Game Thread BCS National Championship Game: tOSU 24, LSU 38 (final)

[BuckeyeTillIDie]

Meyer will seriously be in the booth?

WTF??

 

[Mike80]

Meyer will seriously be in the booth?

WTF??

Fox has hired Meyer to work the pregame, halftime and postgame coverage.

 

[NFBuck]

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:57 pm Post subject: Fox hires Gators' Meyer to work national title game on TV

Florida coach Urban Meyer will be in New Orleans on
Jan. 7 to work the BCS National Championship Game
between Ohio State and LSU as a broadcaster.

Fox has hired Meyer to work the pregame, halftime
and postgame coverage. He will be joined by Heisman
Trophy winner Eddie George, Chris Rose and Jimmy Johnson.

Meyer led the Gators to their second national title with a 41-14
win against Ohio State last season in Glendale, Ariz.
George rushed for 3,768 yards in his career, second in
Buckeyes' school history.

Fox has hired Meyer to work the pregame, halftime and postgame coverage.

Obviously a conspiracy against LSU.

 

[sluTiger]

Obviously a conspiracy against LSU.

Meyer is a total dick... He hates LSU and the feeling is mutual...

 

[Mike80]

Meyer is a total dick... He hates LSU and the feeling is mutual...

Coming from you I'm sure he would consider that a compliment.....

 

[sluTiger]

Coming from you I'm sure he would consider that a compliment.....

Good, he should not have come to the TS and had his team jump on the eye of the tiger. Just a bit disrespectful ...

 

[ysubuck]

Just saw a piece on espin regarding Glenn Dorsey and the LSU defense. They had this little snippet to share as well...

LSU Defensive Players Taken In First Round Since 1980
LaRon Landry - 2007
Marcus Spears - 2005
Anthony McFarland - 1999
Eric Hill - 1989


I'm not sure what to make of this. Is this supposed to be impressive? I'm not being a smart ass here I'm truly trying to figure out what they were trying to do with this.

Lets look at Ohio State off the top of my head since 2002:
AJ Hawk
Bobby Carpenter
Donte Whitner
Will Smith


EDIT Had Mike Doss and he went 2nd round.

 

[osugrad21]

Link

Tigers holding the line
Consistency in the trenches has helped LSU
Glenn Guilbeau
[email protected]

BATON ROUGE - It lost a preseason All-American thought to be the best offensive lineman on the team. It starts two former defensive linemen who were not going to play a lot there. It starts only one senior and two sophomores.It ended as perhaps the most solid area of the LSU football team. The Tigers' offensive line has started the same five guys in 12 of 13 games - sophomore Ciron Black at left tackle, junior Herman Johnson at left guard, junior Brett Helms at center, sophomore Lyle Hitt at right guard and senior Carnell Stewart at right tackle. That quintet will start the BCS national championship game on Jan. 7 against Ohio State in New Orleans.
Everything starts with the line, and the results are in.




Cont...

 

[OregonBuckeye]

Just saw a piece on espin regarding Glenn Dorsey and the LSU defense. They had this little snippet to share as well...

LSU Defensive Players Taken In First Round Since 1980
LaRon Landry - 2007
Marcus Spears - 2005
Anthony McFarland - 1999
Eric Hill - 1989


I'm not sure what to make of this. Is this supposed to be impressive? I'm not being a smart ass here I'm truly trying to figure out what they were trying to do with this.

Lets look at Ohio State off the top of my head since 2002:
Mike Doss
A.J. Hawk
Bobby Carpenter
Donte Whitner
Will Smith

Doss went 2nd round.

 

[BuckeyeGanoosh]

Just saw a piece on espin regarding Glenn Dorsey and the LSU defense. They had this little snippet to share as well...

LSU Defensive Players Taken In First Round Since 1980
LaRon Landry - 2007
Marcus Spears - 2005
Anthony McFarland - 1999
Eric Hill - 1989

I'm not sure what to make of this. Is this supposed to be impressive? I'm not being a smart ass here I'm truly trying to figure out what they were trying to do with this.

Lets look at Ohio State off the top of my head since 2002:
Mike Doss
A.J. Hawk
Bobby Carpenter
Donte Whitner
Will Smith

You're awfully conservative, and this only goes back 10 years, NOT 27.....

1997
Shawn Springs
1999
[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]Andy Katzenmoyer
Antoine Winfield
[/FONT][FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]2000[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]Ahmed Plumme[/FONT]r
[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]2001
Nate Clements
2004[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica]Will Smith[/FONT]
Chris Gamble
2006
A.J. Hawk (5th overall)
Donte Whitner (8th overall)
Bobby Carpenter (18th overall)
2008 :(
Vernon Gholston
Malcolm Jenkins

 

[daddyphatsacs]

I'm not sure why the LSU defensive line gets so much love. Here is where they rank in some key categories, in comparison to OSU.

