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
Heck the UCLA offense produced almost a quarter of USC's offense today.
I was wondering if you would respond. What do you think, given today's results, a Michigan - Ohio State rematch?
Well it's what we have.
Is there such a thing as the Rodney Dangerfield Bowl????
Bring on Nebraska vs Oklahoma
Go Big Red
Beat them Sooners
Untold riches! Even more money than Reggie Bush's parents had a year ago!
I'd rather watch Michigan lose to OSU again by 3 than watching fresh Florida lose by 30.
If I had to bet money right now, I'd bet that FL jumps Michigan in the BCS rankings tomorrow. SOS bump from the extra game, and some voters will switch. But it will still be a BCS nightmare, because there will be accusations that the SEC commish (also BCS bigwig) pulled strings to make it happen.
I'm rooting for a rematch, with FL winning tonight but just missing out, because the hypocrital SEC will then finally start swinging towards supporting the start of a playoff (the +1 post-BCS bowls game.) A FL win but being left out to a Big 10 (sic) rematch would pretty much convince them that their tough conference schedule/setup is almost impossible to overcome to win an undisputed title. But if FL jumps Michigan (which I expect unless Arkansas wins this) the SEC will go right back to defending this inexcusable Bullcrap System joke of a sham.
Yeah, that 81 point shootout sure was boring...
I can't say anything that could add to that. Woo!
It just seems right to have those two schools playing for the conference championship.
I would rather see Boise State play Ohio State....
I bet some polls shift tonight to put Florida higher
Yes Mike, we're waiting!
Not a good way for Florida to start the second half. INT.
ARK INT'S GATORS PASS...ARK HAVE JUST SEALED A UM-OSU RE-MATCH!!!!
Go *Other* Big Red!
Beat Nebraska!
The Gators need a BIG win tonight and it's getting away from them.
PARAIOND ALERT........U OF M - OSU RE-MATCH IF THE GATORS DO NOT WIN BIG.............
I don't really understand why people are worried about a rematch. There is a 25% chance at the beginning of the playoffs that the Super Bowl will have two teams that played each other during the regular season.
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