Moderators Blake Munroe Posted January 21 Author Moderators Posted January 21 Full article: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/43452580/way-too-early-college-football-top-25-ranking-2025 Quote
CHorn427 Posted January 21 Posted January 21 ESPN only lists 3 “Key Returning Starters” for Ohio State: Jeremiah Smith, Carnell Tate and Caleb Downs. Every other team has 6+ key returning starters. There’s no chance in hell they are the #1 team in the country next year. The only reason they were the #1 team this year was because of extraordinary retention of their 2023 roster. However, I don’t see any way our matchup with them next season isn’t #1 vs #2 (could go either way). How many #1 vs #2 matchups have there ever been in week one, I wonder? 2 Quote
CHorn427 Posted January 21 Posted January 21 (edited) ChatGPT gave incorrect info on the wk1 1 vs 2 question Edited January 21 by CHorn427 Incorrect info 1 Quote
Deadhead_Horn Posted January 21 Posted January 21 How do you have Ohio State as the #1 team in the country when they have a mailman force-feeding the ball to Jeremiah Smith? They need to hit the Spring portal hard, no? Quote
CHorn427 Posted January 21 Posted January 21 20 minutes ago, Deadhead_Horn said: How do you have Ohio State as the #1 team in the country when they have a mailman force-feeding the ball to Jeremiah Smith? They need to hit the Spring portal hard, no? They’ll have a former 5* QB force feeding him, but still. He better be elusive with our pass rush coming after him They picked up a good RB and a good TE in the portal. But it seems to me it will be impossible for them to make as big of splash pickups as Judkins and Downs, both of whom they picked up in last year’s winter portal window Quote
CHorn427 Posted January 21 Posted January 21 Update: If Texas vs tOSU is #1 vs #2 next year, I’m pretty sure it will be the first week one 1v2 matchup in CFB history. https://www.boydsbets.com/college-football-no-1-vs-no-2/ Quote
harveycmd Posted January 21 Posted January 21 1 minute ago, CHorn427 said: They’ll have a former 5* QB force feeding him, but still. He better be elusive with our pass rush coming after him They picked up a good RB and a good TE in the portal. But it seems to me it will be impossible for them to make as big of splash pickups as Judkins and Downs, both of whom they picked up in last year’s winter portal window Sayin (OSU QB) is not a runner or strong athlete. He's a passer. He may have great pocket presence, but it doesn't seem likely it will be overly advanced in his first start against the Texas level of defense. 3 Quote
CHorn427 Posted January 21 Posted January 21 (edited) 4 minutes ago, harveycmd said: Sayin (OSU QB) is not a runner or strong athlete. He's a passer. He may have great pocket presence, but it doesn't seem likely it will be overly advanced in his first start against the Texas level of defense. I agree. I would put my money on him being a downgrade from Howard initially just due to inexperience. Just gotta hope his experience vs us is more of a “welcome to CFB” moment and less of a coming out party. Hopefully we have solid answers for replacing Barron, Makuba and our DTs. If so, I like our chances. Edited January 21 by CHorn427 3 Quote
NothinButDaHorns34 Posted January 21 Posted January 21 Loving these type of lofty preseason expectations we are getting now. It was only about two or three years ago we started the season unranked. 2 Quote
Leveller Posted January 21 Posted January 21 Who will be the Notre Dame quarterback? Are they losing much? They don’t recruit at the level of the top teams and it would be harder for them to reload. Quote
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