ESPN Power Ranking

• TBone14

  

  If you weren't depressed enough...
  
  Ohio State finds itself behind Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Michigan State. Other traditional powers ahead of Ohio State include: South Florida, Baylor, Central Florida (off a loss to FIU), and the aforementioned Florida International.
  
  Good times.
  
  http://espn.go.com/college-football/powerrankings
• karen lotz

  

  Don't forget 1-2 Notre Dame!
• FatHobbit

  

  At least there's plenty of room for improvement...
• TBone14

  

  karen lotz;904372 wrote:Don't forget 1-2 Notre Dame!

  All 3 teams ND has played are ahead of Ohio State. Norte Dame should be 3-0 without question and would probably beat Ohio State easily at this point. I don't think we will see the Buckeyes handle Michigan State as easily as Notre Dame did. In fact, I would be surprised if Ohio State even beats Michigan State.
• j_crazy

  

  UND is better than OSU. For once. Talk to me after week 5 though.
• Skyhook79

  

  It's not depressing. It took losing about 10 players to suspension, a couple of lost recruits and losing a legendary Coach for ND to be ahead of OSU and not by much.
• Skyhook79

  

  TBone14;904392 wrote:All 3 teams ND has played are ahead of Ohio State. Norte Dame should be 3-0 without question and would probably beat Ohio State easily at this point. I don't think we will see the Buckeyes handle Michigan State as easily as Notre Dame did. In fact, I would be surprised if Ohio State even beats Michigan State.

  Why should ND be 3-0? Did the 2 teams they lost to cheat?
• Tobias Fünke

  

  Skyhook79;904467 wrote:Why should ND be 3-0? Did the 2 teams they lost to cheat?

  smh
  

  Skyhook79;904463 wrote:It's not depressing. It took losing about 10 players to suspension, a couple of lost recruits and losing a legendary Coach for ND to be ahead of OSU and not by much.

  I don't think Ohio State would score a point on Notre Dame if they played tomorrow.
• dat dude

  LOL
• Trueblue23

  

  TBone14;904392 wrote:All 3 teams ND has played are ahead of Ohio State. Norte Dame should be 3-0 without question and would probably beat Ohio State easily at this point. I don't think we will see the Buckeyes handle Michigan State as easily as Notre Dame did. In fact, I would be surprised if Ohio State even beats Michigan State.

  That's retarded.
  
  "Should". What the fuck ever. Michigan beat Notre Dame, fair and square. Deal with it.
  
  Notre Dame "should" have beaten Michigan.. but they didn't, so why even say that? It's pointless.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Tobias Fünke;905162 wrote: I don't think Ohio State would score a point on Notre Dame if they played tomorrow.

  Yeah that 63rd ranked scoring defense would stifle Ohio State!
  
  BTW, it's not really an accomplishment to shut down Ohio State's offense right now...that's like bragging about beating up the retarded kid in your class
• Hamp89

  SportsAndLady;905246 wrote:Yeah that 63rd ranked scoring defense would stifle Ohio State!
  
  BTW, it's not really an accomplishment to shut down Ohio State's offense right now...that's like bragging about beating up the retarded kid in your class

  
  It's a stupid argument anyway, but defensive stats are a little skewed this early on, especially considering the 3 teams ND played are currently in the top 25.
• killer_ewok

  

  I realize it's a message board for debate and discussion but why does it always come back to OSU vs. ND on here? Both teams have their issues and they don't play each other unless they somehow meet in a Bowl game.
  
  I don't know. It just always seems to turn into a huge argument and it's not like it's going to get settled on the field.
• FatHobbit

  

  karen lotz;904372 wrote:Don't forget 1-2 Notre Dame!

  
  
  

  killer_ewok;905306 wrote:I realize it's a message board for debate and discussion but why does it always come back to OSU vs. ND on here? Both teams have their issues and they don't play each other unless they somehow meet in a Bowl game.
  
  I don't know. It just always seems to turn into a huge argument and it's not like it's going to get settled on the field.

  I blame Karen
• karen lotz

  

  FatHobbit;905313 wrote:I blame Karen

  
  ha, all I did was mention that 1-2 Notre Dame was ahead of OSU in ESPN's meaningless power rankings. I'd point the finger at Skyhook, who is probably just waiting for OSU to flip the switch like his Lakers did.
• karen lotz

  

  dat dude;905167 wrote:LOL

  You continue to have great thoughts like this. Well done.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  SportsAndLady;905246 wrote:Yeah that 63rd ranked scoring defense would stifle Ohio State!

