Urban Legend: People raised in the Buckeye State are familiar with the legend that carrying a Buckeye in your pocket is good luck. That goes for Ohio natives Urban Meyer and his wife, but Meyer said he has put his good luck piece aside for this week.

"My wife has one. I don't have one," said Meyer. "I have it sitting on my dresser at home. I left it at home."

http://www.the-ozone.net/football/2006/Florida/noteandquotebook010406.htm

Florida fans:

Does it concern you that your head coach owns a buckeye for good luck??? or that he often carries it in his pocket?

I would have a tough time coping if I heard Jim Tressel was born in Florida and carries around gator teeth.

Sorry King - I will post in this manner until you write about the title game. Bengals are out of it, therefore, we can move on to a more important and fascinating topic.

Ohio State doesn't play Boise. Therefore mythical national title even if they do win.

None of the NFL playoff teams play Boise. Mythical title.

Please don't get me wrong: I really like Boise State, and I had a great time watching them beat OU. They are a feel good story, c'mon, who doesn't like to feel good about the underdogs? The special olympics make me fuzzy inside too, but .........

Boise in the NFC....Who knows?

Even if they win, Ohio State does not play LSU. Mythical title.

Point of contention about the word 'mythical'. I'm assuming Wes defines it as "a person or thing having only an imaginary or unverifiable existence". ex: The buckeye title will be 'mytical' because they didn't play undefeated Boise State.

I take the word to mean, "a popular belief or tradition that has grown up around something"

I would also describe the inevitable OSU title at 'mythical'. ex: The Buckeyes ended the 'mythical' 2006 season as the undisputed champs; having beaten a #2 ranked Texas squad, a #2 ranked Michigan team and #2 ranked Florida. Thats 'mythical'.

Here I was, all season, hoping for a Super Bowl victory for my beloved Chicago Bears. And then you had to ruin it all by placing your .570-picking hands on them, bestowing upon them your personal kiss of death.

I can't bear to watch.

"Chicago Bear" to watch, that is!

Kansas St beat Texas. Vandy outrushed and outpassed Florida but lost 25-19, and Southern Cal drubbed Michigan much worse Ohio State did.

The idea that the New England Patriots are a "run first" team is inaccurate. They should feature the run, but the truth is that anyone who watched their play calling this season knows that they aren't completely comfortable trusting the run.

This isn't surprising give how much success they've had in the past trusting Tom Brady to make the right decisions in the passing game. Belichick continues to have that confidence, but the mediocrity of the Patriots wideout has resulted in less consistency from the Pats offense. The solution is to run the ball more in those 2-and-8 situations, but I didn't see them doing it often enough this year. Eventually, unless they get better receivers, Belichick will have to bow to reality, but he hasn't yet.

As a Patriots fan, that simple phrase made it seem like 2002, 2004, and 2005 all over again.

Thanks, King. I am now looking forward to number 4.

Are you ever going to explain your Chcago over Baltimore pick? Have you watched duh bears over the past few weeks?

Fine, here's your BSC Championship game letter -

I'm a UF alum and fan, and, no - I could care less about what's in Meyer's pocket. Buckeye, gator tooth, whatever.

He's taken a talented but undisciplined team (under Zook) and turned them into SEC champs in his second season. I still have doubts about them winning the national championship with their offense, but then again, SEC champs was all I really hoped for this year. They've got a tough defense, great special teams, and somehow have kept on winning games, even if they were some of the ugliest wins I've even seen. If Florida can keep it close, they can win, but if Ohio State builds up a big lead early and forces Leak to try to make big plays, it will be really tough for them to come back. Regardless of what happens on Monday, it's good to see the UF program back to the level we came to expect under Spurrier (whose teams, by the way, never seemed to have the mental toughness of the current team).

I guess I'll be kissing my Peyton Manning beanie baby goodbye and packing him away until next season now that you've picked the Colts to win tomorrow.

I've asked before, but now that all letters get published I'm hoping I'll generate a groundswell - have a panel of experts pick against the spread! Head to heads are no fun unless you're in a suicide pool and then it's one and done. The joy of watching football, I think, is actually watching the game. The joy of prognosticating is being right because something is on the line - create a panel that has to pick using the odds!

JGM

Please end your inane and uninteresting debate in this space. I'm pretty sure this column mocked your sort of reasoning earlier this week, anyway:

http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/01/03/wednesday/index.html

Sorry to be so cranky, but I'm a Seahawks fan.

Which part of the exchange did you think I was being serious?

I love watching this guy fail. Call me a sadist, but he is one of the most arrogant pricks around. With any luck I'll watch mr. forehead manning throw 3 interceptions and whine like a baby. Inevitably, he'll blame his poor outing on the offensive line, who will then proceed to rape the CHOKER in the shower until he moans with delight.

My pick: Chiefs by 10.

But it's quibbling--sorry. Let's not get mired in our own inane debate and irritate whatever readers that might still be here. Besides: LSU? Come on.

And I'm done.