Ohio State couldn't beat Michigan because Chip Kelly went full ****** that game.

The entire game, all he tried to do was run straight into the teeth of Michigan's DLine instead of using their strength, their WRs, which set up repeated 3rd and long situations. This left Howard under constant duress and he played like ass my dude.

I mean, when the idiots in the TV booth are repeatedly saying that you are doing it wrong the entire game, and it's obvious to everyone watching it on TV that you are doing it wrong, maybe you should stop doing it wrong.

Chip Kelly should definitely not have been paid for that game.

Gil Renard said:

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Nobody is close to OSU this year

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Nobody is close to a team with 2 losses? And Texas was 1 yard away from a tie game with less than 4 minutes left in the Cotton Bowl. OSU got hot at the right time, but let's not get carried away.

halfastros81 said:

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How many years ago was it that tu had low single digit draftees ? Things change.

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You're making my point for me.
Sark got there and started building things up, good players, good coaches, retaining quality and producing NFL caliber talents.

Broke thru last year, made the CFP semifinal....and had 11 kids get drafted to NFL teams.
This year, another CFP semifinal....and they'll likely have even more kids drafted.

But it took him a while to build it up, and their W-L records before and during his "build up" were pretty rough.
Kinda like ours tend to be.

Let's see if Elko can build us up.

Agree.

I am absolutely a proponent of a 3 yr eval period and let's see where the trajectory appears to be headed .

After an embarrassing 13-10 home loss to Michigan, Ohio State outscored Tennessee, then undefeated 13-0 Big 10 Champion Oregon, Texas, and Notre Dame in their 4 CFP games by a combined 145-75 margin. It's crazy how no player on Ohio State's national championship winning team had ever been part of a win over a Michigan because Ohio State has not beaten Michigan since a 56-27 road win on 11/30/2019, before the pandemic.

Elko started 7-1 (5-0 SEC) before losing 4 of his last 5 games, including 3 consecutive losses to end the season. Our only win in that span was over New Mexico State, and we have lost 4 consecutive games to Power 4 opponents since a 38-23 win over LSU on 10/26. Dating back to a 42-30 road loss at LSU on 11/25/2023, we have lost 4 consecutive November SEC games and 6 consecutive November Power 4 games. We have not won beaten a Power 4 opponent in the month of November since a 51-10 home win over Mississippi State on 11/11/2023, which was Jimbo's last game of his tenure. Also, we have not won a bowl game since a 41-27 win over North Carolina in the 2021 Orange Bowl on 1/2/2021.

Next year, we will have a tougher home/away split because our toughest games against Notre Dame, LSU, Missouri, and Texas will all be on the road instead of at home. We will play a true road game at Arkansas for the first time since 2013 and at LSU the very next week. Also, our schedule is very unbalanced with 3 straight SEC home games against Auburn on 9/27, Mississippi State on 10/4, and Florida on 10/11 before a stretch of 3 straight SEC road games at Arkansas on 10/18, LSU on 10/25, and Missouri on 11/8 in span of 4 weeks. With that schedule, I think we will have a floor of 7-5 and a ceiling of 9-3 with likely road losses at Notre Dame, LSU, and Texas. The 5 road games at Notre Dame, Arkansas, Missouri, LSU, and Texas will make or break our season.

Mike Elko and his coaching staff need to get this team playing well from start to finish and throughout the season, especially November SEC games. I would like to see 9+ wins next year, a bowl win, and a 2-1 November SEC record with wins against Missouri (away) and South Carolina (home). If we can achieve these goals, Elko will show that he has this team headed in the right direction.