St. Louis running back Zac Stacy and the Rams arrive in Arizona to take on wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald and the Cardinals, who are looking to continue their wild-card push when they host their division foe on Sunday night.
The New York Jets had a chance to make something of their season last week but they lost to the Miami Dolphins in maybe their worst performance of the season.
These teams were opposites last week. The Pittsburgh Steelers took a hit with their loss to Baltimore while Miami put themselves in good position with a victory over the New York Jets.
This is one of those who cares games so don’t spend too much time trying to figure it out – even the coaches probably aren’t sure what they are going to get. Both of these teams are out of the playoffs at this point and both are trying to see what they really have in their rookie signal callers.
This is an important battle between division winners that don’t have a lot of margin for error. The Philadelphia Eagles are on a hot streak coming into this one with a newly solidified quarterback in Nick Foles and a 4 game winning streak.
The eight-ranked Wisconsin Badgers will look to remain undefeated on the year when they host the Marquette Golden Eagles on Saturday afternoon at the Kohl Center.
The UCF Knights have their eyes on winning the American Conference and heading to a BCS Bowl game. The SMU Mustangs want to spoil that and become bowl eligible.
There are some unlikely teams playing in conference championship games this weekend but I think the least likely of them all has to be Duke. Now nobody is giving them much of a chance to beat the top ranked Florida Seminoles but you can not say that the Blue Devils didn’t earn this spot.
The Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns finish off the regular season at the South Alabama Jaguars on Saturday under the lights at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, in hopes of maintain their spot atop the Sun Belt conference.
The Memphis Tigers travel to Rentschler Field in East Hartford to play the Connecticut Huskies on Saturday, in a game that has no implications other than bragging rights.
The Bowling Green Falcons and No. 14 Northern Illinois square off at Ford Field for the MAC title on Friday night with the Huskies seeking to claim their third straight title and shot at a second after qualifying for the BCS for the second straight year.
The Baylor Bears saw their season drastically shift a few weeks back when they were dominated by the then-ranked No. 10 Oklahoma State Cowboys. They started a new winning streak last week against TCU, but it didn’t come easy in a 41-38 victory.
It’s championship week in college football, and in the Pac-12, that means the Stanford Cardinal and Arizona State Sun Devils are slated to face off at 7:45 PM ET Saturday night.
The Fresno State Bulldogs may not be playing for a BCS bowl bid at this point in the season, but their year has been far from a waste, as they have a chance to complete a one-loss campaign with a win this weekend. Fresno State is set to take on the Utah State Aggies.
Coyotes Visit Canucks in Battle for Eighth in the Western Conference
The Vancouver Canucks will look to extend their modest win streak to three games Friday night when they play host to the Phoenix Coyotes – a team that they trail by one point for eighth place in the Western Conference.
Saturday afternoon will feature a battle of unbeatens when the Missouri Tigers host the No. 18 UCLA Bruins. The Tigers are coming off of a nine-point victory over the West Virginia Mountaineers, while UCLA’s last outing saw it take down UC Santa Barbara 89-76.
