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BCS National Championship Game: Auburn Tigers (BCS No. 1) vs. Oregon Ducks (BCS No. 2)

Comment: Auburn nearly stumbled — as many projected they would — but persevered in the end, beating Alabama by one point and look well set for the BCS national championship game. Oregon took care of Arizona at home to clinch at the very least a Rose Bowl bid.

Both have just one game left on their schedules. Win and we could be in store for a matchup of two of the best offenses in the country.

Rose Bowl: TCU Horned Frogs (At-large selection) vs. Wisconsin Badgers (Big Ten Champion)

Comment: With Oregon seemingly locked into the BCS title game, TCU — now the lone remaining undefeated non-AQ — will take advantage of the much-discussed Rose Bowl clause which allows for a non-AQ champion to replace a Pac-10 or Big Ten champion playing in the National Title game.

Despite finishing in a three-way tie for the Big Ten title, we continue to project that Wisconsin will be awarded the Big Ten’s Rose Bowl bid by virtue of finishing the season as the highest ranked of the three in the BCS. The Badgers will have to fend off Ohio State and Michigan State in the standings to do so, but this matchup is all but sealed.

Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma Sooners (Big 12 Champion) vs. Connecticut Huskies (Big East Champion)

Comment: With their victory over Oklahoma State in Bedlam, the Sooners forced a three-way tie in the Big 12 South — one which will be broken in tomorrow’s BCS standings. The Sooners will likely be the beneficiary of the tiebreaker and head to the Big 12 title game where they’ll meet up with Nebraska. In what is sure to be an exciting final edition of the Big 12 title game, either team could come out with a win — which would guarantee either team a Fiesta Bowl bid — but we’ll project Oklahoma to ride a wave of emotion to victory.

Connecticut, yes the UConn of basketball fame, has the easiest track to get to the BCS bowl amongst the remaining Big East contenders — beat South Florida and they’re in. After selecting the Big 12 Champion as their host team, the Fiesta Bowl will likely be left with the Big East champion with the final BCS pick after the Orange Bowl passes on the Big East champion in favor of Stanford.

Orange Bowl: Virginia Tech Hokies (ACC Champion) vs. Stanford Cardinal (At-large selection)

Comment: Virginia Tech looked every bit the part of ACC champion on Saturday, taking care of Virginia and head to the ACC Championship Game with a chance at an 11-win season.

Stanford was a major beneficiary of the losses by LSU and Boise State. As the projected No. 4 in tomorrow’s BCS standings, the Cardinal will be assured of a BCS bowl bid as an AQ-conference team that did not win its own conference and is ranked within the top four. Its likely that if the Cardinal do automatically qualify for the BCS, the Orange Bowl would be faced with the decision between the Cardinal and the Big East champion — and will choose an attractive 11-1 team over the four- or five-loss Big East champ.
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Oklahoma and LSU are two teams that have and had aspirations for getting into BCS bowls, but I think they will both fall short of the top five most illustrious bowl games and settle for the strong consolation prize of the Cotton Bowl, taking place in Arlington, Texas. LSU had an inside track to a BCS game but their loss to Arkansas knocks them out of that picture, and Oklahoma still has a very real chance to clinch a spot in the Fiesta Bowl by winning the Big 12 Championship game next weekend.
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U.S online news OSE[Wisconsin vs. Stanford] Wisconsin should win out, stay ahead of Ohio State in the human and computer polls and win the Big Ten. An undefeated TCU would be the ideal candidate to satisfy their Non-AQ requirement, but the Rose Bowl can’t pass on a Top Six Stanford team.

Sugar [Auburn vs. Ohio State] The Sugar Bowl takes the SEC champ Auburn, who lost to Alabama. Both TCU and Ohio State are attractive options.  TCU is feasible here, but, based on economics, Ohio State should be the choice.

Orange [Virginia Tech vs. TCU] Virginia Tech wins the ACC. This leaves the Orange Bowl with a dilemma. Do they opt for a one-loss a LSU, a two-loss Alabama fresh off an Auburn scalp or undefeated TCU. The media will throw a collective shit-fit if TCU ends up in the Las Vegas Bowl. Someone behind the scenes prevents that from happening.  If the Sugar takes TCU, the Orange takes Ohio State without question.

Fiesta [Oklahoma State vs. Connecticut] For this week, at least, Oklahoma State seems like the team to beat in the Big 12. They win the title game over Nebraska. File Dave Wannstedt in a big game under things I don’t trust. West Virginia upsets Pitt in a close 13-9 type game. The Huskies win out and own the tiebreakers over both schools. My preseason prediction comes through.
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With the dramatic upsets by Nevada and Arkansas, Boise State and LSU suddenly open the door for a few teams to move up in the BCS rankings.With the muddy BCS picture starting to take shape, who is playing where and who is getting left out of the BCS games?

And more importantly, what bowl match ups are going to be as entertaining as some of the marquee match ups
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