NCAA National Football Championship Ohio State (4) at Oregon (2)(8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) Thread

[Perdogg]

ATT stadium, Arlington Texas, Indoors, Ohio State at Oregon (-6 O/U 73).

[FamiliarFace]

He’s doing pretty well, considering this is his third start.

[NKP_Vet]

Mariotta can throw it but he can’t catch it too. Drop passes I could catch has killed them. And once again the 3rd string quarterback can’t be stopped. If Ohio State comes out for the second half and scores a TD this game is over. Ohio State should not even be playing for the title and they’ll end up winning it.

[Alberta's Child]

That's interesting speculation, but you'll probably find the baseball archives littered with statistics of players who seemed to be on the verge of greatness before injuries cut their careers short. In his best year he hit .272, and his career average was .250. Personally, I don't see how someone improves dramatically beyond those numbers after the age of 27.

The other thing I noticed about his career stats was that he averaged a little over 120 games played in those seasons you mentioned. Was this because of injuries, or did he cut his baseball seasons short to play in the NFL?

[Craftmore]

lol ohio state is showing Mariotta what real football is all about

[eyedigress]

Who should be playing for the title?

[BuckeyeTexan]

Did you see that sign? “12-Guage”

*smacking my freeping head*

[yield 2 the right]

They got lucky and hot at the right time it seems....plus they have Urban Meyer as head coach and he has won a few Nattys....Oregon needs some big breaks in the 2nd half....

[mylife]

Somebody let me know when the 10 min commercial breaks and Halftime BS is over.

[PROCON]

I’m pulling for the ducks but Ohio state is very good!

[eyedigress]

k

[mylife]

Yes and the thumped us for it.

Fuggedabout Kerry and that “Kin I get Me a Huntin Libense” Stuff. LOL

[mylife]

Thanks.

Mindless pap.

[carton253]

All the things necessary to win a national title...

[FamiliarFace]

They sure did get lucky. Shoot, first they lost their starting quarterback to a shoulder injury, then the second string QB to an ankle injury. Right before the conference championship! And lost a senior player to suicide. Now that’s lucky!

Sorry...does that need a /sarc tag?

[eyedigress]

Teams are on the field.

Load up

[mylife]

Thanks.

[mylife]

Elliot!

[eyedigress]

QB is smart. Knows to break that first blitz and GO!

[mylife]

Daymn!! Bullet to the EZ but out of bounds!

[mylife]

Pretty impressive so far.