I'm as big a UC fan as anyone, but we are nowhere near on the same playing field as OSU. I will agree that OSU and the Big Ten as a whole have probably downgraded a bit with the SEC completely owning college football and recruiting the past say five to ten years. But UC can't even pretend to recruit on the same level as OSU. Yeah some players break their rankings and any one game anything can happen but overall we just don't match up. And this year in particular we have looked like garbage on defense. Our offense has looked promising but Gunner Kiel has played two college games, both against MAC schools and this past week made a few pretty bad reads. Our lines haven't matched up well with either MAC school we faced and we are going up against a team that recruits near the top year in, year out. Playing against much better talent will only increase the cost of our misplays and blown coverages and bad reads. If our lines can't handle MAC schools, they won't handle a Big Ten school, much less the premiere Big Ten school.
Now with all that said, I imagine our boys will be jacked up for this game. Unfortunately I don't think OSU will take us lightly, especially with a loss already under their belt. We will get their best and they should get our best. Obviously I will be rooting for the upset. Our best chance is for our offense to play mistake free, our defense to force some turnovers, well timed trick plays and being aggressive on both sides of the ball. Special teams will have to be big as well. After watching this team through two weeks I hope what we have seen is not what we will see. Otherwise it could be a long night. Either way I will be way up high cheering them on. I'm excited to see their stadium. Not as excited to see their fans.
