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Ohio State or Louisiana State Tonight?
Jan. 7th, 2008 11:32 amMy instinct tells me that the force will be with LSU tonight in was passes for a college football championship game. They are evidently healthy, have a near home site advantage and played the tougher schedule this year. And they have our man Bo Pelini calling the defenses. I expect that OSU will still get their points but in the end it should be LSU running the victory lap.
Without a true playoff system, which I support, we'll never know for sure who was the top dog. Also the whole concept of asymmetry makes even the playoff system and one true champion suspect. It often just depends on the particulars of the matchups. Weaknesses that can be exploited or not.
The psychological game is critically important in college ball. OSU is getting seriously badmouthed in the press for the weak scheduling and they still sting from last year's loss. Conversely, Bo's guys will be playing for him as an outgoing coach. A last hurrah. The edge to OSU on this one.
Should be interesting.
Without a true playoff system, which I support, we'll never know for sure who was the top dog. Also the whole concept of asymmetry makes even the playoff system and one true champion suspect. It often just depends on the particulars of the matchups. Weaknesses that can be exploited or not.
The psychological game is critically important in college ball. OSU is getting seriously badmouthed in the press for the weak scheduling and they still sting from last year's loss. Conversely, Bo's guys will be playing for him as an outgoing coach. A last hurrah. The edge to OSU on this one.
Should be interesting.
