Pitt will miss out on the Gator after ending the season on a two game losing streak to West Virginia and Cincinnati. This means sweet revenge for the Panthers. Pittsburgh 31, North Carolina 21Emerald Bowl (ACC six vs Pac-10 four)Dec. 26, San Francisco, CaliforniaFinishing sixth place in the ACC will be Boston College. They haven't impressed me at all either, and it baffles me as to how they ended up with an 8-4 record. 
They killed two FCS teams, and it was all downhill from there.Among the pathetic season of the Eagles were four near losses to Wake Forest, Florida State, Virginia, and now Maryland. USC will go to the Holiday Bowl, and they can't go to the Sun Bowl again. That being the case, they beat Stanford so they go to the Emerald Bowl.Oregon State should go to the Holiday Bowl as the second Pac-10 team. 27, Nashville, TennesseeIn seventh place for the ACC is Florida State. Bobby Bowden has one last year in a bowl game, and it'll be a good one even if it isn't a "big" game. They'll take on 7-5 Arkansas, a lethal Arkansas mind you.LSU just about lost it to Arkansas, who just couldn't get it done in the end. The Razorbacks will be bloodthirsty, seeking revenge for missing out on a better game. Arkansas has the tools, and has gone unnoticed this year.

They could probably be a top 25 team in any other conference. But playing in the SEC has it's downsides. Florida State will be headed into its last game with Bowden. There won't be anything but heart and soul from the kids out there. Followed by the Pac-10 and SEC picks on Wednesday, ending with the MWC and WAC picks on Thursday. . WARSAW, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, pressreports and events to watch which may affect Poland's financialmarkets on Wednesday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland GMT 1 hour): YUKOS REJECTS PKN'S CLAIM Dutch-based Yukos International rejected a compensationclaim from Poland's leading oil refiner PKN Orlen PKNA.WA in adispute relating to PKN's purchase of Lithuanian refinerMazeikiu Nafta, PKN said on Tuesday.ID:nL6114276 Daily Puls Bisnesu writes that PKN plans to buy two upstreamcompanies, citing the company's chief executive, who gives nofurther details. FX RESERVES Poland's central bank to publish December foreign reserves(1300 GMT).