Ohio State Wins Another First Year Of A Certain # Of Teams Football ‘Off

Ten years ago, Ohio State won the first 4 teams college football playoff, defeating Oregon in the title tilt. Last night, they won the first, in the far too many, 12 teams ‘such’ (-8 plus) (34-23) over Notre Dame.

In the tilt, I slept, awoke to (31-7) Ohio State and their backers and maybe even the Buckeyes (vs me), needed a 56 yards/3rd and 8 Will Howard to Jeremiah Smith (single coverage on him), completion to get them a Fielding “cover” field goal (Densick on VSiN, “crying” said “field goal” as).

Quinshon Judkins scored 3 TD’s, 2 rushing, 70 of his 100 yards coming just before his 1 yard TD run made it (28-7) Ohio State.

After Notre Dame, which did lose (-28) at home vs Northern Illinois, but covered 11 straight during a 13 game win skein, which put them in a second ‘offs final (their comeback, scoring 16 straight points to get within 8 and the spread at that point and essentially until Howard/Smith, was a far better showing than ‘Bama ripping them in the ’12 title tilt, the one contested the year Beano Cook died), scored on the game’s first possession.

Next Ohio State “TD’d” on 4 straight such, while Notre Dame went the dreaded 3 and out thrice.

Certainly Ohio State and yes Notre Dame deserve some nice credit, far more for the former whose (10-2) “reg” ended with a loss, as near 3 TD “faves,” vs arch rival, Michigan, last year’s title winner, before defeating 4, at least good teams, Tennessee at home where “Mich” prevailed vs el Buckeyes, top ranked Oregon, Texas and then Notre Dame. Clearly Ryan Day did more than save his job.

While Notre Dame coach, Freeman an ex Ohio State player and eventual convert to Catholisisim, (his absolute right to do so, but forcing players to attend the associated religious services goes vs what I stand for, with “forcing” being the operative and offensive, at least to me, relevant verb) did a nice job, perhaps had he the excellent “on the basics,” parochial education, Catholisism affords, he would have known better than to FG-attempt at the Ohio State 8, down 16 with say 9 minutes remaining.

Quinshon Judkins, pictured above.

Just so you know, no matter his politics, Mario Cuomo, who happened to die the day Ohio State “Semi’d” Alabama on their way to that 10 years ago crown, was a devout Catholic, which I respect greatly.

Even more so, I admire Mr. Cuomo always stressing the separation of religion and state (church/Synagogue/mosque/other and state, if you will).