BCS Prediction Commentary

So ESPN's projections for the week are a bit rough (I don't know what ever happened to Blozar's projections - I must have missed that post).   Here are some thoughts on each game:

FedEx BCS National Championship Game (BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2)	Texas Tech vs. Florida	Texas Tech vs. Florida
Tostitos Fiesta (BCS vs. BCS)	Texas vs. USC	Texas vs. Utah
Allstate Sugar (BCS vs. BCS)	Alabama vs. Utah	Alabama vs. USC
FedEx Orange (BCS vs. BCS)	Maryland vs. Cincinnati	Cincinnati vs. Miami (FL)
Rose Bowl presented by Citi (BCS vs. BCS)	Penn State vs. Oregon State	Penn State vs. Oregon State

Texas Tech vs Florida - I'll admit I am a Big XII apologist, and I really am a believer in Texas Tech right now.  While their wins have been impressive, they did beat Okie State and Texas at home and trashed a KU team on the road that is a shadow of the team from last year.  Going to Norman will be a real test, which I'm not sure if TTU is up for.  If this matchup happens I'm predicting another SEC National Champion.

Texas vs. USC = great game, Texas vs. Utah = not good - Yes Utah has won a BCS game...against Pittsburgh, and Texas is well beyond TCU or Michigan or BYU.  The Utes will be out of this one early.  However, Texas vs USC provides the potential of a great rematch of the 2005 Rose Bowl.  USC's defense against Colt McCoy?  This would be a fun game to watch.

Alabama vs Utah/ Alabama vs. USC - So pretty much take the reasons from above and put them here for why I wouldn't want to watch Alabama vs Utah.  Also, the thought of two storied programs, two great defenses with a lot of speed and some great playmakers on offense, this would be awesome!  However...that means that based on these predictions if Alabama plays USC, then Texas plays Utah...ugh.

Orange Bowl - this really isn't worth talking about other than the fact that ND could possible play the ACC team not in the Orange Bowl in the Gator Bowl.  I'm sure the Orange Bowl organizers love the thought of Cincinnati coming to town while everyone else gets teams like Texas, Alabama, USC and Penn State for their fan base.

Penn State vs. Oregon State - For those that didn't TiVo the 45-14 drubbing in the first weekend in September, don't feel bad you get to watch the replay.  I will be surprised if Oregon State wins at Arizona and then beats Oregon.  I expect them to slip once, USC to win the Pac-10 (again) and there will be no at large bid for Oregon State.  That probably means that Ohio State slips in as another at-large over Boise State.  If that's the case it would be great if Ohio State could play an SEC school, just for fun.