NCAA Tournament Plays of the Day for 3/24/12

Lousiville and Ohio State

Louisville vs. Florida for a trip to the Final Four.

It's Pitino vs. Donovan, mentor vs. student.

I tend to like Louisville in this one, but it's going to be close.

The Cardinals are getting 1.5 points in this one and are really peaking.  They also are 7-2 ATS in their last 9 Sat. games.  Pitino will have them ready to play and he's great at getting teams to the Final Four.

Take Louisville and points in this one.

That brings us to Ohio State and Syracuse.

Ohio State is looking real good, while the Orange have just been eeking their way through these games.  This is a game where Syracuse is rally going to miss Fab Mello.

Even though Syracuse is getting 3 points, I like The Buckeyes to win going away.  One trend to consider is Syracuse is 2-8 ATS in their last 10 games overall.  Ouch!

Take The Ohio St. and give the points.

College Bowl Play of the Day: Sugar Bowl

Down in New Orleans, it's Ohio State and Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl.

The play is: Ohio St.

Playing with a chip on their shoulder and only giving the Hogs 3 pts, I like Ohio St. tonight to keep my streak going.

Ohio St. hasn't been any good at all in BCS play, but they are 8-0 ATS in their last 8 non-conference games.  I think they will continue that this evening.  Arkansas is  1-4 ATS in their last 5 bowl games.

Besides, I hate Bobby Petrino more than I hate Jim Tressel.

Go with the Buckeyes in this one.

Saturday's College Football Plays of the Day

First up today is Ohio State.

The annual Ohio St./Michigan game.  Ohio St. is favored by 16.5 and they are at home.  This isn't even going to be a game.  Ohio St. turns it on, and in a big way, they win by 3+ touchdowns.

A second game to play today is Stanford,

The Stanford Cardinal is at home and favored by 13 over Oregon St.  Stanford is 8-3-1 in their last twelve when favored by more than 10 pts.  They also are 12-3-1 ATS in their last 16 games after accumulating more than 200 yards rushing in their previous game.

This will be a big win for Stanford.  Good luck today.

Ohio St. Proves to be a Fraud

Ohio St. laid an egg on Saturday in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin started strong, and held on to defeat the visitors from Ohio 31-18.  The Badgers jumped out to a three-touchdown lead, and never looked back.

The Badgers (6-1, 2-1) had not beaten Ohio State since 2004, and the Buckeyes hadn't won by fewer than 11 points this season.

But none of that mattered while Wisconsin's offensive line battered the Buckeyes' front seven during a first-half touchdown drive that lasted — get this — 10 minutes and four seconds. John Clay helped his team churn out 89 yards on 19 plays to take a 21-0 lead.

Ohio State rebounded to drive to Wisconsin's 3-yard line. But then the Buckeyes blinked, going backward in a span of three plays.  Terrelle Pryor  rebounded for Ohio St. completing all seven pass attempts in the third quarter as the Buckeyes cut the lead to 21-18.  It wouldn't be enough.

But Tolzien, the Wisconsin quarterback completed two clutch passes to Nick Toon, and speedy tailback James White made a Barry Sanders-esque cutback to get free for a 12-yard touchdown run.

That increased Wisconsin's lead to 28-18 with less than seven minutes to play.

It was celebration time in Wisconsin after that.