Conference Title Maze
The first trophies are about to be handed out and everyone is just waiting to see if they can say they had a good season or not. Trophies get handed out and invitations get sent out and everyone is just waiting to see if they get one. Some coaches are praying to get one whilst others are making plans for their next move as things did not go their way. The fates of some coaches is set in stone and they are just waiting for the guillotine to fall on them. Today we are going to focus on the first trophies that are going to be handed out.
First, we are going to look at the Big East conference title game, were we have coach bjschumacher and his Pitt team taking on coach sooners_81 and his South Florida team. We have the colliding of 2 great coaches and programs. The two coaches have only played each other once and coach sooners came out on top. The meeting was earlier this season and Pitt lost by 21 points, yep you read that right, 21 points. They also lost on all the other fronts in that game, T.O.P, yards, turnovers. South Florida went undefeated this season whilst Pitt lost 3 games. Now this opportunity gives Pitt the chance to get revenge for their earlier loss in the season. Though they say if you go for revenge dig two graves, one for you and one for the other. These teams were the best two teams in the conference, Pitt had the best offense whilst South Florida had the best defense and defense wins championships. I must lean towards South Florida in this game, though Pitt might have figured somethings out from their first meeting.
How about a look at the matchup in the MAC, were we have Central Michigan coached by chris6969 taking on Buffalo under coach dadope21. Coach dadope leads the series between these two coaches. The two programs have locked horns already this season and Buffalo came out on top by 22 points. Buffalo like South Florida we undefeated this season. Buffalo was the outright best team in the MAC and with that in mind I have to go with them in a big win in the title game. I think they will be too powerful for Central Michigan and I expect a similar score to the one earlier this season.
We have a rivalry renewed in the title for the Big Ten game. We have the Buckeyes taking on the Wolverines. The undefeated coach nortonis has already beaten coach roxy11 this season and twice before, he leads the series between the two 3-0. I expect the Wolverines with coach nortonis to continue to win all the way to a national title game. I think this game is just going to be a bump on the road as they march on the national title, especially if we look at the meeting between the two coaches earlier this season were the Wolverines won the game 62-7. I am sure coach roxy11 will be making adjustments based off the earlier game but even with those it won’t be enough to stop this juggernaut of a team this year.
Out west we have familiar coaches going at it again. We have coach ez37’s Trojans going up against coach jasonfreeman and his Golden Bears. This is going to be the meeting of the two best teams in the conference for the second time this season. The first meeting was a close one on the scoreboard, it was only decided by a single score. The teams were evenly matched in the first game and I expect the same in this game but I think the Golden Bears will edge it again. They have been on a roll recently with 4 straight PAC-10 championships and I think they want to make it straight 5. 5 is a well-rounded number, so why not go for it. I think coach ez might be tired of losing the title to the fellas up north and he will put on a fight but I still see the Bears pulling it off, I am sorry to say.
We are going to go from coast to coast, so to the Atlantic coast we go. We have coach bama2448 taking on coach laswell. It is the Hurricanes and the Eagles going at it for the first time this year. Though in the past out of the 12 meeting between the coaches, coach bama has come out on top 8 times, history is definitely in his favor but the game still has to be played today and not in history. I am going to make my decision based off history, so I am going with coach bama in this one. N offense he has had the best team in the conference and on defense he is not too far behind Boston College in first place. I think with his defense and offense combination coach bama will just be too much for the Boston team, but I expect them to put up a good fight.
We have a rematch of last years’ C-USA conference title game. It is coach ebel and coach badaxe. This is going to be the first meeting between the two coaches this year. History says go with coach ebel as he has a 2-1 series lead between the two coaches but I cannot do that today. I am going with coach badaxe and his Memphis team. They have had a better season slightly, they have similar SOS and Memphis came out with a better record thus me saying they have had a better season and with that they have a better chance of winning this game. Though I think coach ebel will have a lot to say in this game, he was stopped last year from having a hattrick of conference titles and I am sure this year he wants his title back, but I don’t think they will be able to get it. I think we might be seeing the birth of something special in Memphis.
Lets us take a look at what is going on in the great plains with the Big 12 title on the line. We have the reigning national champions taking on the Colorado team under coach lyonzfanz. This will be the third meeting between the coaches and maybe the third time is the charm as they say? I think not. I expect coach blitziscomin and his Sooners team to continue to roll and put up points against Colorado. They have already lost to the Sooners this season and I do not think they have an answer yet for them. Vegas has Colorado as the underdogs in this game and I have to agree with them on this one. I think Colorado can hope to be closer to the Sooners on the scoreboard in this one but that’s it. The Sooners have greater designs in mind, I am sure after this victory we will be set for a Sooners vs Wolverines game.
The Sun Belt is next up and we have Army with coach dalailama12 taking on North Texas and coach slider4480. Now I think the cool head if the dalailama will allow him to win this matchup. He has used the cool head to win the previous two meetings between the coaches. Cooler heads always prevail and this is not to say coach slider does not have a cool head but nobody has a cooler head had the dalailama. The two teams met earlier in the season and it wasn’t even close so I expect more of the same thank you. Though the boys out of North Texas might have made adjustments for the game I still think the coolness will prevail because well cool heads and all.
Lets get durrrrrtttttyyyyy down south. It is the Tigers taking on the Gamecocks. This will be the first meeting between coach treyomo and coach mpmershon this season, though coach mpmershon is leading the series 4-1, I think this 6th game will go the way of the Gamecocks. They have been having a great season which only had one bleep. This should be a close game I think that the Gamecocks will edge out. The Tigers always put up a good fight in their games and I expect nothing less in this game.
The final game to look at is in the WAC. This is going to be a meeting between coach mitt0108 and his Utah boys taking on coach slicknick777 and his San Jose squad. The Utah coach leads the series 2-0 and he has already won a game against his opponent this season. I think the outcome is going to be the same in the title game. One would hope for another close game just to keep the fans interested because nobody likes a bow out unless it’s your team winning. I think the other coaches in the WAC need to stack up their conference titles because once Hawaii is built they will not be winning anymore titles.
That brings us to the end of this article, now I know some of you I have talked about are saying you have jinxed us and I say to you I do not have that kind of power so don’t worry. I want to wish everyone involved in the conference title games luck and I hope you are ready. Everyone else well keep an eye out as these games will have an impact on bowl games. I know I am keeping an eye out on all the games because I want to get a good bowl game. But in the in between time take it easy people.
