BJORN

Michigan always plays competitive. Minnesota SHOULD be competitive... they'd be really fucking good if they had any offense. Maryland is a maybe, but not winning at OSU. VTech was a bad loss, but it was a team that had replaced most of its Oline and had a brand new QB in. OSU at the end of 2014/2015 would have hung 50 on that VTech team. Back to Michigan, they'll really be as good as Ruddock lets them. Their defense looked solid and #4 looked good too, but Ruddock threw that game away...

Also, Bucman makes a point. If I remember correctly, VTech was scheduled back when they were consistently in the ACC title game. NIU a few years ago was a consistent threat for the at-large BCS bid, and Hawaii was probably just a fluff. Not denying the B1G slate is easy, but there is NOTHING OSU can do about that.

I might also add that if everything holds up as is in terms of team caliber (unlikely), OSU plays @Oklahoma next year and also plays against Nebraska on top of their slate against Michigan and Michigan State (which are hopefully both good next year).