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PIGSKIN PICKS: Week 14


December 3, 2009 · 4:55 PM

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By Dannie Oliveaux and John Leggett

This will be our final Pigskin Picks until the college bowl games and pro football playoffs begin.

Last week, DO and JL posted identical 4-1 marks with two games separating the two pickers. DO is 64-21 and JL is 62-23.

California at Washington

DO: No bowl game for the Huskies, but its a turning point for the UW. What better way to end the season than with a win over the Golden Bears at home. But will this be QB Jake Locker's final game in a Huskie uniform? Stay tune and find out. WASHINGTON

JL: I know you can't compare who beat who and when they did it, but Cal's win over Stanford was pretty darn convincing last Saturday (and besides I hate the Huskies)....Oh I thought you knew, I am a Coug grad. CALIFORNIA

Arizona at USC

DO: The Men of Troy are bowl bound, but not playing in a BCS game for the first time in several years. I guess you would consider this year, a rebuilding season for USC. The Wildcats would love to get a win at the Rose Bowl, but will have to wait another year. USC

JL: As lame as USC has played this season, if they can't beat the Arizona pussy cats in Los Angeles, they are truly in dire straits. USC

BIG 12: Texas vs. Nebraska

DO: The Cornhuskers would love to throw the BSC championship game into a tailspin with a win over the 'Horns. But Texas may have to much offensive firepower for the upset-minded boys from Nebraska. Texas finds themselves in the title game – again. TEXAS

JL: Hook Em Horns! And remember, the eyes of Texas are upon you. TEXAS

SEC: Florida vs. Alabama

DO: The winner goes to the BCS championship game against Texas, most likely. Tim Tebow will leave quite a legacy in Gatorland and it may be hard to top with two national championships. But the Tides is riding high and will look to drown the Gators in Atlanta. ALABAMA

JL: I must differ with my prognosticating brother. The Crimson Tide will leave Atlanta crestfallen. FLORIDA.

San Francisco at Seattle

DO: Just another game for the Seahawks and they should get the win at home. SEATTLE.

JL: The 49ers are due for a BIG game offensively after struggling in the last couple of weeks against seemingly inferior squads. Additionally, remember how 49er running back Frank Gore gored the Seahawks with those two cross country runs in these two squad's initial rendezvous by the bay. SAN FRANCISCO.

Minnesota at Arizona

DO: Bret and the Vikings visit the Land of the Sun. For the VikingS, they are looking for a date in the NFC title game, while the Cardinals are looking to return to the title game for a second straight year. Looks like the Viks will win this one. MINNESOTA

JL: Minnesota QB Brett Favre is as hot as a pistol right now, and this risk taking gunslinger has not been throwning his usual compliment of interceptions this season as he did for the Jets last year. Face it, all the Vikings needed was a QB. If Kurt Warner can't clear his head of the brain bruise he suffered recently, Matt Leinart will be the starting field general and he is not the motivator that Warner is. He wasn't perfected the Allie Oop aerial yet like Warner has either, and besides the Vikings' "Williams Wall" will stuff the rushing tandem of Tim Hightower and rookie Chris "Beanie" Wells out of Ohio State. Not to mention the fact that the Cardinals have one of the worst pass defenses in the NFL. MINNESOTA

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