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Nobody gave them a chance... WTG BUCKEYES!!! :D
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Nobody gave them a chance... WTG BUCKEYES!!! :D CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FIRST NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS IN THE NCAA DIVISION I-A PLAYOFF: THE BUCKEYES FROM THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY!!! NOBODY gave them a chance. After losing starting quarterback Braxton Miller and a September game to Virginia Tech, everybody wrote off OSU and the Big 10 Conference. What did Coach Urban Meyer and the Buckeyes do? WIN. Second string quarterback J. T. Barrett proved to be just as good as Miller. And the departure of last season's great rusher Carlos Hyde wasn't too bad. A new great rusher emerged from the shadows: Ezekiel Elliott. And the defense emerged from that loss stingier than ever. In the regular season finale against Michigan, Barrett was lost late in the game with a season-ending ankle injury. NOBODY gave OSU a chance to get that fourth seed with a backup to a backup quarterback. What did Coach Urban Meyer and the Buckeyes do? WIN BIG GAMES. Third string quarterback Cardale Jones in his first three career starts: UNFAZED! BIG 10 CHAMPIONSHIP against Heisman #3 running back Melvin Gordon and the Wisconsin Badgers: 59-0. SUGAR BOWL against #1 seed Alabama and Heisman #2 wide receiver Amare Cooper: 42-35. CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP against #2 seed Oregon and Heisman winning quarterback Marcus Mariota: 42-20. For the first time in NCAA history, a team defeated the top 3 Heisman finalists in the same season, and the first to defeat two Heisman winners in the title game (The other: the 1/1/1969 Rose Bowl, when OSU defeated USC and O. J. Simpson). And for the first time in OSU's history, a rusher gained 200 or more yards in three straight games: Ezekiel Elliott, in the wins against Wisconsin (220), Alabama (230) and Oregon (246). Elliott's 36 carries, 246 rushing yards, and 4 touchdowns against Oregon are the most in a I-A title game. And as for the polls, since the AP poll started in 1936, Meyer became the second coach (along with Nick Saban) to win national championships at multiple schools, and the second time that a team ranked 10 or lower in November has come back to win the I-A title. The other? The 1942 Buckeyes coached by Paul Brown. And OSU is now tied with national championships by four different head coaches (The others: Woody Hayes - 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970; and Jim Tressel - 2002). As for the all-time series, OSU is a perfect 9-0 against Oregon, the best win percentage OSU has against any competitor in the 125 year history of OSU football. Ducks get goose egged again!  WELL DONE BUCKEYES!!! 
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Thanks Gigi!  "A little crazy" is an understatement when it comes to football titles in Buckeye Nation! I was a tot in the south suburbs of Dayton when Woody Hayes won his last two... Which reminds me, I need to add his other four titles to the main post... I miss my Great Miami Valley. *sniff*
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I know Sandra, but I'm glad you dropped in to say hello, my friend.  {=} 
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