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AE: "I just can't see them losing after last year's debacle."
Not so fasts, my friend. See also: Oklahoma, 2003 & 2004.

Missouri totally deserves the bid over Kansas, and as a big12 fan I'm a little pissed that the stronger team isn't going in As it is, who wants to play VaTech this year? It would just be not very nice to defeat a team from a community that's been through what they have.

Great blogs all season, AE.

ps. How the hell did you get paired with A&M? I didn't even know A&M was bowl-eligible. Take the home crowd out of the game and that one shouldn't even be close.

thx sooner girl...and yes a&m is bowl eligible.

I hope being treated like Florida was last year will inspire the Bucks to play like Florida did last year.

I agree.. I think Coach Rod is going to have his hands full getting the nasty taste of PITT out of his player's mouths and hungry for a win in the Fiesta.

I think the best game will be the Fiesta Bowl this year. Two high powered offenses facing against each other and like TO said, "Getcha popcorn ready." This one's gonna be good.

Not sure I understand the logic of Georgia going from four to five after having a bye week. I personally believe there is no reason why they shoudn't be in the BCS Championship. I think LSU has earned it more, but Georgia was in line to become the No. 2 team in the country, now they lost a rank. Yet another reason we need a playoff system in college football imo.

Sooner Girl, as much as we banter back and forth to each other, do not insult my beloved Aggies more than they deserve, or have already earned. We won more games than yours and my favorite "40 year old man) coach in Stillwater. We fire our coach for 7-5, and Okie St. extends there coach after 6-6.
FYI, Sherman will not coach this game. He his sticking with the Texans. Gary Darnell (D-Coordinator) is serving as the interim head coach for the bowl, and he will probably delegate the offensive play calling to the O - staff, which is good news for us.
As an Aggie (though not a homer), if PSU lines up on D and hits us in the mouth, it will be a long game. PSU does not have the speed necessary to scare us. But they are big, and if they hit us enough, I think that we will wilt under the pressure. It happens to often, I am sorry to say. However, if we can jump out to a big lead like agains the 'horns, we can dictate play selection enough to not allow PSU to become one-dimensional on D.
We will have to score 30 points. Our D is not good enough to shut down PSU, period.
My guess, if I had to bet the house, PSU over A&M 27-22. But I really think this will be a good game to the end...

"Who wants to see Missouz in a BCS game?"
.....I'd rather see them than Illinois but whatever, as long as the Trojans win as you predict!

I havent' seen PSU this year. Like the Aggies they are unranked. Sagarin ranks PSU 31 and the Aggies 38.

PSU's overall defense is ranked 9th in the NCAA. Rush defense is 4th. Aggies are not going to hurt anyone passing.

I don't see the Aggies winning this one.

way to be realistic...but who saw PSU blowing a 17 pt. lead my friend?? the impossible has happened before...especially this season

Good Blog.

LSU may surprise you.. I know Ohio State was a pick over Florida... I think that was a mistake.

Ohio State has NO CHANCE! just like one of FLA's players said last year, there are 5 SEC Teams better that Ohio State. If the Buckeyes played the comptetion that is in the SEC all year, they would be lucky to win 3 games

jdawg i am so sorry to say you are wrong about this one...3 games??? for heaven's sakes teams like Miss. St ahve more than 3 wins...and they are much better than OSU right?

Don't complain too loudly about Illinois getting into a BCS bowl. Because of the split between all conference teams and the huge guaranteed payout by the BCS bowls, it puts over $1 million into the athletic programs of each of the Big Ten universities (including Penn State, of course). I know that the oddsmakers have the Fighting Illini listed as 2 touchdown underdogs already, but we were even bigger underdogs going into Columbus last month. This could be a really exciting game.

hey who's complaining? im just saying mizzou getting shut out ahead of the illini doesnt make sense?

I don't think it was completely the layoff that undermined the Bukeye's in the National Championship, but they are known to have a weak schedule almost every yeat and that may be their down fall.

I agree that Missouri deserves to be in a BCS bowl much more than Illionois despite Illi beating Ohio State on the road. Missouri is just a better team.

The Dawgs will win over Hawaii. Hawaii just isn't used to the type of teams they will face in BCS bowl games and although Brennan is a great quarterback Hawaii will not be able to beat a better and more tested team in Georgia unless the coach comes up with an ingenius game plan.

The Oklahoma vs. West Virginia may be the best game out of these. Both teams have playerd well at times and poorly at others. If Oklahoma can force Pat White to make mistakes and keep him contained then they should have this game in the bag.

Based on the way Virginia Tech has been playing recently, I feel confident about them in this game. Kansas is another team that had an easy schedule. The only differences between them and Hawaii are that Kansas had a harder schedule and Kansas actually lost.

I'm not sure what to say about the Penn State bowl game, but I would rather have PSU win that game. I don't particularly care about it, though.

Good blog, though.

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