OU812? wrote:
Go Canes wrote:Ohio State has a hard time competing with the so-called speed oriented teams. The SEC owns them and so will the Hurricanes. The Buckeyes do very well in-conference. When they play their one game a year non-conference opponent they usually lose:
UT- 2005
USC- 2008
USC- 2009
OSU fattens up their record with a bunch of Big Ten pansies but reality sets in when they play somebody like a Texas, USC, or Miami.
You ignored the rest of the sample. 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2007 is 5 seasons, which outnumbers the 3 seasons you've used as examples. Maybe you should check the definition of "usually", genius.
Let's dig into those years you listed. Once again I am looking at your NON-conference games:
2002- Washington State, #10 (10-3 record, PAC 10 was weak that year)
2003- Washington, overrated at #17 (they went 6-6 for the season, puhlease that's a joke and you played them in Columbus)
2004- you played NOBODY out of conference that year. Marshall and Cincinnati, hmmm, they were powerhouse back then? NOT! (both those games were in Columbus too)
2006- Beat UT, ranked #2- no argument there
2007- you played NOBODY out of conference that year and Michigan was overrated too!! No surprise that the Gators made you look like a junior college team.
Once again Buckeye fan, don't tell me that your out of conference schedule was that impressive for those years listed except for 2006.