That Ohio State loss to VTech is really glaring, almost unexplainable. The thing is though, Braxton Miller (qb) was injured, if I remember correctly. The Buckeyes have improved and just continue to win. It will still take luck for any one of the 1-loss teams to get into the playoff, each of them needs impressive wins, no more room for error.
Um, no, it's very explainable...
New OL + Freshman QB thrust into the starter role like 2.5 weeks before the game because of an injury to a heisman contender versus a Bud Foster blitz happy defense= BIG PROBLEMS.
The OL is markedly better now that they've had time to gel as a unit, and obviously the QB is/was (sigh) a strength now instead of a weakness.
The VT loss is one of the most overblown issues of this whole season tbh. If you wanna downgrade OSU, downgrade them on the lack of quality opponents....which is looking like less and less of a story actually with Minny looking like a solid team and MSU still regarded as a top 10 type squad...and now a game against a pretty game Wisky team that no one would argue is much worse than the 15th best team in the country really.
That being said, i don't think OSU wins bc of the injuries at QB.....sad really, because with Braxton or JT I think they give FSU nightmares because they can really put points up and match up athletically with the Noles like few teams outside of the SEC can.
I think even if they squeak out a win over Wisky, they shouldn't go over TCU or Baylor bc without JT Barrett, they aren't realistically a top 4 club.
Cordale was sort of an afterthought in recruiting and comes from a program that has a relationship with tOSU. He is a physically talented athlete with enormous size and surprising agility/speed for a legit 250lber, but he doesn't have close to the passing game JT has, and he was never considered a future starter.
