Just noticed that Louisiana is ranked, 23, preseason and Northwestern is not fall behind.
If by chance we can go 4-0 in our OOC schedule this year we will be turning some heads to possibly be ranked.



GO BOBCATS

OUr schedule is just about as tough as States'

Very true. Syracuse, Louisana, and Northwestern are winnable games. I disagree with ESPN (Surprise!) whose 'Match up predictor' gives Ohio a 10% chance to beat NWU and 17% chance to beat Louisana. I agree the home teams should be favorites but Ohio has a better chance than that, especially against Louisiana.

There are a few things for Ohio to like in the match up vs Louisiana. Ohio had 5 turnovers in the 2019 loss, something they can probably fix. On offense, Louisiana's weakness in 2020 was a lack of playmakers at WRs which is also the weakness of Ohio's cover 4-in terms the risk that is created by Ohio's CBs regularly being left on an island. If Ohio is playing solid cornerback, they should be able to handle Louisana's receivers, allowing them to focus on the run.

Louisana also is not the same on the o-line as they were in 2019. While they are still big and good, two NFL draft picks graduated from the 2019 o-line. Also, while their 2021 starter smith is a good RB, they lost their main two RBs to graduation/NFL draft

The Ragin' Cagins' defenses is very legit. The relative weakness is the CBs. I like Ohio's WRs against their CBs.

That was a strong year for the MAC with two ranked teams.

Yep, you're right. Usually I check things like that but this time I went from memory. NWern wanted revenge on Solich from a bowl game a couple years earlier when he was at Nebraska and the Huskers ran up the score.