BCS Championship

January 8, 8PM, Glendale, Arizona

FOX       

So, it’s come to this, the Bowl Championship Series title game.
31 bowls –some blissfully brilliant like the Fiesta Bowl; others
boring beyond belief like last night’s GMAC Bowl- have come
and gone, leaving this much-debated match-up between No. 1
Ohio State and No. 2 Florida. The oddsmakers say the Buckeyes,
led by the Heisman Trophy-winning Troy Smith, will win the game
by seven or eight points. Sounds about right. Sure, Gators head
coach Urban Meyer will have laid out one meticulous game plan.
And yes, his team is quicker than a crackhead on speed skates.
But what some folks have failed to realize is that OSU’s Antonio
Pittman and Ted Ginn Jr. are world-class speedsters, too. The
Buckeyes D faced fleet-footed Texas and Michigan earlier in the
year and everybody knows what happened in those contests. The
only thing different about this primetime affair is that it’ll just be
done in front of more viewers. Nothing Meyer, QB Chris Leak
or anybody else in the blue and orange can do will be nearly
enough to stop the 27-17 victory, prompting skeptics across the
country to wonder if Boise State or USC could have managed
any better…Nah, probably not. 

Interesting Fact: Having already faced the Longhorns and Wolverines,
the Buckeyes’ game with the Gators is their third No. 1 vs. No. 2 battle
of the season.