Elessar wrote:
I was reading today that these teams had 37 days off before the title game last night! That's pretty rediculous, and maybe part of the reason it wasn't an explosive-matchup it was anticipated to be.
The last 5 minutes or so sure we're fun to watch though.
Same thing happened in the Rose Bowl, if you think about it - Wisconsin and TCU had 43 ppg average ... and ended up with an almost identical score to this game. The long layoff between the end of the regular season and bowl season really does skew whatever rankings they end up with, I think. You can always make the argument that it says a lot about which coach is able to keep his team ready and able to play at a high level after a month off, but they don't really rank the coaches.