Bruce feldman
Texas Tech 35, Ole Miss 31: Jevan Snead can play with any of those great Big 12 quarterbacks and the Rebels' receivers will show that Michael Crabtree's not the only big-timer out there, but I think Tech pulls it out late after the Ole Miss secondary runs out of gas.
East Carolina 17, Kentucky 6: The Pirates rallied to win six of their final seven games, while UK lost four of its last five and probably won't have slick QB Randall Cobb (knee). That'd be a huge blow for a team that doesn't have much firepower already. Unless the UK D-line totally dominates this game, I think ECU wins fairly easily.
Alabama 20, Utah 7: Losing Andre Smith will hurt the Tide, but they're still going to be able to run the ball pretty well and should wear down Utah. The Utes, who have been outstanding of late in bowl games, can be physical in their own ground game with Matt Asiata, but this will be the toughest defense they've seen this season.