Week 14 wrap-up

The regular season is over, on to bowl games!


A very surprising final weekend of college football.

Contrary to what the CBS announcers said, I wouldn't call the SEC Championship game a show of great defensive effort.  Georgia had some really bad offensive drives.  Between hitting the receiver in the ass and the other receiver just dropping a clear touchdown pass, it's no wonder Georgia stopped scoring at 10.

Oklahoma State put on a heck of a show and stated their case for playing in the national championship.  I think they should go there and it will be a better matchup than the LSU-Alabama rematch.

The ACC Championship game had the worst officiating I've ever seen in any football game.  At least four helmet to helmet hits were not flagged (which would have gone for both teams), and Logan Thomas was quite obviously horsecollared with no flag.  And the roughing the punter call was just downright confusing.  By the end of the game, it felt like they were just making penalties up.

Brent Musberger and Kirk Herbstreit need to not call anymore Virginia Tech games.  Okay, let them call the VT-Duke game next season, and we'll see if there's a corrolation.  But so far, Tech loses when those two call the game.

For six years, we've been wanting to see a Virginia Tech-West Virginia rematch, and had it come very close in bowl games.  Usually, WVU or the Big East in general screwed things up.  But we were on track to get that rivalry renewed in the Orange Bowl, and VT screws it up.  Perhaps VT has a shot at a BCS at-large, and the Fiesta or Sugar Bowl is willing to take a chance with that matchup.

Michigan State - ballsy move with the two point conversion.  Too bad you couldn't get the final push at the end.

ESPN's Brad Nessler, while calling the Oklahoma State game, actually spoke some sense. He basically said that maybe the SEC gets a little too much hype, with a fair share of that hype coming from ESPN, and some of the other conferences and teams get overlooked or ignored.  Can he call some VT games?

Champions are set, and bowls will be announced tonight.  All bets are off for the at-large spots.
ACC - Champion: Clemson
Atlantic
Bowl eligible: Clemson, FSU, Wake Forest, NC State
No bowl: Maryland, Boston College

Coastal
Bowl eligible: VT, UVA, GT, UNC
No bowl: Duke, Miami (self-imposed ban due to scandal from the start of the season)


SEC - Champion: LSU
East
Bowl eligible: Georgia, SC, Florida, Vanderbilt
No bowl: Tennessee, Kentucky

West
Bowl eligible: LSU, Alabama, Auburn, Arkansas, Mississippi State
No bowl: Mississippi

Big Ten - Champion: Wisconsin
Legends
Bowl eligible: Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska
No bowl: Minnesota, Northwestern

Leaders
Bowl eligible: Wisconsin, Illinois, Penn State, Ohio State, Purdue
No bowl: Indiana

Pac-12 - Champion: Oregon
North
Bowl eligible: Oregon, Stanford, Washington, California
No bowl: Oregon State, Washington State

South
Bowl eligible: Arizona State, Utah
Possibly a bowl with a losing record:  UCLA
No bowl:  Arizona, Colorado, USC (banned)

Big 12 - Champion:  Oklahoma State 
Bowl eligible: Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Kansas State, Baylor, Texas A&M, Iowa State, Missouri
No bowl: Texas Tech, Kansas

Big East - Champions:  West Virginia, Cincinnati, Louisville 
Bowl eligible: West Virginia, Cincinnati, Rutgers, Louisville, Pittsburgh
No bowl:  South Florida, Syracuse, Connecticut