They had their 6th string tailback in the game most of the 2nd half and a QB named Cardale Jones that I have never heard of.  Exactly what more are they supposed to do?  Take 3 knees and punt?  Is that supposed to go over better with the opponent?  The only reason Florida A&M was on their schedule was because Vanderbilt backed out of their scheduled game and they had to scramble to fill the empty slot in the schedule.  I know there's a lot of anti-OSU mentality here, and I understand that, but sometimes you need to do more than just look at a final score and assume there was no sportsmanship involved.

Ok, then why did OSUck go for two consecutive two-point conversions against Buffalo in week 1? And don't give me the Woody Hayes, "because we couldn't go for three" answer......and their kicker was fine because they kicked extra points later in the game. And having Vandy on their schedule is just like having Cal on their schedule. Whoop-dee-freaking-doo! They would have been playing the Purdue of the SEC. Play QUALITY teams from the quality conferences. 

It's hard to know the reason. Maybe the kicker was indisposed at that particular moment. If someone asked the coach, that's probably your best source for the answer. Certainly the answer "to run up the score" isn't plausible since it was the first score of the game. It was 6-0 and 14-0 when they did it.

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Sometimes the schedulers just get it wrong.  Glad I didn't see a second of that game.  Pretty sad situation.

TOSU playing in-state MAC teams at least keeps it more interesting for everyone.

We can only get so many good teams on our schedule. There are teams out there that like to play good competition. Going to Louisville, Penn State, OHIO STATE, hosting UConn a couple years back. We do play good teams in our non-conference schedule, and we do it annually. Ohio State has a tough team about once every 4 years. They played Miami when they were ranked 12th and beat them in 2010. Before that, they had a home and home vs. USC and lost both of those games. I think they played Texas in a home and home and split those. Ohio always has a tough team on their schedule, comparatively speaking. 

How many passes did they throw after they were up by 35??  I can promise you that they could have controlled the score had they not been worried about losing a spot in the rankings.   

Tried to kid yourself all you want.  Maybe it will make you feel better.   

Haha, oh, yes, the thread where we got green-tinted glasses.

As for why Ohio schedules an FCS school the answer is that it accomplishes three things:
1. It can be helpful sometime to have a game in the season where the starters can rest and heal, if needed, and where the reserves who rarely play can get the reward of playing time.
2. Since it will normally be a win, it helps build a tradition of winning, and helps build bowl eligibility, both of which are long term positives for the program.
3. Without an FCS school on the schedule you could not have 6 home games a year. Since the budget requires Ohio to play some "money games", which are one-and-done games on the road where you get a big paycheck, you have no offsetting home game to get you to 6 home games. The FCS is the matching home game. Thus, this year the Peay game was a match for the Louisville game.  Having 6 home games is useful several ways - it helps keep the players fresh, not being on the road all the time. It makes winning more likely. Also, since home games mean profit for local businesses, more home games is a good thing for building relationships with the local community.

I think you're barking up the wrong tree here. We play 1 AQ team a year. And if you look ahead its going to be Minn and Kansas among others. And of course the AAC teams like Cincy and UConn. Not exactly powerhouses. When we signed up for Louisville, I'm not sure they were a powerhouse. Overall our schedule is usually among the weakest in the country. We shouldn't be trying to put down other teams at any level about weak schedules. By the way check out Miami and UMass, they seem to be able to schedule the big boys. We choose not to, even if we could. That's the current strategy of the AD and Solich.

Actually, Vandy is better than Cal. A LOT better. Ever watched a Vandy game? Purdue of the SEC is more like Mississippi State or Missouri at this point, not Vandy.

Besides, OSU and Louisville are going to have to do this every game if they want a shot at playing for the national title. Their respective conferences absoultely stink. I wonder if the same would have been said about Ohio had it been undefeated and playing for a chance for a BCS bowl down the road if it beat AP by 70? Hmmmm, methinks not.

So let me just get this right: no pass attempts when the game is in hand.  Like when Vick was brought in during the 4th quarter of a game well in hand on Saturday?  Because of course we had to keep Tyler in the game through three quarters even though Austin Peay was out of it.  Yet Vick throws several pass attempts in the 4th quarter of a blowout.  But that's OK. 

"Kid yourself all you want." Wise words.  It's typical from someone who glorifies a Hocking Tech student tackling the OSU mascot, though.

I saw parts of the OSU game from beginning to end.  They were slowing it down from the beginning and running conservative plays.  I think they would have won by 120-140 if they had tried their hardest.

 Yea, those back-up guys are playing to get noticed. As long as the starters were out most of the 2nd half, I don't have too much of an issue with it. 

Additionally, with the current way college football is run, you have to destroy these little no name teams or you won't move up in the rankings. I look at a team like Georgia where Mark Richt is notorious for pulling guys and holding the win total back. All it has ever done is hinder Georgia in the rankings. 

I don't like the system any more than the next guy, but coaches have to do what they think is best for their program.