It has been an extremely busy week in the non-football aspects of my life! So I am I not publishing my usual games of the week blog at this moment. I am putting out a short version of the two games that made my list for tonight and Friday and I will be back tonight with the run-down of the rest of the weekend's games.
Miami(11)@North Carolina - Thursday night
Team with the most to lose/gain: Miami - They are #11 in the Coaches Poll and #10 in the Harris poll. This is the last game before the BCS computers jump in on the fun. They cannot afford a let down game against the Tar-Heels. The Hurricanes do have a win over Florida but there hasn't been much on the schedule up to this point. Miami must win the games they should win, like this one, and then with games left against Va Tech, and Florida State, Miami could be looking good in the BCS. And if they could pull off a victory in the ACC Championship against FSU or Clemson there's no telling where Miami could end up, but right at the top seems a good assumption. Assuming that Virginia Tech stays relevant which they should and that Miami doesn't trip against a team like UNC on their way to the ACC Championship. Va Tech doesn't play FSU or Clemson this year so their biggest game is against Miami. The chances of the Hokies being un-defeated when they play the Hurricanes are much greater than the Hurricanes of being un-defeated. The Canes cannot let this game trip them up.
BCS impact: Medium
Prediction: Miami
UCF@Louisville(6) on Friday
Team with the most to lose/gain: Louisville - At #6 in the Coaches and Harris polls I believe the computers are going to HATE Louisville, and I believe they will hate them so much that Louisville fails to make the Top 10 in the first BCS. So how important is it that Louisville goes undefeated? Yeah, pretty important. But UCF will be another tough opponent for them. South Carolina is the 29th ranked pass defense in the nation and they gave up 358 yards to UCF. However, Louisville is #5 in the country in pass D though. UCF is no slouch, they are #11 in scoring defense, and #32 in scoring defense. They beat Penn St. and gave South Carolina all they wanted. Hopefully unlike last week, this match-up with Louisville should prove to be one of the best games of the week. The Cardinals will be tested, but they are at home and I feel like they are on a mission to prove themselves to everyone, even if the computers don't care.
BCS impact: low
Prediction: Louisville
To be continued.........
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