(Matt Patricia is Ohio State's Defensive Coordinator)

See the last sentence above....

2 hours ago, Charles Fischer said:

I'm pretty critical of Hampton right now as we are sitting at 50th in total defense.

Tosh had us #7 last year, #15 in 2025 and #22 in 2023, so 50th is a big regression.

But this chart shows Hampton has seen a top 25 offense in 66% of the games so far. That 50th in total defense doesn't tell the whole story. The chart actually says we have been elite going against elite offenses.

4 hours ago, Charles Fischer said:

Miami is 129th and BYU 136th. How are they ranked so high?

4 hours ago, Charles Fischer said:

If only we lived in a parallel universe where the playoff committee didn't consider losses. At least we are the highest ranked 3 loss team for now.

6 hours ago, Charles Fischer said:

See the last sentence above....

No editing needed. Nuff Sed!

19 hours ago, Charles Fischer said:

Brutus' "Manager suspended for , "Removal of Athletic Supporter in public"...

20 hours ago, Charles Fischer said:

You know, and at the risk of crossing a line here...

Call me crazy, but I strongly recommend that all Beavis' just say "NO" to Chinese Communist spies.

Edited Wednesday at 10:14 PM1 day by Desert Duck

1 hour ago, woundedknees said:

Brutus' "Manager suspended for , "Removal of Athletic Supporter in public"...

I guess the Jock's not on him?

The P-Word is back! 👌👍😁😎😍❤️

I blame this erratic season on not being able to P! 🥸

Speaking of the P word, where did the PO committee's pod-ranking nonsense come from?

The ranking criteria outlined in PO committee's ranking charter have no mention of 'pods.'

"We can't consider 7-2 Tennessee's victory over 7-2 Alabama because the two teams are not in the same pod." 🤬

Are you not ashamed? 5th- and 6th-graders would not try to sell this kind of voodoo 'logic'.

BAFFLING!

26 minutes ago, Jon Joseph said:

Speaking of the P word, where did the PO committee's pod-ranking nonsense come from?

The ranking criteria outlined in PO committee's ranking charter have no mention of 'pods.'

"We can't consider 7-2 Tennessee's victory over 7-2 Alabama because the two teams are not in the same pod." 🤬

Are you not ashamed? 5th- and 6th-graders would not try to sell this kind of voodoo 'logic'.

BAFFLING!

5th graders wouldn't...

6th grades might because they are cheeky little gits.

9th grader wouldn't though.

Edited Wednesday at 11:59 PM1 day by Desert Duck

23 hours ago, Charles Fischer said:

I found this site works well applying all the B1G tie-breaker rules. It has all the B1G games in the last 3 weeks on the bottom. You highlight the winner of each game for whichever scenario you want to see play out and then hit calculate and it applies the current B1G tie-breaker rules to see who

finishes in what place for the B1G Championship game:

https://bball.notnothing.net/big10.php?sport=fb

(For any of this to really get interesting, USC must first beat Indiana)

Edited yesterday at 01:38 AM1 day by AnotherOD

This was an interesting result:

This week:

• Illinois upsets UCLA

• USC upsets Indiana

• Oregon over Mich, tOSU over NW, Iowa over Purdue, Wisc over Mary

Next week:

• Iowa beats Illinois

• Oregon, tOSU, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin, and Indiana win games as favorites

Last week:

• USC beats UCLA

• Oregon beats UW, tOSU beats UM, Indiana beats Purdue, Wisconsin beats Minnesota, and Iowa beats Neb

Seven way tie for first place in the B1G at 7-2.

Tie-breaker puts USC versus tOSU in the B1G Championship game in a rematch. Oregon, Indiana, Iowa, UCLA, and Wisconsin as co-champs all left out.

On 11/10/2026 at 8:12 PM, Charles Fischer said:

See the last sentence above....

Think Ohio State regrets letting Oregon into the B1G Conference, yet?! They still haven’t beaten Oregon in a regular season conference game.

This would have been fun, and that's a fact!

9-0 UCLA has covered the spread in nine straight games.

If you had wagered $1000 on the Bruins to cover in Week 1 and rolled the money over every week, heading into Week 11, you would be sitting on $256,000.

🤑👍👌😍🤑

On 11/11/2026 at 5:31 PM, AnotherOD said:

(For any of this to really get interesting, USC must first beat Indiana)

I hope I don’t get banned for saying this, but I’m rooting for SUsC. 😬

If the Ducks aren't going to make the B1G Championship, a 7 way tie for first at 7-2 would generate some interesting discussions. Picking the correct B1G Championship game everyone would agree upon would be nearly impossible.

I could see at least four different matchups that make sense. The tie-breaker actually picking the one that has two teams Oregon beat on the road by double digits would be interesting to see the conference defend.

Pulling for Illinois tonight.

Oregon can still get in if USC doesn't beat Indiana. Illinois wins tonight and then USC beats UCLA in the rivalry game leaving UCLA at 7-2 and USC 6-3. An 8-1 Indiana plays Oregon if there ends up a 4 way 7-2 tie for second between Oregon, UCLA, Iowa, and Wisconsin (however if it is just Oregon, UCLA, and Iowa, Iowa goes).

Edited 8 minutes ago8 min by AnotherOD

14 minutes ago, AnotherOD said:

If the Ducks aren't going to make the B1G Championship, a 7 way tie for first at 7-2 would generate some interesting discussions. Picking the correct B1G Championship game everyone would agree upon would be nearly impossible.

I could see at least four different matchups that make sense. The tie-breaker actually picking the one that has two teams Oregon beat on the road by double digits would be interesting to see the conference defend.

Pulling for Illinois tonight.

Oregon can still get in if USC doesn't beat Indiana. Illinois wins tonight and then USC beats UCLA in the rivalry game leaving UCLA at 7-2 and USC 6-3. An 8-1 Indiana plays Oregon if there ends up a 4 way 7-2 tie for second between Oregon, UCLA, Iowa, and Wisconsin (however if it is just Oregon, UCLA, and Iowa, Iowa goes).

I'm most worried about Iowa, who can always beat anybody any given Saturday. If the gods smile down on them and they don't lose again we are definitely out.