Last Week: This week is never easy for Buckeye fans after a loss to Michigan. The Wolverines did what they needed to do and deserved the win. But Ohio State played a bit passive and it cost them in the end. Kyle McCord did not make the plays he needed to make and in the end the two turnovers proved to
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Week 3: Playoff Rankings Well, the regular season is now behind us and it is time for the post season. I think I saw there will be about 8 bowl games on December 16th to kick off the bowls. But before that, we have two more playoff committee polls and a number of conference championship games to be played. But
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Week 3: Playoff Rankings Three weeks in, two weeks to go. What will the committee have to say now? What will impact their thinking and will anything change their poll positions? Georgia had a solid win against yet another SEC which was viewed as being a solid opponent, so maybe they will be able to hold on to the #1
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Last Week: Ohio State took care of Michigan State as expected with a solid 38-3 win. Of course in the wisdom of the playoff committee, they decided to drop Ohio State to #2 behind the current SEC darling. Fortunately for the Buckeyes, they get their chance to prove it on the field and move back to the #1 spot. Kyle McCord
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Week 3: Playoff Rankings There was a bit of status quo once again this week for the top teams. Eight out of the of the top eight teams won and quite frankly the only one with any real excitement or drama was the Michigan game and they brought it on themselves. I will be so glad when all of this
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Week 2: Playoff Rankings If nothing else, we are consistent here at Buckeye50. For the first two weeks of the 2023 Playoff Poll window, we have had the same top 6. But that should really come as no surprise as our top 6 all won this past weekend. It was interesting to see in the first committee poll last Tuesday
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Last Week: Ohio State once again passed a tough road test, defeating Wisconsin 24-10. At times the offense looked a bit shaky but they did more than enough to get the victory over a very solid team. And just like they have all season, the defense played like a team that deserves a championship. The performance secured the #1 ranking for
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October 31st, the College Football Playoff Committee will release their first set of rankings. we at Buckeye50 are ranking our initial rankings one week ahead before this Saturday’s games kickoff.
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Last Week: For 8 out of the last 9 games, the Buckeyes were faced against an unbeaten opponent. For the sixth straight time, they came out victorious. Penn State came to Columbus with label of being Coach Franklin’s best team ever. But they didn’t get their first 3rd down conversion until their last drive of the game and left with a
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Last Week: Hopefully the Buckeyes enjoyed their week off, we will find out on Saturday if they used their time wisely and what the extra week did for the healing process for Marvin Harrison Jr. It was not an off week for our predictions, Vaughn was the only one to go 3-0 last week, however Dave remains atop the staff standings.
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