No one could have seen this year coming for both Kent State and Ohio State football. The Flashes, ye’ of 40 years without a conference championship, appear to be one win away from a historic BCS game. The Buckeyes, who went 6-7 a year ago, managed to go 12-0 with largely the same roster in year one under Urban Meyer.
Just this last weekend, I wrote first about ineligible Ohio State’s rank in an adjusted BCS and then prophetically about Kent State’s possible BCS hopes. Both topics are more timely now than ever.
Kent State benefitted extremely from an incredible nine losses suffered by teams ranked No. 15-25 in last week’s BCS. Thus, after I guessed they’d jump between 2-6 spaces in the standings, they moved up six spots all the way to No. 17, one place away from magic number No. 16. Meanwhile, folks in Buckeye land continue to fantasize about what could have been the BCS result of the sixth undefeated season in school history.
Let’s dig deeper inside both stories for a little Tuesday fun with numbers. [Read more...]
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It’s the time of year when college basketball takes over all our lives. That’s the case today as No. 1 ranked Ohio State takes on rival Michigan. The Wolverines are playing well and have sewn up a bid to the dance this past week. It will be a raucous and heated atmosphere in Indy as they tip off at 1:40. The second particularly notable contest for NE Ohioans is the MAC championship game at the Q. Kent State has had a tremendous season and will face rival Akron for an automatic berth. This has become a classic rivalry game in this tournament at the Q and draws a great crowd as well. Tip is scheduled for 6 PM tonight and the game will be televised on ESPN2. We’re one day away from the bracket being set so leave your thoughts here as this afternoon of hoops plays out.
