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Game Control - Will It Factor Into Next Ranking?

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November 23, 2014 at 9:23pm
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http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/why-game-control-does-not-apply-to-these-buckeyes/ar-BBfg9jJ?ocid=ASUDHP

Here's a link to a pretty decent Sporting News article about hoe "game control" is the new hot term. But what does it really mean, the author asks. There's a nice reference to Chris Farley's motivational speaker character Matt Foley that SNL fans will appreciate. It's a quick read.

The high points:

Game control" has no standard definition. It’s subjective. So let’s be subjective back in its face:

"Game control" doesn’t tell you the Buckeyes trailed for 4:57 of game time against the Hoosiers before Jalin Marshall’s punt return gave the Buckeyes the lead for good. Ohio State tacked on the "style points" in the fourth quarter before Coleman added another cosmetic touchdown.

"Game control" does not tell you Indiana scored six points on those three first-half turnovers. So Ohio State limited the damage.

"Game control" expects J.T. Barrett to be Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers every day. He threw one interception on a miscommunication and the other on a tipped pass. The "eye test" reveals Barrett is not a cyborg.

"Game control" doesn’t account for the fact college football still with emotion and November is about the teams with nothing to lose as much as those with everything to gain. The Hoosiers still haven’t beaten the Buckeyes since 1989.

Yet Ohio State still won the game by 22 points, and this one will be tossed briefly into the "game control hoedown" with TCU’s 34-30 escape at Kansas last week. Which "game control" was worse? What does that even mean?

Your thoughts folks?

 

 

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