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In less than two weeks, the unofficial BCS National Title Game will take place during the college football betting bowl game, the Fiesta Bowl. This season’s Fiesta Bowl features two of the strongest football programs in the nation, as the Stanford Cardinals take on the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Depending on whom you talk too, the 11 and one overall records shared by both Stanford and Oklahoma State, should have technically allowed both to battle for the price per head National Title. Here is a preview of the game.

The 2012 Fiesta Bowl takes place at the University of Phoenix in Glendale, Arizona on Monday January 2, 2012. Entering the game, the Oklahoma State Cowboys will be playing with a chip on their shoulder, as they look to show the NCAA, that they made a mistake, by over looking them for a rematch between SEC programs LSU and Alabama. Despite not even playing in their own Conference Title Game, the Alabama Crimson Tide was awarded a National Title berth. This bookie software anomaly has many people angry, as this year’s title match will not feature the two best programs.

For that, you have to go to the Fiesta Bowl, where the Big 12 Champion Oklahoma State Cowboys look to demolish the Pac 12 Stanford Cardinals. Looking further into the game, fans and media alike, will witness two NFL caliber stars lead their team’s offenses, as Brandon Weeden and Andrew Luck are the overall stars of the game. The latter of who is expected to be the first overall pick in the NFL draft later in 2012, even though he isn’t in the National Title game.

If you are unfamiliar with Andrew Luck and the Stanford Cardinals, we will bring you up to speed. Luck along with former Head Coach Jim Harbaugh were able to convert an abysmal football program at Stanford, into one of the best in the nation. The Cardinals have finished 11 and one in back to back years, and have proven they can play with anyone.  In each of the last two seasons, Luck has finished second in Heisman voting as the nation’s top player. This season, he was supposed to win the award, before Baylor’s Robert Griffin III came out of nowhere and seemingly won the award for having one more touchdown and a more diverse style then Luck.

On the other hand, Brandon Weeden wasn’t even apart of the Heisman nominations, but he should have been. The junior play caller at Oklahoma State led the Cowboys to their best season in school history. However, you could make the argument, they only got snubbed from a National Title bid, because their only loss of the season came against a bad Iowa State Cyclones team. While, Alabama’s only loss came to LSU. In a football league that takes its programs losses seriously, it doesn’t seem fair that the Oklahoma State Cowboys were unable to move towards the National Title even though they won the Big 12 Championship.