No. 4 Florida at No. 1 Alabama (Plus 10)

Alabama leads the series 20-23. However, Florida is the only team Alabama has faced in the SEC Championship Game and the Crimson Tide is 2-3 in those games. Florida is 6-2 when playing in the SEC Championship game with the losses being to Alabama.

Most people are expecting this to be a high scoring affair. I wouldn't be surprised if the opposite occurs. Both teams field extremely talented and stingy defenses. The deciding factor in this game will be the player taking the snaps.

Would you rather have Tim Tebow or John Parker Wilson guiding your team? I always trust a person with two names rather than three.

Florida 20, Alabama 14


Random Notes

Florida
The Good
Has a nation’s best plus 1.75 turnover margin.
Leads the SEC in rushing (237.1), scoring (46.3) and total (449.4) offense.
The defense is holding opponents to 12.25 points per game.

Alabama
The Good
Second in the SEC averaging 201.5 rushing yards per game.
The defense is ranked second in the nation holding opponents to 73.6 rushing yards per game.
The Crimson Tide defense is ranked third in the nation in total defense.
Alabama’s defense is holding opponents to 11.5 points per game, third in the nation best in SEC.

The Bad
Alabama Ranks 97th in the country in passing offense.
The Crimson Tide are 106th in the nation in kickoff returns.

Players
Quarterback
UF- Tim Tebow 160/246 (.650), 2,200 yards, 25 TD, 2 INT

BAMA- John Parker Wilson 157/268 (.586), 1,909 yards, 9 TD, 5 INT

Rushing
UF- Chris Rainey 654 yards, 8.0 ypc, 4 TD
UF- Percy Harvin 538 yards, 8.8 ypc, 9 TD

BAMA- Glen Coffee 1,235 yards, 6.2 ypc, 9 TD
BAMA- Mark Ingram 681 yards, 5.4 ypc, 11 TD

Receiving
UF- Percy Harvin 595 yards, 35 rec., 17.0 ypr, 7 TD
UF- Louis Murphy 525 yards, 32 rec., 16.4 ypr, 6 TD

BAMA- Julio Jones 723 yards, 46 rec., 15.7 ypr, 4 TD
BAMA- Nick Walker 262 yards, 26 rec., 10.1 ypr, 2 TD

Defense
UF- Carlos Dunlap .75 sacks per game Tied for first in SEC, 12 TFL.
UF- Brandon Spikes has recorded 80 tackles this season.

BAMA- Rolando McClain 3 sacks, 82 tackles, 11 TFL.

Team Stats
Florida
Rushing- 237.1
Passing- 212.3
Total- 449.4
PF- 46.3
PA- 12.3

Alabama
Rushing- 201.5
Passing- 169.3
Total- 370.8
PF- 32.1
PA- 11.5

No. 20 Missouri at No. 2 Oklahoma (Minus 17)

Last year Oklahoma destroyed Missouri’s BCS Championship dreams by defeating the top-ranked Tigers 38-17. This year Missouri has a chance to return the favor by ending a seven game losing streak to Oklahoma.

I'm hoping that Missouri does pull off the upset to right the wrong the Big 12 imposed on Texas. However, I'm hoping it happens more so for the fact that there will be even more controversy over the BCS.

Missouri 38, Oklahoma 27

Random Notes
Missouri
The Good
The offense is ranked fourth in the nation in passing (344.3) and scoring (45 ppg) offense.
The Tigers rank 6th in total offense (509.4 ypg).
Missouri is second in the Big 12 in scoring defense (24.7 ppg).
The defense leads the Big 12 averaging 8.0 tackles for loss per game.

The Bad
The pass defense is last in the Big 12 and 116th in the nation allowing 277.1 passing yards a game.
The Tigers rank 91st in total defense.

Players
Quarterback
MIZZ- Chase Daniel 331/441 (.751), 3,880 yards, 34 TD, 13 INT

OU- Sam Bradford 268/393 (.682), 4,080 yards, 46 TD, 6 INT

Rushing
MIZZ- Derrick Washington 963 yards, 6.3 ypc, 17 TD
MIZZ- Jeremy Maclin 248 yards, 7.3 ypc, 2 TD

OU- DeMarco Murray 1,002 yards, 5.6 ypc, 14 TD
OU- Chris Brown 988 yards, 5.9 ypc, 17 TD

Receiving
MIZZ- Jeremy Maclin 1,175 yards, 88 rec., 13.4 ypr, 11 TD
MIZZ- Chase Coffman 872 yards, 79 rec., 11.0 ypr, 9 TD

OU- Juaquin Iglesias 967 yards, 60 rec., 16.1 ypr, 8 TD
OU- Jermaine Gresham 806 yards, 50 rec., 16.1 ypr, 12 TD

Defense
MIZZ- Sean Weatherspoon leads the team in tackles 126, TFL 16 and interceptions 3.

