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OT: College Football 2025 Championship Game Thread

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Ohio St's run game is mediocre (66th) and ND has #2 pass defense that plays mostly man coverage.
If the Ohio that beat Oregon shows-up then they are the best team.
But I like ND's chances
Having a head coach that played for Ohio St takes some of the edge off the Ohio St. mystique for ND
Freeman is also a good guy with some serendipity working for him - and everybody likes him.
He's so much better than that spittle monster Kelly



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Ohio St's run game is mediocre (66th) and ND has #2 pass defense that plays mostly man coverage.
If the Ohio that beat Oregon shows-up then they are the best team.
But I like ND's chances
Having a head coach that played for Ohio St takes some of the edge off the Ohio St. mystique for ND
Freeman is also a good guy with some serendipity working for him - and everybody likes him.
He's so much better than that spittle monster Kelly



PPfdhoe.jpeg
I'm indifferent to them and pretty much everyone, except for the SEC nonsense this year, but I've seen 2-3 articles with the topic of "is ND likeable now" lol

I'm guessing they'll play the same prevent defense Michigan and Texas used and keep everything in front of them. I don't think OSU needs to run. They're best when they throw the ball. When Day tried to prove himself and be "tough" like Michigan is when they lost their way imo. Be who you are and do what you do best. They were on the verge of beating an extremely good UGA team in the semis, the year UGA destroyed TCU. OSU was a very good passing team. Howard isn't as good as Stroud but point still stands and he was good against Tenn and Oregon, came back to earth against Texas.

To me they should pass to open up the run and that includes throw to the RBs out of the backfield, to flats, screens, wheel routes etc...I think they should have used that more in the Texas game instead of throwing to the TE. They're potential home run backs, worst case you can move the chains and best case maybe break one. If the defense is going to concentrate so much on Smith and the WRs make them pay with RBs but in the pass game, not just the run game. I think PSU should've done the same with their RBs. I think Allar made some ill advised throws versus taking some easy ones.
 
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