this win is truly for the big ten conference. it is no surprise their january has been stellar. been told its slow and formationally stuck in the past for decades. the side effect that no one thought of, when creating this playoff, caters directly to that style of play. in the not-so-distant past college football took a 12-0 season to be crowned champion. it was a flashy sprint to stay undefeated. now its a 15-game marathon on par with the nfl, where ground n pound and defense wins out. this game could have easily been 56-17 without awful turnovers. i like that you can now survive a loss and evolve as an offensive or defensive unit. this is a truer crowning of a champion. slow and methodical or just pacing themselves to unleash athleticism when they needed it the most? what usage of ezekiel elliott down the stretch. his coming out party is now a full-fledged heisman campaign. sure, it meant scary moments in happy valley and against indiana, but it was all planned sandbagging for the bigger picture. it stored up the energy expelled in these last games that no other team had. urban is sly as a fox and his team of tortoises just beat the hare. as for tcu and baylor fans, they were livid with the buckeyes inclusion. in hindsight, their issue should have been with florida state. they were clearly a fifth or sixth ranked team. the committee simply couldnt pull the trigger on excluding an undefeated in year one. it would have been too big of a separation from what used to be. as this committee gains experience itll be interesting to see if undefeated power five fails to secure a playoff spot. theyve already shown that they are nowhere close to the bcs in valuing the and 0 at the back half of a teams record. look for tons of big ten and one-loss teams to win championships under this format; its practically designed for them.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 05:12:36 +0000
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