Former Bengals QB Evaluates Burrow

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(03-30-2020, 05:37 PM)spazz70 Wrote: What was my meaning of that statement?  It is this...throwing out history and bringing it to modern standards with the playoffs.

OSU
Playoffs 
3 times in 6 years and 1 National Championship

75-8 record and worst ranking in final poll is 6th.


LSU
1 time, 1 Championship this year

59-19 record and final poll rankings, a 1st and 6th, the last 2 years

LSU has had very good teams but until this year the were not a consistent playoff contender or even NC contender for close to a decade.

Just because they are in the SEC does not make them a contender every year.

I am not bashing on LSU, they are just not the consistent football program that Ohio State is at this time or even the last 10 years.

While you are correct, a couple of things here:

1. Indeed, they are SEC (AND, SEC West on top of that), which means consistently tougher opponents, along with the best college football program in the history of the sport (Alabama), so record will always be worse.

2. B10 isn't even in the same realm of competition or recruiting, as the SEC; If OSU put up those numbers in the SEC, you are 100% correct. But being the *sole* powerhouse in a conference that has 4 good teams (OSU, PSU, Michigan and a swinging 4th of MSU/Minnesota/Wisconsin), will definitely give them a better schedule.

3. OSU also had Urban Meyer, arguably the best coach and recruiter in the modern era (after Nick Saban, of course) for all CFP seasons but 1, whereas LSU had Les Freakin' Miles for all but 2 seasons of that same time, which puts the, "behind the scenes," stuff as the winner for OSU as well in this category.

Again, numbers are numbers and you are totally correct, but once context comes into play, those numbers can be shot full of holes.

The Stoolers have 6 rings; maybe, MAYBE 2 of them were on merit. The rest? Bad calls, confessed-biased officiating, literally the flukiest play(s) in NFL history. The 6 rings look great and they DO have them, but once context is thrown in? Holes can be shot.