Every 11W Beat Writer picked Ohio State to win; two of them by double digits. LOL.
January 12th, 2021 at 8:31 AM ^
Of course this sounds good to us because a Michigan hasn’t even sniffed being the 5th best team at the end of the season but there is no way this is good enough for OSU. This is why as a Michigan fan I am happy. That fan base is used to getting all the breaks and their fans are the absolute worst. I will have joy in every OSU loss no matter what the sport is. To add the cherry on top last nigh, OSU didn’t just get beat, they got embarrassed. If Smith would have played the 2nd half Alabama would have put up 70 on them.
January 11th, 2021 at 11:44 PM ^
Looking forward to the excuses of Trey Sermon's injury being compared to Ted Ginn's 13 years ago.
January 11th, 2021 at 11:57 PM ^
Since when does he play defense?
January 12th, 2021 at 12:29 AM ^
The guy they really missed is Togiai. We really missed Thomas, Hutchinson, Paye, McGrone, Hayes, Nico, and Mayfield.
January 12th, 2021 at 1:10 AM ^
This year's excuse is going to be how if they would just pay players like Alabama does they could better compete.
January 11th, 2021 at 11:50 PM ^
They did win. The game of life. Butch Jones to deliver the rings.
January 11th, 2021 at 11:50 PM ^
This game really enforced to me that it’s all about the Jimmy’s and the Joe’s. OSU just got manhandled. That was wonderful to watch..
January 11th, 2021 at 11:54 PM ^
At the highest level a lot of it is recruiting. These teams are also fundamentally very sound. We should get fundamentally sound before we say it’s all about recruiting.
January 12th, 2021 at 12:02 AM ^
I will agree with that but also say that when you recruit at that level it’s a lot easier to teach fundamentals. Ryan Day didn’t forget how to coach today. He was not out coached. Alabama has more playmakers.
January 12th, 2021 at 12:07 AM ^
I absolutely agree that Ryan Day is a great coach. My point is you don’t need 4-5 stars to get a play called in from the sideline. You don’t need 4-5 stars to manage the clock. At the highest level a lot of it is about talent.
A meh Wisconsin team who had not practiced for two weeks came in and dismantled us. That isn’t a recruiting issue.
January 11th, 2021 at 11:53 PM ^
They don't have anything to feel bad about. They just got thoroughly beaten by a much better team.
January 11th, 2021 at 11:57 PM ^
When you predict a double-digit win and then lose by a million, you deserve to feel bad.
January 12th, 2021 at 12:19 AM ^
Now where have I heard that before on this here blog?
January 12th, 2021 at 3:42 PM ^
I completely disagree....they got ANHILIATED on national tv with probably 18M watching
lost by 10..ok fine, 14 sure respectable, 20+...no
January 12th, 2021 at 12:08 AM ^
Good self-check to make sure your outfit is stupid:
Does my hat have a hat? Yes? Stupid.
January 11th, 2021 at 11:58 PM ^
Better luck next year Buckeye nation cooler poopers
January 12th, 2021 at 12:20 AM ^
Alabama is basically a low level NFL team .... It's just crazy how good they have been for over a decade.
January 12th, 2021 at 1:14 AM ^
They are confident in their team over there, for better or worse.
Atleast they play actual football in the playoff. While we watch on TV.
January 12th, 2021 at 5:48 AM ^
I can understand one or two being Pollyanna. I mean it’s the national title game and they only played seven so it’s got to be easy to Make too much of too little data. But all?
it was fun to watch. Even if in general the national championship games are about as exciting as a 90’s super bowl.
January 12th, 2021 at 6:36 AM ^
i'd only say that there are lot and lots of reasons (thousands) to make fun of 11 warriors. picking their own team to win a game - particularly one in which your qb just shredded a great clemson team - isn't really one of them. we're not talking about objective journalism, there or here.
January 12th, 2021 at 8:48 AM ^
Here’s the thing - Ohio State saves up one elite, out-of-this-world performance every year. It’s usually against us. This year it was against Clemson. It made a lot of people think they were better than they performed much of the season against a weak Big Ten. Last night’s performance was more on par with how they played almost all season.