Find a reason Oklahoma will beat Florida State in the Orange Bowl. Tell everyone why the Sooners will become national champions. Rarely do editors tell us what to write. Even more rarely do they tell us what our opinion should be. Pick the Sooners.
Most folks seem to think so.
Las Vegas odds makers have tagged OU as a double-digit underdog. Media types from Bangor to Bel Aire are talking about the national championship that Miami and Florida State will share after both win. It's a foregone conclusion that OU will lose. To think Florida State would lose to Oklahoma, to think that an East Coast team isn't inherently superior to a team from the landlocked heartland, to think that a Sunshine State team would lose to a team from any other state is blasphemy in some folks' minds. This is, after all, Florida State.