Monday night, the 2014 college football season will culminate in a titanic title tilt between the University of Oregon and Ohio State University.The national championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, is the result of a new system of determining college football’s best team, similar to the NCAA college basketball tournament. However, in this case, a group of 13 former college football coaches and players, former and current administrators, and one former US secretary of State voted on which four teams would ultimately have the opportunity to compete for a national title in football, as opposed to 68 teams in college basketball.Prior to the national championship game, these two institutions of higher education have met on the gridiron eight times with the Ohio State Buckeyes winning all eight games. Two of those previous contests were the the 1957 and 2009 Rose Bowls. Five of the other six games took place in Columbus, Ohio, between 1961 and 1987.Recommended: So you call yourself an Oregon Ducks football fan? Take our quizThe two schools reached the 2015 title game in two distinct ways. After a close first half, No. 2 Oregon rolled over third-ranked Florida State in the second half to win the Rose Bowl, 59-20, January 1. Fourth-ranked Ohio State had to overcome a 15-point deficit, then intercept a last-second “Hail Mary” pass by No. 1 Alabama to defeat the Crimson Tide in the Sugar Bowl that same night, 42-35.Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones is the Buckeyes’ third-string signal caller, filling in for an injured J.T. Barrett who was substituting for injured starting quarterback Braxton Miller at the beginning of the 2014 campaign. Jones will be starting only his third collegiate game Monday night against the Oregon Ducks – each of the previous two gradually more important: The Big Ten Conference championship on December 6, then the Sugar Bowl national semifinal contest.On Saturday, Jones met with the media and said the Ducks may have been overlooked.”What really stands out is that they don’t get as much credit as they deserve. When you hear about Oregon – you hear about the offense, you hear about the Heisman Trophy winner. You think about their tempo…
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