I am sick and tired of the "we don't want Ohio State back in the BCS Championship Game" comments. Or the "Ohio State is overrated" and "did not deserve to be there" rants.
Answer this - where was the outcry when Oklahoma lost back-to-back National Championship games? You cannot because there was no backlash against the Sooners.
Fact: Oklahoma's losses to LSU (2004 Sugar) and USC (2005 Orange) were by a combined 43 points.
Fact: Ohio State's losses to Florida and LSU were by a combined 41 points.
True, Oklahoma's loss to LSU was only by 7 (21-14), but LSU built a 21-7 lead early in the 3rd quarter, and Oklahoma's 4th quarter TD was a gift interception that gave the Sooners the ball deep in LSU territory. The LSU defense feasted on Jason White as he was sacked 6 times and passed for 102 yards. The OU offense managed only 154 total yards. LSU's performance was dominating.
Contrast that with the LSU - Ohio State BCS Championship (the Buckeyes' "close" game). Only a 14 point difference, but importantly, Ohio State outgained LSU. The Buckeyes moved the ball fairly well against the Tigers, but could not convert that movement into scores.
The USC - Oklahoma Orange Bowl was a 55-19 shellacking that dwafs the Buckeyes' recent performances. USC led 38-10 at the half, and 55-10 with 7 minutes remaining. Even with 9 garbage time points at the end, Oklahoma experienced the worse BCS loss - ever. That's right, in 42 games (10 years x 4 bowls, plus 2 BCS championship games), OU's loss is the biggest.
Ohio State's loss to Florida was equally embarrassing as the Buckeyes managed only 82 yards on offense, and were out of it by the mid 2nd quarter.
The point is that Oklahoma's failures were at least equal to the Buckeyes' but the media and the bloggers/commentators seem oblivious to this fact. Instead, they pile on the Buckeyes and the Big Ten. Where's the fairness?
