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By: Men of the Scarlet and Gray - An Ohio sports blog » Blog Archive » NCAA Championship Game — Ohio State vs. Florida

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:06:50 +0000

[...] Here we are, mere hours from yet another OSU vs. UF matchup for all the marbles. Sounds vaguely familiar. [...]

By: threadogie

threadogie — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 23:55:42 +0000

Who let Cooper slip under the Vest? You can toss that “best play caller in the nation” crap out the window.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:42:01 +0000

Luckily it has been determined by local (Southern) bloggers that Urban’s spread offense won’t work in the SEC, at least not with Leak as QB. That theory may now be suspect.

The Dawg Nation was also part of Florida’s road kill this year (but only by 7) so I feel for you Buckeyes. We hope to improve on that next year as I’m sure you will also. The SEC is tough but clearly OSU had what we call a “Tennessee” bowl game.

Great season – a lot to be proud of.

By: EarthViper

EarthViper — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:10:33 +0000

buckeyy:

The bottom line is, we got beat, soundly, by a notably better team. We got outcoached, outplayed on both sides of the ball, and even the area we expected to have a clear advantage in, special teams. Florida had a better gameplan and they even had that thing we all wanted to argue before the game, better altheletes, at least on the defensive side. There’s no excuses here, Florida proved they were the better team on the field and probably the best team in the country so props to them.

BUT

If you are delusional enough to think Ohio State brought their A game then that is far more blind and unreasonable than any of those things you accused us of doing. Is than an excuse? Goodness no, this was the National Championship, the most important game of the year and the most important game most of these kids will ever play in. Layoff or no you don’t show up and play like that. Last nights game showed an obvious deficiency in coaching, motivation and preparednesses and though they are less glamorous those are as much a part of the game as a talented offense and a rock solid defense.

Florida won, they deserved to win and even if we did play our A game they still would have won. However, if you think Florida’s A game is 27 points better than Ohio State’s A game then you have been smoking some pretty strong stuff.

By: sportsMonkey

sportsMonkey — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:17:06 +0000

buckeyy – there’s no whining on this blog. Florida wanted it more, and they got it. Props to them. No excuses here.

Avoid the melodramatic overanalysis. “zOMG!! OSU didn’t even care about winning, so that proves the SEC can beat the New England Patriots!!! 11eleventyone!!!”

*throws crumbs to feed the troll*

By: el Kaiser

el Kaiser — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:43:25 +0000

Nonon – Yeah, it hurts but we’re definitely not ashamed.

buckeyy – I don’t really think we were making excuses nor whining. Simply stating some observations. Florida played a better game and was the better team. We never said anything else to the contrary.

By: buckeyy

buckeyy — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:17:09 +0000

I love reading the blogs of teams that just got the crap beat out of them by a SEC school. The excuses are always good. To big of a lay off, whine whine. Florida had over 30 days off. Ginn was hurt, whine whine. One player makes the team?? Play calling was bad, whine whine, did you not just win 12 games with that play caller?? Offensive line didn’t block to give Smith some time, whine some more. Floridas defensive line IS that good. If either Florida or LSU would have played in that conference, either one of them could have been undefeated. In the SEC you don’t get that many off weeks like OSU or Mich. You play alot of tough schools, like Florida,LSU, Auburn, Arkansas, and Georgia.
come back to reality, OSU showed up, and Florida showed them what a real Champion looks like.

By: Mainelife

Mainelife — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:13:04 +0000

It wasn’t the Ohio State team we know. They had a seven week layoff, so Yes, Herbie. I’m going to ignore you and point out that’s too long…that’s more than half the season.

We clearly got beaten by the better team last night. Michigan got beaten by a better team in the Rose Bowl, but neither team showed up for the bowl game. We both ended the season two weeks earlier than our opponent.

Great season, yes. Horrible, terrible way to end it. I will never drink Gatorade again in my life. All of the sudden it tastes bitter.

By: NoNon

NoNon — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:44:48 +0000

Great season OSU but welcome to the life of a Michigan fan. Still you have nothing to be ashamed of…you guys had a season to remember. We’ll see ya in Ann Arbor next year

By: John

John — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:15:13 +0000

OWNED!!!!!!!