SEC Coaches Comment on pOSU Schedule

[gardnerwebbgator]

Sparty has road games at Ann Arbor and Lincoln before traveling to Meyerville. Add in the Oregon loss in two days, they could have at least 3 losses heading in there for the 'marquee' game left on the Suckeye slate.

 

[Himey]

Yep. Does anyone think the Big and the ACC are looking to add tougher teams to their conference so they will have tougher schedules? Whining changes nothing in the SEC. Either win or GTFO and give the next guy a shot.

Not saying anything about changing conference makeup....I just think you should give more credit to an SEC school with an extra loss over teams in weak conferences.

 

[Gator87]

You play the schedule you are given, Meyer went to a place for an easier path to the Playoff. Good for him, it was probably a smart career move.

He pulled a Bobby Bowden, instead of joining the SEC the clowns chose the ACC, the reason they gave was they joined the ACC to help their basketball program, how's that working out? The real reason was so the football team would only have one or two tough games a year.

 

[MJMGator]

Not saying anything about changing conference makeup....I just think you should give more credit to an SEC school with an extra loss over teams in weak conferences.

Of course you do...you're a Gator and we reside in the SEC. The rest of the nation feels differently because their allegiance lies elsewhere. Our conf coaches whining is just that...whining. It's not going to change a damn thing.

 

[TLB]

The computer simulations that are projecting win percentages ought to be able to do this fairly simply. I'd love to see them take the top few teams from each conference and do some what-if simulations in other conferences (FSU? Oregon?)

Seems it was done a little bit, taking tOSU and putting them against Boise's schedule as well as Alabama's. See link below.

The OSU schedule is very week. OSU is still very good and possibly the best team in the country.

The article I found makes this point as well, and it is true - you can be a great team regardless of your competition. But it's easier to appear to be a great team and get into the CFP if you have an easy schedule. You may be exposed as a fraud, or prove yourself on the national stage, at that point. OR, you could prove yourself week in and week out against a tougher schedule, and be confident and ready for that national stage against a tougher team if you played in a league like the SEC.

From SBNation

Using current ratings, Ohio State's toughest game between now and Week 12 comes against Penn State, a game Ohio State is projected to win 92 percent of the time with an average margin of 24 points. Minnesota might soon rank ahead of PSU, but what would that mean? Only a 20-point projected margin and a 90 percent chance?

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[On putting tOSU against the Boise State schedule]
On average, Ohio State is projected to win 11.3 games against its current 12-game schedule, now that the win over Virginia Tech is in the books. With Boise State's remaining slate, that increases to only 11.6.

Part of that is because Ohio State is just so damn good. Other than maybe Alabama in Tuscaloosa, the Buckeyes would be favored against any college team in any locale. But part is because Boise's schedule is only so much harder; Ohio State has five opponents ranked 70th or worse, and BSU has seven.

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[On Alabama with their remaining schedule]
Despite having a greater than 50 percent chance in every game, Alabama still has a projected win total of just 9.6, thanks to a schedule that has already featured one top-30 opponent and has eight more on the way.

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[On putting tOSU against the Alabama schedule]
With Ohio State's slight superiority, the above schedule is still pretty brutal. The Buckeyes would be projected to win 9.9 games against this hypothetical 12-game slate. They could live up to every bit of their billing and still finish 10-2 or 9-3.

(Meanwhile, with the Buckeyes' schedule, Alabama would be projected to win 11.1 games.)

 

[EuroGator]

So Bielema, Arky's head coach, and Mullen, Miss State's head coach make remarks about Ohio State's easy schedule.

Toledo (1-0)	6	3	7	0	16
18 Arkansas (1-1)	0	7	0	5	12

14 LSU (1-0, 1-0 Conf)	14	0	7	0	21
25 Mississippi State (1-1, 0-1 Conf)	0	3	3	13	19

Then they do this? Losing a close one to LSU is one thing, but Bielema?

 

[dphgator96]

Bielema got what he deserved. He thought he was going to come into the SEC and play Big10 football and show everyone how it was done. He is so full of himself and over rated.