Your National Title dark horses...

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HawkFanISUalum

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Wait.... I could see it being fairly reasonable to call Ohio State a darkhorse. Their MO is to get to a BCS game or the title game and then they get destroyed by the first quality opponent they have faced all year. Ohio State's recent tradition of BCS futility should grant them consideration as a darkhorse.

This sounds more like Oklahoma's BCS MO.
 

Cyclonestate78

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This sounds more like Oklahoma's BCS MO.

Oklahoma has not faired well in the BCS no doubt about it.

2000 Oklahoma 13 - Florida St. 2 (Championship game)
2002 Oklahoma 34 - Washington St. 14
2003 LSU 21 - Oklahoma 14 (Championship game)
2004 USC 55 - Oklahoma 19 (Championship game, win vacated by USC)
2006 Boise State 43 - Oklahoma 42
2007 West Virginia 48 - Oklahoma 28
2008 Florida 24 - Oklahoma 14 (Championship game)

The only real embarrassing losses they suffered were to USC who vacated their win thanks to Reggie "Show me the money" Bush and to West Virginia. Other then that they have hung tough against some high quality opponents.