Championship Weekend

This upcoming weekend is full of big-time conference championship games, plus a few rivalries. The first weekend of December is host to some of the most intense rivalries in college football. UCLA battles USC in the Rose Bowl in which interestingly enough USC will wear its red home jerseys, even though they will be charged a timeout for it. Maybe the most intense rivalry in college football involves two of our armed forces. The United States Army and United States Naval Academy meet once in again for bragging rights. The most intriguing part of this weekend has to be the conference championship games.

This weekend alone we will four conference championship games. First of all we will start off with the least talked about championship games. On Friday night you can catch the undefeated, 12th ranked Ball State Cardinals battle Buffalo for the MAC title. I'm sure that David Letterman will be all smiles while watching his alma mater try to win the MAC title. Once again this year's Dr. Pepper ACC championship game be something of the norm as the Boston College Eagles take on the Virginia Tech Hokies, a rematch of last year's title game (Virginia Tech won 30-16). With the ACC being down this year, this game isn't generating quite the hype it has in the past. Whoever wins automatically has a trip to the Orange Bowl, so their is an incentive behind it. The two headlining games this weekend include three of the top four teams in the nation. Saturday night Oklahoma will battle the Missouri Tigers for a rematch of last years Big 12 title game, in which the Sooners won. The Sooners are a heavy favorite once again in this game and if they win, National Title game here we come. Last, but not least the number one ranked, undefeated Alabama Crimson Tide take on one of the hottest teams in the nation in the Florida Gators. These two teams have met in the SEC championship game five previous times, and this years winner will go to the National Title game. The Big 12 championship and SEC championship are basically previews for the National Title game. Looks like come January you will likely either see Oklahoma and Alabama or Oklahoma and Florida. Whatever happens, I can't wait to see what happens this weekend.