{"id":774,"date":"2007-12-02T06:46:22","date_gmt":"2007-12-02T14:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/02\/weekend-update-sports-december-2-2007\/"},"modified":"2007-12-02T06:52:20","modified_gmt":"2007-12-02T14:52:20","slug":"weekend-update-sports-december-2-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/02\/weekend-update-sports-december-2-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Update Sports: December 2, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

The unthinkable has happened, the #’s 1 & 2 teams lost this weekend, Missouri<\/b> and West Virginia<\/b> spit the bit allowing Ohio State<\/b> and ???? to meet for the national championship in New Orleans this January. I’ll provide my prediction of who it will be as well as wrapping up the other BCS bowls below. As a consequence of this weekend’s games, Tim Tebow of Florida will win the Heisman trophy in a landslide. I think Dennis Dixon should have won, just look at what happened to Oregon without him… Hawaii<\/b> pull out a win over Washington to head to the BCS.
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OSU Opponent Watch<\/h2>\n
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  • Youngstown State<\/b> (7-4) – Season complete.<\/li>\n
  • Akron<\/b> (4-8) – Season complete.<\/li>\n
  • Washington<\/b> (4-8) – Played Hawaii<\/b> away, lost 28-35. Conclusion: Expected Loss.<\/li>\n
  • Northwestern<\/b> (6-6) – Season complete.<\/li>\n
  • Minnesota<\/b> (1-11) – Season complete.<\/li>\n
  • Purdue<\/b> (7-5) – Season complete. Next: Bowl TBD.<\/li>\n
  • Kent State<\/b> (3-9) – Season complete.<\/li>\n
  • Michigan State<\/b> (7-5) – Season complete. Next: Bowl TBD.<\/li>\n
  • Penn State<\/b> (8-4) – Season complete. Next: Alamo Bowl 12\/29\/07.<\/li>\n
  • Wisconsin<\/b> (9-3) – Season complete. Next: Outback Bowl 1\/1\/08.<\/li>\n
  • Illinois<\/b> (9-3) – Season complete. Next: Bowl TBD.<\/li>\n
  • Michigan<\/b> (8-4) – Season complete. Next: Bowl TBD.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Buckeye opponent’s records after the 13th week, 73-71. Ohio State<\/b> is playing in the championship game. Illinois<\/b> could move up to the Rose Bowl as a replacement for the Buckeyes, but Georgia<\/b> is a more likely selection particularly with the Hawaii<\/b> win.
    \n<\/p>\n

    Quick Hits from Around College Football<\/h2>\n

    \nHawaii<\/b> is the lone perfect team left having come from behind to nip Washington<\/b>. Florida International<\/b> ruined its perfect zero win season beating North Texas<\/b> to go on a 1 game win streak.
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    \nProjected BCS Top 5: Ohio State<\/b>, LSU<\/b>, Oklahoma<\/b>, Virginia Tech<\/b>, and Kansas<\/b>. This is how it will shake out, but Oklahoma<\/b> is the best 2 loss team and deserves the shot at the title.
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    \nGames of the week? Oregon State<\/b> beat Oregon<\/b> 38-31 in 2 OTs.
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    \nMismatch of the week? Army<\/b> sunk Navy<\/b> 38-3.
    \n
    \nMy Special Top 12 rankings: (Why Top 12? That’s where you need to be to get into BCS contention.) <\/p>\n

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    1. Ohio State<\/b> – Season complete.<\/li>\n
    2. Kansas<\/b> – Season complete.<\/li>\n
    3. Oklahoma<\/b> – Beat Missouri<\/b>.<\/li>\n
    4. USC<\/b> – Beat UCLA<\/b>.<\/li>\n
    5. Georgia<\/b> – Season complete.<\/li>\n
    6. Virginia Tech<\/b> – Beat Boston College<\/b>.<\/li>\n
    7. Illinois<\/b> – Season complete.<\/li>\n
    8. Arizona State<\/b> – Beat Arizona<\/b>.<\/li>\n
    9. Wisconsin<\/b> – Season complete.<\/li>\n
    10. LSU<\/b> – Beat Tennessee<\/b>.<\/li>\n
    11. West Virginia<\/b> – Lost to Pittsburgh<\/b>.<\/li>\n
    12. Hawaii<\/b> – Beat Washington<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \nMy Special Bottom 5 rankings: (Why bottom 5? If you finish there you should be relegated to I-AA) <\/p>\n

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      1. Florida International<\/b> – 1-11 Beat North Texas<\/b>.<\/li>\n
      2. Idaho<\/b> – 1-11. Season complete.<\/li>\n
      3. Southern Methodist<\/b> – 1-11 Season complete.<\/li>\n
      4. Mississippi<\/b> – 3-9 Season complete.<\/li>\n
      5. Minnesota<\/b> – 1-11 Season complete. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        \nThis is what the BCS Bowl matchups ought to be:<\/p>\n

          \n
        • Rose Bowl<\/b> – USC<\/b> vs. Illinois<\/b><\/li>\n
        • Sugar Bowl<\/b> – LSU<\/b> vs. Hawaii<\/b><\/li>\n
        • Orange Bowl<\/b> – Virginia Tech<\/b> vs. West Virginia<\/b><\/li>\n
        • Fiesta Bowl<\/b> – Kansas<\/b> vs. Georgia<\/b><\/li>\n
        • Rose Bowl<\/b> – Ohio State<\/b> vs. Oklahoma<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          This is what the BCS Bowl matchups will likely be:<\/p>\n

            \n
          • Rose Bowl<\/b> – USC<\/b> vs. Illinois<\/b><\/li>\n
          • Sugar Bowl<\/b> – Georgia<\/b> vs. Hawaii<\/b><\/li>\n
          • Orange Bowl<\/b> – Virginia Tech<\/b> vs. West Virginia<\/b><\/li>\n
          • Fiesta Bowl<\/b> – Oklahoma<\/b> vs. Arizona State<\/b><\/li>\n
          • Rose Bowl<\/b> – Ohio State<\/b> vs. LSU<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            In the coming weeks I’ll post a Conference Strength Report and Bowl Preview.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            The unthinkable has happened, the #’s 1 & 2 teams lost this weekend, Missouri and West Virginia spit the bit allowing Ohio State and ???? to meet for the national championship in New Orleans this January. I’ll provide my prediction of who it will be as well as wrapping up the other BCS bowls below. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}