This week's games

In the tradition of Faldon's Five Things: 1) The lower divisions have come up with this bizarre concept called "playoffs" where more than two teams are allowed to play for the championship. If the top division did this, we might be looking at Ohio State traveling to the blue field of Boise State and Penn State going to Amon G. Carter Stadium at TCU in the first round, according to Project Playoffs. 2) Robert Shields has been complaining for years about the Army-Navy game not making the pool, and he has been complaining for days about not getting his five points for picking Nebraska. Now that the military's top brass have moved the game just for the pool, BR not only gets the game but also another chance for a five-point bonus. 3) I can't remember a year where the Heisman race was so wide open that it included some guy from Stanford and a defensive tackle promoted through Internet propaganda by Ryan Harris and his fellow Nebraska fans. 4) Oregon has been named the Poolsville team of the year for making the most appearances in the pool this season and finishing with a 6-2 pool record. The skunk of the year awards go to Notre Dame (0-4) and Clemson (0-3). For a full list of the pool records, check Poolsville on Facebook. 5) Who wanna give Ryan Mallett a Scantron?

For $800 and the Ramon Escobar Trophy, which Chris O'Brien plans to bring home for the pride of the ODAC, select your winners on this final weekly five of the season and e-mail them back to me by 5 p.m. Friday.

Note: All of the bowl games will be due next Friday (Dec. 18), so it might be a good idea to start taking a look at the match-ups.

Division I FCS Semifinals
William & Mary - Villanova
7 p.m., Friday, ESPN2
Power ratings: Villanova by 5
* Underdog worth three points

Division II Championship
Grand Valley State - NW Missouri State
Noon, Saturday, ESPN2
No line

Commander-in-Chief Trophy Series
Army - Navy
1:30 p.m., Saturday, CBS
Line: Navy by 14
* Underdog worth five points

Division I FCS Semifinals
Appalachian State - Montana
3 p.m., Saturday, ESPN
Power ratings: Montana by 4

The Heisman Trophy
Gerhart, Ingram, McCoy, Suh, Tebow
7 p.m., Saturday, ESPN

Good luck.
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