Former Lely grad Culmer St. Jean and his Wisconsin Badgers teammates await the announcement on Sunday of where their final BCS standing will be.
If there is no shake-up in the final games on the weekend, it appears No. 5 Wisconsin will play in the Rose Bowl.
No.1-ranked Auburn (11-0) goes against South Carolina for the Southeast Conference title on Saturday.No. 2-ranked Oregon (12-0) plays in-state rival Oregon State to finish out the season on Saturday.
No. 3 TCU (12-0) and Wisconsin (11-1) have completed their seasons, and are expected to get the Rose Bowl nods if Auburn and Oregon win. No. 4 Stanford (11-1) is assured of an at-large BCS bid.
But St. Jean is waiting for the final BCS standings to talk about who the Badgers will play.
“Boise State (then ranked fourth) fell to Nevada last weekend, which was unexpected,” he said. ”In the spirit of college football anything can happen on any Saturday.”
Boise State, because of its weaker schedule, dropped all the way to 11th.
“Whoever we play I know we will bring our best,” St. Jean said.
While saying he hoped to do more as far as statistics, St. Jean, a linebacker, is second in team tackles with 59, one behind linebacker Blake Sorenson. St. Jean also caused a fumble, recovered a fumble and has an interception.
Aaron Henry of Immokalee High has had an outstanding year as a safety. Henry has 53 tackles, two fumble recoveries for touchdowns and two interceptions for TDs. Henry is a redshirt senior with year of eligibility left. Golden Gate graduate Anthony Mains is a backup defensive lineman.
“Aaron has had an outstanding season,” St. Jean said. “He is growing in the game and he is on the path to being phenomenal.”
St. Jean will look at playing professionally after the BCS bowl game.
“Right now, we are all focused on playing a bowl game,” he said. “We have a number of people in the (senior) class that will be pro-bound, but right now we are concentrating on business, winning the next game.”
He attributes the Badgers' success to teammates stepping up when someone else was injured.
“That’s really the biggest factor in our record, people picking up for those injured and helping us continue to play at the same high level,” he said.
St. Jean will graduate on Dec. 19, with a major in consumer affairs.
“I got the experience of college life I expected and have grown as a person,” he said.