Sacks: 32 sacks in 13 games (ranked 32nd in country), compared to OSU's 42 sacks in 12 games (3rd in country).

Tackles for loss: 78 TFL in 13 games (70th in country), compared to OSU's 100 in 12 games (6th in country).

Rushing defense: 103.1 Yards per game (14th in country), compared to OSU's 77.1 YPG (3rd in country).

I know that one could argue that Dorsey was knicked up, and that is fair. I guess I just find it amusing to read about how great the LSU defensive line has been, when they have been far from dominant. If you go back through history, the stats don't lie when it comes to rating a defensive line over the span of a season.

I've spoken to some who are in the know and have heard whispers that the OSU coaching staff thinks that they can run the ball on LSU......well. This will force LSU to have to blitz, and it will open up the over the top plays. The media is fooling themselves if they think that LSU will get pressure with their front 4 alone.......no team has done that all season on OSU (consistently). And I'll just nip off the whole "LSU has played better competition argument", they haven't played a team like OSU........so it's trite, and a bit washed out.

If any LSU fan wants to argue my point, please back yourself up statistically. That is the only way that I will give the discussion any credibility.

 

[pokey]

Fox has hired Meyer to work the pregame, halftime and postgame coverage.

I am willing to bet that Meyer uses this NCG access as part of his recruiting process. It will be interesting to see how he does it. Will he point out how they do it better at Florida? Will he toot his own horn? Will he be condescending? I can't wait!

 

[GeauxTigers99]

If any LSU fan wants to argue my point, please back yourself up statistically. That is the only way that I will give the discussion any credibility.

Why would we want to do that?? You just posted all of the stats.

We know we have no shot at winning this game. All the stats prove that OSU is the better team. Add in the huge coaching disadvantage the Tigers have, and we'll be lucky to keep this game w/in 3 TD's. Hell, I can't believe they're letting us play on the same field.

 

[scarletngray]

I'm not sure why the LSU defensive line gets so much love. Here is where they rank in some key categories, in comparison to OSU.

Sacks: 32 sacks in 13 games (ranked 32nd in country), compared to OSU's 42 sacks in 12 games (3rd in country).

Tackles for loss: 78 TFL in 13 games (70th in country), compared to OSU's 100 in 12 games (6th in country).

Rushing defense: 103.1 Yards per game (14th in country), compared to OSU's 77.1 YPG (3rd in country).

I know that one could argue that Dorsey was knicked up, and that is fair. I guess I just find it amusing to read about how great the LSU defensive line has been, when they have been far from dominant. If you go back through history, the stats don't lie when it comes to rating a defensive line over the span of a season.

I've spoken to some who are in the know and have heard whispers that the OSU coaching staff thinks that they can run the ball on LSU......well. This will force LSU to have to blitz, and it will open up the over the top plays. The media is fooling themselves if they think that LSU will get pressure with their front 4 alone.......no team has done that all season on OSU (consistently). And I'll just nip off the whole "LSU has played better competition argument", they haven't played a team like OSU........so it's trite, and a bit washed out.

If any LSU fan wants to argue my point, please back yourself up statistically. That is the only way that I will give the discussion any credibility.

When healthy, Dorsey is a beast in the middle and makes the entire LSU Defensive Line better, because he has to be double teamed, most of the time. The Ohio State Offensive Line has played some good DT (Penn St., scUM) but no one with the talent of Dorsey. IF we can limit his effectiveness, we will be able to move the ball pretty effectively on LSU's Defense, both running and passing the ball, imho.

:osu:

 

[sandgk]

Fox has hired Meyer to work the pregame, halftime and postgame coverage.

I'm sure that will displease LSU fans more so than Buckeye fans.
Though I do think Fox missed the perfect balancing act, to have Charlie Weis or Ron Zook as the counter-analyst to Meyer.

Just saw a piece on espin regarding Glenn Dorsey and the LSU defense. They had this little snippet to share as well...

LSU Defensive Players Taken In First Round Since 1980
LaRon Landry - 2007
Marcus Spears - 2005
Anthony McFarland - 1999
Eric Hill - 1989


I'm not sure what to make of this. Is this supposed to be impressive? I'm not being a smart ass here I'm truly trying to figure out what they were trying to do with this.

Lets look at Ohio State off the top of my head since 2002:
A.J. Hawk
Bobby Carpenter
Donte Whitner
Will Smith


EDIT Had Mike Doss and he went 2nd round.

Since 1980
Kumerow - 1988
Vinnie Clark - 1991
Spellman - 1992
Wilkinson - 1994
Craig Powell - 1995
Shawn Springs - 1997
Katzenmoyer - 1999
Winfield - 1999
Plummer - 2000
Pickett - 2001
Clements - 2001
Gamble - 2004
Will Smith - 2004
Bobby Carpenter - 2006
Donte Whitner - 2006
AJ Hawk - 2006

Back it up one year to 1979 and you can tack on Cousineau - 1979 1st round 1st pick.