It was an easy job deciding which games to add to the contest this week. There are only 17 games total -- so all 17 are here. But that means you have to pick from the likes of Louisiana-Monroe and New Mexico State. I included those teams' overall records to give you more of an edumacated guess -- how knew, for example, that Florida International was 0-11? (let's make that going on 0-12).

Again, there is the usual Thursday evening game and one on Friday.

The Rules:
1. Pick the winner in each game.

2. Predict how many points the team you pick to win the designated Game of the Week will win by. This will be used for tiebreak purposes. This week it is the SEC Championship between Arkansas and Florida.

3. The first pick is needed by the kickoff of the first game -- Thursday evening.

4. Picks must be submitted either via the Private Message function or E-mail. My email address is dcbucky2000@hotmail.com -- please do not post your picks here. Include your Outsports nickname with your picks.

Thursday, November 30
1. MAC Championship Game (in Detroit)
Central Michigan vs. Ohio
(Last season: CMU 37 - Ohio 10)
The Motor City Bowl (back in Detroit) awaits

Friday, December 1
2. Conference USA Championship Game (in Houston)
Southern Mississippi vs. Houston
(Met earlier this season on 10/10/06: SM 31 - Houston 27)
Winner goes to the Liberty Bowl

Saturday, December 2
3. Rutgers at West Virginia
(Last season: WVU 27 - ru 14)
RU can clinch the Big East title with a win .. and a trip to the Orange Bowl

4. Connecticut at Louisville
(Last season: LVille 30 - UConn 20)
Louisville needs to win and hope WVU plays the spoiler

5. Army vs. Navy (in Philadelphia)
(Last season: Navy 42 - Army 23)
Army last won this game in 2001 -- when Navy was winless

NOW A BUNCH OF FILLER GAMES
6. Louisiana Tech (3-9) at New Mexico State (3-8)
(Last season: LATech 34 - NM State 13)

7. Air Force (4-7) at Texas Christian (9-2)
(Last season: tcu 48 - af 10)

8. Louisiana-Monroe (3-8) at Louisiana-Lafayette (6-5)
(Last season: U-La-La 54 - U-La-Mo 21)

9. Fresno State (4-7) at San Jose State (7-4)
(Last season: FSU 45 - sjs 7)

10. Troy (6-5) at Florida International (0-11)
(Last season: Men of Troy 18- fiu 13)

11. Colorado State (4-7) at San Diego State (2-9)
(Last season: SD-State 30 - CO-State 10)

... AND BACK TO REALITY
12. Oregon State at Hawaii
(Last met in the 1999 Oahu Classic: HI 23 - O-State 17)
The B**vers haven't won in Hawaii in decades

13. Stanford at California-Berkley
(Last season: Cal 27 - Stanford 3)
Fear not -- Ultimate season is right around the corner

14. Southern California at California-Los Angeles
(Last season: usc 66 - ucla 19)
USC will clinch its berth in the BCS Bowl with a win

15. ACC Championship Game (in Jacksonville)
Wake Forest vs. Georgia Tech
(Last season: GaTech 30 - WF 17)
A spot in the Orange Bowl is at hand -- did anyone think in August that it would be these two teams?

16. Big XII Championship Game (in Kansas City)
Nebraska vs. Oklahoma
(Last season: OK 31 - Neb 24)
A classic Big Eight match ... the winner of this will take on Boise State in the Fiesta

17. SEC Championship Game (in Atlanta) -- GAME OF THE WEEK
Florida vs. Arkansas
(Last met in 2004: Fla 40 - Ark 30)
The loser will not be BCS-eligible, as LSU will probably pass it in the standings

CUT-AND-PASTE
Thursday, November 30
1. Central Michigan vs. Ohio (in Detroit)

Friday, December 1
2. Southern Mississippi vs. Houston (in Houston)

Saturday, December 2
3. Rutgers at West Virginia
4. Connecticut at Louisville
5. Army vs. Navy (in Philadelphia)
6. Louisiana Tech at New Mexico State
7. Air Force at Texas Christian
8. Louisiana-Monroe at Louisiana-Lafayette
9. Fresno State at San Jose State
10. Troy at Florida International
11. Colorado State at San Diego State
12. Oregon State at Hawaii
13. Stanford at California
14. USC at ucla
15. Wake Forest vs. Georgia Tech (in Jacksonville)
16. Nebraska vs. Oklahoma (in Kansas City)
17. Florida vs. Arkansas (in Atlanta) -- GAME OF THE WEEK -- predict by how many points the victor will win.

Fresno State-San Jose State a "filler game"? The Spartans are going bowling this year! How can that be a filler?

In all seriousness, this is the 71st meeting and the longest rivalry for both schools. The last time SJSU beat the Bulldogs was 1990, which, ironically, is also the last year the Spartans went to a bowl.

Reminder about tomorrow's MAC Championship between Central Michigan and The Ohio University.

Picks are in from:

weirdblackdog
SCTrojan
CougarFan
psulionstorm07

MAC Championship is tonight -- get your picks in.

I've received them from:

jerseyguy
meric
blueraider
SoFlaSpartan
PCC
The B Man
itsplaytym

I'll go with
1. Central Michigan
2. Southern Mississippi
3. West Virginia
4. Louisville
5. Navy
6. New Mexico State
7. Texas Christian
8. Louisiana-Lafayette
9. San Jose State
10. Troy
11. Colorado State
12. Hawaii
13. California
14. USC
15. Georgia Tech
16. Oklahoma
17. Arkansas by 5 (and hope my Badgers will take on the Gaytors in the Capital One Bowl)

Bumping this up with mdphl and Go Monica! in the mix

Picks now from:

ClemsonTigah
Purdue Fan
zeno
TheOther FSU

Still time for you other slackers to get in the contest -- you'll just be tagged with The Ohio University in the first game

Our predictions thus far:

9-9
Wake and GaTech

12-6
Central Michigan over The Ohio University

13-5
WVU over RU
Gaytors over Rayzors

14-4
Houston over Brett Favre's Alma Mater
New Mexico State over LaTech

16-2
Sooners over Huskers
The Other USC over California-Los Angeles
San Jose State over Fresno State
Rainbow Warriors over B**vers

17-1
Men of Troy over FIU
CO-State over SD-State

18-0
Louisville over UConn
Navy over Army
TCU over AF
U-La-La over U-La-Mo
California-Berkeley over Stanford

Thomas and IllRepUte have also added their picks.

Good luck and enjoy the games. Last football Saturday of the season. (I'm already going through withdrawal -- two in a row with Badger football)

I've been too busy to send in my picks

and after what I've seen this week, that isn't a bad thing

USC and UCLA just got offsettings for both benches woofing at each other and coming on the field (although there were no altercations)

UCLA intercepts with 1:11 left, Bruins are 1 first down from spoiling the Trojans.

Perez's punt in the final :15 = NCAA kick of the year.

That game was awesome.

I <3 UCLA

10-0

Think I went 12-7 ...or somewhere thereabouts.
Hope that puts me in good company and toward the top of this week's picks!

Most of us missed, of course, ucla's upset of the other USC. And Louisiana-Monroe slaying Louisiana-Lafayette along with SDS over CO-State.

With that zeno wins the week with a 14-3 score.

14-3 zeno

13-4
Go Monica!
meric
MiamiDr
PCC
psulionstorm07
The B Man

12-5
blueraider
CougarFan
jerseyguy
mdphl
SCTrojan
SoFlaSpartan
TheOtherFSU

11-6
ClemsonTigah
DCBucky
itsplaytym

10-7
Ill RepUTE
Purdue Fan

9-8
Thomas
wierdblackdog

Yay me!