College Football thread

The game seemed close like all of the last Buckeye games but the Buckeyes played better football this time and Michigan still kept it close.

Michigan is a better team than Illinois and Purdue, of course.  The thing that really impresses me, looking back over this season, is the OSU defense.  If they beat Miami, the defense will have to come up big.  This defense held #3 WSU to one score, held Penn State, who dominated in their game today (Larry Johnson with like 277 yards and 4 scores in the first half alone!) to one score, and held LJ to 66 yards, and now they held Michigan, the #9 team in the country, to only a few field goals.  Not bad at all.

Well michigan did do one of the things i said they would.  They scared the hell outta OSU with a instant classic.  All i gotta say now is, LETS GO MIAMI

Your not a true football fan there square_marker.  You have to root for Big Ten teams in the bowl games.  If the Buckeyes win it all it gives Michigan and the Big 10 instant respect.

Yes, that was a great game.

"What a game" is all I said when Navarre was picked off with 1 second left. That game had everything, Krenzel running for his life on big plays, Clarett busting through holes and coming up with clutch plays, great stops, things like that.

Michigan totally outplayed Ohio State in the first half. If they could have simply gotten the ball into the end zone once, they win that game. Instead, 9-7 at halftime, and most of the 2nd half.

When Krenzel made that scramble on 3rd and 10 that got it to 4th and inches, I knew Michigan was doomed. Sure as shit, Clarett with the 25 yard catch, then they finish it off. Michigan battled, though. That last drive was great, and was probably was the gutsiest thing I\'ve seen in a while. 4th and 10, their own 20, bad snap...Navarre throws an 11 yard dart. Gamble\'s pass interference, and then having the ball at the 25 with 1 second left, and one chance...pure greatness.

Well, as far as the national title game goes...if Miami makes it, I either don\'t watch it or root for Miami. If Miami does in fact lose, and Oklahoma makes it (which is a possibility), then I root for Oklahoma. Iowa should be #4 or #3 in the polls, and if OU were to lose to Colorado, and Miami were to lose to Syracuse or Va Tech...Iowa vs. Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl!

See Yuz.

You cant beat Miami if you score only 30 points in your last 4 games

Thats why Miami is going to walk to yet another national title with realitve ease

They played 2 of those games without their best player, and their main offensive force.  Clarett was also playing with some pain on Saturday, and he still had a decent game.  He\'ll be totally healed by the Fiesta Bowl.  Miami escaped against Pittsburgh, and they have looked very vulnerable against the run at times this year.  Besides, OSU\'s defense is, if you ask me, the best in the country.  They held Washington State, Penn State, and Michigan to a combined 2 touchdowns.  Miami gave up more than that to Rutgers.  Miami has had just as many close calls as OSU, but they have played worse teams.  You people who say that Miami will walk all over OSU must be only watching the highlights and looking at the statistics.  By the way, if you actually have watched the games, you\'d know that Krenzel is the most clutch QB in the country.

Just watch the highlights?I\'ve watched every single UM game that\'s been played in the last fifteen years.Every single one of em.Blind devotion to OSU isn\'t going to help them,nor is your hatred of UM.

Miami is not weak against the run.You would only get that impression if you only watch the highlights.UM only plays 7 in the box to stop the run,when you do that teams are going to get a few big runs but they are not going to beat you over the top since you can always keep 2 deep safties.Miami\'s defensive philosophy is basicly don\'t let them beat you with deep passes,then string together three good stops somewhere in the opponents drive and make them punt.

But enough of that.I don\'t have the time to sit here teaching the basics of football.I\'m just going to leave you with this.OSU has had a fantastic undefeated season,that\'s not easy and they have without a doubt earned the chance to play for the national championship.But Miami is closing in on three full years without a loss.That\'s domination.

Its sad when the best team you play all season is ranked # 9

Those 3 teams you mentioned dont have a offense like Miami\'s

Miami played worst teams?  Their close calls came to Florida State and Pittsburgh,  which I consider quite better then Illinois  

Miami was toying with the Rutgers

Ben, Agreed.

