OSU/LSU-National Title game [Archive] - Orioles Hangout Community

beaner

01-07-2008, 09:19 PM

I have no idea why I feel that Ohio State is going to win this game. I can't explain it. In a few hours you can all tell me that I just lost my mind.

HeatherC12

01-07-2008, 09:35 PM

Because it's cool to go against the grain, I'll just post this little statement from my home in Ohio......GO BUCKS!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D

bobmc

01-07-2008, 09:39 PM

Because it's cool to go against the grain, I'll just post this little statement from my home in Ohio......GO BUCKS!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D

You go gurl! I got your back since my wife's from OH and bro went there!

OSU - 31

Bayou dogs (er cats) - 21

RShack

01-07-2008, 09:47 PM

Well, so far LSU looks like a team that's been sitting around for a month... and despite the fact OhowIhateOhioState has been sitting around for almost *2* months, they look like they beat the snot out of somebody last week. IMO, the secret of Bowl Readiness is one of the great mysteries of college football...

RShack

01-07-2008, 10:13 PM

OK, 2 minutes into the 2nd quarter and it looks like there are 2 actual teams on the field now... 10-all...

RShack

01-07-2008, 10:21 PM

Because it's cool to go against the grain, I'll just post this little statement from my home in Ohio......GO BUCKS!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D
Of course you will. If that's where you're from, it's only right.

BTW, I've got nothing against Ohio... nor against the university... a good friend of mine got his PhD in music there... it's just their football team I don't like... it started with those damn stickers...

Danielos38

01-07-2008, 10:43 PM

Just like last year, OSU gets an early lead then the better team from the better conference takes over...

17 unanswered points for LSU up to this point.

RShack

01-07-2008, 10:57 PM

Just like last year, OSU gets an early lead then the better team from the better conference takes over...

17 unanswered points for LSU up to this point.
Make that 24...

Do we know who's gonna dot the "i"?

longflyball

01-07-2008, 11:03 PM

beaner

01-07-2008, 11:03 PM

Make that 24...

Do we know who's gonna dot the "i"?

Not me, this is the first and last time I'll be rooting for Ohio State. It is cool seeing Road Warrior Animal though.

RShack

01-07-2008, 11:08 PM

I'm a relative newcomer to following college football, but I have to say that I'm already sick and tired of constantly hearing about how great the SEC is and how awful the Big Ten is.

I get it. The SEC is the best conference. Just shut up about it already.
I agree that talking about it is pretty pointless. Much better to watch college football all-fall-long, and make up your own mind. The bowls give one point of comparison, but nothing like watching it week-in and week-out...

Danielos38

01-07-2008, 11:24 PM

I agree that talking about it is pretty pointless. Much better to watch college football all-fall-long, and make up your own mind. The bowls give one point of comparison, but nothing like watching it week-in and week-out...

The bowls that match up the 2 conferences are one of the best ways to compare the two conferences. Watching the Big 10 play the Big 10 and the SEC play the SEC gives no real comparison.

Danielos38

01-07-2008, 11:27 PM

I'm a relative newcomer to following college football, but I have to say that I'm already sick and tired of constantly hearing about how great the SEC is and how awful the Big Ten is.

I get it. The SEC is the best conference. Just shut up about it already.

In this situation discussing SEC and Big 10 is reasonable. They are playing each other in the National Championship.

If you don't want to hear about it anymore, don't read it. There's plenty of other stuff on this site to read...

Pedro Cerrano

01-07-2008, 11:36 PM

Michigan DID beat Florida this year...

beaner

01-07-2008, 11:39 PM

Seriously, how stupid am I?

Wait, don't answer that.

RShack

01-07-2008, 11:43 PM

The bowls that match up the 2 conferences are one of the best ways to compare the two conferences. Watching the Big 10 play the Big 10 and the SEC play the SEC gives no real comparison.
True, but it does give you a clue about top-to-bottom goodness, which IMO is where the SEC really shines... a lot more than you might think if you just looked at conference standings...

Sports Guy

01-07-2008, 11:45 PM

Too much speed.

LSU/USC is and was the best potential matchup...Shame we didn't see it.

RShack

01-07-2008, 11:45 PM

RShack

01-07-2008, 11:58 PM

Make that 31...
And that's where it stops... LSU goofs and OSU turns it into 7... 31-17 with a couple left in the 3rd.
Looked like the LSU receiver zigged when he was s'posed to zag, so the pass went right to the DB.
Soon after, OSU went for it on 4th down at the 5 and made it.

AgentOrange

01-08-2008, 12:05 AM

Michigan DID beat Florida this year...

It got pretty awkwardly silent after that statement...

geschinger

01-08-2008, 12:24 AM

Too much speed.

LSU/USC is and was the best potential matchup...Shame we didn't see it.

No doubt in my mind that those were the two most talented teams. But there is something to be said for earning the opportunity to play for a title which USC did not. And while they are the most talented team in the SEC, the inconsistency displayed by LSU makes me wonder whether or not they were the best team in the SEC. This would of been a great year for an 8 team playoff.

