OSU Hurt by Penolties

Frustrated OSU fans have got to be asking what happened last night when the top ranked Buckeyes went out and beat LSU in stats but lost on the score board. I know that OSU was not supposed to be there this year because their team was mostly made up with underclassmen, but they ran the table with one blemish and earned their spot, unlike LSU that needed the help of sports writers to leapfrog two other teams to get their opportunity in the rankings. I am not going to cry in my milk, but there was something very strange about all the personal fouls called last night.

Most of the personal fouls didn't get any replay coverage except the one that showed it wasn't a foul when a late hit on the sidelines was called. What I was able to see would hardly be called a personal foul in any other game during the season. Am I making excuses? No. LSU played their hearts out too, but the days leading up to the game and what is going to be said the until next bowl season is that the Big Ten cannot keep up with the SEC. But wait, SEC fans need to look back at this game and consider one thing. If the personal fouls were not called on Ohio State, would have LSU won the game? I say not. It was because of Personal fouls that they got two of their touchdowns which ended up being the game difference. Besides that, when the guys in the striped shirts start throwing flags because to linemen are talking trash in one direction, that disheartens a team.

Just like last season watching the Buckeyes Laughing on the sideline while getting trounced by Florida, something seams fishy. I don't believe LSU really beat Ohio State talent for talent. This game will go down with an Asterisk for me as one of the poorest and one sided officiated games I have seen for quite some time. I am not going to speculate why the officiating was the way that it was, but I will say sports writers are not eating very much crow this morning.

I don't think any kind of playoff system will work as long as the sports writers want to ordain a team to be National Champions. This is a sad day for college football and the NCAA, SEC, Big Ten and Big 12 should be looking at this game with scrutiny to make sure nothing improper went on. Unfortunately money and good intentions has taken over college football and they will just wait for us to forget this one too. I would like to go back to the days when each team could play their game without the threat of these media games.