In 11W's weekly football column, we touch on Ohio State's dominant defense, the state of Michigan's off-field problems and a potential B1G tiebreaker.
Following his seventh straight loss to Ohio State, Penn State coach James Franklin was all-too-complimentary of the Buckeyes after their defense suffocated the Nittany Lions in a 20-12 win at Ohio Stadium Saturday.
Through seven games this season, Ohio State’s offense is talented yet showcases obvious flaws. Its defense, on the other hand, is, at worst, a top-five unit nationally and, at best, can "This is worse than both the Astros and the Patriots — it's both use of technology for a competitive advantage and there's allegations that they are filming prior games, not just in-game," a Big Ten source told ESPN."If it was just an in-game situation, that's different. Going and filming somewhere you're not supposed to be. It's illegal. It's too much of an advantage.
Initially, I thought nobody would be happier than the Spartans that news of the scandal broke this week ahead of a prime-time game since it would take attention away from the Mel Tucker fiasco. Instead, not only did Michigan State resemble a team that didn’t even know its own signals, it put more references to Adolf Hitler on its scoreboard than it did points in a 49-0 drubbing by the Ann Arbor Astros, the worst home loss by the Spartans in the 100-year history of Spartan Stadium.
Long story short, should that scenario occur, it will come down to the combined conference record of the trio’s B1G West opponents.“The records of the three teams will be compared based on the best cumulative conference winning percentage of non-divisional opponents.” every time the USC offense subs, Utah makes sure to counter with subbing their biggest defensive linemen on and off the field to burn as much time as possibleDuke ultimately lost by three scores, but it led against Florida State for the first time since 2001. The poor Blue Devils had not had a single lead against the Seminoles in 11 straight games. With the loss, Duke fell to 0-20 all-time against FSU.Oh, you thought Ohio State vs.
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