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The Kentucky Wildcats of the SEC and the Clemson Tigers of the ACC are set to do battle in the Music City Bowl from Nashville, Tennessee.

Kentucky finished the regular season with a 7-5 record, and all five losses came against SEC opponents. The Wildcats opened the season with a 2-3 mark, but five of their last seven outings resulted in victory. They had a chance to close out the regular season on a four-game win streak, but the finale against Tennessee ended in a 30-24 overtime setback. With it being the Wildcats’ third trip to Nashville in four years, you may feel that they no longer have that same sense of excitement. But, this is a team that has already clinched a school-record fourth strait bowl appearance and they want to turn that into four straight bowl wins.

As for the Clemson Tigers, they won the ACC's Atlantic Division with a 6-2 record and are 8-5 overall. Three of the five losses have come by five or fewer points to a team ranked in the current top-10, proof that the club has been competitive all season. Clemson, on the other hand, could once again deal with a sense of complacency. They were one stop away from beating Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship, which would have ticketed them a trip to the Orange Bowl.

When teams look at Clemson, the first thing they look at is the play of senior C.J. Spiller.  Spiller is the only player in the FBS this year to score at least one touchdown in every game. Everyone knows he's good so no need to explain more about him. Though, one of the main question marks entering this season for Clemson was the play of freshman Kyle Parker at quarterback. Parker has been solid and some of that could be credited to the fact that he played college baseball for a couple seasons before becoming their starting quarterback.

The strength of Clemon's defense is their ability to create turnovers, especially through their talented and experienced secondary. They rank 11th in the nation in pass yards allowed and opponents are completing just over 50-percent of their passes. At times, however, the Clemson defense has struggled stopping the run, especially when it is a designed run by the quarterback. While they have struggled with the run, they haven’t seen too much of the Wildcat. Georgia Tech killed them with quarterback runs but it wasn’t out of the Wildcat formation. Virginia threw the Wildcat at them but they adjusted pretty quickly. South Carolina ran the Wildcat during one drive and scored off of it. Wildcat or no wildcat, Clemson has struggled with running quarterbacks all year long.

The key on Sunday night is obviously going to be the ground game. Whoever better establishes the run will be in the driver’s seat. Spiller is an absolute beast and is going to be difficult to contain competely. This will be exceedingly tough without senior lineback Sam Maxwell for UK. He is solidly UK's best defensive player. However the best defenses even had trouble containing Spiller and Kentucky struggled against the run all season, giving up 183.1 yards per game to rank 100th out of 120 Football Bowl Subdivision teams.

Kentucky is generating 27.2 ppg and 336.1 total ypg, decent production for a team that has certainly had some highly productive offensive games. Defensively, the Wildcats are limiting opponents to 22.8 ppg on 362.9 total ypg. Slowing down Clemson will be difficult without the services of linebacker Sam Maxwell, who will miss this contest because of shoulder surgery. Maxwell had a tremendous senior season, posting 80 tackles to place second on the team. The Wildcats have allowed 16 rushing scores and 16 passing touchdowns, and there is room for improvement against both means of attack.

Clemson quarterback Kyle Parker has guided the Tigers to eight wins this year as the starter, tied for the most among freshman signal callers nationally. He has set freshman records at the school for touchdown passes, passing yards and completions. His favorite target is Second Team All-ACC wideout Jacoby Ford, who has 53 catches, while First Team All-ACC tight end Michael Palmer has 41 grabs, a Clemson record for a tight end.

Still, all of those players are considered complimentary to star tailback C.J. Spiller, who very well may be the best all-around offensive player in the nation. Spiller, the 2009 ACC Player of the Year, enters bowl season with 7,416 all-purpose yards in his career, third best in NCAA history. He needs 349 yards to become the all-time NCAA leader. He has 50 touchdowns in his career, second only to the 56 accumulated by Florida quarterback Tim Tebow. A threat as a runner, receiver and kick returner, Spiller received a number of votes for the Heisman Trophy this year.

