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
Either Michigan or Florida. Wisconsin. LSU. Louisville. Oklahoma. Boise State.
Am I missing anyone?
Consistently
Biased
System
Fake punt, TD by a non-QB and all the rest....
Aw c'mon, Kirk Herbstreit has always been a straight-shooter, I've never seen him show any favoritism to his OSU alma mater. He's a class act and one of the best.
OTOH, may Musberger lose his voice forever...
Yeah, baby!!!
Oh and the Michigan/Notre Dame game they had... Jerome "I was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and I hate Michigan." Bettis as an announcer too.
LOL
"The BCS should be toast if Florida isn't in the championship game."
Hopefully the BCS will be toast.
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061120/SPORTS/611200325/-1/archives
Must read! MSM alert
I'm not campaigning for anybody, but I don't think anybody outside of Michigan want to see an MU-OSU rematch. Florida, miraculously, managed to win out and beat Arkansas. Now that USC is out, the Gators deserve it...
BTW: annonymous Florida fans, pay heed: stop trolling, stop the nasty posts, and LSU will still kick your ass next year!
LMAO!
Oh I want Florida to go the NC and us to the Rose Bowl but unfort both can't happen now lol.
USC screws LSU again lol. I think Florida will get the votes to go the NC so at least we all get some money. The bad side LSU has to prob play Notre Lame in the Sugar. I so didnt want to spend another New YEars in New Orleans for the umptenth time. Congrats thought Yall deserve to go
A bit off-topic but we just switched to ONN, and Hilliard-Davidson HS just beat Mentor HS (for the Div. I Finals) in 2OT by going for 2. Final score 36-35. They beat Colerain last week. Good for them!
BIG_12 Champ -- Okla 14 neb 7 Halftime
You know I Urbans comments after the game about if FLorida should go to the NC was sort of mooted. I wonder if the Florida Bowl Game Powers got to the UF administration and told them to tell Urban to be quiet on this lol.
Maybe people will finally get off their butts and do something about the BcS disaster.
In all honsety, there is nothing they could say or do that even begins to compare with the golf annoucers fawning over Tiger but that's another complaint for a different time. :-)
I'm an Iowa fan.
I'll get the popcorn.
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