James Laurinaitis of Ohio State
It was a season where the rankings were shaken up more than a snow globe on Christmas Eve and no team could hang on to the No. 2 spot (seven losses, six to unranked teams). The topsy-turvy campaign comes to an end Monday as LSU (11-2), the first team with two losses to play in the title game, takes on top-ranked Ohio State (11-1) in the BCS Championship Game (Jan. 7, 8:15 pm/ET, Fox) in New Orleans. “It’s actually been an unbelievable year,” says Fox analyst Charles Davis, who’ll be joined in the booth by Thom Brennaman. “This all started with Boise State knocking off Oklahoma last Jan. 1" in the '07 Fiesta Bowl.
At the end of the regular season, there were a number of teams that thought they deserved a berth in this game over Louisiana State. One of them, Oklahoma, went down — hard — to West Vir
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John Madden, NBC football analyst
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And you thought Memorial Day weekend was the time to be in Indy? Tonight, the racing capital is football central. John Mellencamp, Faith Hill and Kelly Clarkson provide the music for the NFL Opening Kickoff 2007 (NBC and NFLNET, 8 pm/ET), and then the defending Super Bowl champion Colts host the New Orleans Saints on NFL Football (NBC, 8:30 pm/ET). “I was always impressed with baseball and the way they celebrated the opening day,” says Peacock analyst John Madden. “Now we’ve got the great opening as well.”
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