If Ohio State can get into a position that they can run up the score on Minnesota should they?

 

Consider they sit behind TCU and TCU beat Minnesota 30-7.........

 

Consider Ohio State is favored by 14.

 

So say it is 24-10 with 2 minutes left and Ohio State has the ball on their own 30. Should Ohio State do the smart thing on run the ball and end the game?

 

Or try to go for another score and throw the ball all over trying to get it to 31-10?

 

I think they have to try and score and would not blame them one bit. Winning by 14 and a team in front of you (another reason the committee should not publish rankings) beat the same team by 23........just sayin.

They should, but this will probably be a competitive game so they won't get the chance. Minnesota is no slouch this year.

Ohio State isn't getting in, so it doesn't matter.

It's a fact that they have too score as many as they can every week. That said, they will go for 50 points like they do every week. Minny is a top 30 team & at home, I'd be very happy with close to 50.

Ohio State could win out by an average of 50 points a game and they still wouldn't get in. And if they did, they'd get beat like a drum by Alabama or Mississippi State.

Yes, every team should run it up against every opponent because we have a flawed system.

 

We need a 16 team playoff like every other level of college football and the criteria for ranking the teams needs to be clear and part of that will be a complicated formula to ensure teams don't run it up.

I still like taking the top 4 or 8 teams from the SEC and putting them against the top 4 or 8 teams from the rest. That would be greatness.

Ohio State could win out by an average of 50 points a game and they still wouldn't get in. And if they did' date=' they'd get beat like a drum by Alabama or Mississippi State.[/quote']

 

If they get to play either team PM me a spread and we will do business. Urban is sending the slow boys down south a few hours, not your daddy's OSU anymore. You all get 1 more year to enjoy this, savor it.

Buckeyes start slow and beat Minnesota by 33.

If they get to play either team PM me a spread and we will do business. Urban is sending the slow boys down south a few hours, not your daddy's OSU anymore. You all get 1 more year to enjoy this, savor it.

 

Based on a couple of recent interviews I have heard, Urban seems to really like this team and the future of OSU. He is as good a coach as there is in college football IMO (with the probable exception of Saban). OSU will be a force to reckoned with as long as he is there.

Based on a couple of recent interviews I have heard' date=' Urban seems to really like this team and the future of OSU. He is as good a coach as there is in college football IMO (with the probable exception of Saban). OSU will be a force to reckoned with as long as he is there.[/quote']

 

He needs time to get to a senior class with his guys. In 2012 he started non of his recruits (first year), 2013 he started 1 of his recruits, 2014 he's started 12.. more than half the team and young guys, see where this is going..?

I think OSU is damned if they do, damned if they don't. If they beat teams by 70, everyone will say it's just because the Big 10 is that weak. If they don't beat teams by enough, people will say they are as weak as the rest of the Big 10.

I don't get the premise of the thread, as no one is going to give OSU "bonus points" for scoring a couple late touchdowns in a game that is already decided.

 

Flip side, if OSU jumps up to a 28 point first half lead on the road to a decent team, that will garner some interest and score them some points with the committee.

 

Personally, I don't think OSU is close to worthy of a top four spot. Big 10 is bad, and that hurt's their chances obviously. They schedule one decent OOC game each year, and they lost it at home. VPI losing as much as they have since further hurts the Buckeyes cause.

 

Until the Big 10 improves, if it every does, OSU is going to be in a very similar situation as Florida St.; you better go undefeated because your conference just doesn't measure up.

Ohio State isn't getting in, so it doesn't matter.

 

I just don't get this mindset at all, and I LOATHE with the intensity of 1,000 suns The Ohio State Buckeyes.

 

1. Mississippi State still has @ Alabama, @ Ole Miss, and potentially a SEC title game. They are going to drop.

2. Oregon still has @ Oregon State and a Pac 12 title game. Likely won't drop and will be in Top 4.

3. Florida State still has @ Miami, home with the Gators, and an ACC title game. Likely won't drop and will be in Top 4.

4. TCU still has @ Texas, but without a title game, and if they are only co-champs with Baylor, are iffy to hang here.

5. Bama hosts Miss. State and Auburn, and has an SEC title game. My hunch is they win out and are locked in Top 4.

6. Arizona State has @ Arizona and a potential tilt with Oregon in Pac 12 title game. They will drop from this spot.

7. Baylor is the most likely, in my mind, to win out. However, I don't think that will be enough to climb into Top 4.

8. tOSU has @ Minnesota and really needs a Top 10 Nebraska in the Big 10 Title game. Certainly will be close if they win out.

 

Is it likely that Ohio State can sneak into Top 4? No. Is it quite possible though? Sure. If you take Florida State and Bama as locks, assuming they win out, and then either Oregon or Arizona State, that leaves either Ohio State or TCU / Baylor (with no last chance to impress that first weekend in December). As much as I detest Ohio State, to dismiss them in such a cavalier fashion is wrong in my opinion.

I am not sure on how much tbat would impress but just in case an should the "Urban Renewal" Bucks get the chance against a good, not great Minnesota team ??

 

YES ! As much as they possibly can.