Open Thread: The Various Championship Games

Submitted by LSAClassOf2000 on

MAC Championship Game on right now. 3-0 Ohio over Northern Illinois with about 8 minutes to go in the first. I know, exciting, right?

Perhaps on a more intriguing note, Oregon will be nerve gassing UCLA on  FOX at 8  PM EST. 

M-Dog

December 2nd, 2011 at 10:43 PM ^

The Fox coverage of the Pac 12 game is absolutely atrocious.  Even the halftime is pathetic.  This same circus is then coming to the B1G championship game tomorrow.

And this is what they were going to trivialize the Michigan - Ohio State game for?  The theory was that the only way Michigan and Ohio State would ever play for the Rose Bowl again was to have them play for it in the B1G championship game (which would also coincidentally get big ratings and generate lots of $$$).

A Michigan - Ohio State game in Indianapolis in a soulless NFL dome, announced by Fox, and sharing the stage with the guy who wins $100,000 for throwing plastic footballs through a giant Dr. Pepper can is no Michigan - Ohio State game. 

Much better to have us in the same division and have to fight it out in the last game of the year to advance to the B1G championship.  Winner moves on, loser licks his wounds.  Every year.

This schlock-fest we are watching now is no substitute in any way, shape, or form.

 

M-Dog

December 2nd, 2011 at 11:16 PM ^

Oregon is the epitome of the spread offense.  They are the role model that everyone wants to emulate.

This is bizarre, but our current offense under Borges is in that same league.  Who knew?

 

MI Expat NY

December 2nd, 2011 at 11:57 PM ^

Some people on this Board lost some money.  All the talk this week was this was an easy line for Oregon.  Even playing a 7 point teaser made this one a loser.

mtlcarcajou

December 3rd, 2011 at 12:07 AM ^

will have some trouble with Wisconsin's power game. They are fast but so much smaller, at times UCLA was running very well on them. Of course Bielema could like last year suddenly have a Christmas revelation that they are in fact a passing team.

I won't speculate on Sparty.