I smell a lot of roses in the Willamette Valley

I hear the Volunteers have been promised that the hostesses will be awaiting their victorious return from Atlanta. Go Vols since the world is more entertaining when Lane Kiffin is relevant.The Pick: Tennessee by five (Result: Virginia Tech 37-14)Record: 9-11. But how can you pull against a coach that wins at Northwestern Pat Fitzgerald will be a coveted coach for years to come, and I hope he beats the SEC.The Pick: Auburn by four (Result: Auburn 38-35)Record: 10-11 Another Big Ten/SEC matchup Joe Pa against the Mad Hatter. This shapes up to be a clock management fiasco, but I hope the Nittany Lions show the college football world how vastly overrated LSU is.The Pick: Penn State by three (Result: Penn St 19-17)Record: 11-11. They don't deserve to be there, but how can anyone not want Bobby Bowden to win this battle of the nicest head coaches in FBS The problem is FSU may be without their quarterback.The Pick: Florida State by two (Result: Florida St 33-21)Record: 12-11 Ohio State and the BCS. It doesn't matter what we do, we might as well face itwe'll see the Buckeyes come January.Look for the Ducks to continue the Pac-10 domination of the Big Ten and for Oregon coach Chip Kelly to show Terrelle Pryor what he missed by not saying, "I love my Ducks." I smell a lot of roses in the Willamette Valley.The Pick: Oregon by 17 (Result: Ohio St 26-17)Record: 12-12. Is it possible Tony Pike is the best quarterback in this game Will Florida still be on an emotional low after losing the SEC title game Will Cincinnati overcome the loss of their coachPeople shouldn't forget what West Virginia did to Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl two years ago after Rich Rodriguez left to start his rebuilding project at Michigan.While I hope the Bearcats make a statement, I don't expect Tim Tebow to go quietly in his final college game.The Pick: Florida by six (Result: Florida 51-24)Record: 13-12.

What's larger: the number of fans not associated with either school that care about this game or the Duggar family I'll take the Duggars in a landslide.As for the game, where would you rather vacation, South Florida or Northern IllinoisThe Pick: South Florida by four (Result: South Florida 27-3)Record: 14-12. What could be better than another Big East victory over the SEC Go Huskies.The Pick: South Carolina by seven (Result: Connecticut 20-7)Record: 14-13. Also known as the Underachievement Bowlbut hoping the Cowboys improve to 2-0 over the SEC this year.The Pick: Ole Miss by 10 (Result: Ole Miss 21-7)Record: 15-13 I wonder who Lou Holtz picks in this game. Knowing that, I'll still pull for the victory over the SEC, also known as the Conference of Champions.The Pick: East Carolina by one (Result: Arkansas 20-17)Record: 15-14. Michigan State couldn't defend the passing offense of Central Michigan.

No way they stop Texas Tech's, right Remember all the talk of Ndamukong Suh disrupting Texas's passing offense The Red Raiders lit up Nebraska 31-10.The Pick: Texas Tech by 14 (Result: Texas Tech 41-31)Record: 16-14. The Horned Frog defense takes on an offense led by Kellen Moore that only threw three interceptions all year.It seems every Boise State game involves them taking a big lead, struggling to hold on, and then pulling away late. Too bad neither of these teams gets a chance to prove itself against a school from an automatic qualifying conference.The Pick: Boise State by three (Result: Boise St 17-10)Record: 17-14. I also want them to prove the Big Ten did not deserve two BCS selections, again.The Pick: Georgia Tech by 10. (Result: Iowa 24-14) I certainly picked this with my heart not with my head The enemy of the Big Ten is the forward pass, not the run Georgia Tech can't pass consistently Oh well.Record: 17-15. Did you know Troy's Levi Brown threw for over 3,800 yards this year And Central Michigan's Dan LeFevour threw for over 3,000 This game could take five hours with all the passing going on.CMU is ranked in the top 25 but has lost 19-6 to Arizona and 31-10 to Boston College. Their only "big" win is a two-point win over Michigan State.Here's to hoping Troy teaches the voters to actually look at who a team played, not just their overall record.The Pick: Troy by four (Result: Central Michigan 44-41)Record: 17-16.