Everyone and their brother made a big deal out of the speed that the SEC posses and the lack of it at Ohio State. Another slap that people took was the fact that Ohio State was 0-8 against the SEC going back to games that were played when many a sports writer and average Joe were just kid's still squeezing zits. This game was not about those things or where the game was being played or the other chants of playoffs, plus one, or which teams were deserving or not deserving.

This game came down to talent. Which team had more talent and were able to execute the best or when it mattered most. Ohio State has speed and they have athletes and they have one of the best coaches in college football with the vested one. They are a sound team that won their conference with just one loss to a surging Illinois at the time. LSU did not beat them with the long run. The long run of the night belong to OSU and Beanie Wells when he peeled off a 65 yard game burner through the LSU  defensive front and got passed the linebacker it was over. That is when speed was a factor and he ran faster than any LSU player on the field. So the speed was equal, the coaching was titled toward OSU.

But the athletes, the depth, the skill players tilted toward LSU that is what won this game. LSU we could argue probably has the most depth of any college football team in the nation and with another very sound recruiting class coming in that will continue for the foreseeable future until the shinny foil comes off the wrapper and it usually does at one time or another.

But until then LSU is National Champions built on having the best players in college football that just happen to be talented.