Week 13
Two games left for a lot of teams and for a lot of teams the end to less than successful seasons. Still though, a lot of schools are looking for that sixth win and a trip to some ridiculous bowl game. It used to be fun to make up some crazy bowl that “could” exist but in recent years the real ones have gotten worse than the made up ones. A talk show host bowl, a playing with mayonnaise bowl, a bowl with a prize of a giant, bad breakfast pastry.
Down from last week we still have 39 teams with 4 or 5 wins that could potentially reach 6 wins and qualify for a bowl although again some of those play each other and one is a team in red that we know will manage to lose out again.
Similar to last week we have a number of highly ranked teams with weak opponents or patsies on the schedule.
Again rankings are from the AP poll as the committee rankings aren’t out when I write this.
After Tuesday's opening game things can’t help but get better. These two are rank, not ranked unless you are ranking bad teams. Not much Zip in the Akron Zips (2-8) but at Kent State (0-10) they are almost double digit favorites. The Golden Flushes have played like they are already done with the season since the season started.
Fortunately on the same night is a game that has two teams going opposite directions but should still be a good game. Northern Illinois (6-4) at Miami OH (6-4.) The Huskies have held a pattern of win 2, lose 2 all season including a win over Notre Dame. If it holds they are due to lose their last 2. The Redhawks started the year losing 4 of their first 5 but have now ripped off 5 wins in a row and are in position to win the MAC.
Wednesday night has two solid choices to pick from. Buffalo (6-4) at Eastern Michigan (5-5) and Ohio (7-3) at Toledo (7-3.)
Thursday has an ACC game that actually involves teams from close to the Atlantic coast. North Carolina State (5-5) at Georgia Tech (6-4.)
Friday night is the South Park game. Purdue (1-9) at Michigan State (4-6.) Purdue is similar to Kenny getting killed every week only to return the next week to have it happen again. Michigan State is similar to Cartman in not paying attention to moral or ethical boundaries. This may be a chance for the Boilermakers to salvage some pride this season as the Spartans have lost 6 of their last 7.
Late game on Friday has (23)UNLV (8-2) at San Jose State (6-4)
Saturday early games start with the biggest game of the week. Everyone expected Ohio State to be in position for the he playoff, almost nobody expected Indiana to be there (5) Indiana (10-0) at (2)Ohio State (9-1) should show us if the Hoosiers are real.
(11)Ole Miss (8-2) plays at Florida (5-5) with Florida at least attempting to salvage a bowl this season. If they can get the upset here they will likely end at 7-5 because they finish with Florida State. Win out and Ole Miss has an outside shot at the playoff.
A good G5 game has Sam Houston (8-2) at Jacksonville State (7-3). Sam Houston has won 7 of their last 8 and Jacksonville has won 7 in a row.
INEPT(UTEP) (2-8) at (10) Tennessee (8-2) is our blowout of the week. There are high school teams in Texas with more talent than UTEP shows and Tennessee is coming off a loss. This one should be ugly fast.
Not a great mid-day schedule. Significant Big XII game with (14)BYU (9-1) at (21) Arizona State (8-2.) An ASU win could take BYU out of the conference championship game and their second loss in a row would drop them down the rankings.
Potential upset has (4) Penn State (9-1) at Minnesota (6-4.) Gophers have won 4 out of 5, Lying Pedos have coasted the last couple weeks against weak competition.
Early evening features an unexpected top 25 matchup. (24)Army (9-0) against (8) Notre Dame (9-1) in Yankee Stadium. Can Army continue their dream season? Can Notre Dame come back from an early season loss to Northern Illinois to make the playoff, a lot is on the line here.
Some games don’t mean much in the big picture but are very important to the schools involved. This week has a number of those.
Stanford (3-7) is at Cal (5-5.) Cal actually sells some tickets to this one. Keep the bands off the field.
Oregon State (4-6) hosts (25)Washington State (8-2). Beavers have struggled this year but with a win they can honestly claim to go undefeated in the PAC12 and be conference champs this year.
