No needs to play taps, but I'll be a bit bummed at the end of tomorrow, as another fantastic college football season's regular season concludes.
And there's still suspense in the air, even without a playoff format. There are two important games that will decide whether we will have an Oregon/Auburn National Championship game five weeks from this coming Monday (Meanwhile USF plays at Raymond James at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night if you want to see some live football at less than NFL prices).
The Civil War between the #2 ranked Oregon Ducks and the Oregon State Beavers from Corvallis, Oregon takes place Saturday afternoon, while simultaneously the SEC Championship between the #1 ranked Auburn Tigers and the #18 ranked South Carolina Gamecock happens in Atlanta.
Auburn and South Carolina played an extremely entertaining game back in September, with Auburn winning 35-27. The Tigers, led by Heisman Trophy sure thing Cam Newton, came from 13 points to win that game. Of course, Auburn's made a habit of coming back, having done so 8 times this season.
However, none was more dramatic than the Black Friday classic from Tuscaloosa, where Auburn trailed Alabama 21-0, before defeating the defending national champions 28-27.
But there is one team, led by one man, that can thwart Auburn's dream season.
This article appears in Dec 2-8, 2010.