The Most Wonderful Week Of The Year

Now it has been a little while since I have blogged but maybe it was just because I was saving up for this week. Either way we will just let it slide. I will be partying with our good friends The Hajek's in Charleston for the New Years celebration but I wanted to give you all just a taste of my predictions for the big games coming up. When I get back it will be time o finish up on the NFL season and then move on to my Tennessee Vols in Basketball and the rest of the crowd as well as the NBA. So let me just give you a sampling of what will happen in all the Jan 1st bowl games.
First up is my Tennessee Vols against Penn State in the Outback Bowl: Now this could end up being a pretty good game with a lot of history between these two programs. Everyone under the sun knows how great Joe Paterno is and what he has done as the head coach at PSU but for some reason because of recent years no one talks about Phil Fulmer. Fulmer has one of the highest winning percentages in NCAA history and last year was the first bowl game he had missed since the 80's. Now watch out for Ainge and Meachem to start their Heisman push for next year in this game. Paterno is coming off a big leg injury and wants to coach from the sidelines for the first time since the Badgers took him out of the game. Linebacker U of course has 2 Bednarik award finalists that want to put a stop to the high powered Tennessee offense but I just don't see that secondary stopping Meachem.
Vols win 31-17
Next is the Wisconsin Badgers against the Arkansas Razorbacks in the Capital One Bowl: Arkansas has the best player in the country in my eyes with Darren McFadden. McFadden can run, catch, and pass the ball from any formation. He will get over 150 total yards in this game and will play very very well. The Badgers have a freshman in P.J. Hill who ran for over 1500 yards this year and have a great defense as well. The Badgers went 11-1 this year and no one talked about them, even though their only loss was against #3 Michigan. This game will be a great game and I am going to cheer my heart out for my good friend Jason Sudar's Wisconsin Badgers. I look for the explosiveness of McFadden and Felix Jones to cause some serious problems for the Badgers but in the long run a strong defensive play will turn the game.
Badgers win 27-24
The Rose Bowl: USC takes on Michigan in what all the media personalities are calling the what if game. It seems that everyone thinks that Michigan should be playing in a rematch against Ohio State and of course if USC had handled their business by beating UCLA they would be playing for the National Title. Not sure why anyone would be upset about playing in the Rose Bowl but I guess we all want the biggest prize and don't want to settle for 2nd place. USC is too dominate on offense and underrated on defense. Michigan does not have their head in this game because they want to be playing somewhere else.
USC wins 31-21
The Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma takes on Boise State in a game of interesting contrast. Oklahoma is one of the biggest programs in the history NCAA football and has won more national titles than the amount of Rocky Movies. Boise State is a team who plays no one but still went undefeated and is ranked #9 in the country. Oklahoma has a lot to prove after losing its last 2 BCS games and will come out fighting mad. Oklahoma is just too tough for Boise in this game.
Oklahoma wins 31-20
Watch for the rest of the BCS game predictions later.....

Championship Saturday

Today is the day we find out who plays where in the big bowl games. Today I am going to tell you who wins the SEC Championship, Big 12 Championship, a Pac 10 game that means so much, and the biggest game of the year every year.

Pac 10 game.... USC Vs. UCLA.... Not only is this a huge rivalry in the state of California but this year the game could decide who plays for all the marbles. USC HATES UCLA and this comes through year in and year out. This is the type of rivalry in which a bad team (UCLA) can somehow overachieve and pull off a huge upset. This year however USC and Pete Carroll will not look past this game because they know what happens if they win....National Championship here we come. USC has too much talent and too much to play for today.
USC 38 UCLA 17

Big 12 Championship.... Again this game is not only for a Championship but is also a HUGE rivalry....Oklahoma Vs. Nebraska... WOW.... This has always been one of those games in which the winner was in the running for a national title. Think about the 70's and 80's and even the early 90's. "The Game of the Century" back in the early 1970's, the wishbone, Barry Switzer Vs. Tom Osborne, the Orange Bowl.... The Sooners have been impressing me every week and I have made note of the adversity they have had to overcome all year, and today will be no different. Oklahoma should be 11-1 but the refs in the Oregon game decided they should not win. Sadly this loss took them out of a National Championshp race.
Oklahoma 31 Nebraska 21

SEC Championship.... Arkansas Vs. florida.... Arkansas matches up so well with overrated gators that in my opinion we will see florida exposed today. florida has not been impressive all year, they have beaten SEC teams by a margin of victory of 6.5 points per game and the Razorbacks have been winning by 10.9 in the SEC. Darren McFadden is averaging 132.5 yards per game against ranked opponents and he will have a HUGE day today. McFadden will be in the running for the Heisman next year and he will make another statement game today. Watch for McFadden to run for over 150 yards today.
Arkansas 31 florida 17

THE GAME.... Army Vs. Navy.... With a win by Navy they will have won the Commander In Chief's Cup for the 4th straight year which would be a record for the Naval Academy. Now I have heard rumors that Roger Staubach is thinking about making a comeback in order to make this game more of a blow out but to be honest with you he does not need to play for the Midshipmen to destroy the Black Knights. Watch for Navy to win their 9th game of the year by a BIG margin. Admiral Broyles this one is for you.
Navy 117 Army 0