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Sweet as Sugar: Ohio State Beats Alabama in Sugar Bowl, Bound for Title Game
Michael Thomas #3 of the Ohio State Buckeyes celebrates after defeating the Alabama Crimson Tide in the All State Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 1, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide 42 to 35. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images North America)
Analyzing No. 4 Ohio State's 42-35 victory Thursday against No. 1 Alabama in the Sugar Bowl:
THE FALLOUT: As it turns out, Ohio State has speed, too. And size. And a more than formidable quarterback in third-stringer Cardale Jones. He went 18-for-35 for 243 yards, one touchdown and one interception. The Buckeyes came back from an early 15-point deficit to stun No. 1 Alabama in the second national semifinal game, at the Sugar Bowl.
Thursday's game wasn't always pretty — the teams combined for five turnovers — but it was entertaining. Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones, in just his second career start, stumbled slightly out of the gate but otherwise performed exactly as well as the Buckeyes needed him to. Running back Ezekiel Elliott rushed for 230 yards, including an 85-yard scamper in the game's final minutes that essentially sealed the victory, despite a late score from Alabama.
WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT: Two things. One, that the Big Ten has fixed its perception problem. Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said this week the way to change the perception is not to talk about it, but to "play very well." He said his Buckeyes needed to do that in the big stage they'd be on, but that other Big Ten teams needed to do the same. Wisconsin beat Auburn, Michigan State came back to stun Baylor and Ohio State upset Alabama — all on Thursday. Thanks to that one fell swoop, the nation regained respect for the league and also its players. No longer were they too slow or too small to compete with the big boys, particularly those in the SEC.
The flip side of that, of course, is that the SEC's perception has shifted, too. In the last few days, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Auburn and now Alabama suffered losses to teams in supposedly lesser leagues. As it turns out, the SEC is not infallible, and not light-years ahead of the rest of college football. The SEC West did not deserve two or three Playoff spots. Its best team — and the one that got the No. 1 seed from the selection committee — couldn't even beat the Buckeyes and their third-string quarterback. For the first time in nine years, an SEC team will not play for a national title.
Surely next season will come and fans will get excited about the SEC. But there ought to be some hesitation before automatically anointing its teams among the sport's best — which had been obvious before.
SOURCE: USA Today
Nicole Auerbach
Posted in NCAA Football, SportsTagged Auburn, Bama, Baylor, Big Ten, Buckeyes, Cardale Jones, Ezekiel Elliott, LSU, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Ohio State, Ole Miss, SEC, sugar bowl, Urban Meyer, Wisconsin
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