What They're Saying: Message Boards

Doberman On The Diamond posted 1/8/2008 from www.endzonebuzz.com [flag]

For the second consecutive year, Ohio State got worked in the national championship game by a team from the SEC. Naturally, this pleases all SEC fans and rankles Big Ten fans. So let's scour some message boards to get a sample of what the always sane, cool, calm and collected folks on message boards have to say about it. [link]

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LS-Who Cares?

Gilbert posted 1/8/2008 from sportsyenta.blogspot.com

For most of America, last night's BCS "National Championship Game" had all the importance of the GMAC Bowl from the night before. And half of the excitement. Crow all you want LSU fans, very few people outside of Louisiana think you won a legit national title. Sure you got your crystal ball by beating a vastly overrated Ohio State team (they lost to Illinois at home for Christ's sake) 38-24

Crushed Nuts

Hugging Harold Reynolds posted 1/8/2008 from huggingharoldreynolds.blogspot.com

In general, I suppose it does speak to the relative strength of a school's football program when it reaches the BCS national championship game two years in a row. But for Ohio State's sake, they can only hope that's the last time in a long while they'll have to play in the title game. For the second year in a row, they got pushed around, run past, and bowled over by a superior SEC opponent.

Thoughts on the BCS Championship Game… « Gate 21

lawvol posted 1/8/2008 from gate21.net

Thoughts on the end of College Football 2007-08 Well, another college football season has come to a close, and LSU has been crowned the champion for 2007-08. The BCS Championship Game, though good, only serves to underscore ...

The Final College Football Poll

Jayhawk Fan posted 1/8/2008 from www.intentionalfoul.com

The final college football poll is out and unlike years past, the Associated Press agrees with the BCS. What’s surprising is the respectable showing by the Big 12, who finishes with four teams in the Top 10 (Oklahoma?). Check it out: 1. LSU (60) 12-2 2. Georgia (3) 11-2 3. USC (1) 11-2 4. Missouri 12-2 5. Ohio State 11-2...

COED Presents: Cheerleaders of the BCS Football Championship Teams

Awful Announcing found this 1/8/2008 on www.coedmagazine.com

In football, a win or loss is determined not by coaching strategy or pure athleticism, but by which team has the hottest cheerleaders. Sure, some football “purists” would say this is completely insane, but I say pish-posh to that. Just hear me ...

HEALING THE PAIN WITH A TITLE
NEW ORLEANS - There were just over nine minutes left in the third quarter when Matt Flynn found Early Doucet in the flat and the LSU senior wide receiver pondered the oncoming Ohio State sandwich awaiting him and instead danced free of both...

Police arrest 15 following OSU loss
Fifteen people were arrested and several fires set around the Ohio State campus after the Buckeyes lost to LSU in the BCS championship game Monday night. Most of the arrests were on charges of disorderly conduct or resisting arrest, though two were ...

BCS title game ratings down from 2007 (AP)
This year's LSU-Ohio State matchup in the BCS title game couldn't draw as many television viewers as last season's Florida-Ohio State game. The Tigers' 38-24 win Monday night on Fox earned a 14.4 rating and a 22 share, down 17 percent from the 17.4/27 ...

BCS championship ratings down 17% from last year
This year's LSU-Ohio State matchup in the BCS title game couldn't draw as many television viewers as last season's Florida-Ohio ...

Stewart Mandel: Surging Bulldogs start atop '08 preseason top 10
The SEC again reigned supreme in 2007. But what about next year? Stewart Mandel unveils his preseason top 10 for '08 with an SEC team picking up right where champion LSU left off.