Championship Weekend

(Above) Alabama players hold up to SEC championship trophy after beating Georgia 32-28  (below) two Stanford players with the PAC 12 trophy with Roses in their mouths.  They will play Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl on January 1.


This was a really big week for college football in determining who will be playing in the big BCS bowl games.  Championship week features games such as the Pac 12 Championship, The Big 10 Championship, The ACC Championship, The SEC Championships and many other conference championship games.  This week in college football usually provides several highly competitive games that come down to the wire with all teams battling for conference supremacy.  This weekend was no different. 

In what seemed to be an underscore game with usually little importance to the BCS, the Mid Atlantic Conference Championship turned out to have major significance this weekend.  It featured the Kent State Golden Flashes against the Northern Illinois Huskies.  Both teams came into this game with only one loss and both were playing for the chance to sneak into a BCS game.  It was a really good game that went into double overtime where the Huskies prevailed 44-37.  Because of that win, they jumped in the BCS standings from 21 to 15 and earned a spot in the Orange Bowl.  Many people might not agree with the decision to put them in the BCS but all the same they will get their chance to prove themselves against a team from a major conference. 

In other Championship games Wisconsin beat Nebraska 70-31 in the Big 10 Championship to earn a spot in the Rose Bowl.  Stanford edged out UCLA 27-24 to win the Pac 12 crown as well as joins Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl. Florida State beat Georgia Tech 21-15 in the ACC title game and will be playing in the Orange Bowl.  And Louisville snuck past Rutgers in the Big East to join the Florida Gators in the Sugar Bowl. 

The game of the week however came in the Southeastern Conference Championship between the third ranked Georgia Bulldogs against the second ranked Alabama Crimson Tide.  The Winner of this game would join the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame in the National Championship.  The game started slow with the Tide taking a 10-7 lead into halftime.  The game picked up in the second half with the lead going back and forth between the two teams.  With the score 28-25 for Georgia with 3:15 left in the game Alabama quarterback threw a 45 yard touchdown to freshman receiver Amari Cooper to put Alabama back on top 32-28.  Georgia got the ball back with what seemed like plenty of time to put the ball into the end zone.  Alabama thought they secured the game with an interception but when the play was called an incomplete pass, the Bulldogs had one last chance to get to Miami.  They drove the ball all the way down to the 8 yard-line when on first down with nine seconds left on the clock the Tide stopped Georgia at the 5 yard-line and time expired.  What a great way to end a high intensity game and year for the SEC and I’m not just saying that because I’m an Alabama fan.  Alabama will be playing in the National Championship against Notre Dame in search for their 15^th National Championship in football, 3^rd in 4 years.

I am very excited for this bowl season and for the BCS games because of what happened this past week.

The link below is a link to the Bowl Game and location for the BCS games as well as all the other bowl games this year. 

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8048429/2012-13-bowl-schedule