Conference Championship Weekend
Little different format this week since most of the teams that are easy to insult are gone. Still welcome any shots towards the schools and fan bases as justified by over inflated egos, criminal records, ridiculous conduct etc. We do get Boise's ugly Smurf turf but don't get Maryland's Nightmare at the Quilting Bee uniforms and helmets. And even if they had qualified Oregon should have been banned for their radioactive snail vomit uniforms of all florescent green last week.
Rankings are AP
Friday.
PAC12
(12) Utah against (4)Southern Cal in Las Vegas. Lot of speculation that if SC wins they are in the playoff.
C-USA
North Texas and (23) UTSA in San Antonio UTSA is a program that just started playing football in 2011 and will move to the AAC (not ACC) next year.
Saturday
B12
(13)Kansas State and (3) TCU in Jerry’s World, Arlington Texas. TCU playing for the playoffs
MAC
Toledo vs. Ohio Ford Field, Detroit MI Prize for winning your division is a trip to Detroit in December?
Sun Belt
Coastal Carolina at Troy, Troy AL Probably better to get a home crowd than to play in front of a bunch of empty seats at a neutral site. Remember this conference beat a bunch of P5 programs at the start of the year.
AAC
(22) UCF at (18) Tulane. Another home game. Will Tulane still have their coach by game time, they likely won’t for their bowl.
Mountain West
Fresno State at Boise State. Blue turf in Boise so the frozen blue skin isn’t as noticeable.
SEC
(11)LSU vs (1) Georgia, Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta GA. Site of Georgia’s supposedly neutral site win to start the season. LSU travels but this will be almost a home game for the Bulldogs. Georgia is almost certainly in the playoff win or lose. LSU another team that could have been contending until they lost last Saturday
SWAC
Southern at Jackson State. Jackson MS. Might be the best battle of the marching bands in the entire post-season.
ACC
(10)Clemson vs. (24) North Carolina. BOA Stadium, Charlottesville NC. Had Clemson not managed to lose last week they would be trying to make their argument for a playoff spot in this game.
Big Ten
Purdue vs.(2) Michigan. Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis IN. Really? Everyone knows that the real championship game happened last Saturday in Columbus OH. Michigan solidly in the playoff.
Oh, don’t forget.
Colorado School of Mines continues in the D2 playoffs going to Angelo State who is 12-0 this season. They played the third game of the season with Angelo escaping in double OT 30-27. Should be a great game.
Little different format this week since most of the teams that are easy to insult are gone. Still welcome any shots towards the schools and fan bases as justified by over inflated egos, criminal records, ridiculous conduct etc. We do get Boise's ugly Smurf turf but don't get Maryland's Nightmare at the Quilting Bee uniforms and helmets. And even if they had qualified Oregon should have been banned for their radioactive snail vomit uniforms of all florescent green last week.
Rankings are AP
Friday.
PAC12
(12) Utah against (4)Southern Cal in Las Vegas. Lot of speculation that if SC wins they are in the playoff.
C-USA
North Texas and (23) UTSA in San Antonio UTSA is a program that just started playing football in 2011 and will move to the AAC (not ACC) next year.
Saturday
B12
(13)Kansas State and (3) TCU in Jerry’s World, Arlington Texas. TCU playing for the playoffs
MAC
Toledo vs. Ohio Ford Field, Detroit MI Prize for winning your division is a trip to Detroit in December?
Sun Belt
Coastal Carolina at Troy, Troy AL Probably better to get a home crowd than to play in front of a bunch of empty seats at a neutral site. Remember this conference beat a bunch of P5 programs at the start of the year.
AAC
(22) UCF at (18) Tulane. Another home game. Will Tulane still have their coach by game time, they likely won’t for their bowl.
Mountain West
Fresno State at Boise State. Blue turf in Boise so the frozen blue skin isn’t as noticeable.
SEC
(11)LSU vs (1) Georgia, Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta GA. Site of Georgia’s supposedly neutral site win to start the season. LSU travels but this will be almost a home game for the Bulldogs. Georgia is almost certainly in the playoff win or lose. LSU another team that could have been contending until they lost last Saturday
SWAC
Southern at Jackson State. Jackson MS. Might be the best battle of the marching bands in the entire post-season.
ACC
(10)Clemson vs. (24) North Carolina. BOA Stadium, Charlottesville NC. Had Clemson not managed to lose last week they would be trying to make their argument for a playoff spot in this game.
Big Ten
Purdue vs.(2) Michigan. Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis IN. Really? Everyone knows that the real championship game happened last Saturday in Columbus OH. Michigan solidly in the playoff.
Oh, don’t forget.
Colorado School of Mines continues in the D2 playoffs going to Angelo State who is 12-0 this season. They played the third game of the season with Angelo escaping in double OT 30-27. Should be a great game.