Won't surprise me to see Buckeyes in 2020 CFP due to..

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Re: Won't surprise me to see Buckeyes in 2020 CFP due to..

Jul 22, 2019, 5:20 PM

There's no doubt that Ohio State's offense fits Fields a lot better than UGA's did...but Fields looked terrible as a passer at UGA and he looked even worse in OSU's Spring Game where he was 4 of 14, and the only thing that kept it from being a total wash was he did hit one long bomb in that game.

You look at his high school tape - the tape, mind, not the highlights - and again you'll see a guy who was wildly inconsistent from play to play. His team lost four or five games even his senior season and Fields was consistently in games the entirety of the way because while he put up big stats, especially running the ball, he'd vanish out of games and be ice-cold and utterly ineffective for long stretches as well, missing easy throws, missing easy reads, making inexplicable and baffling decisions with the ball.

Maybe the staff there at OSU can smooth all that out, but if the problem was that despite his physical gifts he simply doesn't process information well - which I personally suspect - then Fields could bust spectacularly as well.

Be a fascinating story to watch.

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A frosh QB for the most part plus a frosh coach, following Urban no less. I don't know that there is a foundation in place at OSU to deal with much adversity. I don't see any team from the B1G this year being all that exceptional - Harbaugh's best opportunity so far.

It's hard to think a hat trick at OK is possible with Hurts also. That's been some crazy mojo these last few years following Stoops, and doubtful they have the D to make up much for a dropoff in offense.

I got a 1-loss LSU making it out of the SEC into the CFP over Bama (reg) and Fla or UGA. I don't know how an all-world QB in Fromm makes it happen all the way with practically ZERO experience at WR. That's just too glaring a hole to brush off like they've been doing. We certainly inspired some coordinators on both sides of the ball in scouting Bama. They're as vulnerable as ever now with much added pressure to boot.

My CFP picks for 2019 today would be Clemson vs LSU (1/4) in the Peach and Texas vs Oregon (2/3) in the Fiesta.

Won't surprise me to see Buckeyes in 2020 CFP due to..

Re: Won't surprise me to see Buckeyes in 2020 CFP due to..

Re: Won't surprise me to see Buckeyes in 2020 CFP due to..

Will the Sooners have an improved

Agree OSU has too many key uknowns to expect top 4 play.

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