While Clemson is scoring 31.9 ppg and gaining 366.5 total ypg, the club is limiting opponents to 21.0 ppg and 317.2 total ypg. The Tigers are led by Brandon Maye, who has posted 103 total tackles, seven of which have been TFLs. Ricky Sapp has 15 TFLs to his credit, including five sacks, and Clemson has posted an impressive total of 21 interceptions, helping to overshadow the 19 touchdown passes that the club has allowed. The play against the run has been strong, as foes are averaging just 3.5 yards per carry.

The smart pick in this clash is Clemson. Kentucky continues to deal with injuries, although dealing with Spiller will be their biggest problem.

Take Clemson to cover -6.5. Good luck boys! 

Hawaii has been a fixture in the postseason in recent years, earning an extra game in each of the last three years and in six of the previous seven campaigns heading into 2009. This year, with all the injuries to key skill players, it appeared the run might be over due to a six-game slide that had the team 2-6 at the end of October. But since then head coach Greg McMackin, who had his own issues before the season began, has gotten his group to post four consecutive wins and even its record at 6-6. Last week, the Warriors stayed alive with a 24-17 win against Navy at home and setting the stage for this dramatic conclusion.

As for the Badgers, they've been watching from the sidelines since losing at Northwestern back on November 21st, 33-31. The defeat snapped a modest three- game win streak for Wisconsin and was the third against Big Ten Conference foes, the other two being struck by Ohio State and Iowa in back-to-back meetings in the middle of October. While nothing has been decided as of yet, predictions have Wisconsin possibly heading to the Champs Sports Bowl to face an opponent from the ACC.

As far as the all-time series between the teams is concerned, the Badgers own a 4-1 edge on Hawaii and have won three of the four battles played in Honolulu. The most recent meeting took place in 2005 as Wisconsin posted a 41-24 road victory, even as Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan threw for more than 400 yards and three touchdowns.

The success of the Badgers this season has been predicated on the team's ability to move the ball on the ground, and that seems to be the job of John Clay who ranks first in the Big Ten and is 19th in the nation this week with an average of 111.3 ypg. Clay has taken the lion's share of the carries (241) and has produced a hefty 1,224 yards and 13 touchdowns, all while averaging better than five yards per attempt. The team as a whole checks in with 4.5 yards per attempt and 198.1 ypg to rank second in the league and 18th in the country. Compared to the opposition, which has logged just seven rushing scores in 2009, the Badgers have hit the end zone 24 times on the ground, taking that much more pressure off Scott Tolzien under center. Tolzien has managed to complete 62.4 percent of his attempts for 16 touchdowns and it is clear that his top targets are Nick Toon (49 catches, 713 yards, four TDs) and Garrett Graham (41 catches, 502 yards, seven TDs).

Recognizing the importance of the running game in the Big Ten, not only have the Badgers figured out how to move the ball themselves in that fashion, they've also discovered how to keep the opposition from making the most of their opportunities. Wisconsin has surrendered an average of just 97.2 ypg on the ground this season and that number has the unit ranked third in the league and 12th in the country at the moment. A huge reason for the team's success in that area has been the play of O'Brien Schofield who is third on the team in tackles with 55 and has made more than one-third of those stops behind the line of scrimmage. With 20.5 tackles for loss over 11 games Schofield is second in the conference and fourth in the nation in terms of average TFLs per game. Also laying out some heavy hits for the Badgers is Chris Borland (51 tackles) who leads the unit with his three recovered fumbles and five forced turnovers.

Late in the third quarter of the game with Navy on Saturday night, Bryant Moniz threw his third touchdown pass of the meeting, a 14-yard effort to Alex Green, to put the Warriors ahead to stay. Moniz, who was back in the starting lineup again, threw for 366 yards and tossed a pair of scoring strikes to Kealoha Pilares. While he failed to get into the end zone, receiver Greg Salas continued to show why he needs to be considered for all-conference honors this season with his 10 catches for 147 yards. This offense has had to endure the styles and capabilities of three difference starting quarterbacks this season, with Moniz, Shane Austin and Greg Alexander all being forced into action. Between them all they've still managed to average a hefty 348.7 ypg through the air to rank third in the nation. The trio has thrown for 24 touchdowns, 13 of which have come from Moniz. But no matter who is settling into the pocket, the top option down the field remains Salas who is second in the nation with 129.9 ypg receiving and third with better than eight-and-a-half catches per game.

