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Rose bowl - USC
USC is playing at home and has a monster defense that has kept 8 opponents to a touch down or less. Penn St. has a good, but less talented defense and a more talented offense. In comparison, usc dismantled ohio st in which they were unable to score a TD. Penn St. barely won against ohio st with a score of 13-6.
Orange bowl - Cincinnati
Toss up. Both teams have shown inconsistency. But I'd go with Cincinnati. VT has 3 losses to unimpressive teams - S. Florida, E. Carolina, and Maryland. At least one of Cincinnati's two losses is to Oklahoma.
Sugar bowl - Alabama
Alabama is the only team besides Mississippi to give Florida a run for its money. Even then no 4 LSU and no 6 Georgia cannot say that. This is a well rounded team that will overpower a repetitively untested utah. Utah's only quality wins are against BYU and TCU (two non-conference teams). Plus lets not forget alabama is hungry after being denied the championship game.
Fiesta Bowl - Texas
Texas is a crazy good team whose only loss is to then no 7 Texas tech; however, that game was decided in the last sec and really could have gone either way. In Texas' other games, they beat no 1 Oklahoma, no 11 Missouri, and no 7 Oklahoma St. On the other hand, Ohio St. has been embarrassed at the last 2 nation cham, failed to score a TD against USC, and
BCS champ - Florida
Florida has an unstoppable offense led by almost 2 time Heisman champ Tim Tebow. They also have a great defense who has kept most opponents below 10 points. Oklahoma also has a good offense, but has really lacked on defense. Really all of their games have been shoot outs with quality opponents easily scoring anywhere from 35 to 21 points.
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Pete Carroll will out-prepare Joe Paterno and USC has the swagger. Take USC and the points.
Orange Bowl: Cincinnati
Cincinnati has a chip on their shoulder. Although the matchup is VA Tech defense vs. Bearcat offense and I usually pick the defense, VA Tech has a been-there-done-that attitude and a lackluster 9-4 record.
Sugar Bowl : Alabama
Alabama is the best team and should be playing for the championship. Although I'm rooting against Nick Saban, I think that Alabama has something to prove after the loss to Florida knocked them out of the championship game. Alabama also has a strong defense and a senior poised, experienced senior at QB.
Fiesta Bowl: Texas
Ohio State's recent weak performance in big games and a starts a true freshman at QB. Edge to Texas.
BCS Championship Game:
Yawn. The real championship – Florida vs Alabama – was already played. Florida should win this because they can play some defense. Oklahoma hasn't shown that they can stop anyone. This year's sooner squad seems to play defense by outscoring their opponent.
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Orange Bowl- VATech because they have a better ground game.
Sugar-Alabama because they have been playing tougher teams all year.
Fiesta-Texas because they are more talented at nearly every position.
Champioship-FLA because they have been there.
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No team in the country is playing as well as USC right now, with the exception of Florida. Penn State doesn't have the speed or talent to match up with USC, and while they do have a small size advantage, USC is running on all cylinders at the moment -- see their performance at UCLA.
Orange Bowl - Virginia Tech
Cincinnati is simply outmatched here. The best team in a very bad Big East, they'll be run over by the exceptional athletes VT offers. Cincinnati will be fortunate to even complete a pass against the great Virginia Tech defensive backs.
Sugar Bowl - Utah vs. Alabama
As much as I'd like to see Utah win, Alabama has too much talent. The Tide's defensive line is especially strong, and Utah relies upon a passing attack that will be broken up by the penetration Alabama can bring -- expect Utah to be sacked at least eight times.
Fiesta Bowl - Ohio State vs. Texas
Texas will blow out Ohio State. Texas is most likely the second-best team in the country, and Ohio State has little to offer outside of an outstanding running back. OSU's freshman quarterback will be thrust into a situation he can't handle, and expect him to throw a few interceptions.
BCS Championship Game - Oklahoma vs. Florida
Florida is simply too strong at this time to lose to anyone. Tim Tebow has a fire lit under him for losing the Heisman to Sam Bradford, and consult the history of the Heisman to see how badly the award winners end up playing in bowl games after winning the award. It will be closer than it ought to be, but Florida will win by at least two touchdowns.
