Oh yes, college championship football will be alive and well next weekend, at least for the smaller college divisions. Too bad Division I football does not have playoffs.

NAIA:
Carroll College-After a week to rest, the Carroll College Saints will take on the University of Sioux Falls Cougars in the NAIA Championship Game on December 15 in Savannah, Tennessee. Both teams come into the contest undefeated with Sioux Falls standing at 13-0 and Carroll at 14-0. Kick-off will be at 11:00 a.m. (Montana time). I don’t know what network will carry the game in Montana. Go Saints!

Football Championship Subdivision:

It will be Appalachian State and Delaware in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) title game. The Montana Grizzlies were beaten in the first round of this division by Wofford. Wofford lost the next week to Richmond (21-10) and Richmond lost to Appalachian State.

The championship game will be televised Friday night at 6:00 p.m. (Montana time) on ESPN2. Appalachian State’s Armanti Edwards rushed for 313 yards and four touchdowns and threw for 182 yards and three more scores to lead his team to the finals.

It will be hard for Delaware to stop Edwards. But that’s why they play the game.

Division II:

The Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats beat Grand Valley State 34-16 victory Saturday night to move to the Championship game. Grand Valley went into the game with a 40 game winning streak. The Bearcats’ Xavier Omon rushed for 292 yards in freezing rain, a 17 degree night, with the wind chill around zero. The Bearcats will face Valdosta State in the title game. The game is at 10:00 a.m. (Montana time) next Saturday and will be televised in ESPN2. It appeared the coach of Grand Valley conceded the game late in the fourth quarter when during a time out, he sprinted across the field and congratulated the Bearcat coach. Weird.

Division III:

Mount Union (Ohio) will play Wisconsin-Whitewater on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. (Montana time) for the Championship. It will be televised on ESPN.

The Heisman:

Quarterback Tim Tebow of Florida won the Heisman Trophy Saturday night becoming the first sophomore to win the award. Darren McFadden of Arkansas was second. Colt Brennan of Hawaii was third, and Chase Daniel of Missouri finished fourth.

Professional Football:

I am 14-1 going into tonight’s Monday night game. Picking the winners with a dart board seemed to work well for me this weekend. My aim was much better!

Michael Vick received 23 months in prison for his part in the dog fighting deal. See ya!

Oh boy. The Kansas City Chiefs went to Denver. That’s about all they did as they lost 41-7. Note to friends and family thinking about sending me some Chiefs merchandise for Christmas: Please don’t. I’m really too embarrassed to display it this year. Thanks!

The Patriots ran over the Steelers 34-13 in a game many folks picked for the Patriots to lose because the Steelers had a tough defense and a good running game. The Pats host the Jets next week.

The Flex Schedule game on NBC Sunday night was a blow out with the Colts beating the Ravens 44-20. So much for picking the best game of the week, NBC.

Next week the NFL Network takes two games from us cable viewers, one on Thursday (Broncos at Texans) and one on Saturday (Bengals at 49ers). Right now it looks like the best game next Sunday will be Jacksonville at Pittsburgh.

The AFC Playoff Picture:

1 New England 13-0 (already in playoffs)
2 Indianapolis 11-2 (already in playoffs)
3 Pittsburgh 9-4
4 San Diego 8-5
5 Jacksonville 9-4
6 Cleveland 8-5
Teams 7-10 are still alive:
7 Buffalo 7-6
8 Tennessee 7-6
9 Denver 6-7
10 Houston 6-7

The NFC Playoff Picture:

1 Dallas 12-1 (already in playoffs)
2 Green Bay 11-2 (already in playoffs)
3 Seattle 9-4 (already in playoffs)
4 Tampa Bay 8-5
5 N.Y. Giants 9-4
6 Minnesota 7-6
Teams 7-14 are still alive:
7 Washington 6-7
8 Arizona 6-7
9 Detroit 6-7
10 New Orleans 5-7
11 Carolina 5-8
12 Chicago 5-8
13 Philadelphia 5-8
14 Atlanta 3-9

Have a great sports week!