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It is that time. Time for the bowl season to kick into gear. Though I would love nothing more than a playoff like D1AA, D2, and D3 college football, the BCS is the system we are stuck with. So, let's make the best of things and pick some games. For the final week, I'll look at the National Title game, the Papajohn's.com Bowl and the Music City Bowl. National Title Game (Jan. 7 @ 8 pm) 1 Alabama (13 -0) vs 2 Texas (1 3-0) For the first time, we may have a legit number 1 vs number 2 for the national title. Alabama made a statement last week when they dethroned the defending national champion Florida Gators in the SEC title game 32-13. Texas didn't have quite of an easy road last week in the Big 12 title game against Nebraska. Whether you think the Cornhuskers got robbed (which they did) Texas won the game on a last second field goal 13-12. But none of what happens matters. All that matters is what they bring to the table that day. Three to Watch Longhorns Colt McCoy (Qua

Here come the bowls. And before I give my bowl picks in the next blog, I'd like to examine a playoff for this year in D1A college football. We had 5 undefeated teams close out the year, so wouldn't this have been the perfect year for a playoff. Heck, if Texas would've lost to Nebraska (the Cornhuskers were robbed in the last second) we would've had a big ole mess that only a playoff could've solved. So here we go. First, take all the conference champs in D1A. ACC: Georgia Tech Big 10: Ohio State Big 12: Texas Big East: Cincinnati C-USA: East Carolina MAC: Central Michigan Mountain West: TCU Pac-10: Oregon SEC: Alabama Sun Belt: Troy WAC: Boise State Now for the hard part, making it a 16-team field. So, we need 5 at-large teams. This is the only part of the selection process that is flawed. The best way to do this is use the final rankings. So, after looking at the 5 slots, here are the teams that round out the field. 1-Florida 2-Iowa 3-Virginia Tech 4-Nebraska 5-Sta

Well, I've been off a while, and after a sickness and other circumstances, I'm back just in time for Championship Weekend. This week's games started early when Oregon beat rival Oregon State in the Civil War, and punched their ticket to the Rose Bowl and a Pac-10 title. The Ducks will be facing off against Ohio State, the Big 10 Champs. But now, we have some big time title games in the SEC, Big 12, MAC, C-USA and ACC. First, the Big 12 Title game. The Big 12 Title game this year features 3 Texas facing 21 Nebraska. The Longhorns are led by Colt McCoy, and the Hiesman hopeful who is doing next to everything on offense. Not only is he completing over 70% of his passes, but he has surpassed 3,000 yards passing with 27 TDs to 9 INTs (a 9:1 ratio). He also is the second leading rusher on the team. The Cornhuskers are a tough, hard-nosed team led by their defense. The leader of that particular unit is a dark-horse Heisman hopeful in defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh. Suh is a gam

The season is done, and now it is time for the bowls. This also brings up the All-Conference selections for the ACC and SEC. Both conferences will have a first and second team, and without further ado...here they are. SEC (1st Team) QB-Ryan Mallett (Ark) RB-Mark Ingram (Bama) WR-Julio Jones (Bama) WR-Greg Childs (Ark) OL-Mike Johnson (Bama) OL-Ciron Black (LSU) OL-Mike Pouncey (UF) OL-Markice Pouncey (UF) OL-Lyle Hitt (LSU) TE-D.J. Williams (Ark) WR-A.J. Green (UGA) K-Drew Butler (UGA) Specialist-Tim Tebow (UF) DL-Carlos Dunlap (UF) DL-Terrance Cody (Bama) DL-Malcolm Sheppard (Ark) DL-Kentrell Lockett (Miss) LB-Eric Norwood (USC) LB-Brandon Spikes (UF) LB-Rolando McClain (Bama) CB-Javier Arenas (Bama) S-Chad Jones (LSU) S-Eric Berry (UT) CB-Joe Haden (UF) P-Drew Butler (UGA) (2nd Team) QB-Stephen Garcia (USC) RB-Ben Tate (Auburn) RB-Anthony Dixon (Miss State) WR-Riley Cooper (UF) OL-John Jerry (Miss) OL-Drew Davis (Bama) OL-Jacques McClendon (UT) OL-Mitch Petrus (Ark) OL-Lemuel Jeanpie