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Virginia Tech: Look at Cinci's quality victories, they got nearly none in C-USA. Virginia Tech at least competed in the ACC which, while down this year, still had teams such as FSU, Clemson, and the revived UNC, as well as BC.
Alabama: Alabama only lost to Florida this season, and this is when Florida was playing like the best team in the nation. Even with this, Bama lost by 11 and it was close all game.
Texas: Ohio State is very good but there are rumors that Beanie Wells is injured, which will make it difficult to beat a very talented Texas team. While Terrell Pryor is the new Vince Young, he is only a true freshman who will find it difficult to do anything against Texas.
Florida: As I said previously, Florida is playing like the best team in the nation. Oklahoma is good, very good actually, but Florida just has too much speed on both sides of the ball for Oklahoma to match up with.
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Orange: Who cares?
Sugar: WTF? Alabama, numnuts!
Fiesta: Texas. They still think they have a chance to win "Miss Congeniality".
BCS Chumpionship: Oklahoma. No amount of SEC bootlicking by the entire Atlantic seaboard will force Florida into the win column this time. Regardless of who wins, the true national champ is whatever team you like the most. So CHEERS!
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Orange bowl- Least sure about this one but my gut says VT so i guess i'll go with them
Sugar bowl- While Utah is undefeated they have not played anyone, and as much as you can say that you can only beat who you play, here is someone there going to play and lose, so my pick is Alabama
Fiesta bowl- Texas has just played too many good teams and beaten them other then the last second loss to tech, Ohio state already has losses to penn state and USC. My pick is Texas
BCS Chanpionship- Florida is on a roll and i don;t think its going to stop now, they have a bad loss at the start of the year, but ever since they have been on there game. So my pick is Florida
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Orange Bowl: VT will defeat UC in a game where experience and coaching are critical factors. No doubt that the Hokies will block a kick, or a punt and turn it into points, points a solid but not spectacular bearcat team simply can not afford to give up. Beamer has coached his squad through a few of the major bowl appearances while UC is new to this level of media exposure and it can be a tremendous distraction to first timers.
Sugar: Alabama destroys Utah, displaying SEC credentials against this level of competition, this plays out like a week 2 schedule filler as Bama wins 44- 19, strictly on talent.
Fiesta: Texas will dominate a greenhorn Buckeye QB and colt mccoy will have his typical 200+ QB rating day, again the theme here will be team speed, texas is loaded with pros at the skill slots, while the big 10 continues to plod.
BCS: Gators over Oklahoma, cant see sooners putting up circus numbers vs. gator team defense, can see tebow grinding clock on long drives, taking advantage of a an OU defense that can be very porous, and willing team to victory as he did against Bama, most years that effort would have clinched to Heisman, extra motivation for #15, he lost the Heisman battle ut wins the BCS war.
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M$5
December 15, 2008 03:24 PM
Who will win these BCS Bowl Games and why?
BCS Bowl Games:
Rose Bowl - Penn State vs. USC
Orange Bowl - Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati
Sugar Bowl - Utah vs. Alabama
Fiesta Bowl - Ohio State vs. Texas
BCS Championship Game - Oklahoma vs. Florida
Rose Bowl - Penn State vs. USC
Orange Bowl - Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati
Sugar Bowl - Utah vs. Alabama
Fiesta Bowl - Ohio State vs. Texas
BCS Championship Game - Oklahoma vs. Florida
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| December 15, 2008 05:50 PM |
USC is playing at home and has a monster defense that has kept 8 opponents to a touch down or less. Penn St. has a good, but less talented defense and a more talented offense. In comparison, usc dismantled ohio st in which they were unable to score a TD. Penn St. barely won against ohio st with a score of 13-6.
Orange bowl - Cincinnati
Toss up. Both teams have shown inconsistency. But I'd go with Cincinnati. VT has 3 losses to unimpressive teams - S. Florida, E. Carolina, and Maryland. At least one of Cincinnati's two losses is to Oklahoma.
