OSU AD Gene Smith looking like biggest moron in college athletics

[SelectionSunday]

Why didn't OSU self-impose a bowl ban last year while muddling through a mediocre season? If they had they'd likely be in the national title conversation right now.

 

[thailleagle]

Not with that weak schedule they've played...

 

[SelectionSunday]

Don't disagree with that, but are you saying that a 10-0 Ohio State team with that name recognition wouldn't be in the conversation with Oregon, Notre Dame, Kansas State, and 1-lossers Alabama and Georgia (among others)? Stupid, stupid decision by Smith and all the higher-ups at OSU to not just bag the bowl game last year when they were in the midst of a 6-7 season. Their arrogance got in the way.

 

[Son of a Badger]

Their president has spent $64,000 dollars on BOWTIES. Good judgement is not something taught on the campus of THE Ohio State University.

 

[beavergopher]

Their president has spent $64,000 dollars on BOWTIES. Good judgement is not something taught on the campus of THE Ohio State University.

Haha. A Maturi-like decision. Last year was a throw away, they should have cut losses.

 

[Catechol]

Why didn't OSU self-impose a bowl ban last year while muddling through a mediocre season? If they had they'd likely be in the national title conversation right now.

I see this mentioned a lot, but I doubt the NCAA would let them off that easy, allowing OSU to choose a lesser punishment after the regular season, knowing they had a terrible record (by OSU standards) and throwaway bowl (by OSU standards). Now if they had a chance to go to a BCS bowl last year and self-imposed the ban, maybe the NCAA would let that suffice.

 

[kellyleeks]

Don't disagree with that, but are you saying that a 10-0 Ohio State team with that name recognition wouldn't be in the conversation with Oregon, Notre Dame, Kansas State, and 1-lossers Alabama and Georgia (among others)? Stupid, stupid decision by Smith and all the higher-ups at OSU to not just bag the bowl game last year when they were in the midst of a 6-7 season. Their arrogance got in the way.

Alabama and Georgia are ranked ahead of them in the AP. How is that not an SEC bias? Here's the OOC schedules:
OSU:Miami (OH), UCF, UAB, Cal
Alabama:Michigan, W. Kentucky, FAU, W. Carolina
Georgia: Buffalo, FAU, Georgia Southern, GT

I must be missing the difference in the OOC schedules. Add to this that Notre Dame's schedule is not much different than that of OSU's.

I am holding back my rant on the 5 SEC teams in both polls.

 

[BleedGopher]

ESPN: OSU AD won't play 'what-if' game

"The decisions that we made relative to our NCAA case we made to the best of our abilities with the information in front of us," Smith said during a news conference Monday. "I am not into speculative positioning in life, I'm just not one of those guys relative to those kind of what-if scenarios.

"I could sit here and give you a million other what-ifs had we taken that (self-imposed bowl ban). I'm not going there."

http://espn.go.com/college-football...o-state-buckeyes-ad-consider-self-imposed-ban

Go Gophers!!