PRESS & DAKOTAN/PLAIN TALK ■ FALL SPORTS 2013 PAGE 9B AP Pick 6: BCS Projections And Predictions BY RALPH D. RUSSO the Broncos. Oklahoma fans AP Writer will relish the chance for pay- back. This season, the B might 4. Orange Bowl — Florida Sharp: The Outgoing BCS May Be Hated, But It Sort Of Worked as well stand for buh-bye. State (ACC champ) vs. Wis- The BCS is going away for consin (at-large). The Semi- BY DREW SHARP good after January, and for noles make it back-to-back © 2013 Detroit Free Press the most part any tears shed ACC titles and earn a return by college football fans about trip to the Orange Bowl be- (MCT) The start of a new its pending extinction are hind redshirt freshman quar- college football season this filled with joy. terback Jameis Winston. The week also symbolizes the end That’s not totally fair, of Badgers make it four straight of one of the sport’s more po- course. The BCS was a step BCS appearances, though larizing forces. in the right direction. It was this time it’s a trip to south The BCS begins its darn good to the Southeast- Florida instead of southern farewell tour. ern Conference, tended to California as new coach Gary If this were a retiring head work out well for Oklahoma Andersen proves to be a coach making the rounds for and wasn’t all bad for Boise more than capable successor one final season, he would be State. to Bret Bielema. showered with parting gifts Come 2014 it will be out 5. BCS National Champi- like a rocking chair or a per- with the Bowl Championship onship — Alabama (SEC sonalized golf cart. The BCS Series, in with the College champ) vs. Stanford (Pac-12 will get a personalized Football Playoff and all will champ). It’s time to stop hearse, GPS equipped with be perfect with the postsea- being surprised by the Stan- the fastest route to the near- son. Right? Maybe. ford Cardinal. This is what est cemetery. Anyway, before we can they are now. A legit college I’ll miss the BCS. I liked it. start griping about the new football powerhouse, with an Always did. It wasn’t a flaw- system, we have one last sea- emphasis on power. Coach less method for determining son of griping about the old David Shaw’s team will get the most deserving candi- one. Here’s one educated the next shot at stopping Ala- dates for the national cham- guess at how the last BCS will bama and snapping the SEC’s pionship. But perfection was play out. streak of seven straight BCS never its intention. 1. Rose Bowl — Ohio State titles. The BCS succeeded. Since (Big Ten champ) vs. Oregon 6) And the winner is .... its inception in 1998, college (at-large). The Buckeyes and roll three-peat! Nick Saban’s football revenue and popular- Ducks have national champi- Crimson Tide, behind AJ Mc- ity exploded. And it was all onship aspirations, and if we Carron, T.J. Yeldon, C.J. because the BCS planted the fast-forward to next season Mosley and an array of other seed that an inherently re- maybe both would be in the NFL prospects with full first gional sport could embrace semifinals with a chance to names, wins Alabama’s the concept of a single team win a title. This season, fourth championship in the standing alone atop the they’ll have to settle for a re- last five seasons. And unlike mountain after the season’s final . match of the 2010 Rose Bowl, the previous two, the Tide KIRTHMON F. DOZIER/DETROIT FREE PRESS/MCT won by Ohio State. goes undefeated. The BCS lit the path that Michigan State defenders rush Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez, right, during fourth-quarter ac- 2. Sugar Bowl — South appreciatively pushed col- tion on Saturday, November 3, 2012, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. While the out- Carolina (at-large) vs EXTRA POINTS lege football beyond its self- comes of BCS title games have favored the SEC, the Big Ten has had its chances. Louisville (American champ). Six more predictions imposed borders of The team that loses the SEC — Ohio State beats Michi- conference championships. championship game usually gan in the Big Ten title game, But that won’t stop its le- There’s a subjective tone to isted in its own little world. killing off the BCS was to gets sent to a non-BCS game avenging the Wolverines’ vic- gions of critics from joyously the sport that remains its But the BCS dramatically somehow create a more equi- — Hello, Orlando! — but the tory a week earlier in Ann counting down the days until most enduring charm. It’s underscored an already ac- table process through an ac- Gamecocks will be the excep- Arbor. it takes its last breath in why college football fans are knowledged national popula- tual playoff. Perhaps the tion thanks to some impres- — Stanford beats South- Pasadena on the evening of more passionate than their tion shift from the Midwest to most annoying anti-BCS sive nonconference victories ern California in the Pac-12 Jan. 6, 2014 — and then spit- professional