THE National Champions
Just like that, college football is all over for the season. I think pretty much everyone had a feeling it was going to go this way, but last night, number 8 ranked Ohio State University covered the 8.5 point spread and beat number 7 Notre Dame 34 to 23 in the College Football National Championship.
You probably won't be shocked to find that I didn't stay up for the whole game. I actually had no intention of staying up for the whole game, but before halftime I got so sick of the insane number of commercials they were showing and I finally decided to go to bed.
Besides the Superbowl I honestly can't remember there ever being that many commercials during a game. It wasn't just the frequency of the commercials either, the breaks were nearly five minutes long. When I headed into bed there was about four minutes left in the game. I told @mrsbozz that OSU was about to go up 17 or 21 to 7 heading into halftime and it turned out my second guess was right.
To their credit, Notre Dame came out hot and fast to start the game, but it quickly became pretty evident that they weren't going to be able to keep up that pace. Their QB was gassed by the end of the nearly ten minute opening drive and he had already taken a beating. Those first seven points were the only ones The Fighting Irish would score in the opening half.
Meanwhile, OSU defense were able to shake off the shock and awe and get their feet under them after that first drive. It does appear Notre Dame did have some success in the second half scoring a couple touchdowns and some two point conversions, but by then the damage was already done.
Ohio state scored ten more points in the third quarter and a field goal in the fourth to more than cement the win.
I had read a post yesterday where OSU coach Day was complaining that in something like over 700 snaps, their opponents had never had offensive holding called against them. I did notice that the SEC officials last night called at least one offensive holding on Notre Dame, so maybe that will make him feel a bit better.
In the end, Ohio State won fair and square. That marks two years in a row where Big Ten teams have won the national championship. OSU fans are going to be insufferable (even more than usual) for the next year, so just get ready.
Looking back, I think the new twelve team playoff worked out really well. We got to see two really good teams face off that wouldn't have even been in the running if we were still following the four team format. There is always room for improvement, but I think this is a good thing.
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