Conferences change but USC (5-5) at UCLA (4-6) is still the Battle of Los Angeles, the Crosstown Rivalry. They are the national late game.
Other than the BYU - ASU game the biggest Big XII game is Cincinnati (5-5) at (16)Kansas State (7-3.)
Extending our humor we get to see Wisconsin (5-5) take their turn denying Nebraska (5-5) their bowl eligibility. Wisconsin has lost 3 in a row against a tough schedule, Nebraska 4 in a row against a much weaker line-up. How will the Corn manage to lose this one?
A lot of competition for the garbage game of the week but we have one that in most years would more likely be the blowout of the week. After starting the season ranked in the top ten Florida State has completely fallen apart and clearly quit. Now we have Florida State (1-9) hosting one of the worst FCS teams, Charleston Southern (1-10.) The Seminoles could win this one and still embarrass themselves.
Locally Colorado State (7-3) is at Fresno State (5-5) looking to stay in position for the conference championship game.
Air Force (3-7) is at Nevada (3-8.) Falcons have been horrible all year but have suddenly found an offense winning 2 in a row. Nevada in contrast has lost their last 4. This one could be much more competitive than it looked a couple weeks ago.
Wyoming (2-8) hosts (13)Boise (9-1) as they wind down their painful season, this one won’t help.
Schedule makers had a little mercy on Northern Colorado (1-10) as they finish their season at Portland State (2-8) instead of losing their final in front of the few fans (family members, girlfriends, etc.) who bothered to show up in Greeley. Bears got their win against Weber State and must have thought the season was over. Since then they have lost four straight and been outscored a combined 170-25.
RMAC season is over and as expected they got 2 teams into the playoffs.
CSU Pueblo is the #1 seed in the region and gets a bye. They will host next week against the winner of Augustana (SD) and Minnesota State.
Western Colorado is the #2 seed hosting Central Washington. If they advance they get the winner of Angelo State ( @DBT @Buffluke ) and Bemiji State.
Two games left for a lot of teams and for a lot of teams the end to less than successful seasons. Still though, a lot of schools are looking for that sixth win and a trip to some ridiculous bowl game. It used to be fun to make up some crazy bowl that “could” exist but in recent years the real ones have gotten worse than the made up ones. A talk show host bowl, a playing with mayonnaise bowl, a bowl with a prize of a giant, bad breakfast pastry.
Down from last week we still have 39 teams with 4 or 5 wins that could potentially reach 6 wins and qualify for a bowl although again some of those play each other and one is a team in red that we know will manage to lose out again.
Similar to last week we have a number of highly ranked teams with weak opponents or patsies on the schedule.
Again rankings are from the AP poll as the committee rankings aren’t out when I write this.
After Tuesday's opening game things can’t help but get better. These two are rank, not ranked unless you are ranking bad teams. Not much Zip in the Akron Zips (2-8) but at Kent State (0-10) they are almost double digit favorites. The Golden Flushes have played like they are already done with the season since the season started.
Fortunately on the same night is a game that has two teams going opposite directions but should still be a good game. Northern Illinois (6-4) at Miami OH (6-4.) The Huskies have held a pattern of win 2, lose 2 all season including a win over Notre Dame. If it holds they are due to lose their last 2. The Redhawks started the year losing 4 of their first 5 but have now ripped off 5 wins in a row and are in position to win the MAC.
Wednesday night has two solid choices to pick from. Buffalo (6-4) at Eastern Michigan (5-5) and Ohio (7-3) at Toledo (7-3.)
Thursday has an ACC game that actually involves teams from close to the Atlantic coast. North Carolina State (5-5) at Georgia Tech (6-4.)
Friday night is the South Park game. Purdue (1-9) at Michigan State (4-6.) Purdue is similar to Kenny getting killed every week only to return the next week to have it happen again. Michigan State is similar to Cartman in not paying attention to moral or ethical boundaries. This may be a chance for the Boilermakers to salvage some pride this season as the Spartans have lost 6 of their last 7.
