in some more....
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