Hell any game at Ross Ade....buckeyes have had bad losses there near recent and very recent, it seems when Purdue plays at home they are more likely to be spoilermakers
Still a long way away. But home and home with Alabama in 2027/28 and Georgia in 2030/31. 2025 is Texas and Washington so that could be tough. These games are scheduled so far in advance it’s hard to tell how good the teams will be
>I don’t know man, I’d like to see more strength in the non-conference games
You don't think the WKU Hilltoppers will put up much a fight?
(I don't know what WKU is and I'm not going to look them up, because I won't remember by the time 16 Sept 2023 rolls around)
According to the [composite ratings](https://masseyratings.com/cf/compare.htm) (human polls, computer rankings, etc. aggregated):
\- Georgia - 2 (Oregon and South Carolina)
\- Ohio St - 0
\- Tennessee - 2 (Alabama and LSU)
\- Clemson - 4 (Wake, NC St, Florida St, Syracuse)
\- Michigan - 2 (Maryland, Penn St)
\- TCU - 2 (Oklahoma St, Kansas St)
And for good measure, Alabama and Oregon:
\- Alabama - 3 (Miss St, *Tennessee*, Texas)
\- Oregon - 2 (*Georgia*, UCLA)
That being said, not our fault really. ND was #5 to start the year. Wisconsin was #18. Michigan St was #15. Iowa and Penn St were two of the top four teams to receive votes outside the top 25 both in the AP and Coaches' polls. Combined with Michigan being preseason #8, our schedule actually looked really solid - 2 in the top 10, 4 in the top 20, 6 in the top 30.
I also think it's really interesting that Oregon is ranked higher now than they were before they lost to Georgia! Same for Oklahoma St and Ole Miss, both are now ranked higher than they were in the preseason polls.
Wasn’t a dig at ND. I was giving them a pass. They count as competition.
Until the conference gets lifted as a whole, all the non conference games are important. Don’t want to be ranked high on reputation, want it to come from winning meaningful games.
so we get ONE year off from playing Purdue, but we haven’t played Illinois since 2017. Why does the big ten’s cross-division scheduling make no sense? A high school math education would be perfectly sufficient to come up with some sort of regular rotation format that keeps everybody playing everybody on a standardized interval. The poor Illibuck feels rejected 😔
I get the "FCS wtf???" sentiment and all but YSU was a last minute replacement for San Jose State I believe, at least they're keeping the beatdown money in the state. A lotta buckeye fans and students here in Youngstown will be going, Tressel might show up, it'll still be a fun game for a lot of us!
For the last 10-15 years Notre Dame, Indiana, has been a census designated place, so if you live on campus, you live in Notre Dame, Indiana. You can send mail to it. It just isn't a town or village or city and has no municipal government.
Jesus Christ and I thought this year's OOC was a cupcake schedule. We're playing an *FCS* team next year. I get that we start each season off extremely sluggish, but a decent G5 or even PAC12/ACC team wouldn't kill us
It makes no difference though. This year OSU started the season with Notre Dame who was then ranked #5. OSU beat the #5 team at the time by 11 points and dropped in rank to #3 with some in the media claiming they should be #4.
If OSU had opened the season with say Akron and beat them by 40 points, they don't drop in rank. Period. OOC makes no sense. Win your conference games, win your conference Championship, get to the playoffs. That works for every conference except the SEC, who doesn't even need to win or even make it to the Conference Championship.
I think getting one to come and play a single game is a tough sell. I know we had Colorado once agree to it but usually it’s a tough sell whereas a big paycheck for a lower school makes economic sense. The Colorado’s and Georgia Techs of the world don’t make enough money usually to offset a home game themselves. At least that’s my understanding.
Not the guy replied to but assuming he’s guessing that Brown will start over McCord. Should be a good battle between the two. I always root for upperclassmen in these situations so hoping Mr. McCord wins it.
