Dr. Pomade

Agreed.

At least we aren't wearing those stupid fucking chrome helmets with the idiotic metallic green Buckeye leaves.

The truth.

13/10

Yup, happened right in front of me. Ted Ginn was essentially returning the kick into my waiting, loving arms. That was the greatest 30 seconds of my football life. We were all certain that we were just going to fucking curbstomp stupid Florida and their dumb Gator chomping fans. Fast forward and hour and I wanted to choke myself with my brand new #10 Ohio State jersey.

Yes, you double the money that you bet if you win. How you depends on what you bet. Usually, it works like this: If Ohio State is, say, 10 point underdogs, and you bet on Ohio State, you are betting that they will either win or not get beat by 10 points or more. So, if Ohio State wins the game, you win that bet, or if Ohio State only loses 10 points or less, you also win. In that same scenario, if Bama is favored by 10 points, and you bet on Bama, then you are betting that Bama will win by 11 points or more. If Bama only wins by 10 or less, then you would lose that bet. When you see teams that are X.5 point favorites, it forces you to round up to win the bet. Like, if Miami is 5.5 point favorites over Tulane, then that means, if you bet on Miami, then they have to win by 6 points or more for you to win the bet.

I remember reading some thing where they had a bunch of writers and other media people pick who they thought was going to win that game, and it was like this: Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Florida Ohio State Ohio State And I remember - in all of my stupid arrogance - being like, "LOL who's this fucking idiot that picked Florida? Doesn't he know we are god's gift to college football?" Then I went to the game and contracted a nice case of PTSD. I can still hear that one writer laughing in my nightmares...

Yeah they were bigger dogs to Miami - IIRC, they were about 11 point underdogs in that game. As well they should have been: Miami was essentially the equivalent of the 1995 Huskers that year, and Ohio State was the equivalent of the Florida State Trolls of this year. (Actually, Ohio State was even worse, as I think they won even less impressively - if that's possible - and weren't undefeated going on two years or coming off a national championship.)

Good grief, what a moron.

Please tell me he actually said that - and wasn't being sarcastic. If so, then I've lost all respect for that guy. Every BCS game could be argued as being just a "big" at this bowl game - not to mention the National Championship games. What an idiot.

1. Team colors 2. Amount of letters in team's name 3. Wins 4. Catchiness of fight song 5. Losses

Oregon is going to blast FSU back to the mid-2000s and would mudhole Alabama like Mike Shula or that fat bastard that got caught at the stripclub was still coaching. I'd worry about Ohio State if I were you; Oregon is out of your league.

Holy Christ did you just cite LSU beating a team that we beat by 59 points? I think you're going the exact opposite way you want to in this argument.

Yes, all of those teams have QBs that were solidly in the Heisman discussion. No, wait, there was just one - Dak Prescott from Miss State. So, just how liberally are you using the term "mobile QB?" Like, as in, those teams have QBs that are capable of moving? Because I think you're taking a few liberties here...

You gave up like 5 million yards of offense and 900 points to a crappy Auburn team - when exactly did you "shut that shit down?" Note: you will not be allowed to use the 2009 Alabama team to play defense in this game. Just wanted to make sure you were aware of that.

Mighty West Virginia.

BTW, think about how both the champion and runner-up will be viewed this year. Both, I think, will be thought of much more highly. The runner-up will have to have beaten a very quality opponent in making it to the title game. Obviously, then, the champion will have to have beaten two very quality opponents.

The one thing Bama has had trouble with this year is stopping the deep ball. Expect my BF Devin Smith to torch your second-grade secondary all game long. And I hope Bama facing the likes of the mighty Miss State's and Ole Miss' of the vaunted SEC West has prepared them for a big, slow team from the Midwest.

:fuuuu: Duly noted, and will make an earnest attempt to include different high schools. I think I go to those schools so often because I went to Groveport and my wife went to Pickerington, so it just kind of feels right. Also, I like your swaggy pick of Ohio State by two TDs. Right now, I am completely confident with the way Ohio State matches up against Alabama. Of course, over the next month, I will grow increasingly more nervous, doubtful, etc. By kickoff, I'll be certain that Alabama will murder us and all of Ohio State's band members in a horrific display of SEC might. It's what I do.

Haha, I was completely blanking on his name (and too lazy to Google it).

Iowa has usually shown up in bowl games lately and typically doesn't have a problem with the SEC, so I'll take them over Tennessee. Wisconsin is going to roll Auburn. Everyone will be talking all month about how terrible Wisconsin, how they were humiliated by Ohio State, etc. Expect them to curb stomp Auburn. Missouri will likely beat Minnesota. But it's basically a toss up for me. I like Michigan State over Baylor. Michigan State's two losses are against teams in the playoff. Not sure why everyone is freaking out over USC - they aren't that good. Groveport Madison could have put a beating on Notre Dame too, so let's not get carried away. Remember, USC got flat hammered by UCLA just the week before. I'll go conference honk and take Nebraska. Penn State historically does well in bowls. I'll take that history and Penn State for the win. Rutgers will beat North Carolina by three TDs. Write that down. Illinois and La Tech - this is like asking me to pick a winner between Pickerington North and Licking Valley: I have zero interest in either team and know even less about them. So, conference honk it is: I'll take the Fighting Idiots for the win here. Ohio State will beat Alabama. Scratch through what I told you to write down earlier and write this down instead. When I tell you to write things down, I want you to picture me like the guy from Spider Man that yells at Peter Parker all the time at his job at the Daily Globe or wherever he works.

Yeah, 8 is perfect. 5 P5 conference champs (and B12 is forced to have championship game), 3 at large bids. No Notre Dame special rule. 3 at larges can come from anywhere - all from SEC or PAC12 or from American Conference, whatever. Higher seeded team hosts in first round. These games are played mid-December. Gives us something to look forward in "down period" between now and end of the year. Also, gives teams enough time to recover, game plan, etc. 8 goes to 4. Bowls host second round and championship game (like it's structured now). 4 goes to 2, and 2 goes to 1. Voila.

Kudos to the committee for getting it right, sending a message, and staying true to its word. The message is that the B12 needs to get its shit together and have a championship game. (I also think the B12 made themselves look like idiots with it's one true champions faux pas. Like Machiavelli said - it's better to ally yourself with one side or another as opposed to trying to appease both.) The committee stayed true to its word by putting Ohio State over both TCU and Baylor (thus legitimizing them saying championships matter) and by putting Baylor over TCU (thus legitimizing them saying head-to-head matters).

Neither of us have ever been to New Orleans. It's on my list of places to visit - so, two birds, one stone...