 Sunday, January 07, 2007
BCS Championship Preview
The 12-0 Ohio State Buckeyes meet the 12-1 Florida Gators in Monday night's BCS Championship.
The Buckeyes have the advantage on both sides of the ball and special teams. Florida's Chris Hetland has only made 4 of 13 field goal attempts this season and will have to step it up if the Gators have any hopes of winning the game.
Gator Defensive Back Jones is great and probably going to the NFL after his Junior season according to his Mom but he can't cover Buckeye All-Ten receivers Ginn and Gonzalez at the same time.
Though Gators Coach Urban Meyer is a great young coach, the edge goes to Buckeye Coach Jim Tressel because he has more experience. If the Buckeyes win Monday night, Tressel's reputation will continue to climb toward that of his idol, the legendary Woody Hayes.
I do give the Gators the edge in that they are less rusty than the Buckeyes who haven't played since the "Immortality Bowl" on Saturday, November 18, 2006. They have also won the SEC which is the best top to bottom football conference in the country. The Gators haven't always won big or pretty but college football isn't a beauty contest, it's more important than life itself.
The Gators need to keep their turnovers to an absolute minimum or it will be a Buckeye Blowout.
Prediction: The game will be hard fought and close until the second half when the Buckeyes start to pull away. The Buckeyes win the BCS Championship Game 27-17.
Posted by Steve for the Travelling Tank going home to Upstate NY.
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