Pigskin Prognosis: BCS Breakdown

With just a quarter left in the 2009 college football schedule, here’s my premature prediction of how I see the BCS Bowls shaping up:

BCS Championship

Alabama vs Texas

Bama knocks off Tebow and the Gators in the SEC Championship game and earns a trip to the National Championship Game where they meet undefeated Big 12 Champion, Texas.

Orange Bowl

Georgia Tech vs Cincinnati

The Yellow Jackets win the ACC outright and get the automatic berth to the Orange Bowl.  The Orange Bowl gets the 1^st pick of teams after the replacement picks, and selects the undefeated Big East Champion Bearcats.

Sugar Bowl

Florida vs USC

Alabama goes to the National Championship Game and the Sugar Bowl gladly takes Florida as its “replacement team”.  With its at large pick, USC is selected to pair two teams that many thought would meet for the national title.

Fiesta Bowl

Boise State vs Iowa

The Fiesta Bowl selects undefeated Boise State as its replacement pick.  Iowa is selected as an at large team after OSU knocks them off for the Big 10 championship.  This is TCU’s spot if they get past Utah.  I say they don’t.

Rose Bowl

Oregon vs Ohio State

The Big 10 and Pac 10 Champions are set to battle for the roses.  Oregon is almost a lock at this point and I feel Ohio State runs the table to earn the Big 10 title and yet another BCS berth.