Despite having no impact on the national championship participants, the weekend actually turned out to be a somewhat exciting. Southern Miss crushed Houston’s BCS dreams beating the Cougars 49-28 and forcing Case Keenum to struggle and throw two interceptions in the loss. Georgia gave LSU all they could handle for the first 30 minutes before the Tigers blew the game open winning 42-10. Kellen Moore and the Broncos cruised on Senior day against New Mexico State 45-0. Oklahoma State embarrassed Oklahoma 44-10 to win the Big-12. Wisconsin avenged their regular season loss to Michigan State beating the Spartans 42-39 in one of the more exciting Big Ten games I’ve seen since these two teams last played.

BCS Bowls:

The BCS Bowl match ups were announced on Sunday night – the Rose Bowl and Fiesta Bowl should be good but the other three are pathetic. I’m not even getting started on Virginia Tech getting a Sugar Bowl invite over Boise State (and even Kansas State). The BCS sucks and we all know it.

I hope you're excited about the rematch because I'm not

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-Jan. 2nd
Rose Bowl – #5 Oregon Ducks (11-2) vs #10 Wisconsin Badgers (11-2) – 5:00 PM ET – ESPN

Fiesta Bowl – #3 Oklahoma State Cowboys (11-1) vs #4 Stanford Cardinal (11-1) – 8:30 PM ET – ESPN

-Jan. 3rd
Sugar Bowl – #13 Michigan Wolverines (10-2) vs #11 Virginia Tech Hokies (11-2) – 8:30 PM ET – ESPN

-Jan. 4th
Orange Bowl – #15 Clemson Tigers (10-3) vs #23 West Virginia Mountaineers (9-3) – 8:00 PM ET – ESPN

- Jan. 9th
BCS Title Game – #1 LSU Tigers (13-0) vs #2 Alabama Crimson Tide (11-1) – 8:30PM ET – ESPN

Ok, so I’m getting into it a little bit. How in the hell did #5 Boise State get left out of the BCS bowls? The Broncos missed a game winning field goal and lost 36-35 to TCU. The Hokies lost twice to Clemson by a combined 48 points. Boise State’s best win was 35-21 against #16 Georgia while Virginia Tech’s was 37-26 against Georgia Tech. Yeah, that makes sense. Oh that’s right, bowl games are all about politics and nothing to do with what actually happens on the field. I hate you, BCS.

Heisman Top 5:

1. Baylor QB Robert Griffin III – 72.4%, 3,998 yds, 36 TDs, 6 Ints, 644 yds rushing, 9 TDs
2. Boise State QB Kellen Moore – 74.1%, 3,507 yds, 41 TDs, 7 Ints
3. Stanford QB Andrew Luck – 70%, 3,170, 35 TDs, 9 Ints, 153 yds rushing, 2 TDs
4. Houston QB Case Keenum – 71.7%, 5,099 yds, 45 TDs, 5 Ints, 25 yds rushing, 5 TDs
5. LSU DB Tyrann Mathieu – 53 solo tkls, 17 assisted tkls, 6.5 tkls for loss, 1.5 sacks, 6 forced fumbles, 4 fumble recoveries – 2 for TDs, 2 Ints, 7 pass break ups

Others considered: Wisconsin RB Montee Ball, USC QB Matt Barkley, Alabama RB Trent Richardson, Virginia Tech RB David Wilson & USC WR Robert Woods.

The Upset Top 20 Ballot:

1. LSU (13-0)
2. Oklahoma State (11-1)
3. Alabama (11-1)
4. Boise State (11-1)
5. Stanford (11-1)
6. USC (10-2)
7. Oregon (10-2)
8. Wisconsin (11-2)
9. Arkansas (10-2)
10. Kansas State (10-2)
11. South Carolina (10-2)
12. Georgia (10-3)
13. Michigan State (10-3)
14. Michigan (10-2)
15. Clemson (10-3)
16. Virginia Tech (11-2)
17. Baylor (9-3)
18. TCU (10-2)
19. Houston (12-1)
20. Oklahoma (9-3)

Any thoughts on the final regular season weekend of college football, the BCS match ups, my Heisman Top 5 or Upset Top 20 Ballot?