What A Game!

There were ups and downs, but mostly ups. Ohio State ended up handing Wisconsin a sound beating. The Buckeyes started a little slow at first. Sure, they were up 10-3 at the half, but Wisconsin made some good adjustments at halftime and went on top 17-10 in the third quarter. That was that, as the Buckeyes scored four unanswered touchdowns and went on to win 38-17. It was really a fun game to watch. It wasn't one of these games that OSU had won in the first quarter. The TV commentators started to say all of the "number one is on the ropes again" talk and mention how all of the top teams in the past weeks have been upset. I was getting a little worried after Wisconsin scored to go on top and then stopped OSU cold on their first drive of the second half. Then, both the offense and the defense got on track and they bowled over Wisconsin in the fourth quarter. It was great.

In other news, Boston College lost, so now there will be a new #2 in the BCS. It will probably be #5 Oregon, who beat #4 Arizona State soundly, or #3 LSU who eeked one out against # 17 Alabama. They won on a last minute TD pass. I'm not sure which team I would prefir in the #2 spot. Both are pretty good and neither team has any ranked opponents in their remaining games. I believe both teams will play in conference championship games though. Honestly, I would rather that Boston College stayed in the #2 spot, but that didn't happen. I think that Oregon has a shot at leap-frogging LSU due to their solid win over the #4 team whereas LSU struggled against the #17 team.

The Team Up North barely pulled one out against their in-state rivals Michigan State. The final score was 28-24 and scUM had to score in the closing minutes of the game to come out with the win. I have to say, they really turned their season around. After back-to-back loses to open the season, including one against a Div 1AA team, I honestly thought the Wolverweenies were going to joint Minnesota in the bottom of the Big Ten ranks this year. However, after 8 straight wins, it's starting to look like the game in The Big House is going to be a real challenge. The one thing that OSU has going for them is that Wisconsin gets a shot to beat on the boys in blue. I get the feeling that Wisconsin is going to have a chip on their shoulder after OSU handed their asses to them. They play traditional Big Ten football though, so scUM should have a good shot at winning that game. It looked like Mike Hart was banged up again yesterday, so he may not be 100% for the rest of the season.

GO BUCKS!!!