Noon:
- Missouri @ Nebraska (ABC): Winner gets to lose to Texas in the Big 12 title game!
- UVA @ FSU (local ACC): Honestly, FSU has only gotten worse this season, while UVA has gotten better. Still, though, I've seen no evidence that UVA's quarterback can complete a pass to anyone, or that any of his receivers can catch a pass. So I like FSU here.
- Ball St. @ UMich (ESPNU): I can't come up with anything that explains why this game is being televised anywhere besides ESPN's deal with the Big Ten.
- Maryland @ Clemson (ESPN2): UMD needs a win in Death Valley to stay alive in their division's race. The odds of them getting said win, however, do not seem high.
- Baylor @ Texas Tech (FSN): Baylor's halfway decent again this year, thus continuing to cement their status as the Vandy of the Big 12 instead of the Duke of the Big 12.
2:30 - UNC @ ND (NBC): Notre Dame seeks to go 2-0 against the ACC this year....
3:30:
- Washington @ Oregon (TBS): Washington needs the win to try to get to a bowl, but the Ducks need it to stay alive in the Pac-10.
- LSU @ Tennessee (CBS): Game of the week right here, or it would be, if anything was actually riding on it. A LSU win here gives Florida some breathing room in the East, and a UT win gives LSU 3 conference losses.
- Purdue @ Michigan St (ESPNU): Well, since John L. Smith has already been fired, you can't really watch him try to get fired anymore. Can MSU rally behind their soon-to-be-departed coach? I wouldn't bet on it.
- Ohio St. @ Illinois (ESPN2): The non-hit parade continues! Can't OSU and Michigan just play and get it done with? Sheesh.
- Kansas St. @ Colorado (FSN): Why?!? In a way, I picked a good weekend to not watch games.
- Oklahoma St. @ Texas (TBS): Man, TBS had a full-slate of games today! Too bad they all suck.
- Georgia Tech @ NC State (ESPNU): Well, I'd watch this if I could, but oh well. I'm somewhat nervous about this - NCSU needs to win in order to have a chance at a bowl game, and I think the best thing Tech could do is sweep their last four games. Hopefully GT is focused and comes out ready to play after the huge win against Miami last week. If GT can win this game....yeah.
- Boston College @ Wake Forest (ESPN2): Probably the game with the most conference champion implications of the day. Yes, that's right folks, BC@WFU is probably the most important game of the day. (Don't worry, I also struggle with this notion.) Provided UMD loses to FSU, the winner of this game is in the ACC Atlantic driver's seat. I have to like BC here - Wake Forest is a good team, but they just have played anyone at all except for Clemson. (In fairness, WFU played Clemson a heck of a lot closer than we did. But they still lost.)
- USC @ Stanford (FSN): OH GOD WHY!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Stanford isn't just bad, they're horrible. The closest they've come this year was a 1 point loss to San Jose St. They haven't been within a touchdown of any of their other opponents. Is USC down? Sure. But Stanford is beyond down. Duke could probably beat them by a couple of scores, though of course Duke lost to a DI-AA team. Still, though, someone should figure out a way to those teams to play each other....
8:00 - VPI @ Miami (ABC): Well, this game isn't nearly as big of a deal as it used to be. I don't know who to go for here - unless both teams lose, a loss doesn't really help Tech since we beat both of them. Miami has the best chance to lose again after this, so I guess if they win it helps. Oh well.
That's all I got folks. It's unlikely the bowl predictions will be posted this weekend - I'd guess Tuesday at the earliest. Later.
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