The Warriors were bound to give up considerable yards on the ground against one of the nation's top rushing programs last weekend, but permitting 248 yards on 48 attempts really wasn't all that bad for Hawaii. Take away the 53- yard scamper by Navy QB Ricky Dobbs at the end of the first quarter to tie the contest and the numbers look even more favorable for the Warriors. Linebacker Blaze Soares tied his career high with 12 tackles, all but one of those solo, and also sacked Dobbs on the final play of the game to earn himself Western Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors. On a team that is rarely praised for its defense, Soares leads the group in total tackles now with his 96 stops, 19 more than his closest teammate, R.J. Kiesel-Kauhane who paces the group with his nine TFLs. Corey Paredes is responsible for a team- high four sacks and has forced three fumbles, so there are quite a number of players on this side of the ball who have been gaining recognition for their efforts in 2009, even if the Warriors are struggling to post sacks and TFLs this season.

The Warriors showed last week that they could handle a run-oriented offense, but the Midshipmen don't have the same hulking players in the trenches that Wisconsin is going to send into battle this weekend, so the outcome is bound to be different. Wisky -12 is the play. Enjoy the late night game.

Georgia Tech is 10-2 on the season and won the league's Coastal Division with a 7-1 mark. The Yellow Jackets are making their second appearance in the ACC title tilt, losing to Wake Forest in 2006 in a 9-6 final.

Clemson comes into this clash sporting an 8-4 record, which includes a 6-2 ledger in ACC play. That league mark was good enough to earn the Tigers the ACC Atlantic Division title, allowing Clemson to play in its first-ever ACC Championship Game.

Georgia Tech and Clemson are meeting for the second time this season. In the first meeting Georgia Tech squandered a 24-point lead in Atlanta back on September 10th, to narrowly escape with a 30-27 victory. Both teams are coming off losses to non-league, in-state rivals, as Georgia Tech dropped a 30-24 decision to Georgia, while Clemson fell to South Carolina, 34-17. Prior to those setbacks, the Yellow Jackets had won eight straight, while the Tigers had won six in a row.

Despite the recent loss to bitter rival Georgia, Tech's Coach Paul Johnson is optimistic about his team's chances this week in Tampa. "We're especially disappointed with the outcome of the last game, so this gives us a chance to play again. We're looking forward to it."

Clemson's Dabo Swinney was equally excited about playing for the league's top prize, "This is really what its all about. This is a great opportunity for us. This was the whole objective from the start. That is what all the teams across the country are trying to do. It is all about winning championships. It doesn't matter what league or level you are in, it is all about being the champion when it is all said and done."

If the Yellow Jackets are going to come out on top, as ACC champs, they will need to continue with what has got them here, and that's to run, run and run some more. Boasting two prolific ground gainers in Jonathan Dwyer (197 carries, 1,236 yards, 12 TDs) and Josh Nesbitt (237 carries, 888 yards, 17 TDs), the Georgia Tech offense typically batters foes into submission by averaging 5.3 ypc, 305.0 rushing ypg. 43 of the team's 53 TDs have come on the ground.

Josh Nesbitt, Georgia Tech's trigger man, has attempted just 137 passes this season, completing 64 of them for 1,553 yards with nine TDs against only four INTs. Demaryius Thomas has clearly been Nesbitt's favorite target, as he has 44 catches for 1,077 yards and seven scores -- truly remarkable numbers considering Tech's propensity for running the football.

The Georgia Tech defense is giving up 352.2 total ypg, with 135.7 ypg coming on the ground and 216.6 ypg coming via the pass. The Yellow Jackets have allowed nearly twice as many passing TDs (21) as rushing ones (11), and Brad Jefferson is the team's leading tackler with 87 stops. Derrick Morgan has been a man possessed along the defensive line, posting 12.5 sacks, while Morgan Burnett has made 73 tackles and leads the club with four INTs.

