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Tomorrow is the night!

Okay, gametime is drawing near. Who do you like?

I think Ohio State just has too much for the Gators. You never know how the teams will play after such a long layoff but Tressel has a great track record in big games. I'll say

Ohio State 34
Florida 21

And am I going to have to watch the game naked all by myself and just imagine that Lilith and Osuche are rolling around in front of me? I'm okay with that if that's the case, I was just wondering. :D

I think it's quite possible we will get our asses kicked however I am not willing to give up hope.

Florida 27
OSU 21

For me, the biggest key to the game is Chris Leak and the Florida offense. They need him to play like the player they thought they recruited four years ago. He has the ability to be every bit as good as Troy Smith but he's just so darned inconsistent. Tebow coming in to run the ball will play a big part in it too.

I don't look for the Ohio State offense to be slowed down too much. Florida has a very good defense but I just don't see them shutting the Buckeyes down too much.

I really do look for it to be within a touchdown until about the 8:00 mark of the 4th Qtr though. I'm just afraid there will be an interception or fumble or something that does the Gators in. I can't wait for the game though. Still not really happy that they made us wait a whole damn week from New Year's for it though. :mad:

I should declare my class closed on Tuesday. All my students will stay up for the game and both my behavior specialist and I are Gators. We will be dragging ass.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lilith

I should declare my class closed on Tuesday. All my students will stay up for the game and both my behavior specialist and I are Gators. We will be dragging ass.

There were actually schools up here in Iowa back in '02 (well the game was in '03) that started late the day after USC kicked the crap out of the Hawkeyes in the Orange Bowl. I think you could get by with it. :D

I've been wrong with most of my picks thus far, so Osuche, you might want to get a little nervous.

OSU 31
Florida 24

Leak and Tebow keep the gators in the game, but Troy Smith, who is the biggest "clutch" football player in the NCAA get's it done, as OSU runs the table for a 13-0 record and the #1 team from August till January.

I think OSU will get it done, and by a good margin. I hope it will be a great game, though...worth waiting for.

OSU 38
Florida 24

Had two "projects" for today and got this one completed and the other almost done. I am pretty sure osuche will like the results of this one, maybe the other one too. :shrug:

I've got a computer program that simulates college football games (not a PS2 videogame or anything like that). It's purely statistically based with the teams rated on their actual performances including strength of schedule, etc.

I created all of the bowl teams for the '06 season and I've played all the bowl games thus far (20 times each) and the program picked the correct winners in 24 of the 31 games. Even got Boise St. over Oklahoma. Anyway, here's what it says will happen tonight. I played the matchup 45 times. Ohio St. won 25 and Florida 20. When the Buckeyes won, they won by an avg. of 10 pts. in high scoring games. When Florida won, they were lower scoring games and the Gators never won by more than 4 points.

Since Ohio St. won the majority of the games, I selected a boxscore that best represented their average win:

Code:

2006 BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 

06 OHIO STATE      14 17  0  7 -  38
06 FLORIDA          7  7  7  7 -  28

06 FLORIDA-     12:02 OF 1ST - 13 PASS BY C.LEAK TO D.BAKER
                 (KICK BY C.HETLAND)
06 OHIO STATE-   6:40 OF 1ST - 1 RUN BY C.WELLS
                 (KICK BY A.PETTREY)
06 OHIO STATE-   1:12 OF 1ST - 33 PASS BY T.SMITH TO A.GONZALEZ
                 (KICK BY A.PETTREY)
06 OHIO STATE-  10:20 OF 2ND - 4 RUN BY A.PITTMAN
                 (KICK BY A.PETTREY)
06 OHIO STATE-   6:14 OF 2ND - 2 RUN BY T.SMITH
                 (KICK BY A.PETTREY)
06 FLORIDA-      2:34 OF 2ND - 39 RUN BY A.CALDWELL
                 (KICK BY C.HETLAND)
06 OHIO STATE-   0:21 OF 2ND - 40 FG BY A.PETTREY
06 FLORIDA-      1:11 OF 3RD - 3 RUN BY D.WYNN
                 (KICK BY C.HETLAND)
06 FLORIDA-      5:04 OF 4TH - 4 RUN BY K.MOORE
                 (KICK BY C.HETLAND)
06 OHIO STATE-   2:54 OF 4TH - 34 RUN BY C.WELLS
                 (KICK BY A.PETTREY)

                               TEAM STATISTICS
              06 OHIO STATE                      06 FLORIDA
                    22           FIRST DOWNS           23 
                  34 - 107       RUSHING YDS         46 - 224 
                    327          PASSING YDS           180 
                    434           TOTAL YDS            404 
                23 - 32 - 1         PASSES         16 - 31 - 3 
               3 - 39.4              PUNTS        4 - 43.3 
                  3 - 1            FUM/LOST          0 - 0 
                  1 - 5           PENALTIES          10 - 61 
                  0 - 0             SACKED           3 - 22 
                 27:37        TIME OF POSSESSION    32:23
                6 - 13         THIRD DOWN EFF      8 - 15 

