This little playoff thing that the NCAA does now is so much better than the idiotic BCS. That's a good thing. But, it would be so much better if eight teams were included in the playoffs. This isn't to avoid the bellyaching of the teams ranked outside of the top four as there will be bellyaching from the teams outside of the top eight. A larger sampling size is simply better and eight is a manageable sample size. Anything bigger probably isn't manageable for football.
Here's the picks.
Orange Bowl
#4 Oklahoma vs #1 Clemson
Pick: Clemson
It seems strange that the #1 team winning would be a mild upset. So much for rankings. Or betting lines. Probably the latter. Clemson will have to play much better than they did against North Carolina in the ACC Championship to win this game.
Cotton Bowl
#3 Michigan St. vs #2 Alabama
Pick: Michigan St.
This could be a fantastic, hard-fought game. At least, I'm hoping that it is. While I think that Alabama is the better team I'm going with the team that has the better quarterback.
Today's Appetizer:
Peach Bowl
#18 Houston vs #9 Florida St.
Pick: Houston
Florida St. has by far the better athletes/players but Houston is a very good football team.
There it is. Be safe tonight.
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