Championship games abound with a trip to the BCS title game on tap as well. A good way to finish off what has been a solid regular season of College Football.
5. Oklahoma Sooners vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers in Big 12 Title Game
The perennially thrilling battle between Big 12 South (Yankees) and the Big 12 North (Devil Rays). Making this matchup even less exciting than the typical Big 12 blowout, Adrian Peterson who was apparently "healthy" enough to play last weekend is not going to play this weekend either. Boo. The winner of this game goes from arguably the least exciting Championship game, atleast ACC has a Cinderella Story, right to the least attractive BCS game against Boise St. Not a banner year for the Big 12 conference. Anyway on to the matchup, eh I'll be honest I don't care. The Pick: Sooners by 10.
4. Wake Forest Demon Decons vs. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in ACC Title Game
Throw the ACC conference into the blender of conferences having a bad season. With FSU and Miami having terrible years the ACC was having it hard enough, then last weekend they lost all three SEC rivalry games and basically got kicked when they were already down. The one thing the ACC has going for them is the cinderella Wake Forest story and they should really hype that up as much as possible to generate some viewers to this game, because when you look at these two teams you think of one person Calvin Johnson, and unfortunately Reggie Ball doesn't know how to pass it to him anymore. In addition the chances of the winner of this game not getting lumped up in the BCS is minimal, atleast you guys dominated the ACC Big 10 Challenge for the 8th Consecutive year. The Pick: Wake does the improbable and wins the ACC BCS bid.
3. Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs. West Virginia Mountaineers in Morgantown
Now to a game that I will definitely be looking forward to watching, why? Because in the Big East they play no defense and I will be interested to see how WVU bounces back from their no show last weekend. Rutgers is playing for a trip to the BCS against the team everyone picked to be the Big East representative, where does Rutgers have the advantage, well rushing against West Virginia's small defensive front. Where does WVU have the advantage, blasting runs through the linebackers and outrunning the secondary. If you like gashing rushes, and tons of rush yardage along with a decently high score, this most likely will be your game. The Pick: Slaton rallies the troops WVU by 4.
2. Florida Gators vs. Arkansas Razorbacks in SEC Title Game
Everyone and their mother prior to last weeks loss to LSU was predicting a win for Arkansas in the SEC title game simply because Florida wasn't dominating teams on offense, but why. Here's what I was amazed about while watching the fight for the Golden Boot last weekend, the Razorbacks have absolutely no quarterback play, when you go 3-17 with an int in a game thats not a sign of a bad day that's a sign that you are a miserable quarterback. Really when watching the game all I could think of was damn they should just play the Wildcat formation all game and simply run that and other option plays similar to WVU. But they didn't and on the final drive they threw 4 pass plays, huh? Florida may not be dominant on offense but they are not one dimensional. The Pick: No QB = NO BCS, Gators by 7
1. Southern California Trojans vs. UCLA Bruins in the Rose Bowl
The most important game of the weekend falls between the rival LA schools. Pete Carroll is staring down another possible National Title and only the Bruins stands between him and Glendale and they typically Ole like a Matador. After last weeks dominant offensive performance against the Fighting Irish what would give anyone the logical notion that a much maligned Bruins defense would be able to slow down the Trojans in the slightest. Unfortunately for all Gator and Wolverine fans their path to the title game will be over come 7:30 saturday afternoon. The Pick: USC mauls the Crosstown Bruins.
5. Oklahoma Sooners vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers in Big 12 Title Game
The perennially thrilling battle between Big 12 South (Yankees) and the Big 12 North (Devil Rays). Making this matchup even less exciting than the typical Big 12 blowout, Adrian Peterson who was apparently "healthy" enough to play last weekend is not going to play this weekend either. Boo. The winner of this game goes from arguably the least exciting Championship game, atleast ACC has a Cinderella Story, right to the least attractive BCS game against Boise St. Not a banner year for the Big 12 conference. Anyway on to the matchup, eh I'll be honest I don't care. The Pick: Sooners by 10.
4. Wake Forest Demon Decons vs. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in ACC Title Game
Throw the ACC conference into the blender of conferences having a bad season. With FSU and Miami having terrible years the ACC was having it hard enough, then last weekend they lost all three SEC rivalry games and basically got kicked when they were already down. The one thing the ACC has going for them is the cinderella Wake Forest story and they should really hype that up as much as possible to generate some viewers to this game, because when you look at these two teams you think of one person Calvin Johnson, and unfortunately Reggie Ball doesn't know how to pass it to him anymore. In addition the chances of the winner of this game not getting lumped up in the BCS is minimal, atleast you guys dominated the ACC Big 10 Challenge for the 8th Consecutive year. The Pick: Wake does the improbable and wins the ACC BCS bid.
3. Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs. West Virginia Mountaineers in Morgantown
Now to a game that I will definitely be looking forward to watching, why? Because in the Big East they play no defense and I will be interested to see how WVU bounces back from their no show last weekend. Rutgers is playing for a trip to the BCS against the team everyone picked to be the Big East representative, where does Rutgers have the advantage, well rushing against West Virginia's small defensive front. Where does WVU have the advantage, blasting runs through the linebackers and outrunning the secondary. If you like gashing rushes, and tons of rush yardage along with a decently high score, this most likely will be your game. The Pick: Slaton rallies the troops WVU by 4.
2. Florida Gators vs. Arkansas Razorbacks in SEC Title Game
Everyone and their mother prior to last weeks loss to LSU was predicting a win for Arkansas in the SEC title game simply because Florida wasn't dominating teams on offense, but why. Here's what I was amazed about while watching the fight for the Golden Boot last weekend, the Razorbacks have absolutely no quarterback play, when you go 3-17 with an int in a game thats not a sign of a bad day that's a sign that you are a miserable quarterback. Really when watching the game all I could think of was damn they should just play the Wildcat formation all game and simply run that and other option plays similar to WVU. But they didn't and on the final drive they threw 4 pass plays, huh? Florida may not be dominant on offense but they are not one dimensional. The Pick: No QB = NO BCS, Gators by 7
1. Southern California Trojans vs. UCLA Bruins in the Rose Bowl
The most important game of the weekend falls between the rival LA schools. Pete Carroll is staring down another possible National Title and only the Bruins stands between him and Glendale and they typically Ole like a Matador. After last weeks dominant offensive performance against the Fighting Irish what would give anyone the logical notion that a much maligned Bruins defense would be able to slow down the Trojans in the slightest. Unfortunately for all Gator and Wolverine fans their path to the title game will be over come 7:30 saturday afternoon. The Pick: USC mauls the Crosstown Bruins.
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