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Game Thread 2015 National Championship Game: (2) Oregon vs. (4) Ohio State, Jan 12th @ 8:30p ET, ESPN

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LordJeffBuck said:
Oregon once again proved that it is a fake football team, and that finesse football doesn't win championships. In 2010, Oregon went a perfect 12-0 during the regular season, averaging 49.3 points per game. In the national championship game, a tough and physical Auburn squad held them to 19 points and crushed their national championship hopes. Same thing last night. Oregon entered the contest averaging 47.2 points per game and had just scored 59 against #3 Florida State in the Rose Bowl. The Ohio State defense beat the snot out of Oregon and the speedy Ducks were never able to get into a rhythm offensively. The Buckeye defense came up with big stops all game long and held the Ducks to just 20 points on the night.
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I actually said last night that I have zero respect for Oregon as a football team. They're all sizzle and no steak. The 5,000 stupid uniforms, the Nike money, the gimmicky horseshit sandlot game (it ain't football) they play...no respect from me. I guess they deserve some credit for carving out a niche for themselves, but they aren't going to win the prize unless they luck into a matchup with a similarly constructed team. Football, for all of the changes over the last decade, is still about moving that guy out of the way so your guy can go forward. Oregon can't do that against physical teams. Especially physical teams that are just as fast and athletic as them.
 
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DEBuckeye said:
I just saw that there are people bitching about our final TD being poor sportsmanship. Like we should have taken a knee. Are you fucking kidding me? In the national championship game? Not a chance. No way. If you don't want to get scored on, then stop us. If not, then shut the fuck up.
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Ermmm ... the Bucks came to the Championship Game to play FOOTBALL, bitches!

:boom:
 
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Ohio State is now 9-0 all-time against Oregon, including 3-0 in bowl/playoff games:

01-01-1958: Ohio State 10, Oregon 7 (Rose Bowl)
11-18-1961: Ohio State 22, Oregon 12
11-17-1962: Ohio State 26, Oregon 7
10-07-1967: Ohio State 30, Oregon 0
10-05-1968: Ohio State 21, Oregon 6
09-10-1983: Ohio State 31, Oregon 6
09-09-1987: Ohio State 24, Oregon 14
01-01-2010: Ohio State 26, Oregon 17 (Rose Bowl)
01-12-2015: Ohio State 42, Oregon 20 (National Championship Game)

In four of Ohio State's eight national championship seasons, they beat the Oregon Ducks (1957, 1961, 1968, 2014).
 
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DEBuckeye said:
I just saw that there are people bitching about our final TD being poor sportsmanship. Like we should have taken a knee. Are you fucking kidding me? In the national championship game? Not a chance. No way. If you don't want to get scored on, then stop us. If not, then shut the fuck up.
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In the second game of the season, Oregon scored a TD against Michigan State on fourth down with 1:25 left on the clock to go up 46-27. Anybody complaining about the Buckeyes running up the score last night can STFU.
 
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LordJeffBuck said:
It's been a crazy finish to this season. First The Game (Michigan), then the Big Ten title game (Wisconsin), then the Sugar Bowl (Alabama), and finally the National Championship Game (Oregon), and now I'm drained. I'm looking forward to next year, but I'm glad that it's eight months away.
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In september we had lost 3 of 4.... wondering a little who the fake football team might be honestly. (I think even you mentioned the 3 of 4 losses)

And yeah, these guys close with 3 masterful performances.

And really... each one of them was its own mountain to climb for the Meyer Era, from getting over the B1G championship hurdle, to winning a bowl game AND beating an SEC team doing it, and finally winning the first final of the college playoff era.

Just amazing.
 
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AKAK said:
In september we had lost 3 of 4.... wondering a little who the fake football team might be honestly. (I think even you mentioned the 3 of 4 losses)

And yeah, these guys close with 3 masterful performances.

And really... each one of them was its own mountain to climb for the Meyer Era, from getting over the B1G championship hurdle, to winning a bowl game AND beating an SEC team doing it, and finally winning the first final of the college playoff era.

Just amazing.
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Greatest season I've witnessed. From the lowest of lows (VT) to being crowned undisputed National Champions, it was a ride I will never forget.

And about that VT loss: "Nothing cleanses the soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."-- Woody Hayes

That game seemed to reset the focus of this young team. After that, there was no stopping them. Just nothing. A true team of destiny.
 
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LordJeffBuck said:
I was really surprised at how ineffective Oregon's offense was. Oregon had 465 yards of total offense, which is a pretty decent output, although significantly less than their season average of 547 yards per game. However, outside of the opening 75-yard TD drive and a fluke 70-yard TD pass, Oregon really did nothing on offense. The two touchdown drives netted 145 yards, but the remaining 320 yards of offense produced two short field goals, six punts, two turnovers on downs, and an interception on a Hail Mary to end the game.

