This should be an exciting weekend for college football with conference champions crowned and the National Championship match-up decided. Enjoy three straight days of championship football.
Thursday, November 29th, 2012:
Louisville at Rutgers, 6:30 pm ESPN, This game is simple, Rutgers wins, they are the Big East champ, if Louisville wins they should be the highest ranked in the BCS and will win the three team tie-breaker. Winner: Rutgers ATS: Rutgers -3
Friday, November 30th, 2012:
#21 Northern Illinois at #17 Kent State (Ford Field), 6:00 pm ESPN2, The MAC winner has a chance to crash the BCS but a very small chance at that. I think Northern Illinois behind phenom Jordan Lynch. You should watch this because Dri Archer and Lynch are dynamic and this game should be some classic MACtion. Winner: Northern Illinois ATS: Northern Illinois -5
#16 UCLA at #8 Stanford, 7:00 pm FOX, Stanford won last week, Stanford is the better team, Stanford is at home. Bravo to Jim Mora for one of the more surprising coaching debuts of the season. Winner: Stanford ATS: Stanford -9.5
Saturday, December 1st, 2012:
#11 Oklahoma at TCU, 11:00 am ESPN, A challenge to finish out the season for Oklahoma and a win here forces Kansas State to win against Texas later in the day to wrap up the conference title. TCU finishes out a season with challenges and growing pains but should be in a position to challenge for a conference crown next year. Winner: Oklahoma ATS: Oklahoma -9.5
#23 Oklahoma State at Baylor, 11:00 am FX, A young Oklahoma State team was expected to take a bigger step back than this after losing some graduating talent last year but a trio of young QBs stepped up to keep this team very competitive in the Big XII. Baylor had it's moment in an upset of Kansas State but took the step back we all penciled in for them with the loss of RGIII to the NFL. Winner: Oklahoma State ATS: Oklahoma State -4.5
UCF at Tulsa, 11:00 am ESPN2, UCF played well at times this year at times but overall underwhelmed in their games against stronger competition. Tulsa was the best team in Conference USA this season. I think they roll in this game and both teams go to mid-level bowls. Winner: Tulsa ATS: Tulsa Pk
Middle Tennessee at Arkansas State, 2:00 pm ESPN3, The Sun Belt has no title game but this game has the same thing on the line. Both teams have 1 loss and everyone else has at least two in conference. Gus Malzahn has done a great job in his first year as the Wolfpack's head coach and his spread system has taken right up where Hugh Freeze left off last year. Middle Tennessee hasn't been the most publicized Sun Belt team that honor belongs to ULM and WKU but they should provide a test for Arkansas State. Winner: Arkansas State ATS: Middle Tennessee +10
#20 Boise State at Nevada, 2:30 pm ABC, A win here will cause a three way tie for the MWC title and from my reading of the rules we will have 3 co-champs. This is silly but that's what'll happen after Boise takes care of Nevada. Winner: Boise State ATS: Boise State -9
#2 Alabama vs #3 Georgia (Georgia Dome), 3:00 pm CBS, The game of the day comes to us from Atlanta, GA where the Tide meet up with the Dawgs. Georgia has talent and a defense which should be able to keep the Alabama offense in check. The real question is what will Aaron Murray be able to do against a Bama defense that has shown flaws throughout the year but is still immensely talented. Winner: Alabama ATS: Georgia +7.5
#18 Texas at #6 Kansas State, 7:00 pm ABC, No matter what happens at noon in Fort Worth Kansas State holds it's Big XII title hopes in their own hands. Kansas State has been the better team this season, even though Texas has more talent. Kansas State should be able to take care of a Texas defense that has had trouble stopping just about everything at times this year. Texas will have to play smart plays for 60 minutes. Winner: Kansas State ATS: Kansas State -11
#13 Florida State vs Georgia Tech (Bank of America Stadium), 7:00 pm ESPN, Georgia Tech is in the ACC championship game but Florida State is far and away the better team in this game and the most talented team in ACC. Winner: Florida State ATS: Florida State -13.5
#12 Nebraska vs Wisconsin (Lucas Oil Stadium), 7:17 pm FOX, These two teams played a close game at the start of conference season, but that game was a bit misleading as first half turnovers buried Nebraska in the first half. They dominated both lines in the second half. Both teams have matured and gotten better but I don't see too many ways in which Wisconsin wins this game. Winner: Nebraska ATS: Nebraska -3
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