KoKo’s team won last night in Middle River. It was a lot closer than it should have been though. The last time they played, RLF wiped the floor with them, but this time the girls just seemed sluggish, especially on offense. It was a good thing Middle River couldn’t shoot and got into foul trouble right away in each half. I hope RLF didn’t let their championships in the Ada tournament go to their heads. They better get things straight here soon because they travel to Crookston next week, one of their two losses this season.
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Ohio State. What a joke. Again another Big Ten school gets flattened by an elite SEC team. Say what you want about the supposedly big, tough, and physical Big Ten. It cannot hold a candle to the SEC. Had Ohio State, who finished the regular season with a 11-1 record, played in the SEC, they would have been around 7-5.
If the Golden Gophers played in the SEC (remember their lone win, I think, was against Bowling Green – in overtime) they might not win another game this decade.
Say what you want about Ohio State’s 10-0 early lead. Yes, they had a chance to make it 17-0, but their receiver dropped the ball in the endzone. But that had more to do with LSU starting out flat than Ohio State having superior athletes.
Once LSU settled in, it looked like men against boys.
I know some out there will talk about Michigan’s win over Florida. Give me a break. Michigan lost to Appalachian State. They were playing tough for Lloyd Carr’s final game – and more importantly – they were using the spread offense for the first time in forever. (By the way – for those of you who don’t know – the spread offense is a shotgun based offense that spreads the field and throws the ball all over the place – kind of like the old Run and Shoot offenses back in the late 80s and early 90s – who was the only Big Ten team to beat Ohio State? Illinois. And they run the spread offense. Plus, they really showed up in their BCS game – USC crushed them 49-7). And Michigan barely beat Florida.
When it comes down to it, the SEC is damn near professional football. Just look at an NFL roster and check the schools – LSU, Arkansas, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Auburn, and Georgia will dominate many rosters.
The Big Ten just hasn’t caught up yet.
And now Ohio state has lost the past two National Championships in embarrassing fashion.
Has Ohio State become the Nebraska of the later 80s and early 90s when the Florida schools would absolutely embarrass them every year in the Orange Bowl because Nebraska had a bunch of big, strong corn fed locacl kids who just couldn’t run with the city kids of Miami, Tallahasse, and Gainesville?
Here’s looking forward to a true playoff format in Division I football. How great would it have been to see the three hottest teams – Georgia (who crushed Hawaii), USC (who crushed Illinious), Kansas (who edged Virginia Tech but only lost one game) and LSU (who not only destroyed Ohio State but whose only two losses are by a combined 8 points in two overtimes) – duke it out for the national championship? Why the gods of college football are content with this foolish bowl system is beyond me.
I’m already looking forward to the Kickoff Classic in late August. Where did the sason go?
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