We’ve been taking it for granted recently, but Ohio State is not yet in a BCS Bowl. We’ll know for sure tonight at 8pm when the official announcement comes out.
If we do get the at-large bid (and everybody expects us to), we’ll have to face one of four opponents – Texas, Utah, Alabama or Florida
The Orange Bowl is already locked in – they get to put the two least undeserving teams of all time in their bowl, Cincinnati and Virginia Tech. The Bearcats got cocky and needed a massive Hawaii collapse last night to keep from falling to 10-3 in the weakest Big East in a long time. The Hokies aren’t even in the Top 20. And the ACC sucked even worse than the Big East. This game is gonna be ugly.
The Rose Bowl is also locked, as Penn State and USC do battle. Penn State fans are revved up about this one, and I’ll be cheering for them as a fellow Big Ten fan….but I’ve seen both teams play. Not so sure you should get arrogant, Lion fans….but best of luck!
That leaves three bowls, the Sugar, the Fiesta, and the National Championship.
Oklahoma is a lock for the National Championship, but who will they face? #1 Alabama lost, which means Oklahoma is the new #1. But Texas was #3 and Florida was #4. Will Texas slide up, or will Florida leapfrog them with their defeat of Bama? Personally, I think Texas earned the right over Florida, based on each team’s loss. Texas lost to #7 Texas Tech, Florida lost to unranked Ole Miss. But I don’t have a vote. The BCS will probably go with the non-rematch and choose Florida. But if I were a Big 12 coach, I’d be stacking the deck in the coaches poll, putting Texas at #1 and Florida at #9.
So the Sugar and Fiesta will decide who gets the remaining four teams. The Sugar is going to take Alabama, and the Fiesta will choose next. All the pundits say that the Fiesta will take Texas. That will leave Ohio State and Utah to be selected….will we face Alabama or Texas?
I want Bama. We need to get that SEC monkey off our backs. Let’s beat them down.
And if we can’t have Bama, then I want a shake up and I wanna play Utah, for personal reasons.
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