football counter- the Sun Belt over the previ- whine was that the system and the desire to put Jade- title game, avenging its only ting on its grave afterward. In parts. ous 20 years. According to a was unfairly skewed toward veon Clowney’s likely last col- loss of the regular season to their minds, the BCS embod- Why must there always be 2012 NFL study on the con- the SEC. (I’m not sure if lege game on a big stage. advance to the BCS champi- ied corruption, contempt and a nice, tidy solution in centration of home-grown you’ve heard this before, but Teddy Bridgewater and the onship game. greed. It was a wicked cabal sports? There’s always room draft picks in 2003-12, nine of the SEC has taken the last Cardinals make a return trip — Florida State beats of a few conference commis- for an argument in college the top 10 NFL-player-produc- seven BCS crowns and nine to New Orleans looking to Miami in the ACC title game, sioners whose only goal was football. The BCS provided ing states were in the Sun of the 15.) make it two straight against avenging a regular season monopolizing power and pro- plenty of bickering. Belt. Above all else, BCS suc- SEC powerhouses after beat- loss that keeps the Seminoles ceeds while squeezing out And how is that a bad The one exception was ceeded in opening our eyes ing Florida in the Sugar Bowl from playing for a national the little guy who requested thing? Ohio. to the reality that there is no last season. title. only an occasional crumb. One of the BCS’s greatest It’s not a coincidence that equality in college football at 3. — Okla- — Boise State beats Yeah, maybe, but it made accomplishments was its each of the 15 BCS champi- its highest level. And no play- homa (Big 12 champ) vs. Fresno State in the Mountain college football more fun, did- clarification of college foot- ons was composed predomi- off configuration of four, eight Boise State (at-large auto- West title game, avenging its n’t it? ball’s regional imbalance. nantly of players from those or 16 teams will balance matic qualifier). Seems only only regular season loss (no- College football remains Eons ago, when it was all 10 states — California, Texas, those scales. fitting Boise State gets into tice a pattern) and earning a the only major sport that about the Big Ten and the Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Maybe, after 16 years, the the final BCS. In many ways, top-12 final BCS ranking and thrives on conjecture. De- Rose Bowl, the SEC and the Louisiana, Virginia, South BCS’s time has rightfully the Broncos have been the automatic BCS bid, despite bates rage and tempers flare Sugar Bowl, and the Big Eight Carolina, North Carolina and passed. But it’s nonetheless poster children for every- not being unbeaten. over preseason polls and re- and the Orange Bowl, every Alabama. entitled to a proper eulogy. thing that’s wrong with a sys- — Louisville proves to be cruiting-class rankings. conference contentedly ex- One of the motivations for tem that too often did not the class of the American, reward the best teams. On but not a national title con- the other hand, without the tender, losing twice in the BCS Boise State might never regular season. have gotten the opportunity — Oklahoma wins a four- to become America’s most way tiebreaker for the Big 12 AP Pick 6: Ways To Win The Heisman polarizing college football title, with Texas, Oklahoma BY RALPH D. RUSSO Even so, it’ll be hard for him to top last have a first-year starting quarterback team. A rematch of that un- State, TCU and the Sooners AP College Football Writer season and anything less won’t have the getting him the ball. If Lee has another forgettable 2007 Fiesta Bowl all finishing 7-2. same wow-factor. There is room for im- huge year and USC can reach the Pac-12 against the Sooners awaits To win the , a player provement in one category: victories. title game — and maybe knock off Notre needs the right combination of numbers The Aggies went 10-2 in the regular sea- Dame along the way — the story will be and narrative, highlight plays and signa- son last year. Make that 13-0 or 12-1, how he carried the new QB(s). At the ture victories. with a Southeastern Conference title least that makes him a Heisman finalist. with the pride of being the Johnny Manziel’s Heisman run last and a berth in the BCS championship 3) Tajh Boyd, QB, Clemson and Hageman rare Minneapolis public season was fueled by dizzying stats, a game, and Manziel could join Archie Aaron Murray, QB, Georgia. Boyd’s school alumnus to star for brilliant performance in Texas A&M’s Griffin as the only two-time Heisman eighth-ranked Tigers host Murray’s fifth- From Page 8B the Gophers in the modern upset victory against Alabama, com- winners. ranked Bulldogs on Saturday to open era. plete with a couple of ‘did-you-see-that?’ 2) Marqise Lee, WR, USC. Heisman the season. The winning quarterback in “I’m not going to lie: