Fox Sports Ohio is asking that question. Will the Cincinnati Bearcats finish higher than Ohio State in the rankings and can they maintain it? Will the Bearcats be able to maintain their momentum into the future? Of course this was written right before Kelly accepted a job at Notre Dame but they still have a strong foundation. Could this be the birth of two major Ohio Football teams? What are your thoughts?
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Chuck Stobart knows a thing or two about the haves and have-nots. The retired college football coach was on the side of the haves at Ohio State, Michigan and Southern California. He was party to the have-nots at Cincinnati, Toledo, Utah and Memphis.
http://www.foxsportsohio.com/pages/landing?Can-Cincinnati-overtake-OSU-a...
I abhor the way Kelly handled the Notre Dame job. And I think the fact that he is leaving will adversely affect the football program. When Huggins left the basketball program, they suffered (although the police could get more rest). I think the same thing will happen with the football program--they'll fall from prominence.
Pink Slip
I say they should be included as the twelfth team in the Big 10. Mich has 2 why not Ohio?
Cincy while good this year is no OSU. The Big East schedule's toughest teams still can't compete with the whole of the Big Ten. If Cincy wins they will be ranked ahead of OSU but that is based only on the subjectivity of voting. By the end of the year OSU was playing better football than most of the teams ahead of them.
I say this not as an OSU fan but as a fan of college football who wishes there were an OBJECTIVE way of determining a champion. Polls are always subjective.
I used to hear the same thing when I worked for UT. In 1999 UT had a good team while OSU had a losing record. The year before OSU had killed us. Were we better? We probably would have beat OSU in 9 out of 10 games. But as a whole our program couldn't compete year in and year out. The deck is stacked too much in favor of the Big 12, SEC and Big Ten.
MikeyA