by Michelle Richardson

Ohio (13-1) vs. Oregon (13-1): With these two teams meeting this is what we ask for people and I’m going to tell you my picks are completely off and this is the great thing about having these playoffs games you got to play this game you just got to play. Florida State and Alabama are gone. It’s really nice that there are some new teams in the playoffs. It’s been a few years since last season prior that Oregon has made it to a finals and there is going to be some new life.

It’s not going to be the same ole same ole were tired of seeing Alabama and there are other teams that deserve to be there. This match up between these two teams are truly exciting to see Ohio State who I didn’t think belong there. This does go to show you that TCU did belong there. TCU (12-1) beat the crap out of Ole Miss (9-4) 42-3. TCU set out to show everybody that they should have been in the Final Four and their right.

FLorida State (13-1) they didn’t get beat but they definitely got roughed up in the school yard and that second half heroics didn’t happen. This will tell you about FSU quarterback Jameis Winston and moving forward. People are talking about Winston staying around another year. He’s going to make millions, he’s hot property and is headed to the NFL, if he stays in college another year it’s only going to cost himself money. Winston won a national championship, won a Heisman Trophy there’s no need for Winston to hang around.

North Dakota State (14-1) vs. Illinois State (13-1): This is not the first call to the finals for North Dakota State the Bisons have been running things for awhile in division two play. I’m a Howard University undergrad and you have to roll with the Bison and look at ND State just for that Bison look. Don’t count out Illinois State but I honestly think that ND State if you’ve been honestly following college football ND State has beat Western Ill, Missouri State, and Montana these are some schools that are putting out some tremendous talent.

ND State really are dominating their division so don’t think because it doesn’t happen in the power five there’s not good football out there. ND State proved year after year they can win and face wonderful products out there and they have young men full of heart and I believe that they can play at any level. The only difference is their playing FCS instead of SCS.

Stuart Scott (ESPN anchor) dedication: Sunday was a sad day when it was announced on ESPN that we lost a great sports anchor icon Stuart Scott at the age of 49. He was a sportscasting legend and I don’t say that lightly on Sunday Scott lost his battle with cancer. I literally woke up to picking up my phone and checking my emails and that’s the first thing that popped up on my screen. I’ve been watching this guy since 1993 since he came to Sportscenter he changed Sportscenter.

He’s changed it and if your not old enough to know he changed Sportscenter and made Sportscenter cool. We all love Chris Berman but Scott made Sportscenter cool. He used hip hop vernacular and infused it into the sports lexicon with booyah! Now you have Chris Iseman and many others trying to emulate what Scott did and what he said. It was Scott he’s that guy.

Scott made Sportscenter a really cool show to watch and he’s going to be missed, he was a father he wasn’t just a sportscaster. He was a father who always took time to talk about his daughters who were the light of his life. A bright light has just gone out in the sports world. Scott’s family and his two daughters Sydni and Taelor will miss him so much and I can not tell you how much I feel your pain but I hurt with you.

Michelle Richardson does NCAA Commentary each week on http://www.sportsradioservice.com listen to her podcast on Stuart Scott and the NCAA below