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Ohio State fan base and Noon kickoffs

The Buckeye fanbase is irate after all the early games they've had this year. The B1G sold their soul to Fox for millions and now this is what they get! It's not changing either.

They're going to finish the year with six straight Noon kickoffs with 4 of those being home games. https://fbschedules.com/2024-ohio-state-football-schedule/

That Coveted 5th Seed

You get to host a game against the 12 seed (Boise?) and then you play the 4 seed (ACC or Big 12 who cares). Its just a free pass to the semis if you just play decent. So how do we get there? First, beat UF and MSU, obviously. Now lets assume that every time someone ahead of us loses, they fall behind us, which moves us up 1 spot. So here's how to make it happen-

1. Georgia over Tennessee. Tennessee goes behind us, Georgia stays behind us, and we're at 10.
2. Kansas over BYU. Vegas knows. We go to 9.
3. Ohio St hammers Indiana. The Committee should no longer feel the need to protect Indiana. We go to 8.
4. Minnesota over Penn State. Row the boat. We go 7.
5. USC over Notre Dame. Lincoln Riley earn your money. We go to 6.
6. Texas loses to A&M or in the SEC Championship Game or Alabama loses in the SEC Championship Game to Texas or Oregon convincingly over Ohio State in the Big 10 Championship Game.

So there are about 9 or 10 ways to get there, and in each case the team that we need to win is either favored or is not less than a 7 point dog. We're going to be a 7 pt favorite against Florida and a 20 point favorite against MSU. Everybody ahead of us has much more difficult games ahead of them.

The 6 seed would be great too, because if you win the 6/11 game, you get the 3 seed (ACC or Big 12 who cares).

Now is the time to double down on NIL

I have read and listened to a lot of reaction from fans about withdrawing their NIL contributions due to us losing a couple of games. I do not say this with any judgement or condescension at all, but that is the worst strategy we could possibly employ at this point. Consider these facts and assumptions:
1. We were able to hold off a very real potential suitor for CLK in Auburn due in part to:
A. A sizable commitment by our fans and big donors to The Grove Collective.
B. A demonstration that we have the resources and the enthusiasm to pull in the same direction.
C. A well organized, concentrated effort to attract and sustain a top quality roster.
2. How do we think pulling our support now will end?
A. Are we going to improve our roster through depletion of funds and unity of commitment?
B. Are we going to show our TOP 10 Coach that we are committed to this for the long term? Was being a one hit wonder our goal?
C. Will this unstable outlook encourage CLK to stay for the long term?
3. Who is the one school in the conference that has fought against this sweeping change in the NIL age? Hint: they share our state.
A. How have things turned out for them?
B. Why do we think such a mindset and approach would turn out any different for us?
C. Do we really want to separate from them, or are we ok with falling back into a yearly battle for next to last place?

That is a sampling of the 2nd and 3rd order effects that would transpire if we were to pull our support for NIL now. IMHO, such an action is short sighted and small minded at best and self destructive and emotionally unstable at worst. When stock prices drop, what are we told to do? BUY!!! Now is the time to BUY, BUY, BUY! Invest now! Ok, stepping off soapbox now.

ESPN Playoff predictor (Texas and Tenn)

I was curious, since a lot of people are saying they want Texas and Tennessee just to win out to eliminate Georgia and Texas A&M.

I looked at both of those and projected the opposite about 10 times each just to see what kind of field was projected.

Every time, when I projected a 10-2 Tennessee with a loss to UGA, it projected them to finish behind us. Same for Texas if I projected them to finish 10-2 with a loss to A&M.

Point being, I don’t think it really matters with those two games. If I had to bet, the loser of UGA-UT and the loser of Texas-A&M will both finish below us if we close out the season at 10-2.
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