It’s predictable.
Every year, when Ohio State stays atop or begins an ascent up the college football rankings, the trolls come out claiming that the Buckeyes’ schedule simply isn’t up to par. SEC fan chimes in that if Ohio State were in the sweet tea and grits conference, it would be a .500 team.
The false-narrative
Teams of other conferences poke fun of the MAC schools and in-state schools on the schedule. Then it all morphs into an uneducated argument that Ohio State never plays a program of consequence.
Rinse and repeat.
Those arguments and knee-jerk opinions based on the scanning one-year’s worth of a schedule simply don’t hold water. They never did, and they certainly don’t now.
If you are an Ohio State fan, by now you likely know the scheduling philosophy of the football program. It’s been in place for a long time. It’s built around playing at least one significant intersectional non-conference opponent, then maximizing in-state opportunities and home games. That’s more than other blue-bloods have done in the past. It’s nothing new.
These clowns finally put some one (Bama) on the schedule now they popping off. https://t.co/sVnSViNB7P
— joe the great (@joepabney) June 18, 2020
In the past years, the Buckeyes’ big, non-conference opponents have included some of the top programs in the country. Let’s get a look at what we’ve seen in the past that many that don’t know the game call “weak.”