What 2015 Season Looks Like

The 2014 Season brought about a state of ease in an uneasy time. Braxton went down, JT stepped up, JT went down, and Cardale stepped up. Fans believed in this team, even with all odds suggesting this year would be a bust. We did not know it, but this is exactly what we needed. This team came together when the entire country was against them. This team became the most dominant in football when the players realized their potential far exceeded the best of any individual player on the opposing team. We showed Wisconsin, Alabama, and Oregon that the best team is not centered around the best quarterback or individual person, but best individual groups around a sufficient quarterback. This year brought about the maturation of individuals. Our offensive line began working together and making no excuses for their youth. Our receiving corp. began doing more than just running down the field, but also blocking and running decoy routes. Our running backs became confident in their offensive line, blockers, and themselves. Our team began realizing who scores is not what is important, but instead scoring in general.

If we thought this team was dangerous, next years will be lethal. Just think, teams had to defend against one quarterback, then every skill set. Next season, with the addage of Braxton and JT, this team will be an absolute nightmare. This is what I see happening.

- Not as many blitzes because three different quarterbacks provide two different threats. Braxton and JT can run away from you and juke you out of your socks. Cardale will just bull doze you. All three quarterbacks can read defenses and make smart choices. All three quarterbacks have great arms and the ability to extend plays.

- With the graduation of Evan Spencer and Devin Smith, Corey Smith, Michael Thomas will become the go to receivers. Dontre Wilson and Jalin Marshall will fill perform double duties being the hybrid backs, and receivers. The speed and versatility of Braxton Miller will make him able to act as a hybrid or receiver as well. Needless to say though, the speed and danger this unit will possess will be second to none.

- Curtis Samuel and Ezekiel Elliott will become the double threat that is our running game. Running games keep defenses on the field, and open the field to wide receivers and tight ends. They ware down defenses and end games quicker.

- Although our defense will lose key personnel (C. Grant, D. Grant, A. Reeves, Bennett, and maybe one or two more) what Larry Johnson, Chris Ash, and Luke Fickell accomplished this year is nothing short of amazing.

- I think that we go undefeated, bring it all back to Columbus once more. Urban Meyer, this coaching staff, and players will act as if they lost the championship this year. This will allow them to stay focused on each game and not get caught up in the media hype that will follow being defending National Champions.

- Our recruiting classes will stay in the top 5 because Freshman watched this years games and saw the success of Freshman on this team. Very few sat on the bench, with most playing significant amounts of time and contributing to the Championship. This years Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors will provide for excellent mentors to the incoming personnel.

- Opposing defenses will have a rough time defending our offense. You stop the running game for a couple series, we will move down the field throwing. You get pressure on our quarterback and stop our throwing game, we have great hybrids and running backs, plus running quarterbacks. Opposing offenses will have their hands full with the reinvented Silver Bullets.

- We are back Buckeye Nation!

Consequences of The Committee

There will always be a team that feels left out, that feels as though their schedule or wins were more impressive then those that made it. Case in point, Baylor's Head Coach is once again claiming that his team was left out by a narrow vote. This what I have to say to that....GET OVER IT! The Committee does not care what college football nation thinks of it. That evidence is quite clear with the one week ranking of TCU at #3, than shortly afterwards dropping to #6.

When Ohio State won the Title and became champions, what they really did was cement the belief that the Committee's train of thought was correct. Although Virginia Tech recked havoc on the Buckeyes all season long, they weathered the storm by winning. They annihilated the Badgers and dominated The Tide and Ducks. Not one person can say with credibility, that if Baylor or TCU would have made the top 4, that they outcome would have been the same. If there is one person that needs to look at the Playoff this year and take drastic measures towards getting into the Playoff, the Big 12 Commissioner is the man to be. For him to say, adding more teams to the Big 12 won't solve anything is arrogant and ignorant. Arrogant in that, he truly believes there is nothing wrong with his conference the way it is constructed. Ignorant in the aspect that, the conference does not need to change to become credible within the conversation near the end of the season.

The Committee has shown that conference championships matter. Ohio State's blueprint for the playoff is relatively simple: one loss or less, division and conference champion. In my opinion the only way for the Big 12 to enter into the Playoff is for the ACC to have a two loss conference championship. Otherwise, Ohio State is cementing itself as the school in the Big Ten, Alabama in the SEC, Oregon in the PAC 12, and TCU in the Big 12. There is no clear cut king of the hill in the ACC.