                RUSHING STATISTICS
06 OHIO STATE     TC   YDS   AVG   LG   TD
A.PITTMAN         10    35   3.5   11    1
C.WELLS            6    46   7.7   34    2
M.WELLS            4    10   2.5    9    0
T.GINN JR          2     1   0.5    0    0
T.SMITH           12    16   1.3    8    1

06 FLORIDA        TC   YDS   AVG   LG   TD
D.WYNN            13    52   4.0   11    1
K.MOORE            5    30   6.0    8    1
P.HARVIN           2    18   9.0    9    0
A.CALDWELL         2    60  30.0   39    1
J.FAYSON           3     8   2.7    5    0
T.TEBOW            9    50   5.6    9    0
C.LEAK            12     6   0.5    8    0

                RECEIVING
06 OHIO STATE     TC    YDS    AVG   LG    TD
B.ROBISKIE         3     54   18.0   42     0
B.HARTLINE         2     20   10.0   18     0
R.HALL             1      5    5.0    5     0
R.SMALL            1      5    5.0    5     0
A.PITTMAN          2      6    3.0    8     0
T.GINN JR          7    106   15.1   24     0
A.GONZALEZ         6    125   20.8   33     1
J.BALLARD          1      6    6.0    6     0

06 FLORIDA        TC    YDS    AVG   LG    TD
D.BAKER            5     56   11.2   18     1
C.INGRAM           2     19    9.5   11     0
T.CASEY            1     20   20.0   20     0
D.NELSON           1     12   12.0   12     0
P.HARVIN           1     21   21.0   21     0
A.CALDWELL         3     37   12.3   38     0
J.CORNELIUS        3     15    5.0    9     0

                PASSING
06 OHIO STATE     ATT  COM COM %  YDS  Y/A  Y/C  TD  TD%  I    I%  LG
T.SMITH            32   23  71.9  327 10.2 14.2   1  3.1  1   3.1  42

06 FLORIDA        ATT  COM COM %  YDS  Y/A  Y/C  TD  TD%  I    I%  LG
C.LEAK             27   13  48.1  122  4.5  9.4   1  3.7  3  11.1  21
T.TEBOW             4    3  75.0   58 14.5 19.3   0  0.0  0   0.0  38

                KICKOFF RETURNS
06 OHIO STATE     KR   YDS   AVG   LG  TD
T.GINN JR          4    70  17.5   21   0

06 FLORIDA        KR   YDS   AVG   LG  TD
B.JAMES            5    81  16.2   20   0


                PUNT RETURNS
06 OHIO STATE     PR   YDS   AVG   LG  TD
T.GINN JR          3    20   6.7   14   0

06 FLORIDA        PR   YDS   AVG   LG  TD
R.NELSON           1     5   5.0    5   0

                PUNTING
06 OHIO STATE     PNT   AVG  LG  TB  BLK  20
A.J.TRAPASSO        3  39.4  52   0    0   0  

06 FLORIDA        PNT   AVG  LG  TB  BLK  20
E.WILBUR            4  43.3  53   0    0   2  

                KICKING
06 OHIO STATE     EPM EPA   EP% FGM FGA   FG% LG  0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49  50+
A.PETTREY           5   5 100.0   1   1 100.0 40  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  1- 1  0- 0

06 FLORIDA        EPM EPA   EP% FGM FGA   FG% LG  0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49  50+
C.HETLAND           4   4 100.0 


INTERCEPTIONS
06 OHIO STATE  IR   YDS   AVG   LG  TD
M.FREEMAN       1    21  21.0   21   0
A.SMITH         1     6   6.0    6   0
J.LAURINAITIS   1    21  21.0   21   0

06 FLORIDA     IR   YDS   AVG   LG  TD
R.SMITH         1    23  23.0   23   0

SACKS
06 OHIO STATE     NO.   YDS LOST
Q.PITCOCK           2       15
R.ROSE              1        8

06 FLORIDA        NO.   YDS LOST
NONE

So there ya go. That's what the computer thinks may happen. Best of luck to Lilith, Osuche and all the other Gator and Buckeye fans here at Pixies.

Well the Gators damn sure showed up :D

Erm... I'm not sure what I think about the officiating. I haven't watched every minute but I saw one huge call I wasn't impressed by.

HOLY FLYING FUCK BATMAN!!!!!! I didn't see that one coming. Now that was a good old fashioned butt kicking!!! :confused:

Quote:

Originally Posted by maddy

Erm... I'm not sure what I think about the officiating. I haven't watched every minute but I saw one huge call I wasn't impressed by.

I agree. There was one touchdown I think should have been called back. Either way they were soundly trounced.

Since the game's over now ... I'll take a chance and pick ...

FLORIDA

I know ... it was a gutsy call. :D

I have absolute confidence in DB's judgement, so I'll back the Gators too.

Congrats to the Gators..........(gonna call up those folks in Boise and arrange a little pick-up game)???