  It would.
• Zoltan

  The OSU defense will keep them in alot of games this year, as always. Plus they get Adams, Posey, and Herron back after game five. The Miami game was a worse case scenario for an extremly young team who cannot pass the ball because they got down quickly on the road. I think if OSU actually develops game plans around Braxton's legs, along with a very strong traditional running game they could suprise a few teams. The X-factors are coaching and how many times Miller is going to make huge freshman mistakes the rest of the year. This team will be so much different from now to the end of the year it's so hard to tell what might happen.
• TBone14

  

  Skyhook79;904467 wrote:Why should ND be 3-0? Did the 2 teams they lost to cheat?

  Trueblue23;905185 wrote:That's retarded.
  
  "Should". What the fuck ever. Michigan beat Notre Dame, fair and square. Deal with it.
  
  Notre Dame "should" have beaten Michigan.. but they didn't, so why even say that? It's pointless.

  They completely dominated both sides of the football vs South Florida. 508 to 254 yards. South Florida was 2-14 on 3rd down. 5 turnovers to 0 and it was a 3 point game. The one pass hit a Norte Dame player in the damn head and ended up being picked off.
  
  As for Michigan..we all watched that football game. I don't care if you are a Norte Dame fan, a Michigan fan or a Buckeye fan like me...you are delusional if you think Michigan played well enough to win that game. Redzone turnovers killed ND and and 2 of the worst defensive plays you will ever see. On top of that, when they caught a break and forced a Michigan fumble inside the 5, the ball popped right to Robinson for a TD.
  
  So yes, any reasonable person can say Notre Dame should be 3-0.
• georgemc80

  TBone14;905623 wrote:So yes, any reasonable person can say Notre Dame should be 3-0.

  A reasonable person says that Notre Dame COULD be 3-0.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  Zoltan;905562 wrote:The OSU defense will keep them in alot of games this year, as always. Plus they get Adams, Posey, and Herron back after game five. The Miami game was a worse case scenario for an extremly young team who cannot pass the ball because they got down quickly on the road. I think if OSU actually develops game plans around Braxton's legs, along with a very strong traditional running game they could suprise a few teams. The X-factors are coaching and how many times Miller is going to make huge freshman mistakes the rest of the year. This team will be so much different from now to the end of the year it's so hard to tell what might happen.

  Completely agree.
  

  georgemc80;905636 wrote:A reasonable person says that Notre Dame COULD be 3-0.

  This.
  
  It'll really eat at my soul of Notre Dame goes 10-2. This defense, outside of one quarter, has been superb.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  http://www.footballstudyhall.com/2011/9/21/2440315/week-four-f-rankings
  
  A ranking system that uses in-game data and not just W/L's in it's configurations.
• Trueblue23

  

  TBone14;905623 wrote:They completely dominated both sides of the football vs South Florida. 508 to 254 yards. South Florida was 2-14 on 3rd down. 5 turnovers to 0 and it was a 3 point game. The one pass hit a Norte Dame player in the damn head and ended up being picked off.
  
  As for Michigan..we all watched that football game. I don't care if you are a Norte Dame fan, a Michigan fan or a Buckeye fan like me...you are delusional if you think Michigan played well enough to win that game. Redzone turnovers killed ND and and 2 of the worst defensive plays you will ever see. On top of that, when they caught a break and forced a Michigan fumble inside the 5, the ball popped right to Robinson for a TD.
  
  So yes, any reasonable person can say Notre Dame should be 3-0.

  Well who won? Obviously Michigan played well enough to beat Notre Dame.
  
  If that's your logic, Michigan would've won by 3 TDs had they played well.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  Trueblue23;905980 wrote:Well who won? Obviously Michigan played well enough to beat Notre Dame.
  
  If that's your logic, Michigan would've won by 3 TDs had they played well.

  Relax chief, no one is going to take away Michigan's W.
• karen lotz

  

  Trueblue23;905980 wrote:Well who won? Obviously Michigan played well enough to beat Notre Dame.
  
  If that's your logic, Michigan would've won by 3 TDs had they played well.

  
  Michigan played to the best of their abilities and won by three.