Posted on 11/30/2006 2:29:05 PM PST by MikefromOhio
Weekend Thirteen cleared up the BCS title picture a bit. USC won convincingly against Notre Dame while Florida failed to get the style points needed to make a run at the Trojans and Wolverines. With Arkansas losing to LSU, Florida only theoretically has a chance at the title game. The weekend was not without surprises as Texas lost for the 2nd time in a row while West Virginia eliminated itself from Big East and BCS contention by losing to South Florida. The weekend also featured some great finishes with BYU, Georgia, Oklahoma and Tennessee pulling games out late. This week is Championship Week. The conference championship games for the MAC, Conference USA, ACC, SEC and Big XII will be played. Each of those games, along with the Army-Navy game, is the feature this week.
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The MAC champion goes to The Motor City Bowl in Detroit, MI to face either the 7th best Big Ten team or an at-large team. As the Big Ten is getting 2 into the BCS, it will be the at-large team. Central Michigan can score in bunches while Ohio is on a roll.
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The winner of this game goes to the Liberty Bowl to play against an SEC school while the loser of this game will most likely be heading to Mobile, Alabama for the GMAC bowl against a MAC team (probably Central Michigan). Houston lost a close game to USM earlier this season while it was still in the post-Miami funk after nearly defeating the Hurricanes in Miami.
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I can’t believe I’m actually going to pick this. Wake Forest is the better team. Georgia Tech has the weapons to win, but not the quarterback. Their defense will keep them in this game, but the pick is Wake. The winner goes to the Orange Bowl while the loser goes to the Chick-Fil-A bowl (formerly the Peach Bowl).
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The winner of this game is going to the Sugar Bowl unless Florida wins big and something absolutely screwy happens in the BCS. Arkansas must win this game to get into the BCS at all. Otherwise, LSU is going. It comes down to if Florida will be able to score consistently or if Arkansas will be able to make some plays through the air. Special teams will play a big factor in deciding this game. That favors Arkansas. With LSU not playing this weekend, the loser of this game is probably relegated to the Capital One bowl.
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The winner of this game is going to the Fiesta Bowl. A good old school match-up that will be played in the Big XII championship for the very FIRST time in the 10 year history of the conference. Since the loss to Texas back in October, Oklahoma has been on a roll. Nebraska, minus a slip up against Oklahoma State, has only lost to USC and Texas, which was a much better team at the time of the loss. I have to give the edge to Oklahoma. Bill Callahan gets too conservative in big games like this and I think the Oklahoma offense will be able to move the ball against the Nebraska defense. The loser of this game will go to the Cotton Bowl.
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Army and Navy square off again. This year Navy is the home team. Navy is the better team but Army did almost knock off Texas A&M earlier this season. This game will win Navy the Commander in Chief’s trophy for the best service team. Navy is slated to go to the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte, North Carolina.
(2) USC (-13.5) at UCLA
USC 43 – UCLA 17
(3) Michigan BYE
Next Game: projected to be in the Rose Bowl
(5) LSU BYE
Next Game: projected to be in the Rose Bowl
Connecticut at (6) Louisville (-27)
Louisville 42 – Connecticut 21
(7) Wisconsin BYE
Next Game: Accepted bid for the Capital One Bowl
(10) Boise State BYE
Next game: projected to be in the Fiesta Bowl
(11) Auburn BYE
Next Game: projected to be in the Outback Bowl
(12) Notre Dame BYE
Next Game: projected to be in the Sugar Bowl
(13) Rutgers at (15) West Virginia (-10)
Rutgers 22 – West Virginia 20
(14) Virginia Tech BYE
Next Game: projected to be in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl (Peach)
(17) Tennessee BYE
Next Game: projected to be in the Cotton Bowl
(17) Texas BYE
Next Game: projected to be in the Gator Bowl
(20) BYU BYE
Next Game: accepted bid for the Las Vegas Bowl
Stanford at (21) Cal (-29)
Cal 43 – Stanford 7
(22) Texas A&M BYE
Next Game: accepted bid to be in the Holiday Bowl
(25) Boston College BYE
Next Game: projected to be in the Champs Sports Bowl
Texas A&M BYE
Next Game: accepted bid to be in the Holiday Bowl
Florida State BYE
Next Game: Accepted Bid to the Emerald Bowl
Oregon St. at (24) Hawaii (-7.5)
Hawaii 43 – Oregon St. 40
Didn't intend to imply you're a hater.
Thanks rock. I'm a Gator fan and we certainly get our share of hater. All that crying about getting to the big game is misplaced imo. I'll be happy for UF to win the SEC and go to the Sugar. If they don't win in ATL they'll go to the Capital One Citrus Bowl which is 10 minutes from my house! I can't lose!
Good luck vs. UCLA and Ohio State!
Going to the Coliseum is an experience. You get to see some history unfold. It's changed a little in the last 29 years, no? I was a student there 1977-81 during the Charles White, Marcus Allen and Ronnie Lott era. Some great memories.
Maybe Coach Karl goes and loads up on some furniture to show his boys he has faith in them.
lol. I liked that! Sorry Army FREEPER FRiends. Too bad your going down!!!!
The Army will not know what hit them this weekend. lol. We all are getting together to watch on Saturday night (starts at 8:30 P.M.) here so there will be Army-Navy Football parties everywhere. It should be a good time.
Furniture dealers have been doing that this season in several other cities - can't think which ones, right off hand - but obviously Mattress Mac here in Houston could do it as a standing bet on the Texans and not have to pay out very much, lol.
Actually, I think some of the numbers have been $700,000 or $800,000 - usually less than $1 million the dealers have had to pay. They would spend a lot more than that on other advertising and they get lots of goodwill PR out of it.
Have fun and enjoy this while you can! It hasn't always been this way. Roll Navy!
Having seen them a couple of times, I think you're wrong, and you're lucky you didn't have to play them this year.. They would have played you very tough. They were where I expected Iowa to be this year, very well balanced, very much a Penn State type of toughness defensively.
These things take time.
Maybe...
I think OHio State would've won against them going away assuming they played as well as they did against everyone but Illinois....Illinois was their one bad game this year.
I don't know if anyone is watching this game on ESPN2, but Houston has a couple guys who will end up playing in the NFL on defense.
HEY mIKE...i HAVE NO FEELINGS FOR THIS WEEKEND GAMES....I just hope that GT can win it would be nice to see Reggie Ball go out on a good note.....I always root for Navy because being on a ship sounds like more fun.....I'd love to see Arkansas win over Florida......My prediction is that if USC loses it will be Michigan in the BCS game.
Speaking of easy schedules how about Purdue. They've jut had 2 years where they played neither ohio state or michigan.
FYI..earlier this week I was in the city, some shopping, lunch with some clients, one who is an exec with ABC..took me to a private screening of "We are Marshall"..Good movie, definitely worth seeing.. though not as good as is being touted. The problem I think is that unlike the sports movies based on reality, where we know the outcome will be a good one..i.e. "Hoosiers", "Chariots of Fire", heck, even "Miracle on Ice"..we know the denoument here isn't a happy one. Not sure if I'd have released it for the Holiday season....
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