What is worse?
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Easy. Losing to ND.
Ohio State is clearly a better team than us and has been for years. More talent. Better coaching in key positions. Just a flat out higher performing team.
ND is AT BEST even with us, but probably a very slight notch below us. This is a team we should have beat. The last time we were legitimately a better team than OSU was probably 2017.
Ohio State is clearly a better team than us and has been for years. More talent. Better coaching in key positions. Just a flat out higher performing team.
ND is AT BEST even with us, but probably a very slight notch below us. This is a team we should have beat. The last time we were legitimately a better team than OSU was probably 2017.
Losing to ND
If Ohio State beat us I could live with that-they're the best team and we know they're the best team
We're better than ND and couldn't prove it on the field
This loss, even as close as it was, gave pompous talking heads like Portnoy ammunition to try to say this season was not successful, i.e. "They didn't beat anybody!".
Losing to Ohio State next game it would have been difficult for anyone to paint us in a negative light.
I would have rather lost to Notre Dame IF AND ONLY IF PSU would have gotten blown out on an embarrassing level by Ohio State in the National Championship game. (3+ TD's blowout)
You can sum up OSU and Cheatigans' success in one word MONEY. Money for players money for coaches and facilities. Hopefully next year the financial playing field gets leveled by the NCAA.
Winners prefer to win. As much as they can. Losing is never better. If winning sets you up for defeat later, then so be it.
How they lost adds to the intensity of the current downer.
That said, losing in a final casts a pall over a season for a lifetime, and reminders pop up when a list or highlight is shown in following years. I’d rather not discuss the ‘78 or ‘85 seasons.
A better time for the question probably would have been after the final game has been played.
That said, losing in a final casts a pall over a season for a lifetime, and reminders pop up when a list or highlight is shown in following years. I’d rather not discuss the ‘78 or ‘85 seasons.
A better time for the question probably would have been after the final game has been played.
But OSU just beat two teams with more money -- more money for recruits and players, and more money for facilities. Oregon outspends everybody -- but that doesn't guarantee anything.
ND is probably way down the NIL list, and they're playing for a title.
Coaching matters and player execution/talent matters.
We were a better team than ND, and we lost. That's what is so frustrating. Four or five plays we didn't execute on or made mistakes on...otherwise we win. They made the plays....we didn't...so credit to them.
That being said, with so many saying we didn't belong or we didn't beat anyone. Have you looked at ND's pathetic schedule?
I hope tOSU puts a beatdown on them and their insufferable fanbase. Hopefully they are pressured into joining a conference as no favors should be afforded to them. They aren't that special.
That being said, with so many saying we didn't belong or we didn't beat anyone. Have you looked at ND's pathetic schedule?
I hope tOSU puts a beatdown on them and their insufferable fanbase. Hopefully they are pressured into joining a conference as no favors should be afforded to them. They aren't that special.
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