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HOSTED BY: ERIK KUSELIAS

Bowl season is upon us ladies and gents. The next four weeks we'll have played 34 bowl games and will have crowned a new National Champion. Now that the Heisman is out the way, oh and by the way congrats to Mike Jones from Oregon. We can now focus on the most wonderful week of the year.
While all bowl games matter for schools and players, the only thing that matters today is previewing the BCS Bowl games. First up is the Grandaddy of them all, the Rose Bowl.

ROSE BOWL

Matchup Preview | January 1, 2012
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#14 Penn State Nittany Lions (11-2, Away)		#9 Oregon Ducks (11-2, Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison #8 Rushing Yards #5

obviously can Penn State contain Mike Jones who accounts for 80 percent of the Oregon Offense. Penn State's Smith has had a great year rushing as well gaining over 13oo yards. With that said whose run game will survive.

Later that evening the Sugar Bowl will kick off in New Orleans, a undefeated Boise State team comes into the game quite frustrated not getting a shot a natonal title. But now they'll have to deal with the critics who feel they'll run through a 9-3 Pittsburgh team. Pitt has a lot to prove but will they get Boise's Best Shot?

SUGAR BOWL

Matchup Preview | January 1, 2012
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#4 Boise State Broncos (12-0, Away)		Pittsburgh Panthers (9-3, Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison #6 Passing Yards Defensive Stats Comparison Passing Yards Allowed #48

Boise's Hughes has thrown all over the nation this year racking in 39 touchdown tosses to only 1 interception. Pitts pass defense ranks close to fifty, Hughes can end a stellar Boise career if he and the Broncos come to play.

In the Orange bowl Florida State stays at home to face the Aggies who have had a great year losing only to Oklahoma in a game they had total control over. The aggies have a chance to prove their worth amongst tops in the nation while the Seminoles can send a message to the country letting them know Florida State football is back.

Matchup Preview | January 3, 2012
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#12 Florida State Seminoles (11-2, Away)		#6 Texas A&M Aggies (11-1, Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison #4 Total Offensive Yards #15 Passing Yards #26 Rushing TD Defensive Stats Comparison Total Yards Allowed #3 Rushing Yards Allowed #2 Passing Yards Allowed #30

Its looking its gonna be Florida States offense vs the A&M defense whats gonna give?

FIESTA BOWL
This years fiesta Bowl could very easily have been the National Championship. OU comes in undefeated and Alabama received their first lost in their final game of the year. The X-factor in this one however could be the fact that the Sooners who started the year ranked #1 dropped from that spot despite the loss, now the Sooners have a point to prove.

Matchup Preview | January 4, 2012
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#3 Oklahoma Sooners (12-0, Away)		#5 Alabama Crimson Tide (12-1, Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison Total Offensive Yards #5 Passing Yards #10 Rushing Yards George Bell (1,410) Defensive Stats Comparison #1 Total Yards Allowed #3 Rushing Yards Allowed #12 Passing Yards Allowed

This Oklahoma defense has been good all year but they face a new monster in George Bell from Bama who has a point to prove after only gaining 38 yards in the SEC championship, he'll look to make a mark on the game.

BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
For all the marbles a battle of top coaches will face off in this years National Championship. Brian Kelly in only his second season has Notre Dame undefeated and playing its best ball in years. While the ol ball coach has quietly built a power in South Carolina.

Matchup Preview | January 9, 2012
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#2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (12-0, Away)		#1 South Carolina Gamecocks (13-0, Home)
Offensive Stats Comparison Ratliff (3,410 yards 36 TD's 3 int's Passing Yards Defensive Stats Comparison Passing Yards Allowed #5

South Carolina will have to somehow stop Irish qb Ratliff, his 36 to 3 touchdown to interception ratio is best for #2 in the nations behind Boise's Hughes. Their #5 ranked pass defense should be ready however, after recording three interceptions on Bama this unit is flying around and playing smart football. Should be a great game.

Here are some games outside of the BCS Bowls that should be interesting
#21 Texas (9-3) vs #25 Utah 11-1 @ Alamo Bowl
#15 LSU (9-3) vs #17 Michigan State (10-3) @ Capital One Bowl
#11 Auburn (9-3) vs #7 Ohio State (10-2) @ Outback Bowl
#13 Stanford (9-3) vs #24 Virginia Tech (10-3) @ Sun Bowl
Northern Illinois (10-3) vs #8 Nevada (10-2) @ Humanitarian Bowl

Should be a great bowl season, we'll see you back when its all said and done. Im Erik Kuselias have a good night.