Rambling's Week 14 CFB Picks Review

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.
Well here we are the regular season has come to an end, Army-Navy is next week but it isn't counted as a regular season game for bowl status. Thank you all for reading this year, I hope to have a season review coming up and then we'll dive into bowl season.

Thursday, November 29th, 2012:
Louisville at Rutgers, 6:30 pm ESPN, So it turns out it was actually a four team tie but it won't matter as Louisville was highest ranked going into the week and their win won't drop them any further. Winner: 0-1 ATS: 0-1

Friday, November 30th, 2012:
#21 Northern Illinois at #17 Kent State (Ford Field), 6:00 pm ESPN2, This game was closer than I expected but Jordan Lynch and NIU pulled out the victory in OT and have a chance at a BCS bowl with a little help from the polls. The bummer news is that Dave Doeren took the NC State job and won't be their to coach them in whatever bowl they play. Winner: 1-1 ATS: 1-1
#16 UCLA at #8 Stanford, 7:00 pm FOX, Much closer this week than last and I should have expected it because both coaches staffs had a week to make adjustments on what they didn't do well last week. Props to UCLA for making a game of it and to the coaching staff for putting the kids in that position. Winner: 2-1 ATS: 1-2

Saturday, December 1st, 2012:
#11 Oklahoma at TCU, 11:00 am ESPN, TCU hung around in this game but just couldn't get close enough to really win this game. Oklahoma's win put the pressure on Kansas State to win against Texas to close out their Big XII championship. Winner: 3-1 ATS: 1-3
#23 Oklahoma State at Baylor, 11:00 am FX, Both these teams are gonna be fun to watch for a few years, I think OK State will be the better team over the next couple but there isn't a team that's really going to be itching to play Baylor either. This game was well played and well coached on the Bears side and OK State showed it's inexperience in the final game of the season. Winner: 3-2 ATS: 1-4
UCF at Tulsa, 11:00 am ESPN2, This was probably the most exciting game that noone watched Tulsa returned a kick for a touchdown, got the extra point blacked then won the game in overtime which took multiple reviewed goaline tries. Winner: 4-2 ATS: 2-4
Middle Tennessee at Arkansas State, 2:00 pm ESPN3,  Winner: 5-2 ATS: 2-5
#20 Boise State at Nevada, 2:30 pm ABC, Boise makes it a three-way tie for the MWC and all are co-champs because of the MWC bylaws just couldn't go far enough to seperate the three teams. Winner: 6-2 ATS: 2-6
#2 Alabama vs #3 Georgia (Georgia Dome), 3:00 pm CBS, The best game of the weekend that include overtime MACtion in the title game. This game had major swings, hard hits, great athletic plays and an argument about what really happened on the last play. The SEC probably should have had three teams in the BCS (if it weren't outlawed) because I don't think there is any doubt that Alabama, Georgia and Florida all were top 5 teams and LSU/Texas A&M weren't far behind. Winner: 7-2 ATS: 3-6
#18 Texas at #6 Kansas State, 7:00 pm ABC, Kansas State wins, and wins the Big XII title but the story here again is Texas who has had one of the most infuriating seasons in recent history. They look like barn-burners and then look like a team trapped inside a burning barn. How much more of a leash does Mack Brown get? Congrats to Bill Snyder and the Wildcats for a great season. Winner: 8-2 ATS: 4-6
#13 Florida State vs Georgia Tech (Bank of America Stadium), 7:00 pm ESPN, This game was controlled by Florida State but in very FSU fashion they let Georgia Tech hang around, this undoubtedly had something to with the loss of E.J. Manuel. It will be interesting to see how this FSU team responds to being overwhelmingly favored to crush NIU. Winner: 9-2 ATS: 4-7
#12 Nebraska vs Wisconsin (Lucas Oil Stadium), 7:17 pm FOX, Raise your hand if you saw Wisconsin coming out like that and then not lifting off the gas until up 30-something midway through the third. If this team shows up in Pasadena we will have a ball game, let's see if they can show some consistency through the layoff. Nebraska played it's worst game of the year at the least opportune time. Winner: 10-2 ATS: 4-8