Navy 10/23 12:00 ESPN2

[Oldtimer_UC_fan]

The pollsters will only look at the final score and not consider that IU was a different team in that it played aO$U without its starting QB. I even wrote in my pre-game post that aO$U would annihilate IU. That is the bias of the pollsters.

Do you think Penix would put up 55 points? He doesn't play defense. Besides that, the Buckeyes played the entire 4th quarter with backups. They may be as good as any team in the country.

[bearcat1518]

.They may be as good as any team in the country.

They might be...but then why didn’t they dominate Tulsa?

[London 'Cat]

Do you think Penix would put up 55 points? He doesn't play defense. Besides that, the Buckeyes played the entire 4th quarter with backups. They may be as good as any team in the country.

IU’s first possession when it had it’s backup quarterback in the game, it marched down the field and scored on aO$U’s defense. He was injured on that scoring play and left the game after that. That team was not the same afterwards. Yes, aO$U scored in bunches but the defense was not so great against IU with its backup QB.

[Josh Rexhausen]

Exactly! Ridder and Offense did not play well. First two possesions we could not score. and allowed Navy to score first and take control. We were playing their game most of the time. We put up a couple TD's early and it would have been a completely different game.

I think Navy prepared for that game like it was their Super Bowl. They apparently had offensive and defensive plays that Fickell had not seen or planned for.

[MI Bearcat]

Another thing I heard the broadcasters mention was Navy's quarterback never played the option in high school so he is learning the offense. The success or failure of that offense is highly determined by the quarterbacks decisions and every game he plays he gets better at making the decisions of who gets the ball. Navy will continue to get better as the season progresses.