Johnson knows that his defense is going to have to rise to the occasion this week and limit the big plays the Clemson offense is capable of ripping off. "Clemson is a very talented football team that's very physical." He continued, "I think they're probably more efficient offensively [than in the first meeting between the two teams]. Their quarterback has gotten better as the year has gone on, although he played pretty good against us the last time. C.J. Spiller is a dynamic special team's guy and they try to make sure he gets the ball. Then you have Jacoby Ford who is a really good player, so they have a lot of weapons on offense."

The Clemson offense is can be explosive but is inconsistant. Although the Tigers do prefer a more balanced approach than the Yellow Jackets. As a result, the rushing figure comes in at 156.8 ypg and the team generates 204.7 ypg through the air. Scoring- wise, Clemson is averaging 31.8 ppg and has reached the end zone 17 times on the ground, 22 times passing and a whopping seven times on returns. Spiller is at the top of the heap when it comes to all-purpose threats in the country, rushing for 912 yards and seven TDs, while catching 32 balls for 440 yards and four more scores. He has also scored five times on kick/punt returns. Ford is the team's go-to guy down the field, as he has 50 grabs for 703 yards and five TDs, while tight end Michael Palmer has enjoyed a solid year as well, catching 38 passes for 439 yards and four scores. Kyle Parker is Clemson's starting QB, and he has completed 55.3 percent of his passes this season for 2,294 yards, 19 TDs and 10 INTs.

Defensively, the matchup between Georgia Tech's 12-ranked scoring offense (35.0 ppg) and Clemson's 21st-ranked scoring defense (19.5 ppg) will be key as the Tigers try to stop the Yellow Jackets' vaunted ground assault. Opponents are averaging 135.1 ypg rushing and another 169.4 ypg passing, and only six TDs have been permitted by the Clemson defense by way of the run. Brandon Maye is the team's top tackler, having logged 90 stops to this point, while Kavell Conner and Marcus Gilchrist are close behind with 87 and 86, respectively. Ricky Sapp has made 14 of his 52 total tackles behind the line of scrimmage, while DeAndre McDaniel has eight INTs, one of which he returned for a TD, and Rashard Hall has six picks. Maye has forced five fumbles.

Swinney knows his defense has its work cut out for it this week. "Offensively they have had an excellent year. The biggest thing is that they don't throw the ball very much. They are averaging about five completions a game but they are averaging 24 yards a catch. We have to do our job on the defensive side of the ball."

Georgia Tech owns a 48-24-2 advantage in the all-time series with Clemson, and the Yellow Jackets have won the last three meetings, and five of the last six overall.

It should be a good game but Georgia Tech will control it from start to finish and pull away late. Georgia Tech -1 is the play. They are the better team and this time around when they get up on the Tigers they will be determined to keep the comfortable lead and secure the conference championship.

The 2009 Heisman race was never expected to include more than three players, 2008 winner Sam Bradford, 2008 runner-up Colt McCoy and 2007 winner Tim Tebow (Tebow also received more first-place votes in 2008 than either Bradford or McCoy). Bradford basically dropped out on the season's first Saturday with an injury while McCoy has not quite matched his spectacular 2008 season with Tebow falling way short of the numbers he posted in winning the Heisman in 2007.

As the 2009 season enters its final regular season weekend, I have broken down the 2009 Heisman 'race' into three categories. There are "the preseason favorites," Colt McCoy (Texas) and Tim Tebow (Florida), then the preseason's long-shots, Case Keenum ((Houston) and Kellen Moore (Boise St) plus the "preseason unknowns," Toby Gerhart (Stanford) and Mark Ingram (Alabama).

Preseason Unknowns: How much of a long shot were both Ingram and Gerhart at the beginning of the year? Well consider that in Phil Steele's CFB annual, he listed nine Heisman favorites, 11 more contenders, 28 possibilities and 19 darkhorses. None of those 66 players were named Mark Ingram or Toby Gerhart. While Ingram likely played himself out of a trip to New York next weekend, Gerhart has run for an average of 185.5 YPG over his last four games, facing Oregon (No. 7 in the BCS), USC (18), Cal (19) and Notre Dame.

