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The biggest day in College Football has finally arrived, tonight the LSU Tigers will face the Ohio State Buckeyes to see who will hold up the crystal BCS championship trophy. However, from most people I talk to it seems as though playing the game is just a formality as many feel LSU will roll over Ohio State - just like the Florida Gators did last year. I would be careful of getting caught up in that type of thinking if I were LSU. Why? Ohio State has two very dangerous things on their side…first is motivation and the second is that they really have nothing to lose. Funny thing is that this is almost the complete opposite of last years Ohio State team that came into the title game being almost to cocky, will LSU fall victim to the same fate? Being a 2 loss team I can’t see LSU getting to full of themselves - but they have always been a cocky team.

Ohio State is probably the most disrespected 11-1 team ever to be ranked #1. All you have to do is look at their schedule this year and you will be underwhelmed by who they played and beat, granted they beat a Michigan Wolverines team that finally got some respect after beating the #9 Florida Gators in the Capital One Bowl. But the Buckeyes schedule is filled with cream-puffs…Youngstown State, Akron, Northwestern, Minnesota, Kent State - those are not teams I would be proud of beating. LSU on the other hand seemed to play a big game every other weekend - instead of cream-puffs the Tigers played football powerhouses.

So what do i see happing in this game? It is going to be a lot closer then what most people predicted - I see Ohio State keeping it close for most of the game, maybe even taking the lead at some point, but in the end LSU will make some big plays and pull ahead for good.

Final Score: LSU tigers 31 - Ohio State Buckeyes 24

Another topic, imagine if LSU - and their 2 loses - win the game? Get ready for another few months of everyone in the world ripping the BCS system and fans of the other 2 loss teams who won big bowl games ready to riot. Both Georgia and USC won and played like they belonged in the BCS title game. This is the perfect reason for some sort of playoff…but no of course that wont happen for like 15 years.