What's the Fuss?

A lot has been made out of Tim Tebow’s humanity, Oklahoma’s no-huddle offense and Florida’s speed during this week’s lead up to the FedEx BCS National Championship Game in Miami.

But I think it’s the Sooners secondary that will be the difference between an Oklahoma win or a Florida win.

If Oklahoma’s secondary can play like it did against Texas Tech late in the season, I don’t think Florida’s speed will have a chance to win it the game. But that won’t be the case. The Gators will get to the outside and break through the tackles, and through the Sooners secondary en route to a second national championship in three years.

Final score: Florida 45, Oklahoma 38.

Thursdsay’s FedEx BCS National Championship game will be simulcasted at the O’Connell Center following the Florida Gators women’s basketball game.

Fans can watch the women for free at 5 p.m. Doors open at 4 p.m.

After 5:30 p.m., only Florida students, faculty and staff with Gator 1 cards will be permitted inside.

The game, which will start at 7:17 p.m. CST, will be shown on four large video boards. Concessions will be available and the doors will remain open until the beginning of the third quarter or until all seats are taken.

After watching Saturday’s games, it’s pretty clear to me now who I think will play in the FedEx BCS National Championship Game.

Florida and Penn State.

The Gators’ defense and special teams are just too strong. And now that Urban Meyer has finally figured out that by playing Jeff Demps, Chris Rainey, Percy Harvin and Brandon James together, it opens up the field for Tim Tebow to keep on running.

The Nittany Lions got by Ohio State in unimpressive fashion. But folks, remember, it’s the Big Ten. Games like this aren’t typically overwhelming. It’s defense, defense, defense, kind of like the old NFC Central, you know, the Black and Blue Division. Penn State will win out and win the Big Ten.

Here’s how they both get to the BCS: Florida defeat Georgia on Saturday and move into the Top 5 of the BCS. The Gators will win the SEC East and Alabama will win the SEC West. They’ll meet in Atlanta for the SEC Championship Game and the Gators will win, knocking off the No. 2 team in the country.

Texas will lose in the Big 12 Championship Game and fall from the graces of No. 1. Penn State, now No. 3, will move up to No. 1 and Florida will end up No. 2.

Thus, the matchup for the national title.

Enjoy.

Here’s the sad thing about the Mountain West Conference: No. 8 BYU isn’t in first place in its own conference. No. 15 Utah is.

The Cougars are 4-0 and have out scored their opponents 43-11 this season, including back-to-back 59-0 and 44-0 wins over UCLA and Wyoming, respectively.

If the season ended today, by WTF’s calculations, BYU would end up in the Sugar Bowl against No. 3 LSU.

A few things to remember when predicting the BCS bowls:

First, bowls that lose their teams to the National Championship Game get first pick among all remaining non-automatic bid teams.

Second, no more than two teams from one conference is allowed to be in the BCS bowls. So, the SEC would get the short end of the stick this year with five teams in the Top 14.

Third, if a team from Conference USA, MAC, MWC, Sun Belt or the WAC wins its conference and is among the Top 12, it gets an automatic bid.

In this situation, BYU would crash the BCS party thanks to the third reason.

My Week 5 bowl predictions:

BCS: No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 2 Alabama
Rose: No. 6 Penn State vs. No. 9 USC
Fiesta: No. 4 Missouri vs. No. 14 Ohio State
Sugar: No. 3 LSU vs. No. 8 Brigham Young
Orange: Virginia Tech vs. No. 10 South Florida