2008 Mythical National Championship Game

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Going into the final week of the regular season it seemed the majority of us were excited about the possibility of a fresh MNC match-up of West Virginia vs. Missouri that would a program defining game for both teams. Well it didn't quite workout that way and we ended up with two traditional powers who pretty much backed their way into it. That being said after the lackluster slate of BCS games to this point I'm convinced this will end up being an instant classic that Ohio State eeks out (just like the 2003 Fiesta Bowl) and then everyone can say "Hey the BCS works!" The game does have potential historical significance as if LSU wins they would become the first two loss MNC since 1960 (Minnesota) and the first ever two loss, post-bowl MNC. Personally I think that would be a good thing as I think one of the reasons some are squeamish about the idea of a true playoff system is that two or three loss teams would have a shot at winning it.

 

MONDAY

BCS Championship Game: #2 LSU vs. #1 Ohio State, 8:00/5:00 PM, Fox

 

 

LSU Bowl History (19-18-1)

 

1/1/36 Sugar: TCU 3, LSU 2

1/1/37 Sugar: #6 Santa Clara 21, #2 LSU 14

1/1/38 Sugar: #9 Santa Clara 6, #8 LSU 0

1/1/44 Orange: LSU 19, Texas A&M 14

1/1/47 Cotton: #8 LSU 0, #16 Arkansas 0 tie

1/2/50 Sugar: #2 Oklahoma 35, #9 LSU 0

1/1/59 Sugar: #1 LSU 7, #12 Clemson 0

1/1/62 Orange: #4 LSU 25, #7 Colorado 7

1/1/63 Cotton: #7 LSU 13, #4 Texas 0

12/21/63 Bluebonnet: Baylor 14, LSU 7

1/1/65 Sugar: #7 LSU 13, Syracuse 10

1/1/66 Cotton: LSU 14, #2 Arkansas 7

1/1/68 Sugar: LSU 20, #6 Wyoming 13

12/30/68 Peach: LSU 31, #19 Florida State 27

1/1/71 Orange: #3 Nebraska 17, #5 LSU 12

12/18/71 Sun: #11 LSU 33, Iowa State 15

12/30/72 Bluebonnet: #11 Tennessee 24, #10 LSU 17

1/1/74 Sugar: #6 Penn State 16, #13 LSU 9

12/31/77 Sun: Stanford 24, LSU 14

12/23/78 Liberty: #18 Missouri 20, LSU 15

12/22/79 Tangerine: LSU 34, Wake Forest 10

1/1/83 Orange: #3 Nebraska 21, #13 LSU 20

1/1/85 Sugar: #5 Nebraska 28, #11 LSU 10

12/27/85 Liberty: Baylor 21, #12 LSU 7

1/1/87 Sugar: #6 Nebraska 30, #5 LSU 15

1/2/89 Hall of Fame: #17 Syracuse 23, #16 LSU 10

12/29/95 Independence: LSU 45, Michigan State 26

12/28/96 Peach: #17 LSU 10, Clemson 7

12/28/97 Independence: #15 LSU 27, Notre Dame 9

12/29/00 Peach: LSU 28, #13 Georgia Tech 14

1/1/02 Sugar: #13 LSU 47, #8 Illinois 34

1/1/03 Cotton: #10 Texas 35, LSU 20

1/4/04 Sugar: #2 LSU 21, #1 Oklahoma 14

1/1/05 Capital One: #12 Iowa 30, #11 LSU 25

12/30/05 Peach: #12 LSU 40, #8 Miami 3

1/3/07 Sugar: #4 LSU 41, #11 Notre Dame 14

 

 

Ohio State Bowl History (18-20)

 

