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YTD Record later lots of bowls will change it but I am going to get this bet in now while the line is where I want it
First a rant which you can feel free to skip...........
The selection committee should bend over and let Jimbo Fisher kiss their ass. This guy is shooting his mouth off about how they deserve a playoff spot. Now I do think this would have been a great time for the idiots at the NCAA to widen the playoffs to 8 games, even if just for this year, because their #1 reason for not doing so is because it makes the teams play too many games but since they all played like only 3 games all year anyway why not?
And I also want to say this write up and my choice in the game is in no way saying that Ohio St doesn't deserve a spot. They are just as deserving as anyone else except I still think Cinn should have gotten in but the morons at the NCAA will never let what they view as a lesser team get in. And while I have just said that, I might as well say also that even when, and they will, expand the playoffs to 8 teams all you will see is two teams from the SEC, two from the big 10, two from ACC, and one big 12 and one pac 12 so you won't see any team like Cinn get in anyway.
But back to loudmouth Jimbo Fisher...... you have no case because when you did play a team in the playoffs they beat the dog shit out of you to the tune of 52-24 so just shut the fuck up.
One last thing, Kelly from Notre Dame should be damn glad I'm not on that committee cause when he says they might not play if the bowl doesn't allow family in the stands I would have said fine you are out. Ridiculous to try and hold the committee hostage and pose like you are doing anything for your players or their families. The committee gets fucked because of your big mouth because either they cave or they look like heartless assholes for staying to their rules during a pandemic. Better to take the heat by just excluding ND and saying they might not have shown up so we went to a team that we can count on like say Texas A&M which would really be funny. Fuck Kelly and his big mouth too but he is better off not showing up to that game because Alabama is going to whip his ass.
Ok sorry now on to the game.
Clemson -7 x800
I grew up in Ohio. Have also lived in Tucson, Toronto and Philly but I grew up a Buckeye fan. And when I say fan it means I watch all their games. I say this because you should know my next statement is based at least in experience.
This is the worst Ohio State team I have ever seen. That includes the John Cooper years and although he was maybe one of the best recruiters ever he also was one of the worst coaches ever. But let me give you specifics to why I say this.
I have mentioned in past posts that OSU plays what they call a high safety. The safety starts almost 20 yards off the ball and at the snap immediately backpedals another 5 yards. He is completely out of the play. Every play. In fact, out of over 400 tackles made in games this year he has made 12 and on 5 of those he was blitzing on the goal line. OSU plays essentially 10 men on defense against 11 offensive players. Now none of the teams they played had the ability to take advantage of this stupidity. And when you look at the list you know why. NW, Mich St, Indiana, Rutgers, Penn St, and Nebraska. (Phew, that's really weak. Ok maybe Jimbo Fisher has a point) Actually, Indiana did abuse them scoring 35 points throwing mostly over the middle and throwing anywhere 10-15 yards down field because the safety spent the game in the end zone by himself talking to cheerleaders. Now what do you think will happen when you play a team that has several good receivers and oh, say, Trevor Lawrence at QB? Speaking of Lawrence they had to rush him to the hospital because when he was watching OSU film and saw that high safety he was laughing so hard he couldn't breath. He's fine now. Going to be ugly and I'm not even going to mention how bad Etienne will make them look. That kid is fast.
