What will OSU-Fla spread be?

[NajdorfDefense]

I guess 7-7.5 or so. Higher/Lower?

[Pavan]

I think slightly lower 5-6. If its over 7, Ill jump on it early

[MacGuyV]

They seem to be frequently inflated for championship games. I'd say 8-9.

[MyTurn2Raise]

the coaching edge in this game is huge

[Thremp]

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the coaching edge in this game is huge

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Meyer is a moran and Tressel does a passable job?

[MyTurn2Raise]

Tressel is great at gameplans and adjustments. His main flaw is getting too conservative.

Meyer comes up with great trickeration, but his gameplan is spotty at best on the offensive ends. Meyer's defense usually does a really good job at styming what the other team wants to do.

I give a few points toward Tressel.

[NajdorfDefense]

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Meyer comes up with great trickeration, but his gameplan is spotty at best on the offensive ends.
I give a few points toward Tressel.

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Wait, Meyer went 12-0 and won a BCS game at Utah in 2004, got screwed by the BCS, and is now 12-1 against the toughest sked in the country in the SEC, and is spotty on O? Your regional bias is showing, both are great coaches.

These spread are always too high, last 4 years the dog has won right? OSU [12.5], LSU, USC [1], Texas was as high as 7.5-8.

I can't see this line much below 7, but maybe Fla has enough respect for it to open around 6.

[JupiterUWG]

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the coaching edge in this game is huge

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Anyone who saw the 3rd quarter of the SEC Championship game, (ya know, the one that turned on that ridiculous muffed punt) knows that Urban Meyer is largely outmatched vs. Tressel.....BIG advantage buckeyees

[NajdorfDefense]

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the coaching edge in this game is huge

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Anyone who saw the 3rd quarter of the SEC Championship game, (ya know, the one that turned on that ridiculous muffed punt) knows that Urban Meyer is largely outmatched vs. Tressel.....BIG advantage buckeyees

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Proclaiming this based on one Q is idiotic. You don't *know* who is better, you merely have an opinion, which is fine. Meyer is a perfectly good coach, Tressel is his equal or perhaps a tad bit better. Pretending otherwise is ridiculous.
Every team/coach needs luck. 2001 Miami need to pick off BC in the final minute to seal their win and eventual title. OSU needed end-of-game comebacks in 4 seperate games, including v woeful Cinci to win their title. Texas got help last year from Reggie Bush's horrid lateral and Carroll's horrid coaching decisions. And Carroll was supposedly a genius having won 30+ in a row.

If the spread is 8, how much of that is due to Tressel's coaching, in your opinion?

[MyTurn2Raise]

1 to 1.5 points for Tressel being on the sideline