Miami stuns Ohio State!

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5. We shall see... UGA losing last year was after a terrorist attack in NOLA the night before AND

the death of Coach Kirby Smart's father likewise, who had come to New Orleans to watch the game but died of a massive MI. So, I'm thinking all of THAT weighed more than too much time off. Likewise Boise State and probably Arizona State were not that competitive last year--a bit like this year's James Madison and Tulane (not saying these were not good teams, but were less tested than others).

This year, Ohio State had just lost their conference championship to Indiana, so I'd bet that was weighing more on them than extra time off for the holidays.

We shall see tomorrow, but from what I've seen of Kirby Smart's really tough practice sessions with UGA team the past weeks, I don't think he's willing to let them get "rusty." My guess is that the other "bye" teams likewise learned that lesson from last year.