Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Fight to the Finish


For those of you who haven’t been following College Football the past two weeks a lot has happened to determine the two teams that will play in the National Championship.  Two weeks ago, Number 1 seed Alabama lost at home in a close game to Texas A and M led by Freshman standout quarterback Johnny Manziel 29-24.  That game would have made many people believe that game would cost the Crimson Tide a shot at winning their 15th National Championship.  They knew though that a loss by two of the top three teams that were ahead of them would put them right back in the championship picture.

This past week after the Tide rolled Western Carolina 49-0 that very thing happened.  The current top ranked team the Kansas State Wildcats traveled to play the unranked Baylor Bears.  At nearly the same time, the 2nd rank Oregon Ducks were at home playing against the Stanford Cardinals.  At the end of the night the Bears beat K-State 52-24 and the Ducks went down 17-14 in Overtime.  With the top two seeds losing on the same night for the first time since 2007.  That leaves Notre Dame sitting on top of College Football and Alabama sitting right behind them with two weeks left.

Notre Dame finishes out the season this Saturday against an always competitive USC program and with a win they will secure a spot in the title game in Miami.  The Tide has a tougher test but a great shot nonetheless to meet them there.  They play this Saturday in one of the greatest rivalries in the nation, the Iron Bowl against the Auburn Tigers which I will talk about in a later post.  With a win they would go to the SEC Championship game against the 3rd ranked Georgia Bulldogs with the winner, if both clubs are both at one loss, to head to Miami.

There is a lot to look forward to in the coming weeks of College Football.  Can Notre Dame and Alabama take care of business?  Or will another team sneak by them and create space for other teams to play on January 7th in Miami? These next two weeks you won’t want to miss.  I am very excited to see what happens.  This is why I love College Football.   
(below is the current BCS Standing the top two teams at the end of the year will meet for the National Championship)
http://espn.go.com/college-football/bcs

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