This could very well be the biggest weekend of the college football season, well in terms of rivalries and big games. This weekend is jam packed full of meaningful, BCS affecting games. First of all let's get it started in Columbus. The Ohio State Buckeyes battle the Michigan Wolverines, enough said. This is considered one of the top rivalries in the country. It ranks with North Carolina and Duke in basketball, the Patriots and Colts in the NFL, and the Yankees and Red Sox in baseball. This year doesn't mean as much. Ohio State is a heavy favorite playing a 3-8 Michigan team and rightfully so, but you have to imagine that Michigan is still going to bring it. In state rivals California and Stanford play with everyone remembering "the play." Vanderbilt and Tennessee take it to the field in Knoxville to decide who is "it" in Tennessee. The oldest rivalry in college football is also taking place this weekend, Harvard and Yale. Last, but not least Indiana travels to West Lafayette to play the Boilermakers for the Old Oaken Bucket. For all these rivalries there are also huge BCS complicating games this weekend.
Penn State and Michigan State are playing in College Park this weekend to settle who will lie in a bed of roses. If Penn State wins this game it is off to the Rose Bowl, but if they lose and Michigan can somehow beat Ohio State, the surprise team in the Big Ten conference will be playing in Pasadena for a chance to win a Rose Bowl. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh play this Saturday night basically for the Big East title. They both hold their own destiny in the Big East and if the Bearcats can beat the Panthers at home and win their final game, they will be headed off to their first BCS bowl game. Oh yeah there is one more big game this weekend, but that is a whole other blog in itself.
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