2007 December Madness Tourney - OSU vs. FAU

The simulated 16-team college football tournament - First Round Ohio State vs. Florida Atlantic

What if college football had a 16-team tournament at the end of the year to decide a championship? WhatIfSports.com has taken the CFN Championship Series and run a simulation for each round. Go to the WhatIfSports.com December Madness page for further breakdowns of all the games.

FIRST ROUND

Florida Atlantic (16) at  Ohio State (1)

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Florida Atlantic	0	0	6	0	6
Ohio State	3	20	7	14	44

Play by Play:    Click here for the quarter-by-quarter play-by-play breakdown

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
OhioSt	11:43	FG	Ryan Pretorius 36 yds.	0-3
2nd Quarter
OhioSt	12:59	TD	Maurice Wells 12 yd. run (Pretorius kick)	0-10
OhioSt	4:37	TD	Chris Wells 1 yd. run (Pretorius kick)	0-17
OhioSt	0:28	TD	Brian Robiskie 10 yd. pass from Boeckman (Pretorius missed extra point)	0-23
3rd Quarter
FlaAtl	11:44	TD	Cortez Gent 41 yd. pass from Smith (Leroy missed extra point)	6-23
OhioSt	4:04	TD	K.C. Christian 6 yd. run (Pretorius kick)	6-30
4th Quarter
OhioSt	12:24	TD	Chris Wells 1 yd. run (Pretorius kick)	6-37
OhioSt	4:41	TD	Chris Wells 15 yd. run (Pretorius kick)	6-44

Team Statistics
	Florida Atl	Ohio St
First Downs	10	32
- Rushing	5	22
- Passing	5	10
- Penalty	0	0
3rd Down Eff	3/15	9/17
4th Down Eff	0/1	0/0
Rushes-Yards	27-57	71-381
Avg Rush	2.1	5.4
Comp-Att-Int	17-33-2	11-17-0
Passing Yards	116	145
Sacks-Yards	5-34	1-4
Fumbles-Lost	1-1	1-1
Punts-Avg	10-41.0	5-39.4
KR-Avg	8-23.0	2-15.0
PR-Avg	5-5.0	10-8.9
Penalties-Yard	5-27	4-30
Time of Possession	22:26	37:34

Florida Atlantic Individual Stats

Ohio State Individual Stats

Rushing
	Att	Yds	20+	L	TD
Charles Pierre	14	73	0	19	0
Willie Rose	4	12	0	10	0
Rusty Smith	9	-28	0	4	0

Rushing
	Att	Yds	20+	L	TD
Chris Wells	35	243	2	50	3
Maurice Wells	14	80	1	30	1
Brandon Saine	11	36	0	12	0
K.C. Christian	6	22	0	8	1
Marcus Williams	1	7	0	7	0
Todd Boeckman	4	-7	0	-1	0

Receiving
	Rec	Yds	20+	40+	L	TD
Cortez Gent	5	67	1	1	41	1
Willie Rose	3	22	0	0	10	0
Jamari Grant	3	16	0	0	10	0
Jason Harmon	4	9	0	0	8	0
Chris Bonner	2	2	0	0	4	0

Receiving
	Rec	Yds	20+	40+	L	TD
Brian Robiskie	4	66	1	0	28	1
Brian Hartline	3	46	1	0	22	0
Rory Nicol	1	13	0	0	13	0
Maurice Wells	1	10	0	0	10	0
Brandon Saine	2	10	0	0	6	0

Passing
	Comp.	Att.	Yards	TD	INT
Rusty Smith	17	33	116	1	2

Passing
	Comp.	Att.	Yards	TD	INT
Todd Boeckman	11	17	145	1	0

Field Goals
	Made	Missed
Ryan Pretorius	36	32

Player of the Game:
Chris Wells (Ohio State