Final Bowl (P)Review

2 bowls remain. "But I thought there was only the national championship!" you say. Well that is because you are ignorant! Oh, wait. Probably shouldn't insult the readers. But there are two games remaining. One is highly important. The other one is the...

January 6, 2010
GMAC Bowl
Central Michigan vs. Troy

Oi. You'd think that someone, somewhere would say something about this bowl being the second to last one available. Seriously, Central Michigan and Troy? If you did not attend those schools, what is the impetus to watch the game? Seriously, the BCS games are all-but done, the season is winding to a pretty exciting climax, and we get a MAC team and a Sun Belt team. Readers! How many of you knew that those conferences existed? Those of you who did know, how many teams from those conferences can you name? The lone reason to watch this game (as ESPN has probably shoved down your throat multiple times by this juncture) is Central Michigan QB Dan LeFevour. LeFevour has tossed for 3000 yards and run for 700 this season. That's pretty good, even by MAC standards.

Should I watch this game? Well, Central Michigan has a good quarterback, Troy's got a good offense through the air, and this game should feature a boatload of points. So this game has all of that working for it. Know what's working against it?

IT'S FRIGGIN' CENTRAL MICHIGAN AND TROY!!!!

Jeez. Read a book or something. (NOTE: The lengthy archive of this blog probably qualifies by now...)

CFR Pick: Central Michigan. And no, I won't be watching this one.

January 7, 2010
BCS National Championship Game
#2 Texas vs. #1 Alabama

Well, it's all lead up to this. Two undefeated teams that the computers liked better than the other three duking it out for that ugly crystal football (see below)

So how did we get here? Texas went undefeated in the Big 12, running into some friction in their final two games against Texas A&M and Nebraska. Texas hasn't faced too many big tests this season, and they're up against a very very tough team from Tuscaloosa.

For what it's worth, Alabama's looked really good this season. They ran all over Virginia Tech (score said there was a 10 point difference, trust me, it should have been much greater), went undefeated in a very good SEC, survived a very real scare against Tennessee, and beat the tar out of former #1 Florida during the SEC Championship game.

Now, I've griped about Texas's schedule all season, and Alabama's non-conference other than Virginia Tech was a complete joke (Florida International, Chattanooga, North Texas). I believe Mack Brown possesses almost no loyalty to his school (ask a Carolina football fan, if you can find one) (good luck with that, by the way) and that Nick Saban could, in fact, be the devil (see below:)

With that said, I believe that this is the best possible National Championship matchup. Cincinnati played in an awful conference and Florida made them pay, TCU and Boise State play in lesser conferences, Florida itself relied on help from the officials all season long (not to mention got beat by Alabama), and everyone else had at least 2 losses. So the BCS did get a pretty good national championship matchup. Congrats, I guess. We still lost the excitement that a playoff would have provided.

Should I watch this game? If you don't watch the college football championship, then why would you be here on College Football Review?! Just throwing it out there. Yes, you should watch this game. Heck, it might turn out to be good!

CFR Pick: Alabama. Their defense is solid, and their offense sucks much less than Nebraska's did. And Nebraska only lost to Texas by one. Mind you, Texas has been hearing about that ever since it happened, so we'll have to see how it goes. Still, gotta pick Alabama for the win.

That's all for the previews...reviews come later. Enjoy the games!