The ball bounced Oregon's way all night long. On their opening drive, the Ducks put the ball on the turf twice, but recovered one fumble and kept possession on the other when the runner was ruled down by contact. Oregon WR Byron Marshall nonchalantly dropped the ball as he was going into the end zone at the end of his 70-yard touchdown reception, and the replay officials very generously concluded that he had the nose of the ball over the front edge of the goal line before losing possession. Ohio State fumbled the ball three times and lost all three, while Jalin Marshall bobbled a perfect pass right into the hands of an Oregon defender. If the Buckeyes had done a better job of controlling the football, then the game would have been a real rout.

Oregon once again proved that it is a fake football team, and that finesse football doesn't win championships. In 2010, Oregon went a perfect 12-0 during the regular season, averaging 49.3 points per game. In the national championship game, a tough and physical Auburn squad held them to 19 points and crushed their national championship hopes. Same thing last night. Oregon entered the contest averaging 47.2 points per game and had just scored 59 against #3 Florida State in the Rose Bowl. The Ohio State defense beat the snot out of Oregon and the speedy Ducks were never able to get into a rhythm offensively. The Buckeye defense came up with big stops all game long and held the Ducks to just 20 points on the night.

Oregon gained 465 yards, but couldn't get yards when it counted – the Ducks were just 2 for 12 on third down and 0 for 2 on fourth down, one of which was a crucial goal line stand. On the other side of the ball, the Ohio State offensive line consistently blew gaping holes in the Oregon defense, and the Buckeyes exploited it for 296 yards and 5 touchdowns on the ground. The Buckeye offense converted 8 of 15 third downs, and all three of their fourth down attempts.

Ohio State shot themselves in the foot with turnovers (3 fumbles, 1 interception) but Oregon was never able to capitalize, gaining only 10 points off of those four turnovers. Oregon's problem was penalties – 10 for 76 yards. Four of those penalties came on a single possession with the game still in the balance. Ohio State had just gone up 35-20 with 9:44 left in the game. Oregon received the ensuing kickoff and after a nice return would've had the ball near midfield, but a holding penalty set them back to their own 10-yard line. Three more penalties on the drive put the Ducks at 3rd-and-26 deep in their own territory and Oregon was eventually forced to punt. On their next drive, still trailing by just 15 points (two scores), a 29-yard pass play was negated by a holding penalty and the Ducks again had to punt the ball away. On the Buckeyes' final drive, with time running down and Ohio State facing a fourth-and-inches, an Oregon defender jumped offsides and gave the Buckeyes a cheap first down.

Oregon was chippy and swaggering all night long (well, at least until the fourth quarter when the Buckeyes finally pounded them into submission), and they run up the score whenever they get the chance (including a garbage TD with 1:25 left to play against Michigan State). So I'm glad that Urban didn't take a knee and added an extra touchdown in the final minute of the game. That made a statement – if you're gonna quack, we're gonna attack.

And one more thing, Oregon: The real national championship game was the Sugar Bowl. You paled in comparison to Alabama. I'll remember that epic Sugar Bowl long after this game.

Congratulations to Urban Meyer, the rest of the staff, and especially the players for bringing home the eighth national championship in Ohio State history (1942, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970, 2002, 2014)!

It's been a crazy finish to this season. First The Game (Michigan), then the Big Ten title game (Wisconsin), then the Sugar Bowl (Alabama), and finally the National Championship Game (Oregon), and now I'm drained. I'm looking forward to next year, but I'm glad that it's eight months away.
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Well said. I'll just add two things:

1. On the ball bouncing Oregon's way all night, you couldn't have been more spot-on. In addition to the Marshall INT that you noted, we had the following:

- On Oregon's initial drive, the ball bounced right back into the hands of the RB who fumbled, so much that he didn't really even break his stride.
- On the Corey Smith fumble, the ball again bounced right into the hands of an Oregon defender.
- On the Jones/Elliott fumble, an Oregon player was positioned perfectly to recover the ball--it basically happened right in front of him.

2. In 2009, a lot of people expected Oregon to score at will on OSU in the Rose Bowl as well. They came in averaging just under 38 a game, and OSU held them to 17.
 
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Michael Bluth said:
Ha like Oregon doesn't run up the score on people. They added a garbage TD against MSU very late to make it looks worse.
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Oregon loves to run the frickin' score up. This wasn't throwing deep while up by 30. This was running Zeke off tackle which everybody in the universe knew was coming, and Oregon being too soft to stop it.
 
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