We Are The Champions, My Friends....

Well, co-champions at least. That's right! The Buckeyes were able to storm back from nine points down with less than eight minutes left in the game to beat the Blue. It was by far the most spectacular ending that I have ever seen in an OSU vs UM game. It's probably the third best ending I have ever seen of an OSU game following number one, the win over Miami for the National Title in the Fiesta Bowl, and number 2, the last minute win over Arizona State in the Rose Bowl. I have been critical or Troy Smith in the past, but he played like a pro during the last two scoring drives for the Buckeyes. The best play of the game came during the last drive with about a minute left when Smith started to scramble, but then rolled out and hit Anthony Gonzalez at the UM 5 yard line. It was a spectacular catch with Gonzalez getting up ended, yet still holding the ball. The Buckeyes were their own worst enemy in this game, turning the ball over twice on two fumbles. Both turn overs resulted in two scores for the U of M. OSU also missed an extra point and a field goal. If those kicks had been made, the last touchdown would not have been needed. Well, it was still a victory. A sad aspect of the game was that Bobby Carpenter was injured during the first defensive play and was out for the game (and maybe longer). He was clearly upset about missing his last chance to play the Blue. The OSU defense rose up to the challenge of losing him and held the UM offense to 32 yards rushing. What a great game to watch.

Other good things happening in the college football world:

#3 Miami lost to Georga Tech
#8 Alabama lost to #11 Auburn

It would have been nice if Michgan State could have beaten Penn State, but we can't have everything that we want. USC almost lost to Fresno State, but not quite. It would have been nice to see Penn State and Texas play for the title since they both beat Ohio State. It would be interesting to see tose games played over with the new OSU offense that is playing so well. Now we just have to wait to see who the Bucks will play in the Bowl games. It will likely be Miami in the Orange Bowl. That would be good.