Late game on Friday has (23)UNLV (8-2) at San Jose State (6-4)
Saturday early games start with the biggest game of the week. Everyone expected Ohio State to be in position for the he playoff, almost nobody expected Indiana to be there (5) Indiana (10-0) at (2)Ohio State (9-1) should show us if the Hoosiers are real.
(11)Ole Miss (8-2) plays at Florida (5-5) with Florida at least attempting to salvage a bowl this season. If they can get the upset here they will likely end at 7-5 because they finish with Florida State. Win out and Ole Miss has an outside shot at the playoff.
A good G5 game has Sam Houston (8-2) at Jacksonville State (7-3). Sam Houston has won 7 of their last 8 and Jacksonville has won 7 in a row.
INEPT(UTEP) (2-8) at (10) Tennessee (8-2) is our blowout of the week. There are high school teams in Texas with more talent than UTEP shows and Tennessee is coming off a loss. This one should be ugly fast.
Not a great mid-day schedule. Significant Big XII game with (14)BYU (9-1) at (21) Arizona State (8-2.) An ASU win could take BYU out of the conference championship game and their second loss in a row would drop them down the rankings.
Potential upset has (4) Penn State (9-1) at Minnesota (6-4.) Gophers have won 4 out of 5, Lying Pedos have coasted the last couple weeks against weak competition.
Early evening features an unexpected top 25 matchup. (24)Army (9-0) against (8) Notre Dame (9-1) in Yankee Stadium. Can Army continue their dream season? Can Notre Dame come back from an early season loss to Northern Illinois to make the playoff, a lot is on the line here.
Some games don’t mean much in the big picture but are very important to the schools involved. This week has a number of those.
Stanford (3-7) is at Cal (5-5.) Cal actually sells some tickets to this one. Keep the bands off the field.
Oregon State (4-6) hosts (25)Washington State (8-2). Beavers have struggled this year but with a win they can honestly claim to go undefeated in the PAC12 and be conference champs this year.
Conferences change but USC (5-5) at UCLA (4-6) is still the Battle of Los Angeles, the Crosstown Rivalry. They are the national late game.
Other than the BYU - ASU game the biggest Big XII game is Cincinnati (5-5) at (16)Kansas State (7-3.)
Extending our humor we get to see Wisconsin (5-5) take their turn denying Nebraska (5-5) their bowl eligibility. Wisconsin has lost 3 in a row against a tough schedule, Nebraska 4 in a row against a much weaker line-up. How will the Corn manage to lose this one?
A lot of competition for the garbage game of the week but we have one that in most years would more likely be the blowout of the week. After starting the season ranked in the top ten Florida State has completely fallen apart and clearly quit. Now we have Florida State (1-9) hosting one of the worst FCS teams, Charleston Southern (1-10.) The Seminoles could win this one and still embarrass themselves.
Locally Colorado State (7-3) is at Fresno State (5-5) looking to stay in position for the conference championship game.
Air Force (3-7) is at Nevada (3-8.) Falcons have been horrible all year but have suddenly found an offense winning 2 in a row. Nevada in contrast has lost their last 4. This one could be much more competitive than it looked a couple weeks ago.
Wyoming (2-8) hosts (13)Boise (9-1) as they wind down their painful season, this one won’t help.
Schedule makers had a little mercy on Northern Colorado (1-10) as they finish their season at Portland State (2-8) instead of losing their final in front of the few fans (family members, girlfriends, etc.) who bothered to show up in Greeley. Bears got their win against Weber State and must have thought the season was over. Since then they have lost four straight and been outscored a combined 170-25.
RMAC season is over and as expected they got 2 teams into the playoffs.
CSU Pueblo is the #1 seed in the region and gets a bye. They will host next week against the winner of Augustana (SD) and Minnesota State.
Western Colorado is the #2 seed hosting Central Washington. If they advance they get the winner of Angelo State ( @DBT @Buffluke ) and Bemiji State.
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