That's not how I remembered it, nobody I know gave Ohio State a chance.
That said, the game was not "stolen" by the ref, imho. OSU won it fair and square, methinks, and simply outplayed Miami. The Hurricanes were good that day; the Buckeyes were better.
I think OSU will probably give the Gators a good beating next Saturday Night, btw. However, I'm a big proponent of the playoff system. A team like the Broncos should advance to the BCS Championship Game instead of this whorish arrangement, concocted by Mafiosi and Hitlerjugend Division veterans down in Argentina at a conference at Josef Mengele's old estate. What we have now is a situation in which the freaking Gators get to play OSU while a better team, the Broncos, have to go back home to Idaho.
OSU will crush the Gators' testicles. Then in penance for the fact that the Buckeyes actually had to lower themselves by playing the Gators, the OSU Players will march through Columbus, whipping themselves bloody with chains like Shi'ite pilgrims at Karbala.
It won't be pretty. It will be that one-sided a game.
Be Seeing You,
Chris