Since I kinda messed this up and thus there is no link from the forums to the blog (note to self, don’t forget to put a title in before publishing, it screws shit up), I’m pasting the body of the blog entry here as well….
The glorious Conference Championship Saturday gets into full swing today. Tomorrow, the CFB Playoff picture will cease to be mere speculation, and the bowl scenarios will no longer be just projections.
Currently, the Pack’s most likely bowl destination appears to be in Charlotte to face an SEC foe in the Belk Bowl, but that could change between now and lunch time tomorrow.
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Oregon already got their playoff ticket punched by punching ‘Zona in the chops last night, 51-13 in the PAC12 Championship. What should be scary to other potential playoff teams is that the Ducks didn’t even play particularly well on offense and still managed to hang 51 on the Wildcats, while their D broke ‘Zona’s spirit.
Northern Illinois performed a similar chop-punching on Bowling Green in the MAC Championship, 51-17.
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The Big12 has no championship game, but they do have some games today that matter in the playoff discussion…
(9)KState vs (6)Baylor, 7:45pm, ESPN
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Iowa State vs (3)TCU, Noon, ABC
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The Conference USA Championship matters, at least to people in Huntington, WV…
Louisiana Tech vs Marshall, Noon, ESPN2
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The SEC Championship gets going a little later this afternoon…
(1)Alabama vs (16)Missouri, 4pm, CBS
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And the ACC and B1G go against one another for ratings later this evening…
(13)Wisconsin vs (5)Ohio State, 8pm, FOX
and
(4)Florida State vs (11)Georgia Tech, 8pm, ABC
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And if you’re still craving football even after all of that (and you’d have to be) the Mountain West Championship caps the party off tonight…
Fresno State vs (22)Boise State, 10pm, CBSSN
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Even though it might be Conference Championship Saturday in football, there’s also some decent basketball peppered in today as well.
UVa travels to VCU (ESPNU, 2pm)
Gonzaga at ‘Zona matches up 2 top ten undefeated teams out west (ESPN, 5:15pm)
Plus the Pack will hopefully extend a warm welcome to Danny Manning tonight at 7:30 (ESPNU).
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