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Topic: Who has the best chance to upset Ohio State this irregular season?

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Cincydawg

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Who has the best chance to upset Ohio State this irregular season?
« on: November 02, 2020, 11:35:18 AM »
I imagine a lot vote for space aliens.
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Re: Who has the best chance to upset Ohio State this irregular season?
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2020, 11:41:53 AM »
Hoosier Daddy??
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Re: Who has the best chance to upset Ohio State this irregular season?
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2020, 11:49:40 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on November 02, 2020, 11:41:53 AM
Hoosier Daddy??
I was looking at who has the offense to potentially keep up, and although IU is pretty good on pts/game, their actual yardage is atrocious, so I think it's a statistical aberration. Likewise Maryland is up there in total offense, but for some reason not very good at scoring.

So I'm going Michigan. I'm guessing by that point playing spoiler is all they'll be playing for, and they have talent on both sides of the ball. 

Also because Purdue wasn't an option, since we won't meet them until the CCG. 
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Re: Who has the best chance to upset Ohio State this irregular season?
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2020, 11:49:57 AM »
Can I write in the Steelers?
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Re: Who has the best chance to upset Ohio State this irregular season?
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2020, 11:52:19 AM »
Quote from: bwarbiany on November 02, 2020, 11:49:40 AM
So I'm going Michigan. I'm guessing by that point playing spoiler is all they'll be playing for, and they have talent on both sides of the ball.

if Harbaugh has been fired before kickoff, I'll agree
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Re: Who has the best chance to upset Ohio State this irregular season?
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2020, 09:32:38 PM »
Who has a true, vertical passing attack?   Buckeyes are talented at corner but inexperienced- and they just lost Cam Brown for the season with Achilles.  
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Re: Who has the best chance to upset Ohio State this irregular season?
« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2020, 09:36:49 PM »
Quote from: Honestbuckeye on November 02, 2020, 09:32:38 PM
Who has a true, vertical passing attack?  Buckeyes are talented at corner but inexperienced- and they just lost Cam Brown for the season with Achilles. 
Well MSU has shown they will try it.  
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Re: Who has the best chance to upset Ohio State this irregular season?
« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2020, 09:38:56 PM »
Only way any of them beat OSU is if the entire starting offense of OSU has to sit on the bench because they all get COVID. Literally the only way.
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Re: Who has the best chance to upset Ohio State this irregular season?
« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2020, 10:48:40 PM »
How many times has Michigan been playing nothing but spoiler?
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Re: Who has the best chance to upset Ohio State this irregular season?
« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2020, 12:56:53 AM »
I was going to say Wisconsin in the B1GCG, but apparently that doesn't count as "irregular season". Therefore, I'll go with Michigan for a few reasons:

  • Rivalry game.
  • Likely that Michigan will be out of the running and simply playing spoiler so they can play loose with nothing to lose.
  • Rivalry game. 
  • They have, by far, the most overall talent of the six teams left on tOSU's schedule. Talent matters. The others are at a significant talent disadvantage in nearly every match-up. Michigan is realistically going to be at a talent disadvantage too, but not to the same degree. 
  • Rivalry game. 
  • Strange as this would have sounded back when I was in school there is a possibility that Michigan could catch Ohio State looking ahead. If Ohio State has already clinched a B1GCG berth then they could be looking ahead to a major showdown with an undefeated and highly ranked B1G-W team (UW, NU, or PU).
  • Did I mention it is a rivalry game?

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Re: Who has the best chance to upset Ohio State this irregular season?
« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2020, 01:05:32 AM »
Alabama
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Re: Who has the best chance to upset Ohio State this irregular season?
« Reply #11 on: November 03, 2020, 12:47:42 PM »
Purdue in the B1G CG
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Re: Who has the best chance to upset Ohio State this irregular season?
« Reply #12 on: November 03, 2020, 05:58:30 PM »
One weakness this year for OSU is secondary depth.  They lost three starters from last year.  Then two guys got kicked off the team.  So while Shaun Wade is strong, they are breaking in new guys everywhere else.  They lost one for the season Saturday when Cam Brown tore his achilles, so they are now moving freshmen into the two deep, which is never a great sign.  They are going to be vulnerable against a sound passing attack.  
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Re: Who has the best chance to upset Ohio State this irregular season?
« Reply #13 on: November 03, 2020, 06:04:52 PM »
Quote from: MaximumSam on November 03, 2020, 05:58:30 PM

They are going to be vulnerable against a sound passing attack. 
What will they do if they have to face Rondale Moore, David Bell, and Milton Wright in the CCG?
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