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8 ball has been very quiet so far since OSU squeaked out a win. I hate to tell him they got ZERO 1st place votes this week. He is praying they lose so they don't have to play Bama in the BCS finale.

 

The bookies are usually pretty accurate.

 

Nothing worth commenting on really. I hope it ends up OSU vs. Bama in the title game. Why wouldn't everyone want the two best teams playing for the title? Bama's good, we've established that. I'm not ready to crown them champs because they beat a very overrated UT team though. I don't think they showed anything in that game that we hadn't already seen. I'll say it again, there's Bama and OSU then there's everyone else.

As much as I hate to say it, scUM might be closing that gap right now.

 

I'd say Michigan is right there and Texas A&M might be as well. I'm not writing off this week's game at all.

 

You're one of the few people I've talked to that are taking TAMU seriously. They're a good team but I think they're a little behind the other 3 you've mentioned. Admittingly I've only seen most of the Arkansas game and their game against UT.

Bama should definitely win but not as handedly as others seem to think.

 

Texas a&am is not all that good tbh.

Who is their only big win against??

An overrated UT, and where they at home that game??

They almost lost to UCLA and beat Arkansas who struggled with Lousiana Tech.

Not sold on A&M at all and this game is going to be a repeat of the beating they took last year

 

They've got a good mobile QB and some solid WRs. And Arkansas isn't a bad team, they just had a bad game. Similar to how OSU had bad games against Indiana and Wisconsin.

If Bama stomps Texas A&M and OSU stomps Michigan, then yeah, it's gonna be Bama vs. OSU for the NC, and it'll be a damn good game (though who knows, maybe Washington and/or Clemson pull upsets).

 

Bama's QB is good, but he has a weakness of the deep ball. I still don't believe it's enough to stop them from being NC. Their defense is smothering.

 

Hurts is legit, but he is a true freshman, and chances are that a true freshman is gonna true freshman at some point.

But at this point I'm happy with him. He has time to develop the deep ball, and he isn't having "Blame Sims episodes", so that's a positive. He also plays with a ton of heart, and has the respect of the coaches/team, so... props to him. Still feel kinda silly for hyping Barnett all over the place the past two years, though I'm sure he'll find success wherever he winds up.

 

It's too early to talk about how Bama and OSU match up but I'm going to do it anyways.

I think OSU's main advantage would be Barrett's experience and poise. He doesn't get rattled. OSU's oline has performed better than I thought they would early in the year but they'd have to step up against Bama's pass rush. If the oline can do that then I think OSU would have a good shot.

Defensively OSU would have to improve on setting the edge to contain Hurts. That was probably the biggest negative I saw from the Wisconsin game. Hurts adds a wrinkle to Bama's offense with his running ability but OSU has enough speed to at least limit his rushing stats. Of course if you're too busy worrying about getting gutted up the middle that task suddenly becomes a lot harder.

Anyways it's a game I think a lot of the nation would like to see.