The Tide stayed perfect with a very imperfect 26-21 victory last Friday over Auburn. Auburn outgained Alabama 332-291 and dominated on the ground 151 yards to 73. However, Alabama took the lead with a final TD drive capped by QB McElroy's four-yard TD pass with 1:24 left. Ingram, who gained a pathetic 30 yards rushing (on 16 carries), remained on the bench for the Crimson Tide's final drive with what head coach Nick Saban said he believed was a bruised hip. It was his worst game of the season by far. Ingram's 30-yard effort moved his season total to 1,429 yards (6.5 YPC / 12 TDs), which leaves him just short of Bobby Humphrey's 1,471 yards in 1986, the single-season rushing record at Alabama. Ingram has a "chance at redemption" this Saturday in the Georgia Dome, when the 2nd-ranked Tide take on the No. 1 Gators in the SEC championship game.

To say Ingram entered the season "under the radar" is one thing. Gerhart of Stanford was "nowhere to be found" in August. However, the senior RB has arguably been 2009's best performer. Gerhart carried defenders on a 29-yard reception that set up Stanford at the Cal 13 with less than two minutes left while trailing 34-28. It could have been a "Heisman moment" but QB Andrew Luck threw an incompletion on first down and was then intercepted with 1:36 to go. Gerhart had a second "Heisman moment" last Saturday night vs Notre Dame. Down 38-30 in the 4th quarter vs the Irish, Gerhart threw an 18-yard TD pass on a fourth-and-four play to help the Cardinal tie the game (after a two-point conversion). It was his first-ever pass attempt in four years!. After Stanford stopped Notre Dame on a third-and-two from the Irish 35 with less than six minutes left, Gerhart carried seven times for 54 yards on the game-winning drive, bowling over would-be tacklers before scoring his 26th rushing TD of the season on a four-yard run with 59 seconds left (ND let him score). He finished with 205 yards (second 200-yard game this year and third of his career) and has topped 100 yards in 10 of 12 games in 2009 (had 82 and 96 yards in his two other games), giving him 19 career 100-yard games in his career. He leads the nation with 1,736 yards (5.6 YPC) but is No. 2 in YPG with 144.7. His 26 TDs are the most in the nation and he's No. 1 in scoring at 13.3 PPG. Gerhart's season is over while all five of the remaining players on this list play on Saturday. Could Gerhart become Stanford's second Heisman winner? He surely deserves considerable consideration.

Preseason Long-shots: Houston was kept out of the C-USA championship game last season by cross-town rival Rice but with a trip to the league title game on the line this past Saturday vs the Owls, the Cougars put away Rice early and in record-breaking fashion. Case Keenum led Houston to a school-record-tying 59 first-half points and the Cougars went on to score more points than any major college team this season in a 73-14 rout. Keenum never played in the second half but completed 25-of-31 passes for 323 yards with two TDs and zero INTs (plus one rush TD). He's completing 70.5 percent of his throws in 2009 for 4,922 yards with 38 TDs and just six INTs. He's thrown for at least 323 yards in all but one game in 2009, when he was held to 233 yards by SMU in a 38-15 win. Keenum saw his run of 18 consecutive 300-yard passing games in the regular season end vs SMU back on October 24 but he has topped 300 yards in 24 of his last 26 games and has 11, 400-yard games in his career, tying him with David Klingler for the most in Houston history. His two-TD pass game vs Rice extended his school record to 28 straight games with a TD pass (1989 Heisman-winner Andre Ware owned the previous record with 18) and he now has 96 career TD passes at Houston, which breaks Klingler's school record. He also has 116 TDs accounted for (rushing, passing and receiving), extending the school record he already held at Houston. Houston leads the nation in total offense (583.3 YPG) and in scoring (44.9 PPG) with Keenum leading the nation in total offense (420.2 YPG). Houston will play at East Carolina on Saturday in the C-USA championship game.

