Mount Fan Blog: If We had A College Football Playoff

Thursday, January 14, 2010

If We had A College Football Playoff - Semifinal #1

ALABAMA VS OHIO STATE @ NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA - SITE OF THE SUGAR BOWL

Javier Arenas ran a punt back for a touchdown and Mark Ingram ran for another two as Alabama moved onto the championship with a 28-0 shutout of Ohio State. The game played in the SuperDome was a defensive struggle that lacked big plays, but ultimately 'Bama's class wore down the Buckeyes and helped them prevail. The Crimson Tide defense limited Ohio State to just 9 first downs and forced three turnovers in securing the shutout. Arenas ran a punt back 67 yards near the end of the first quarter to give the Tide a lead it would never relinquish. Ingram scored in the second quarter from 16 yards and again in the fourth from 12 yards away. He finished with 118 tough yards on 28 carries. Brandon Saine led the Buckeyes with 79 yards on 13 carries, but the Buckeye offense was slowed all night long. The win advances 'Bama to the championship game next week versus the winner of Florida and Texas. The Gators and Longhorns battle in Pasadena on Friday for the right to oppose Alabama.

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The Mount FanBlog is hosted by Ryan Raffensperger, a sports fan of all types and a Mount Basketball fan forever.

Raffensperger has loved the Mount as long as he can remember, which basically means 1981 - and remembers the true #GloryDays of Memorial Gym. He remembers the players from those days to the athletes who play at Knott Arena today. And if it's a #MountMayhem day, it's going to be a good day.

He holds a Syracuse University degree in broadcast journalism. He has broadcast high school, college & minor league levels of all sports in his past and regularly covered high school football for his hometown paper. So the blog does make a little sense.

Raffensperger worked professionally as a CPA for many years, but the chronic inflammatory immune disease Sarcoidosis made it impossible to continue that in a manner he found acceptable. Since then, he has spent more time around the Mount St. Mary's basketball program and values Coach Dan Englestad, his staff, and the players' impact on him. The blog was much more active, but the advent of Twitter (follow @themountfanblog) has made writing a little less important. But he hopes that the balance swings back in favor of more traditional content soon.