Now here's something else all my relatives have been screaming at their TV's about. I don't know if you ever noticed, my relatives hadn't until I pointed it out, but Fields stares down his receiver. Watch any tape of any past OSU game and you will see when Fields goes back to pass he stares at only one receiver his primary receiver. He NEVER looks away. When that primary receiver is covered he still looks at him too long then tries to scramble which is usually too late. Clemson is going to kill him. By the way, as you watch those films you will say but he does occasionally throw to a back as a safety valve and I will tell you that back is always in the same line of sight his primary receiver was and that's the only way he saw him because he NEVER EVER looks away from his primary receiver. Even when he throws a screen he doesn't look away always at the primary. Now as a coach I will tell you that when he does this he gives the play away. LB's can float to where he looks. Safeties can run to help out and yes the Clemson and every other safety in every level of football is actually close enough to help out. When you watch the films (on the Big 10 network by the way) you will see what I am saying. The pros scouts see it I assure you and at this point of his career they know it can't be changed but frankly he isn't all that good that they would draft him and go to the trouble. Which reminds me, Fields looked like shit the entire first half the only thing that saved him was his receivers making great catches and he didn't "sprain his thumb" until the second half. And yes you get Olave back but Jesus he won't get him the ball under pressure.
The final point I will make is if their head coach Day had any experience coaching he wouldn't allow that stupid defense ever. And he would change Fields from NEVER looking off the defense. I can only conclude he is a bad coach if someone sitting in their living room can see it and he can't or he won't change which makes him even a worse coach. And I especially love it when he decides to go for it on 4th down. What a moron.
Oh, and before I forget, Sermon ran up all those yards because NW has the slowest defense in all of football. He really isn't that good and after one hit from a Clemson defender Sermon will be tentative as hell like he has all year until NW and a complete non factor. Seriously, and this is no credit to Clemson defense although they are pretty good, Sermon won't gain 60 yards the whole game.
And why is no one talking about the fact that you had a running back that gained over 330 yards rushing and all you could score was 22 points and win by 12? Against Northwestern??? Seriously that doesn't raise any red flags to you??????? Now you get to play Clemson for god's sake. Hmmmmmmmm.
After all is said and done Ohio St weakness and tendency is all you need to know to bet on this game. You don't even need to know on top of all this Clemson is pretty good.
Clemson 45 Ohio St 13
And it's the old OSU fan in me that is giving them 13 points. I really don't think they will get that much until garbage time at the end of the game.
Now, don't sit there with your thumb up your ass looking for excuses or being chicken shit. I just gave you a gift so go bet the damn thing.
GL
First a rant which you can feel free to skip...........
The selection committee should bend over and let Jimbo Fisher kiss their ass. This guy is shooting his mouth off about how they deserve a playoff spot. Now I do think this would have been a great time for the idiots at the NCAA to widen the playoffs to 8 games, even if just for this year, because their #1 reason for not doing so is because it makes the teams play too many games but since they all played like only 3 games all year anyway why not?
And I also want to say this write up and my choice in the game is in no way saying that Ohio St doesn't deserve a spot. They are just as deserving as anyone else except I still think Cinn should have gotten in but the morons at the NCAA will never let what they view as a lesser team get in. And while I have just said that, I might as well say also that even when, and they will, expand the playoffs to 8 teams all you will see is two teams from the SEC, two from the big 10, two from ACC, and one big 12 and one pac 12 so you won't see any team like Cinn get in anyway.
But back to loudmouth Jimbo Fisher...... you have no case because when you did play a team in the playoffs they beat the dog shit out of you to the tune of 52-24 so just shut the fuck up.
One last thing, Kelly from Notre Dame should be damn glad I'm not on that committee cause when he says they might not play if the bowl doesn't allow family in the stands I would have said fine you are out. Ridiculous to try and hold the committee hostage and pose like you are doing anything for your players or their families. The committee gets fucked because of your big mouth because either they cave or they look like heartless assholes for staying to their rules during a pandemic. Better to take the heat by just excluding ND and saying they might not have shown up so we went to a team that we can count on like say Texas A&M which would really be funny. Fuck Kelly and his big mouth too but he is better off not showing up to that game because Alabama is going to whip his ass.
Ok sorry now on to the game.
Clemson -7 x800
I grew up in Ohio. Have also lived in Tucson, Toronto and Philly but I grew up a Buckeye fan. And when I say fan it means I watch all their games. I say this because you should know my next statement is based at least in experience.
