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Oregon vs. Ohio State is your College Football Playoff national championship
sbnation.com ^ | Jan. 2, 2015 | Jason Kirk

Posted on 01/01/2015 10:01:07 PM PST by PROCON

The Ducks and Buckeyes will meet for the trophy in Arlington, Texas.

On Monday, Jan. 12 at 8:30 p.m. ET, the No. 2 Oregon Ducks and No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes will be in Cowboys Stadium to play in the first-ever College Football Playoff final. The Ducks clinched their spot by embarrassing defending champion Florida State in the Rose Bowl, 59-20, while OSU upset No. 1 Alabama, 42-35, in New Orleans.

This will be Oregon's second appearance in an officially ordained national championship game. The Ducks' first came in the 2010 season's BCS Championship, when they lost, 22-19, to Cam Newton's Auburn in Arizona.

Ohio State made three BCS Championships, winning 2002's against Miami and losing 2006's and 2007's to Florida and LSU, respectively.

According to odds released before the Playoff began, Oregon would be a 6.5-point favorite against Ohio State. We'll wait to see the actual spread after Vegas gets another look at things. You gotta think both teams just moved the needle a little bit.

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To: for-q-clinton
If it wasn’t for the playoff it would have been bama and FSU again. That SEC hype used to really help ensure they always got a spot at the title. But this playoff shows where the real teams are. Remember sec fans saying they should have two teams in the play offs. Now we know why.

This is the best thing for college football. So glad no sec team is in it.

41 posted on 01/01/2015 10:56:55 PM PST by Digger
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To: PROCON

OSU 55 OU 38


42 posted on 01/01/2015 10:57:00 PM PST by Hotlanta Mike (‘You can avoid reality, but you can’t avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.’)
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To: TigerClaws

Ohio State won’t turn the ball over 5 times to the Ducks...I see double nickels for the Buckeyes against OU. The Quack Attack will take a step back, 38 points in a loss.


43 posted on 01/01/2015 10:58:25 PM PST by Hotlanta Mike (‘You can avoid reality, but you can’t avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.’)
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To: Catsrus

He wasn’t there last year. Alabama fell to 0-3 in Sugar Bowls with Nick Saban as head coach.


44 posted on 01/01/2015 10:59:37 PM PST by Hotlanta Mike (‘You can avoid reality, but you can’t avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.’)
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To: Quigley

OSU is a young team. They should be pre-season number 1 next year, with TCU number 2.


45 posted on 01/01/2015 11:01:48 PM PST by Hotlanta Mike (‘You can avoid reality, but you can’t avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.’)
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To: oldplayer

They could have saved FSU the embarassment by putting TCU or Baylor in the mix. And I’m convinced TCU would have truly embarassed Alabama.


46 posted on 01/01/2015 11:03:10 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (Obama voters are my enemy.)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Alabama won a National Championship in the Sugar Bowl under Saban.


47 posted on 01/01/2015 11:03:25 PM PST by petitfour
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To: Quigley

“I was almost pulling for Ohio State near the end of the game because of the sickening bad play calling from Alabama. Go Buckeyes”

Amen brother!


48 posted on 01/01/2015 11:03:53 PM PST by bluecollarman
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To: gunsequalfreedom

A freeper showed me how to get the games on the internet.


49 posted on 01/01/2015 11:04:46 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (Obama voters are my enemy.)
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To: re_nortex

I think he means free TV.


50 posted on 01/01/2015 11:05:14 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (Obama voters are my enemy.)
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To: PROCON

And now...ESPN is desperately trying to cancel the National Championship telecast because an SEC team is NOT in it!


51 posted on 01/01/2015 11:05:41 PM PST by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: for-q-clinton

The Big 12 hasn’t done so good.


52 posted on 01/01/2015 11:06:40 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (Obama voters are my enemy.)
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To: petitfour

Excuse me, Saban is 1-2 at the Sugar Bowl with Alabama having lost to Utah and Oklahoma.


53 posted on 01/01/2015 11:07:20 PM PST by Hotlanta Mike (‘You can avoid reality, but you can’t avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.’)
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To: re_nortex

From the SEC West only Tex A&M 7-5 and Arkansas 6-6 won. We SEC fans are hoping 6-6 Tenn, from the East, can put us over 50% tomorrow. ha!


54 posted on 01/01/2015 11:08:31 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (Obama voters are my enemy.)
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To: hoagy62
And now...ESPN is desperately trying to cancel the National Championship telecast because an SEC team is NOT in it!

I think otherwise. ESPN has a extreme leftist bias as evidenced by their support of Michael Sam and the firing of Rush Limbaugh. As liberals, they hate the most Conservative (and Christian) part of the country, the South. So my take is that ESPN is actually rejoicing that no teams from Dixie are going to be the CFP championship game.

55 posted on 01/01/2015 11:09:42 PM PST by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Now 1-3.

In the other two losses, those Bama teams had a few players who were not all in. But this team wanted to win. I hated to see them lose. But the Buckeyes were a force to be reckoned with. They are hungry and played to win. I appreciate their attitude. Oregon played to win, too. It should be a great battle for the national title.


56 posted on 01/01/2015 11:11:09 PM PST by petitfour
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To: Quigley

Thanks for the nice words. I can’t find another buck nut who knows who the 4th string quarterback is. Consensus is that that just maybe the third stringer is actually the best QB.


57 posted on 01/01/2015 11:11:12 PM PST by FreedomNotSafety
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To: VerySadAmerican

TCU has been the lone bright spot for the Big 12. But the two marquee programs of the Big 12, Oklahoma and Texas, laid big giant eggs.


58 posted on 01/01/2015 11:11:44 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: VerySadAmerican
We SEC fans are hoping 6-6 Tenn, from the East, can put us over 50% tomorrow. ha!

How the Vols have fallen of late. They were the first BCS winner in 1998 and were a powerhouse for decades. But even Vandy has played them tough for the past few years.

59 posted on 01/01/2015 11:13:46 PM PST by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: petitfour

Bama may have wanted to win. But I think they were lucky in a few games this year just like FSU. And their luck ran out. Like FSU, they had to come from behind to beat Arkansas.


60 posted on 01/01/2015 11:14:37 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (Obama voters are my enemy.)
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