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Originally Posted by jeremy_r_tuttle
OSU's game this year
September 1 Youngstown State W 38-6 1-0 (0-0) Big Ten Network
September 8 Akron W 20-2 2-0 (0-0) Big Ten Network
September 15 at Washington W 33-14 3-0 (0-0)
September 22 Northwestern W 58-7 4-0 (1-0)
September 29 at Minnesota W 30-7 5-0 (2-0)
October 6 at No. 23 Purdue W 23-7 6-0 (3-0)
October 13 Kent State W 48-3 7-0 (3-0) Big Ten Network
October 20 Michigan State W 24-17 8-0 (4-0)
October 27 at No. 25 Penn State W 37-17 9-0 (5-0)
November 3 No. 21 Wisconsin W 38-17 10-0 (6-0) Big Ten Network
The only close game they had was Michigan State and they should have beat Michigan yesterday...if these were close games I could see your point but when top teams play teams that are not even close to them on the field they should blow them out which is exactly what the Buckeyes have done...like it or not!
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Wisconsin's games this year:
Sep 1 Washington St. Won 42-21
Sep 8 @UNLV Won 20-13
Sep 15 The Citadel Won 45-31
Sep 22 Iowa Won 17-13
Sep 29 Michigan St. Won 37-34
Oct 6 @Illinois Lost 26-31
Oct 13 @Penn St. Lost 7-38
Oct 20 Northern Illinois Won 44-3
Oct 27 Indiana Won 33-3
Nov 3 @Ohio St. Lost 17-38
Barely beat UNLV....gave up 31 to the Citadel, got killed by PSU...wow, great win
PSU's games this year:
Sep 1 Fla. International Won 59-0
Sep 8 Notre Dame Won 31-10
Sep 15 Buffalo Won 45-24
Sep 22 @Michigan Lost 9-14
Sep 29 @Illinois Lost 20-27
Oct 6 Iowa Won 27-7
Oct 13 Wisconsin Won 38-7
Oct 20 @Indiana Won 36-31
Oct 27 Ohio St. Lost 17-37
Nov 3 Purdue Won 26-19
Needed a late push to beat Buffalo, gave up 31 to Indiana, otherwise, respectable, but no big wins on their schedule except for Wisconsin, but see above re:wisconsin.
Illinois' Games this year:
Sep 1 Missouri Lost 34-40
Sep 8 Western Illinois Won 21-0
Sep 15 @Syracuse Won 41-20
Sep 22 @Indiana Won 27-14
Sep 29 Penn St. Won 27-20
Oct 6 Wisconsin Won 31-26
Oct 13 @Iowa Lost 6-10
Oct 20 Michigan Lost 17-27
Oct 27 Ball St. Won 28-17
Nov 3 @Minnesota Won 44-17
Pretty respectable with wins against PSU, Wisco, and Missouri...except for the late with against Ball State, and only scoring 6 points in the loss against a bad Iowa team. Otherwise Western Illinois? Syracuse? Indiana? Iowa? Ball State? Minnesota?
If you're interested in unbiased computer rankings, here is how sagarin ranks the conferences:
CONFERENCE CENTRAL MEAN SIMPLE AVERAGE TEAMS
1 SOUTHEASTERN (A) = 80.68 80.34 ( 1) 12
2 BIG EAST (A) = 78.48 77.63 ( 4) 8
3 BIG 12 (A) = 77.89 77.66 ( 3) 12
4 PAC-10 (A) = 77.45 78.12 ( 2) 10
5 ATLANTIC COAST (A) = 76.86 76.68 ( 5) 12
6 BIG TEN (A) = 76.14 76.13 ( 6) 11
Big ten...6th....Ouch.
OSU's schedule rank? 63rd.
Oregon? 12th.
I rest my case.