1/1/21 Rose: California 28, Ohio State 0

1/2/50 Rose: #6 Ohio State 17, #2 California 14

1/1/55 Rose: #1 Ohio State 20, #17 USC 7

1/1/58 Rose: #2 Ohio State 10, Oregon 7

1/1/69 Rose: #1 Ohio State 27, #2 USC 16

1/1/71 Rose: #12 Stanford 27, #2 Ohio State 17

1/1/73 Rose: #1 USC 42, #3 Ohio State 17

1/1/74 Rose: #4 Ohio State 42, #7 USC 21

1/1/75 Rose: #5 USC 18, #3 Ohio State 17

1/1/76 Rose: #11 UCLA 23, #1 Ohio State 10

1/1/77 Orange: #12 Colorado 27, #11 Ohio State 10

1/2/78 Sugar: #3 Alabama 35, #9 Ohio State 6

12/29/78 Hall of Fame: #7 Clemson 17, #20 Ohio State 15

1/1/80 Rose: #3 USC, #1 Ohio State 16

12/26/80 Fiesta: #10 Penn State 31, #11 Ohio State 19

12/30/81 Liberty: #15 Ohio State 31, Navy 28

12/17/82 Holiday: #17 Ohio State 47, BYU 17

1/2/84 Fiesta: #14 Ohio State 28, #15 Pittsburgh 23

1/1/85 Rose: #18 USC 20, #6 Ohio State 17

12/28/85 Citrus: #17 Ohio State 10, #9 BYU 7

1/1/87 Cotton: #11 Ohio State 28, #8 Texas A&M 12

1/1/90 Hall of Fame: #9 Auburn 31, #21 Ohio State 14

12/27/90 Liberty: Air Force 23, #24 Ohio State 11

1/1/92 Hall of Fame: #16 Syracuse 24, #25 Ohio State 17

1/1/93 Citrus: #8 Georgia 21, #15 Ohio State 14

12/30/93 Holiday: #11 Ohio State 28, BYU 21

1/2/95 Citrus: #6 Alabama 24, #13 Ohio State 17

1/1/96 Citrus: #4t Tennessee 20, #4t Ohio State 14

1/1/97 Rose: #4 Ohio State 20, #2 Arizona State 17

1/1/98 Sugar: #4 Florida State 31, #9 Ohio State 14

1/1/99 Sugar: #4 Ohio State 24, #6 Texas A&M 14

1/1/01 Outback: South Carolina 24, #18 Ohio State 7

1/1/02 Outback: #14 South Carolina 31, #25 Ohio State 28

1/3/03 Fiesta: #2 Ohio State 31, #1 Miami 24 OT

1/2/04 Fiesta: #5 Ohio State 35, #10 Kansas State 28

12/29/04 Alamo: #25 Ohio State 33, #24 Oklahoma State 7

1/2/06 Fiesta: #4 Ohio State 34, #6 Notre Dame 20

1/8/07 BCS: #2 Florida 41, #1 Ohio State 14

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Sure is a lot of anticipation for tonight's game I see. Guess I didn't need to make a separate thread.

[Mike wanna be 0]

LSU is better than Florida was last year, and Ohio State is worse than they were last year. If Louisiana State wins by less than 21 I'll be surprised.

[Cheech Tremendous 0]

I've never been less interested in a big time football game. I don't know if it's the uninspring teams, the culmination of a shitty season or the fact that I checked out on the college season weeks ago, but there is nothing here to catch my interest. Seems like most of my friends feel the same way too. First time we haven't gotten together for a BCS Champioship party in at least 5 years.

[Hawk 34 0]

The regular season was far from shitty but it wasn't conducive to an exciting bowl season.

[CanadianChris 0]

The regular season was infinitely more exciting that the postseason this year. There just isn't a marquee matchup, and that's directly related to all the upsets that made the regular season terrific.

[snuffbox 0]

I'll watch it but I'm not too confidant it will be great or anything. The Bowls haven't been all bad this year...some of the weak bowls were fun, Wisc-Tenn & Mich-Fla were both really good games. This season, though, more than any other previously (and they ll point in the same direction at the end) highlights the need for a playoff.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

My charge for the bowl season died along with my team on New Year's day. This is the first time in the past 7 years I haven't watched any of the BCS games. I'll probably watch tonight, but I'm kind of checked out on it too. I agree that none of the big BCS matchups felt particularly interesting, as selection fuck-ups (Kansas over Missouri?) and some obvious mismatches (USC/Illinois, Georgia/Hawaii) made them more like third-week-of-September games than postseason epics.