Sugar bowl - Alabama
Alabama is the only team besides Mississippi to give Florida a run for its money. Even then no 4 LSU and no 6 Georgia cannot say that. This is a well rounded team that will overpower a repetitively untested utah. Utah's only quality wins are against BYU and TCU (two non-conference teams). Plus lets not forget alabama is hungry after being denied the championship game.
Fiesta Bowl - Texas
Texas is a crazy good team whose only loss is to then no 7 Texas tech; however, that game was decided in the last sec and really could have gone either way. In Texas' other games, they beat no 1 Oklahoma, no 11 Missouri, and no 7 Oklahoma St. On the other hand, Ohio St. has been embarrassed at the last 2 nation cham, failed to score a TD against USC, and
BCS champ - Florida
Florida has an unstoppable offense led by almost 2 time Heisman champ Tim Tebow. They also have a great defense who has kept most opponents below 10 points. Oklahoma also has a good offense, but has really lacked on defense. Really all of their games have been shoot outs with quality opponents easily scoring anywhere from 35 to 21 points.
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• There were so many good answers to choose from, but this was the most well-rounded, providing facts to back up opinions as well as sources for those facts. As much as I would dance in the street if Florida loses, I think your picks are pretty accurate.
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December 15, 2008 03:58 PM
Rose Bowl: USC Pete Carroll will out-prepare Joe Paterno and USC has the swagger. Take USC and the points.
Orange Bowl: Cincinnati
Cincinnati has a chip on their shoulder. Although the matchup is VA Tech defense vs. Bearcat offense and I usually pick the defense, VA Tech has a been-there-done-that attitude and a lackluster 9-4 record.
Sugar Bowl : Alabama
Alabama is the best team and should be playing for the championship. Although I'm rooting against Nick Saban, I think that Alabama has something to prove after the loss to Florida knocked them out of the championship game. Alabama also has a strong defense and a senior poised, experienced senior at QB.
Fiesta Bowl: Texas
Ohio State's recent weak performance in big games and a starts a true freshman at QB. Edge to Texas.
BCS Championship Game:
Yawn. The real championship – Florida vs Alabama – was already played. Florida should win this because they can play some defense. Oklahoma hasn't shown that they can stop anyone. This year's sooner squad seems to play defense by outscoring their opponent.
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December 15, 2008 04:18 PM
Rose Bowl- USC because their defense is too good. Orange Bowl- VATech because they have a better ground game.
Sugar-Alabama because they have been playing tougher teams all year.
Fiesta-Texas because they are more talented at nearly every position.
Champioship-FLA because they have been there.
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December 15, 2008 04:42 PM
Open Sports.com has some great analysts that will have tons of information on all the bowl games. Former ESPN NFL Analyst Sean Salisbury highlights the list along with well known handicapper Marc Lawrence. http://www.opensports.com/
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December 15, 2008 04:59 PM
Rose Bowl - USC No team in the country is playing as well as USC right now, with the exception of Florida. Penn State doesn't have the speed or talent to match up with USC, and while they do have a small size advantage, USC is running on all cylinders at the moment -- see their performance at UCLA.
Orange Bowl - Virginia Tech
Cincinnati is simply outmatched here. The best team in a very bad Big East, they'll be run over by the exceptional athletes VT offers. Cincinnati will be fortunate to even complete a pass against the great Virginia Tech defensive backs.
Sugar Bowl - Utah vs. Alabama
As much as I'd like to see Utah win, Alabama has too much talent. The Tide's defensive line is especially strong, and Utah relies upon a passing attack that will be broken up by the penetration Alabama can bring -- expect Utah to be sacked at least eight times.
Fiesta Bowl - Ohio State vs. Texas
Texas will blow out Ohio State. Texas is most likely the second-best team in the country, and Ohio State has little to offer outside of an outstanding running back. OSU's freshman quarterback will be thrust into a situation he can't handle, and expect him to throw a few interceptions.