I’ve plays, and the fact that he was trying to voters are generally not impressed by what figures to be a high-scoring game shape-up-or-ship-out warn- spent a couple of days at become the first freshman to win col- wide receivers. Only two (Tim Brown in between two of the best offenses in the ing, becoming more serious Mesa Pizza,” he said, refer- lege football’s most prestigious individ- 1987 and Desmond Howard in 1991) country likely shoots to the top of the about studying and develop- ring to the popular late-night ual award. have won it. Lee is coming off the most Heisman watch lists. How much does ing into a monster in the snack spot a few blocks from Here are six (or so) Heisman con- prolific season (118 catches and 1,721 that matter in September? Generally, as weight room. Hageman, too, the football facility during a tenders and what has to happen for yards) by a receiver in Pac-12 history. It Denard Robinson and Geno Smith can has been active in commu- discussion about his weight, them to win the big bronze statue. was good enough for a distant fourth in attest, not much. Though Georgia’s nity service, using his story which is 50 pounds more 1) Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M. the Heisman voting, despite USC’s dis- front-loaded schedule (South Carolina of overcoming adversity to than when he first came to Assuming Johnny Football plays the en- appointing fall from preseason No. 1 to on Sept. 7, and LSU on Sept. 28), gives encourage city youth. campus. tire season, he should put up more 7-6. Far less is expected of the 24th- “I think he’s in as good of “Getting too big and eat- video-game numbers in a potent offense. ranked Trojans this season and Lee will HEISMAN | PAGE 10B shape and as focused as I’ve ing too much was a good seen him since I’ve been thing. I feel like d-tackle here,” Kill said. “So I think he chose me,” Hageman said. understands how important As for defensive tackle emails and other evidence lawyers, and defense lawyers together. And Phillips, as a it is and what kind of success Cameron Botticelli, Hageman that allegedly show the NCAA in the NFL litigation should former judge, can suggest to we can have.” has declared his fellow senior NFL Suit failed to adopt a uniform pol- certainly take note of what them how he sees the case. How about a double-digit starter “the brains of the op- From Page 8B icy on when students should was uncovered in the NCAA “That could move the par- sack total? eration.” Hageman, naturally, return to play after concus- players litigation,” said ties close to settlement,” said “I’m just trying to do what is the strength. sions. sports lawyer Paul Anderson Matt Mitten, director of the I can to help the team, obvi- “He does his job. He never safety measures that include “While the NCAA contin- of Kansas City, Mo., who runs National Sports Law Institute ously, but my personal goal, messes up. He definitely rules changes designed to ues to believe these allega- a website devoted to the NFL at Marquette University. really, I think I could sleep helps me on the field when I eliminate hits to the head and tions are inappropriately concussion litigation. He nonetheless sees the better knowing I had 10-plus,” get too tired or I don’t know neck, protect defenseless made against the NCAA, we If some see the NCAA case two concussion cases as Hageman said. “I know it’s a any of the plays, even though players, and prevent con- are willing to consider rea- rattling the NFL, Edelman more different than alike, big number, but the sky’s the I’m supposed to,” Hageman cussed players from playing sonable settlement options,” thinks it could cut the other given that the NFL players limit.” said, quietly adding: “Don’t or practicing until they are NCAA spokeswoman Stacey way. were professionals with a ne- There’s no limit to dead- tell coach.” fully recovered. Independent Osburn said in a statement “One of the arguments gotiated contract, while the pan one-liners, either, from Kill won’t mind. if Hage- neurologists must be con- this month. that I would expect the NFL NCAA’s stated mission is to this soft-spoken guy playing man keeps up his progress sulted before a player with a If Brody allows even a sin- to make, in defending the protect student-athletes. this fall. concussion can return to ac- gle NFL lawsuit to proceed — concussion lawsuit, is that “The only way it might af- tion. such as one from a so-called the players suffered their fect it is perhaps from a PR A separate case involving “gap” player, who played first or multiple concussions (public relations) ... stand- the NCAA’s concussion poli- when there was no collective while under the supervision point,” Mitten said. “If the cies could have a ripple ef- bargaining agreement in of the NCAA,” he said. NCAA settles, the public and Irene-Wakonda Eagles fect on the NFL talks. 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