Fiesta Bowl - West Virginia vs. Oklahoma

Memo to the Mountaineers: Here's your silver platter, just beat Pittsburgh. Well, obviously that didn't happen cause if it did, West Virginia would be playing in the BCS Championship game against Ohio State instead of the Tostito's Fiesta Bowl versus the Oklahoma Sooners. That loss against Pittsburgh was only the second of the year for West Virginia which finished the season 10-2. To add salt to the wound, not only did the Pittsburgh loss kick them out of the Championship game, but coach Rich Rodriguez also left to fill the vacancy at Michigan taking over for Loyd Carr. Bill Stewart, who has been named interim head coach, will lead the Mountaineers onto the grid-iron for the next battle.

Like the Mountaineers, the Sooners only lost 2 games in 2007 as well. However, there is a bit of a difference in the Sooners 2 losses. Both losses were during in-conference play, both were on the road, both were to teams that played during this years bowls. The Sooners did rally and win the Big 12 title with a 38-17 victory over the Missouri Tigers in the title game on December 1st.

Both teams are very explosive teams and have the ability to throw up huge numbers both in the stats column and on the scoreboard. Both defenses rank in the top 10 in the nation. This one has all the makings of a classic. However, when the final whistle blows I'd expect the ol' Boomer Sooners to be on top due to a couple of factors, playing a very rough Big 12 schedule and the fact that coach Rodriguez will not be there. There's potential for a very high-scoring and entertaining game.

Gametime: 8:00 PM EST on January 2nd, 2008.