re: Rank the national championship game runner-ups in the BCS era

Ohio State worked Notre in that bowl game.

Ted Ginn

Too much speed offensively for Ohio State in that game.

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1. OSU outplayed Texas for 3 quarters in the game in the Shoe. Taking absolutely nothing away from VY (they won the game of course) but OSU outplayed them.

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I'm sorry, but Texas coming into Columbus and beating OSU doesn't make them the Buckeyes the best team in the country.

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3. That ND team that OSU put up 614 yards of offense up on and shut down on O for much of the game was the same team that was an illegal bush push team from beating USC.

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OSU fans always talk about this game like they blew out Notre Dame. In reality, it was a 1 score game with under 2 minutes left, IIRC.

I always hear OSU fans say that team was playing so good at the end of the the year, but I see nothing to base that on. It took some fluky crap at the end of the first half to help OSU beat Michigan State, the Buckeyes gave up a whole bunch of points to Minnesota, and they barley squeaked out a win in Ann Arbor. That team was good, but they weren't playing better than everyone else.