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Miami got hosed. No way was that pass interference in the first overtime. The game should have ended there. It was an Al Gore recount.

Exactly. I've watched my last college football game as a result of this game. How ridiculous for these kids to bust their asses and WIN the game, to have it taken away by a senile old bastard who will be bagging groceries until the next football season starts. The referee closest to the play called it incomplete, they even drew an "X" on the guy during the replay and the announcer said it was a bad call. Watching this game was a waste of time when the result ends up flawed.

"drew an "X" on the guy during the replay and the announcer said it was a bad call. "OH WOW! The announcer said it was a bad call? Well, SURELY that should over-rule the referee's calls on the field.
That should be the final ruling, as though these booth jockies have no bias.....
Four shots from the 1 yard line without scoring is not the mark of a National Champion.....

Get over it....

I've watched my last college football game as a result of this game

whatever....and there's lots of reasons for it, not just blown calls.....but, thats kind of a "baby out with the bathwater" thing. look, there are alot of blown calls, non-calls in every game. they tend to "even out", they really do! (and im still hurting over a blown call in a b-ball tourney game uk/unc, from YEARS ago!) :) peace

As a Cleveland fan I'm an expert on bad calls. Browns fans have advanced degrees in dealing with referee judgment calls. Fact is, there were bad calls on both sides, and it is a part of the game. There were blatant holds by Miami early in the game which probably prevented scores and were not called.

Gamble had Miami defenders hanging on his shirt all night, including one long pass play where he was just mugged and nobody said boo. I can make a case that the only reason the overtime occurred at all is because Miami benefitted from blown calls all night long.

In any case, this particular call was not one of them.

At the end of the game Keith Jackson looked and sounded about as happy as Kellen Winslow Jr, but yeah he's an impartial observor right?

Actually, I believe it's Karma. Call it payback for all the years that we have been subjected to the school of thugs and poor sports (Miami). Remember Miami vs Penn State, when the PSU players showed up in suit and tie, and the Miami team showed up in "thugwear" - camo pants, t-shirts, and sunglasses? Please. Miami got what it deserves.

Not to mention the fact that DONNA SHALALA is the president of the school. That alone should be reason enough to root against them.......

and the announcer said it was a bad call.

This was the same Announcer that thought MacGahee might have been out of bounds on his TD run...not even close. MacGahee finally smoked it.

I've watched my last college football game as a result of this game. How ridiculous for these kids to bust their asses and WIN the game, to have it taken away by a senile old bastard who will be bagging groceries until the next football season starts. The referee closest to the play called it incomplete, they even drew an "X" on the guy during the replay and the announcer said it was a bad call. Watching this game was a waste of time when the result ends up flawed.

Whine. Moan. As if there were no other blown calls. As if there is no human element in sports officiating throughout the century. As if the play led immediately to an OSU victory. Miami could have still won. They didn't. They couldn't score again. You're going to give up on the game of College Football because of one mistaken call that did not directly lead to your team losing?

OSU: 14-0, National Champs.

The referee closest to the play called it incomplete, they even drew an "X" on the guy during the replay and the announcer said it was a bad call. Watching this game was a waste of time when the result ends up flawed.

C'mon, lighten up. The game isn't decided in the broadcasting booth, its decided on the field. Officiating calls go either way over the course of a game. Teams just have to deal with them as best they can. When a call goes your way, you have to make the best of it. When it doesn't you have to bouce back. Good teams that win championships just deal with it and do what they have to do to win.

The Bucks did it with defensive effort and never-say-die attitude. They keep battling all season and put themselves in a position to win the big prize. They hung in there through the whole game and just kept coming back, knowing that if you keep trying and don't quit then you never know what can happen.

Their defensive plays won this game like they have all season. They forced two Miami turnovers and the offense turned those into touchdowns. Then Miami's Taylor makes a good play on the ball and gets an intercept, but Clarett (an offensive player at that) comes in and strips the ball from him. That leads at a field goal. That's 17 points right there as a result of defensive plays. Then they hold Miami on four downs inside the five, two of them from about the one yard line. A good number of teams might have just conceded the touchdown right there. But the Bucks just kept playing their game, knowing that as long as the door was open just a crack there was a chance for them to walk through it.

This was a game where there were people predicting Maimi would win by 63-3, or 48-7, or all sorts of nonsense. The Buckeyes were having none of it. They knew the game would be decided on the field. These guys are ballplayers, and they knew going in that playing the game was why they were there. They won the game and the championship fair and sqaure, on the field where it should be won. That that's something all the whining in the world by the naysayers won't change.