This is the worst Ohio State team I have ever seen. That includes the John Cooper years and although he was maybe one of the best recruiters ever he also was one of the worst coaches ever. But let me give you specifics to why I say this.
I have mentioned in past posts that OSU plays what they call a high safety. The safety starts almost 20 yards off the ball and at the snap immediately backpedals another 5 yards. He is completely out of the play. Every play. In fact, out of over 400 tackles made in games this year he has made 12 and on 5 of those he was blitzing on the goal line. OSU plays essentially 10 men on defense against 11 offensive players. Now none of the teams they played had the ability to take advantage of this stupidity. And when you look at the list you know why. NW, Mich St, Indiana, Rutgers, Penn St, and Nebraska. (Phew, that's really weak. Ok maybe Jimbo Fisher has a point) Actually, Indiana did abuse them scoring 35 points throwing mostly over the middle and throwing anywhere 10-15 yards down field because the safety spent the game in the end zone by himself talking to cheerleaders. Now what do you think will happen when you play a team that has several good receivers and oh, say, Trevor Lawrence at QB? Speaking of Lawrence they had to rush him to the hospital because when he was watching OSU film and saw that high safety he was laughing so hard he couldn't breath. He's fine now. Going to be ugly and I'm not even going to mention how bad Etienne will make them look. That kid is fast.
Now here's something else all my relatives have been screaming at their TV's about. I don't know if you ever noticed, my relatives hadn't until I pointed it out, but Fields stares down his receiver. Watch any tape of any past OSU game and you will see when Fields goes back to pass he stares at only one receiver his primary receiver. He NEVER looks away. When that primary receiver is covered he still looks at him too long then tries to scramble which is usually too late. Clemson is going to kill him. By the way, as you watch those films you will say but he does occasionally throw to a back as a safety valve and I will tell you that back is always in the same line of sight his primary receiver was and that's the only way he saw him because he NEVER EVER looks away from his primary receiver. Even when he throws a screen he doesn't look away always at the primary. Now as a coach I will tell you that when he does this he gives the play away. LB's can float to where he looks. Safeties can run to help out and yes the Clemson and every other safety in every level of football is actually close enough to help out. When you watch the films (on the Big 10 network by the way) you will see what I am saying. The pros scouts see it I assure you and at this point of his career they know it can't be changed but frankly he isn't all that good that they would draft him and go to the trouble. Which reminds me, Fields looked like shit the entire first half the only thing that saved him was his receivers making great catches and he didn't "sprain his thumb" until the second half. And yes you get Olave back but Jesus he won't get him the ball under pressure.
The final point I will make is if their head coach Day had any experience coaching he wouldn't allow that stupid defense ever. And he would change Fields from NEVER looking off the defense. I can only conclude he is a bad coach if someone sitting in their living room can see it and he can't or he won't change which makes him even a worse coach. And I especially love it when he decides to go for it on 4th down. What a moron.
Oh, and before I forget, Sermon ran up all those yards because NW has the slowest defense in all of football. He really isn't that good and after one hit from a Clemson defender Sermon will be tentative as hell like he has all year until NW and a complete non factor. Seriously, and this is no credit to Clemson defense although they are pretty good, Sermon won't gain 60 yards the whole game.
And why is no one talking about the fact that you had a running back that gained over 330 yards rushing and all you could score was 22 points and win by 12? Against Northwestern??? Seriously that doesn't raise any red flags to you??????? Now you get to play Clemson for god's sake. Hmmmmmmmm.
After all is said and done Ohio St weakness and tendency is all you need to know to bet on this game. You don't even need to know on top of all this Clemson is pretty good.
Clemson 45 Ohio St 13
And it's the old OSU fan in me that is giving them 13 points. I really don't think they will get that much until garbage time at the end of the game.
Now, don't sit there with your thumb up your ass looking for excuses or being chicken shit. I just gave you a gift so go bet the damn thing.
GL
