College Football: 'The SEC National Championship'

The Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, site of Monday's college football championship.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Folks, it's time for the SEC National Championship, I mean BCS...

If you just go by LSU and Alabama's first contest, a 9-6 baseball score in favor of LSU, Alabama could win this game. The Tide was hurt by four missed field goals and an interception at the LSU 1 in the first outing. That said, there's something about LSU shifting into overdrive when they need to. The Tigers did it against Georgia in the SEC championship game, and who's to say they won't do it again?

The two coaches -- LSU's Les Miles and Alabama's Nick Saban -- are probably the two best in the game. Miles is the charismatic, quixotic leader. Saban is the no-nonsense planner who manages to barely get wet in a Gatorade shower.

My colleagues here at the College Football Corner -- David Moss and Joe Deaux -- also are going to weigh in on this game. We're also going to recap our best and worst picks of the season. Dave had the idea this week, and it sounded kind of sweet being that yours truly picked the exact final score of the Rose Bowl, which was Oregon 45, Wisconsin 38.

It wasn't a stretch to assume both of those teams would score a lot of points, but right on the button? You have to like the 45 and the 38; let's call that a field goal parlay, because, you know, six TDs and six PATs are 42, and five TDs and five PATs are 35. That would have been too obvious.

I think my biggest lead balloon of a pick was Michigan State over Nebraska. The Spartans, filled with gusto after a huge last-play victory over Wisconsin, went out to Lincoln but didn't really show up. I had written: "Michigan State seems to have something special this year and has come too far [to lose this game]. Corner's choice: Michigan State 35, Nebraska 24." The final score? Nebraska 24, Michigan State 3."

Now Sparty, bless their Big Ten heart for that OT victory over Georgia last weekend. I did have them in that game. That win combined with Michigan's victory over Virginia Tech may have been enough to keep the anti-Big Ten crowd from totally kicking the door down this bowl season.

Heading into the weekend, the Corner has a 44-29 season picks record. Tonight, Kansas State and Arkansas meet in the Cotton Bowl. Anyway, let's get to the BCS game.