With Bama out, I really don't care who wins this game and will not bet it. That being said, I would have to give and edge to coaching to Urban Meyer. This guy has been amazing during his 13 years as a head coach.
17-6 Bowling Green
22-2 Utah
65-15 Florida
37-3 Ohio State
141-26 (84%) with two national titles. The worse season he has ever had is 8-5 during his last year with the Gators. He's also
8-2 in Bowl games.
As I said, I don't know whose going to win and don't really care, but I give the coaching advantage to Ohio State.
17-6 Bowling Green
22-2 Utah
65-15 Florida
37-3 Ohio State
141-26 (84%) with two national titles. The worse season he has ever had is 8-5 during his last year with the Gators. He's also
8-2 in Bowl games.
As I said, I don't know whose going to win and don't really care, but I give the coaching advantage to Ohio State.
GS I agree. Anyone that thinks this is a cinch for Oregon needs to step back and take another look. This match up is close enough that turnovers could make the difference but those are unpredictable. I was impressed with Ohio St and they will be up and not in awe. If Oregon goes into this game over confident they will pay a price. Ohio St is hungry. I look forward to the game and I am taking the point (+7) and may the best team win.
Season stats are what they are but how a team finishes the season is much more relevant now. I give the HC nod to the Urban legend and that could be a factor.
I'm no expert but I'm not putting my $$$ on a 3rd string 2 game QB (because 2games does not tell me anything about how reliable he is)
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one of the best to play the game and who is leading the season in QB rating and is a Senior and current Heisman winner. The kid is a stud.
As far as OSU Versus Bama... Meyer did two key things to beat Bama and for what it's worth they deserved the win. Great job OSU.
1. Cardel had to decide very quickly within 2-3 sec where he wanted to pass the ball, if there was nothing just run with it. UM limited the amount of decisions he needed to make because he is too new to the role. In fact UB said after the game when asked how he thought Cardel played, he responded with "he did what we asked him to do"
2. They double covered Amari Cooper and forced Bama to beat them using another reciever. When they were behind and chasing they got nothing from their other recievers.
Oregon is a different beast and it's going to take a lot more effort to beat them then a familiar SEC rival UM faced when he was in the SEC.
Oregon or nothing.
I would rather lose knowing I had my cash on the best horse in the race.
!~))!
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one of the best to play the game and who is leading the season in QB rating and is a Senior and current Heisman winner. The kid is a stud.
As far as OSU Versus Bama... Meyer did two key things to beat Bama and for what it's worth they deserved the win. Great job OSU.
1. Cardel had to decide very quickly within 2-3 sec where he wanted to pass the ball, if there was nothing just run with it. UM limited the amount of decisions he needed to make because he is too new to the role. In fact UB said after the game when asked how he thought Cardel played, he responded with "he did what we asked him to do"
2. They double covered Amari Cooper and forced Bama to beat them using another reciever. When they were behind and chasing they got nothing from their other recievers.
Oregon is a different beast and it's going to take a lot more effort to beat them then a familiar SEC rival UM faced when he was in the SEC.
Oregon or nothing.
I would rather lose knowing I had my cash on the best horse in the race.
!~))!
Answer is..... probably they WON'T stop that running game. Let's be honest..... Ducks DO NOT play any D. They don't even pretend to. Just want to get the ball back quicker and outscore you. They WON'T play any D...... Ohio State will score pretty big..... and all that means nothing because Ducks may score 70 themselves. Look at some of OSU's efforts this year on D. A JOKE!
OSU will score big..... but may still lose by 10 or more. That's the way it is. All the talking heads on TV are trying to tell us OSU will win. We will see!
He made me a die hard Gators fan.........miss that guy over there. He's a class act and is a smart man who knows what he's doing. Pretty cool thing to see him and Saban shake hands after the game.....2 guys that are just awesome coaching CFB kids. Hard to go against Urban Meyer and the squad...I still love the OVER......both teams can score the rock......this will be a very fast paced game.
Because Ohio State's spring semester doesn't start until Monday, the Buckeyes are not required to adhere to the NCAA's 20-hour rule, limiting countable athletic activities to four hours a day and 20 hours a week. Oregon's academic term began this week, so the Ducks cannot exceed 20 hours, according to NCAA rules.
Quite a disadvantage. Link
Quite a disadvantage. Link
i like this good read. I hope i didn't break any forum rules by doing so.
http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/story.cfm/story/1636218
http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-football/story.cfm/story/1636218
