Tzanghi

Easily the favorite in this bracket. Makes winning game 1 insanely important.

I have faith in him still, but for frick's sake, stop whining, Kelly. You have had a premier talented team since your second year. Stoops has been competing with mediocre talent for years.

You’re mixing necessity with courtesy. I tend to agree with your specific points. I might stay on scene. It’s courteous. But I wouldn’t fault someone for not stopping let alone accuse them of a crime.

Good lord, you can't be serious. Why do you think he had a gun and fired it into the ground? Did you watch the interview?

The true takeaway is that the defensive coaching staff absolutely sabotaged a national title run last year.

Great point. Need experienced guys too. Every year we lose 5-10 defensive back ups who would be seeing playing time in their 3rd or 4th years that we just can’t keep around for whatever reason. It’s a killer. If you look at these playoff teams, they have a ton of experience, and we can’t keep more than a handful of starters for 4 years. Needs to change.

Respectfully disagree with this. Texas’s D line was disrupting the OSU run and pass blocking making it hard to move the ball. Texas’s offense left a lot to be desired, sure. But if they stop that boneheaded 75 yard screen and Howard loses that ball he fumbled on a sack, Texas could’ve been up heading into the 4th quarter. Alas, they didn’t play as well as OSU, but they were hardly hanging on for dear life in my opinion.

No but they did face off in the Rose Bowl. Oregon would beat Notre Dame 7-8 times out of 10.

Agree 100%. We’ve recruited highly to decent rated DBs for 3 years now with essentially nothing to show for it. I can’t understand how that happened.

True, but these are some big ifs. This same roster lost to Michigan about a month ago. His rosters at OSU have always been supremely talented; this one is now more experienced and gelled than most, but it's all about maintaining whatever is motivating them. Remember Fields & Co. came out like gangbusters and destroyed Clemson in the CFP in 2020 only to lose motivation and lay a dud against Bama. If OSU keeps playing like this, they're guaranteed a championship; but these are young men. There is no guarantee they will keep playing this lights out.