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Lateeda
Member
12-01-2006
| Saturday, December 23, 2006 - 3:00 pm
Who do you think will be this year's national champion? I'm hoping for a good game, but I think Ohio State will walk away w/this one fairly easily. As they're saying in Columbus, "OSU - We're good at dumping #2!" (based on the defeats of Texas and Michigan)
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Lancecrossfire
Animoderator
07-13-2000
| Saturday, December 23, 2006 - 8:12 pm
I think OSU is going to wipe up the field against anyone but Michigan. When OSU wins by 30, all those people who thought USC should go against them a week before final games, then the same ones without a spine who thought Florida is worthy still won't be able to admit that Michigan was the best team to go against OSU. The BCS pretty much sucks and no matter what, you have to have a big money draw to get into the big game no matter what. The BCS computer programmers pretty much threw out any of the smaller division I schools no matter how good they could do
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Lateeda
Member
12-01-2006
| Saturday, December 23, 2006 - 9:17 pm
I'm a Buckeye (even though I now reside in Georgia), and I can tell you the feeling back home was honestly, it didn't matter who got picked for #2, the overall feeling/consensus was this year's team is simply the best, period. However, living down here in the heart of the SEC, it *really* mattered that Florida got the nod, having felt slighted many times by the BCS. And we've never played the 'gators, so lots of fans want to see that match-up. However, I've talked w/several Michigan fans and they do feel like they outranked Florida, as their one and only loss was to the #1 ranked team. I do think it would have been a good game if we got to replay Michigan, but that is because no matter where those two teams stand in the rankings, when they go head-to-head it is ALWAYS a good game, kinda why it is known as THE Game. And I do feel the BCS has its downside, but its the only thing close to working to decide a national champion. I guess we'll see how one-sided this game turns out to be...but c'mon, Boise State? They had a good season but do they really want to go up against an Ohio STate? And on a tangent - I saw 'We Are Marshall' today. Wow....moving, motivating...I'm gonna be rooting for them now, unless they ever play OSU again.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Sunday, December 24, 2006 - 7:31 pm
If Florida even remotely thinks they are in the same league as Ohio... Look, I'm an SEC guy and I'll argue the SEC is one of the toughest conferences in the nation...but Ohio just has it this year. The Buckeyes of this year could have taken both USC and the Longhorns of last year....JMHO. The BCS sucks and rarely, if ever, gets it right! Let's have a playoff system. A system in which you argue who has the better loss or where there can be more than ONE undefeated team a year...something is screwy.
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Lateeda
Member
12-01-2006
| Tuesday, December 26, 2006 - 5:31 am
I'm glad to hear you say that about OSU...living down south and not being in the midst of all the Buckeye Hype, I don't feel like I know what the 'pulse' is for this game. It is sooooo completely different living here, where loyalties are so mixed. You got your UGA and GA Tech fans, tons of Tennessee, NC, Auburn, Florida and 'Bama fans, not to mention a whole slew of Falcons fans who don't give a rat's arse about college football...but back home it is ALL Buckeye ALL the time. Gotta love it! LOL I agree about the BCS having its flaws...but what's the fix? Some of the best minds in football have tossed out ideas that all seem to have their drawbacks and limits. Is it impossible to go to a playoff system? Do we go back to having the conference champs match up in bowl games then a playoff from those winners? And how do you argue who has the harder schedule?
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Mamabj
Member
12-26-2006
| Monday, January 08, 2007 - 4:20 pm
Game starts in about 2 hours GO BUCKS!!!
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Monday, January 08, 2007 - 8:18 pm
Holy shit! GO GATORS! I'm gonna have to eat my words. GO SEC! Florida CAN hang with the Buckeyes!
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Loyolamom
Member
05-10-2005
| Monday, January 08, 2007 - 8:30 pm
Oh my poor Buckeyes...you're ruinin' my night!!!!!
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Monday, January 08, 2007 - 10:01 pm
I never gave Florida a snowballs chance in hell of winning this game. Wow! It wasn't even close...51 days was to long for OSU.
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Lancecrossfire
Animoderator
07-13-2000
| Monday, January 08, 2007 - 10:29 pm
I thought that Ohio State was the best team in the nation and the BCS was still screwed up after all these years. Florida beat OSU--just plain beat them. The BCS made a good choice this time around. I stand corrected on two counts.
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Lateeda
Member
12-01-2006
| Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 6:26 am
Yep, 51 days killed 'em. They were beyond sluggish. The BCS got the teams right, just the timing of the game needs to be addressed...??? Could explain why Michigan didn't fare too well against USC, too. The Big 10 season ended two weeks before the PAC 10 and the SEC... Man, poor Ginn, Jr. What a night to get hurt!
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