No one is happier about the Ducks making a visit to the Rose Bowl than Ohio State. Finally, a Pac 10 opponent they have a chance against! Congratulations to the Ducks: take down the Buckeyes!
Well, another coach gone: Mark Mangino is out as Kansas' head football coach. He is the best coach in their history and has brought the program to life after a century of complete disaster. Whoever takes over for him has a huge rebuilding job next year, but it will be way easier than what Mangino had to deal with his first year.
A lot of conference championship games this weekend, should make for some fun football watching.
MAC: Central Michigan Chippewas over the Ohio Bobcats. Too much offense for CMU. Ohio does have an exciting offense of its own, but this is the year of the Chippewa. 31-20.
C-USA: Houston Cougars over the East Carolina Pirates. Same deal: ECU prides itself on D, Houston on O. But ECU can't hold Houston down ALL DAY two years in a row, and ECU's O is too sporadic to expect enough points to win. Houston's biggest struggles in C-USA has been with explosive offenses, which ECU is not. 35-20.
Big East (de facto championship game): Pitt pulls off the "upset" in this one. If Pitt would have beaten West Virginia last week, it wouldn't be an upset. Cincy has been living on the edge for several games this year. This is the time they finally fall off the cliff. Pitt: stick with the running game! 28-24.
ACC: Clemson over Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech's biggest struggles have come against rushing attacks this season. Enter Clemson with two great running backs. In the first meeting, G-Tech rushed out to a huge 24-0 lead early in the game, but Clemson dominated the rest of play before falling short, 30-27. Payback this time around is sweet for the Tigers: 41-24, 200+ rushing yards for Spiller.
Big 12: Nebraska has a chance, they really do, against the Texas Longhorns. However, Nebraska cannot afford to go 3 and out too often, which has been the signature of their offense this season. Texas has an O that can take 5, 6, 8 minutes off the clock and wear you down. Colt McCoy can make the big play on 3rd and long. I think it'll be close for a short while, but Nebraska's lack of offense ultimately costs them this game before halftime. 34-10.
SEC: Florida. Bama. Rematch of last year's game where Tim Tebow dominated the fourth quarter. First time I've ever seen Urban Meyer outcoached for any period of time: unfortunately for Saban, he only did it for 3 quarters. I think Urban has learned from that experience. Tebow wants it. You can't win two games in a season 12-10, so I'm going with Florida and the two-dimensional offense. Both teams are phenomenal on special teams. Both have exciting blitz packages and D-lines that can get a surge. It should be fun. 17-12, Gators.
Cal edges Washington in a closer-than-expected game.
USC beats Arizona. We now have a 4-way tie for 2nd in the Pac 10: sweet.
Hawaii takes down Wisconsin to get bowl eligible. They play former skipper June Jones in the Hawaii Bowl!
Connecticut beats worn-down South Florida.
Boise State completes its undefeated season with a beatdown of New Mexico State. They dominated the Pac 10 champion and went undefeated. What more can they do to earn a BCS game? Besides join the MWC and repeat the feat.
Rutgers beats West Virginia at home. R-U, rah rah.
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