OU- Jeremy Beal leads the team with 7.5 sacks and 14 TFL.

Team Stats
Missouri
Rushing- 165.2
Passing- 344.3
Total- 509.5
PF- 45
PA- 24.7

Oklahoma
Rushing- 202.4
Passing- 354.3
Total- 556.7
PF- 53.3
PA- 24.8

No. 5 USC at UCLA (Plus 33)

USC defeated UCLA 24-7 in 2007 and leads the series 42-28-7. However, the Trojans lost 9-13 in 2006 and are 4-9 in the last 13 games played at UCLA. With a victory over the Bruins USC will claim its seventh straight Pac-10 title.

Wearing their home shirt, away shirt or going shirtless USC should be able to handle the Bruins. UCLA's offense averages 208.7 yards passing and only 86 yards rushing per game. That is too one dimensional to give the Trojans much of a scare.

If Oklahoma loses USC should be off to Miami.

USC 48, UCLA 13

Players
Quarterback
USC- Mark Sanchez 195/298 (.654), 2,525 yards, 28 TD, 9 INT

UCLA- Kevin Craft 221/389 (.568), 2,252 yards, 7 TD, 19 INT

Rushing
USC- C.J. Gable 601 yards, 6.1 ypc, 8 TD
USC- Stafon Johnson 595 yards, 5.6 ypc, 8 TD

UCLA- Kahlil Bell 358 yards, 2.8 ypc, 7 TD
UCLA- Derrick Coleman 285 yards, 5.5 ypc, 2 TD

Receiving
USC- Damian Williams 639 yards, 45 rec., 14.2 ypr, 7 TD
USC- Patrick Turner 586 yards, 40 rec., 14.7 ypr, 9 TD

UCLA- Taylor Embre 521 yards, 39 rec., 13.4 ypr, 0 TD
UCLA- Terrence Austin 427 yards, 49 rec., 8.7 ypr, 1 TD

Defense
USC- Rey Maualuga leads the team with 6.8 tackles a game.
USC- Kyle Moore leads the team with 5 sacks and 9.5 TFL.

UCLA- Reggie Carter leads the team with 77 tackles.

Team Stats
USC
Rushing- 205.7
Passing- 245.1
Total- 450.8
PF- 38.4
PA- 7.8

UCLA
Rushing- 86
Passing- 208.7
Total- 294.7
PF- 18.6
PA- 29.1

Navy at Army (Plus 10.5)

Navy won 38-3 in 2007 and leads the series 52-49-7. Navy has won six straight and eight out of the last nine games against Army. Since 2002 the Midshipmen have outscored Army 240-71 and have won by an average score of 40-12.

Navy's rushing game and overall talent will be enough for the Midshipmen to extend their winning streak to seven over Army.

Navy 34, Army 17


Players
Quarterback
Navy- Jarod Bryant 19/37 (.514), 275 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT

Army- Carson Williams 26/53 (.491), 273 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT

Rushing
Navy- Shun White 873 yards, 8.3 ypc, 7 TD
Navy- Eric Kettani 807 yards, 5.3 ypc, 3 TD

Army- Collin Mooney 1,285 yards, 6.0 ypc, 8 TD
Army- Chip Bowden 566 yards, 3.1 ypc, 1 TD

Receiving
Navy- Tyree Barnes 334 yards, 17 rec., 19.6 ypr, 2 TD
Navy- Shun White 74 yards, 3 rec., 24.7 ypr, 0 TD

Army- Jameson Carter 145 yards, 10 rec., 14.5 ypr, 0 TD
Army- Damion Hunter 134 yards, 11 rec., 12.2 ypr, 1 TD

Defense
Navy- Ross Pospisil has recorded 81 tackles this season.

Army- Stephen Anderson leads the team averaging 8.0 tackles and 1.11 tackles for loss per game.

Team Stats
Navy
Rushing- 292
Passing- 63.5
Total- 355.5
PF- 27.3
PA- 23.4

Army
Rushing- 254.1
Passing- 45.7
Total- 299.8
PF- 16.1
PA- 22.7