No grasping at straws needed. I would posit that the nearly twenty years of misery that tOSU has bestowed upon TTUN is due to having our asses handed to us throughout the 1990s, the subsequent coaching change, and as Justin Fields said, "we just take it more serious."
For TTUN to reverse this two decade domination would require a similar course, and Booger would have to be replaced as he's becoming your Cooper.