Unless you’re OSU. Their #2 QB could start just about anywhere else.
Ohio State this year, as with Notre Dame last year, was over-inflated and over-hyped and over-rated due to sweeping an easy schedule.
Both teams choked when faced with their first serious opponent.
People who buy the hype, rather than do first-person analysis, are generally embarrassed by the results of teh big games.
Yeah, you can make it to Division or even National championship games by beating cupcakes.
No, you can’t win the big games, however, if you were only marginally better than the cupcakes (e.g. close wins against low teams...maybe even overtimes).
Playing the cupcakes does make the head coach look good for most of the year, though...and moderately more difficult to fire.
Who fires a 12-1 coach?!