2 Months Ago, Law Buckeye from The Rivalry, Esq. says (in The Rose Bowl Game: Final Thoughts and Prediction) But let's be honest: truth functional conditionals and the comparisons we try to make using them, are marginally useful at best, and completely misleading at worst.  For the same reason we can't say Oregon beat Purdue and USC who both beat Ohio State, so the Ducks will beat the Buckeyes,...

And Law Buckeye from The Rivalry, Esq. says (in Ranking the Big Ten Bowls by Difficulty) All eyes will be on Pasadena when the unstoppable Oregon Ducks meet the immovable Ohio State Buckeyes.  But beneath the strength-versus-strength storyline there's the reality that Ohio State might not be able to finish drives against a surprisingly fast Oregon defense.  So, the Buckey...

3 Months Ago, Law Buckeye from The Rivalry, Esq. says (in The Rose Bowl Game - An Early Look) Strength against Strength? Oregon's Offense versus Ohio State' Defense

Oregon Offense

Finish what you start.

Ohio State Defense

Win at the line.

Flush Masoil outside.

Bend, but don't break.

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5 Months Ago, BSD from Black Shoe Diaries says (in Grading the Penn State Defense Against Illinois) Defensive Coaching It's hard to complain about much here. The Illinois offense was pretty ineffective, but not as ineffective as when they played Ohio State. Like I said before, defending an option team like Illinois is about knowing your assignments, and in that regard the players were...

16 Months Ago, Kevin HD from Black Shoe Diaries says (in Yeah, No Way Anyone Could Have Predicted These Results) And while it's easy to pile on here, I will defend the Buckeye to help create the appearance of balanced blogging:

An even better gripe might be "that Virginia Tech received an automatic bid" since they have, you know, twice as many losses as the Buckeyes.