They beat few teams with winning records.

YSU 7-4 but I count this as a losing record since it was against the likes of South Dakota State, Stony Brook, Lock Haven?, etc. They were only 3-3 in their conference.

Akron 4-8

Washington 4-9

Northwestern 6-6 and 3-5 in conference

Minnesota 1-11 and 0-8 in conference

Purdue 7-5 but all five losses were in conference

Kent State 3-9 but only 1-7 in conference

Michigan State 7-5 but again all five losses in conference

Penn State 8-4 but only 4-4 in conference

Wisconsin 9-3 but all three losses in conference

Michigan 8-4 but they lost to Appalachian State

Ohio State beat only two teams with winning in conference records. Pretty sad and despicable that you can slide by on a YAWN schedule and somehow play for all the marbles. Just goes to show how mythical the national championship still is.

Is it fair for me to limit my analysis to in conference games. Sure, because everybody scheduled patsies for the non conference games. Take Purdue for example. 5-0 to but finished the season 2-5. Or look at the rise and fall of Michigan State.

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