BCS Championship Game - Oklahoma vs. Florida
Florida is simply too strong at this time to lose to anyone. Tim Tebow has a fire lit under him for losing the Heisman to Sam Bradford, and consult the history of the Heisman to see how badly the award winners end up playing in bowl games after winning the award. It will be closer than it ought to be, but Florida will win by at least two touchdowns.
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December 15, 2008 06:59 PM
USC: Penn State, while running their new spread, is far inferior to USC in talent. Also, USC always plays best in big games and when they have time to prepare for multiple weeks, are nearly unbeatable. The only big bowl they have lost in recent years has been to Texas, when Vince Young played possibly the best college football game ever. Virginia Tech: Look at Cinci's quality victories, they got nearly none in C-USA. Virginia Tech at least competed in the ACC which, while down this year, still had teams such as FSU, Clemson, and the revived UNC, as well as BC.
Alabama: Alabama only lost to Florida this season, and this is when Florida was playing like the best team in the nation. Even with this, Bama lost by 11 and it was close all game.
Texas: Ohio State is very good but there are rumors that Beanie Wells is injured, which will make it difficult to beat a very talented Texas team. While Terrell Pryor is the new Vince Young, he is only a true freshman who will find it difficult to do anything against Texas.
Florida: As I said previously, Florida is playing like the best team in the nation. Oklahoma is good, very good actually, but Florida just has too much speed on both sides of the ball for Oklahoma to match up with.
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December 15, 2008 07:29 PM
Rose: USC, but it will be close. Orange: Who cares?
Sugar: WTF? Alabama, numnuts!
Fiesta: Texas. They still think they have a chance to win "Miss Congeniality".
BCS Chumpionship: Oklahoma. No amount of SEC bootlicking by the entire Atlantic seaboard will force Florida into the win column this time. Regardless of who wins, the true national champ is whatever team you like the most. So CHEERS!
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January 21, 2009 02:00 AM
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December 15, 2008 07:29 PM
Rose bowl- as much as i would like to say penn state i think USC is just a little too good, penn state is always known for its defence and USC has the better defence. Pick is UCS Orange bowl- Least sure about this one but my gut says VT so i guess i'll go with them
Sugar bowl- While Utah is undefeated they have not played anyone, and as much as you can say that you can only beat who you play, here is someone there going to play and lose, so my pick is Alabama
Fiesta bowl- Texas has just played too many good teams and beaten them other then the last second loss to tech, Ohio state already has losses to penn state and USC. My pick is Texas
BCS Chanpionship- Florida is on a roll and i don;t think its going to stop now, they have a bad loss at the start of the year, but ever since they have been on there game. So my pick is Florida
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December 15, 2008 08:48 PM
Rose Bowl: USC wins in convincing fashion over PSU. The main factoe here is team speed. USC is loaded with super quick hitters and gap fillers / closer on a pro set defense that will send an overwhelmong majority on the the NFL. Orange Bowl: VT will defeat UC in a game where experience and coaching are critical factors. No doubt that the Hokies will block a kick, or a punt and turn it into points, points a solid but not spectacular bearcat team simply can not afford to give up. Beamer has coached his squad through a few of the major bowl appearances while UC is new to this level of media exposure and it can be a tremendous distraction to first timers.
Sugar: Alabama destroys Utah, displaying SEC credentials against this level of competition, this plays out like a week 2 schedule filler as Bama wins 44- 19, strictly on talent.
Fiesta: Texas will dominate a greenhorn Buckeye QB and colt mccoy will have his typical 200+ QB rating day, again the theme here will be team speed, texas is loaded with pros at the skill slots, while the big 10 continues to plod.
BCS: Gators over Oklahoma, cant see sooners putting up circus numbers vs. gator team defense, can see tebow grinding clock on long drives, taking advantage of a an OU defense that can be very porous, and willing team to victory as he did against Bama, most years that effort would have clinched to Heisman, extra motivation for #15, he lost the Heisman battle ut wins the BCS war.
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