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Saturday, November 24, 2012

How Good Were The 2012 Buckeyes?

The Buckeyes just beat Michigan 26-21 to complete an unusal undefeated season.  OSU is bowl ineligible, so we're done.  We looked less-than-great all year:  undisplined, mistake-prone, poor tackling, talented but inconsistent quarterback, mediocre wide receivers.  Yet we benefitted from a weak schedule and a lot of luck and somehow wound up 12-0.  If Notre Dame chokes and loses to USC tonight, we could be the last remaining unbeaten team, and even though we're going nowhere, it's conceivable that the AP could still vote us the #1 team in the land.  Wouldn't that be bizarre?

All season long, Urban Meyer kept saying this was not a very good team, and it was easy to agree with him.  After today's win, he said it was a "great team", one the all-time best in OSU history.  Whatever we were, good, great, or in between, we were for a fact undefeated, which is no easy task and special under any circumstances.

And since we'll have no postseason, the 2012 Buckeyes will remain undefeated forever.  How good were we really?  Let the debates begin! 
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