Better recruiting on the o-line needed...3 star projects--IN GENERAL--are not the way to go. We lack so much depth and losing Simmons , who we had to get from San Diego St., hurts our chances at a national title. Get Better at recruiting the o-line This is Ohio St.!

I want Ohio St. to win out and wreck Oregon , but in this particular exact scenario (which it will not be), OSU getting the 5 seed to play boise then iowa st to make final 4 is pretty nice......the NCAA needs to change the 4 conference champs taking the first 4 seeds..put them IN the playoff, but seeds should ALL be earned. The ACC and Big 12 are not that good.

if we lose close games on the road to 2 #3 teams we WILL be in the playoff still if we win all the others. would suck not getting chance for Big Ten title though --so just need to beat everyone here on out like the 2014 team did after a loss.

I'm sure it was on purpose and the stupid rule needs changed.. like why not just do it again and run the clock down to 2 seconds or whatever?! Change the stupid rule.

the biggest loss saturday was losing Simmons for the year. Look what happened to our run game after that. That is the position (along with qb) we could ill afford to lose. This was a weird game and about as bad as the defense could play and as well as gabriel could throw  and we are one kickoff recovery or opi call away from winning on the road. Win out, win the big ten and beat oregon in rematch, win national title. It is all there for the taking and this team can still do it. need good enough replacement for simmons and to adjust defense to GET MORE PRESSURE. Go Buckeyes.

Things need to improve on defense (didn't think I would need to say that this year) and losing Simmons really sucks, but like 2014, everything is still there for the taking. Win out (4 of 6 last games are tough ones but can and should win them all), beat those punk ducks in conference title rematch and win the playoff. I will argue the 2 best teams played each other last night, with Texas behind them. Georgia and alabama especially--NO.......AND--yes the record against top 5 isn't great but keep in mind that ONE bad ref call in 3 of those games and OSU wins----2019 Clemson, 2022 playoff against Georgia (and lost Harrison) and this game. This team can still win a national title. GO BUCKS.

This is a horrible loss for the team and I hope he recovers quickly for his own sake but the offensive line will probably take a step back losing him that's just all there is to it unfortunately

So losing Simmons really sucked because we were running on them before that... some very weird things that happened in this game including the kickoff off the leg which gave them three points ,Gabriel played about as well as he can possibly play, most weird stuff went Oregon's way amd the past interference could have been called about 85 times in the game and they decided to do it then?! That said Ohio State shot themselves in the foot too many times and unfortunately our defense did not play up to the standard they should be playing up to with all this talent.. there should have been more blitzes and somehow their offensive line out played our guys on the defensive line which should never be a thing I don't even think I heard Sawyer's name mentioned... that said we just lost on the road to the number three team in the country and I honestly think these are the two best teams because Alabama definitely is not I would take either one of these two teams against Texas on a neutral field and Georgia just won it home 34 to 24 against a very very mediocre Mississippi State team and that's not the first time Georgia has squeaked by against mediocre competition so the world's not falling and this game is irritating and there's a lot of douchebags on Oregon so hopefully Simmons is back and this is a learning lesson especially for the defense and we get that rematch on a neutral field with these punks... a Big Ten Championship and a playoff and National Championship are still all there for the taking and this team can do it but need to shore some stuff up but for all you people that think the sky is absolutely falling amd the season is over you are wrong... I'm as frustrated as everybody else but a one point loss against what I really think is a top two team with pretty much everything going their way isn't the end of the world even if it sucks right now .go Buckeyes.

Oregon has officially moved into second place after scum for most hated team.. what a bunch of douchebags.

Huge loss ..we cannot lose too often 2 OL and Simmons is one of the most key players on the team to try and win the national championship so this sucks.... and oh my goodness defense tighten up already .

Ohio State 24-20 in a hard fought battle.. I don't think it would be as close at home or on a neutral field. GO BUCKS BEAT THE DUCKS!

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Really rooting for Sasso to be back wrestling this season!

a 12 team playoff is MUCH better--there is no harm at all in having 12 teams out of 134 have a playoff--MUCH more fun and keeps more fanbases in throughout the season. I hope it goes to 16. ....however, I agree it would be lame if teams like Iowa St. and Miamin get 2 of the top 4 seeds.....they need to not give automatic bids to conference champs or a group of 5 team...Rank the teams 1-2 and seed them that way..if you are the 1 seed and have a possible quarterfinal match against, say, Georgia, that's lame...all because of the conference champ auto bids..there will be 4 big Ten and SEC teams EACH probably better than the champion of the ACC and Big 12 so the NCAA needs to change that.

There is no reason to have the first transfer window open with bowl games/playoff games to be played..makes no sense to not make it after the playoffs are done!

EE is definitely underrated in the whole scheme of things .obviously most of us are aware of who he is and how good of a player but I still think he's very underrated and he's the receiver that is more the glue to the team than anybody else and I'm very happy he's a Buckeye!

ESPN is no longer relevant. They suck and are biased. The End.

Going to be the toughest game of the year, especially on the road. Going to be a 4 quarter battle..Can't stand 6 year starter D. Gabriel ...Go Buckeyes!

Smith may be the highlight reel, but Egbuka is the glue...unselfish player and we are very fortunate he came back Great game and a good person also. Go Bucks!

PFF is stupid overall.

Watch out for Oregon. I know they weren't in a top six listed there but they by far and away have the highest star average ..they just don't have tons of players in the recruiting class yet like some of the other top teams and if they keep on a tear they'll end up number one although Alabama might also..we need good OL badly.

If we give up 24 then we're in deeper trouble than anyone thinks.. however our defense is not giving up 24 points.. Ohio State 41 to 13

one of my favorite reads on here!  Would like to see no automatic bis for group of 5 teams with very easy schedules unless they would rank in committee top 12 anyway. Also, the top 4 conference champs should not be 1-4 seeds per se....like say a big ten or sec championship lose has clearly had better season than say...clemson or miami or big 12 team at the end--just seed them where they earned it 1-12. They should also reseed after the first round games, etc. to reward the top seeds. Either way, 12 team playoff MUCH more exciting and fair than measly 4 teams..go Bucks!

a 2 or 3 loss Big Ten or SEC team would more than like be much more worthy than a group of 5 team with their super easy schedules so that makes no sense. They should get no automatic bid. Let's get the 12 best.

There is no cap as to how many at large bids a conference can get.