College Football Fans: who should play OSU?

Couldn't agree with you more on the "secondary" bowl games which are usually arranged by invitation only.

I agree that I'm worried Florida won't be able to compete with OSU. However, I do think they have the ability to compete offensively. I think Urban Meyer has got a pretty good knack for molding an offensive plan for each of his opponents. And I'm sure that the defense could hold up in most games, though they've never faced the likes of Troy Smith and Ted Ginn. Personally, my major concern is on special teams...more directly our kicking game. If we have an Achilles Heel, Hetland is it. It's odd that we can find such success with a two quarterback system, but we can't find a way to get three points when we need it. I agree with your arguments for the other teams that are in contention. USC lost to Oregon State. Unfortunately, voters see the Notre Dame game as their saving grace. Plus, it seems that college football will always give USC the benefit of the doubt. So, for them to be out of the picture (despite their loss to a less than desirable team) they have to lose to UCLA. As for Michigan, I can't even believe that this is an issue. Though it does show an obvious flaw with the BCS system. I think the conference title should be a necessity before you are even considered for the national championship. The national championship game is not intended to host a rematch of a conference championship. If Michigan and OSU weren't in the same conference and we were in the same position, then I would say let it be (just so long as both teams deserved to be there). One thing's for sure, I don't think Lloyd Carr should look forward to a rematch, for fear of losing to Ohio State again. Despite his success at Michigan, every loss to OSU comes as a huge strike against him. Of course, this is under my estimation that the first game shouldn't have been so close. It certainly wasn't an indicator of how the teams compare. OSU is FAR better than Michigan.

Your worried that flordia can't compete with OSU? The SEC is the toughest conference out of all of them and they only lost one game and almost won that one. Michigan is better then OSU and given a rematch i bet they would win. OSU is offense Michigan is defense that is why there game was so close they are matched up. The only reason OSU won was because of troy smith. He is what vincent young was last year at this point. I think flordia could stick it to any team in the nation right now at this point. People don't understand how tough the teams dounsouth are down here football is a true passion. USC doesn't deserve it over flordia and i'll say it a thousand times. This is why they need a playoff because florida and michigan would show that USC isn't better then them.

Well, Saturday sure changed a lot of things and we will soon see how Florida and OSU matchup. It's not that I doubt Florida, but I've seen what Troy Smith and Ted Ginn can do, and that's score quickly. I wouldn't be surprised if they tried it, but they have to remember that Florida's defense is quicker than anyone they've played to date. My other concerns for Florida are Chris Leak and our kicking game. I don't doubt that Chris Leak will rise to the occasion, but he has a reputation for shooting himself in the foot with turnovers. He would make it a lot easier on himself if he could change that. As for the kicking game... well, Hetland hit his first 30+ field goal on Saturday (At the end of the season) on his birthday. I hope that wasn't a rarity, but instead is a sign of things to come. We'll see on January 8.

inyspmvit it's a shame you didn't post this on your own as if it were on my post you would definitely get Best Response. Congrats

well, the system in place for deciding who should play in the national championship is skewed (to put it lightly) so it actually raises a lot of discussion among sports writers, athletes, coaches, and fans. this topic was started to hear what fans of college football think about the situation this year (which is especially interesting).

inyspmvit just to let you know i reported that post for you copying and pasteing that post take the time to type out your own post.

Yeah, I'm so tired of all the trash talk I've heard in the past month. I have to admit, I got caught up in it. But now, I'm content with letting the teams resolve it on the field (like it should be done). It happened today as Michigan showed why the BCS voters didn't pick them for a rematch against OSU. Final score in this year's Rose Bowl: USC 32, Michigan 18. It should also be noted that Michigan scored it's final touchdown with just a minute left in the game, long after it had already been decided. Go Gators!

You would take a 2 loss USC team over Florida? Are you crazy?

You would still take USC if they lose today??? In what world does that seem right? Florida should move inplace if USC loses today.

It does seem a little unfair doesn't it? Even as a Gators fan, I am curious to see how Boise State would have handled Ohio State. It would have been interesting for sure. But, the fact is that the WAC schedule isn't exactly the toughest schedule as far as conferences go. It is perhaps one of the farthest from, or would be if it weren't for Conference USA. So, the way a WAC team proves itself is to schedule some tough non-conference games. Non-conference games against Utah, Sacramento State, Oregon State, and Wyoming don't exactly impress, especially when OSU played Texas and Michigan and Florida survived a brutal SEC schedule with one loss. Is it fair? On paper it looks that way, but I doubt Boise State could hold their own against OSU or Florida. But then again, in college football anything can happen. After all, Boise State came back to beat Oklahoma. Admittedly, if Florida was excluded from the national championship, I'd have been okay with seeing the battle of the unbeatens. But at the same time, I want the Gators to be Ohio State. Anything can happen.

I like how you said that about "feel(ing) a victory" because I too have this feeling about that happening. They've got a couple things going their way and then a few coincidences that I'll go over right now. First, it's been 10 years since the Gators last won the national championship in football. And this is the 100th year of Florida football. How awesome would that be to win it on such a milestone? Plus, there are the similarities between Jim Tressel and Urban Meyer. Both are Ohio boys that have been abundantly successful in the college game, only to move onto a larger school and continue their success. Tressel won a National Championship at Ohio State in his second year of coaching there, this is Urban Meyer's second year. Speaking of that OSU national championship, the Buckeyes played a team that was coming into the game with the longest winning streak in the country (Miami). OSU currently has the longest win streak. In that game, Miami was heavily favored to win and the Buckeyes barely survived their season with several close wins. The same is true this season, with OSU as the heavy favorite and Florida scrapping their way through their tough SEC schedule. If you don't know the outcome, Ohio State won that game in OT. Another thing that amazes me is the unexplicable number of oddities (the one that sticks out the most in my mind is how UCLA defeated USC) that have occurred this season that have led to a Gators invitation to the national championship. Divine intervention? I say yes, if there is such a thing in college football. There were other things that I found similiar that I cannot remember because someone called while I was in the middle of writing this. But I agree, my gut instinct tells me that Florida will win, but I certainly don't want to get over-confident (or jinx them...i'm superstitious when it comes to football). Plus, as I live in Ohio and I've already begun hearing the insults that they normally only reserve for Michigan fans, I don't want to be forced to eat crow should the Gators lose. On the other hand, I wouldn't mind serving some crow for most of the people I work with next Tuesday when we come in. But we'll see.

That is completely true. I had to laugh while I watched that game because I know several Michigan fans that were very rude to me when they found out that my team jumped theirs to play in the national championship. I just love when other people have to "eat crow."

I agree that the SEC is the toughest conference in college football THIS YEAR. And while I will also agree that is has always been one of the toughest conferences in football, I don't believe that it is ALWAYS the toughest. It varies from year to year. Sometimes, even the Big Ten might be considered the toughest conference. You are right about Urban Meyer, but I think the same thing can be said about Jim Tressel. I think it's up in the air, but I'm still gonna say: Go Gators!