Polls can be useful, or they can just be a product of what audience takes them. For instance, a poll that has Good ‘Ole State U. fans as the main respondents is clearly going to be a biased one.
However, I often find that if you get a good sample and slice a non-slanted population, generally speaking, the results tend to be much more believable. It’s not an exact science by any means, and we must note that the collective is not always correct.
That brings us to where we are going with this. ESPN College Football shared a poll on Twitter and asked fans to weigh in on which team would be the more formidable matchup for No. 1 Alabama, Notre Dame or Ohio State?
And overwhelmingly, the people spoke and responded with the Buckeyes in a landslide affair — 76 to 24 percent.
Notre Dame might be ahead in the polls, but Ohio State won this week's @CapitalOne Fan Vote in a LANDSLIDE. pic.twitter.com/TiIqff5ftd
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 17, 2020
But it’s not just the fans that agree. Former Alabama quarterback and current ESPN analyst Greg McElroy also put his chips all in on Ohio State over Notre Dame while appearing on Tuesday’s edition of ESPN’s College Football Live.
“I just think they have more pieces offensively you have to account for,” McElroy said. “I think Notre Dame’s excellent running the football. I think they’re decent at wide receiver and getting better, but Ohio State is a nightmare matchup for anybody, just because of how many different things you have to try to defend. The quarterback run, the individual matchup on the outside, being able to run the football between the tackles and on the perimeter. I would say Ohio State is the more difficult team to defend, therefore the more difficult matchup.”
So there you have it. If it came down to it, you have to believe No. 1 Alabama would match up better with No. 2 Notre Dame. I mean the general college football population and a former Tide quarterback can’t be wrong right?
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