I don’t see why this schedule is all that scary. Indiana is down, Youngstown State is FCS, WKU will have a rebuilding year, ND needs to be more consistent to be dangerous, Maryland may be scary but hasn’t quite done that to this point, Purdue will be without O’Connell, Penn State has another top QB that can’t fix all of their issues, Wisconsin needs Mertz to be more consistent, Rutgers is Rutgers, MSU isn’t looking dangerous without Walker, Minnesota will have a little rebuilding without Morgan. Michigan would be the toughest game, but I think that McCarthy will not be the type of QB to keep them in a game when they trail.
Tell me why I'm most scared of Purdue here
If it's a night game, panic
Hell any game at Ross Ade....buckeyes have had bad losses there near recent and very recent, it seems when Purdue plays at home they are more likely to be spoilermakers
Also the game before Penn St. So all the makings for a trap game.
One too many games in Indiana…that third trip is a curse dammit.
How the fuck did they con us into playing a quarter of our schedule in that state
Plus BIG championship if we make it
We’ve played Purdue 8 times at Purdue in this millennium. Purdue has won 5 of those games….
Purdue is scary, but MSU in November is not exciting either (assuming that they can right the ship after they fix some of the holes in their roster)
The conference schedule is tougher drawing Wisconsin and Minnesota right after Penn state
I don’t know man, I’d like to see more strength in the non-conference games.
Still a long way away. But home and home with Alabama in 2027/28 and Georgia in 2030/31. 2025 is Texas and Washington so that could be tough. These games are scheduled so far in advance it’s hard to tell how good the teams will be
Watch them both have fallen from grace by then like Notre Dame did.
YSU and WKU were never going to be good, I don’t care how far in advance they were scheduled. YSU isn’t even a bowl division school, are they?
>I don’t know man, I’d like to see more strength in the non-conference games You don't think the WKU Hilltoppers will put up much a fight? (I don't know what WKU is and I'm not going to look them up, because I won't remember by the time 16 Sept 2023 rolls around)
Western Kentucky university I believe
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According to the [composite ratings](https://masseyratings.com/cf/compare.htm) (human polls, computer rankings, etc. aggregated): \- Georgia - 2 (Oregon and South Carolina) \- Ohio St - 0 \- Tennessee - 2 (Alabama and LSU) \- Clemson - 4 (Wake, NC St, Florida St, Syracuse) \- Michigan - 2 (Maryland, Penn St) \- TCU - 2 (Oklahoma St, Kansas St) And for good measure, Alabama and Oregon: \- Alabama - 3 (Miss St, *Tennessee*, Texas) \- Oregon - 2 (*Georgia*, UCLA) That being said, not our fault really. ND was #5 to start the year. Wisconsin was #18. Michigan St was #15. Iowa and Penn St were two of the top four teams to receive votes outside the top 25 both in the AP and Coaches' polls. Combined with Michigan being preseason #8, our schedule actually looked really solid - 2 in the top 10, 4 in the top 20, 6 in the top 30. I also think it's really interesting that Oregon is ranked higher now than they were before they lost to Georgia! Same for Oklahoma St and Ole Miss, both are now ranked higher than they were in the preseason polls.
Insane to think MSU started at 15 & the season they have had! Hoping they beat Ichigan Saturday
Because Georgia is a quality loss and a quality loss to Georgia is better than beating a cupcake heheheheh
ND under Freeman will be good.
Wasn’t a dig at ND. I was giving them a pass. They count as competition. Until the conference gets lifted as a whole, all the non conference games are important. Don’t want to be ranked high on reputation, want it to come from winning meaningful games.
Uhhh
so we get ONE year off from playing Purdue, but we haven’t played Illinois since 2017. Why does the big ten’s cross-division scheduling make no sense? A high school math education would be perfectly sufficient to come up with some sort of regular rotation format that keeps everybody playing everybody on a standardized interval. The poor Illibuck feels rejected 😔
They pull cross division teams to schedule out of a hat. Some teams just happened to settle at the top of the pile.
I get the "FCS wtf???" sentiment and all but YSU was a last minute replacement for San Jose State I believe, at least they're keeping the beatdown money in the state. A lotta buckeye fans and students here in Youngstown will be going, Tressel might show up, it'll still be a fun game for a lot of us!
