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Buckeyhes and BCS: Third Times the Harm
ESPN ^ | 1.8.08 | By Pat Forde

Posted on 01/08/2008 7:50:51 AM PST by meandog

NEW ORLEANS -- With the 2007 football season complete, here's the game plan for 2008:

Jim Tressel's Ohio State team has lost back-to-back games for the BCS national championship.

We need border patrols along Interstate 10, from Jacksonville to Pensacola. A Coast Guard blockade at Biscayne Bay. And the FAA should redirect all inbound flights to South Florida from Ohio.

If you see a silver helmet and a sweater vest coming, contact authorities.

Because next year's BCS National Championship Game will be played in Miami, and the Ohio State Buckeyes aren't invited. Especially if the Southeastern Conference champion is invited.

If you've ever seen lions maul a water buffalo, you've seen the last two title games. You've seen a fierce pair of SEC teams -- Florida last year, LSU this year -- blow the vulnerable Buckeyes back to the Bratwurst Belt by a combined 41 points. You've seen the best of one league flex, and the best of an inferior league collapse

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KEYWORDS: lsu; osu
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To: meandog

Geaux tigers!


81 posted on 01/08/2008 8:35:12 AM PST by katieanna
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To: dfwgator
OSU has had a heck of a run, and they aren’t going away.

Well, they have collected quite a few Runner Up trophies in the last year (football twice, basketball, and soccer). I'm thinking of filing a claim on the trophy case and mining it for silver.

OSU --> RUSU --> RunnerUp State University

82 posted on 01/08/2008 8:37:48 AM PST by chimera
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To: meandog

Oklahoma and Ohio State in the BCS Championship. Someone has GOT to win. To us this is the Big Choke Series.


83 posted on 01/08/2008 8:38:15 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: chimera
IMO the BCS is going to be disinclined to invite Ohio State to any BCS Bowl no matter what their record is next year.

Guess time will tell. I think the Buckeyes are one of those teams whose history gets them invitations regardless of today's reality.
84 posted on 01/08/2008 8:38:16 AM PST by MoMagic
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To: edcoil

Yes, I’m sure it matters, to a certain extent. But to lose at home to a 41 point underdog?


85 posted on 01/08/2008 8:38:36 AM PST by AxelPaulsenJr (Shame on Freepers who use the MSM to attack any Republican)
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To: chimera

“They are dead wrong. No matter what the record is for the Buckeyes next year, the BCS selection committee would have to have their collective heads examined to consider them for a title game slot. They’re going to avoid them like the plague.”

First of all, I’m not an OSU fan. Sorry, but if the Bucks run the table next season, they’re going to the BCS national championship. They play USC in September.


86 posted on 01/08/2008 8:39:03 AM PST by doctor noe
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To: MoMagic

The problem is they don’t play the games for two months after the season ends.


87 posted on 01/08/2008 8:39:24 AM PST by Badeye (No thanks, Huck, I'm not whitewashing the fence for you this election cycle)
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To: doctor noe

What else could the BCS do? Teams in front of OSU kept on losing.


88 posted on 01/08/2008 8:39:55 AM PST by dfwgator (11+7+15=3 Heismans)
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To: AxelPaulsenJr

I dunno. Would UCLA have won all those championships if first Lew Alcindor and then Bill Walton went down? I mean Swen Nater had a long NBA career, right?


89 posted on 01/08/2008 8:40:21 AM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: johnandrhonda

Hi,
I’m a La. native and big LSU fan and I just want to say that our news reports that Ohioans who attended the game really enjoyed their stay in New Orleans and that the rivalry did not spill onto the streets of New Orleans. Come visit us sometime if you haven’t already. We’re some of the nicest people you’ll meet and you’ll feel right at home.
Cheers!


90 posted on 01/08/2008 8:41:03 AM PST by katieanna
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To: meandog

Even my Connecticut or even West Virgina could do a good job beating OSU.

Also this bowl championship stuff makes the BCS look like a joke.


91 posted on 01/08/2008 8:41:17 AM PST by Biggirl (A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation, with 4 cats in my life as proof. =^..^=)
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To: Badeye

Say, is OSU the “farm” team for the semi pro team in Cincinnati? ;)


92 posted on 01/08/2008 8:41:26 AM PST by MoMagic
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To: SoCal Pubbie

Well, now we are comparing apples to oranges.


93 posted on 01/08/2008 8:41:40 AM PST by AxelPaulsenJr (Shame on Freepers who use the MSM to attack any Republican)
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To: MoMagic

I wish, it would improve the Bengals....(chuckle)


94 posted on 01/08/2008 8:42:34 AM PST by Badeye (No thanks, Huck, I'm not whitewashing the fence for you this election cycle)
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To: meandog
They need to revise the BCS ranking formula so it rewards a strong out-of-conference schedule. That gives all the incentive for many teams to stop the bad habit of "dial a win" (as ESPN Radio's Colin Cowherd is wont to say) and actually play better opponents early in the season.
95 posted on 01/08/2008 8:43:04 AM PST by RayChuang88
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To: ChinaThreat

Do not forget the Big East, is also moving on up, having gotten the respect it so richly deserves this year. But yes, the SEC is in charge of college football.


96 posted on 01/08/2008 8:43:06 AM PST by Biggirl (A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation, with 4 cats in my life as proof. =^..^=)
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To: edcoil

“When SC is healthy, they beat everyone.”

But when they’re banged up they can’t even handle a 40 point underdog like Standford AT HOME!


97 posted on 01/08/2008 8:44:17 AM PST by Boanarges
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To: edhawk
LSU lost twice and they still got a chance........ Why did they deserve to be there???

Because LSU plays in the SEC.

98 posted on 01/08/2008 8:44:19 AM PST by sportutegrl
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To: chimera

OSU starts play USC next year. That might show a bit about their relative skill.


99 posted on 01/08/2008 8:45:55 AM PST by Ingtar (The LDS problem that Romney is facing is not his religion, but his recent Liberal Definitive Stands.)
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To: Biggirl
But yes, the SEC is in charge of college football.

And basketball. And baseball ... the SEC is the premiere conference IMO.

For full disclosure, I live in Missouri - Big 12 country.
100 posted on 01/08/2008 8:46:16 AM PST by MoMagic
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