Football question
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would we be undefeated if we had a qb?
Maybe not undefeated but the games would be far less stressful lol.
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Probably not but we’d be a real contender for the title. As it is, we’ll be fortunate to win a playoff game.
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Offense left a lot out there but performed better than most teams against LSU
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Lol
The Mateer debate will be settled during the playoff game. If all he needs is a “mental reset” and to heal up he now gets it. Three weeks to get right. If he plays much better in three weeks then we’ll know his struggles were fixable. But, if the same problems persists in three weeks then we can be confident he’s just not good enough for SEC level football.
I expect a solid performance and a W. If we get neither, I'll admit I was wrong.
This is assuming X is healthy. And noting there a lot of things we can do in the offseason to help him out.
I hope for a solid performance and a W. Everything else is in place for a natty.
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Offense wasn't that problem against Ole Miss, now Texas was another mateer- pun intended
I agree that the offense was good enough to win. It was the worst defensive performance and one of the better on offense, which culminates in being equally on the offense and defense.
But the offense being good enough was mostly X. Based on QBR, Ole Miss was Mateer's second worst performance. The opportunity was there in the 4th to still win it if he'd been on target.
As bad as Mateer was was yesterday, a strong final 16 minutes pushed his QBR above 50, which ended up being just enough. We remain undefeated when our QB1 puts up a QBR >50.
I don't see a path to beating Ohio State, even if Baker Mayfield found an extra game of eligibility, but I think we would beat anybody else with a QBR 80 type performance from Mateer. I think with 3 weeks to prepare, Mateer will deliver a 70-80 range performance.
We have played a couple offenses that are comparable to Ohio State (Tennessee, Ole Miss), though we had some struggles against them, and had a significant defensive edge to offset it. Not only do we not have that edge, Ohio State likely has a better defense.
Indiana and Tech are also ranked top 5 on both sides of the ball as well, though I'm not sure I quite believe it yet.
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What scares you the most about Tosu?
Michigan had their chances to knock them off yesterday
Ohio State won 27-9 and yardage was 419 to 163. I don't feel that game was particularly close.
The only comparable offenses we've played in terms of advanced metrics are Tennessee and Ole Miss. We had struggles vs both. Ohio State is likely better.
The best defenses we played were Alabama, Missouri, Texas, and LSU. We struggled against them all. Ohio State is definitely better.
So basically it's our worst matchups offensively and defensively all rolled into one team.
We'd be fortunate to score 10 on them and we can't matchup with their WRs.