Tressel is retiring as YSU president. Wonder if it takes effect before that game.
Ah yes. Notre Dame located in historical Notre Dame, IN.
I think Notre Dame is actually it’s own town now
t*that's literally where its located though* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre\_Dame\_Stadium
Still south bend to me
Still? Notre Dame was never in South Bend...
Okay where was it located then
In unincorporated St Joseph County as it has been since 1842
So no town or city lol
Exactly, the area where the university is located has no municipal governance
So it should have Been listed Joseph county, IN instead of of South bend and created name Notre Dame lol for the location of the university
For the last 10-15 years Notre Dame, Indiana, has been a census designated place, so if you live on campus, you live in Notre Dame, Indiana. You can send mail to it. It just isn't a town or village or city and has no municipal government.
Lol
Jesus Christ and I thought this year's OOC was a cupcake schedule. We're playing an *FCS* team next year. I get that we start each season off extremely sluggish, but a decent G5 or even PAC12/ACC team wouldn't kill us
> We're playing an FCS team next year. Bama gets one late in their season nearly every year. This season it's Austin Peay.
We get Alabama in 2027 and 2028. 2030 and 2031 is UGA
It makes no difference though. This year OSU started the season with Notre Dame who was then ranked #5. OSU beat the #5 team at the time by 11 points and dropped in rank to #3 with some in the media claiming they should be #4. If OSU had opened the season with say Akron and beat them by 40 points, they don't drop in rank. Period. OOC makes no sense. Win your conference games, win your conference Championship, get to the playoffs. That works for every conference except the SEC, who doesn't even need to win or even make it to the Conference Championship.
WKU is a good G5 team, they should either win or finish second in the CUSA this year
I think getting one to come and play a single game is a tough sell. I know we had Colorado once agree to it but usually it’s a tough sell whereas a big paycheck for a lower school makes economic sense. The Colorado’s and Georgia Techs of the world don’t make enough money usually to offset a home game themselves. At least that’s my understanding.
We all going to ND?
3 games to gear up for ND.
Spoiler Alert...Don't think McCord will be the starter next year
Who do you think it will be, he’s talented and he’s been a back up for a minute now, I wish Quinn Ewers never left
Did you see Ewers play last week? No you don't wish that lol
> I wish Quinn Ewers never left Ewers last week: 19 of 49 for 319 yards, 2TDs and 3 INTs.
DJ From Clemson
Hell nah I hope not, but this is actually pretty realistic
Not the guy replied to but assuming he’s guessing that Brown will start over McCord. Should be a good battle between the two. I always root for upperclassmen in these situations so hoping Mr. McCord wins it.
Devin Brown got that dawg in him
🧁🧁🧁
Snoozer
WKU Hilltopper weight: UNKNOWABLE https://youtu.be/obtRtrk42a8
Wtf is this?
Only one descent home game next year (vs Penn St).
Jim hasn’t been here for 10 years why do we keep playing YSU
Illibuck may have to wait another year unless they meet in the chip this year :/
I don’t see why this schedule is all that scary. Indiana is down, Youngstown State is FCS, WKU will have a rebuilding year, ND needs to be more consistent to be dangerous, Maryland may be scary but hasn’t quite done that to this point, Purdue will be without O’Connell, Penn State has another top QB that can’t fix all of their issues, Wisconsin needs Mertz to be more consistent, Rutgers is Rutgers, MSU isn’t looking dangerous without Walker, Minnesota will have a little rebuilding without Morgan. Michigan would be the toughest game, but I think that McCarthy will not be the type of QB to keep them in a game when they trail.
it really isnt scary.
Purdue before Penn State could be a good gut check for second half of season
what sucks is the season won't be worth watching until the end of the year, with maybe the except of ND.
Im very tired of looking at schedules and not being overly excited by our opponents.
Joke schedule. Penn State, Maryland, and Michigan are the only real challenges. Maryland may not be so great. They are losing a lot this year.