TSN's 12.5: half the size, twice the sizzle.(College Football)(Illustration)

 
TSN's 12.5 
 
Half the size, twice the sizzle 
 
                                                       TV (all times 
Rk. Team (last week)   W-L    Next up                  Eastern) 
 
 1. USC (1)            11-0   at UCLA, 12/4            4:30 p.m., ABC 
 
Matt Leinart says he isn't even the team's MVP. Lou Holtz would blush 
at such self-deprecation. 
 
 2. Auburn (2)         11-0   vs. Tennessee, 12/4      6 p.m., CBS 
 
Beating the Vols twice in one season ought to count for more than it 
will. 
 
 3. Oklahoma (3)       11-0   vs. Colorado, 12/4       8 p.m., ABC 
 
One week off and one lights-out game for USC's guy, and suddenly Jason 
White is chopped liver? 
 
 4. California (4)     9-1    at Southern Miss, 12/4   7:30 p.m., ESPN 
 
Hattiesburg in December--it's even lovelier than it looks in the Bears' 
dreams. 
 
 5. Utah (5)           11-0   To be determined 
 
Oddly enough, the non-BCS Utes could be the most heavily favored team 
in a BCS game. 
 
 6. Texas (6)          10-1   To be determined 
 
"If you've got a vote, vote for us," Mack Brown said. Almost crazy 
enough to work. 
 
 7. Louisville (7)     9-1    at Tulane, 12/4          2:30 p.m., local 
                                                         only 
 
Hate to use the "M" word, but the Cards would be playing for $13 mil 
had they held on at Miami. 
 
 8. Georgia (8)        9-2    To be determined 
 
Week in and week out, is there a good team in all of college football 
that plays in uglier games? 
 
 9. Miami (10)         8-2    Virginia Tech, 12/4      1 p.m., ABC 
 
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