TCU Invades Columbus, Ohio ((Electronically))

There are no words- except "awesome..."
That and being able to tell Gordon Gee to "stick it..."

Remember November:

"I do know, having been both a Southeastern Conference president and a Big Ten president, that it's like murderer's row every week for these schools," Gee said. "We do not play the Little Sisters of the Poor. We play very fine schools on any given day.

"So I think until a university runs through that gauntlet that there's some reason to believe that they not be the best teams to [be] in the big ballgame."

Billboard picture: Courtesy- WSYX-TV Columbus

BREAKING: Non-AQ Rejoice As TCU Wins Rose

Tank Carder's batted-down pass by Wisconsin's Scott Tolzien preserved the 2-point lead of TCU in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

Waymon James converted a key third-down and four with under a minute-and-a-half to go and TCU gives the "little guy" everywhere hope in the big bowl games as TCU holds on to win the Rose Bowl 21-19.

TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson said: "This is for everybody. I got texts from Boise State today. I got texts from all across the country and we won this for TCU First. I can't tell you how much I love my guys.

"I can't say enough about Andy Dalton."

Andy Dalton added: "It sounds amazing. We're thrilled and we're happy with victory. We weren't just playing for TCU we were playing for all the little guys out there today."

When Carder was asked about the game-preserver: "It's just the way it happened. I went to go blitz and I just jumped up and swatted it away. It feels so good to bring this win back for TCU and for the program."

Now it looks like Bob Schieffer gets to collect on his bet from Madison's WISC-TV's Susan Siman... evidence below...
((HT: WISC-TV))

TWTW: Who's Slower Now...??? Oregon Slowed To Duck Walk In Pasadena

((HT: WCMH-TV, Columbus/NBC4i.com))

Brother Marty in the southwest bureau, we're fairly sure, was more than prepared to see his TOSU Buckeyes take on Oregon in the Rose Bowl.

The biggest question was whether or not the Buckeyes could "keep up" with Oregon and all the speed they have on offense. QB Jeremiah Masoli made sure that the zone option read was his pet project for success this year, and he worked Chip Kelly's offense to fast success...

Except in the Rose Bowl...

Buckeyes QB Terrelle Pryor was playing with a partially torn PCL. You could tell it was giving him problems on the first scramble from scrimmage he was forced to make. It got him one-third of his rushing yards on the day, so it worked temporarily.

TOSU kept the pressure on Masoli- holding the Ducks to 179 rushing and virtually no passing yards on the day. That'll get you a win...

And it did 26-17 breaking the Buckeyes three-BCS game losing streak...
Pryor also passed for a career-high 266 yards in the game- good enough for two scores...

Jerod Smalley from WCMH-TV in Columbus is the only guy that seems to track Pryor down after the Rose Bowl win...

TWTW: Oregon Wins Civil War For The Roses

((HT: KVAL-TV/Eugene))

Oregon survived the "Civil War" game with Oregon State 37-33 and punched their ticket to the Rose Bowl to play Ohio State.

The Ducks (10-2, 8-1) won their first outright Pac-10 title since 2001, and will go to the Rose Bowl for the first time since the 1994-95 season.

Redshirt freshman running back LaMichael James ran for 166 yards and three touchdowns.

Nick Krupke and Tom Ward from KVAL-TV spent a lot of time on the game...


The game was also a return for LeGarrette Blount to the field. Those of us at OSG HQ have a bit of an issue with this considering his head coach went back on his word after claiming Blount was indefinitely suspended after rearranging Boise State player Byron Hout's jaw Week 1.

We guess we now know how long "indefinite" is in Oregon years...
Translation: Until we need depth at running back...

Whatever...

Bowl Lineup In Tact Through 2013

The Fiesta, Orange, Rose and Sugar bowls extended their agreements with the Bowl Championship Series, deals that will keep the national championship game at the sites of those games through the 2013 college football season.

The BCS was not expected to change its bowl partners, so the new four-year deals come as no surprise.

The current contracts with those four games run out after the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., hosts the BCS national championship game in 2010.

The new deal starts with the January 2011 bowl games, and the championship game rotation will start in Glendale, Arizona, with the Fiesta Bowl hosting two games about a week apart.

New Orleans will host the Sugar Bowl and BCS national championship game in 2012. Miami will be the site of the 2013 title game, a week after the Orange Bowl. The championship game returns to the Rose Bowl in 2014.

The deals between the BCS and its bowl partners run concurrent to its TV deal.

The BCS is in its final season of a four-year deal with Fox. Its new four-year deal with ESPN, worth $125 million per year, begins with the 2011 bowl games.