Quote:What about when Ohio State was the National Champion yet lost to Virginia Tech?

 

Sometimes it's not as much who you lose to (OOC is better than in conference re: conference crowns) as much as about when you lose.

 

VT got worse as the season went on, which using "bad loss" logic would mean it reflected that much more poorly on the Buckeyes.  But that wasn't the case, since the upset was the first game of the season.  Even though it also happened in Columbus (a tough road for ANY team,) it still didn't affect the outcome of the season and their playoff rankings negatively.

 

Why does anybody care when a team lost? That loss did not hurt Ohio State in the end because it was OOC. It does not matter if Ohio State loses to a non-conference team in September or October.

 

It was J.T. Barrett's second game as Ohio State's starting QB. I think if VT played in Columbus several weeks later, OSU would have won. But in the end all that mattered was OSU won every other game.

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