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Ohio State didnt win the Big Ten, but the Buckeyes will play for a much bigger prize. Air Max 97 Pas Cher Solde . Their national title hopes are still very much intact.Thats rare, but not unprecedented.Ranked second by the AP and third by the playoff committee, the Buckeyes will take on Clemson in a national semifinal . Ohio State is the first team in the playoffs three-year history to be included despite failing to win its conference.During the Bowl Championship Series era, however, three teams made it to the title game after falling short within their conferences. Heres a look at how it happened:NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS (2001)Why They Didnt Win Their Conference: The Cornhuskers were undefeated heading into their regular-season finale at Colorado, but the Buffaloes drubbed Nebraska 62-36. That prevented the Cornhuskers from even playing in the Big 12 championship game.We really had a big dream, Nebraska QB Eric Crouch said after the game. Those are over with now. This is going to be a tough one to swallow.What Happened Next: Nebraska fell from first to fourth in the BCS standings after the loss, trailing Miami, Florida and Texas. Florida lost to Tennessee the following week, and Texas fell to Colorado in the Big 12 title game. Tennessee briefly held the No. 2 BCS slot before losing to LSU in the SEC championship game.Nebraska, which hadnt played at all since being routed by Colorado, ended up back at No. 2 in the BCS standings, just ahead of Colorado and Oregon. Both major polls had Oregon No. 2.What Happened In The End: Nebraska was ranked No. 4 in the AP poll when it took the field for the BCS title game at the Rose Bowl. The Cornhuskers were overmatched. Miami led 34-0 at halftime and went on to win 37-14.---OKLAHOMA SOONERS (2003)Why They Didnt Win Their Conference: The Sooners went unbeaten during the regular season but were routed 35-7 by Kansas State in the Big 12 title game.Im not going to sit here and lobby for any bowl, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said afterward. We just got whipped. They outplayed us in every part of the game.What Happened Next: Stoops didnt need to lobby. Oklahoma was No. 1 in the BCS standings before it lost to Kansas State -- and still No. 1 afterward. The Sooners ended up facing LSU in the BCS title game. Southern California was left out despite being No. 1 in both polls.The Final Result: Playing in its home state at the Sugar Bowl, LSU held off Oklahoma 21-14 to take the BCS title. USC, which beat Michigan in the Rose Bowl, won the AP national title.---ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (2011)Why They Didnt Win Their Conference: Alabama hosted LSU in a matchup of unbeatens on Nov. 5, with the Tigers prevailing 9-6 in overtime. Neither team lost for the rest of the regular season, so it was the Tigers who represented the SEC West in the league title game.Id be honored to face that team again, LSU coach Les Miles said after the victory over the Crimson Tide.What Happened Next: Alabama fell only one spot to No. 3 in the BCS standings after losing to LSU, but there were a few undefeated teams still to contend with -- Oklahoma State at No. 2, Stanford at No. 4 and even Boise State at No. 5. Stanford and Boise State lost the following weekend, and Oklahoma States double-overtime loss to Iowa State on Nov. 18 opened the door for an LSU-Alabama rematch in the BCS title game.The Final Result: In another defensive struggle, Alabama held LSU to five first downs, beating the Tigers 21-0 to claim the national title.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 .---Follow Noah Trister at www.Twitter.com/noahtrister Site De Air Max 270 Pas Cher . It was the second consecutive win for the Pacers (2-5), who lost their first five preseason games. Jeff Teague led the Hawks (1-5) with 17 points and eight assists and Al Horford had 12 points and seven rebounds. Mike Scott scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half. Air Max 270 Grossiste . The Nashville Predators were glad their captain was still on their side. Weber had a goal and two assists, and Roman Josi scored the shootout winner to lift the Predators to a 4-3 win over the Flyers on Thursday night. http://www.chaussurepascherchine.fr/gros...ir-max-270.html . That gave fans outside Joe Louis Arena another chance to ask for autographs from the 19-year-old whose stardom in the NHL has arrived earlier than most expected. The race at Bristol was a classic Bristol affair. Wrecks dominated the day, resulting in negative points for top-15 starters Matt Kenseth, Kurt Busch, Ryan Blaney and Brad Keselowski. All popular fantasy plays, and three of which cost at least $9,000.But it was also a good lesson in the two best ways to earn points in fantasy NASCAR.The top-two finishers, Kevin Harvick and Ricky Stenhouse Jr., started 24th and 25th, respectively. They were obviously helped by the amount of leaders who wrecked, as Stenhouse spent a chunk of the early part of the race off the lead lap. But their start-finish differential, paired with good finishes, gave them the two best scores on the day.Meanwhile, there was Kyle Busch. A part of his car broke?and he was then run into after spinning, but Busch still put up 63.5 DraftKings points thanks to his 256 laps led and 61 fastest laps.From a starting position perspective, of the seven drivers in Sundays race who put up more than 50 fantasy points, three started in the top three and three started 24th or worse.Now were off to Michigan, where earlier this season Joey Logano won from the pole. He led 138 laps for 106 points, the fourth-most weve seen at Michigan dating back to 2005 (when the stats used in scoring began being tracked). Last year in this race, Kenseth won from the pole, leading 146 laps for 120 points.Over the past three seasons, there have been six instances of a driver putting up more than 75 fantasy points at Michigan. All of them started seventh or better, with three of them starting from the pole.Just something to keep in mind before Fridays qualifying. Here are my thoughts to get you started this week. Make sure you check back after the lineup is set for my final picks and fades.Im starting my team with:Joey Logano: He dominated in his Michigan win earlier this year, with 138 laps led and 51 fastest laps. But its not a one-time affair, as he has now finished ninth or better in all seven Michigan races since moving to Team Penskke. Air Max 270 Femme Pas Cher. . Since Loganos move to Penske, he has averaged 61.3 DraftKings points at Michigan, making it his second-best track behind Atlanta.?Going back over that span (since the start of 2013), Logano has averaged 47.4 laps led at Michigan, the most of all drivers. In fact, among drivers to start more than one Michigan race in that time, Logano has led more than twice as many laps per race than any other driver.Keep an eye on these four:Kevin Harvick: In the past seven races on two-mile tracks (Michigan and California), Harvick has put up more than 50 points six times. The only race he didnt, he still led 63 laps, but his start/finish differential hurt his day. In those seven races, Harvicks 63.1 scoring average leads all drivers.Chase Elliott: Its a small sample size, but in his first career Michigan Cup Series start earlier this year, Elliott led 35 laps and finished second to Logano. In his only California start, he finished sixth for 42.75 points. If youre looking for more races, in his two Xfinity Series starts at the track, he finished sixth and second.Paul Menard: The Nard Dog finished 18th at Michigan earlier this season -- not that impressive until you consider he started 32nd, which made him put up 40.25 for a $6,300 salary. At two-mile tracks, Menard is on a streak of 12 straight finishes of 18th or better. His average start/finish differential in those races is plus-7.6.Jamie McMurray: McMurray will likely be a low-cost option, but hes steady -- if not spectacular -- at Michigan. Over the past three seasons, McMurray hasnt finished any worse than 16th at Michigan, although he has led a combined four laps in those races. McMurray is also coming off back-to-back eighth-place finishes as he tried to make the Chase. In the past six races overall, McMurray is averaging 38.5 DraftKings points per race, sixth-best in the series. ' ' '