As for what you're arguing. I did not think they were the team to play in the national title game last year. But it was hard to argue against them the way the late season upsets fell.
I would not have ranked them preseason #1 the year before. That was the sports media and the coaches. They go undefeated off of that and presto, its a BCS Championship Game bound since they held their ranking.
As I stated in another post, I don't pick them to win this weekend. I feel that they should be 12 point underdogs. I would have ranked them #6 or #7 preseason this year.
Now that I have spoken on the topic that you were arguing, do we have anything to argue about?
I thought your comment was that Tressel was performing some sort of gamesmanship by not thrashing weak teams early. I thought you were saying, ‘don’t judge the ability of this team by the performance last week’. I don’t think that makes much sense. I think early in the season in real game conditions leading up to a big game you want to see how your guys can perform consistently. Why play down one week and up the next? To hide your cards? This goes against everything I was taught about football. The key to success in football, in my mind, is consistency. I think these kids are usually too raw at this point in the season to allow them to coast early. They need to learn to play hard all the time. When they need it they have to be used to it. Another reason the BCS sucks is the layoff between the end of year and the games. The guys are raw and awful for a quater or so usually. I love college football but hate the current system. The end of the year becomes a frigging popularity contest. In the ultimate competitive sport at the best level we are left with a big WTF every year. Good luck this weekend. I am hoping for a competitive game.