Who will win the BCS National Championship and why? (Be specific)?

Answer 1

Florida State.... They are on the brink of putting together a very explosive offense to go along with a young but talented defense. Their opponents are very favortable this year since the BCS took out strength of scheduling. After they take care of Miami on Labor Day they wont have any real competition in conference besides Clemson and possibly Boston College. Non conference this year is as soft as you can get with Troy, Rice, and Western Michigan all coming to Tallahassee !! And as always they have the Gators the last game of the year. Drew Weatherford is coming off a nice freshman year leading the ACC in passing and as always FSU has speed to burn at the skill position. If the running game can get going, FSU will be pretty tough to contend with. They have a 2 headed monster at tail back in Lorenzo Booker and Antoine Smith. At wide out 6 foot 6 phenom Greg Carr is virtually unstoppable, especially in the red zone. Along with the quick speedster Chris Davis who last year finally started showing shades of his special abilities. They still need good play out of their corners (a weak spot last year with 2 under classmen Tony Carter, J.R. Bryant) and they are breaking in 2 new safeties. (Myron Rolle, Roger Williams) The linebackers are the strong point again on the defensive side of the ball( Buster Davis, Lawrence Timmons, Derek Nicholson) to go along with a nice big front four ( Alex Boston, Darrell Burston, Andre Fluellen, Kendrick Stewart). I Will be looking for the Seminole to get their swagger back this year in a major way.

Answer 2

I am picking WV to win it all, simply because they have the easiest schedule and a decent team coming back. Ohio State will be good, but the Big 10 is tough, and Oklahoma will have to find a way to beat a rejuvinated Nebraska program in the Big 12 championship game. If they do they will whoop West Virginia in the BCS championship game. If they don't, the WV may be lucky enough to get a shot at the NC by beating a weak Eastern Team.

Answer 3

The University of Oklahoma. OU went 8-4 (9-3 counting the TT game.)during a rebuilding season, i don't know about you but that is really good. Having Adrian Peterson out for 5 games didn't help their season but now that he is healthy look for him to win the Heisman along with a Championship. OU is coming back with so many of its starters and with among the best coaches in the game watch out. Either that or Ohio State.

Answer 4

The Ohio State University Buckeyes because of their explosive offense led by Heisman candidates QB Troy Smith and WR Ted Ginn Jr. The defense is young but they are all very talented and athletic. They will come around by the time they have tough games vs. Iowa and Michigan and the tough Big 10 teams. In the game against Texas, their freshman QB won't be experienced enough to beat a terrific team like OSU in his second game ever. I can definately see Ohio State winning every game this year and even if they slip up once, they could still make it to the NC, and Tressel is VERY tough to beat in bowl games.

Answer 5

West Virginia. They have one of the easiest schedules in the ncaa. they have so much talent retuning. they have one of the top 5 coaches in the country rich rodrigues. Steve Slaton the rookie of the year is only a sophomore. Pat White who has the record for the big east in yards for a quarterback rushing 220 will be returning as a sophomore. he also improved on his passing.

Answer 6

I'd watch out for Notre Dame. Charlie Weis is a great coach, and they could win because he can outcoach most people. They have a pretty good team too.

Answer 7

Michigan because they know how to win. They have some returning players with one more year experience watch out for henne and hart.

Answer 8

Alabama will because they had one of the best draft in college and did not lose very many they have a top rank defense.

Answer 9

norte dame because they are the best. samaraja/ quinn/ wiess/ walker/ zbinowski

Answer 10

No. 1 Oklahoma

Flying in under the radar come the Oklahoma Sooners. After an uncharacteristically sub-par season, it’s out of sight, out of mind — but not for long. Due in large part to a ruinous rash of injuries in 2005, there are 22 players back who drew at least one starting assignment last fall, compared to only 17 with starting experience going into last season. OU won six of its last seven games, including a 17–14 victory over sixth-ranked Oregon in the Holiday Bowl. In addition, the 2006 Sooners welcome back their top passer, rusher, receiver, tackler and sack man from ’05.

Quarterback Rhett Bomar took the reins on offense in Game 2 as a redshirt freshman and got better and better as the season wore on. In his 12 appearances, with 10 starts, he threw for 2,018 yards — a school freshman record — and 10 touchdowns, and he has just begun to tap his enormous potential.

Two years ago, running back Adrian Peterson set an NCAA freshman record with 1,925 rushing yards, averaging 5.7 per carry with 15 touchdowns. Last fall, he was hampered by an ankle injury all season, missing all or most of four games, and still ran for more than 1,000 yards with a five-yard average and 14 scores. Peterson is the best ball-carrier in America, and no one else is close.

Five of the top seven receivers are back, including sophomores Malcolm Kelly, Juaquin Iglesias and Manuel Johnson. Kelly led the way with 33 catches, and the three averaged over 15 yards per catch combined. Converted quarterback Paul Thompson and tight end Joe Jon Finley round out the receivers’ playing group.

There is only one full-time starter back on the offensive line — right tackle Chris Messner — but most of the new men have game action under their belts. Tackle Branndon Braxton started three games last season, guard J.D. Quinn started four and center Jon Cooper started two.

Linebackers Rufus Alexander, a first-team All-Big 12 returnee, and Zach Latimer combined for 186 tackles, including 23 for a loss and nine sacks, in 2005 and form the cornerstone of the defense. Larry Birdine and John Williams, both of whom sat out last year with injuries, return at end along with C.J. Ah You and Calvin Thibodeaux, who started in their stead. Ah You was the runaway choice as league Newcomer of the Year and was Defensive MVP of the Holiday Bowl. Thibodeaux turned in a team-high 10 sacks for the season.

Reggie Smith spent most of the 2005 campaign as a true freshman starter at strong safety and again will join Darien Williams in the deep zones. D.J. Wolfe started all 11 games at cornerback last year after switching from running back and responded with 65 tackles, along with five for a loss. He also picked off two passes, running one back for a touchdown, and broke up 10 others.

After tuning up at home against UAB and Washington, the Sooners travel to Eugene for the first challenge of the season — a Sept. 16 rematch of last year’s Holiday Bowl with Oregon. Iowa State and Texas Tech both must come to Norman, and there is no Nebraska on the 2006 slate.

And don’t forget the Red River Shootout against Texas in Dallas on Oct. 7.

Athlon’s Pick: National champions

Returning starters
4 offense, 8 defense, both kickers

Yoots
Oklahoma was one of the youngest teams in DI-A last season, with 12 true freshmen seeing game action and 11 drawing at least one starting assignment.

Bring ’em on
The Sooners played the toughest schedule in the nation last year, based on cumulative records of their opponents as compiled by the NCAA. OU played seven teams that ended up in the 2005-06 postseason.

Pack ’em in
Oklahoma led the Big 12 in attendance in 2005 with an average of 84,331 fans at six home games.

2006 Schedule
S. 2 UAB
S. 9 Washington
S. 16 at Oregon
S. 23 Middle Tennessee
O. 7 #Texas
O. 14 Iowa State
O. 21 Colorado
O. 28 at Missouri
N. 4 at Texas A&M
N. 11 Texas Tech
N. 18 at Baylor
N. 25 at Oklahoma State