When will the SEC lose its stranglehold on the national championship trophy?
AS: This year. Ohio State looks different. Doc Holliday, the coach at Marshall, was an assistant at Florida on that 2006 team that beat Ohio State for the national championship. After Ohio State beat Marshall pretty badly in the season opener, Doc said it’s not the same kind of team, that it’s more like an SEC team. If you look at (Ohio State), they really have some athletes. I wouldn’t want to block Cam Heyward. He’s a beast. And Jim Tressel seems to trust Terrelle Pryor a lot now. And Oregon isn’t just a finesse team. Everybody thinks they spread you out and beat you with their speed, which they do. But they can also run it right down your throat. They have a very good offensive line. OGS: Where do you stand on Boise State? The winning percentage against BCS teams certainly is impressive, but 7-1 over three or four years when other teams play that type of schedule every year? AS: I don’t care about the hypothetical stuff. Boise State is good. They can beat anyondy in the country. The
