From a chat today on washingtonpost.com...

Crazier things have happened before!

 

Did anyone believe that Stanford under Harbaugh would beat USC in the Coliseum?

 

...or Appy State would beat Michigan in the Big House?

 

oh, you mean the games when LSU defeated a Top-10 team, then lost to another one in 3 OT on the road?

Get these guys off the field. They stink.

:nope:

 

I for one am not convinced that tOSU is a top 10 team to begin with.
The toughest team tOSU has played to date was Purdue who is now unranked.
Michigan is a team that should probably be ranked around 20.

How good is tOSU?
Nobody really knows because they have yet to be really tested.

And if Michigan is their toughest test, how pathetic would it be for them to go to the NC game again, two years in a row, as an highly over-rated representative of the Big 10?

 

The parity in the college game is more obvious this year than any in recent memory.
and it's everywhere.

South Carolina can look great against Kentucky, then barely escape unranked North Carolina. Ole Miss stands toe to toe with Florida, but gets swamped by Missouri. The examples are everywhere.
There is little doubt in my mind that this kind of "insanity" will be with us all year.
And not to worry about tOSU or BC getting tested... and by quality opponents. OSU plays Penn State, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan.
If any one of those teams played, say South Carolina... or Kentucky... tomorrow, the Vegas odds wouldn't post more than a touchdown spread, one way or the other, in any of match ups.

It's a hard pill for some to swallow, but it's today's game.