20 Dec 10 College Football Crapshoot: Auburn and Oregon Look to Avoid Final Choke

With only one week left for TCU to screw everything up should Oregon and/or Auburn falter, I hold my breath and make bold predictions of what should be an eventful weekend to cap off the college football regular season playoffs.Here's What I Know Will Happen...I Know West Virginia (-20) Will Cover vs. RutgersPlaying a defeated Scarlet Knights team, both figuratively and literally as the Knights have dropped five straight and seven of their last nine after a 2-0 start, the Mountaineers have the Big East crown in their sights.Playing an inferior team, and with more incentive, West Virginia should outclass Rutgers as the best team in a bad conference.I Know Virginia Tech Will Win the ACC ChampionshipAlthough the conference is flawed from top to bottom, VA Tech has proved be the least flawed team in the entire conference.Riding a white-hot 10-game win streak, Tech has Reebok Minnesota Vikings #4 Brett Favre Realtree camo Jerseyshined against conference foes all season, and they will continue to feast on ACC opponents. As long as Virginia Tech isn't playing a quasi-talented team from outside of its conference, they should be fine.Here's What I Think Will Happen...I Think Oklahoma Will Win the Big 12 ChampionshipThe Sooners have been tough to figure out all year, but so have the Cornhuskers to some degree.I'm going to trust the more consistent, explosive offense in a game that should be pretty low scoring when it's all said and done.Bob Stoops, although horrible in the big game lately, has more big-game experience. And after seeing the show Bo Pelini put on in a losing effort against Texas A&M, I'm pretty weary of what his in-game composure will be should things go south early for Nebraska.Oklahoma wins by a field goal. I think.I Think Oregon State (+16.5) Covers in the Civil WarThis is one of those extremely rare cases where I take the points but still expect the favorite to win outright.Going into a hostile environment in an emotional game against their most bitter rival, Oregon will be in for a dogfight, as Oregon State will have incentive to spoil the Ducks' bid for a national title.Oregon State, while disappointing this year, still has talent, and has historically clicked more in the second half of the season.While that has not been the case this year, a talented team coached by Mike Riley, putting all its chips on Reebok Minnesota Vikings #69 Jared Allen Realtree camo Jersey the table should give Oregon all they can handle before the Oregon Ducks eventually survive. I think.Here's What I'm Probably Wrong about...I'm Probably Wrong, but South Carolina (+5) Will Cover against Auburn in the SEC Championship GameAuburn has gone through a battle-tested schedule unscathed, and now they run into a team that really should have beat them the last time they played a few months back.In the annals of college football, there have been few coaches better in a big-game spot than Steve Spurrier. And if Reebok New England Patriots #12 Tom Brady Realtree camo Jersey Auburn is to stub its toe en route to a national title berth, it could very well be against a competitive Gamecocks team seeking revenge for a win that they let slip through their feathers.I'm Probably Wrong, but USC Will Beat UCLA OutrightMatt Barkley will return to salvage some sort of respect for a season that was lost from the beginning (when USC received that bowl ban). The Trojans have been involved in a series of close defeats this season, and playing against rival UCLA coming off of a heartbreaking loss to Notre Dame could be the perfect form of medicine for them to get over such heartache.Rick Neuheisel is steadily approaching lame duck status, while USC coach Lane Kiffin is coaching to hold down his job. A decisive win over rival UCLA would definitely help Kiffin's cause.Follow Big Nasty on twitter at twitter.com/ThisIsNasty.