Nate Stanley on Saturday's Matchup & Team's Motivation

[RobHowe]

 

[Robowe]

 

[hawkinn3]

Great guy, tries hard but his legacy will be failure when it counts. 3 years without beating a single ranked team aside from a bowl game.

 

[hawkeyebob62]

Great guy, tries hard but his legacy will be failure when it counts. 3 years without beating a single ranked team aside from a bowl game.

Yeah, I forgot O$U wasn't ranked in 2017

 

[BlackNGold1982]

Yeah, I forgot O$U wasn't ranked in 2017

True. But divisional opponent, Wisconsin, says otherwise.

 

[hawkeyebob62]

True. But divisional opponent, Wisconsin, says otherwise.

What does the Wisconsin game have to do with O$Us ranking?

 

[BlackNGold1982]

What does the Wisconsin game have to do with O$Us ranking?

I’m saying it was one game. Yes, he gets credit for that. But we don’t play OSU every year. Wisconsin is a more meaningful game since they are a division opponent whom he’s 0-4 against.

 

[hawkinn3]

Yeah, I forgot O$U wasn't ranked in 2017

kudos, I forgot the single one in three years. He’s obviously a clutch performer

 

[BVHawk95]

kudos, I forgot the single one in three years. He’s obviously a clutch performer

In that same time period, the only QBs to beat OSU are:

Baker Mayfield
David Blough
Nate Stanley

In contrast, these QBs have never beaten OSU:

Sam Darnold
Trace McSorely
Shea Patterson
Brian LeWerke
Tanner Morgan
Adrian Martinez

I get that it's a small sample size, but don't act like it's some small task.

 

[DDThompson]

I'm just taking a wild guess that the coaches' motivational speeches were about "winning 10 games" since they know the division is gone.

 

[archiehawk]

After all he was 3-0 against Iowa State. That counts for something I guess