FWIW:
Jan. 7 BCS Title Pasadena, Calif. ABC 8 p.m.
Alabama (13-0) vs. Texas (13-0)
Jan. 5 Orange Miami FOX 8 p.m.
Georgia Tech (11-2) vs. Iowa (10-2)
Jan. 4 Fiesta Glendale, Ariz. FOX 8 p.m.
TCU (12-0) vs. Boise State (13-0)
Jan. 1 Sugar New Orleans, La. FOX 8:30 p.m. Cincinnati (12-0) vs.
Florida (12-1)
Jan. 1 Rose Pasadena, Calif. ABC 4:30 p.m.
Oregon (10-2) vs. Ohio State (10-2)
Non-BCS Games
Date Game Location TV Time Matchup/Result
Jan. 6 GMAC Mobile, Ala. ESPN 7 p.m. Central Michigan (11-2) vs.
Troy (9-3) (If not for this being a home game and Bruce Jones going to Cincy, I'd pick Central Mich.)
Jan. 2 Alamo San Antonio ESPN 9 p.m.
Texas Tech (8-4) vs. Michigan State (6-6)
Jan. 2 Liberty Memphis, Tenn. ESPN 5:30 p.m. East Carolina (9-4) vs.
Arkansas (7-5) (Won't even be close)
Jan. 2 Cotton Dallas FOX 2 p.m. Oklahoma State (9-3) vs.
Mississippi (8-4) (After last year's Beatdown in Cowtown, I'm sticking with the Rebs.)
Jan. 2 Papajohns.com Birmingham, Ala. ESPN 2 p.m. Connecticut (7-5) vs.
South Carolina (7-5)
Jan. 2 International Toronto ESPN2 Noon
South Florida (7-5) vs. Northern Illinois (7-5)
Jan. 1 Gator Jacksonville, Fla. CBS 1 p.m.
West Virginia (9-3) vs. Florida State (6-6)
Jan. 1 Capital One Orlando, Fla. ABC 1 p.m.
Penn State (10-2) vs. LSU (9-3)
Jan. 1 Outback Tampa, Fla. ESPN 11 a.m. Northwestern (8-4) vs.
Auburn (7-5) (but no one will see it; Auburn is having a hard time unloading tickets from what I hear)
Dec. 31 Chick-fil-A Atlanta ESPN 7:30 p.m.
Virginia Tech (9-3) vs. Tennessee (7-5)
Dec. 31 Insight Tempe, Ariz. NFL Net. 6 p.m. Minnesota (6-6) vs.
Iowa State (6-6)
Dec. 31 Texas Houston ESPN 3:30 p.m.
Missouri (8-4) vs. Navy (8-4)
Dec. 31 Sun El Paso, Tex. CBS 2 p.m.
Stanford (8-4) vs. Oklahoma (7-5)
Dec. 31 Armed Forces Fort Worth, Tex. ESPN Noon Air Force (7-5) vs.
Houston (10-3)
Dec. 30 Holiday San Diego, Calif. ESPN 8 p.m.
Nebraska (9-4) vs. Arizona (8-4)
Dec. 30 Humanitarian Boise, Idaho ESPN 4:30 p.m.
Idaho (7-5) vs. Bowling Green (7-5)
Dec. 29 Champs Sports Orlando, Fla. ESPN 8 p.m.
Miami (Fla.) (9-3) vs. Wisconsin (9-3)
Dec. 29 EagleBank Washington D.C. ESPN 4:30 p.m. UCLA vs.
Temple (9-3) (Nothin' against UCLA, but Temple, poor Temple, deserves a bowl win and I hope they get it this time)
Dec. 28 Independence Shreveport, La. ESPN2 5 p.m. Texas A&M (6-6) vs.
Georgia (7-5) (IF the team that played GT shows up; if the one that played
UT shows up, I just lost a pick.)
Dec. 27 Music City Nashville, Tenn. ESPN 8:30 p.m.
Kentucky (7-5) vs. Clemson (8-5) (Sticking with SEC against my Bama-bred coach at Clemson.)
Dec. 26 Emerald San Francisco ESPN 8 p.m. Boston College (8-4) vs.
Southern California (8-4)
Dec. 26 Meineke Car Care Charlotte, N.C. ESPN 4:30 p.m.
North Carolina (8-4) vs. Pittsburgh (9-3)
Dec. 26 Little Caesars Detroit, Mich. ESPN 1 p.m.
Ohio (9-4) vs. Marshall (6-6)
Dec. 24 Hawaii Honolulu ESPN 8 p.m. Nevada (8-4) vs.
SMU (7-5) (Jock Ewing was an SMU supporter in the day.
I'm for them on this one.)
Dec. 23 Poinsettia San Diego, Calif. ESPN 8 p.m. Utah (9-3) vs.
California (8-4) (I'll never root for a Ute.)
Dec. 22 Maaco Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nev. ESPN 8 p.m.
Oregon State (8-4) vs. BYU (10-2)
Dec. 20 New Orleans New Orleans ESPN 8:30 p.m. Middle Tennessee State (9-3) vs.
Southern Miss (7-5) (Close enough to Hattiesburg to make me think So. Miss wins.)
Dec. 19 St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Fla. ESPN 8 p.m. Rutgers (8-4) vs.
UCF (8-4)
Dec. 19 New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. ESPN 4:30 p.m. Wyoming (6-6) vs.
Fresno State (8-4)
As long as I get the Bama/Texas game right, I don't care about the rest.
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