Uncle Wes has captured my thoughts better than I could have. Except that I would add that, athletically, this is not just a "football school." The men's BB program is also very strong. In fact, over the last 5 years, Ohio is in the top 30 of ALL D-I schools for combined winning percentage of MBB and FB teams. Very impressive and a very good time to be a Bobcat fan!

http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2013/03/ohio_state_tops_national_ranki.html

 

Uncle Wes has summarized my feelings as well.  I keep trying to say what he said but I can't quite make the point.  I also agree with OhioStunter about the OOC schedule..it could be better.  I do still contend that when the playoff system is tweaked to the point the big guys (schools, networks, sponsors) are happy Ohio, et. al. will be playing a very competitive full schedule among themselves.  Perhaps those teams that continually rise to the top will have opportunities to move up and play in the early part of the "BCS" schedule against Ohio State, et. al. but the stakes will be too high for teams to risk a poor showing against a "lower tier" school that has no standing. Still just my humble opinion.

 

This is not a conference dependent thing. Ohio could join the Big Ten and it wouldn't change the equation. There is no way the school could accumulate enough talent to move past 2 SEC schools in a 4 team playoff. I don't think Ohio State can do it either. Unless a school is in the SEC or sitting on a gold mine of players like Florida State or Miami, FL and dominate 2 playoff games with an overriding level of talent its not happening. The old system was better as it allowed a school like Virginia Tech to make the championship game. Before the BCS, Georgia Tech and BYU won national titles without having to prove themselves in a national title game. As it is right now Ohio is on national TV more than Syracuse and Pittsburgh that is why I question how much better its going to get beyond winning a few conference championships and making a BCS bowl.