Ohio State does not have a good offense. They have consistently ranked at the bottom of the national scene for the past 3-4 years. That being said they should at least be able to score 17 points on Oregon. Advantage Oregon.

OSU Defense vs. Oregon Offense

Ohio State has always had a good defense; over the past few years the D-Line has not been able to contain a faster more imaginative offensive game plan. This year they should be able to get more pressure and force an interception or two. Advantage OSU.

Other

Ohio State’s been off for a long time, if they don’t stop Oregon early, it could get out of hand. Ohio State needs to keep Oregon to 14 points by half-time.

Prediction #1 – Jim Tressel Gets Imaginative

To everyone’s surprise, it’s not the same Ohio State Team. OSU is able to score throughout the game and their defense is able to hold Oregon to under 24 points. Ohio State wins, 31-27.

Prediction #2 – Same OSU Bowl Outcome

OSU will score first. But be too slow to react to a great game plan. The offense will just putter and the game will be out of hand by half-time. Oregon wins, 45-13.

The only downside to this of course is that the Big10 Network is trying a money grab with Fox Sports a.k.a. News Corp. You see Fox owns 49% of the Big10 Network. They also own DirectTV so they (News Corp.) win either way. If they succeed you will end up with a monopoly of college sports very similar to the BCS (Bowl Championship Series). Can you imagine having all college and pro sports pay-per-view?

As much as I love capitalism, there's something about this that does not feel right.

Only 74 more days until football!!!

I will not predict the winner of the game, but I will predict the following:

• Noah will cry like a baby and then cuss when he does not get his way.
• Noah will beat his chest like a sissy.
• Florida will be uncanny at hitting 3 point shots.
• Oden will get called for the dumbest foul yet in the tourney and be sitting with 2 fouls 10 minutes into the first half.
• Connelly will somehow keep the game close by making great decisions and the team will remain close and within striking distance because of ferocious DEFENSE.
• Ohio State will have a chance to win the game with 5 minutes left in the game.
• One of the points above will be "game changing" in the last 5 minutes and that will decide the game…

p.s. Michigan still sucks!

Postmortem

The lack of the 3 point shot, and the lack of 3 point defense. I was right… Again…

p.s. I just added my Technorati Profile.

Football – 53-days=rust, no Ginn, poor offensive line play, too many tearful speeches by the QB, where was the hunger?

Basketball – Oden & team not in sync, too many turn-overs, poor shot selection, poor defense.

p.s. FOX sucks at college football…

Outback Bowl – Penn State vs. Tennessee – I think this will get out of hand early and am thinking the score will be 38-17 Tennessee.

Capital One Bowl – Arkansas vs. Wisconsin – I think that this might be a close one, Wisconsin is better than people think and Arkansas might be a bit over confident. Close win by Arkansas 17-14.

Rose Bowl – USC vs. Michigan – This is interesting, it will be a true test for how Ohio State will do against Florida. I will look closely at the Michigan Offense and how well they do against the defensive speed of USC. If Michigan does not run well it will be close, but if Hart gets his 100 yards it will be an easy win. Michigan 28-10.

I think that if the Big Ten looses all games today, the game against Florida is a toss-up. It will come down to our Defense getting turn-overs, and our Offense not fumbling or throwing picks.

Go Big Ten, and Michigan Still Sucks!!!