Quote Originally Posted by TUSK View Post
well, I think OSU is yall's major threat...

1) Overall Record & SOS - records are identical... Sagarin SOS: MSU 39, OSU 55; Slight advantage MSU.
2) Bad Losses - no brainer... HUGE advantage MSU
3) Q Wins - 1) OSU over #10 Michigan St., 2) MSU over #15 Auburn, 3) OSU over #18 Minnesota; Slight advantage OSU (for now).
4) Neutral Field Likely Winner - I believe MSU would give OSU all they want, and then some.
5) "Eye Test" - Improvement/Momentum - Margin of Victory/Game Control - Improvement/MO to OSU; Game control to MSU... eye test... MSU
6) Alphabetical*... duh, ALABAMA.
Good thoughts Tusk.

Not to get greedy, but the whole "Quality Win" thing is where this gets so subjective. Ohio State has Michigan State and Minnesota, but are those really better wins that LSU and Arkansas? What if we beat Ole Miss and they fall out? Is Minnesota really a better win that winning in Oxford?

We'll get LSU back as a quality win, but the we are being punished because the SEC West is so good and thus has beaten each other.

To anyone with a brain, we have played a better schedule and have better wins that OSU.

Our resume doesn't really compare to theirs. They have no business being in this conversation.