Sox33OSU
Active Member
why? because ohio state has been so many more top flight teams than northern illinois?
they are actually fairly comparable... skate through seasons undefeated or with 1 loss without anyone really knowing how good they are and then get pimpslapped in a BCS game. see: ohio state in 2006 and 2007, northern illinois in 2012.
i think ohio state is better than northern illinois, but that is based on their wins being slightly better and their recruiting. if they are leaps and bounds better, they certainly haven't proved it on the field.
So examples from 6 and 7 years ago are relevant, yet you ignore the fact we shut down a powerful Oregon offense in the Rose Bowl in 2010 and beat the second best SEC team in Arkansas in 2011? Yeah that makes perfect sense...
You are beyond retarded if you think the two are comparable. UNI beat literally nobody last year. Nobody. We beat 2 teams that finished ranked. Ask SCar last year how good Michigan was, since they needed a last second hail mary to beat them. That Nebraska team that we demolished last year? UGA needed all 4 quarters to finally get past them, and that was the same UGA who almost played for the title last year. Top 5 Stanford got all they could handle in the Rose from Wisconsin as well. All 3 of these B1G teams, though they lost, played against teams ranked far, far higher and could've won all 3, so it isn't like they aren't competitive.
It's gonna be nice this year to be able to play in a bowl game. Gotta love the ignorance when it comes to the Buckeyes from folks who know little to nothing about the team, the players, or the coaches.