Ohio State Deserves to be in the BCS Title Game and Here's Why

I am absolutely sick of ESPN analysts telling me that the Ohio State Buckeyes don't deserve an opportunity to play for the BCS National Championship.

As OSU snuck past their rival Michigan Wolverines this past Saturday afternoon, every college football analyst in America was saying they don't deserve a title shot because Michigan is a mediocre football team, whom of which would be desimated by any one of the other top four teams bidding for a national championship.

But then things really got interesting when the Auburn Tigers pulled out the impossible by overcoming the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide on a last second missed field goal that was returned 109 yards for the game-winning touchdown. Of course, everyone and their mother (including myself), was going absolutely bananas after this play of the century. For not only did it knock off the two-time defending national champion Crimson Tide, but would provide a certain boost to the Buckeyes in the BCS rankings.

And sure enough, come Sunday night when the BCS rankings were released, the Buckeyes were right behind the now No.1 Florida State Seminoles at the No. 2 spot.

And this is where all the controversy begins. For every SEC analyst will tell you that Auburn deserves to be in the national championship, especially if they beat the No. 5 Missouri Tigers in the SEC Championship this Saturday. Because the SEC is a stronger conference than the Big Ten, and they knocked off the top dog in the entire country. However, Ohio State have not lost in 24 straight games, and I don't care who you're playing, that's impressive. They may have even garnered a title shot last year if they didn't have impending sanctions that disallowed them to participate in a bowl game. Where was Auburn last year you might ask? They were getting their asses handed to 'em as they went 3-9 and 0-8 in conference play.

Then we come back to the Michigan game, in which the Bucks pulled out a last second victory on a failed two-point conversion with just 32 seconds left to play. Now didn't Auburn sneak past the Georgia Bulldogs on a last second hail mary? I think they did, and those Bulldogs only have one more victory than those "mediocre" Wolverines. Truthfully, every one of Auburn's victories over ranked opponents has come on a last second touchdown or defensive stop. And at season's end, Ohio State should have two wins over ranked opponents to Auburn's four. But you can't blame Ohio State for being in a weak conference, all they can do is go out there and win every game, just like they have.

If Ohio State, Florida State and Auburn all win this weekend, it should be an OSU-FSU title game, because both teams will have gone undefeated. And until the implimentation of the four team playoff next season, we will just have to debate and argue and fight and yell over who should play for it all. But until then, this is all we can do.