Ohio State vs. Michigan | Opposite sideline

Instead, we have controversy.

College football, baby. Gotta love it.

The road to the College Football Playoff continued to narrow on Saturday, leaving a pile of teams on the roadside while others continued to zoom toward the December 4 selection of the four teams that will vie for the national championship.

Michigan’s chances to open the lead were there, but the Wolverines couldn’t handle prosperity. When the official said they’re buzzing me for the spot. “That game is right in there”. After the game, coach Jim Harbaugh spent most of his time blasting the officiating. With the defense, recording another two interception touchdown returns on Saturday, providing the figurative wind at their backs, it was incumbent on them to pull-out a win. Woodson returned a punt 78 yards for a score, sprinting up the same sideline – Ohio State’s – and into the same end zone that Howard did to help No. 1 MI beat No. 4 Ohio State 20-14 en route to a national championship.

A play that will be bitterly remembered from here to eternity by MI fans.

“We have an idea of what we need to do and what direction we need to go in all areas”, Smith said. It’s an incredible feat from head coach Chuck Martin, who was basically starting from scratch with a program barren of talent.

“We just faced so much adversity”, Hubbard said. “I’ve said that many, many times”. After a gutty 27-22 win over Utah, senior safety Tedric Thompson told reporters, “Nobody thought we’d be here, especially four years ago”, and that’s true, especially as some back then thought Colorado had disbanded.

Penn State defensive end Garrett Sickels said he did not know what happened in the Ohio State-Michigan game until midway through the fourth quarter of his team’s contest when he spoke with fellow defensive end Evan Schwan.

“We had some protection issues and the pass game is a constant”, Coach Urban Meyer said.

There must be something about the Ohio State Buckeyes and Michigan Wolverines rivalry in the sixth year of the decade during this century. And there’s still potential chaos that could unfold in the Pac-12, ACC, SEC and perhaps even Bedlam that could create even more confusion.

In double overtime, the Buckeyes forced a three and out on the Wolverines. No way in hell.

The Crimson Tide (12-0, 8-0 Southeastern Conference, No. 1 CFP) led just 13-9 at halftime, dominating the stat sheet but only taking over the scoreboard in the second half.

Austin MacGinnis made a 47-yard field goal with 12 seconds left to give Kentucky the 41-28 upset victory over Louisville and Heisman Trophy favorite Lamar Jackson. Clemson had zero trouble with SC, keeping them in great position. “My team, we fought”. Yet, it’s hard not to see the Big Ten champ in Pasadena. Curtis Samuel’s 15-yard touchdown run in the second overtime sealed the win after J.T. Barrett narrowly moved the chains on fourth-and-one a play earlier. No. 2 showdown in 2006.

Does Peppers deserve a suspension? And given Florida’s offensive struggles (the Gators didn’t convert a single third down against Florida State and didn’t score an offensive touchdown), there’s little reason to expect anything other than a comfortable Alabama win in Atlanta. Seriously, this is why we can’t have nice things.

The victory was the fifth straight for the Badgers (10-2, 7-2 Big Ten), who will face Penn State in the Big Ten Championship on December 3 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. That’s going to create one big case of “What the hell do we do?” until the conference championship is played. MI was 7-2, and it would go on to lose the Rose Bowl to USC.

If the call had gone Michigan’s way, Ohio State would have lost the game.

This was no sure decision, though the Buckeyes’ kicking woes made it easier. No confirmation. Only controversy. But he threw those four interceptions as the Gopher offense was generally unable to do much against the Badger defense.

“That’s an instant classic between two great teams”, Meyer said.

Ohio State-Michigan has an argument for being the greatest rivalry in all of sports, even after years of Buckeyes control in the series since the turn of the century.

Now we veer into one of those zones in which college football is about to leave whatever senses it has and float off into fine nuttiness. 1 Ohio State over then-No.

That’s because a Penn State victory will put the committee in a tough jam. Penn State, even with two losses, will have won the Big Ten and beaten Ohio State.

And now the College Football Playoff committee is a nervous wreck.

No. 1 Ohio State and No. 4 MI, both undefeated, battled in an instant classic to a 10-10 tie with enough drama to be the subject of a documentary, “Tiebreaker”. Maybe that’s why Harbaugh out of his way to impersonate Bo.