say good bye to the big 10

Easy there coach....I am a die hard Michigan fan and I will give both USC and Florida their props for games well played. However, I believe BOTH games would have been slightly different if these games were played in the course of the season. I don't care how good you are 51 days off affects your team. Go ahead defend that it doesn't....Say Florida had the same days off. They played 2 extra games! I believe either all teams have a championship conference game or none do. Is it fair that some college teams play 12 games and others play 10? I mean if Michigan played Po-Dunk University as an extra game Florida doesn't get the points to jump and vice versa if Florida never plays the Arkansas game they don't go the the National Championship either. The Big-10 is not done in fact it is strong and they will be back again next year so all you people get off the SEC bandwagon and be proud of your team and conference whatever it may be.

I am a diehard OSU fan and I would agree that on this night Urban Meyer outcoached Tressel. I did see the same Ohio State team from the previous 12 games. Even after Ginn's run back right off the bat you could see there was no life in the Buckeyes. Now im not making excuses because they got it handed to them tonight, but does anyone think it has something to do with the layoff? It looked like tonight that it not only effected the players but the coaches as well. Tressel looked as though he forgot how to call effective plays the whole first half and by then it was over. I think tonight as much as anything is good evidence that the bowl season has got way out of control with its length. No team should have to wait 51 days to play a game, especially for the national championship. You do not see the NFL take almost two months off inbetween the conference championships and the super bowl. Some of these bowls are being played in front of half filled stadiums and shows that no one cares about these two teams playing. I love football but I do not care that two 6-6 teams play in the Mineke Diamond walnut San Diego credit union poinsetta GMAC.com.org Bowl. Let the teams have a couple weeks off and play the game right before Christmas or the week before. There are so many "get em u[" speeches a coach can give in that long a time frame. Do not make players from both squads wait forever to play so teams and sponsers can make as much money as possible. Congratualtions to Florida and In Tressel we still trust. The buckeyes will be back sooner than later!!

Wonder how long it will take for the Urban to (insert NFL team here) stories to start

You know it's amazing how when someone gets thier a$$ beat, the excuses pour in worse than a tsunami . Face it OSU, 51 day layoff, Ted Ginn not there, whatever...you got your butts handed to you by the best team in the nation...nuff said. Now I'm not a Cane fan but I'm a fan of any team in the GREAT STATE OF FLORIDA and for OSU fans you got what you deserved after ya'll stole the national championship from Miami a few years back. Ain't it funny how this ol' world WILL come full circle.

GOT URBAN...GO GATORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Duece

Wow...you are truly a paradigm of class.

51 days is waaay to long. I'm a college football fan. Love the pageantry, the rivalries, and even all the pissin and moanin that goes on about whether or not there should be a Natl Championship. I think even if there isn't a championship the bowls should be over Jan. 1 just like they used to be. Once again, the Presidents of the Universities have kow-towed to t.v. and big money. That's the way it is right now. Too bad to, because I think in season or out of season Florida wins that game and we aren't even having this discussion.

Not slamming the Buckeyes, I just think they got beat by a better team. OSU doesn't match up well with them on the perimeter. Credit Urban Myers and his staff for understanding that OSU would have to stay in a zone defense and giving it to his athletes underneath to make plays in space. Also, Florida defense waaaay too fast up front for OSU O-line.

OSU had a fantastic season and have nothing to be ashamed of. Just lost to a more athletic and (at least last nite) physical football team. It happens.

I don't agree. Don't get me wrong I have great respect for Meyer and Tressel both, but that was not the same Ohio State that played all season. They were flat, they looked like they had no business being in a championship. Maybe if they had shown up to play Mayer would have outcoached Tressel, but last night I think the Gator players just plain ran over the OSU players.

All I'm saying is excuses are like behinds, we all got em'. And you are right, that was a stab in the back about the OSU-UM game a few years back, but that was a real good OSU team. This OSU team is overrated, by far. There is something about teams that win like the Florida team did last night, and the team that beat UM in 2002 (I think). There are actually a lot of similarities in the style of those 2 teams. Both had average offenses (UF most of the year was not really dominating), both played GREAT defense, and both had excellent special teams. I think a lot of the so called "experts" get caught up in all the smoke and mirrors of flashy offenses and make thier predictions based on that. As most of us already know DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS!
The 4 cups of coffee I had this morning didn't help in my earlier posts, but hey I'm a Gator and to quote:
"Some people say it's lonely at the top....well, they've never been a Gator!"

duece

i wasn't really even talking about the "fired up" part of the game

strictly the x and o's

looked to me like florida had some things that OSU didn't have answers for

protection wise
coverage wise
and just plain old tendency wise

Im not sure anything they drew was going to stop Percy Harvin last night. He was head and shoulders above the Ohio State defense last night

Hmmm, Urban to the Falcons!! OOps, to late