Ohio State Football: Bowl Game and Other Thoughts

This is my first article, so be easy.

So here we are. We are at the end of the regular season for Ohio State football. All we have now is the excitement and anticipation of watching this unique sport to find out who Ohio State's bowl opponent will be.

I am a college football fanatic. I love every bit of action I can get. But when Ohio State's season ends, I feel a certain part of me die inside. I wait all year long for football season. When it arrives, it is one of the best days of my life.

But all the excitement comes with a certain bittersweet feeling knowing that it will all come to an end in just a matter of weeks. Nonetheless, there are plenty of topics to be touched on before the bowl game.

I will briefly touch on two of the topics on my mind.

1. Who will our bowl opponent be? Which bowl will we go to?

Looking at the BCS bowl situation as it is today, it is all but certain that we will end up the in the Capital One bowl against an SEC team. That team will most likely be Georgia, unless there is a complete breakdown in most of the teams ranked above us and they lose.

Aside from that hypothetical situation, which I am hoping for, the Capital One bowl is where we will end up.

I currently live in SEC country, and it is probably the worst experience of my entire life being a Buckeye. I have to listen to the most ridiculous arguments regarding the SEC almost everyday of my life.

However, if we are going to play a good SEC team, Georgia would definitely be my pick. They are talented and tough. But they are inconsistent, which is unexpected considering their senior leadership and preseason expectations.

I have had the "privilege" of watching Georgia every Saturday for the past 11 weeks. I have been unimpressed by their showings.

Matthew Stafford, whom I think has the strongest arm in college football, is not as accurate as one would expect. His completion percentage for the year is less than 62 percent.

That's far from horrible, but for a man being talked about as the possible No. 1 overall draft pick preseason, that certainly is less than impressive. In addition, his composure under pressure and in big game situations has been less than stellar.

Knowshon Moreno is one of the better running backs in the country. He is physically talented and tough. But when I watch him, I do not see anything that deserves distinguished accolades or high praise.

His best assets is his quickness. He moves from side-to-side as well as any back in the country. He catches pass, he runs up the middle, and he runs from tackle to tackle very well.

But he lacks one huge factor: top end speed. Once he is in the open field, he does not break away from every defender like one would expect. Beanie Wells, who has close to 35 pounds. on him, and does not possess the same side-to-side quickness, has the top end speed to outrun EVERYONE on the field.

When I watch Knowshon Moreno, I am always surprised by his lack of straight line speed.

Georgia is one of the few GOOD SEC teams that we can match up against. They are not overwhelmingly talented or consistent at any one position group.

On defense, I think our linebackers match up well with their running backs, both in pass coverage and run defense. Our D-line is a slight disadvantage. No single player has been stellar on our D-line.

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