 

It definitely will feel weird watching an LSU game without Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson. They must have done about half a dozen of them this season.

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I don't care. It would've been better for college football if Mizzou and West Virginia had won their games to close out the regular season.

[Gert T 0]

I don't care. It would've been better for college football if Mizzou and West Virginia had won their games to close out the regular season.

 

 

I fail to believe that it would have been better. West Virginia and Ohio State looked like the exact same team before the Pitt game.

 

I think its close tonight. I am a homer so I will take Ohio State, but I cannot really see it being a +7 point game either way unless there is a late score.

 

 

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I'm talking more about the "two teams lose to hand two other teams National Title Game spots" thing. That (and this) was a shitty way to end an otherwise good season.

[Slayer 0]

I just want to see OSU denied another championship

[Jaxxson Mayhem 0]

osu bout to get hoed on/ osu, osu, osu bout to get hoed on (what)

osu bout to get hoed on/osu bout to get mothafuckin hoed on (what)

osu bout to get hoed on/ osu, osu, osu bout to get hoed on (what)

osu bout to get hoed on/osu bout to get mothafuckin hoed on (what)

[Slayer 0]

what

[Conspiracy_Victim 0]

Well, at least OSU isn't jumping around with their big play guy this year after a long touchdown. That doesn't seem to go well for them.

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Alumni Kicker Challenge? How exciting.

[Jaxxson Mayhem 0]

what

 

 

See :Big Tymers - Get Your Roll On:

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Well it was interesting for a quarter and a half. We have our two loss MNC and things might never be the same again.

[devo 0]

Not as embarrassing to the Buckeyes as last year's game, but still, pretty satisfying.

[Slayer 0]

Tressel = Bob Stoops North

[Maztinho 0]

Came home from work all jazzed about watching this game even if it was only the second half. LSU goes up 31-10 and I went to find something else to do.

 

The question is does Tressel start getting a choker moniker after this game? He gets them to the big shot and loses in consecutive years and neither game is even close.

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Slayer, I was about to say something along those lines. OSU is eerily similar to OU in that regard, but at least they have beaten some teams in the BCS outside of their national title debacles.

 

Either way I'm sick of seeing both teams.

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The question is does Tressel start getting a choker moniker after this game? He gets them to the big shot and loses in consecutive years and neither game is even close.

Unfortunately there's an unwritten edict in the media that once you get a ring, you're immune from the C-word ever again, even if you demonstrate as much after winning said ring

 

Though given the circumstances of the Luck Buckeyes' 2002 championship, it definitely doesn't shine a favorable light on him

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The question is does Tressel start getting a choker moniker after this game? He gets them to the big shot and loses in consecutive years and neither game is even close.

Unfortunately there's an unwritten edict in the media that once you get a ring, you're immune from the C-word ever again, even if you demonstrate as much after winning said ring

 

Though given the circumstances of the Luck Buckeyes' 2002 championship, it definitely doesn't shine a favorable light on him

How Dare you confuse luck w/ Robbery

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Which SEC will beat OSU next year?

[Slayer 0]

Maybe Georgia finally has their breakout year after being on the brink of a tantric orgasm for the last five years

[Timmy8271 0]

Vandy.

 

And Herbstriet is classic with his "The Big ten is between Conference USA and the WAC right now."

[Gert T 0]

Crow, crow crow crow, CROW!

 

But seriously Herbie is an idiot. The bottom line is if a Big 10 team goes undefeated they will go to the BCS Title game, one or two losses? In the herd with everyone else.

 

 

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http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news;_ylt=An...p&type=lgns

 

BCS is going to look at a plus one system for 2010.

[Kinetic 0]

Maybe Georgia finally has their breakout year after being on the brink of a tantric orgasm for the last five years

 

This can't happen. I will surely die.