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Someone says Buckeyes No. 1. Discuss.
We’re four months from next football season, but there’s no reason to stop from speculating about who should play in next season’s national championship game.
That’s why we have outlets like nationalchamps.net, which says Ohio State will be the 2008 national champion, ending two seasons of frustration in the title game.
So, there it is. Discuss:
Before we get any further, let’s take a look at the selection of the Buckeyes as the No. 1 pick. Sure, they have several starters returning from last year’s team and have played in consecutive national title games. But they did lose both of those games to SEC teams.
In fact, Ohio State has never beaten an SEC team in a bowl. Consequently, if Ohio State and Georgia ended up 1-2 before bowl season, the Buckeyes would have to find a way to cope with another fast SEC squad. Just a thought.
Of course, anyone can say anything this time of year. Here, watch: Florida will win the national championship next season. No support, no reasoning. But it’s a prediction.
If you go beyond the Web site prediction, Ohio State is still doing pretty well:
However, Georgia is getting a lot of support outside the nationalchamps.net site as the team to beat. In fact, a consensus poll that appears on the site of groups that have already selected a preseason top 25 list has Georgia at No. 1 and Ohio State at No. 2 followed by USC, Oklahoma, Florida, Missouri, LSU, Wisconsin, Texas and West Virginia.
Who knows. But, with the Reds doing what they are, I’ll find any reason to talk about college football.
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