College football this year in America has been full of upsets, blowouts and surprises. It has been a great year for watching, with higher scoring and more exciting games across the nation. And as we finish the season, we come to the finale of NCAA football—the BCS bowl games.
The five BCS bowl games (Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, Orange, and National Championship) promise to be some of the best in recent memory. With only five undefeated teams left in football, the others are trying to hand those teams their first loss of the season, or compete for the next best thing—a BCS win.
Rose Bowl – Ohio State vs. Oregon
This year’s Rose Bowl is the product of a subpar Big Ten Conference and an average Pac-10. Ohio State, generally a lock for the top ten at the end of the season, has lost two disappointing games, one to a USC team that looked shaky throughout the season, and the other to a Purdue team that finished below .500, with a 5-7 record. Terrelle Pryor has not looked like the quarterback that we expected, and Ohio State’s running game has been inconsistent throughout the year. More…
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