My Coworker is CONVINCED

[*jason*]

(02-22-2020, 12:56 AM)grampahol Wrote: My initial thoughts on Young is that OSU and many big college teams also play against some extremely weak opponents. Young may just be all that and a bag of chips in the NFL, but he could also be the guy who only thrives when they're playing teams like Rutgers weeks on end at a time. I mean they played Miami of Ohio and blew them out 76-5, Maryland 76-14, Cincinnati 42-zip and so on. If you're not putting up huge numbers in games like those something is definitely wrong. BTW..the Rutgers game was a tad closer..56-21, but the point still sticks with me that big powerhouse teams in college don't always have to play real competition all season long. It kind of skews the numbers to make anyone appear to be the greatest of all time when they really aren't.
LSU on the other hand had a much tougher schedule, but still had a few powder puff games mixed in..Georgia Southern and Utah State and they too were blowouts, but not to the extent of OSU's powder puff schedule.. I realize they're not always going to play the best teams, but OSU in particular seems to get more low hanging fruit on average than anyone else.

Joey and Nick Bosa played some cupcakes too... They're pretty good.

People are falling prey to recency bias with Chase Young. He was held "in check" the last few games while being triple teamed, and game planned around. You can't do that in the NFL. You really can't do it at the collegiate level. When Wade was ejected for targeting in the Clemson game, Young was triple teamed, and still got to Lawrence a second after Wade. With 3 guys accounting for Young, Wade could get home in no time. He's gonna be a stud in the NFL.