However, against Florida State, Miami gave up 206 rushing yards to Greg Jones, and were yet ANOTHER missed Field Goal away from losing at home to a team that has cheated their way into a BCS Bowl bid (ACC Tie In Fiasco).

Speaking of Florida State, Chris Rix is yet again the starter of that team. They play Florida on Saturday, in the game of underachieving powerhouses. Crying shame that Nebraska can\'t be down there, either. Adrian McPherson dismissed from the team for unspecified violation of team rules...it\'s been a sad year for some perennial powers.

Oh, and the BCS is screwed yet again this year. Even after the losing by Washington State, Iowa, who\'s #3 and #4 in the Polls, will be #5 in the BCS, behind Georgia and Oklahoma. The Computer Rankings have Iowa at #6 and lower, even though they only have one loss to at what the time was a good Iowa State (I am convinced that team died after the Texas game).

Oh well, Rivalry Week continues this week. Colorado comes to Lincoln, and Nebraska will fight for their pride after Colorado stripped it away last year. Nebraska is 7-7 in their last 14 games, counting that Colorado game last year, including losses to Oklahoma State, and the Iowa State team that died. Meh.

Go Huskers, woo....

See Yuz.

First of all, Ben, I wasn\'t referring to you when I said that, I was referring to Cloud.  I have watched several Miami games: Florida, Florida St., Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Boston College, West Virginia, and Tennessee.  What I saw was them get torn apart by the West Virginia run game.  I saw Florida St. run on them all game, and lose only because of a blown kick.  Miami is not as unbeatable as they were last year.

Originally posted by Clowd
Its sad when the best team you play all season is ranked # 9

Those 3 teams you mentioned dont have a offense like Miami\'s

Miami played worst teams?  Their close calls came to Florida State and Pittsburgh,  which I consider quite better then Illinois  

Miami was toying with the Rutgers

Cloud...so what if they highest ranked team we\'ve played is ranked #9?  The highest Miami has played is ranked #11.  We also played the current #12 and 14, while the next highest ranked team that Miami played is #18.  

Yeah, of course Florida St. and Pittsburgh are better than Illinois, but Rutgers isn\'t.  They gave a decent game to Miami too.  You can\'t just pick out your best teams, match them against our worst, and say your schedule is better.  And by the way, the trio of Michigan, Washington St., and Penn St. is better than the trio of Florida St., Florida, and Pittsburgh.  The rankings will back that up.  Miami hasn\'t beaten any teams that qualify as a quality win in the BCS.  The buckeyes beat one, and are one spot from beating a 2nd.  They beat 3 teams in the BCS top 15.

And Miami was toying with Rutgers?  Fine, but were they toying with Florida St. or Pitt?  Miami came closer to losing this year, and in all honesty should have lost to FSU.

Iowa and Oklahoma Should play for the second best title whatever that is.  

2 undefeated teams should play for the title.  Even though both should have been beat multiple times they somehow came out undefeated

Iowa and Oklahoma are the best 2 teams in the nation imo

Originally posted by Clowd
Its sad when the best team you play all season is ranked # 9

So Washington State wasn\'t #3 for the longest time.  And Oklahoma could be better than all of them but that one loss screws ya, tough luck.  I suggest that they got 13-0 like the buckeyes.

You cant beat Miami if you score only 30 points in your last 4 games

Idiocy, only looking at some facts are we.  How about name a team that Miami has played that had better defense than OSU.

Originally posted by Bozco


So Washington State wasn\'t #3 for the longest time.  

Yeah I thought about them 2 mins after I posted

Well,  they\'re number 3 only because their only lost came to Ohio State.  Parasite....

I think their high ranking had less to do with the fact that they only lost to OSU, and more to do with the fact that they beat USC, Arizona St., and Oregon.  Plus their loss came early in the season, which helps.  

And I think that right now, there is absolutely no question that Miami is the best team in the nation.  I\'m not trying to argue that.  I do think that they can be beaten though, and I think Ohio St. is a team that could do that.  I also think that Iowa is better than Oklahoma, might be better than OSU, and have the best chance to beat Miami.  Too bad the BCS hates them.