What a travesty this happened after they went to the expanded playoff. It's disturbing that the loss ends up meaning almost nothing in regards to their pursuit of a national championship. Dumb.
This second loss and to an unranked team really hurts them. Before OSU was tracking toward a 1 seed if they could win the rematch against Oregon and with a loss probably no worse than 6th or 7th. With a second loss likely looking at an 8th or 9th seed, possibly having to go on the road for the first round and probably against an SEC team rather than an easy one at home.
I'm not a OSU fan or hater. I think Day's issue has been that he built his teams with the goal of beating the SEC championship in a dome. I don't think his issue is Michigan. It's playing in bad weather. Honestly, he might be more likely to get better weather on the road than at home.
Its cold this time a year in many SEC stadiums. On Friday night it was only 34 degrees in Athens, Georgia.
From what I have seen, their biggest issue is wind and/or snow, then rain.then cold. Heck, they suddenly couldn't do anything against Northwestern in a heavy wind a couple of years ago with an NFL rookie if the year at QB and about four or five future first round WRs. This team is like some of those 1980s/1990/2000 dome NFL teams that are some of the highest scoring teams in NFL history (Oilers, Rams, Saints) but notoriously had a hard time winning in bad weather.
Lou Holtz's comment on not wanting to be physical sounded entirely correct to me. Michigan has caught OSU in the wind or snow 4 years in a row and succeeded in turning the game into a physical slugfest. Their offense clearly is not comfortable with that.
Last Edited: 12/2/2024 9:59:07 AM by Victory