Boise State ended Nevada's eight-game winning streak last Friday night with a 44-33 win. The Broncos moved to 12-0 in 2009 and sophomore QB Moore is now 24-1 in his 25 career starts. Boise State's win was its 15th straight WAC win. It marked the school's 25th straight home win and 55th straight regular-season home win. Moore completed 17-of-33 passes for 262 yards and five TDs (zero INTs). Moore has 38 TD passes this season (just three INTs), the most in school history. Boise St is the winningest team of the decade at 110-17 (.866) and with a win over New Mexico State this Saturday (Boise is an early 46-point favorite!), the Broncos have a great chance at getting an at-large BCS Bowl bid, assuming Texas (a two-TD favorite) doesn't lose to Nebraska in the Big 12 championship game. Moore leads the nation with a QB rating of 168.7 and while I seriously doubt he'll even get invited to New York, he deserves mention.

Preseason Favs: Texas and Texas A&M combined for 88 points in the 116th meeting between the schools on Thanksgiving night, the most in series history. McCoy completed 18-of-26 for 222 yards with three TD passes in the first half and his career-best 65-yard run up the middle early in the second quarter was the third-longest rush by a Texas QB, all-time. McCoy had 111 yards rushing by that point, already a career high. He finished 24-of-40 passes for 304 yards with four TDs and zero INTs. McCoy ran for a career-high 175 yards (his third career 100-yard game) in the Longhorns' 49-39 win, which extended his NCAA record to 44 all-time wins as a starting QB (44-7). McCoy completed an NCAA single-season record 76.7 percent of his passes last year and this year is not far behind that mark, completing 71.8 percent. His four TD passes against the Aggies extended his school record to 28 straight games with at least one TD pass (has at least one TD pass in 37 of his last 38 games) giving him 108 TD passes in his career, the most of any active QB. He continues to extend his career record of TDs responsible for (passing, rushing, receiving) at Texas, as his total is now up 128 (in comparison, Young had 81 and former Heisman-winner Ricky Williams had 76). He now has 14 career 300-yard passing games, which includes two 400-yard passing performances, vs UCF three weeks ago and a 414-yard effort in last year's Fiesta Bowl win over Ohio State. Texas takes a 16-game winning streak into Saturday's Big 12 championship game vs Nebraska and a win will pit the Longhorns vs the winner of the SEC championship game in this year's BCS title game.

Tim Tebow threw for three TDs and ran for two more, helping Florida win its sixth straight game over Florida State, 37-10. In his three games against Florida State as a starter, Tebow has accounted for 14 total TDs (nine passing, five rushing). It was Senior Day for Tebow and the team's other seniors, as this class of Gators improved to 12-1 against their four traditional rivals, Tennessee (4-0), Georgia (3-1), Florida State (4-0) and Miami (1-0). Florida also extended the nation's longest winning streak to 22 games, outscoring opponents 907-to-246 in its current winning streak. Tebow has thrown 42 TDs with just six INTs during that stretch while adding 23 rushing TDs. He has thrown a TD pass in 38 of his last 40 games and his legend continues to grow. Florida has been No. 1 in all seven of the BCS standings which have been released and No. 1 in the AP in all but one week in 2009. Tebow broke the SEC's all-time record for rushing TDs against FIU and now has 56 after his two vs FSU. He became the SEC's all-time leader in rushing yards by a QB vs Georgia back on October 31 and with five more TDs accounted for (rushing and passing combined) vs FSU, extended his total TDs to 140 (also an SEC record). Last year No.2 Florida beat No.1 Alabama 31-20 in the SEC championship game, as Tebow led the Gators to two fourth-quarter TDs. It should be noted that the comeback victory over Alabama was the first time in his career that Tebow had led his team to a win after the Gators had trailed in the second half (Gators had been 0-5 prior to that).The Gators have trailed just once this season in the second half, October 17 at home vs Arkansas. In that game, Tebow directed a 69-yard drive beautifully in the final minutes, setting up Caleb Sturgis' 27-yard FG with nine seconds remaining. He threw for 30 yards and ran for 22 on the drive with three plays standing out, his 12-yard pass to Riley Cooper on third down (Cooper fell down, then caught the ball on one knee) plus consecutive runs that gained 16 yards and put Sturgis well within his comfort zone for the game-winning FG. If Tebow has an outstanding game and leads the Gators past the Tide on Saturday, he'll be the favorite of an awful lot of Heisman voters.