After the Thanksgiving week hiatus, the SUL crew returns with a vengeance to talk some pigskin. First on the docket is college football and the BCS. After that, Dave and Ryan look towards the big Week 13 NFL schedule, specifically, the two biggest games: Patriots/Jets and Steelers/Ravens.
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The Bowl Championship Series conferences and bowls announced the teams which remain under consideration to participate in the five games that comprise the BCS. The University of Oregon has become the first automatic qualifier. The Ducks will be at least co-champions of the Pac-10, and own the tie-breaker with the other possible co-champion, Stanford. Nineteen other teams remain under consideration. The teams were identified during a teleconference among the 11 Football Bowl Subdivision conference commissioners, the Notre Dame athletics director, and representatives from the Discover Orange Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl, Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and the Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO. The No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the final BCS standings will meet in the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game January 10 in Glendale, Arizona.
Both the Jets and Patriots lead the way in the AFC East at 9-2. New York has now won in each of their last four games and looks stronger than ever. QB Mark Sanchez continues to mature and perform for the Jets and should be able to produce against a New England Patriots team that ranks second to last in total defensive yards per game. New York’s exciting defense (which ranks third in the league in total defensive yards per game) will have the task of keeping Tom Brady from going off for a big game. New England leads the NFL in points per game, averaging 30.4 per contest. They’ve now scored at least 31 points against each of their last three opponents and have picked up impressive wins against the Colts and Steelers.
The leaders of the AFC North will battle it out on the field this Sunday as QB Ben Roethlisberger attempts to bring his team to their third straight victory. Big Ben is coming off of a game in which he failed to throw a touchdown. Although his team managed to grab the W in overtime against the Buffalo Bills, the Steelers are going to need their QB to produce in bunches against the Ravens. Pittsburgh’s defense leads the league in opponents rushing yards per game, giving up just 64 yards per contest and ranking fifth in opponents total yards per game. The Ravens offense ranks 14th in the NFL in total offense per game and 14th in total rushing yards per game.
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