Ohio State ML All Day Long

[The Seer]

razorbacks roll

I'm with ya dog. This could be a blowout.

I must have entered the Twilight Zone here. Three teams in the Top 10 and you say the Big Ten is a joke? Oh Jesus, good luck betting against the Big Ten this Bowl Season then.

who has won the last 4 national titles?


as far as the crowds, you people must have never seen how Arky fans travel. It's unreal, just like any other SEC team.

[wookieehumper]

Can't believe so many of you are in love with Arkansas. I'll take the team with the better defense, that's OSU. OSU handled Oregon last year and they pretty much have the same team this year. They will handle Arkansas with ease, who's not in the same league as Oregon

[CBASS]

Can't believe so many of you are in love with Arkansas. I'll take the team with the better defense, that's OSU. OSU handled Oregon last year and they pretty much have the same team this year. They will handle Arkansas with ease, who's not in the same league as Oregon

You're right! Arkansas is in the best league in the country!

[frankthetank]

Lock up on OSU. Great bet. OSU will prove their dominance in this one. Betya!

[ouman101]

Haven't been impressed with Ohio State this year. Average skills players with a good OLine, their defense is good but not great like has been. I think Mallet should be able to pick them apart plus a solid run game and Arkansas's defense should be able to contain Pryor.

4th ranked Pass defense, and 6th ranked rushing defense in the country, 2nd overall in the FBS...."good, but not great"

[ouman101]

I'm with ya dog. This could be a blowout. who has won the last 4 national titles? as far as the crowds, you people must have never seen how Arky fans travel. It's unreal, just like any other SEC team.

Obviously you've never seen how Ohio State fans travel. I guarantee that there will be just as many OSU fans as there will be Razorback fans, and they will travel 5X as far.

Do you think the SEC's success has anything to do with the fact that half of the bowl games take place in SEC territory? How well do you think LSU, Bama, Florida, etc would do in the snow?

[Jonah]

Would have loved to see an SEC team, or big 10 team for that matter, play Boise State. They would have been handled.

[ouman101]

Would have loved to see an SEC team, or big 10 team for that matter, play Boise State. They would have been handled.

I agree, I want to see how good they really are. I think they are a really good team, but I don't think all of their gimmick plays work against legitimate teams.

[Jonah]

I agree, I want to see how good they really are. I think they are a really good team, but I don't think all of their gimmick plays work against legitimate teams.

Whether you think they are a good team or not, I think we deserved to see them play somebody good this bowl season. If nothing else to better evaluate them.

They are good for a gimmick play or two, but that is by no means all they got.

[AJ21]

Ohio State will cash against Arkansas and play a solid well rounded game. The Buckeyes have a solid offense and one of the best D's in the country. Mallett will get some yardage and a couple scores, but the D will fluster

him on many occasions. The Ohio State offense will gain yardage on the ground and through the air also. They will take what the Arkansas D will give them. Wisconsin will also dispose of TCU as a pretender. I hate to say that because TCU has been money all year, but Wisconsin is on a roll and is always well prepared when it comes to playing in Bowl games.

[CBASS]

4th ranked Pass defense, and 6th ranked rushing defense in the country, 2nd overall in the FBS...."good, but not great"

Not too hard to do when you play that schedule.

[csm506]

That is a great point, I bet they would not do well in cold temps

[csm506]

OSU is a better team and Mr. Sweater Vest will be ready

[dngf]

This is an opportunity for Tressell to get the SEC monkey off of his back. He is 0-9 versus the SEC. Arkansas is a good team, quality wins vs. LSU, South Carolina, Mississippi St and Texas A&M, and as stated above losses to two schools that were rated number 1 at the time. Another point in Arkansas favor along these lines is Ohio State beat Miami, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Penn State but got smoked by Wisky. I think it is clear that Arkansas had some better wins. But, Arkansas has about the fifth best defense in the SEC, and their defense is not the same as playing against the defenses of a couple years ago of LSU and Florida. In the end, I think Ohio State's defense is better than Arkansas, and OSU wins.

[oklahomaoutlaw]

Would have loved to see an SEC team, or big 10 team for that matter, play Boise State. They would have been handled.

Man I really think if you give boise st a few weeks to get ready for a bowl game they will hang with anyone, boise states ones can hang with anyone but there two's and three's fall off quick so in a season long sec or big 12 schedule they would lose games but in a bowl game with weeks for them to gameplan I wouldn't want to play them, or tcu.

[adlai]

razorbacks will take this game... good enough to beat any top 10 team.

[chico2663]

Everytime Osu gets in a high stake game; tressel sweater vest chokes him!

[atwolfe]

The big ten's bowl record against SEC teams over the last 10 years isn't as bad as people think, it's like 18-20. But they always lose the big games, so that's what people remember. But Ohio St is like 0-6 against the SEC the last 10 or 12 years, and most of those have been BIG games. And this is a BIG game. So why would the Buckeyes perform any differently?

You haven't really heard a lot about Arkansas this year, as they have played in not only the toughest conference in the country, but the toughest half of a conference (SEC west) and have been over shadowed by Auburn, Alabama and LSU. But they are a very very good football team.

I like Arkansas to win outright, but I'll take the +3 (and at even money right now).

other SEC vs Big Ten games:

Penn St vs Florida - PSU wins staight up. I just don't think that Florida is that great, and they have really stuggled the second half of the season. Urban Meyer's spread offense still has to prove itself in the SEC. Sure it has been successful the previous 4 years, but that was with Tebow, one of the greatest college football players ever. And those guys don't come along very often. Its basically a home game for Florida, so I'll take the points just to be safe.

Michigan State vs Alabama. WOW!! 10.5 points??? Really?? I like Alabama to win here, but 10.5 points?? Thats just too many points. Alabama wins by a FG or maybe a TD, so I'll take the Spartans and the points. Especially right now when I can get the hook. (get it now if you want Mich St, it will probably settle in at 9.5)

Michigan vs Miss St. This is a tough one. Miss St had a solid season going 8-4, with their only losses coming to Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn and LSU - 4 of the best teams in the country!!! But there is still a part of me that thinks they are frauds. Their only solid wins were against Florida, Georgia and Kentucky - who are 7-5 and 6-6 teams. So nothing to impressive there.
Then you have Michigan - the wheels have absolutely fallen off the 2nd half of the season going 1-5, so its hard to read how they'll come into this game. And I don't think that Rodriguez is that great of coach, so I don't know if the extra preparation time will make a difference.
I see this game going one of two ways - 1) Miss St figures out a way to stop Robinson and wins a close one; or 2) They don't figure out a way to stop Robinson and they get blown out. Either way I'll take Michigan and the points at +6. (get it now if you want Michigan, as the public will surely be all over Michigan, I see this coming down to 4 or 4.5 by game time)

[csm506]

Really Chico they were nice dog last year to Hot Oregon in the Rose Bowl, I remember cashing in on OSU, OSU wins by 10-14 points.