BCS Bowl Game Projections: Week 11

By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season

The BCS shuffle continues as five Top 10 teams have lost in the last two weeks. Here are my BCS bowl game projections, with several changes from last week's predictions:

Rose — TCU defeats Wisconsin. Saturday's tilt at Utah was just one game, but the Horned Frogs dominated a very good Utes team that plays well at home. TCU will be playing with a chip on its shoulder and could make Wisconsin look pretty bad.

Fiesta — Nebraska beats Pittsburgh. A loss and a near loss have made the Huskers look vulnerable the last few weeks, but seriously, how hard would it be for them to beat the Panthers?

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Orange — Boise State beats Virginia Tech. The Broncos will indeed come east again and defeat the Hokies for a second time this year. Tech certainly has made a nice recovery this season, but Boise will bring some anger with it and could beat Frank Beamer's boys soundly.

Sugar — LSU beats Ohio State. In what could be the least entertaining BCS bowl game, the Tigers should rep the SEC well in a defeat of an unspectacular OSU team in LSU's backyard. It certainly won't remind many of the blowout of 2007, but the Bayou Bengals will edge their northern guests in a defensive slugfest.

BCS National Championship Game — Oregon defeats Auburn. I know many like TCU here now, but I'm a little more convinced that Auburn can win in Tuscaloosa in a few weeks. The Ducks, however, are America's Team this year, and they can't be beaten this season.