MGlobules

September 22nd, 2023 at 11:30 AM ^

Our schedule sucks. Thankfully, we got tested a little anyway last week. You need to meet different KINDS of adversity along the way to be battle tested, and I worry we won't be.

Meyer is a very stupid lemon, and the vagaries of scheduling are not always in a coach's control. Meyer would have been making a far more salient point if he had noticed how badly the rest of the B1G sucks, criticized them for sucking.

I for one am not in the meteor camp tomorrow; I want ND to destroy OSU. Not because I like ND more, but because OSU is a bigger competitor this year. Totally happy if OSU is knocked from the race by this game! In case Meyer hasn't noticed, that happens to lots of other teams. FSU and Clemson may be looking at much the same scenario, and we'll be playing PSU and OSU.

EDIT: What he's worried about--it seems to me--is that there won't be a route to the playoff after OSU loses to ND and Michigan. 

 

AlbanyBlue

September 22nd, 2023 at 11:51 AM ^

Let him talk. Playing cupcakes in the non-con is exactly the right move with a 4-team CFP.

Once OSU loses to ND, they will be certainly OUT of the picture when we beat them in November. Last year, they snuck in with one loss.

Also, our schedule this season has worked out well given the issues at OT and our injuries. 

RXwolverine

September 22nd, 2023 at 12:40 PM ^

Saturday
Aug. 31Florida Atlantic Owls Football ScheduleFlorida Atlantic OwlsOhio Stadium, Columbus, OH12:00pm ETFOXW 45-21

Saturday
Sep. 7Cincinnati Bearcats Football ScheduleCincinnati BearcatsOhio Stadium, Columbus, OH12:00pm ETABCW 42-0

Saturday
Sep. 14Indiana Football Scheduleat Indiana HoosiersMemorial Stadium, Bloomington, IN12:00pm ETFOXW 51-10

Saturday
Sep. 21Miami (Ohio) RedHawks Football ScheduleMiami (Ohio) RedHawksOhio Stadium, Columbus, OH3:30pm ETBTNW 76-5

Saturday
Sep. 28Nebraska Football Scheduleat Nebraska CornhuskersMemorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE7:30pm ETABCW 48-7

Saturday
Oct. 5Michigan State Football ScheduleMichigan State Spartans (HC)Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH7:30pm ETABCW 34-10

Saturday
Oct. 12OFF

Friday
Oct. 18Northwestern Wildcats Football Scheduleat Northwestern WildcatsRyan Field, Evanston, IL8:30pm ETBTNW 52-3

Saturday
Oct. 26Wisconsin Badgers Football ScheduleWisconsin BadgersOhio Stadium, Columbus, OH12:00pm ETFOXW 38-7

Saturday
Nov. 2OFF

Saturday
Nov. 9Maryland Terrapins Football ScheduleMaryland TerrapinsOhio Stadium, Columbus, OH12:00pm ETFOXW 73-14

Saturday
Nov. 16Rutgers Football Scheduleat Rutgers Scarlet KnightsSHI Stadium, Piscataway, NJ3:30pm ETBTNW 56-21

Saturday
Nov. 23Penn State Football SchedulePenn State Nittany LionsOhio Stadium, Columbus, OH12:00pm ETFOXW 28-17

Saturday
Nov. 30Michigan Football Scheduleat Michigan WolverinesMichigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI12:00pm ETFOXW 56-27

this was ohio states schedule in 2019.

2020 was gonna be similar if it werent for the COVID situation that canceled many games. Penalize yourself you piece jackass!

WestQuad

September 22nd, 2023 at 1:05 PM ^

"I’m really disappointed. You’re talking about the Wolverines used to play Notre Dame all the time. They’re not. And you know why — you can say whatever you want — because they don’t want the potential of that loss to hurt them for a Playoff."

Didn't Notre Dame cancel the whole thing?  ND was the chickenshit.  I think the OSU game was just ND trolling us.

BleedThatBlue

September 22nd, 2023 at 1:30 PM ^

Just give me Urbans X’s and O’s analysis at most. Don’t need a glorified douche that preaches family and team unity only to cheat on his wife and kick his players. Get the hell out of college football. 

King Tot

September 22nd, 2023 at 2:59 PM ^

This feels like just an excuse to dog U of M. There is no incentive to schedule tough non-conference games in the 4 team playoff. His fear that an expanded playoff will make marque matches less likely feels unfounded. Overall, Urban is what we thought he was...an asshat.

Blue Ninja

September 22nd, 2023 at 3:44 PM ^

Most programs end up having an OOC schedule like ours at some point. Ours just happens to hit when we are currently #2 and thus the scrutiny. At the end of the season our conference wins will either prove UM deserves to be in the playoffs or expose them. 

 

Urban really needs to do a little research before spouting off about Notre Dame. They are the ones who opted out of the series.

SC Wolverine

September 22nd, 2023 at 4:19 PM ^

Urban clearly believes the Buckeyes will lose tomorrow.  Moreover, the reason we don't play Notre Dame anymore is that they got tired of getting kicked around the Big House so often -- they said Purdue was a more important rivalry.

And yet, our schedule truly is a disgrace, so we deserve this.

Blue Vet

September 22nd, 2023 at 4:30 PM ^

To post a link . . . oh, you did that. Maybe add a little info about the article.

Also, did you know that goldenrod is the Nebraska state flower? I just learned that in a trivia game.

jimmyjoeharbaugh

September 22nd, 2023 at 5:09 PM ^

What I like about this is that he's talking about them missing the playoff if they lose to Michigan.

If they lose to ND and win out, they probably still make the playoff. 

So what he's actually saying is he's worried about them losing to Michigan 

RGard

September 22nd, 2023 at 6:30 PM ^

I suspect he wants his old job back at the Central Ohio School for Footballs.  A third loss (in a row) by Day to 'That team up north' will have the buckeye faithful calling for Day to be fired and for Urban to return to coach the team.