College Football Week 12 Review

With two weeks left in the college football season there are still many questions to be answered and fortuneately for fans most of them will be answered.
QUESTIONS
1. Who will win the SEC?
Right now both Florida and Alabama look strong as they have all year but both can not afford to overlook Florida State and Auburn in rivalry games this week. The team that has the most momentum going into the game should win. Florida's thumping of FIU gave the Gators confidence especially in Tim Tebow's passing game, Tebow threw for 215 and 2 TD in the game. Alabama looked as impressive in a win over Chattanooga. Right now it is a toss-up but we might know a little bit more by how the two teams perform this weekend in rivalry games.
2. Who will the Heisman?
This year's Heisman race is wide open with many players having spectacular seasons. The frontrunners right now are Tebow, Alabama RB Mark Ingram, Stanford RB Toby Gerhart, Nebraska DT Ndamukong Suh, Houston QB Case Keenum, and Colt McCoy of Texas.
Of these 6, McCoy should win the award, but don't be surprised if the winner of SEC gets the Heisman winner, both Tebow and Ingram have carried their offenses this season. Gerhart has rolled over Pac-10 defenses this season but with a Stanford loss this past weekend to Cal, his chances went down. If Nebraska somehow pulls off an upset of Texas in the Big 12 Championship, Suh should get a lot of attention. Suh has single handedly improved Nebraska's defense by drawing attention and making the players around him better. Keenum, has put up eye-popping numbers for the Cougars but with the team out of the BCS conversation and barely in the Top 25, Keenum's chances are slim. If this season ended today, McCoy should win the trophy with Tebow, Ingram, and Suh getting invites to New York.
3. Which non-BCS team has the best chance of getting to the BCS National Championship?
TCU. The Horned Frogs are better than Boise State by leaps and bounds. Not only does TCU play in a tougher conference but they have blownout the 2 other ranked teams in the Mountain West, Utah and BYU. On the other hand, the Broncos have had some slip-ups with wins over Tulsa, Fresno State, and UC Davis. Boise's schedule is much easier but they have made it seem like it is tougher, while TCU has played the stronger schedule and dominated their strong opponents.
4. Which undefeated team will lose this week?
None of the 6 undefeateds should lose but if there was one team that could be upset it would be Boise State. The Broncos host Nevada's high-powered offense led by Colin Kaepernick. Nevada is 7-0 in the WAC and could win the conference with a win on the blue turf. The Wolfpack offense has not scored under 30 points in a conference game this season and with Boise's tendency to keep games close, watch out for the Wolf Pack on Friday night.

WEEKLY AWARDS
PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
Shane Vereen, RB, Cal
Vereen took advantage of the opportunity he had after Jahvid Best's concussion two weeks ago and ran for 193 yards and 3 touchdowns in the Big Game against Stanford. Vereen outshined Cardinal RB Toby Gerhary with his performance and boosted the Bears to 8-3, 5-3 in the Pac-10.
COMEBACK OF THE WEEK:
Temple over Kent State 47-13
The score might not reflect a comeback but the Owls were down 10-9 at the half. Then, in the second half the Owls erupted by scoring 38 unanswered points. With the win, Al Golden's team are 9-2 overall and 7-0 in the MAC with a MAC East showdown with Ohio on Friday and the winner goes to the MAC Championship Game against Central Michigan.
UPSET OF THE WEEK:
UConn over Notre Dame 33-30 (2OT)
The Huskies did the unthinkable at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday, beat Notre Dame. The biggest win in school history comes after an emotional season for the Huskies that included the death of CB Jasper Howard. This was the first win for the Huskies since Howard's death and they deserved it. After Dave Teggart missed a game-winning field goal at the end of the 4th quarter, the Huskies could hung their heads and gave up, but they did the complete opposite. They kept fighting and in the second overtime after Notre Dame kicked a field goal on their possession, Andre Dixon ran into the endzone from 4 yards out and gave UConn the win.

With all the rivalry and championship games coming up, the next 2 weeks will be the most exciting of a season that needs answers.