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
"...SEC's overinflated ego and sense of entitlement"
Utter crap. The SEC is, by far, the best conference in the country.
BTW, which pathetic conference does your team play in?
LOL! Have Brittney and Paris been spotted again? ;^)
Man oh man is there going to be a firestorm tonight in either Ann Arbor or Gainesville. Underlying all of this of course is the Big Ten vs. the SEC. The SEC is still upset about Auburn being passed over by Oklahoma a couple of years ago. If their conference champ is excluded by a team that finished second in the Big Ten then look out. Either way this story will dominate ESPN this week regardless what happens in the NFL.
USC had been ever more dominant lately against their rival but UCLA couldn't have picked a better time to snap that streak.
You know, you almost had me convinced until you threw in that cheap shot. How many other conferences can produce four 10+ win teams, nine bowl eligible teams. If you answered none, you'd be right, and if you also answered "none" to your knowledge of the SEC, you'd also be right!
So where do you think LSU winds up going depending on who gets the #2 spot tonight?
Oh come on! You're just afraid of a rematch on neutral territory. Go Blue.
If Florida goes to the BcS Title game, LSU is in the Sugar where they'll annihilate Notre Dame. If the BcS takes Michigan, they're headed for Pasadena and the grudge match with USC in the Rose...
Honestly though, I don't think Michigan or Florida can handle OSU for four quarters...
Not a bad scenario either way. Of course in terms of travel expenses it'd be better for the LSU faithful if Florida gets the nod.
It would be the perfect way to end the season if LSU plays in the Superdome a year after Katrina, especially against Notre Dame. There's a big love-hate thing with the Irish down here.
Now, if the Saints can just win a spot in the playoffs....
GOOOOO GATORS!!!!
8:00 pm ET tonight on Fox we'll find out. The Cowboys-Giants game will be a great lead in to that.
You don't do anyone any good by bearing false witness against someone's character that way.
Sorry your 'horns choked at the end of the year against KSU and the Aggies; try to get over it and cheer up.
Ok, I take one week off from watching college football (prior engagement) and you guys (and gals) let everything go to h^ll. I'm gonna have to scratch my head over this one...Ok..Ohio State vs. Florida in the BCS Championship.
Plus Stoops has an assistant to handle parole duties.
He should look pissed because that was the biggest choke job since ......... the end of last years championship game against Texas.
yeah I knew I was forgetting someone. However, Wisconsin is ineligible due to Ohio state and Michigan already going to the BCS.
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