Here we are again: Throw the 4 letter network into a turmoil, the Golden Boy has got a concussion. The story is on Tim Tebow (again) and his injury he sustained in the Gators past game when Taylor Windham sacked Tebow. Now, I'm not one to jump up and down because he got injured....I actually hope he makes a full recovery and plays in two weeks against LSU. But come on ESPN! Tebow got a concussion and will be fine in a few days with rest. The hit wasn't malicious, just a good, hard, clean hit on the QB. The shot of him being carted away in an ambulance was almost comical. It made me think a head of state getting hurt, but is was just a college football player. What's worse is that ESPN is paying very little to no attention to two serious injuries. Southern Cal's Staphon Johnson got his throat crushed in a weight-lifting accident where he was performing a bench press, lost his grip, and had the bar fall onto his neck. Did I mention that his injury called for a reported 6

Didn't have that great a week of picks for Week 4...but the games were entertaining. How 'bout that Ole Miss/South Carolina game to kick off the week? And how about the Texas Tech/Houston ball game to close the week? Sure, there were some let downs like the Miami/VT game. But I think it is pretty sad how a whole week of games to a backseat to a player getting injured, and yes, I'm talking about Tim Tebow. But anyway, we got another slate of games to pick from, and let's see if I can pick em better. But this week's Report is going to be a little shorter than usual. I'm feeling a little under the weather this week, and I'm really having trouble finding the initiative. I apologize to my readers, and promise a better Report for Week 6. ACC Game of the Week 8 Oklahoma (2-1, 0-0) vs 17 Miami (FL) (2-1, 2-1) Prediction Miami didn't look good at all last week against VT. The 'Canes looked slow, and really appeared to be the 'Canes of last year. If that

Who saw what was coming last week? So Cal upset by Washington? Although a lot of "experts" saw it coming, I still didn't believe it. I also didn't see FSU beating BYU. But, the week started off great with a great Miami (Fl) victory, and closed out with a competitive Texas v Texas Tech game. I again went 21-5, so let's see if I can do a little better. SEC Game of the Week South Carolina (2-1, 0-1 ) v 4 Ole Miss (2-0, 0-0) The Gamecocks are coming off a home opener where they took care of Florida Atlantic. The offense has been improving from week-to-week, but the defense seems to be taking steps backward; of course that has a lot to do with the losses of MLB Rodney Paulk, the now ended suspension of DT Ladi Ajiboye, the injury to DT Nate Pepper, along with the health of SS Darian Stewart. QB Stephen Garcis looks to have a very good grasp of the offense, and his receivers seem to be catching the ball now. Still, the running game is still a question mark. The Rebe

It was a rough week in college football for predicting games. Florida State got a scare from Jacksonville State, as did Utah in their game against San Jose State. But we also had some fantastic ball games. Georgia/South Carolina, Clemson/Georgia Tech, So Cal/Ohio State and Michigan/Notre Dame all were games that went down to the wire. Didn't have as good week predicting game, going 1-1 in featured games, and 21-5 for the week. Let's kick off Week 3! ACC Gam e of the Week 15 Georgia Tech (2-0, 1-0) v 20 Miami (1-0, 1-0) The Hurricanes are coming off a big win over Florida State two weeks ago. QB Jacory Harris had a very good game, completing 63% of his passes for over 300 yards, and spreading the ball around to Miami's athletes. The receivers of Aldarius Johnson, Laron Byrd, Travis Benjamin, and Leonard Hankerson were solid, and that performance will have to carry over for this game. The D will have to do better, and they can't allow 34 points again. Although the st

College football returned last week, and it did not disappoint. From the thriller in Iowa as the Hawkeyes squeaked by Northern Iowa, to BYU's upset of Oklahoma, and the slugfest that was Alabama v Virginia Tech. Even had our first controversy with LeGarrette Blount. And of course, we had the blowouts, like the ones Texas, Southern Cal and Florida respectively administered. But without further ado...let's get week 2 started, and see if I can improve on my 23-2 record from last week. So let's kick it off. SEC Game o f the We ek Sou th C ar olina ( 1-0, 0-0) v 21 Georgia (0-1, 0-0) Last week didn't go exactly as planned for either team. Georgia looked slow and uncooridnated on offense in its 24-10 loss to Oklahoma State, while South Carolina couldn't capitalize on at least three redzone opportunities, and squeaked by NC State 7-3. USC's QB Stephen Garcia had a managerial day against NC State. He only threw one INT, but no TDs. The offensive line looked much impr