Congrats Rat! Condolences J.
Regarding the TD at the end, it's just my opinion but I loved it. Ohio State had a two score lead and could not end the game on kneel downs if Oregon called their timeouts, which any competitor would of course do. When Helfrich didn't call the timeouts, he was basically waving the white flag, and asking for mercy. I never want to see my coach doing that in a championship game, I don't care if the odds of winning are one in a million. Remember when Harbaugh called his two timeouts after 'the tip' just so he'd have three chances at a bad under center snap? It was ridiculous, but that's how it needs to be in these all or nothing games. A coach and his QB can NEVER give up.
Seeing Helfrich wave the white flag bothered me, and I saw the TD run as the proper response, to be honest. Ohio State bullied the ducks almost the entire game, and the Ducks just took it like a 6th grader having his lunch money stolen and getting shoved in his locker, even though the Ducks were the higher ranked team.
I felt zero satisfaction from seeing Oregon lose, and I honestly feel sad that this amazing little era for their school will now likely go without a championship. I think Oregon is at least a 3 loss team next year.
It must really suck to have a team built with all those speedy smallish defenders, only to draw athletic 250 QBs in each of your championship games. Ain't that a bitch.
