The Week That Was | College Football Playoff Preview | NFL Recap & Review

Unfortunately for college football fans all over the world the regular season ended last weekend. So now let's look at last week's matchups such as Texas facing Texas A&M at home where Texas upset Texas A&M last Friday night winning by score of 27-17.

This upset was the only major upset in the top 10 last Saturday. Ohio State Buckeyes beat Michigan by score of 27-9. Alabama won at Auburn by score of 27-20 on the road. Overall there was no drama filled scenario to help out the Miamis and Vanderbilts of the college football landscape. 

Now it is all about championship Saturday where in the Big 12 championship game will feature BYU vs Texas Tech. Then Georgia vs Alabama in the SEC Championship Game and in the Big Ten Conference Championship Game it will be Ohio State vs Indiana where the top 2 teams in the country will face each other but the liability in this matchup regardless of who loses both teams will be in the playoffs.

The Predictions for these championship games will be Texas Tech over BYU,Georgia over Alabama including Ohio State over Indiana. This Sunday will be interesting to see who will make the final cut of the college football playoff rankings: 1-12.

Will Miami Hurricanes get in or will Notre Dame get in the playoffs possibly but it will come down to what happens in the championships games this weekend that can determine their fate like the BYU vs Texas Tech and Georgia vs Alabama matchups only time will tell.

NFL Outlook:

The NFL season is now in its final month which is December where there will be either the contenders or pretenders that is going to emerge or not. This is where the real football season begins. Last week especially on Thanksgiving there were marquee matchups that had playoff implications on the line.

First things first, the Green Bay Packers beat the Detroit Lions by score of 31-24 where 47.7 million people watched on Thanksgiving. Big game by Quarterback Jordan Love of Green Bay threw 4 touchdown passes including great contributions from the defense from Micah Parsons who had 2.5 sacks. Then the Cowboys beat The Chiefs by score of 31-28 where 57.23 million people watched. Fast Forward to the third game where the Bengals who finally got back Quarterback Joe Burrow who played enough to win by throwing 2 touchdown passes as the Bengals won 32-14 including the defense of Cincinnati Bengals who forced 5 turnovers.

On Friday afternoon the defending champion Super Bowl Philadelphia Eagles faced the Chicago Bears where the Bears dominated the line of scrimmage by running the ball for 281 yards. The Bears won 24-15 as Running Back Kyle Monangai ran for 130 yards and one touchdown run. Running Back D'Andre Swift ran for 125 yards on 18 carries and one touchdown.

On Sunday the Buffalo Bills beat the Pittsburgh Steelers by score of 26-7 on the road and the other standout road win was the Houston Texans beating the Indianapolis Colts by score of 20-16. Moving forward to this week's slate of games for Week 14 starting on Thursday night on December 4th the Cowboys come to Motown to face the Detroit Lions in a pivotal matchup for both teams.

On this Sunday December 7th there are some great games to tune in such as Jaguars vs Colts/Steelers vs Ravens/Bears vs Packers/Texans vs Chiefs/Eagles vs Chargers.

Colts over Jaguars 

Ravens over Steelers 

Packers over Bears

Chiefs over Texans 

Eagles over Chargers