Post by rgeorge on Oct 12, 2023 12:26:14 GMT -8
Will also be sadly hilarious when Clemson plays a 12 game schedule and their toughest games may be against South Carolina, NC State, and Syracuse.
Before they bail on the conference in a year or two and join the SEC
In terms of winning, making a CFP game, the irony is that they probably also think this "strong conference" is an easier/better route? That 2000 isn't a "fluke"? Funny...
... that the last Pac12 title/co-title wasn't... it was the Pac10. And the Pac10/12 has not really been seen by many as a top tier conference (especially the North since 2011's split into divisions) yet OSU since at: (Pac10) T8th, T4th, T5th, T3rd, T7th, 3rd, 3rd, T2nd, T2nd, T5th... (Pac12 North) 5th, 3rd, T4th, T5th, 6th, 5th, 6th, 6th, T2nd, 4th, 3rd, T5th (no divisions)... is going to be better off traveling to a supposedly "strong" (it isn't) conference.
Since the 12-team CFP was reconfigured, winning is what matters, not the conference you're in. All the same topics keep getting rehashed. The reverse merger will not eliminate the Pac2 from P5 status. That topic and the procedures have been stated numerous times. The CFP can change it's format, but OSU winning the Pac2 "merged" conference will be one of the highest ranked conference winners. And, winning that conference is far more likely that in the spread out B12, travel heavy/greater time zone changes, 16 team conference.
That OSU has more losing seasons in conference than winning since 2000, doesn't bode real well for another "fluke". But, for said "fluke" to be more likely the reverse merger is the perfect setting for OSU to get on the national stage in a consistent way. To allow it's name and image to be seen as a winner setting it up for the for the next window of media contracts/realignments.