Sports Guy

01-08-2008, 12:25 AM

No doubt in my mind that those were the two most talented teams. But there is something to be said for earning the opportunity to play for a title which USC did not. And while they are the most talented team in the SEC, the inconsistency displayed by LSU makes me wonder whether or not they were the best team in the SEC. This would of been a great year for an 8 team playoff.

USC would have earned it if not for injuries...They are clearly the best team IMO.

Agree about the playoff....Hell, if LSU wins tonight, I am not even sure they should be the slam dunk title winner.

RShack

01-08-2008, 12:29 AM

I don't wanna annoy anybody with SEC-Big10 talk, but that 4th-and-7 when LSU got to the OSU QB and knocked the ball loose is IMO a perfect example of the diff:
OSU kept lotsa guys back to block, thinking that building a fort around the QB was safer... which means they only had a couple of receivers. I told my dog they were gonna get the QB way before it happened. LSU is good enough to cover-up just a couple of receivers, and there's no way that the OSU line can protect the QB for very long, no matter how many guys they keep back.
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An SEC team would not have done that vs LSU. They would've sent out max-receivers to give the QB max-options, and they would've protected the QB the only way possible vs. a team like LSU: by moving the QB off to the side, so the D has to run after him to get him, thus giving him time to find a receiver.
Just an opinion...

geschinger

01-08-2008, 12:36 AM

USC would have earned it if not for injuries...They are clearly the best team IMO.

Agree about the playoff....Hell, if LSU wins tonight, I am not even sure they should be the slam dunk title winner.

Who knows, they may have been although I don't think it was clear. With the awful system we have we didn't get to see them match up in a bowl against a worthy opponent which is a real shame. Same goes for UGA... If not for the stupid conference alignments a UGA/USC matchup would of made for a heck of a game.

longflyball

01-08-2008, 12:39 AM

There goes that gambler, Les Miles, refusing to punt. Doesn't he know it's unsportsmanlike to convert 4th downs and not give the other team a chance to have the ball?

BaltimoreTerp

01-08-2008, 12:56 AM

Congratulations to Kansas on winning the national championship by default.

RShack

01-08-2008, 12:59 AM

No doubt in my mind that those were the two most talented teams. But there is something to be said for earning the opportunity to play for a title which USC did not. And while they are the most talented team in the SEC, the inconsistency displayed by LSU makes me wonder whether or not they were the best team in the SEC. This would of been a great year for an 8 team playoff.
I agree with your main point, but the part about LSU being inconsistent, you can pretty much say something like that about whoever anybody's favorite is. They all have something to explain, every one of them. "Team-X looked like they could be great except for [insert one of several normal college football problems]."

geschinger

01-08-2008, 01:06 AM

I agree with your main point, but the part about LSU being inconsistent, you can pretty much say something like that about whoever anybody's favorite is. They all have something to explain, every one of them. "Team-X looked like they could be great except for [insert one of several normal college football problems]."

It's true that every team had some issues at one time or another. However LSU seemed to have more of 'em than a team that talented should of had. I know every game in the SEC is tough but if you look at their season they had more close calls by not playing up to their potential than say a Georgia did against a similar caliber of competetion.

RShack

01-08-2008, 01:18 AM

It's true that every team had some issues at one time or another. However LSU seemed to have more of 'em than a team that talented should of had. I know every game in the SEC is tough but if you look at their season they had more close calls by not playing up to their potential than say a Georgia did against a similar caliber of competetion.
Who do you think would win a LSU-Ga game? I root for Ga whenever they're not playing GT, but I think LSU would beat them. It'd be a good game though.

mweb

01-08-2008, 03:39 AM

Congrats to LSU. I don't think the was really a case of LSU being that much better than OSU, more of a case of OSU making more mistakes imo. 3 to's and 4 or 5 personal fouls killed them, they actually out gained LSU for the game. So I wouldn't reach any conclusions about LSU having too much speed or the SEC being so much better than the Big Ten from this game. Now, the SEC is easily bigger than the Big Ten imo, but this game doesn't show that anymore than Michigan beating UF would show the opposite.

And obviously a playoff is needed, it's been obvious for a long time, but this year is a great example of why it's needed. It was hard to distinguish between the top teams this year, and I don't feel there is a clear champion this year. USC and Georgia are both at least as good as LSU imo.

Danielos38

01-08-2008, 07:57 AM

It got pretty awkwardly silent after that statement...

True, but Florida did play an awful game defensively. Though the SEC is better, they are not going to win every single bowl game that they play against the Big 10.

geschinger

01-08-2008, 05:12 PM

Who do you think would win a LSU-Ga game? I root for Ga whenever they're not playing GT, but I think LSU would beat them. It'd be a good game though.

Probably whomever was the home team in their matchup.

CrimsonTribe

01-11-2008, 01:09 PM

Who do you think would win a LSU-Ga game? I root for Ga whenever they're not playing GT, but I think LSU would beat them. It'd be a good game though.

I say Georgia. Much more consistent and they don't have Les Miles as their coach. Once they figured out to give the ball to Knowshon, they became a different beast.